Chapter 249 Ripe kiwi fruit
“Second uncle, why don’t you stop bothering me. If you pick them yourself and sell them in bulk, it will take a lot of time. It’s a waste of time.”
Although It is said that a pound of meat now costs about five yuan, and three pounds of kiwi fruit are worth the price of one pound of meat, which is actually not bad.
But in this nearby place, everyone is from the mountains, and few people are willing to spend this money.
And this thing is available in the mountains. If people want to eat it, they will go directly to the mountains to pick it without spending any money.
So if you really want to sell this fruit and get a good price, you have to take it to the city.
"How about I just tell Ding Yi and ask him to come over and take him to the supermarket."
In Ding Yina's supermarket, there is a lot of people there, so it will definitely be better to take him there. Sell.
“But there aren’t many fruits on the vine this year, so it’s not worthwhile for him to come over and pull it.”
Zhang Jianjun thought the same way at first. During the previous pollination, Ding Yi came over to take a look. He also said something.
However, Zhang Jianjun felt that there were few fruits this year and it was not appropriate for people to come over, so he thought of picking them himself and selling them in bulk.
"Then while it's still early, uncle, let's go to the fields to see the situation."
It was a long time ago that Zhang An last went to the fields where kiwis were planted.
During this period, my family was busy preparing for the wedding, so I didn’t go to the fields much.
At that time, Zhang An saw that the kiwi fruit hanging on the vine was still small, and he could not estimate the output based on the previous situation.
If we talk about the fruits on the vines now, not to mention all, most of them are the same size as those picked by Zhang Jianjun today.
Zhang An feels that although this year’s output will not be much higher, it will not be too low either.
The uncle and nephew went out and walked towards Qingshang behind the village.
"Second uncle, Anzi, what are you going to do?"
As soon as he left the village entrance, he met Zhang Laosan who came back from the mountain.
"Aren't the sheep peaches in the field ripe? Xiao An and I are going to take a look. By the way, yours are about the same."
"I just came back from a visit, and there have been some in the past two days. A few are edible, they are bigger than the wild ones in the mountains, and they are sweeter.”
Since the fruits started to bear, Zhang Laosan’s mood was not much different from that of the Zhang Jianjun brothers.
There was a harvest in the first year, and he was very glad that he went to find Zhang An.
However, although this fruit is available, we must now start to consider the issue of sales.
He was thinking about whether to ask Zhang An.
But everyone knows that Zhang An is getting married in two days.
The whole family has been busy in the past two days, so we really have to find time to come to see him.
At this moment, I heard that Zhang Jianjun and Zhang An were going to see the kiwi fruits in the field.
So Zhang Laosan simply didn’t go home and followed his uncle and nephew back to have a look.
At this time, Zhang An and Zhang Jianjun went to see the kiwi fruits in the field, maybe to help find a market.
Zhang Laosan had been thinking about sales issues, so naturally he wanted to go with him now.
Maybe this sales problem was solved by Zhang Anshun.
No one in the village knows that Boss Ding, who runs a supermarket in the city, has a good relationship with Zhang An. If he speaks, the matter will basically be resolved.
Arrived in the field, Zhang An found that most of the kiwi fruits hanging on the fruit vines were about the same size as the ones just picked home.
There are also some fruits that are slightly smaller, which should be still in the growth stage and not yet mature.
"Second uncle, this is already a lot. Tomorrow I will ask Ding Yi to come over and take a look. If it suits him, I will let him take it. This will save you and my third uncle busy working around."
After walking around in the fields, Zhang An probably had an idea.
Although the fruit has just been harvested this year, the fruit yield is unlikely to be very high.
But now after taking a quick look, Zhang An estimated that it would not be a problem to pick more than 3,000 kilograms of kiwis from these few acres this year.
"Isn't this too fast? There isn't much to eat now, and everything else is still hard."
When Zhang Jianguo heard Zhang An say that he wanted to call Ding Yi over, he felt that it was a little early.
Because most of the kiwi fruits in the orchards are still hard fruits.
"Uncle, it is easy to get rotten when transported on the road, and it cannot be sold out immediately after being taken back. It will have to be stored for a while. It is most suitable to do it now, but it will not be suitable to wait until it is gone."
If you are eating it by yourself, you must wait until it is soft on the tree before picking it off.
Because kiwi fruit tastes best when it is fully ripe.
