Chapter 123 The Use of Dead Fish in the Ocean
The news of land distribution was quickly notified to every household by village representatives. Some people were still skeptical, but more people, after getting excited, began to prepare to plant their own land.
The grain yield is not high now, wheat is only more than 100 kilograms, sunflower is less than 100 kilograms, corn yield is higher, but to be honest, no one wants to use corn as a staple food these days. Because the water conservancy facilities are relatively complete, the team also grows rice. Although the area is not large, the rice milled from the threshed rice tastes delicious - no vegetables are needed to eat dry rice directly, and one person can eat two large bowls.
Li Long never ate such fragrant rice again in his later life. Even the selenium-rich rice or Wuchang rice in later generations could never taste the flavor of that era.
He remembered that the old men in the team would often say in their spare time in the previous life that the rice grown by their team was the best. Unfortunately, growing rice was too troublesome, so they stopped growing it later.
The team also grows sesame, sporadic safflower, etc.
Li Jianguo also told Li Long a new piece of news from the team:
"The higher-ups have issued a notice encouraging everyone to start side businesses, such as raising pigs, sheep, and chickens. The team leader also said that whoever wants to start breeding and develop a large scale will be encouraged and rewarded by the team. For example, for raising pigs, a separate feed plot will be set aside."
"Then let's raise pigs." Li Long said with a smile, "Anyway, the two of you have already planted all the land allocated by the team, so you have plenty of time to raise pigs. When the snow melts in spring, we can build a big pigpen and catch some piglets to raise. We can fatten them up in a year and sell them for money. Brother, are you saying that the higher-ups don't care about how we sell our products now?"
"No matter what, just sell whatever you want. Of course, you should sell your own things. It's not okay to speculate or be a middleman." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "The captain said that you are the pioneer of our team. You have blazed a trail. The young people in the team should learn more from you and live a good life."
Li Long chuckled. He had considered being a middleman, but he had to take his time. The best thing was to make money and live a good life.
As long as the things are easy to sell, then when the snow melts and you don’t have to go into the mountains for the time being, you can set the nets every night and take them out in the morning, and go directly to the morning market to sell fish. How comfortable it is!
"Then after the land is divided and before planting, find someone to build a pig pen in the yard." Li Jianguo has actually thought about it for a long time. If you just farm, at least in the short term, don't expect to make much money, just enough to ensure that the family can eat fine grains.
Raising pigs is a profitable business. Because of the superstitious pig he raised last year, Li Jianguo was still a little unwilling to accept the result. He wanted to raise a few pigs this year to prove himself.
"When spring comes, maybe I can catch a few wild boars from the mountains and raise them here." Li Long joked, "Then I can raise both domestic pigs and wild boars together."
"That's great." Li Jianguo said with a smile, "Maybe some people like to eat wild boar meat."
That night, almost every family in the team was laughing and chatting. Even if a child was naughty and caused trouble, no one would say anything.
Everyone is looking forward to a better life in the future. If nothing else, at least by the end of this year, every household will definitely have enough fine grains to eat. Maybe they can even sell some extra grain to make their lives more comfortable.
"I plan to send some more money home after the ice melts in a few days," Li Long said. "Let them know that we have divided the land. If that doesn't work, I'll bring my parents over here."
"How can I let you send it? I'll do it!" Li Jianguo shook his head firmly. "I'm the eldest brother, how can I let you send it? If you want to send money, then Dad will brag about it, and all the relatives at home will come running."
Li Long thought about it and agreed.
That's how the family affairs were settled.
It was getting warmer outside day by day, and the snow was visibly decreasing. The gray-black soil in the fields was revealing piece by piece, and in some places green grass buds had already sprouted.
Outside, the wind blowing on your face is no longer that biting feeling; “the willow breeze blowing on your face without making you feel cold” has finally come into reality.
When Tao Daqiang came to Li Longdong's room, he saw him reading a book and asked:
"Brother Long, why don't you go out for a walk?"
"Why go out?" Li Long put down the book "Seven Swordsmen" in his hand and waved his hand, saying, "There is mud everywhere outside now. It's better to stay indoors."
"I went to the small lake to check. The ice had melted a little and some reed sprouts had appeared." Tao Daqiang had already scraped the mud off his shoes when he came in. "I also took some time to go to the big lake at the back. The ice there had melted more and there were a lot of dead fish soaking in the water. The fish must have been this big!"
Tao Daqiang gestured with his hands, and Li Long saw that it was more than 90 centimeters or even more than one meter long. "Such a big fish?" Li Long was a little surprised, but it was normal after thinking about it. The large sea did not have as many reeds as the small sea, and the water area was several times that of the small sea. The fish lived longer and there were more big fish.
The reeds in the small lake can provide some oxygen to the underwater, but the fish in the large lake do not have this benefit. The big fish will eventually suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen.
Pity.
Li Long suddenly thought of something. He stood up and said to Tao Daqiang:
"Let's go to the sea and get some dead fish."
"Why kill the fish?" Tao Daqiang was a little confused. "You can't eat it. It will go bad in two days."
"Now is the best time. The ice has just melted and the fish have just come out and haven't gone bad yet. That's the best time." Li Long smiled and changed the subject: "Will your family raise pigs this year?"
"Yes, my father said that he can cultivate four mu of land by himself and feed a pig. At most, I will go to harvest wheat, and let him make money with you at other times."
"That's it." Li Long smiled. "If you only feed pigs grass, they won't grow much meat. This dead fish doesn't stink now. If you fish it out, dry it, grind it into powder, and feed it to pigs, they'll grow meat more easily."
"Really? Do pigs eat it?"
"Of course I ate it." Li Long smiled, "Come on, let's get some tools and go fish."
Li Long told Li Jianguo about the matter, and Li Jianguo also reacted. He asked Li Long and Tao Daqiang to prepare tools, while he rented a horse carriage from the team, and then led them to Dahaizi together.
Dahaizi is more than one kilometer away from the production team's residential area. The road was a mixture of ice, snow and mud. The three men used the sticks they brought with them to pry the mud off the wheels of the carriage from time to time to ensure that the carriage could move forward smoothly.
When he arrived at Dahaizi, Li Long indeed smelled a fishy smell, with a faint stench.
There were still large and small ice blocks in the sea, but the edges had melted, and there were indeed many dead fish in the water or on the shore. The temperature was still a little low, and although there were no flies to eat the fish on the shore, the taste was not right.
"Catch the fish in the water, pick the big ones." Li Jianguo said, and the three men immediately took action.
There were so many dead fish that three people picked up a cartload of them in less than half an hour, weighing at least two or three hundred kilograms.
"Let's go back." Li Jianguo said, seeing that the pants and shoes of the three people were wet, "Go back and dry them, and come back in the afternoon."
According to conservative estimates, there are several thousand kilograms of dead fish on the south bank of the sea, enough for them to collect for several days.
Although dead fish cannot be eaten, Tao Daqiang was happy thinking about the captured piglets growing quickly by eating the food mixed with dried fish feed.
The news that the Li family brought back dead fish and put them in the yard to dry quickly spread, and many people were laughing at it, not knowing why.
But after some careful analysis, some people immediately joined the ranks of picking up dead fish.
These days, no one is dumber than anyone else.
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(End of this chapter)
