After graduation, I went home to keep bees

Chapter 143

Shanyan is really nice to his friends, Jiang Xiaoman only wanted two bags of coarse salt to pickle Jerusalem artichokes, but he unexpectedly sent a bunch of supplies over!

In addition to two [-]-jin bags of coarse salt, there is also a large barrel of soybean oil, a whole box of instant noodles, a [-]-jin bag of flour, a [-]-jin bundle of dried noodles, a basket of eggs, and two live chickens!

"The chicken and eggs were given to you by Shanchunhua's sister-in-law in your village. I asked her to buy the eggs. When she heard that they were brought into the mountains for you, she didn't want money. She even caught two chickens and wanted to eat them for you. "Shanyan thinks that Jiang Xiaoman is simply a legendary social bully.

Even though it hasn't been long since he returned to the village, when people in the village talk about him now, they rarely say anything bad about him.

Jiang Xiaoman really knows how to behave.

Shan Yan brought his disciples to bring him supplies, and he invited them to dinner.

Although all the wild vegetables in the mountains have not yet grown in this season, winter bamboo shoots and shepherd's purse are delicious.In the past two days, Jiang Youliang led a group of people to plow the land, and Jiang Xiaoman was in charge of the logistics. When he was not cooking, he went to the mountains to shoot videos and gather wild vegetables. He had already dug up a bunch of winter bamboo shoots.

Jiang Baichuan's house also has a small bamboo grove, and no one usually comes here to dig bamboo shoots. If the winter bamboo shoots are not dug, it will be a pity to rot in the ground.

Jiang Xiaoman came to dig with a hoe when he had nothing to do. After spring, the winter bamboo shoots had grown very large, and the mud had been pushed out in some places. It was easier to find than in winter, but winter bamboo shoots in this season are not worth much. I can keep it at home to eat.

It just so happened that Jiang Xiaoman's family hired people to work these days, and the vegetables they brought from home might not be enough to eat. With these winter bamboo shoots, they can fill the gap in vegetables.

In addition to winter bamboo shoots, Jiang Xiaoman also followed the wasteland reclamation team, digging shepherd's purse, pinching Malan heads, and cutting bitter hemp vegetables. It's a pity that the toon head has just sprouted, otherwise it would be delicious to pick some scrambled eggs.

When Ahu and Qingshan heard that they could stay and have a meal before leaving, they were as excited as two clingy puppies, circling around Jiang Xiaoman, helping pick wild vegetables for a while, and handing a gourd ladle or something. Very attentive.

"Brother Xiaoman, I heard from Master that you want to take everyone to plant imperial chrysanthemums together? I searched online and found that this scented tea is so expensive, can we really grow it in Langshan?" Ahu asked cautiously.

"Why not? Don't the wild chrysanthemums in our Langshan grow very well? They are all Compositae. If the wild chrysanthemums grow well, then the emperor chrysanthemums should also be able to adapt to our climate and land here."

Jiang Xiaoman is not worried at all about whether the emperor chrysanthemum can be grown here, because——

"I said we can grow it here because I used to plant chrysanthemums given by others at the door of my old house. I remember that when I first brought them home, there were only three chrysanthemum seedlings, and a large chrysanthemum sprouted in the second year! Later, the field in front of my house was covered with white chrysanthemums."

"Think about it, even the white chrysanthemums in the south of the Yangtze River can grow well here, and I think the emperor chrysanthemums should not be bad."

Speaking of this, Jiang Xiaoman suddenly had a new idea——

"If you don't believe me, the emperor chrysanthemum seedlings I ordered online will arrive in a few days. When the time comes, you can come to my house, take a few back, and try planting them in your own land for a year?"

That's a good idea!

Even Shanyan nodded: "Don't give it away for nothing, how much do you order this emperor chrysanthemum seedling online? Can you buy dozens more? I will pay for it and share it with Ahu and his family one cent."

"You still need to pay for this little money? I bought [-] trees at the wholesale price, and it was only [-] cents a tree, but Brother Yan, you reminded me." Jiang Xiaoman thought for a while and said, " In this way, I will ask the boss to plant another [-] emperor chrysanthemum seedlings, just to finish planting Yingzi's land, and share the rest with your families."

