Chapter 186 Cherry Picking
"You can pick and count, right? My cherries have just ripened, and you came here."
The last time these people came to see the cherry blossoms, they all I think Zhang An’s cherry blossoms are better than other cherry blossoms.
Because these flowers are not only big, but also have a very nice fragrance.
One of them asked Zhang An what kind of this kind it was.
I am thinking about buying a few trees from Zhang An and taking them home to plant them.
At first Zhang An told them they were local cherries, but none of them believed it.
Everyone has seen cherry blossoms, but they don’t believe they are so beautiful.
After Zhang An explained repeatedly, everyone believed what Zhang An said.
It’s not like Zhang An himself has a brain problem. There are so many ornamental cherry blossoms planted in this remote place in the countryside. It’s really hard to have money and no place to spend them.
But after they knew it would bear cherries, they kept it in mind.
I just wanted to wait until these trees bear fruit and come over to see what kind of cherries can produce such beautiful flowers.
"Hey, we saw someone selling cherries on the street and thought they might be ripe here, so we came over to take a look."
"Let's go and show you guys. Look.”
Zhang An didn’t say much, everyone came over and took them directly to the forest to see the scene.
When we arrived in the forest, looking at the big red cherries on the trees, the group's throats rolled, as if they were a little bit greedy.
“Is this really our local cherry? This is too big.”
Looking at the large deep red fruit hanging on the tree, it was different from what they had seen before. Not all the same.
Although they haven't eaten it yet, the appearance of the cherry has already aroused their desire to buy.
Zhang An looked at them like this and stepped forward to pick some and give them to them.
"Here, try it and see how our Changqing cherries are."
The cherries that Zhang An handed over were not polite and they put them in their mouths without wiping them.
With just one cherry, the sweet pulp and juice conquered them all instantly.
It is said that an 18-year-old woman is like a cherry. Good-looking may not necessarily taste good.
But today they wanted to dispel a rumor. This cherry is not only beautiful, but also delicious.
Then they decided to pick more and take them home for their families to eat when they left.
"Boss Zhang, how do you sell these cherries? We all want to pick more."
"Two yuan per catty, you can pick as many as you want."
Zhang An doesn’t sell them too expensively. Anyway, there are a lot of them this year, and Ding Yi’s place will definitely not be able to sell them all.
So if someone comes to pick it, you can sell a little bit.
"Wow, it's so cheap. The cherries sold on the street are more expensive than this."
When they heard the price, several people were a little shocked.
"You came all the way here, I must show my sincerity."
Zhang An secretly smiled, you may make a profit, but I will never lose.
As long as I can sell half of this piece of cherry, I will be satisfied.
"Hey, aren't you afraid that when we go in to pick, we will come out after eating enough."
When they went to other farms before, they would not let themselves go in other people's orchards. Went in to pick it.
"Hey, what I said is, you can eat whatever you want when you pick it, let it go, and whatever you eat is mine."
The fighting power of these few people may not be as good as that of the village What about those skinned monkeys?
Even if we let them eat freely, how much can they eat?
Although this stuff is said to be not sour when eaten, eating too much at once made my mouth feel uneasy after eating it for several meals.
“The boss is very generous.”
Hearing Zhang An’s willingness, everyone gave Zhang An a thumbs up.
But here’s the problem, they didn’t bring anything with them when they came.
I picked cherries later, but I didn’t have anything to pack them, let alone take them back.
“Hey, Boss Zhang, I just saw those bamboo baskets at your house, they must have just been woven.”
Hearing this, Zhang An remembered what he had been looking for before. Woven bamboo baskets from the village.
I took out all the loquats before, and now I still have quite a few at home.
“Yes, that’s a bamboo basket made by some old people in our village.”
“Well, I think that basket is pretty good-looking. Boss Zhang, why don’t you pay ten yuan for each one? Sell it to us, just for cherries.”
The person who just discovered that Zhang An had a bamboo basket immediately suggested it to Zhang An.
"Yes, that basket is beautiful. Not only can it be used to hold cherries, but it can also be taken home to buy groceries for my mother."
The words of my companion were unanimously agreed by everyone.
When someone wants to buy a bamboo basket, Zhang An will naturally not refuse.
