After Li Dayou changed his mind about raising sheep, several other households in Jintan Village also changed their minds.
After Li Jie received the applications submitted by them, he handed the application forms to Ma Defu on the same day and asked him to help the villagers apply for loans.
The first time he was born, the second time he became familiar with it, Ma Defu had already applied for "agricultural assistance loans" to more than a dozen villagers. He already knew the relevant procedures, and his superiors paid special attention to Jintan Village.
Therefore, loans were quickly disbursed to farmers.
After getting the loan, the villagers handed over the money to Li Jie and entrusted Li Jie to help them purchase lambs. After all, apart from him, there was no one else in the village who knew more about raising sheep than him.
In the early 1990s, the market economy was beginning to take shape. As long as you had money, you could buy many things smoothly.
As soon as the funds were in place, Li Jie walked around the house and took the sheep back to Jintan Village.
People have a herd mentality. Adding together the number of the first batch of farmers and the second batch of farmers, the number of people raising Tan sheep in Jintan Village has exceeded one-third of the number of households.
When other people saw that their neighbors were raising sheep one after another, even the extremely conservative villagers couldn't restrain their restless hearts and wanted to try raising Tan sheep.
Over time, the number of breeding households in the village increased. In just half a month, more than fifteen households submitted applications to Li Jie.
For a time, raising sheep became a trend in Jintan Village. If any family did not raise sheep yet, then that family would not dare to join the crowd.
Because as soon as I got into the crowd, everyone was talking about 'how are your sheep doing', 'where is there room to graze sheep', 'how much feed should be fed in a day', 'how many times of water should be fed in a day' and other such topics
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As more people raise sheep, the few grasslands around Jintan Village are also in ruins.
People in this era generally do not have the awareness to return farmland to forests and livestock to grassland. Even if the village explicitly prohibits swarms of sheep from grazing on the grassland, some people still cannot help but violate this regulation.
And after being caught, the villagers responded very confidently.
Jintan Village had just received water at the end of March. Once the water came, the villagers had just planted their first crops. At this time, the weather had not yet entered autumn, and the grain, feed and other crops grown in the fields had not yet been harvested.
However, it doesn’t matter whether there is a harvest in your field or not. Once you raise lambs, you must feed them, either with purchased feed, or drive them to grass several or even ten miles away every day to graze.
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Feed feed or grass?
The former costs money, while the latter is free. The villagers naturally vote with their feet. Even though the grassland is far away from the village, in order to save some feed costs, many villagers still work tirelessly to drive sheep every morning and collect sheep at night.
Anyway, the job of herding sheep is very easy. With a little training, women, the elderly, and children can do it without the need for strong labor force.
The little thoughts and tricks of the villagers could not be hidden from Li Jie. As far as he knew, the small piece of grass five miles away had been eaten by the villagers and had become bald.
However, facing this situation, he had no particularly good solution.
You can't just do nothing all day long and just stare at the villagers, right?
What's more, today's domestic environment is mostly like this. Not only ordinary people, but also some officials have no awareness of ecological protection. Many places follow the concept of "development first, governance later".
It will be several years before officials will incorporate the concept of 'sustainable development' into strategic planning.
In addition, the most critical factor why Li Jie chose to turn a blind eye is that this situation will not last long. When the first batch of feed is harvested in the autumn, the current situation will
Greatly improved.
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In the blink of an eye, September has arrived quietly.
Early that morning, Ma Defu, who was washing up, suddenly heard a sound of retching behind him. He turned around and saw Shui Hua standing at the door of the kitchen, holding on to the door frame, retching on the dry floor.
Seeing this scene, Ma Defu quickly put down his toothbrush, walked quickly to his wife, and said with concern on his face.
"Water Flower, are you okay?"
As Ma Defu spoke, he patted Shui Hua on the back.
"Ugh...uh...yuck...it's okay."
After a while, Shui Hua felt that the situation had improved a bit, and immediately turned around and smiled.
"Um, it's okay."
Looking at Shui Hua's reluctant expression, Ma Defu felt very worried. He didn't even bother to wipe the remaining toothpaste around his mouth, so he immediately grabbed her hand and walked out.
"Come on, follow me to dad's place and let dad take a look at it."
"No, I'm just a little nauseous."
Shui Hua struggled slightly, but Ma Defu was like iron pliers, motionless, and still firmly pulled Shui Hua towards her parents' house.
A few minutes later, Ma Defu rushed to the house and shouted towards the back room as soon as he stepped into the courtyard door.
"dad."
Inside the house, Li Jie heard the anxiety in Ma Defu's tone and thought something had happened in the village. He quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and walked out quickly.
Seeing his father's figure, Ma Defu seemed to have found a backbone, and the anxiety in his heart was inexplicably reduced by three points.
"Dad, Shui Hua has been retching at home just now. I don't know if he ate something bad or something. Please help me take a look."
Retching?
Hearing these two words, Li Jie immediately thought of something.
Calculating the time, it has been half a year since the couple got married, and there should be some movement in their stomachs.
However, it is necessary to check carefully whether the specific situation is what he thought.
"Shui Hua, sit down." Li Jie pointed to the wooden bench in the center of the yard: "Let me show you."
Although Shui Hua feels that there is nothing wrong with her body, it is always good to come here and take a look.
"Give me your hand."
After sitting down, Li Jie reminded his daughter-in-law who was stunned. Upon hearing this, Shuihua immediately put her hands on the table.
In just a few breaths, Li Jie confirmed his suspicion.
Sure enough, Shui Hua's pulse was exactly the 'happy pulse'.
Seeing the expression on his father's face change, Ma Defu's heart suddenly thumped and he asked cautiously.
"Dad, what's wrong with Shuihua?"
Li Jie took back the hand that felt his pulse and laughed: "Good thing, good thing, splash, you are happy!"
Buzz!
When the young couple heard the news, the expressions on their faces were exactly the same, one of disbelief.
After being stunned for a long time, Ma Defu came to his senses first and said with excitement.
"Dad, is it true?"
"Yes." Li Jie nodded with a smile and said in a gentle tone: "Defu, you are going to be a father."
"Am I going to be a father?"
"Am I going to be a father?"
Ma Defu kept repeating this sentence in his mouth, and he felt a wave of heat rushing into his heart, unable to contain the surging emotions in his heart.