Seeing what Shanyan wanted to say, Jiang Xiaoman immediately stopped him—

"Brother Yan, 2000 emperor chrysanthemum seedlings, plus shipping costs are only 500 yuan. Is the friendship between us not worth even 500 yuan?"

"Besides, if you take it back and plant it, it can be regarded as helping me to do experiments. Our Langshan side is too far away, although I have also thought about it. When the time comes to declare the project, can we ask the above to send us an expert to guide us? Let’s take a moment, but what if people don’t want to come? After all, our project is too small.”

"I think we have to make two-handed preparations. Ms. Yingzi and I will plant on a large scale for a year to see the results. Brother Yan, Laoshan'aozi will depend on you. First, divide dozens of flower seedlings from each family and go back to try. Plant it for a year to see how many flowers bloom, how the yield and quality are, and if we plant it on a large scale next year, we will have an idea.”

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Jiang Xiaoman communicated his thoughts with Shan Yan, and Shan Yan finally nodded.

"Then according to what you said, let's try planting for a year first."

Seeing that the faces of the three of them, the master and the apprentice, were serious, as if they were not planting imperial chrysanthemums, but some rare and hard-to-serve Chinese herbal medicine, Jiang Xiaoman pursed his lips, took out his mobile phone, and while looking at the fire, he temporarily formed a group and put When I checked the information before, I found a few video links about the cultivation of imperial chrysanthemums and posted them in the group.

It has to be said that the rapid development of rural areas today is absolutely inseparable from the development of domestic networks.

In the past, in a closed place like Langshan, there were not many literate people, let alone looking up some materials. It would take several bus transfers to the county town to find books in the library. If you don’t know how to index, look for It is estimated that there is no relevant guidance book on planting technology for half a day.

Unlike now, when you turn on your phone and search, you can find text if you want text, and video if you want video!

Seeing that the three of them were all immersed in watching the video, Jiang Xiaoman also lit a nearby stove and prepared to cook a meal.

This is the case in the countryside. It is easy to get hungry when working. If you just eat white rice, a large pot is not enough to eat. Moreover, pure rice has no oil and water, and it feels like eating nothing. Therefore, Jiang Xiaoman’s staple food these days It is a variety of stewed rice.

First cut the tender winter bamboo shoots, carrots brought from home, garlic sprouts, etc. into cubes, and the fat and thin bacon into cubes, stir fry evenly in an oil pan, and add seasonings for later use.

When the rice in the large pot next to it is almost cooked, scoop the fried vegetables and the soup below onto the rice, stir vigorously with a large shovel, smooth it out at last, and pour it along the side of the pot A circle of soybean oil.

The vegetable rice made in this way will also be delicious, crunchy, salty and fragrant!

Put the prepared vegetables and rice in the pot on a low heat and slowly simmer, Jiang Xiaoman started cooking.

There are too many winter bamboo shoots dug up recently, so hurry up and eat them. Cut the shelled winter bamboo shoots into oblique pieces, then cut the bacon into thick pieces, heat the oil pan, pour in garlic and ginger slices first Fragrant, then pour in the bacon and stir-fry a few times, cut a few dried chilies into it, pour in the winter bamboo shoots, stir-fry twice and then add water to boil.

After cooking for about 10 minutes, seeing that there was not much soup in the pot, Jiang Xiaoman hurriedly took out the vegetables, put them in a large stainless steel basin, and asked Ahu to help him carry them over the brazier to simmer slowly.

Immediately afterwards, he fried a piece of bacon and stir-fried shepherd's purse, made a cold Malan head, a cold preserved egg, scooped out a bowl of sour taro seedlings that he had marinated himself, and finally served the pork skin jelly he made last night When he came out, he hurried out and asked his father to bring someone back for dinner.

"Oh! Brother Liang, you are the most blessed! I think Xiaoman's skill is better than those who run restaurants in our town!" Everyone ate, and they did not forget to praise the chef.

No way, who made the Jiang family's food so good these days?

Jiang Youliang hired people from the village, and they were often doing odd jobs nearby. They would do anything that could make money, such as building a house or slaughtering pigs.

