"Team Leader Niu!"

Niu Da boldly passed by with a hoe on his shoulder. He looked at Mrs. Jin Hua, Han Chunmei, and Ma Renli, who were using hoes, rakes, and shovels to divide the plowed land into ditches. He couldn't help but stop.

"What are you doing?" Niu Bingdao asked curiously.

"Isn't it time to plant some summer corn and soybeans? Our captain Wang asked us to plow deeply and divide the fields into ridges to avoid waterlogging due to too much rain in the summer!" Ma Renli explained.

Niu DaDang looked at Ma Renli's skillful use of the hoe and couldn't help but nodded: "She looks a bit like a farmer."

Ma Renli grinned: "Aren't you studying hard with our captain?"

"Work hard and work hard!" Niu Dadan encouraged Ma Renli with a few words, and left with the hoe. The weather is just right now, neither cold nor hot, so hurry up and work a little longer.

For seven or eight days, Wang Zhong and the others plowed the wheat field for the first time, and then followed Sister Jinhua and others to prepare the land, transplant the seedlings, and plant peanuts into the ground.

This is the first year that Wang Zhong’s more than one acre of irrigated land and more than one acre of semi-sloping land have been intercropped, with soybeans and corn being planted in combination.

When the villagers saw the very different planting methods in Wang Zhongdi, they naturally couldn't help but inquire curiously. After learning that it was an experiment, they all watched the excitement out of curiosity.

Land reform is still continuing. In addition to the original cultivated land, the remaining wasteland, barren hills, forest land and other work teams around the village have also been gradually measured and distributed to the villagers according to household and population.

Wang Zhong was allocated another five acres of forest land and more than four acres of wasteland. Most of the wasteland was gravel land, which was difficult to cultivate. The reason why the work team allocated the land to farmers was to respond to the country's call to encourage farmers.

They quickly married wives and had children, preferably more children, to make up for the sharp decline in population caused by the years of war and the inability of Chiang Kai-shek to escape.

In order to facilitate the work of the mutual aid group, the land assigned to each mutual aid group member is basically together.

At the autumn harvest, Wang Zhong's more than two acres of intercropped land, whether it was corn or soybeans, the total amount harvested was much more than planting one type alone. The team members immediately understood

It has been decided that next year, like Wang Zhong, we will use a combination of intercropping and rotation.

With the irrigation project and more scientific planting methods, although there is still a shortage of fertilizers, the annual grain output of several people in the second mutual aid group of Maixiang Village is indeed much higher than last year. The grain output per mu of land is indeed much higher than last year.

The average output is the highest in the entire Maixiang Village.

There are fewer and fewer people coming to Wang Zhong to build windmills and threshing machines. After all, these items are not too rare and the craftsmanship is simple. Wang Zhong is also very selfless and returns the windmills and threshing machines that he has modified.

The drawings with waterwheels were handed over to the work team, and the work team was asked to help submit them to the county, so that these things could be popularized faster and the people could feel more relaxed.

Another major event happened before the autumn harvest. Zhou Yihu, the captain of the work team, responded to the call and went north to join the volunteer army. Zhou Yihu also extended an invitation to Wang Zhong. After all, if a sharpshooter like Wang Zhong went to the battlefield, it would be a rare big kill.

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However, Wang Zhong had a mission, and he was a little greedy for life. Now he finally got rid of the illness. He was not ready to sacrifice his life, shed his blood, so he could only decline Zhou Yihu politely, and Wang Zhong was at home.

Farming, leading the villagers to grow more food, can also support the front line.

Zhou Yihu could only bid farewell to everyone with regret and followed the troops on the train heading north.

Time soon came to 51 years.

In the past two years, the number of mutual aid groups in the village has increased to seven. All the villagers in Maixiang Village have seen the benefits of the Dier mutual aid group and have chosen to join the mutual aid group. Niu Dadan, Zhao Youtian and others also led the group members to learn from Wang

Wang Zhong also explained their advanced experience to the villagers patiently and meticulously, and gained a lot of reputation from the villagers through words and deeds.

