Chapter 468 This year's ginseng
On the New Year's Eve reunion night, every family celebrates and every household is auspicious.
There was laughter and laughter at the Spring Festival party inside the house, and bursts of firecrackers outside. The whole country was celebrating and celebrating the New Year together.
There are many people in the Xu family this year, so this New Year's Eve is much more lively than in previous years.
Chu Xuanhuai had never experienced such a lively and festive New Year celebration, and the happy smile on her face never stopped that night.
"It's good that there are more people. It's really lively and not deserted at all."
Seeing the children jumping and twirling wildly along with the dance on TV, Mr. Chu couldn't help but sigh.
"That's right. Chinese New Year is about celebrating children. It's really lively when there are children around.
It will be fine from now on. If you are here, we will be so lively every year." Xu Chenghou also laughed.
At around eleven o'clock, firecrackers sounded one after another outside.
Xu Shiyan saw that the time was almost up, so he led the children out to set off the cannons.
The Spring Festival Gala was held the next year, and the children probably watched TV all day long, not as reluctant as last year.
One by one, they put on their coats and hats and ran out to watch Dad set off firecrackers.
At the moment when all kinds of fireworks exploded in the sky, the children all let out exclamations.
"Wow, it's so beautiful. Dad, let's buy more of these next year."
This year Xu Haiyuan is older and more courageous than before.
Some small fireworks, such as small airplanes and bees, are not dangerous, so he dares to use them.
So I took my brothers and sisters and set off various small fireworks in the yard.
When it comes to burning money, setting off fireworks can definitely be considered fast.
In less than half an hour, a basket of firecrackers and other fireworks were all set off, and the children were still not satisfied.
"We'll wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Then we'll put some more in. It's too cold. Let's go back inside and eat."
I don’t know if it’s a human illusion, but I always feel that New Year’s Eve is the coldest time.
Xu Shiyan led the children to set off fireworks outside for such a long time, fearing that the children would freeze, so he quickly took the children back to the house.
By this time, the dumplings had been cooked and taken out and served.
Xu Shiyan quickly asked the children to take off their coats and hats, warm their hands, and then eat dumplings.
As per the old tradition, dumplings on New Year's Eve are still stuffed with cabbage and radish.
The children all wanted to earn money by eating, so they all stared at the plate eagerly to see which dumpling looked rich, so they picked it up and ate it.
When I ate it, I clapped my hands happily and jumped with joy. If I couldn't eat it, I suppressed my energy and continued to look for it.
Zhou Guilan took a look and saw that these people had eaten a lot. If they eat too much at night, they will easily accumulate food.
Thanks to her thinking of a way, she specially packed a few marked ones.
So I quickly dug it out, one for each person.
The children finally got their money, and they were all satisfied. They all touched their swollen bellies and ran away to rest.
After eating dumplings, I kowtowed to my grandparents and received red envelopes.
For children, this is the most perfect year.
Even if they had slept in the afternoon, by now, the children couldn't hold it in any longer and were all rubbing their eyes to go to sleep.
So Su Anying took the children back to the west room to sleep, while the others sat on the kang, watched TV and chatted.
It wasn't until the party was over that there was no TV left, so the TV was turned off and everyone found a place to stare at.
Visiting relatives and friends on New Year's Day.
Xu Shiyan left half of it at home in advance, took the children with him after breakfast, and went to Han's house first to pay New Year's greetings to Han Wenzhong and his wife.
After leaving the Han family, we went to the homes of the Li family, the Li family, Lin Qiyue, and Dai Chunrong.
Since they are all participating in the event, they are not too far away. You have to walk from house to house in this circle.
The children of the Xu family are very sensible and don't dislike others. They attract people wherever they go.
Not to mention anything else, my pockets were full of candies and other delicious food.
During the Chinese New Year, Xu Shiyan didn't have much control over his children. He just told them to control themselves, not to eat them all at once, but to save them to eat slowly.
After completing the tour, Xu Shiyan drove and took the children to Songjiang River to pay New Year's greetings to Guo Shouye and his wife.
Guo Shouye and his wife are Xu Haiyuan's godfather and godmother. They even picked Xu Haiyuan up to stay there for two days years ago.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when children visit the house to pay New Year greetings, red envelopes must be indispensable.
Each of the four children had a share, but Xu Haiyuan's share was a bit thicker than the other children's.
Children don't care about that, as long as they get red envelopes, they are beautiful.
"Okay, let's go play with Sister Fengxia. Keep all your money and don't lose it."
Xu Shiyan couldn't stop the children from receiving the red envelopes, so he could only give them one instruction.
Xu Haiyuan nodded in agreement, and then led his younger brothers and sisters to play with Guo Fengxia.
The eldest and second child of the Guo family were all out visiting. The third child was at home, and happened to take Xu Haiyuan and the others out to build a snowman and put out flowers and other things.
Guo Fengxia is very patient with her children, and they are happy to play with her.
In the room, Guo Shouye and Xu Shiyan were sitting on the sofa chatting.
While chatting, Guo Shouye suddenly remembered that there were some good ginseng fields in the Resource Department this year.
"Shiyan, where do you plan to cultivate the soil this year?
The Resource Department has several good places this year. Let me tell you which one you are interested in.
We'll make a decision as soon as we get back to work after the new year.
The past two years are no different than before. It’s not easy to clean up the ginseng soil, so I’m worried about it.
With our relationship, I will definitely let you come first."
When Xu Shiyan heard this, he said, "Hey, this is a big deal. Brother, tell me, where are they?"
Xu Shiyan was familiar with most of these logging areas under the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau.
He knows exactly where the stick is good and where the faults are. Since he is spending money to buy ginseng soil, he must get the best.
“There is one area over the Fifth Branch Line, one area at Shuguang Forest Farm, and one area behind the machine repair shop.
There is also a piece of grass not far away from the nursery river."
Guo Shouye thought about it and realized that these areas were all large. Xu Shiyan would definitely not want too small an area if he made a move.
"Brother Guo, leave the machine repair shop to me.
Is there a clearing area there for several years in a row? If there is one next year, leave it to me."
Xu Shiyan was impressed by the pieces of ginseng soil Guo Shouye mentioned.
The fifth branch line goes to Quanyang, which is a bit far.
Shuguang Forest Farm is also quite far away, and the ginseng soil there is not good enough to cause sclerotinia.
If anyone planted a stick there, they would lose everything.
Not far from the Miaopu Bridge, there is a river face. The slope is too steep and the soil layer is thin.
Moreover, that piece is full of rust. Not only will it grow red and rust after being planted with a stick, it will also rot easily.
The soil quality at the machine repair shop is good.
In his previous life, Xu Shiyan planted 280 feet of ginseng soil near the machine repair shop in 1993.
At that time, the ginseng market was still at a low point. Xu Shiyan had lost a lot of money from ginseng planting before and had no money in his hands.
I could only buy the seeds from the supply and marketing cooperative, pick out the usable ones, and plant them in the ground.
Even the plastic sheeting of Sophora flavescens was not bought, so I bought the scrap plastic sheeting that others had worked hard on for three years, which was used up year by year.
As a result, by 1996, the 28-foot mallet was sold for more than 10,000 yuan.
Chapter completed!