After graduation, I went home to keep bees

After dinner, the group climbed the mountain for more than half an hour under the leadership of Shan Chunsheng, and finally found the old tea tree.

In fact, when they turned the corner just now, they had already seen this old tea tree, because it grew really tall!

No wonder Shanchunhua said that they come back every year to pick some for their own food, and never thought of selling it.

joke!For such a tall tea tree, it takes more than an hour to go back and forth on the mountain road to pick the tender tea leaves at the top. If you don’t sell it for hundreds of dollars a catty, who would like to suffer this?

"Hey! We don't climb the trees when we pick them ourselves. We just tie the moso bamboo to a sickle and cut off the tea tree branches on it. Next year it will grow new branches."

Shan Chunhua said carelessly that Jiang Xiaoman didn't have to be so cautious.

These old tea trees, the more they are cut down, the more vigorous they become, and they are not so easy to hang up.

Jiang Xiaoman: "..."

He seems to have heard that there is a particularly famous tea producing area in the country, and if you break off the protected ancient tea tree branches without authorization, you will be invited to eat in prison.

Are you so disrespectful to the century-old tea trees?

However, perhaps what Shanchunhua said makes sense. These tall ancient tea trees are precisely because their upper branches are cut off every year. The side branches are particularly well developed and the canopy is dense. Such a good tea tree is sold as ordinary tea. What a pity.

Like Jiang Xiaoman, there are many old tea addicts who saw this video.

These people have been obsessed with tea tasting all their lives, and they went crazy when they saw the century-old tea trees in Shanchunhua's house. They appealed loudly in Jiang Xiaoman's comment area, asking Jiang Xiaoman to protect these precious ancient tea trees!

It doesn't matter if the tea can be sold more expensive, they are willing to make an advance payment in advance to reserve the tea from this batch of ancient tea trees!

Doesn't the quality of these tea leaves look good?

Don't take advantage of the fact that it is still not well-known, so hurry up and buy some to try something new. When the small tea cakes at Langshan are really famous, and the price will rise sharply, it will not be affordable for ordinary people.

After seeing the old tea trees, Jiang Xiaoman asked Shan Chunhua to take him to visit the tea trees planted by the soldiers.

The seedlings that were as slender as toothpicks back then are now as tall as Jiang Xiaoman.

It can be seen that it has been abandoned for many years.

Some families in Langshan Village still keep the habit of pruning tea trees every year. Tea trees that are taken care of by people will trim the upper branches after harvesting spring tea every year. In this way, the height of the tea trees can be controlled. It is more convenient, and secondly, it can also promote the branching of the tea tree and grow more tender shoots.

But the tea trees in front of me have obviously been abandoned for many years, and the height is no longer suitable for picking. The top branches and leaves can't be reached by hand. No wonder Shan Chunhua said that their family picks tea every year, directly from the branches on the tea trees. cut it down and pick it...

However, just looking at the condition of these tea trees, Jiang Xiaoman is full of confidence in the restart plan of the tea garden!

After all, if they rent land and buy tea seedlings to grow tea themselves, it will take at least three to five years before the tea gardens can start picking in large quantities. In the past few years, they had to spend money on it.

But if we use cooperatives to sign contracts with these farmers who already have tea gardens in their homes, and encourage farmers to re-operate their abandoned tea gardens, just like these old tea trees, as long as they cut off the branches on them and raise them for a year, they will be ready by this time next year. We were able to pick in large quantities.

Moreover, the cut branches will not be wasted. They can be used for cuttings to raise seedlings, and then find a place to plant them again. After a few years, there will be a new tea forest.

In this way, as long as ordinary people have a tea tree of ten mu of land, they can pick 3 to 4 stubbles of fresh leaves every year and sell them to tea factories. Based on the estimated income of 5000 yuan per mu of fresh leaves, ten mu of land is 5 yuan.

