The Pretty Military Wife

Chapter 478: Grass Planting and Cattle Raising Plan

"Who is Liu Yang?"

"He is one of the college students who came this time. I plan to transfer him here to take care of the seedling cultivation. I will also see if there is anyone else willing to come. But you are the one who is in charge. Liu Yang is a student who is here for internship. This guy is a troublemaker, so you have to be careful with him."

While joking, Liang Xinyue also told Zhang Xiangyang some things to pay attention to when raising seedlings:

"First, observe and record. You must insist on observing and recording at regular intervals every day. You must remember it very carefully. I will teach you how to record this later."

"The second thing is to pay attention to finding the best quality seedlings and the best breeding methods."

As Liang Xinyue was talking, the car drove for another hour and a half before arriving at Daoliang Village.

They arrived late, and everyone in Daoliang Village had already eaten lunch and went back to the fields.

But knowing that they had not eaten yet, Lao Liu happily called his two daughters-in-law to come and make them some noodles.

After eating, Liang Xinyue took them directly to the field to see what the turned-over soil looked like, and pointed out what the standard shape should be.

Yu Jianshe's eyes lit up as he watched. It was great that everyone here was busy and working together. If you just stood by and watched, you would feel embarrassed, as if you were the laziest person.

Liang Xinyue took them on a thorough tour:

"This is the shed. I've reported it to your village for use. Today is Tuesday, so it's estimated that it won't arrive until the weekend."

"But you have the time, so you have to learn how to dig up the land first. In addition, there is another very important point. You are breeding there. The requirements for the land are more stringent."

"First, you have to make sure that your land can be dug out and exposed to the sun for two days, and then spread a layer of ash from the burnt plants on top."

Every time Liang Xinyue made a request, Zhang Xiangyang and Yu Jianshe quickly wrote it down.

After showing them around, Liang Xinyue called Liu Yang and said:

"This is Captain Yu, the captain of Shibalipo Village. Please pack your things and follow Captain Yu to their place. He will arrange accommodation for you."

I had mentioned to Liu Yang before that we wanted to build a special place for growing seedlings, and now that he was being transferred there, he was naturally happy.

"This is Zhang Xiangyang, a staff member of our bureau. From now on, he will be in charge of the management of the seedling cultivation. You can discuss technical matters with him and I will make the final decision. For daily arrangements and personnel arrangements, you can consult Captain Yu."

Liu Yang was very happy. He now admired Liang Xinyue immensely. He had never expected that the person who had been antagonistic to him from the beginning could still be valued by Liang Xinyue.

But he didn't know that Liang Xinyue had already inquired about his grades and found out that they were very good in all aspects, but there was a problem in his brain.

But there is absolutely no problem in doing things, so he is still very competent to do this job:

"Do you have any classmates you want to invite? If someone is willing to go with you, I agree."

Liu Yang thought for a moment and said:

"I'll ask."

He really went to ask a few people, and finally brought three classmates with him, so that the four of them, two boys and two girls, could move to Shibalipo Village.

"Captain Yu, you have to make arrangements for my four students. They are all college students."

Yu Jianshe smiled and said:

"Don't worry, we have a youth camp over there. Three of them have left now. When they go there, two female comrades can live in one room, two male comrades can live in one room, and Leader Zhang can live in one room alone. They all have houses, but they have to cook their own food. But there are pots and stoves at the youth camp."

Zhang Xiangyang said shyly:

"Don't call me Leader Zhang. Just call me Xiangyang. I'm 23 years old."

"That's fine, we can just call each other by our names."

Yu Jianshe also spoke very straightforwardly, and then Liang Xinyue called Ding Shiqing over and said:

"Tomorrow, you go to Shilipo Village and give instructions on how to measure these things. I have already drawn the sketches. Just do it according to the requirements. I will not be out tomorrow because I have something else to do. You can follow the trucks delivering stones on the canal. I have seen that the trucks delivering stones will pass by their side."

Yu Jianshe smiled and said:

"When you get on the bus, tell the driver that we are going to Shibalipo Village. The bus will pass by the entrance of our village. Get off at the entrance of the village and I will pick you up there."

