Chapter 201 is booming
It was the first time for the villagers in Shenjiazhuang who planted strawberries and watermelons that they were busy farming in the summer, and it was also the first time they experienced the feeling of money coming to their doorsteps.
Chen Mu went to the fields with a group of children to pick strawberries before dawn. In almost an hour, he had picked all the strawberries he could and installed three large wooden cages.
Su Tai asked the villagers to make the so-called wooden cages by themselves. They are like steamer baskets and can be stacked up to ten layers, so that the harvested strawberries do not have to worry about being crushed.
Just as the father and son were about to go back, a businessman from out of town came into the village. His eyes lit up when he saw his three wooden cages, and he quickly stopped the family, "Fellow, has anyone ordered these strawberries?"
Chen Mu shook his head, thinking of what Su Tai had said before about being calm and taking the initiative. He deliberately looked expressionless and said unhurriedly: "We just harvested them and are going to take them back."
The other party became even more excited and asked to take a look.
Chen Mu opened it generously and let him take a closer look, so the other party rounded up Chen Mu's strawberries without saying a word.
The family next door looked at him with envy, but within a quarter of an hour someone came to his house to inquire.
The situation at Shen Zizi's family is similar.
Originally, he had nothing to do with Shen Yi, and he had no intention of following the trend of growing fruits. Because he was interested in adopting a child, and because several poor families in the village had made money by working with Shen Yi, he gritted his teeth and gave it a try. They just set aside four acres of dry land, two acres to grow watermelons, and two acres to grow strawberries.
He didn't expect strawberries to be in such short supply. Now he wakes up early every day and works hard at night. He has saved more money than in previous years. He is so happy that everyone laughs. Then he is annoyed that there is too little land at home. If he had more money, he could earn more. .
There were many people who were as upset as him, so there was a wave of land buying craze in the village.
Shen Ying was in pain and happy.
Because there were so many people looking for him to buy land, he couldn't take care of his own farm work and could only leave it to the Zeng family and his children and grandchildren.
After more than half a month of strawberry craze cooling down.
Shen Ying could finally take a breath.
In the evening, he sat in the yard blowing the cool breeze and asked Zeng, "How much did our family earn from selling strawberries this time?"
They only planted four acres of strawberries.
Mrs. Zeng smiled from ear to ear, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Three hundred and twenty taels."
"How many?" Shen Ying stood up suddenly, her legs cramped due to being too excited, and she didn't forget to ask while baring her teeth, "Why are there so many?"
Mrs. Zeng smiled angrily at him, sat down with a proud look on her face, and explained unhurriedly while picking vegetables: "Because this is the first batch. To be honest, those strawberries are so fragrant! I have lived so long." I have never seen such a sweet fruit in most of my life, and it looks so pleasant.
We sell takeaways for ten cents per pound. The output of this product is quite large, and we can earn about eighty taels from one acre of land. When I sold out the last crop, I went to Shen Yi's house to give some thank you gifts and chatted with Su Tai. After a few words, she said that this is still the first year, so if you take good care of it, it will bear more fruits next year!
I'm satisfied. It doesn't matter whether we can produce more fruits next year. Anyway, we have already earned more than three hundred taels. In the next ten years, we will be able to harvest all the watermelons in the world and earn a lot of money. "
Shen Ying regained consciousness, was surprised and happy, and said: "How did you know that watermelon can make a lot of money? What if this thing is worthless?"
"That's not possible!" Ms. Zeng said with determination, "To tell you the truth, I went to the fields and looked at it. Most of the melons were about to be ripe. There were a few that were damaged by eating. I also tasted a few. It tastes sweeter than strawberries, has enough water, and can quench thirst. This thing is not afraid of pressure and can be stored better than strawberries. I don’t agree with you when you say that watermelons don’t make money.” Shen Ying felt confident now and smiled like a fool. Like a child.
After a long while, he sighed with emotion: "It seems that everyone who works with Shen Yi's family has made a good income this year. Cripple Shen can almost save more than a hundred taels. How could he have dared to think about it before!"
Mrs. Zeng nodded with deep understanding, "No! Their house is right next to Shen Yi's house. When I passed by, I chatted with Mrs. Zhang for a few words. Mrs. Zhang was very happy and kept saying that Shen Yi and his wife were living Bodhisattvas who saved people from suffering.
He also said that the child was their family's lucky star. Without that child, Shen Laizi would not have thought of having sex with Shen Yi, and their family would not have been able to save so much money.
I saw that the kid looked really good to Shen Laizi. He had gained a lot of weight in just a few months, and his body was clean. He smiled at everyone he met, which was very pleasing to the eye. "
Shen Ying listened silently, thinking of what Shen Dagou had asked him to inquire about before, and walked towards Shen Mu's house.
When Shen Dagou saw Shen Ying coming, he immediately followed him out obediently.
Shen Ying said slowly: "If there is no result about what uncle asked you to ask before, there is no need to ask. No matter whose family the child belongs to, she was exposed in front of the town official and was thrown away by her biological family. Follow Shen Ying. The cripple is fine."
Shen Dagou was a little surprised, but felt that it was expected, so he nodded obediently and agreed.
Shen Ying smiled and looked back at the small yard of Shen Mu's house that was about to be completed. The smile in her eyes deepened.
The villagers took a breather for a few days and started busy harvesting watermelons again.
Watermelon fields are just like strawberry fields. Small animals come to visit the fruits when they come out. Someone has to keep an eye on the fields for twelve hours. At the beginning of harvesting, the ripe and bad ones must be picked off.
When Su Tai stood at the door of her house, she could often hear the workers yelling in distress, "Why did such a big piece get stolen again? It's so unscrupulous."
Huang Xinghua had to complain to her as soon as she brought someone in. Su Tai was also very helpless.
The harvested melons are immediately taken to Fucheng by oxcart. Their family has a lot of land, so they usually harvest them from morning to night without stopping.
Huang Xinghua couldn't care less about their melon fields at this time.
After more than a month of harvesting season, she realized that her family had earned more than 550 taels. She suddenly became dizzy. She grabbed Shen Mu's hand tightly and her voice was trembling as she spoke, "Baby, daddy." , you mean our family has earned almost a thousand taels this summer?"
Their family grows four acres of strawberries and eight acres of watermelons.
These twelve acres of land were just purchased last year. There was no need to pay taxes for the first three years of land reclamation, so the couple gritted their teeth and planted all the fruits. They thought they could only earn a small amount of money, but they didn't expect so much!
Shen Mu, who is usually dull and unsmiling, smiled like a fool and couldn't help but nod, "I've been counting over and over again for two days, that's right. How about you count again?"
Huang Xinghua had to count the numbers herself. The couple lit candles and counted all night long. There were bursts of weird laughter in the room. Both Shen Dagou and Shen Xiang, who had gotten up early to work, were terrified.
The Shen Mu family has such a large sum of money, plus what they saved in the past two years, they can be considered a complete turnaround.
Originally, they were worried about building a small yard for their eldest son to get a wife and what to do with the next few sons. Now this problem is no longer a problem. What they want is to buy more land so that they can build up a family business for their sons. .