But if you want to transport it, the kiwi fruit is just like a banana. You cannot wait until it is completely ripe before picking it.
Pick it off and leave it for two or three days, and it will mature slowly on its own without affecting anything.
If it is really raw, just put a few ripe fruits in it, and it will ripen faster.
Ripe in three days, rotten in seven days, and half bad in half a month, this saying refers to kiwi fruit.
Zhang Jianjun had only picked and eaten it before, but he had not paid attention to this problem. When Zhang An said it, he understood.
"Anzi, you're already here, why don't you go and have a look at my land?"
As soon as Zhang Laosan heard Zhang An's instructions to call Ding Yi over tomorrow, he hurriedly said.
He thought well. Zhang An came here to find a market for Zhang Jianjun’s kiwis. Fortunately, he followed him.
"Okay, let's go there and have a look together." Zhang An did not refuse and nodded.
Anyway, their orchard is not that far away. It’s all under this slope, just a few steps along the mountain road.
"Come to Anzi, you can eat and see what our family has. It is similar to the second uncle's family."
As soon as he arrived in the field, Zhang Laosan went to the field and touched a few. The limp kiwi comes out.
Actually, Zhang An didn’t even need to eat it, he just looked at it and got a general understanding.
After all, they were all seedlings given by him, and they were planted in the same area.
What Zhang An admires about Zhang Laosan is that although he doesn't understand anything, he is not lazy at all.
Although he doesn't know how to manage the kiwis he planted, he is a diligent person.
Every time when brothers Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye were serving the orchard, he would follow their example and ask questions if they were unclear.
So the fruits in the two orchards basically grow at the same time, and there is definitely not much difference.
The only difference may be that Zhang An watered the fruit seedlings planted by his two uncles with space spring water, so they grew better.
He had already eaten several when he was at home, and he was almost done.
But Zhang Laosan was too enthusiastic and kept handing it over.
Zhang An felt that if he didn’t eat it, Zhang Laosan would think that he thought the fruit was not good.
So I could only take it, peel one off and taste it, but it was actually not much different.
"How about Anzi, can you let Boss Ding collect my fruit too?"
After watching Zhang An eat it, Zhang Laosan asked expectantly.
"Of course, he is a businessman." Zhang An said with a smile.
“But third brother, after Ding Yi comes over, you have to negotiate the price for it yourself. I can’t speak up.”
Negotiating the price involves your own interests. relation.
He can completely make the decision regarding the two uncles' families, so it doesn't hurt to talk to Ding Yi when the time comes.
But for Zhang Laosan, a relative who is not very close, he will not take the initiative to help others make decisions. One side is a good friend and the other side is a fellow villager. It is not good to favor anyone.
If he opens his mouth, some people will feel dissatisfied in the future and will blame him for helping the other party.
So when it comes to this kind of thing, keeping silent is the best choice. He will only speak out unless either party is too outrageous.
“This is what it should be, and we all can rest assured about Boss Ding.”
Zhang Laosan laughed when he heard Zhang An agreed.
He had never thought about what Zhang An said about negotiating the price.
Huang Erye is Zhang An’s master. Zhang An didn’t interfere the last time he sold plums.
He doesn’t think that his relationship with Zhang An will be better than that of Mr. Huang.
He came to Zhang An just to solve the sales problem.
“We’ve finished watching. Let’s go back and stop feeding mosquitoes here.”
The early autumn season is probably the last time for mosquitoes to crawl around this year.
Especially in this orchard, there are kiwi vines everywhere, and mosquitoes are everywhere.
“Why are you teasing it again.”
When Zhang An returned home, Su Ying was teasing the Monkey King with a kiwi fruit.
If it had been before, this monkey would definitely start to lose his temper.
But during this period, Zhang An used the tightening curse to cure him several times, and now he doesn’t dare to do it again.
"Zhang An, the name of this kiwi fruit is really correct. The Great Sage has eaten a few of them and still likes them."
Seeing Zhang An come back, Su Ying did not continue to tease her. it.
The great sage holding the kiwi fruit did not eat it by himself immediately.
Instead, he ran over and handed it to Zhang An first, so that Zhang An could eat it first.
Zhang An waved his hand to express that he didn’t want it, and then it started to enjoy it.
The Monkey King is also very smart. He took the kiwi fruit in his hand and bit the outer skin with his teeth.
Then I peeled off the skin and put it in my mouth, eating only the pulp inside.