The maintenance cost of old tea trees like this one that has grown into a climate is lower than that of young seedlings, because general diseases and insect pests can’t kill them. Farmers only need to pay attention to watering and fertilizing, weeding several times a year to ensure that the tea trees don’t die, and come to pick them when the season comes Tea leaves are fine, with high yields and good quality fresh leaves. Is there a more cost-effective deal than this?

Hearing Jiang Xiaoman say that one mu of tea can be sold for 5000 yuan a year, everyone was a little dazed.

After the sluggishness is ecstasy!

This kind of abandoned old tea trees are all over the mountains and plains here!

"Mr. Jiang, do you think there are still contracted farmers in your factory? We also have a lot of old tea trees..." Someone finally couldn't help asking.

Everyone thought that the reason why Jiang Xiaoman and the others came here was mainly for the sake of Shan Chunhua's face, and they wanted to bring their family together to make a fortune in the tea business.

They don't want to poach the wall face to face, but, one mu of land can earn 5000 yuan a year, and it doesn't cost much. This deal is too tempting...

The fish took the initiative to bite the hook, if Jiang Xiaoman didn't catch the net again, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the fish?

"Don't worry, everyone. Listen to me. In fact, I came here this time for this matter."

"The village probably hasn't been notified yet. We just came back from a meeting in the town. Our tea cooperative intends to join hands with the town to launch a 'Restart Plan for Abandoned Old Tea Gardens'. Simply put, the government will come forward and hire professional technicians. Staff, help everyone reopen their tea gardens!"

"When the town's notice comes down, the village will call each household. Then everyone will go to the village to register. When the registration work in the village is completed, our cooperative society will organize everyone to sign a supply contract with us."

"With this contract, you don't have to worry about the tea you picked can't be sold anymore. You just need to take good care of your tea trees according to the requirements of our cooperative. I can assure you that the tea you earn at home The money will not be less than what you earn when you go out to work!"

What is selling tea?

Jiang Xiaoman hasn't told them yet that he plans to start a pilot project in Langshan Village, using the free time in the tea garden to develop a comprehensive farming economy under the forest, growing mushrooms, raising chickens, and raising goats... At that time, when all these things are added up, the annual cost of one mu of land will be It is not impossible to enter more than [-] yuan.

However, although the teachers of the Agricultural University swore that this experiment had been successful long ago, Jiang Xiaoman had never seen it with his own eyes, and he was not sure whether this model was suitable for Lang Shan, so he could only keep it a secret for now. Let the tea farmers take good care of their own tea gardens first. After the tea income starts to stabilize and the common people taste the sweetness, it will be much easier for him to implement the under-forest economic model.

The most important thing is that he has to discuss this matter with Shan Yan, Lang Ying and others in private, and then perfect the whole plan. After all, to develop the under-forest economy, he can't call on the common people to plant things, raise them and leave them alone. , The mushrooms, mutton, native chickens and the like produced must also find ways to find channels to help tea farmers sell them.

Lamb, chicken, eggs, etc., he is not very worried. After all, the cold chain logistics of fresh food is also very developed now. As long as there is no super flu like last year, he and Jiangyu can sell them during live broadcast. For one part, if there are still unsold ones, you can ask Shanyan to help, and contact some hotels and restaurants in the city. Supplying stores is also a very safe sales channel.

Mushrooms are even easier. Tea farmers can be encouraged to plant more mushroom varieties that Langying needs to make mushroom sauce. When the mushrooms are harvested, they can be sold directly to food factories, which can help Langying solve the problem of raw material supply shortage. , and by the way, it can solve the sales problem of agricultural and sideline products for tea farmers. If it works well, it will be a win-win situation.

It's just that, after all, it still involves the details of food factory procurement and fresh online sales, and these tea farmers, do they sign supply contracts with cooperatives individually, or are they village-based?These must be carefully considered to avoid any contradictions in the middle.

There are many things, but we still have to do one by one.

