Farming from the end of the world

Hening County is rich in local water resources, so there are not many people engaged in fish farming. Naturally, some people have done it in Dongfeng Village, but most of them failed to make money. Now in addition to two large fish ponds that are still in operation, there are Six or seven abandoned ponds.

What Chen Guo was interested in was an abandoned pond, which happened to be at the foot of his forest, not far from Qian Lin's house, with an area of ​​about 5 mu. It was contracted seven years ago by a young man named Chen Cheng in the village. I have raised fish several times in two years, but the mortality rate of the fish is very high. After two years of raising and losing money, Chen Cheng left it idle.

In these abandoned ponds, there are only some wild fish that do not grow up except for the silt, which has no economic value.So when the village chief Chen Shou heard that Chen Guo wanted to contract one, he immediately became energetic.

But after learning that Chen Cheng had contracted the piece, he hesitated.

"That one? Although there are still three years left for the contract, discuss it with Da Chengzi. If you give him some money, he should be willing to give it to you." There is no problem with Chen Cheng, the problem is the pond, "But that pond If you can’t raise fish, one batch will die, otherwise the big ones won’t be shelved, why don’t you think about it and change to another one?”

"It's okay, uncle, I'm not mainly for fish farming, but for planting lotus. I went to see that pond, and there were weeds growing in the water, and some small insects and fish could be seen. I don't think there is anything big in the pond. Problem. After the contract is completed, I will clean it up, fish out some pond mud, and disinfect it. It should be enough.” Because of Chen Cheng’s lessons learned from the past, Chen Guo has already checked that pond. Aquatic plants, water celery, and wild taro are enough to show that this water has no effect on plants.

Even if it's really so evil that he can't raise fish, he can just grow lotus.

Seeing his firm attitude, Chen Shou didn't try to dissuade him: "That's fine, since you are determined, let's go to Da Chengzi to discuss it."

When he arrived at Chen Cheng's house, Chen Cheng, who heard what had happened, did not agree as expected, but frowned and hesitated.

"Da Chengzi, the pond is still empty if you are empty. Anyway, there are only two or three years left before the contract period, so I will give it to Chen Guo. Let alone a few hundred yuan every year, I will always give it to you! Seeing that he hesitated and didn't answer, Chen Shou frowned and persuaded.

This Da Chengzi is usually a bold and generous young man, why did he suddenly care about such an abandoned pond?

"Uncle, I didn't mean that." Chen Cheng smiled awkwardly, and after struggling for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and looked at Chen Guo, "Xiao Guo, I heard you plan to open a homestay?"

Suddenly asked this?Chen Guo was a little confused, but still nodded.

Chen Cheng asked again: "You want to plant lotus in this pond to attract tourists?"

Chen Guo still nodded, wondering if Chen Cheng wanted to use this to raise the price?But his pond is just a bit of a geographical advantage. If he doesn't want this one, it's not a big deal for him to find another one farther away. It won't threaten him at all.

Seeing Chen Guo's defensive gaze, Chen Cheng was a little embarrassed, his face gradually turned red, and he coughed lightly: "Hey, what, since you made money raising chickens, I know that Xiaoguo is far-sighted People, this lotus pond thing, cough..."

Chen Shou became impatient: "What are you doing so coquettishly? Tell me something!"

So Chen Chengdao: "I just want to ask, Xiaoguo, can you bring me with you!"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Shou and Chen Guo were both taken aback.

Chen Cheng continued: "Our village has beautiful mountains and rivers. I have long thought that we can develop into the tourism industry, but this is not without funds and plans! Xiaoguo is a smart boy. He has made money raising chickens and has achieved success in making videos— —I still watch the video every day, I think they have a lot of fans, maybe they can really attract a lot of tourists.”

He is not much older than Chen Guo. Young people are always interested in new things. He has been envious of the tourist attractions around Hening County that are making a lot of money. Chen Guo has been planting peach trees and apricots on the mountain. Shuhe vaguely guessed Chen Guo's plan, and later Chen Guo and Chen Lin built a homestay to confirm his idea.

He wanted to cooperate with Chen Guo, but on the one hand, he just got married and built a new house two years ago, and he didn't have much savings left; Face, so this has been delayed.

Now that Chen Guo came to him by himself, his heart was ready to move again.

As for Chen Guo, she did not reject cooperation.

It is true that he intends to engage in tourism to make money, but if he is the only one in the whole village to make money, and he does not worry about the few but the unevenness, even if he is not jealous, he may not get help from the villagers again if he has anything to do, and it will not be long. He will be a lone tree blown away by the wind.

Only by bringing real benefits to the villagers, the villagers will unite with him, and his life will become more and more comfortable.Now people in the village are not optimistic about his homestay, he will not take the initiative to find others, but he will not refuse when reliable people approach him.

According to his observations, this Chen Cheng is not bad. He is hardworking, straightforward, has a wife and children at a young age, and can build a two-story house in the village. He has a good reputation in the village.

