I Run a Gas Station in the Northwest

Most of the land in Beizhao Village is a dune environment composed of fine sand.

Fine sand is different from ordinary sand. Its particles are very small and very dry. It cannot be held in the hand and will flow away along the pores.

Because of this, when a strong wind blows, the sand will fly with the wind and fly very fast.

According to a more scientific distinction, when the wind speed is greater than five seconds, these fine sands will move with the wind to form what is commonly called "quick sand", which continuously expands with the wind direction; when the wind speed is greater than ten seconds, the quick sand will become a dust storm , The combination of wind and sand, the destructive power will become particularly amazing, overwhelming.

There is no good way to plant trees in such an environment. You can only make wind barriers on the sand dunes first, that is, grass grids or grids with branches to reduce the speed of the wind and sand, and then plant them in the wind barrier. tree.

Of course, this is a stupid way, because it takes a lot of manpower and time to make grass squares.

Moreover, the grass grid can only last for one to two years.

If the tree planting fails to fix the sand during this period, it will have to be overthrown again, which is equivalent to all the previous efforts are in vain.

"This is the result of our family's five months of hard work."

After bringing Chen Mu, Qin Gang and the town officials to their home, the Mongolian man proudly began to introduce them.

"We planted trees on the windward slope of the sand dunes as much as possible, about one-half of the position, so that when the strong wind comes, it will blow away the sand above and fill it to the bottom of the leeward slope, and we are under the windward slope. The protection of the trees planted will not move. In this way, the dunes will gradually be flattened. This is called the method of cutting peaks and filling valleys.

"There is another advantage of planting trees in this way. It is not afraid of sand dunes moving, which exposes the roots of the saplings, nor is it afraid of sand dunes moving to bury the saplings, so that the trees can live well... When the sand dunes are flat, all If trees are planted everywhere, it will really succeed."

"When we plant trees, we usually use water flushing method, but Haloxylon seedlings and Salix are slightly a little bit, so we water first and plant the saplings..."

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When Agudam was introduced, Chen Mu, Qin Gang and the officials in the town listened very carefully, all showing satisfaction on their faces, and they recognized the ability of Agudam to plant trees.

After Cheng Zijun and the others listened, they couldn't grasp the main point a little, and they didn't know what was so good about it.

In their eyes, some saplings were planted in a mess around them, making the sand dunes a little greener, nothing more.

Moreover, the saplings on these sand dunes are all planted on the windward slope, and there is no one on the other side. It feels like nothing.

The young man who had spoken before curled his lips and said disdainfully: "I don't know what's so good about this. This tree has just been planted, and it looks like it hasn't been planted. It is estimated that the guys in these places want to take political achievements and desperately Put gold on my face."

"To shut up!"

Cheng Zijun is the more knowledgeable of this group. He bent down and looked at one of the Haloxylon trees. He felt that it had taken root in the soil. He tried hard and couldn't pull it out.

Although he doesn't know how to plant trees, he also knows that it's not easy to plant trees in such a place, not to mention being able to plant so many.

He had been listening carefully to Agudam's words just now, but it took five months for the family to grow it. How could he put gold on his face?

"These saplings...was that kid nurtured?"

Cheng Zijun wondered inwardly, couldn't help but cast his gaze on Chen Mu.

Listening to the meaning of the words of Agudamu, the quality of these saplings is very good, which is why he has successfully planted so many trees...

Combining with the previous town officials and Qin Gang's attitude towards Chen Mu, Cheng Zijun really felt that people shouldn't look like people. He didn't expect that this gas station kid could have such a skill. It is really impressive.

Seeing Cheng Zijun squatting on the ground and touching the saplings seemed fascinated. Another young man also squatted down and asked, "Brother Jun, are these trees really planted so well?"

Cheng Zijun came back to his senses and said: "It is extremely difficult to plant trees in the desert, otherwise the country will not spend great efforts to build the Three North Shelter Forest."

Pointing to the surrounding sand dunes, he said: "Look at this place. The environment is so bad. It is not possible to successfully plant trees in a day or two. It will take many years to do it. Well, everything is difficult at the beginning. Trees can be planted by the month, do you think it’s good?"

While speaking, he glanced at the young man who had spoken before: “Don’t just talk nonsense if you don’t understand anything, let’s learn to be humble, listen if you don’t understand, and don’t yell if you don’t understand it, lest you show up and make others laugh. ."

The young man blushed and did not dare to say anything.

Over there, Chen Mu listened to Agudamu’s introduction for a while, and suddenly said, “Brother Agudamu, can you find a tree that has been planted for a long time, and dig it up and let me see how the roots grow under it. Up."

"no problem!"