These people don't have much education, they only have a handful of strength. Although they look about the same age as Jiang Youliang, they are already retired old people in the city. Young, I'm afraid they can't compare to them.

They also often eat at the employer's house, but after all, if they give money, even if they are more polite and take care of the meal, they can buy some meat or kill a chicken, which is considered the best hospitality.

How can it be like Jiang Xiaoman, who is full of oily vegetables and meat rice, plus several meat dishes!

As a result, they have eaten a lot of meat recently, and even the shepherd's purse and Malan head, which they usually don't like, feel very refreshing to eat.

Seeing Shanyan and the others, and hearing that they were actually here to deliver things to Jiang Xiaoman, the few who came to work showed a clear look.

How else can we say that the old priest Jisha is a god?

He said that Jiang Xiaoman is Langshan's lucky star, look!They even subdue the bandit leaders from the old mountains like Shanyan, and even ran up the mountain to deliver things to him, this is their ability!

Jiang Xiaoman didn't know that he was almost deified in the eyes of the villagers.

Holding the bowl in his hand, he said to his father that he would go to Laoshan'aozi with Shanyan and the others in two days, and let him finish plowing the land here. The original team went back to plow their own land.

"There is also Xiao Tang's homestay. Later, I will ask her if she wants to farm together. If she wants to farm too, it will be just a few days' wages for the uncles." Jiang Xiaoman smiled.

He knew that there were not many opportunities for people in the mountains to earn money. If it weren't for their family being too busy this year, his father would not be willing to spend money to hire people to plow the land. He would rather delay it for a few more days and do it slowly by himself.

It costs 80 yuan a day to hire someone to plow the land and take care of a meal.

When several people heard that there was still work to come, they all showed surprise expressions.

After careful calculation, if you work here for a few days, and then go down the mountain for a few more days, you can actually earn thousands of yuan during the slack season, which is equivalent to half a year's living expenses. Can you be unhappy?

Seeing that they were happy, Jiang Xiaoman smiled, and did not tell them that if he could successfully approve the project of planting chrysanthemums, then the business would start, not only them, but most of the villagers in Langshan Village, You can find work on your doorstep.

If the cultivation of imperial chrysanthemums can really become an industry, then in the future, ordinary people can plant imperial chrysanthemums in their homes, and they can help them plow the land and transplant flower seedlings to earn wages during the slack season. When the imperial chrysanthemums start to be picked, there will be nearly two I don't worry about not having work for a month.

This is more than that, if the processing plant is opened at that time, don't the assembly line need to recruit people?

In addition, packing, transporting, logistics, and usual field management...

Although these jobs are very scattered and cannot even be called "official jobs", they are very suitable for rural people to do.

After all, in their rural areas, many families have land and livestock to take care of, so it is definitely unrealistic for them to work full-time in factories.

It might as well be like this, each family uses their free time to do odd jobs outside the house. Although they don’t earn as much as going to work in a factory, the advantage is freedom and they can take care of their families nearby.

Jiang Xiaoman has already figured it out in his heart, he only needs to add another [-] acres of chrysanthemums, plus the beekeeping industry he is already promoting, with the support of these two industries, the economy of the entire Langshan Village, let alone be completely destroyed Revitalize it.

At the very least, from now on, beekeeping plus odd jobs can increase the income of each family by 2 to 3 yuan a year, which may bring a great improvement to a family.

However, it is still unknown whether Huangju can take root and sprout in Langshan, and whether it can form a profitable industry.

Before he was sure, he didn't want to make the villagers happy.

The most important thing right now is that he has to make a sample for the villagers first - only his own family has really made money by planting imperial chrysanthemums, let alone their village, even the nearby villages, I am afraid they will be jealous Planted together.

On the contrary, if he fails, no one will dare to take risks even if he mobilizes from door to door.

Jiang Xiaoman would not blame the villagers for their lack of courage, they are all a bunch of poor and frightened people, and every cent of the family's land is used to grow food, even if one day the children do not earn money from working outside, the whole family will eat food. Artichokes, at least they won't starve to death.

It's not that they don't dare to take risks, it's that they simply don't have the slightest ability to take entrepreneurial risks.