Chapter 60 To Be Self-sufficient
"Brother, we have arrived at the natural lake on the mountainside!"
"Wow! There are so many wild flowers here!"
“Our home looks better when viewed from the mountain!”…
The four Wang Qiang brothers and sisters were traveling at neither a fast nor a slow pace, and they reached the mountainside in nearly 20 minutes.
"Keep walking up the mountain and keep walking along the stone road!"
When Wang Qiang saw the three girls stopping to pick tea leaves, he said loudly from behind, "Today we will start picking the century-old wild tea trees above, and then we will start picking tea leaves from other places tomorrow."
"I planted those century-old wild tea trees in a small basin not far above. There are more than two hundred trees in total."
The three girls had never been to the place where they planted those century-old wild tea trees, so Wang Qiang wanted to explain.
The transplantation of tea trees has always been done by Wang Qiang alone.
In the past month, the three girls have been responsible for raising a large number of livestock and poultry in their family farm. They spend nearly an hour every day just picking up the eggs laid by various poultry.
Eggs laid by chickens, ducks and geese can be judged by lighting to determine whether they can hatch seedlings. Useful eggs are kept for hatching, while unfertilized ones are sold at farmers' markets.
In the past month, Wang Qiang has been hauling several large baskets of eggs laid by chickens, ducks and geese to sell every two or three days in the morning, and buying back a truck full of grains to use as feed.
The number of wild boars in his family's pig farm, after Wang Qiang's vigorous sales for nearly a month, only about 20 are left.
There is one big boar, three sows, and the others are piglets.
This greatly reduces the daily workload of the three sisters.
After all, the free-range chickens, ducks and geese were fed with diluted spiritual liquid by Wang Qiang from time to time, and they were in good physical condition and extremely resistant to disease.
There is no danger of disease and they are still easy to breed.
In addition, the breeding farm is built on the edge of an artificial lake. The ducks and geese like to play in the artificial lake, and there is almost no need to manage them. It is easier to breed than chickens.
Because the water source of the artificial lake comes from the natural lake on Dacha Mountain, the water quality of the natural lake is very good all year round and has never dried up.
Therefore, the fifteen-acre artificial lake at the foot of the mountain plays a huge role in Wang Qiang's family's breeding farm. Not only does it have no odor, but the environment is also very clean.
Since they have to feed the livestock and poultry, my sisters basically have no time to go up the mountain. Wang Qiang does all the land reclamation and planting work on the mountain alone.
In this case, we have to wait until the planning and construction of Dacha Mountain is completed, and the family's breeding industry gets on the right track, forming a fixed cycle of livestock and poultry raising, so that the three sisters can relax.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoling, don't stop, keep going along the stone road."
Wanjun was not far in front of Wang Qiang and shouted to the two sisters in front of her, and then said, "Brother, you have already opened up several layers of terraced fields along the foot of the mountain. You will continue to open up a lot more this year. From now on, our family
Do all kinds of fruit trees need to be planted in so many terraces?"
She thought for a while and suggested, "But I think it is also necessary to plant some crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, watermelons, and vegetables."
"If you are afraid that the chickens, ducks and geese that are about to be released will harm them, you can surround the crop planting areas with dense bamboo fences to prevent chickens, ducks and geese from entering."
“We raise too many livestock and poultry at home, so it’s not a problem to always have to buy the grains we need in the future.”
She said resolutely, "It is truly good to be self-sufficient in everything, so as not to be controlled by others in the future."
She has a very strong personality, is very calculating, and what she says makes sense.
"Even if it's rice, we have to convert some of the suitable terraces on the first terrace at the foot of the mountain into paddy fields and plant about 20 acres of it ourselves, so as not to be used to make things difficult for us when we hand in public grain in the future."
"If you are not self-sufficient in these things, the money you spend to buy these things every month will not be a small amount."
"Moreover, food grown and raised at home is more convenient and more affordable to eat."
"Yeah." Wang Qiang nodded and said, "I also have this plan."
"But regarding the payment of public grain in Jiangbei Village, I believe the village committee's accounting will come out soon. When our family distributed the fields to households, we were allotted wasteland and mountains. We should not have to pay dry rice as public grain to get a discount.
pay."
"Our family should just calculate the public food payment and other items in the public food book that will be issued soon, and then pay the public food payment directly."
"That way, our family doesn't need to plant so much rice. We can plant three to five acres every year, which is enough for our family."