Agudamu immediately started to find a Haloxylon tree that had grown half a human height and dug it up.

Because it is fine sand, it is necessary to pour some water first to keep the sand from flowing before digging, but it is not difficult at all.

Underneath, I soon saw the roots of the Haloxylon tree. The roots grew very dense, growing all the way down and around, densely packed.

Because of such roots, the sand around the Haloxylon tree is moist. It is no longer fine sand. Obviously, the role of sand fixation is taking effect.

Chen Mu asked Agudam to dig for nearly two meters, but he couldn't see the bottom of the roots. Chen Mu was satisfied and asked the Agudam to bury the sand again, and then let him continue to dig a tree that was planted two months ago. .

Without saying anything, Agudam continued to find a Haloxylon tree that had been planted two months ago, and dug up again...

Finally, Chen Mu looked at another sapling that was just planted yesterday...

After reading it, Chen Mu knew it well.

In such a sandy land, their own Haloxylon seedlings will perform a bit weaker than on ordinary wasteland.

This kind of "weakness" is mainly at the beginning of planting.

Because the surrounding area is full of fine sand grains, the roots of the saplings cannot hold the ground well and gain enough strength to resist wind and sand.

However, as long as it can survive three days, the Haloxylon seedlings will quickly drill deep underground, take root and develop, so that they will truly be immune to wind and sand.

Of course, in its survival process, water is indispensable.

After all, there is too little water on this kind of sand to get enough water.

After thinking about it, Chen Mu told Agudamu about his observations, and pointed him to the problem of being careful when planting trees.

Although Agudamu has the experience of planting trees, he can open up the ten streets of Chen Mu, even if he is faced with some tree planting experts in large public forest farms, he can still stand firm.

But at this time, facing Chen Mu, he was like a primary school student, listening carefully to Chen Mu's words, and asked some questions from time to time for Chen Mu to answer him.

After wandering around in the forest farm of Agudamu, the group began to walk back.

Agudamu felt that Chen Mu was about to leave, and he was still a little reluctant. While following Chen Mu, he said: "Mr. Chen, why don't you stay for dinner, and I will let my wife stew local chicken for you."

"A local chicken?"

Chen Mu was a little drooling. After signing a contract with Agudamu last time, he had eaten the stewed chicken made by Agudamu's wife. The taste was really good.

Seeing Chen Mu's gluttonous appearance, Agudamu immediately increased his efforts to lure: "Chen, stay, let's stew the local chicken to eat, drink some wine, you will sleep at my house at night, and leave tomorrow. "

Chen Mu hesitated, thinking that he was going to see the leader of the city tomorrow, he could only shook his head: "Brother Agudamu, thank you, but I have to go back to the city tonight. We will have a chance again later. Eat stewed soil**."

"So in a hurry..."

Agudamu was very disappointed, and asked, "Then when will you come again next time?"

Chen Mu smiled and said, "Then I will definitely come again, um, when the Cistanche in your field appears, you call me, I will definitely come."

Agudamu was curious: "Chen, Kurbanjiang and Ilya told me that our Cistanche can grow in a year. Is this true? I have also grown Cistanche before, and it takes three years to grow. from."

Of course Chen Mu had confidence in his Cistanche, but it was added with "nutritional soil", all of which had been used for vitality points, and it was strange that it could not be planted when used in those seeds.

What he is most worried about now is that the vitality in the nutrient soil is too much. What if the Cistanche cistanche grows out in half a year, he will not know how to explain it.

Generally speaking, Cistanche will emerge in spring and autumn, especially in spring from March to May.

The Cistanche in his forest farm has already emerged, and he is about to accept it when it is really cooked.

At this time, the Cistanche in Agudamu has been planted for half a year. If it really pops up, it will be a little troublesome to explain.

Chen Mu hoped that they would come out again in the autumn and it would be a success.

Of course, he had just observed that there was no sign of Cistanche in the Agudamu field, which made him at last relieved a lot.

Accompanied by Agudamu reluctantly, Chen Mu and his party finally left Beizhao Village.

Back in front of the town government gate in Beichaokou, Chen Mu and Qin Gang were going back to City, while Cheng Zijun and the others had to continue their self-driving tour, so they had to part ways.

When Cheng Zijun was leaving, he half-joked and half-seriously said to Chen Mu: "I will definitely go to see you later. You will treat me well when you come."

Chen Mu didn’t care either. Anyway, because of Cheng Zijun’s care for him before, he already regarded the other party as a friend. Since the other party said to have fun, he would definitely greet him, so he nodded and agreed: "Call me before you come. Call, I'll make a whole lamb to entertain you."

The two hugged, then waved goodbye.