With the promotion of advanced scientific planting technology, the output of the villagers' fields has indeed increased significantly. After two years of accumulation, coupled with the good weather, the villagers have gradually accumulated a lot of food in their hands.

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Wang Zhong took the lead in leading the members of the second group to raise poultry and livestock in a rational and scientific manner, collecting the manure of poultry and livestock, and putting it together with crop straw and kitchen waste into dug septic tanks for retting.

Every time in late autumn and early spring, when there is drought and little rain, Wang Zhong also organizes team members to dig silt by the river. The excavated silt is first sprinkled with insecticide prepared by Wang Zhong using traditional Chinese medicine, and then dried and collected.

Although mud cannot be used directly as fertilizer, it can be mixed into newly reclaimed wasteland.

It is definitely not possible to grow wheat in newly reclaimed wasteland, but it does not matter to drought crops such as peanuts, corn, and sweet potatoes. The yield may not be high, but after a year, as long as you work hard, take care of it, and dig irrigation canals, you can still grow wheat.

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Most of the emperors who were assigned to the villagers were on slopes far away from the village. Wang Zhong led the members of the second group to open part of the land where the canals were used for irrigation into terraced fields similar to those in the south. The rest of the land was on higher ground and had water canals.

In places that are out of reach, depending on the geological characteristics, either fruit trees, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts and potatoes can be planted.

Villagers from other groups saw this and followed suit. However, now that Maixiang Village has a small population, backward production tools, and naturally low productivity, most of the wasteland is still abandoned, and the only ones that have been reclaimed by the villagers are

About one-third.

Just two days after the autumn harvest ended, Wang Zhong, Ma Renli, and Wang Wanchun were checking the conditions of several main canals along the ditch. They were planning to lead people to widen and strengthen all the irrigation canals after sowing this autumn.

Without cement hardening, the ditch is prone to problems, such as accumulation of dead branches and rotten leaves, accumulation of silt and blockage, or collapse after heavy rains. Various problems arise one after another.

Just when I checked not far from the entrance of the village, I saw the cow boldly leading the cow towards the village.

"Boldly, have you bought a cow?" Wang Wanchun greeted Niu boldly with a smile.

"Village chief, captain!" Niu Dadan also stopped: "It's almost autumn plowing, isn't it? Buy an ox to plow the fields, reduce the burden on the team members and promote production."

"Not bad, not bad!" Wang Wanchun nodded and said: "Your group has done well in the past few years, second only to Captain Wang and his group. You have done a very good job as a team leader."

"Brother Bold, there seems to be something wrong with your cow!" Wang Zhong looked around the cow and found that the cow's right hind leg was indeed a bit deformed.

It seems that Niu Bingdao chose a cheap sick cow just like in the original plot.

"No one in our group is as capable as you. They can make money by operating windmills and threshing machines. Good cattle are too expensive and we can't afford them!" Niu boldly said.

Wang Zhong walked back to the front, looked at the cow that he was holding boldly, and said: "Although this cow is a little lame, its eyes are good, its head is full of energy, it looks like it has a lot of energy, and its body is not bad. If you can serve it well,

Working will definitely be no problem."

"Captain Wang, do you know how to look at animals?" Niu boldly asked curiously.

"You know something about it!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

Niu boldly gave a thumbs up: "No wonder even Captain Zhou said you are a capable person."

"It's overrated, it's overrated. By the way, we need to start preparing for winter irrigation in advance. Let's talk to the team members someday. After the autumn sowing is over, we will find a time to open the ditch together again."

"No problem!" When it comes to winter irrigation, cows are bold and dare not neglect it.

After checking the irrigation ditch and water tanker, Wang Zhong returned home. Before he even entered the door, he saw a beautifully dressed Qiao Yue sitting on a small stool in his yard.

"Captain Wang!" Seeing Wang Zhong, he immediately stood up excitedly: "You're back!"

"Do you have a problem with me?" Wang Zhong frowned slightly. He really didn't have a good impression of Qiao Yue.

