Daily Life of Pig Farming in 1970

18

　　Su Cheng opened the door and saw two men standing in his yard. His expression suddenly changed.

　　"Mr. Yan, Song Zhen, why are you here? What happened?"

　　Old Yan laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, Su Tuan. We are just wandering around. But I need to ask you something."

　　Su Cheng said: "Just ask me anything you want, I will tell you everything I know."

　　Song Zhen pointed to a vegetable field not far away and asked, "Whose vegetable field is that?"

　　Su Cheng looked from a distance and asked, "The field with the scarecrow?"

　　Song Zhen and Mr. Yan both nodded slightly.

　　Su Cheng scratched his head and wondered, "This is my vegetable garden. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

　　Then, as if he had thought of something, he smiled sheepishly and said, "Mr. Yan, the vegetables I grow are among the best in our family compound. I'll pick some for you."

　　Su Cheng thought the two men were coveting his vegetables.

　　“You planted it?!”

　　Song Zhen and Old Yan looked at each other quickly and said in unison, "How come they didn't know that Su Cheng had this ability?"

　　Su Cheng was confused by the two's surprised looks, but he still said affirmatively: "Of course! I water the plants and pull out the weeds every now and then."

　　Old Yan shook his head and said, "Then it's not your land? You can't get water for this land."

　　The fertilizer piled in the vegetable field was very effective, and the distance and depth of the fertilizer were also noted, which was not something that could be done casually. This person must have a lot of planting experience, and they guessed that he might be an elderly farmer.

　　Su Cheng was a little scared by the two people's appearance. He muttered in his heart that the land was indeed his home, but he still said to them: "Let's go and take a look together."

　　Shen Yu, who had been standing by, heard the conversation between the three people. Thinking of how Su Yaoyun had become popular recently, he suddenly had an idea in his mind: maybe Yaoyun could go to the research institute without taking the exam. He hurried into the living room and pulled Su Yaoyun, who was holding the child, out.

　　"What's this, second sister-in-law?" Su Yaoyun followed without knowing what was going on.

　　"There's a problem with the fertilizer you fermented. The experts from the research institute are here. Let's go!" Shen Yuke didn't give her a chance to refuse and walked without a pause.

　　Su Yaoyun raised her eyebrows in surprise. An expert from the research institute came to see the fertilizer she had fermented? In fact, after much searching during this period, she was almost certain that she could not find chemical fertilizer. She calculated that the country had only used chemical fertilizer for a few years, and because it did not have the ability to mass-produce urea and ammonium sulfate, most chemical fertilizers were imported from abroad. The quantity was limited, so ordinary people naturally could not get it.

　　In other words, if she wanted to use fertilizer, she had to make it herself. But her situation was still like a skilled cook without rice, unable to make a meal without rice. She knew the craftsmanship, but the machine for making it could not come out of thin air.

　　The fact that the experts at the institute were interested in her fertilizers did not mean that they were trying to mass-produce fertilizers. If so, she would have a way to get fertilizers for the village.