"Brother Chen Cheng, do you want to cooperate with me? Of course it's a good thing." Chen Guo smiled and agreed, "I plan to turn over the mud in the pond and trim the edges into cement. Fish. The side of the pond should be repaired, paved with gravel roads, a small shop can be set up, and some fishing spots can be set up. If the funds are sufficient, I would like to build a corridor on the pond, a small pavilion or something."

Chen Guo calculated in her heart, and said: "We can talk about the construction of corridors, pavilions and small shops later. The most important thing now is to dig the mud and buy seed fry. At the beginning, 1 yuan will be enough."

Chen Chengcheng was also a little worried about the funding problem because Chen Guo wanted to build roads and corridors. Now that he said that it only cost [-] yuan, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Guo smiled: "After all, it is not sure whether there will be tourists. We will plant the most basic lotus first. The follow-up construction can wait for this summer vacation to see the situation of tourists. Even if there are no tourists, we can also plant the lotus when the season comes. Take lotus roots and the like to sell in the county."

Chen Cheng nodded: "Xiao Guo is right, then we will each pay half of the ten thousand? We will also split the income in half."

Chen Guo thought for a while, nodded and said, "Brother Chen Cheng, it's not like you don't need to care about this lotus after planting it, and the fish also need to be fed. My side..."

He wanted to say that the two took turns, but Chen Cheng slapped his chest: "You're so busy, I'll leave this to me. I've raised fish before, so it's not a big problem."

Chen Guo felt a little embarrassed when he took them all in one gulp, "Then you will get more benefits."

"Brother, it's too much to say." Chen Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "If the tourism industry can be promoted, it will all depend on your publicity. How can I be so embarrassed? It's not too tiring. As a job, just turn around every day and sprinkle some fish food."

This person is really honest, Chen Guo raised the corners of his lips.

In the end, the two signed a contract. Chen Chengcheng contracted the pond from the village at a low price, so the contract money was not counted. The two first paid [-] yuan, and Chen Guo ordered lotus root seedlings, while Chen Cheng was responsible for translating the pond. Pond disinfection and other matters.

Chen Guo ordered 50 catties of lotus root seeds online that day. He didn't pursue the output of lotus roots. He ordered varieties with good flower shape, pretty color and frequent flowering.I also contacted Chen's mother and obtained a channel to order fish fry from her.

Chen Cheng was also a man of action. Early the next morning, when Chen Guo was feeding the chickens on the mountain, he saw him and a few friends starting to dig the pond, and even rented a small excavator.

After feeding the chickens, when Chen Guo turned down, the silt dug out had already piled up into a hill. Chen Guo planned to ferment all the silt, use the heat of fermentation to kill the germs and insects in it, and then put it back into the sterilized In this way, there should be no problem when the fish fry are put into the pond again.

Chen Guo has recently started to learn how to shoot. Because Zhou Lu has to go to school, many things—such as the repairing of the pond this time—can’t be recorded in time. Chen Guo feels that these construction processes should also be recorded, so I also take The camera is shooting.

As for the editing, of course I will save it when Zhou Lu comes back from the weekend.

Chen Cheng waited for him to pat around before coming up: "Xiaoguo, there is quite a lot of mud in this pond, I guess the pond can't be used up, do you want it? Your fruit trees also need fertilization. "

Chen Guo nodded immediately: "If there are more, then keep them for me. This year's peach trees can't be counted on, and apricots may bear a little bit. I'll give them top dressing."

Chen Cheng naturally agreed.

The water in the pond was completely drained, and while the mud was fermenting, quicklime was sprinkled in the pond for disinfection.

A few days later, the fifty catties of lotus seeds ordered by Chen Guo arrived. The lotus seeds are mature lotus seeds with hard and waterproof skins, which need to be opened to germinate.

For a total of fifty catties, one by one, she used pliers to break open the end of the lotus seeds with small holes. It took Chen Guo a lot of time to finally finish all of them, and soaked them in several large basins with warm water.

Change the water every day, get more sun, and pick out the rotten lotus seeds in time. After three to five days, small buds begin to sprout, and after ten days, small leaves have already stretched on the water surface.

The pond has been prepared and filled with shallow water, so Chen Guo and Chen Cheng worked hard for a few more days and planted the seeds in the lotus pond.The pond mud fermented into organic fertilizer is rich in nutrients and the temperature is suitable. These small lotus seedlings began to grow very quickly.

As the lotus grew, the water filled the pond little by little. Seeing some small insects on the surface of the water, Chen Guo tried to raise a few small fish in the pond water with a bamboo basket.

After three days, none of these fish died, and they were all alive and well, and there was nothing wrong with them.Only then did the two feel relieved and ordered two thousand fish fry.

There are more than 600 silver carp, grass carp, and carp each, and they are fed with egg yolks before they are put into the fish pond.

The water in the pond is still a little cloudy, but the small green lotus leaves are not stained with pollution and stand upright. Occasionally, fish fry can be seen swimming and playing under the water, which is quite interesting.

Chen Guo nodded in satisfaction, and stomped her feet: "When the time comes, I will plant a few shade trees here, and set up fishing platforms for rent under the trees. The business should be good."

Chen Cheng nodded, and couldn't help looking forward to it.