During the Qingming Festival, it rained continuously for several days.
Su Ye opened the window. The rice seedlings in the field were growing very well, lush and green like a furry green carpet.
Lin Yuan cooked an egg and a bowl of scallion oil noodles, and asked Su Ye to get up and have breakfast. Niu Cuihua was shocked when she saw this scene for the first time. There are actually such lazy people these days, who need others to bring them food.
The food conditions were so good, with eggs, noodles, porridge, dumplings, buns, and fine grains for every meal. There was also meat. The pigs, chickens, ducks, and rabbits were all raised by the students, and the sweet potato fields belonged to Ruan Ruliang and the students. How could she have been sent to the countryside for reform? She clearly came here to enjoy life!
If this lazy guy were in Niu Cuihua's place, she would have poked him in the spine and scolded him.
How could she know that although Su Ye was lazy, her students were very close to her. No one else could get this job. Everyone knew that she was lazy, so they all rushed to help her. There were Liu Gang, Li Ming, and Lin Yuan in front of her, and Mei Mei who was willing to take care of everything behind her. Even the teacher and Zhou Yi were willing to accommodate her.
Lin Yuan said happily: "Teacher Su, our sow gave birth to six piglets last night!"
This is great news! Su Ye finished his breakfast as quickly as possible and went to the pigpen for a tour.
The fat black sow had given birth overnight and was now sleeping soundly on her side in the pigpen, while the pink and tender piglets were trying hard to drink milk. Li Ming was guiding the piglets to drink milk.
Li Ming finally realized his dream of raising pigs. Ever since he first saw a wild boar last year, he has been obsessed with raising piglets. These are the piglets that he raised himself.
Another sow is also pregnant and is expected to give birth at the end of this month.
Su Ye had already decided where the piglets were going to go, and she asked Ma Gensheng for a hill to raise pigs. Ma Gensheng quickly allocated a hill to her without saying a word.
Ever since Su Ye brought back 80,000 yuan to the village, Ma Gensheng wanted to worship her as a bodhisattva. He would hit wherever Su Ye pointed at him. He had never been so active in his life. As long as there was a goal in life, people would be full of energy.
His father was right. As long as people could have enough food and clothing, and since it was not illegal, why didn't he listen to Teacher Su
After the piglets were weaned, they were moved to a larger pig pen. When the villagers saw the plump, pink and white piglets, they kept looking at them curiously. After finishing their work, they ran to the pig pen to watch the pigs. They never got tired of watching them. If no one was chasing them, they could watch them from morning to evening. They whispered to each other:
"There are pigs in our village!" This is a voice of surprise.
"This is the pig from our village. Look how well it looks and how cute it is!" This was a proud voice.
Everyone looked at the piglets, as if they could already see the scene of pork appearing on the dinner table in the future.
Whenever the children in the village have free time, they go up the mountain to pick grass for the pigs. The breeders feed the piglets five or six times a day, and they are always well fed, as if they can't wait to feed the pigs out of the pen in a few days.
Secretary Ma was looking for Su Ye everywhere.
He said to Su Ye in a cautious and respectful tone: "Gensheng went to the county seat to attend a meeting today. He said that a Hong Kong businessman wanted to sign a contract with our village. The county magistrate asked us to go to the county revolutionary committee to sign the contract next Wednesday. Teacher Su will represent our village."
How great is it to make Hong Kong businessmen come to the mainland to sign contracts? In their eyes, Hong Kong businessmen are very arrogant, and mainland products rarely sell well in Hong Kong. This contract was signed a year ago. This order means that Shanggou Village has completely turned around and no longer has to live a hard life in the future.
Now the whole county is envious of Shanggou Village. Secretary Ma feels prouder than ever before in his life. Their tea has attracted Hong Kong businessmen! Now people outside say that they have turned a disaster into a blessing. The government and factories do not harvest tea, so they have the opportunity to sell tea to Hong Kong.
Secretary Ma knew that it was not a blessing in disguise. This was the order that Su Ye had fought for them.
Su Ye shook his head. "Let Ma Gensheng go. He can gain some experience by meeting Hong Kong businessmen. There will be many such scenes in the future. It would be good for him to gain some experience."
She came back without a vest. Wouldn't it be exposed if she went to the county to sign a contract with the Hong Kong businessman? Su Ye shook her head. She definitely couldn't go.
Secretary Ma focused on the second half of the sentence - will there be many such scenes in the future? His heart was filled with warmth when he heard it.
Their lives are good now. They have enough food to eat and new clothes to wear. They will also be able to afford meat next year. Secretary Ma no longer dares to predict how far their village can go.
