When the rain and the awn seeds, the four fields are all planted.

During the busy season of "Three Summers", what exactly is Xia Zhong and Xia Guan busy with?

On June 15, the reporter went to a village to capture a scene of busy farming, and visited the journey of a seedling from a seedling field to a seedling field.

10 a.m.: Seedlings

　　At 10 a.m., the reporter came to Nanzhong Village, Longtan Street, Qixia District, Nanjing City. The grower Zhu Wanping and two workers were "raising seedlings" in the seedling field.

　　Standing on the top of the field and looking over, the seedling field is divided into several green strips that stretch out.

Carefully observe, these long strips are composed of seedling trays, and the small seedlings grow densely on the trays. The breeze blows, and the "little heads" swing together, full of vitality.

　　The outdoor temperature reached a maximum of 37 degrees Celsius that day. Zhu Wanping and the workers all wore straw hats, navy blue overalls, and long rain boots.

They hunched over and stood beside the seedling tray. They picked up the seedlings on one side with both hands and rolled them to the other side. In a few seconds, they packed a tray into a "roll", and then stacked three rolls into a pile.

After a while, beads of sweat slid from their foreheads to their chins.

　　"Each year based on the weather to estimate when to plant the rice, and start the seedling one month in advance. The seedling will be planted on May 15th this year, and the seedling will be planted in mid-June. From the beginning of the seedling planting, the 'three summers' busy schedule begins." Zhu Wanping introduced that the first agricultural materials Store-bought rice seeds, seedling trays, and seedling substrates.

After the field is leveled, sprinkle the substrate and rice seeds on the seedling tray, cover with a layer of film cloth, and small seedlings can grow in about 12 days, and then remove the film cloth.

"There are two things to pay attention to when raising seedlings. One is to cover with film to prevent birds from eating the rice seeds; the other is to release water. Too much water in the field will drown the seedlings, and too little water will burn the seedlings to death. After raising the seedlings, I will I have to come and see it every morning. This year, I have raised 3 mu of seedlings, and I can plant 300 mu. It has been raised 4 times today.”

　　Although Zhu Wanping introduced to reporters, his speed did not slow down.

"People say that transplanting is busy, but it is busy in mid-June. When the seedlings grow up, they will lose their roots if they are transplanted again. It is safe to plant the seedlings in the fields in the past few days."

　　After about half an hour, Zhu Wanping estimated that he could fill a small carload of seedlings, and temporarily stopped and straightened up.

He walked to the ridge with the workers, rubbed his hands in the muddy water briefly, wiped the sweat on his clothes a few times, and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "

10:30 a.m.: Seedlings

　　After raising the seedlings, Zhu Wanping and the workers moved the bundles of seedlings to the roadside, where an orange agricultural vehicle was already waiting.

Together, they moved the seedlings into the carriage and transported them to the transplanting fields.

　　Don't underestimate the road from the seedling field to the seedling field.

In one day, this small agricultural vehicle has to run back and forth a dozen times on this section of the road.

"Fortunately, the main roads in the village are now cement roads. They used to be muddy roads. It was difficult to walk when it rained," said a worker.

　　Arriving in the rice-planting field, the "Old Chen" Zhu Wanping said was already waiting on the ridge.

Lao Chen is Chen Yi, a grower in Nanzhong Village. He has contracted land from his home Anhui to Nanzhong Village for 15 years. This year, he has planted 200 mu of rice.

　　Chen Yi instructed the agricultural vehicle to pull over, and formed two groups of "manual conveyor belts" with three workers - two people took the seedlings off the agricultural vehicle, and the two took them and put them on the rice transplanter.

Then the rice transplanter drove into the field, one person drove the car, and the other planted the seedlings.

"Twenty-five trays of seedlings can be planted in one mu of land, and a carload of seedlings can be planted in about 6 mu. We got up early this morning at 4 o'clock this morning!" Chen Yi said.

　　The reporter noticed that Chen Yi occasionally lost a plate during the seedling placement.

"This seedling looks good, why don't you want it?" the reporter asked.

"This is not good. You see, some are uneven in height, and some are missing a piece on the plate, so that a piece will be left when transplanting rice, which will affect the harvest, so don't do it at all." Chen Yi explained.

11 a.m.: Planting rice

　　At 11 o'clock in the morning, the rice transplanter loaded with seedlings drove to the field again. With the rotation of the gears, rows of green seedlings were erected on the bare paddy field in a short time.

　　Chen Yi washed his hands in the cement ditch and said, "This rice transplanter can work more than 80 mu a day, and my 200 mu of land can be planted in 3 days. But after planting, it doesn't mean it's done, it usually takes 7 days. When the roots of the seedlings turn from yellow to white, all the seedlings are alive, and then you can breathe a sigh of relief."

　　After the summer planting is over, field management will follow.

"The weather is hot now. After planting, we need to irrigate the seedlings in time to ensure that the seedlings are not short of water. Then we need to apply green fertilizer and weeding." Chen Yi introduced that his two sons and his wife, like him, are all focused on the fields, "This crop The Nanjing 46 rice is planted, which has a long growth cycle and takes more than 6 months to mature, and we expect to harvest it on November 25."

　　Nearly 12 o'clock, a carload of seedlings were gradually inserted into the fields.

Chen Yi brought a few lunch boxes and beckoned the workers to rest under the shade of a tree: "I've been too busy these days, so I can only eat in the fields, everyone is ready to go!"

　　The above scene is now being carried out in various rice fields in Nanzhong Village.

Chen Changwei, agricultural director of Nanzhong Village, introduced that this year, the whole village started raising seedlings on May 15. The harvest of wheat was completed on June 5, and the transplanting of rice seedlings began on June 10.

This year, more than 3,600 mu of rice will be planted, mainly 4 varieties of Nanjing 46, Nanjing 5055, Ningxiangjing and Yangnongdao No. 1, and more than 500 mu have been planted.

"The rice planting in Nanzhong Village has been fully mechanized, accounting for more than half of the area of ​​Longtan Street. After the rice is harvested, it will be transported to Fangcaodu Company for finishing, and put on the dining table of citizens."

　　Xinhua Daily · Junction reporter Yan Ying / Wen Tan Qianwen / photo