Chapter 30 Chapter 28: Beautiful Daytime Summer Grassland

The first time I heard about growing rice in Inner Mongolia, I felt that it was very fresh. It turns out that there is a new kind of rice that grows extremely fast and matures within 100 days. It is also cold-resistant and can be planted in the 49 degrees north latitude. , and the yield is quite high. (An agronomy expert tried his best to deny this possibility. Although he had planted it before, he couldn't speak against him. What a shame!) In the middle of winter, it is impossible to cultivate, the land is frozen harder than iron, grazing and mowing, and clearing the foundation. The diversion river has been dug long ago, and the snow must be cleared and piled up in the diversion ditch.After finishing all this work, it is already Yangchun in May, and sooner or later the water freezes, but at noon the sun shines, and the snow has begun to melt. A large pile of snow will make a creaking sound when it melts, and a pile of snow just becomes It is riddled with holes, just like the exquisitely carved Taihu stone.

At that time, some time after noon, we will be able to reclaim land. Tractors will be used to reclaim wasteland. There are all kinds of tractors, large and small, and there are all kinds of models. I still remember that there is a huge one called Stalin No. 80.The tractors cleared the land, and manpower was responsible for building the field stalks. According to the position of the water diversion ditch, the field stalks were built.That's real virgin territory.The strangest thing is that, logically, all kinds of grass absorb nutrients from the soil during the growth process, which is the same as growing food on the land. Fat, the dug out soil is full of grass roots, break it up, and pick out the grass roots as much as possible. In novels, the soil is often so fat that it looks like it will emit oil. This is not an exaggeration, at least it gives people an oily feeling in terms of color.

Busy until the end of May, the water in the Chuoer River thawed, and flowed into the fields through the diversion river and the diversion ditch. freeze.The rice seeds have also arrived, and the technicians of the production team notified that the seeds can be planted in late June. There is no need to raise seedlings first. Transplanting is a way of growing rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and the rice seeds are sprinkled into the water. In late June, around June 25th, when planting, in the morning, you still have to step through a thin layer of ice on the surface of the water introduced into the field before planting. The water is cold to the bone and soaked for half an hour. Come up, jump up for about ten minutes, and, before going to the field, you must drink a little wine, otherwise, you will be unable to resist.

The weather in Inner Mongolia is hot if you say it is hot. Less than two weeks after planting the seeds, nothing seems to pop up in the fields. , but the hot period is very short, only about five or six days. During that time, I was transferred to grow watermelons, but the situation of the rice fields is not very clear. Planting watermelons on the sandy land by the river beach is really enjoyable. Watermelons occupy a lot of land, and a melon vine can spread over a large area, so planting watermelons on a large field gives people the feeling that they can give full play , You don't have to be in a corner and be helpless.

Planting watermelons is quite easy labor. You have to keep vigil at night, otherwise there are many small animals that steal watermelons. Voles, foxes, etc. all like to steal watermelons. Hedgehogs are the best at stealing watermelons. After the melon comes down, it will use the thorns on its body to pierce into the skin of the melon. Then, its body will shrink into a spherical shape, roll forward, and roll with the watermelon, saving time and effort. For the first time under the moonlight, I saw watermelons rolling away from the melon field. I was really stunned. I thought that those rolling watermelons had all become fine. I was so scared that I didn’t dare to move for a long time. Then I looked carefully. Only then did I see clearly that under the watermelon, there was a fluffy taupe mass, and then I realized that it was a good thing done by the hedgehog.

In summer, the grasslands of Inner Mongolia during the day are really beautiful. All kinds of wild flowers are blooming everywhere. After the rain, all kinds of fungi and plants pop up like magic. As long as you pick the inconspicuous ones, they are all delicious. Peerless brightly colored ones are not to be touched, they are all poisonous.There is a kind of snow-white fungus, which will open up when you touch it, spray powder, and if it sticks to the skin, it will take a long time for the redness and swelling to disappear. At this time, the riding skills are already very good, and the bareback horse is also used to riding, or riding aimlessly, or driving a carriage to deliver watermelons to the field. It is really free and easy. The only taboo is seeing Mongolia from afar When the shepherd inserts the shepherd pole vertically on the ground, just avoid it a little and don't hit it.The relationship between men and women in Mongolia is quite open. When men and women are making out on the grassland, they will put up a grazing pole to warn others not to ruin the good deeds.

At this time, when we were far away from the large paddy fields, I couldn’t help but be surprised. I couldn’t tell whether it was rice or grass growing in the field. The grass and rice grew together, and everything was green as far as the eye could see, mixed with many beautifully colored wild flowers. The flowers of a dandelion can be as big as a child's palm, bright yellow and eye-catching, and under the sun, it is almost impossible to open your eyes. In summer, the grassland during the day is indescribably beautiful, but at dusk, it is not very beautiful, there are too many mosquitoes, and people have to hide in the green square mosquito nets in the watermelon field, otherwise, the watermelon will be saved. The people asked the mosquitoes to carry them away.

In those two or three months, I was very happy, and the melon field was only managed by five people. Everyone was lazy, and they didn’t hold meetings all day long. As soon as it is over, it will naturally return to the rice fields.That year, an earth-shattering event happened in the paddy field of Anzhi Farm!