"it is good."

Trucks transporting stones are now operating non-stop every day. Gaoshi Village is about ten miles behind Shibalipo Village, so all the trucks will come from there.

After everything was agreed upon, Liang Xinyue asked Liu Yang and the others to go back to the dormitory to pack their things, and then asked Guo Xiaoxue to drive them back.

Later, Guo Xiaoxue failed to send them there. Just then, a truck that was delivering stones came to deliver stones to Gu Sanding, so they followed that truck back.

Zhang Xiangyang didn't go today. He had to go home to pack some luggage. He could go tomorrow.

Liang Xinyue also gave some pointers on how to care for the new seedlings planted here.

These college students followed suit and took notes seriously.

After Liang Xinyue returned home, she sat down at night and thought seriously about how to raise dairy cows.

Dairy cow breeding is probably more difficult because it has higher requirements for forage grass. Liang Xinyue thought that it is not only necessary to find the best grass from the source of food, but also to find a market for it.

No matter how good the milk is, you have to sell it. And now there are no advanced sterilization equipment, the shelf life of milk is not long enough, and we have to find a way to preserve it.

However, she had very little information on the subject. Apart from checking the only book she had that mentioned some precautions in raising cattle, she could not find any other knowledge on the subject.

It seems that I have to go see Director Shen tomorrow.

Speaking of seeing Director Shen, I thought of what Lao Ren said that day. He didn't accomplish this good thing because he had something else that day, so he should change the time.

Liang Xinyue looked back at Xiaoxue who was also reading a book seriously. Suddenly she remembered that Xiaoxue had been here for more than a month. Her hand had almost recovered. Except for the slight pain when she raised it, everything else was fine.

"Xiaoxue, I think you can go back now. Otherwise, if you always stay here with me, what will happen to your work?"

Guo Xiaoxue smiled and said:

"Don't worry. Next Monday, take a leave and we'll go back to the military region together. Professor Xie asked you to go for a reexamination. Did you forget? If you pass the reexamination, I won't have to follow you."

Liang Xinyue just said "oh" when she heard Xiaoxue change her tone:

"Sister Liang, do you not like me anymore and want to drive me away? I won't agree. I don't want to leave. Haven't you seen that I have gained weight here with you?"

Liang Xinyue laughed and said:

"Of course I don't want you to leave. Our little Jiajia will definitely cry if you leave. But you still have your job and can't always be with me. In the future, you can come to my place to play during the holidays, and you can also write to me. It's all fine."

Guo Xiaoxue sighed heavily and said:

"It may not be easy to come to your place to visit you, and it is not easy to call you either, because you are too busy to stay in the office every day, so I can only write to you."

That's true, but the nature of Liang Xinyue's job means she can't guarantee to be in the office every day.

The next day, Liang Xinyue went straight to the Animal Husbandry Bureau early in the morning. She knew that all departments were going to support the construction of the canal. Most of them were living on the construction site.

I heard that Director Shen also lived there, but he would come back sometimes, so Liang Xinyue came to the Animal Husbandry Bureau early in the morning to stop him, but she didn't expect to be stopped.

Director Shen could only hand the task over to another leader to take over and arrange it. Liang Xinyue went to Director Shen’s office and sat down and said:

"Director Shen, I came to you today because I really have something good to tell you, but I'm not sure about it, so I need to hear the opinions of professionals like you."

Director Shen laughed, put down his rolled-up trouser legs and said:

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Liang Xinyue said:

"Yesterday, Professor Zhu from the Provincial Agricultural University called me. Last time, I told you that I needed to find a breeding expert. Professor Zhu recommended one to me, but I haven't found him yet because I feel a little unsure."

Director Shen said seriously:

"How can I not be sure? We are in the period of civil development here now. If he can come and give us some advice, it will definitely work."

Liang Xinyue said:

"I don't really know much about animal husbandry. According to Professor Zhu, this professor specializes in raising dairy cows. Do you think we can raise dairy cows here?"

