Chapter 174

In the blink of an eye, the past week has passed.

Taoyuan Village has been busy with traffic recently.

The day before yesterday, he had stopped buying wild crayfish.

Mainly because almost all the wild crayfish in the nearby valleys have been caught.

The number of villagers catching them is gradually decreasing.

The quantity and speed of crayfish farming in Ye Xiaofan's fish pond have slightly exceeded supply requirements.

In the past half month, all the diligent villagers have earned no less than 4,000 yuan.

North of Peach Blossom Creek.

At this time, the villagers gathered and the reservoir was more than half complete.

According to the plan, pond ridges were crisscrossed, dividing the one hundred acres of land into twelve large and small plots of different sizes.

Regardless of the area occupied by these pond stalks, the actual breeding area of ​​the fish pond is only about 956 acres.

The villagers were now in groups, standing on the pond ridge with bright smiles.

These are their results over the past week.

Of course, the biggest credit is the four hook machines working day and night.

Only then can the fish pond be dug within a week.

"It will take about two or three days to finish the remaining ponds," said villager Lao Zhao.

"Yeah, it's 120 yuan a day, and food is included. Tsk, I really hope I can keep doing it." The old man with rosacea sighed.

"You guy... can't bear to part with this little money? Get it done as soon as possible, and then you can start putting it into use. If the village chief hears this, he will have to slap you!"

"Oh, I mean, the food is so good that I can't live without Sister Jiang's food."

"That's right. If you have time, look for an opportunity to go to Tiezhu's house to have a meal."

"Count me in."

"..."

The villagers either don't want to give up the delicious meals delivered every day, or they don't want to give up this job.

The workload of reclaiming ponds is nothing to them, but there is no such stable job in the countryside. No.

On the roadside, Ye Xiaofan was standing with the village chief, secretary and others.

Two dogs were jumping up and down in the pond.

"Xiaofan, after the waterproofing measures are completed, the fish pond can be put into use. Should we still raise crayfish?"

the old village head asked expectantly.

During this time, every household knew that Ye Xiaofan relied on having a stable channel to sell crayfish.

Everyone else cast curious glances at Ye Xiaofan.

Although it was previously said that a crayfish farming cooperative would be established.

But then the name of the cooperative has nothing to do with crayfish.

Everyone has asked about this matter more or less.

But Ye Xiaofan didn't say anything.

"We mainly raise hairy crabs, and we may raise them with green shrimps and mandarin fish."

Hairy crab, scientific name is Chinese mitten crab.

There is a market size of 70 to 80 billion in the country.

Ye Xiaofan made the decision after careful consideration.

The old village chief and others came over with complicated expressions, "Hairy crabs... I haven't heard of anyone breeding them near Nan County."

Secretary Lin pondered for a moment, "A few years ago, someone in the next village seemed to do this and later lost money."

"Otherwise, it's crayfish, right? It's safer."

"..."

Everyone was talking nonsense.

I have been holding back these days, and now that I know what Ye Xiaofan is thinking, I subconsciously want to make suggestions.

Even though most of them don’t even have aquaculture experience.

Ye Xiaofan looked like he was listening carefully.

Wait patiently for them to finish.

"The demand for crayfish in Chujiang is limited. I have signed a contract with someone and will not sell to other businesses in Chujiang.

"Unless I travel to other cities to find new customers.

“If you raise hairy crabs and try new markets, I am confident that you will make more money than crayfish.

"I will also invite experts to come over and provide guidance on breeding. You don't have to worry too much about how to breed.

"..."

Ye Xiaofan said briefly.

I see some people are still chattering.

He didn't pay attention either.

It is said that the Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang.

But it is obviously not suitable for the current situation.

The old village chief smiled and nodded, trying to smooth things over, "Don't cause trouble, everyone. Can you guarantee that your suggestions are reliable?"

“Disagreements lead to confusion and are not conducive to unity.

“When the cooperative was established, several of our cadres said that Xiaofan should be the main one.

"Everyone works together, whatever Xiaofan says, we will do it!"

Someone immediately responded, "Yes, yes, yes, if we really have money-making ideas, how can we still be poor for so many years? Don't cause trouble."

"Then raise hairy crabs. Although I have never engaged in aquaculture, I can learn."

"..."

More than a dozen people reacted and quickly agreed.

News of hairy crab farming also spread in the village.

The matter was settled just like that.

At noon that day, a gray-haired old expert from the county came to Taoyuan Village.

Ye Xiaofan brought more than a dozen flexible members to greet him.

There were also twenty or thirty villagers who were relatively idle and joined in the fun.

The expert went around the pond that had not yet been filled with water.

“At this point in time, we have missed the opportunity to put in crab seedlings and make basic preparations.

“Of course, it’s okay to make early preparations this year and accumulate some experience.

"As the saying goes, crabs depend on water, and water depends on people.

"Chinese mitten crabs like tranquility, and the pond should have sufficient oxygen. The pond area is about 10-30 acres.

"The water quality here is good, but the slope ratio of the pond is not standard. The slope ratio is 1:5, the bottom mud is 10-15 cm, and the water depth is 1.5-2.0 meters.

"The inside of the pond ridge should be enclosed with thickened plastic film, and the film should be buried 0.1 meters into the soil.

“We also need to plant some aquatic plants, and the aquatic grass coverage rate should be above 60% in the middle and late stages.

"..."

The expert explained it very carefully and admired the enthusiasm of the villagers in Taoyuan Village for breeding hairy crabs.

Among them were several young people with lively minds who carefully recorded the key points explained by the experts.

Ye Xiaofan didn't really care about missing the delivery time, as the spiritual rain could greatly eliminate hidden dangers.

He mainly pays attention to the performance of some young members.

The cooperative cannot rely on him alone. It needs some elite backbones.

He asked experts to conduct two days of training for six or seven members.

At the same time, according to what the experts said, we are preparing to carry out preliminary renovation of the pond, install mesh at the water inlet and outlet, cultivate aquatic plants and other measures.

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To be continued...