Su Ye stood on the top of the hill and looked at the 16 pink little piglets, and then looked at the chickens on another hill, which were full of vitality. After a month of raising, the chicks had shed their fluffy hair and grown mature waterproof feathers. They could be released after another five months of raising.
Fortunately, I don’t know what Secretary Ma is pursuing, otherwise Su Ye might not be able to help but complain that this pursuit is too hopeless!
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The eve of Dragon Boat Festival.
When Niu Dan went to the mountain to feed the chickens, he found white eggs in the haystack. He was surprised and picked up five eggs in total by clearing the grass.
He shouted in surprise: "Teacher Su, the chickens in our village have laid eggs!"
Niu Dan cried out in surprise, holding the eggs and running to the educated youth dormitory at the foot of the mountain. Many villagers saw him along the way and ran to the chicken coop to look for eggs. The hens they raised finally started laying eggs!
When the villagers saw the eggs, tears almost rolled down their cheeks. They searched the hilltop eagerly and found a few eggs. Because it was the first time the eggs were laid, they were small and the shells were light white.
The member in charge of raising chickens made several temporary nests with hay and guided the hens to lay eggs in the nests.
Ma Gensheng picked up a few eggs, fried egg rice and fried eggs with leeks and gave them to Su Ye.
"Teacher Su, please try it. These are fresh eggs laid by the chickens in our village!"
Su Ye took two bites. The local chickens were raised using Ruan Ruliang's method. The eggs were smooth and tender without any fishy smell, and the chicken meat was sweet and chewy. Many modern chickens are fed with feed, and the eggs they lay are particularly bland, without any egg fragrance.
Su Ye nodded, "It tastes good. I'm not going to sell this week's eggs. I'm going to give them to the elderly in the village to supplement their nutrition. They haven't tasted eggs for many years. I'm going to give them some nutrition."
The remaining eggs this month should be kept for hatching chicks. The hilltop we chose can support at least 1,000 chickens. Tell everyone to be patient. When winter comes, we will harvest eggs and every household will have eggs to share.”
Ma Gensheng smiled cheerfully, "Okay! I'll listen to Teacher Su!"
Su Ye had no choice but to secretly adopt the "Xiaogang Village" model. He could enjoy the shade under a big tree and openly follow the path of socialism. Why not do it
The mountain ducks lay eggs a little later than the pheasants. After the pheasants started to lay eggs, Su Ye specially invited Committee Member Zhang Ying and County Mayor Xu Aihua to visit the village.
Ruan Ruliang has adopted an ecological farming method, raising chickens on the hills with orange and tangerine trees. The chickens eat the tree worms, and the organic fertilizer fermented by the chicken manure can be used as topdressing. In May, the oranges are in abundance, and the golden color under the sunlight is particularly pleasing.
Zhang Ying saw the chickens enjoying the cool under the trees, and the chicken coop in the chicken coop, which was filled with a circle of white eggs.
Xu Aihua was shocked. "Why did you start a chicken farm?"
Su Ye said: "Teacher Ruan said that to increase the yield of sweet potatoes, a lot of organic fertilizer is needed. It just so happens that our village also has the conditions, so we decided to raise chickens and ducks. In addition to sweet potatoes, he also planted corn and peanuts this year, which are economic crops that need fertilizer very much."
They then visited the pig house and duck house. Several members of the cooperative that raised pigs were carrying manure to feed the pigs. The pigs had smooth fur, white skin and a huge appetite. The mountain ducks raised on the mountain were an unknown species of wild ducks. They were very large in size. A full-grown wild duck could weigh up to 100 kilograms.
The duck eggs were pure white with a hint of green. Because the villagers occasionally fed them corn and grains, the eggs were large and had orange-red cores. Some of them even had double yolks. Su Ye broke the eggs himself and showed them to them.
The egg yolk is large, the egg liquid is clear and viscous, and the quality is very good.
Zhang Ying said nothing, but Xu Aihua was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.
There was famine all over the country, but this place seemed like a peaceful paradise. These people were really daring! Xu Aihua couldn't move her eyes away.
There are native chickens all over the mountains, ducks playing in the river, a few piglets, and oranges bending the branches, which make people happy.
After visiting the three farms, Su Ye invited them to the educated youth dormitory for dinner. Liu Gang killed a chicken and a duck and stewed mushroom duck soup, chestnut stewed chicken, soy sauce duck, duck blood vermicelli soup, and stir-fried vegetables.
Served with a pot of Jinxiangyu spring tea newly picked this spring, the meal was delicious and mouth-watering.
The villagers crowded outside the educated youth dormitory to watch, and everyone had a bright smile on their face.
Although they don't have meat to eat now, they can eat eggs. The production team gives each family an egg every week.