After filming the material he wanted, Jiang Xiaoman went back with Shan Yan, sending Shan Chunhua and his wife back by the way.

"Sister-in-law Chunhua, you and your brother are quitting the chicken farm now, what are you going to do next?" On the way, Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help asking.

"I was just going to ask you, Xiao Man, look at you, brother Dezhi, besides raising chickens, you can only drive. Our family also has a small truck. Do you want to set up a transportation team in your cooperative in the future? Yes, or not Shall I ask your brother to register with you first?"

"Hey~ Then let's think about going together. I also thought that Brother Dezhi can drive a small truck. I really plan to set up a transport team here. Brother Dezhi has always been steady and down-to-earth. I want to ask him to be the captain of the transport team." , Brother Dezhi, do you think it will work?"

Lang Dezhi grinned: "What's wrong with this? Your brother, I don't make as much money as you do, and you are not as good at driving a team as I am. A few years ago, when there was a flood in our area, the county recruited truck drivers to help deliver supplies. I also signed up to help for several days, and the People’s Liberation Army even praised me, saying that my skills can be used to drive military vehicles.”

"Just blow it up! Still driving military vehicles? You take good care of Xiaoman's transport team, don't cause him any trouble, I'll be thankful!" Shan Chunhua glared at her husband.

The chicken farm that had been in business for more than ten years was ruined, and the couple was really depressed for a while, but when they thought of planting tea, picking fungi, and raising bees with Jiang Xiaoman and the others in the future, plus the salary from the transportation team, The couple worked hard, maybe they could earn a lot more than owning a chicken farm?

Although the chicken farm can see living money every day, but when the harvest is not good, the more you raise, the more you will lose. Seeing that you have sold a lot of money, the final settlement, good guy!A shed of chickens also lost thousands of dollars!

If you think about it carefully, it’s better to find a job and get a stable salary. At least the income will be guaranteed in drought and flood. Although you won’t get rich, it’s impossible to lose everything. The risk is borne by the boss. Just do it right.

Besides, they have already inquired about it in private. There are some quick-witted people in Langshan Village who found out that following Jiang Xiaoman makes more money than going out to work. This year, the men in the family did not go out to work. Tea leaves, along with dozens of bee barrels in my own home. Beginning in early summer, wild vegetables came out, and I went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms...

Coupled with living at home, the rural expenses are low, so after half a year, the family has saved 8 to [-] yuan!And that's not even counting the crops in the field.

Well, the crops are indeed worthless, but this year the folks in Langshan Village have learned their skills. Everyone knows that after the crop of wild vegetables in early summer is over, Jiang Xiaoman will go to the vegetable gardens of various families to collect vegetables Made kimchi.

Therefore, this year, many people in the village did not grow the "traditional crops" such as yams and sweet potatoes. Instead, they intensively cultivated their own mountain land and planted local peppers, long beans, young ginger, sword beans, pagoda vegetables, garlic, etc. It was Jiang Xiaoman who collected more last year.

Last year they suffered a loss because they didn’t predict and planted too little, so they earned less when selling vegetables. This year everyone has made enough preparations, not to mention their own responsibility fields. The abandoned land was also reclaimed, and many sweet potatoes were planted.

They didn't want to eat sweet potatoes, the main reason was that sweet potato vines were also on Jiang Xiaoman's purchase list. This stuff has a large output. Although the price is cheaper than other vegetables, it can't hold up to a large quantity!And sweet potatoes are also firmer than other vegetables. As long as they are planted and low-fertilization is applied enough, don't let the weeds be desolate, the sweet potato vines can climb far!

In the past, people in the village thought that the sweet potato vines grew too much, and the sweet potatoes below would not grow big, so they often came to cut some sweet potato vines and chopped them up to feed the pigs.

But ever since they knew that sweet potato vines were more expensive than sweet potatoes, the villagers were reluctant to chop them up and feed them to pigs. The sweet potatoes below like to grow as big as they like, and it doesn’t matter if they don’t grow, as long as the sweet potato vines are longer.