"No, you teach him a lesson every three days. Why does this guy think of you first every time he has something?"
Every time the Great Sage gets something, he will hand it to Zhang An as long as Zhang An is around.
Su Ying really couldn't figure this out.
And on weekdays, Zhang An would sometimes scold it.
If the Great Sage had been replaced by a human being, I would have long hated Zhang An in my heart.
“That’s because it knows that I’m teaching it all for its own good, don’t you think so, Great Sage.”
Zhang An said and stroked its furry head twice. Melon seeds.
Seeing Zhang An interacting with it, it immediately opened its big mouth and smiled at Zhang An.
Back in the room, Zhang An called Ding Yi.
"What's the matter, Zhang An."
The phone rang several times before Ding Yi answered the call.
This guy was still breathing heavily like last time.
"You're not still exercising, right? Take it easy, your little body will suffer if you overexercise it."
Although normal exercise is good for the body, Everything has a degree.
Once you exercise too much, it will overdraw your body's functions. You don't know how many years you can live in the future when you get older.
"Hmm, I just jumped hundreds of ropes. I don't want to jump, but there is a supervisor who can't help it. By the way, what do you want from me?"
Slow down for a while Ding Yi just finished talking intermittently about the weather.
“The acres of kiwi fruit planted at my second uncle’s house are ready for picking. Would you like to come and have a look.”
Ding Yi didn’t know about kiwi fruit in the past. Even now, most people No one in the city knows this stuff.
Generally, only people in the mountains know that this kind of wild fruit exists, and they pick it back and eat it on weekdays.
But Ding Yi happened to come over during pollination this year, so he didn’t know about this thing until then.
"Okay, I'll come over tomorrow and pick as many as there are in total. Don't ask someone to drive a big car there like last time. It's a waste."
The last time I came to Huang Erye's house to collect gifts. , Ding Yi drove a big car over.
As a result, Huang Erye’s bee sugar plums only weighed about 2,000 kilograms, and the cart was not even full.
In the end, in order not to waste it, I even bought half a car of watermelons and took it back to Zhang An’s house.
"Just drive a small car here. This is the first year that the fruit has just been harvested. There is not much production. The harvest that can be picked tomorrow should be more than 2,000 kilograms."
Except it is still a little green. In addition to the fruits from Zhang Laosan's family, it is estimated that the amount that can be picked is about two to three thousand kilograms.
"Okay, I'll take someone over there tomorrow morning. By the way, tell auntie, don't bother preparing any dishes tomorrow, just eat something light."
Every time Ding comes over, Wang Fang always prepares his favorite dishes for him.
But during this period, he not only had a lot of food and meat at home, Li Li also prepared a lot of supplements for him every day.
There is no problem if you eat these things for a day or two, but if you eat them every day for ten days and a half, no one can stand it.
When Ding Yi saw those things now, he lost his appetite at all.
But it was impossible not to eat. Li Li was watching from the side.
And Ding Yi doesn’t know who Li Li learned the labor-capital Shu Daoshan from.
So Zhang An said that he immediately agreed and wanted to come over to improve the food.
If it wasn't already late today, he might be ready to get up and come over now.
“Okay, I know, I’ll prepare melon, melon and beans to cook for you tomorrow.”
After finishing the matter, Zhang An hung up the phone and when he went downstairs, he found that Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing were still there. Sister Zhang Yu from Uncle Jianzhong's family is at home.
Originally Zhang An thought that the three brothers and sisters had come to ask Su Ying about her homework.
Unexpectedly, after going downstairs, they found that they were all reciting the text in front of Su Ying.
It can be seen that Su Ying is running a small business for her younger brothers and sisters.
Zhang An did not disturb them, but held a stool nearby and listened to their recitation.
What they are reciting now is the "Ten Principles of the Analects" from the textbook.
The little girl Zhang Yu recited it first, and she recited it fluently.
It can be seen that she spent a lot of effort in reciting it, and it is catchy and not unfamiliar at all.
While Zhang Yu was reciting, Su Ying nodded with satisfaction and asked a few questions after finishing reciting.
For example, how to understand the sentence "Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is dangerous" and so on.
She asked everyone to memorize the text, not only to memorize it by rote, but also to understand its meaning. After all, it was all explained carefully in class.
And Zhang Yu did not disappoint her. Every time Su Yingang asked a question, Zhang Yu only thought for a moment before answering.
(End of this chapter)