Because they want to hatch more chickens and ducks. Teacher Su said that it is just the beginning and the conditions are not enough. When the conditions are improved, it will be no problem to give each household an egg every day.
They said with longing: "Next year we will be able to eat meat like this."
A villager smiled and said, "Of course we can. We don't have to wait until next year. We can eat pork by the end of this year. Teacher Su said that five pigs will be left for our village to eat by the end of the year. Each family can probably get one or two kilograms of pork!"
"very nice!"
At the end of the year, every household can get pork for free. This is an unprecedented feeling! Not to mention that rural people are busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year and can't eat a bite of meat, even city people may not be able to eat pork. They are blessed by the village.
On hot summer days, the cool mountain breeze blows away the heat.
The meal prepared by Liu Gang himself was very delicious and made people very happy.
Xu Aihua was eating with gusto, but Zhang Ying had a frown on his face, and it seemed unclear what he was thinking.
Looking at Zhang Ying's expression, Xu Aihua almost didn't dare to eat. She hadn't had a good meal in the past two years. Xu Aihua picked up the chopsticks and started eating seriously.
Su Ye said slowly: "Today we invited two leaders to our village, firstly to let you see our scientific and technological achievements, and secondly to listen to the leaders' opinions. Since our village is a pilot project, can we do more specialization?"
I've done it all, but I'll report it to my superiors after I'm done. Is there anyone who listens to opinions this way? Xu Aihua complained in his heart, worthy of being the top scholar in the province, he dares to do it.
Zhang Ying had no expression on her face and motioned for her to continue.
Su Ye felt a little pressured, wondering whether Zhang Ying would support her.
There was no expression on his face, and Su Ye couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Zhang Ying didn't say anything when he took them to visit the farm just now.
She thought to herself: They are worthy of being leaders, they are all smart people.
She continued, "The ultimate goal of our reform and agriculture is to ensure that people have enough food and clothing and live a good life. It can be said that our village can basically achieve food self-sufficiency through its own efforts, without the need for relief grain from the state. With sufficient agricultural and sideline products, we can benefit the market."
"I have written an application for 'constructing a pilot socialist new countryside with the characteristics of Shanggou Village'. If the leaders have time to take a look at it and find my proposal meaningful, I will be very grateful."
Su Ye's plan was hundreds of pages thick, all handwritten and accompanied by charts and data. These were the results of half a year of step-by-step experiments in Shanggou Village. It could be seen that she had indeed put a lot of thought into it.
Zhang Ying flipped through the plan page by page with a serious expression and felt her enthusiasm.
Zhang Ying originally thought that Su Ye was a good candidate who cared deeply about the people. It just so happened that she was admitted to a good school and was qualified to work in the provincial government. He had already planned to hire someone from Tsinghua University when Su Ye graduated. He didn't expect Su Ye to do this.
The chicken coop, duck coop, and pig house he had just visited emerged in his mind. The farmland was lush and green, the orchard was fruitful, the village was clean, and slogans promoting progress were painted on the walls. The people in the whole village had smiles on their faces, their spirits were refreshed, and everyone's eyes were full of hope.
This is different from the outside.
He closed the plan and said, "It's not advisable to take radical risks." He changed the subject and said, "It has been raised. This is a special period for the cultivation of sweet potatoes and it should be treated specially."
Su Ye smiled. This was both an agreement and a disagreement. Although she was not very satisfied, she also understood that Zhang Ying was already being extremely tolerant.
She said loudly: "Thank you, leader!"
Without Teacher Ruan's support, she wouldn't dare to carry out these operations.
Su Ye had never done such a big operation as the distribution of land to households. The rural production cooperative model had just emerged in the 1950s, and it was very difficult to overthrow it with the household contract responsibility system at this juncture. It was already very good that they could do some specialization under the general rules.
The collective model also has its advantages. Israel, which is famous for being a strong agricultural country, adopts the collective model... Excellent precedents have proved that the collective model is indeed beneficial to agricultural production and to improving the utilization of materials.
Su Ye's plan proposed the idea of "paying enough grain to the state, and the rest will belong to the collective." It would be great if Zhang Ying could agree to it.
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City c, provincial government.
Late at night, Zhang Ying flipped through Su Ye's proposal, reading it carefully page by page. He put down his glasses. Many years ago, he was one of those who advocated innovation and progress, but over the years he became more cautious and conservative. Su Ye's proposal was undoubtedly well written. Today, when visiting Shanggou Village, we can find that the "Shanggou Village Model" can work.
With such an excellent proposal, Zhang Ying suffered from insomnia for the first time. He had too much to think about... First, how to save Su Ye, how to let Shanggou Village continue this development model, and finally how to turn the "Shanggou Village Model" into a pilot model and promote it abroad.