As expected of being the boss for more than ten years, Shan Chunhua and her husband together, what a guy!I earned [-] to [-] yuan in half a year. If I worked harder and my family had a tea garden of a few acres, wouldn't Mao estimate that I could earn around [-] yuan a year?

Isn't this more profitable than raising chickens when they get up early and greedy late?

Besides, raising chickens requires fear every day, for fear of encountering bird flu, or the price of broiler chickens and eggs will drop sharply. After working so hard to raise two sheds of chickens for several months, I didn’t make any money at the end. Instead, I lost a lot of money. Ten thousand!

But if you work with Jiang Xiaoman and his cooperative, it only takes time and effort. The mountain products in the mountains are free, and whoever finds them will get them. For tea gardens, use Jiang Xiaoman and his methods to directly prune your own old tea trees It doesn't take much time to let the old tree grow new branches. After calculating the inside and outside, the couple made up their minds to try to work with Jiang Xiaoman for two years.

As for what to do after two years?

If they don’t earn money by working for others, at worst they will come back to raise chickens~ Anyway, they have learned the skills, and they won’t forget if they don’t raise chickens for two years.

However, what the couple never expected was that Jiang Xiaoman and Shan Yan gave the couple a big gift before they officially "joined the group"——

Shanyan looked at several pieces of land, and finally fell in love with Shan Chunhua and the others' current chicken farm!

This piece of land was originally a large poplar forest, and later the poplar trees grew up. A certain village cadre wanted to spend some money while in office, so he united with the village committee to sell the mature poplar trees.

There must be a reason for cutting down a good poplar grove just like that?

So, this village cadre who "makes money well" stared at this vacant land for a few days, and he actually figured out another sum of money. He rented this land to Shan Chunhua and his wife in the name of the village collective. The chicken farm is open!

At that time, when all parts of the country were vigorously advocating collective economy, a chicken farm was opened in the village, and it was convenient for the villagers to buy some cheap broiler chickens and foreign eggs nearby. No one is surprised.

After all, it is useless for the poplar forest to grow there, and the villagers are not qualified to cut trees and sell them. At most, they go to the forest every year to pick up some dead branches for firewood. It is better to replace it with a chicken farm.

It's not that no one has questioned where the money from selling the poplar trees went after they were cut down, how the village plans to use the money for renting the chicken farms, and whether they will be distributed to the villagers... However, those who questioned, probably later They were all secretly sought out by the village cadres to talk to them.

In short, this piece of land has been rented by Shan Chunhua and his wife to raise chickens in such a muddle. The village is only responsible for collecting the rent every year, and nothing else is taken care of.

Now that Shanyan has taken a fancy to this piece of land, the newly appointed village chief immediately felt troubled: "Brother Shanyan, it's not that I don't rent it to you, nor is it that the village doesn't support the restart plan of this tea garden in our town, it's mainly because of this land." , now it is still in the hands of Shan Chunhua and his wife, and they still want to raise chickens on this land..."

"The two of them have already decided to close the chicken farm, otherwise I wouldn't have come to ask you for this piece of land." Shanyan smiled, "We've already discussed with Mrs. Chunhua, their family will transfer the chicken farm to you." Rent as a share, her man will be the captain of our cooperative's transportation team in the future."

Good guy!The village chief couldn't help but feel sour when he heard the words.

What kind of shit luck did this Lang Dezhi have?

Took a worthless chicken farm, and actually changed to a transport captain?

Who doesn't know that Jiang Xiaoman's tea cooperative is well-known in the town for its good welfare and high treatment?

Lang Dezhi and his wife opened their own chicken farms, so they may not be able to earn as much as working in the cooperative.

However, on second thought, Shanyan wanted the land for the chicken farm, so wouldn't that mean that the tea cooperative was going to build a factory in their village?

It turned out that the biggest winner was himself? !