It’s just that Zhang An didn’t expect that before the cherries were sold, several of the bamboo baskets at home were sold first.
The last person chose a bamboo basket, and after paying the money, he went to the mountain to pick cherries.
I don’t know who started promoting Zhang An in the village.
Even before noon, people came to the door one after another in the yard.
They all came over to ask Zhang An how he sold the cherries.
A man came and Zhang An wanted to explain, but in the end he really didn’t want to talk anymore.
Zhang An wrote a sign and hung it at the entrance of the courtyard.
Not to mention this is quite effective, many people can see the words written on the sign at a glance.
Everyone went to pick cherries happily, while Zhang An was waiting in the yard for others to come and weigh them.
At the end of the day, all the baskets Zhang An had hired to make were sold out.
The cherries in this forest were sold for several hundred kilograms.
After dinner in the evening, Zhang An hurriedly went to the village bosses to purchase goods.
This bamboo basket is difficult to say, but it is easy once you are familiar with it.
An old man in the village can weave three or four pieces a day without any problem as long as he has bamboo.
Some people are quick and can even make up five.
In the past, Zhang An collected baskets for his own use, and the uncles all charged five yuan each.
Because they sell them on the street in the same way, sometimes they may not be able to sell a few.
But this time, someone gave them ten yuan each, and Zhang An didn’t even think about making money from it.
So I told the old men that for ten yuan a piece, read it in a better way.
My dear, having said that, many old men kept weaving baskets until late that night before going to bed.
The next morning, it was around nine o'clock before Ding Yi came with his people.
In fact, if it weren’t for the basket for picking cherries, Zhang An would have already started taking people up the mountain to pick them.
Because cherries will definitely be damaged after being tossed a few times.
So Zhang An still waited for Ding Yi to come over, and he brought a basket over there.
Zhang An originally thought that Ding Yi would bring his own employees with him this time.
But unexpectedly, Fatty Lu also got out of the car, and a middle-aged man who looked very similar to Fatty Lu.
"Hey, fat brother is here, why don't you call in advance and let him know."
Zhang An greeted Lu Jun first, and Ding Yi asked his people to unload baskets in Zhang An's yard.
"Lao Ding called me yesterday, and I came over from the provincial capital. I didn't have time at that time so I didn't call you."
After exchanging a few words, Lu Jun called Zhang An introduced the people next to him.
"By the way, Zhang An, let me introduce you. This is my brother, Lu Cheng." Upon hearing this, Zhang An shook hands with Lu Cheng and said hello.
Now that the basket has been delivered, it’s time to get ready to start work.
When the basket was unloaded, Wang Fang took the people who had been hired yesterday to help, took the basket up the mountain and started picking cherries.
“We will also go to the mountains to see your cherries.”
Zhang An originally wanted to take them to drink tea at home while everyone started picking.
But both Fatty Lu and Brother Lu wanted to go to the mountains to have a look, so Zhang An would naturally not object.
“When Lao Ding called us, he said that your cherries were like fairy fruits. He made my mouth water. I will definitely go and see them when I come here.”
When we got to the woods, none of the children in the village came here today.
Maybe I ate too many cherries yesterday and hurt myself.
And since Zhang An was going to be picking at home today, he didn’t let anyone in.
"Your forest is well taken care of. It makes people feel refreshed and refreshed when they come in."
The fat man looked at the forest, although there were grass everywhere on the ground. .
But it looks very comfortable, which is different from the weeds in ordinary crop fields.
But Zhang An blushed a little when he heard this.
Zhang An himself is usually so lazy, except when planting the forest, he has taken good care of it.
At most, I would come up and take a look occasionally.
"Well, it's delicious. I thought Old Ding was bragging, but I didn't expect it to be the same as what he said."
The fat man entered the forest and started to pull a branch. Cherry picking.
I heard Zhang An say that since there was no medicine, the fat man had no scruples and just stuffed it into his mouth after picking it off.
"You fat man, think carefully about when I told you such nonsense."
Lu Cheng may not speak much because he is older.
But I also picked a few cherries and started tasting them.
"Zhang An, besides selling these cherries to Ding Yi, did you find someone else to collect them?"
After Lu Cheng finished eating, he was obviously surprised by the quality of the cherries.
“I just called Ding Yi, because he had promised me a long time ago that I might sell them myself, or let people who come to the village pick some.”
