80s Taoism

Although the yield of hybrid rice is obviously higher than that of conventional rice by at least two to three hundred catties per mu, most of the villagers in Meizi'ao will plant more than half of their paddy fields with conventional rice. The reason is that the harvesting of early rice is seamlessly connected with the transplanting of late rice. The temperature during the growth period of late rice is much lower than that of early rice. Especially in the late autumn, the temperature is very low. If the harvesting period of early rice is too late, the transplanting of late rice will be delayed. Once low temperature is encountered during the rice filling stage, the rice yield will be seriously affected. Therefore, the harvest of early rice and the transplanting of late rice have to compete for time, so the rural areas refer to these two events as double grabs.

Before Zhang Manyin wanted Zhang Jiaohua to grow conventional rice, he was worried that everyone's farm work would be concentrated in one place afterwards. After all, he was worried that Zhang Jiaohua was a child, and even though he planted more than an acre of land, he and his eldest son had to reap the harvest in the end. But he didn't expect that in one night, the rice in Zhang Jiaohua's acre of field would disappear and become lush seedlings. Although I know the magic of this grandson, but this is too amazing.

Although the seedling ratio was not as tall as the seedlings that had been planted in his seedling field for more than a month, the growth was obviously much stronger than those seedlings that were planted closely. This must have been made by the beggar using the water method of Mei Shanshui master.

The beggar was taking a grain rake and carefully spreading the rice evenly on the grain drying mat. When he saw Zhang Manyin walking over, he hurriedly called out, "Grandpa."

"Jiaohua, grandpa, come and have a look. Since your rice has been taken home, it will be fine." Zhang Manyin walked into the yard of Zhang Jiaohua's house. Squat down and grab a handful of heavy rice. The grains of this rice are plump and golden in color, definitely the best quality. And I grabbed a handful of rice, but I didn't see a single empty husk. You must know that this is rice that has not been selected by the windmill. Under normal circumstances, there is at least a 5% empty shell rate, and some are not very full. But Zhang Manyin looked at the handful of rice in his hand, and there was not a single grain missing. Simply perfect. It should be known that each seedling does not bloom, fertilize and bear fruit at the same time, and the grains must mature in sequence. So there are naturally certain differences in maturity. Some mature later, naturally they will not be fully plump. But this convention was completely broken here by Zhang Jiaohua.

"Grandpa, when will your rice be harvested? I'll collect it for you then." Zhang Jiaohua said.

"No need, no need. Grandpa can still do it. Come on, grandpa will dry the millet for you." Zhang Manyin took the rake from Zhang Jiaohua and spread the rice skillfully. The rice on the rice drying mat is spread evenly in thickness, so as to receive the sun's exposure evenly and dry the water. for the storage of rice. This is also a technical job, because the area of ​​the rice drying mat is limited, and the rice will fly to the mat if you are not careful.

The rake pushes the rice to spread out on the mat, and the friction between the grains and the rake makes a rustling sound. It's a very comfortable sound. After a while, the gray-green sun-drying mat was like a canvas evenly coated with a layer of golden surprise.

"Biaohua, in a few days, I will fight with your uncle's family. Your rice is all harvested, so you can help us herd cattle for a few days, okay?" Zhang Manyin was embarrassed to let such a brat like Zhang Jiaohua help them harvest rice. After all, Zhang Jiaohua harvested the millet by himself, and they didn't help. But right now, it's really too busy. This animal really doesn't care.

"Yes." Zhang Jiaohua readily agreed.

"Let it go for a few days." Zhang Manyin actually felt a little guilty. He was embarrassed to take advantage of Man Sun. But now he is indeed taking advantage of the beggar.

"It's fine. Anyway, I have nothing to do." Zhang Jiaohua said.

"You go to herd the cows, but don't take a bath in the pond." Zhang Manyin hastily reminded him again. He suddenly remembered what happened a year ago, and even regretted that he shouldn't call Hua to help herd the cows. What happened last year still left him with lingering fears.

"I definitely won't take a bath." Zhang Jiaohua agreed.

After two or three days, the sound of threshing machines in the village began to come and go. Everywhere is a busy scene.

Early in the morning, the fields are full of people harvesting rice, and Meiziao is still in a very backward slash-and-burn agricultural operation method. Planting and harvesting of crops is done entirely by manpower.

Zhang Jiaohua got up early in the morning and led the cow to the mountains. This time, he went directly to the mountain where the accident happened last year, Luo'aling.

Every household is busy with double robbing, so naturally no one notices leading the cattle step by step towards Luo'aling. Luo'aling is a very small mountain in the Meishan Mountains. So the cattle-herding boys in the village like to come here to herd cattle. There are several ponds in Luo'aling Mountain. One pond is called Xintang, and the other pond is called Luo'atang. Among the two ponds, Luo'a Tang already existed before liberation, and the water source of Luo'a Tang comes from streams in the mountains. Xintang was built during the production team. In the past five or so years, the drought was severe, and water conservancy construction was carried out all over the country. Build reservoirs or ponds in rural areas where conditions permit. Used to store water for dry seasons.

The pond where the accident happened last time was Luo'a pond. In fact, the farts usually go to Xintang to take a bath, because the location of Xintang is better, compared with Dangyang. The water in Luo'a Tang is running water, flowing out from the woods, so the water in the pond is a bit dark and cold. I usually feel cold when I dip in the water by the pond with bare feet. It is very easy to get sick while bathing in such cold water. But I don't know why Jin Hu and the others went to Luo'a Tang to take a bath that day. And it happened after washing.

In fact, Zhang Jiaohua had long wanted to come over to see what was so strange. Why five children who grew up by a stream drowned in a pond.

Zhang Jiaohua led the buffalo into the mountain, patted the big buffalo on the head, and muttered: "Cow, cow, eat grass well, don't run around. Don't steal sweet potato vines from other people's fields, don't steal rice from other people's fields, don't steal green leaves from other people's fields, don't step on green vegetables in other people's fields..."

The big buffalo shook its head and flicked its tail non-stop, wondering if it understood Zhang Jiaohua's words. It's just that Zhang Jiaohua slapped the buffalo on the head, and saw the big buffalo quickly go into the woods. After running for a while, he stopped when he reached a green grass field.

Seeing the big buffalo stop, Zhang Jiaohua boldly walked towards Luo'a Tang.

Luoatang is located in the valley, a pond built on the mountain. It is said that the land of Meizitang used to be irrigated by this pond. No matter how dry it is, this pond can keep the 100 mu of paddy fields in Meizitang. Therefore, even in the five or so years when the drought was the most severe, Meizitang did not experience a large-scale loss of harvest.