Chapter 115 Inspecting the Suburban Vegetable Fields
Li Youran estimated that the cabbage and radish planting experiment at the base of the wall should not be a big problem, but he should seize the time to go to the suburbs to inspect the land conditions first.
So early the next morning, after breakfast, he said hello to Aunt Qi and Gu Weiwei, and then drove out alone.
Li Youran first walked to the west, and then to the south. The city has developed rapidly in recent years. Originally, Tianhai City only had a first ring road, but now even the fourth ring road has come out. Everywhere he saw, there were construction sites. Although the real estate was under continuous control from above,
Policies have suppressed it, but it still has strong vitality. After all, this is a big-ticket product that everyone loves and needs. Even people who verbally scold it every day are still longing for it in their hearts.
The expansion of cities has directly brought about the shrinking of cultivated land area. The land of the original suburban villages has been expropriated one after another, and farmers have also been transferred from grain and vegetable growers to consumers.
Li Youran drove until outside the South Fourth Ring Road and saw large fields, all of which were common crops such as rice and corn. As he continued to walk forward, he saw a strange phenomenon. There were patches of uncultivated farmland in his field of vision.
, turned into an overgrown wasteland.
Li Youran stopped the car by the side of the road, opened the door and looked around. The terrain here is flat, the soil quality is good, there is a small river on the side, irrigation is not a problem, and the transportation conditions are relatively convenient. Why is the land abandoned? Just plant it.
Nothing is better than nothing.
With doubts, he locked the car door, jumped lightly, crossed the ditch on the roadside, and walked onto the field. There was a cornfield to the west of the wasteland. An old farmer had just come out of the field and was squatting on the edge of the field smoking a pipe.
pot.
Li Youran walked over and got close to the old farmer. From the side, he looked very old and his face was full of wrinkles.
"Fellow, is this your cornfield?" Li Youran said hello.
The old farmer turned his head, looked at the young man, took a puff of cigarette, exhaled it, and then said:
"Yes, young man, are you here to play?"
Li Youran smiled, squatted next to the old farmer, and continued to ask:
"Fellow, let me ask you something, why is so much land here abandoned?"
As he spoke, he pointed at the large wasteland.
When the old farmer saw him asking about this, he sighed and slowly told the whole story.
It turns out that the entire generation nearby belongs to Tonghezi Village. Over the years, with the economic development, the young people in the village have become more active. Few are willing to farm. Most of them go out to work and do business. The loss of strong labor force is serious.
, the remaining people in the village are old people, women and children. The lack of labor force has caused a lot of land to be left uncultivated, so it is left uncultivated.
"Why not hire someone to plant the seeds? You can plant whatever you want." Li Youran asked.
The old farmer shook his head and said that farming now is not cost-effective. Although there are government subsidies, the price of labor has increased, and seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides have also increased continuously. However, the purchase price of grain has not changed much. How can he take the few acres of corn he owns?
In terms of land, after one year, excluding all expenses, you can earn up to two hundred yuan per acre of land, which is pretty good.
"What kind of food? Vegetable prices in the city are very high now." Li Youran remembered that vegetable prices across the country have remained high since the Spring Festival this year. According to newspaper reports, they have reached a record high.
The old farmer finished smoking a pack of cigarettes and knocked the ashes with the soles of his shoes.
"The price of vegetables is high. It's the price of supermarkets in the city. The purchase price in the local area is different. Hey, it's not much money."
Li Youran understood. A few days ago, when netizens from various places on the Internet exposed the prices of vegetables in their places, there was a cry of people who couldn't afford to eat vegetables. In many cities, even green peppers have risen to seven or eight yuan per catty. But the field purchase price of vegetables is actually
It has always been kept low by large and small vegetable vendors, and the profits of the big ones go into the middle circulation. Coupled with the soaring oil prices and rising freight costs, this has resulted in the strange phenomenon of the two ends complaining and the middle getting rich.
Li Youran shook his head. This is an established reality. It cannot be solved easily by anyone, so don't bother with that. He asked the old farmer about the location of the Tonghezi Village Committee, then thanked him and left the cornfield.
Li Youran drove around again and finally felt that the location and other conditions of the wasteland in Tonghezi Village were better. Next time, he would go directly to the village committee to talk.
Having made up his mind, he immediately drove back to the city.
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Li Fangcheng has been living a very happy life recently. During the day, he visits the Fire Dragon Aquarium Store, feeds the fish, and rides a tricycle at most to deliver water. This is not too tiring for a young man, at least it is much easier than doing farm work in the countryside.
At other times, I chatted with Lao Wang next door, which was quite interesting. After dinner in the evening, it was his personal rest time. His biggest hobby was to play games in the video game city on the west side of Antai Street.
Because the aquarium store had done a big deal a few days ago, Brother Ranzi rewarded him with 7,000 yuan at a time, which made him see stars in his eyes. He had never had so many bills in his pocket, and he felt like he was straight from the waist up all of a sudden.
Got up.
Now that he has money, Li Fangcheng has a lot of fun going to the video game city to play games. The video games in the city are different. They include large-scale motion-sensing racing cars and the latest high-definition big-screen games such as "Street Fighter IV" and "Tekken". You can play whatever is fun.
, it’s so refreshing.
Moreover, he discovered that he was very talented at playing games. As long as he watched others play a few games, he would be able to master it by himself, which made him very proud.
The city was really nice, and he could never get tired of seeing the brilliant neon lights all over the streets at night. Compared with the dark scene in Lijiagou Village, they were two completely different worlds.
It's a pity that within a few days of good times, he was about to be locked up.
After dinner that night, Li Fangcheng went out to play games as usual.
"Fang Cheng, your brother asked you to go to the south warehouse." Uncle Qi said to him.
Li Fangcheng responded and trotted over.
In the south warehouse, Brother Ranzi and Sister Xiaoying were looking at "Lanlan" by the fish tank. "Lanlan" became more and more beautiful, with a faint blue reflection, like a streamer elf in the night.
"Lanlan" was not taken to the aquarium store. On the one hand, Brother Ranzi believed that the aquarium store could not currently use so many high-end fish. In addition, it was also because "Lanlan" was Xiaoying's sister's pet.
"Lanlan" also has a very high IQ. At this moment, she was shaking her head and tail as if she wanted to eat. Sister Xiaoying tore off a few pieces of dough cakes and put them into the tank. "Lanlan" quickly devoured them in succession, and quickly
It was so accurate that it made the little girl giggle.
"Brother Ranzi, are you looking for me?" Li Fangcheng greeted.
"Fang Cheng, come here, I have something to do with you. I told you a few days ago that you have to go to school with the store managers in the evening. It just so happens that the new business management training class starts today.
Daniel has already signed up for you, and the class attendance certificate and teaching materials are all with him. You can go to school with them in a while." Li Youran waved to him and said.
Li Fangcheng was stunned when he heard this. He remembered that Brother Ranzi had indeed told him this when he first came here, but he had almost forgotten all about it.