This question actually made Director Shen ask:

"As for dairy cows, we Han people rarely raise them. Most of them are raised by Mongolians and Tibetans. They eat them. We rarely eat them. It's probably better to raise beef cattle. The meat of beef cattle is edible."

Liang Xinyue waved her hand and said:

"Don't worry about drinking milk. In a dozen years, it will start to spread all over the country and it will be a best-seller."

"how do you know?"

Uh……

Liang Xinyue said without changing her expression:

"Think about it, our county is the poorest in the province, so we definitely don't have a lot of people drinking it here, but people in places like Shanghai and Beijing are drinking it in large quantities. Drinking it every day is good for your health."

"People here don't drink because they think it's better to eat more. That's because we haven't solved the problem of food and clothing. As long as our industry is adjusted and our living standards improve, believe it or not, many people will drink."

"I came to discuss this with you. I have to go to the province next Monday to go to the military hospital for a follow-up examination. I want to meet a professor and ask him what is the best thing to raise in our area."

Director Shen immediately said:

"Can I go with you?"

Liang Xinyue smiled and said:

"What do you think? I came here to tell you that we should go together. By the way, you should tell Director Zhao that the direction of these things should be known to Director Zhao and County Magistrate Chen."

Director Shen nodded and said thoughtfully:

"It's not impossible to raise dairy cows. We have a pasture near Ak County. To be honest, the grass there is very good. It's very suitable for raising dairy cows."

Liang Xinyue nodded and said:

"Then we will find a way to expand that patch of grass. I'll do it. It's autumn now. I'll go and see how to get these grass seeds out. Then we can grow our own seedlings and plant grass."

Director Shen was stunned for a moment:

"You can also grow grass? Aren't they wild? Who would grow grass?"

Liang Xinyue smiled and said:

"We grow grass to expand the grassland area in our county and to raise more cattle and sheep. This grass is different from the grass we usually see in the fields. We need to find the best forage grass seeds and grow them ourselves. That will solve a major problem in our breeding."

To be honest, Director Shen's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had thought about engaging in breeding before, but he never thought that he could grow grass himself for breeding.

Because everyone's thinking is fixed, they all think that it is better to use the land to grow food, because food is the most important thing and we are not able to eat enough now.

In the eyes of ordinary people who grow crops, grass is the most undesirable thing. If grass grows in the field, or if the grass grows well, it will rob the crops of their nutrients. By then, the ground will be full of grass and there will be no harvest.

So, if you want farmers to grow grass, that is definitely not possible.

But Liang Xinyue smiled and said:

"So, we have to go if we have the conditions, and if we don't have the conditions, we have to create them and go."

Director Shen was convinced, but he was really narrow-minded before and had never thought of growing grass for breeding. This gave him an idea.

But Liang Xinyue said:

"I've stopped you. I've already talked about official business. I have something personal to discuss with you."

Director Shen smiled and said:

"Okay, you say."

Liang Xinyue squinted her eyes and said:

"I was asked by someone to ask for your family's opinion. Someone has taken a fancy to your daughter and wants to marry her."

Director Shen was stunned at first, he really didn't expect it to be this, but he smiled and said:

"My guy is not doing his job properly, who's interested in him?"

Even though he said he was not doing his job properly, his eyes were filled with pride. He loved his own daughter.

Liang Xinyue said:

"I like what she does. There are top talents in every field. Don't underestimate them."

After thinking about it:

"Your old friend, our Director Ren, I believe you know his son?"

Director Shen was stunned for a moment and laughed:

"As for the kid from his family, it's okay, he's a real person. But we don't have the final say, it depends on whether the young people can get along. In fact, they played together when they were young, but after they grew up, I haven't seen them play together."

"Of course. Now is a new society. Marriage and love are free and cannot be arranged. But I still want to ask for your opinions before deciding whether to arrange this relationship."

"I have no objection. My girl has a more straightforward personality, while the boy from the old Ren family is the opposite of mine. As long as they get along well, I have no objection."

"Okay, I'll find a time in a couple of days and invite the two young people to my house."