Wake up suddenly, back to the time when my wife and daughter had an accident

Chapter 263

Meng Haisheng wanted to contract land to plant alfalfa, and Meng Hailian agreed very much, but he must not contract the wasteland on the mountain again.

"That's what I said, but it's not easy to plant here because it's all hilly. We can't just plant it here and there."

"Why don't we go to other places to contract some flat land, so that it's easier to plant alfalfa."

The weeds on the mountain can't be eliminated at all, and they often grow together with the alfalfa. When it's time to harvest, it's simply a disaster. After a day of cutting with a sickle, my arms will tremble with pain.

Meng Hailian is really afraid of cutting alfalfa.

They only have one crop of wheat a year, and even if they are tired, they can rest after they are done.

But alfalfa is different. It has an extraordinary vitality. A slightly fertile land can be harvested four times a year, and the wasteland they contracted last time can be harvested three times.

There is no machine to cut this thing, it is completely hand-harvested, which is equivalent to him cutting wheat four times a year.

Meng Haisheng felt his hands ache when he thought about it. This job was too tiring.

"Brother, have you heard of anyone using a harvester in our town?"

Meng Haisheng thought so too. It was difficult to grow alfalfa on a large scale in the hills.

He vaguely remembered that agricultural harvesters were on the market last year, but he didn't pay much attention to them and didn't know if they had any here.

If he planted alfalfa in the plains, it would be much easier to use a harvester when harvesting directly.

"I heard that there was a harvester used in the village in Haiqing Town last year. That thing was really powerful. It just chopped the wheat right away."

"But I heard that other places use imported combine harvesters. They can not only harvest the wheat, but also thresh it immediately."

"Combine harvesters are expensive. Who would be willing to use them on the few acres of land in our village? It's better to use a small ordinary harvester. It costs two yuan to cut the wheat directly, and we can just bundle it ourselves."

"Brother, let's not contract the land in Xiashan Village anymore. Let's go to the nearby villages to see if there are any farmlands near the roadside that can be contracted out by harvesters."

Meng Haisheng also understood that harvesting alfalfa is a physical job. If he could use a machine to help, it would be even better.

"That's fine. Contracting a piece of plain is better than the fields in Xiashan Village."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Once you've negotiated, I'll pay the money and contract it."

"Such a big thing, of course you have to make the final decision. How can I make a decision?"

Meng Hailian knew very well that brothers should settle accounts clearly. He had seen many brothers in the village turn against each other because of unclear accounts.

So in such a big matter as contracting farmland, Meng Hailian still insisted on letting Meng Haisheng go.

So when Meng Haisheng was taking his wife home on a weekend, Meng Hailian pulled him out of the quilt early in the morning.

The two rode bicycles together to other towns to see if they could find suitable farmland.

Yuqing Village was not far from Xiashan Village, and the two brothers walked here.

"Haisheng, look, this piece of farmland is just connected to the back mountain of our village. Let's contract the back mountain and the farmland below the mountain. Plant fruit trees on the mountain and alfalfa at the foot of the mountain."

Meng Haisheng looked in the direction of Meng Hailian's finger. Just as Meng Hailian said, the back mountain of Xiashan Village was an independent small hill, and the large farmland below extended to the vicinity of Yuqing Village.

That large piece of land was divided into many small pieces, some of which were planted with wheat, and some were directly empty.

Even in the places where wheat was planted, the wheat did not grow very well. It was not yet the season for harvesting wheat, but the wheat here was already slightly yellow.

Meng Haisheng pushed his bicycle along the small dirt road in the village to find out.

When he got closer, he understood why there were only small pieces of land here.

It turned out that the soil quality in this area was not good. In the places where no grain was planted, even the weeds did not grow very lush.

Meng Haisheng pulled a wheat ear, rubbed it open and saw that the grains inside were not much bigger than sesame seeds.

He squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil in his hand, only to see that the soil contained a lot of sand.

No wonder the wheat didn't grow well. It was difficult to grow good crops in such nutrient-free soil.

Meng Haisheng stood up and looked around. The terrain here was a little low, and not far away was the largest Yuqing River in their area.

He thought to himself that the reason why the land here contained so much sand was that there must have been a big flood here in the past, which brought all the mud and sand in the river to the shore.

"Brother, this piece of land should belong to Yuqing Village, right?"

"Yes, the back mountain belongs to our village, and this large piece of farmland belongs to Yuqing Village."

Meng Haisheng roughly estimated that the large piece of land in front of him must be about 60 to 70 acres. If all of it was rented for plantingPlanting alfalfa is still a very good scale.

"Let's go to the Yuqing Village Brigade to ask if we can contract this piece of land."

If it was in the past, Meng Haisheng would not have the confidence to contract dozens of acres of land to plant alfalfa.

Now the TV business is like a cornucopia, which continuously generates a lot of funds for him.

This made him confident when he came to talk to the village party secretary of Yuqing Village about contracting.

"Haisheng, you really underestimate the wasteland in Hexi. There are nearly 150 acres of land there. You really have to contract all of it."

Lin Jianming, the village party secretary of Yuqing Village, smiled and handed Meng Haisheng a cigarette.

"Uncle Lin, I don't smoke."

Meng Haisheng waved his hand, and he quickly calculated in his mind how much money it would cost if it was 150 acres of land.

Last time he rented 15 acres from the village, and the total cost for 70 years was more than 3,000 yuan.

His mountain land is somewhat cheaper.

But the sandy land in Yuqing Village is not much better than the mountain land he rented.

The price should be about the same.

"Uncle Lin, just tell me how much it costs to contract the land in Hedong. I think the price is right, so let's talk."

"If the price is too high and I can't accept it, then I'll go to other villages to have a look."

Meng Haisheng's words are very interesting, and he really knows how to advance and retreat.

The fact that he is making a lot of money has almost spread all over Muping Town, and Lin Jianming must know it.

But he makes a lot of money, which does not mean that he is a fool. He will spend money if others fool him.

If Lin Jianming wants to cut him a hard blow and let him contract the sandy land at a high price, he will definitely not be the one who gets hurt.

Muping Town is not small. As long as he wants to contract land, it doesn't matter whether it is far or near. Anyway, he still needs to hire people to plant and harvest later.