"The continued land reclamation in Dacha Mountain can be slowed down for a while. After the Mingqian tea on Dacha Mountain is picked, roasted and stored, I will think about going to the market a few times in a few days."
"I plan to purchase a large number of seeds and seedlings for various fruit tree seedlings and other crops. I will first plant the several layers of terraces that have been reclaimed and the land reserved for planting at the bottom of the mountain."
"It will probably take about a month until this round of busy work is completed."
"In the future, our family will be basically able to be self-sufficient, and then we can be called an ecological farm, and we can develop in an infinite cycle in the future."
Wanjun was overjoyed when she heard this, and said with a bright smile, "Brother, that's great!"
"In the future, when our family's planting and breeding industries are fully developed, we won't have to buy anything we want to eat. We can still get continuous harvests and sell them for money."
Her thoughts are very simple. She will be satisfied if her family's life gets better and better.
While talking, everyone inadvertently bypassed an area of rugged rocks and reached the end of the newly built stone road.
Upon entering, a small basin surrounded by tall rocks from three directions appeared in front of everyone.
The environment here is very strange. It is obviously a rocky area, but there is a fertile land of about thirty acres in the middle.
In this magical land, after being reclaimed by Wang Qiang, more than 200 century-old wild tea trees were transplanted.
These centuries-old wild tea trees are all between three and six meters tall and grow very well. Compared with the average tea trees which are one to two meters in height, they are quite different.
Wang Qiang once read a report in later generations that the tallest wild old tea tree in the world is 256 meters high!
In the 21st century, according to surveys by some experts, it was discovered that the tallest wild old tea tree in the country is more than ten meters tall, is thousands of years old, and has an extremely huge crown.
Therefore, in order to allow these century-old wild tea trees to thrive as much as possible, he transplanted these century-old wild tea trees with a distance of five or six meters between each one.
Among them, Wang Qiang paid special attention to the several old tea trees that were three to four hundred years old. The distance between each tree was about fifteen meters.
Even among the transplanted wild old tea trees that are thirty to one hundred years old next to the natural lake on the mountainside, the distance between each one is four to five meters.
In the area where these old wild old tea trees are located, almost all weeds and trees have been cleared away by Wang Qiang.
This is to not restrict their growth and allow them enough space to grow.
Wang Qiang also plans to focus on cultivating a few wild king tea trees, hoping to surpass the tallest wild old tea tree in the world in the future.
This is not his extravagant wish, but with the treasure gourd in hand, there are infinite possibilities for the future.
As long as Baogulu can be upgraded once or twice, he will have the confidence to cultivate some of the best wild old tea trees in the world.
Moreover, the effect of the tea produced on the human body far exceeds that of other best teas in the world.
However, even if he cultivates such a treasure in the future, he will not publicize it and just enjoy it secretly.
Otherwise, endless troubles will surely follow.
This is why he wants to place this precious wild tea forest in this relatively secret small basin.
"Brother, the environment here is good, it's leeward, and there's a pretty big mountain stream. The mountain spring water flowing in it looks so clear."
Wanjun looked around and was very satisfied with the environment here. "With this mountain stream passing through it, the tea trees growing in this small basin will not be affected by the dry season."
"Well, the water from this mountain stream flows into the natural lake halfway up the mountain." Wang Qiang nodded and said, "There is not much else in our tea city, except that there are many natural springs in various mountains."
This is what he is most satisfied with about the tea city. “Basically, our tea city will not encounter drought. The water resources are too abundant. The only worry is that there are almost one or two droughts between May and July every year.
Flood damage above.”
"Fortunately, our fields are on higher ground and have never been affected by floods."
It is not an exaggeration to say that the fields and forests of his family are a God-given treasure.
Therefore, after living two lives and getting the golden finger, his first thought was not to go to big cities outside to develop, but to take root here and build a real paradise from his own fields and mountains.
The world outside is wonderful, but the world outside is even more helpless.
In the forty years of later generations' memory, he was accustomed to seeing all kinds of shady stories and routines, and he had completely lost his vision and enthusiasm for the outside world.
To say that he has seen through the world of mortals is both correct and incorrect.
It's good that his heart is calm now, but he thinks that in this life, if he can find a beautiful, virtuous and perfect wife, and stay together like a wandering cloud and a crane for the rest of his life, guarding this paradise, then he will truly reach the pinnacle of his life.
Therefore, Wang Qiang also has a pursuit now, and he is not considered a true outsider who can see through the world of mortals.
Chapter completed!