There were so many cherries this year that Zhang An never thought that they could all be sold.
It doesn’t take much effort anyway, the cost is just the capital cost of contracting the land and the cost of hiring people.
So Zhang An really didn’t feel any heartache if he could sell some.
"Let's do this, you cherry in the forest, except for what Ding Yi wants, I'll take care of everything else."
Lu Cheng heard from Zhang An that no one would accept it. , and immediately spoke to Zhang An.
But Zhang An felt that he had heard wrongly.
All inclusive?
In this forest, a handful of trees can pick twenty or thirty kilograms, or even more.
The total amount is tens of thousands of catties. If all of this is sold, the money I paid for the land contracted before will be back in one fell swoop.
“Brother Lu, is this not a joke?”
Zhang An looked at Lu Cheng's face with a serious look, not like he was joking.
“Are you kidding, Zhang An, my brother has been in the fruit business for several years. We came here this time because Lao Ding said your cherries are so good, we came here specially to take a look. . ”
No wonder, Zhang An had felt that Fatty Lu’s family was not simple.
Unexpectedly, he guessed it right. One of the brothers makes aquatic products and the other makes fruits.
This is not an ordinary family, you can have fun.
If you can say that you have bagged tens of thousands of kilograms of cherries, you must be doing a lot of business.
"Then I have to thank Brother Lu. Today you are not only a distinguished guest, but also the God of Wealth."
Someone suddenly appeared and took the remaining cherries. Received.
For Zhang An, it can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.
However, Zhang An was not too excited. Now facing the money, he has already treated it calmly.
Now that the acquisition has been decided, Lu Cheng will start negotiating the acquisition price with Zhang An.
Before this, Ding Yi and Zhang An had already negotiated the purchase price.
Let Ding Yi buy it back at the unit price of two yuan.
Because everyone knows each other, this matter is not a secret.
Zhang An also asked Lu Jun for the same price.
It was too low. Zhang An felt that he could not live up to Ding Yi, so it was impossible for the price to be lower than two yuan.
It doesn’t matter if you want it to be too high. After all, others have done it for you, and everyone knows you.
So Zhang An said the unit price without even thinking about it.
Lu Cheng agreed without even thinking about it.
He has been making fruit for so many years and makes judgments based on his accumulated experience in the past.
Cherries like Zhang An's will definitely be very popular in the market.
Especially because the cherries are durable in storage and transportation, they can be sold to farther places.
In this way, everyone hit it off.
After lunch, Lu Cheng called his people to come over for picking and transportation.
May is here, and the busy working year is already on track.
Because the rapeseed that was still golden some time ago has come to be harvested.
Every household in the village, old and young, went out to the fields to start harvesting.
But Zhang An’s family still didn’t have time to take care of the rapeseed in the field because the cherries hadn’t been picked yet.
Although Wang Fang has not gone to school for several years before, she knows a lot about settling accounts.
Compared with the rapeseed in the field and the cherries at home, she has a strong idea of which one is more important.
Because it is picked manually, the speed is relatively slow.
It took more than a week before the cherry harvest was completed.
Totaling it all together, the total amount of cherries harvested this time is more than 40,000 kilograms.
Wang Fang was so happy because this time, Zhang An made back all the money he spent on contracting the mountainous area.
Not only Zhang An's family, but also those who were invited by Wang Fang to pick cherries were also very happy.
This time is very busy, everyone is busy harvesting crops.
So Zhang An gave them all a salary increase after thinking about it.
The original salary of fifteen days has now been increased by ten yuan.
The wages can be compared with those of house builders.
Total up, each person earned Zhang An’s family more than 400 yuan, which is more than working outside.
In fact, Zhang An wanted to give him a higher price, but in the end he decided not to give it.
Because this head cannot be opened casually, otherwise it will not be so easy for anyone in the village to hire labor in the future.
So on the final day of cherry picking, Zhang An gave dozens of kilograms of cherries to all of them.
Whether they take it for themselves or give it away, they regard it as a bonus from Zhang An.
At this point, this year’s cherry picking work has come to an end.
I'm really sorry. I came here for a surprise inspection today. I didn't come back from get off work until eleven o'clock. I want to apologize to everyone.
(End of this chapter)