Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

Seeing Liu Xialian coming, the mother finally seized the opportunity: "Xialian, I support you in opening a restaurant, and your business is good. I also support you in raising livestock, which can help people find jobs and make money together. But you said you want to grow vegetables in the middle of winter, what the hell is this, and you bought so many materials, who uses so much wood, bricks, wire, and nails to grow vegetables?"

Liu Xialian said, "Mom, don't worry, you will see it the day after tomorrow. We will only build a one-acre vegetable garden the day after tomorrow, and you will understand it when you see it."

"Well, if you continue to act recklessly there will be no next step. Your father and I will criticize you."

Liu Xia Lian shrank her neck in fear: "Can't you have a little confidence in me? It's just growing vegetables, there's nothing to be surprised about."

The gap between the times cannot be explained in a few words. Liu Xialian did not explain too much. After all, her mother really couldn't understand how to grow vegetables in the winter. There was no concept of growing vegetables in greenhouses in their lives.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, my mother took the third and fourth children back to her mother's home in Xujiazhuang. My eldest sister, her husband, and the children came to Lijiatun. Liu Xialian cooked and entertained them. There was nothing to say for the whole day, but on the third morning, many people came.

Unexpectedly, all of Liu Xia Lian's capable subordinates were present.

In front of us is Liu Xia Lian’s corn field, not far from the main road, with a stream next to it, covering an area of ​​twenty acres.

Li Damei, Xu Shiba, Li Shaoling, Li Erlu, Li Ganzi, Li Hu, Xu Xiong, Liu Fugang, and Li Xiaofei were all present. There were also Chunlan's sister-in-law, Shuiqin's sister-in-law, and a dozen bricklayers and a dozen women who did odd jobs in the village. Bricklayers were paid one yuan and twenty yuan a day, and women who did odd jobs were paid one yuan a day. As for Chunlan and Shuiqin, they were the newcomers and were paid monthly.

They were all wearing cotton jackets and gloves, staring at Liu Xia Lian with wide eyes.

Liu Xialian said, "What are you looking at me for? I have spots on my face. I'm working. Sister Chunlan, you are responsible for burning the boiler and the big pot next to it. The small boiler is hot water for everyone to drink tea, and the big iron pot is boiling mutton bones and ginger soup, which warms the body."

"well."

He began to build the wall. The wall was 45 centimeters thick with three bricks, and it would have to be 50 centimeters if it included the yellow mud.

Li Shaoling was a little confused: "No, Sister Xia Lian, it's cold in this weather and there's no way to mix mud to build a wall. How can bricks alone prevent the wind?"

"Didn't I tell you that the weather is cold, so water will freeze, right? This one-acre vegetable garden is an experiment. First, build the wall, set up the wood, and lay down the plastic sheet. Then, pour water on the wall to freeze it and strengthen the wall. That's it. Just follow my instructions on the details."

Although no one understood what they were supposed to do, they had to do what the boss said.

More people means faster work. It took more than 40 people just to build the wall in one morning. Because Liu Xia Lian took the problem of wind protection into consideration, she only designed the back wall to be two meters high, and the front wall was only half a meter high. The wood was placed on a large slope, which provided good sunlight and allowed the temperature to rise quickly for growing vegetables.

I had a simple lunch at noon, and spent the afternoon building wooden racks and laying plastic sheets.

In the afternoon, two more capable people came, Daya and Erya. They were incredibly strong, and could easily handle tasks that men couldn't do. They were completely human engineering vehicles.

The next step was to pour water on the outer wall. In that weather, water would freeze into ice, so large basins of water were poured on the wall. After a short while, the wall was frozen. It was very solid. The brick wall was originally half a meter thick, so it was even more airtight.

In the evening, in the yard of the farm, after everyone had finished their meal, Li Damei took the account book and went straight to the expenses. In addition to the wages, each person was compensated with a pair of gloves because their gloves were all dirty from working today.

"There is still one more day of work tomorrow. The masons can come over. The women, except Chunlan and Shuiqin, should all stay at home and celebrate the New Year."

The bricklayer was paid one dollar and two cents, the handyman one dollar, and more than twenty people took the money and left, each of them leaving in high spirits.

The rest were her own people. Liu Xialian arranged, "There won't be much to do tomorrow. Just cultivate the land and plant vegetables. Those who have things to do can go and do them. Those who don't can come and help."

Li Erlu said, "What's the matter? What else can we do on New Year's Day except bragging and drinking? The old women at home are making so much noise that it hurts my head. It's better to work. I want to see how you grow vegetables. If you can really grow them, I, Li Erlu, will be the first to admire you."

"Okay, everyone from Mang Village should go back. It's not safe to go too late. The rest of you can go to my shed to deal with the details."

The people from Mang Village left, and Liu Xia Lian led the rest of the people to the vegetable greenhouse.

There are two types of vegetable greenhouses. One is called a solar greenhouse, also known as a cold greenhouse, which only relies on sunlight during the day to raise the temperature of the greenhouse. The other is called a warm greenhouse, which relies on sunlight and also needs to light a stove to heat it. The one built by Liu Xialian belongs to the second type.

In fact, the Northeast is not suitable for growing greenhouse vegetables. The temperature is too low and it consumes a lot of fuel. But there is no other way. If we don’t grow greenhouse vegetables, many good things in the space cannot be taken out. We must have such a pretext.

There was not much work to do at night, just setting up three large stoves and long chimneys. More people meant more work, so Xu Shiba, Liu Fugang, Daya, Erya and others worked together to set up the stoves.

Chunlan and Shuiqin went to get firewood, and they brought back a whole cart of hard miscellaneous wood. There was a lot of this stuff in the village, and it was used for heating the kang and cooking.

The first stove was lit first, and the temperature of the surrounding area rose quickly. In just over ten minutes, the temperature of the chimney was also high, and the saliva spit on it would dry up instantly.

Two hours later, all three large stoves were lit. It was getting late, past eight o'clock in the evening, and the temperature in the shed had reached the point where it was no longer possible to wear a thick cotton-padded jacket.

Liu Xialian said, "We have worked hard all day, let's go home, we can also go back with some charcoal."

Xu Shiba pointed to the coal stove in the shed and said, "This is a good thing. We don't have to worry about it being stolen."

"Okay then, cousin. You and Brother Xu have worked hard all night. Just sleep on the floor here and spend the night there. We'll decide after we install the door lock tomorrow."

The next morning, Li Shaoling and others came over and were surprised when they entered the greenhouse.

Li Shaoling said: "It's really hot. There's no need to wear a cotton jacket. A sweater is just right."

"Today's task is quite heavy. We will coat the inside of the wall with yellow mud. There will be ice on the outside wall and yellow mud on the inside wall. This way, no cold wind will come in."

The people from Mang Village worked with the local masons to apply the yellow mud. The speed was quite fast. In one day, the mud wall was applied very well and basically airtight. As the stove burned, Liu Xialian frowned.

Li Damei asked: "What's wrong, sister, is there something wrong?"

"There's no problem with the temperature during the day. Look, the thermometer has reached 25 degrees. But the temperature at night is still low, only around 10 degrees. What can I do?"