Qiao Yue said: "Don't you have a lot of eggs at home? I would like to exchange some with you for some rice."

Wang Zhong looked at the cloth bag placed by the door, a little surprised, and said with a smile: "You want me to exchange eggs? Where did you hear that I have a lot of eggs at home?"

Qiao Yue said: "Don't you raise a dozen chickens in the backyard? Five or six of them are hens."

Wang Zhong said: "Go to Mrs. Jinhua's house and ask Mrs. Jinhua to exchange. She will definitely be willing to exchange with you."

"Sister Jinhua's house is in the west of the village. How close is it to you?" Qiao Yue said.

"The key point is that I don't have any eggs for you here."

"You raise so many hens and lay eggs every morning, how could you not have any?" Qiao Yue said unwillingly.

"Why am I lying to you? I really don't have many eggs here to give you in exchange. I have a big appetite and you don't know. I only eat grain every day. How can I eat enough? The few chickens I raise can still lay eggs."

It’s not enough for me to eat myself.” Wang Zhong said: “Besides, I’m not the only one raising chickens in the village, so go and ask other people.”

While he was talking, Wang Zhong had already pushed Qiao Yue out of the door and bolted the wooden door leading to the front yard passage.

Even though Qiao Yue stomped her feet in the outer courtyard and ignored her, Wang Zhong didn't want to have anything to do with this woman Qiao Yue.

Ma Renlian, who was sitting on the edge of the threshold, couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.

The excuse for changing eggs is really bad, and the excuse Wang Zhong gave to shirk the key is even worse.

Qiao Yue suddenly stiffened when she heard the laughter, and then she realized that there was someone behind her. She could dig out a courtyard with her awkward toes, and wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl in. Chong Ma Renlian smiled, said hello, and then

He quickly ran back to his courtyard.

Ma Renlian looked at Qiao Yue's leaving figure, then looked at the closed door of the inner courtyard, and couldn't help but shake his head.

This was not the first time that Qiao Yue was rejected by Wang Zhong, but every time he saw her, Ma Renlian couldn't help but want to laugh, but he was also surprised in his heart that such a strong young man like Wang Zhong could be so good-looking to Qiao Yue.

The girl didn't think anything about it. Looking at Qiao Yue's posture, if Wang Zhong had that intention, he would have done it long ago.

When Qiao Yue returned to her room, she couldn't help but spit a few times. She had run into trouble with Wang Zhong more than once, but it happened every time. Wang Zhong didn't give her the slightest chance, and Qiao Yue's enthusiasm was also suppressed.

The cold water poured on it almost extinguished it.

What Qiao Yue didn't know was that the situation when she was pushed out of her home by Wang Zhong also fell into the eyes of a man who was coming to visit her with a bowl of freshly cooked poached eggs.

Ma Renli originally wanted to go in, but after hearing Ma Renlian's laughter that was a bit watchful, his legs suddenly felt as heavy as a thousand pounds and he couldn't move any further.

Within a few days, the two groups gathered together again and began plowing and fertilizing in preparation for sowing winter wheat.

Although Wang Zhong has gone through many dungeons and has hundreds of years of experience, he still doesn't know how to build engines and can only use the most primitive oxen for farming.

Fortunately, after this summer's harvest, everyone in the second group pooled their money to buy another cattle and timber, and asked Wang Zhong and Lao Ganbang to drive another ox cart. The members also raised money to buy this cart.

It is shared by all members of the second group.

"Stand firm. First, you have to make sure you stand firm, and then push the plowshare down. If one hand doesn't work, use two hands."

Wang Zhong faced Ma Renli who was pulling the plow in front, and put the ox yoke on his waist. The yoke is also called a yoke, which is a bent wood that is put on the neck of the ox. He pulled it forward while pointing to Ma Renli. Wang Zhong was strong.

Like an ox, its strength is more than six times that of an ordinary person at its peak. It can easily pull a plow without putting an ox yoke on its shoulders like ordinary people.

But Ma Renli's skills in using the plow were too crude.
To be continued...