Chapter 481 Fruit Picking
Zhang An got up early the next morning. The sun had just risen and shone on the eaves at the door.
After all, this is the sun after the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is no longer as high as in summer and can climb as high as possible early in the morning.
Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo, father and son, dealt with some things and went out. Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye happened to be busy, so they separated, and one of them went to help the other family.
Zhang An went to help his second uncle Zhang Jianjun’s house, while Zhang Jianguo went to Zhang An’s third uncle’s house.
Arriving at Zhang Jianjun’s house, Zhang An found that his second uncle and second aunt had already gone to the orchard first.
Only Zhang Xing is at home and has not gone to school yet. He is squatting at the gate, holding a bowl of noodles and sucking it into his mouth.
Although some people in the village set up a stall in front of the school selling potato pancakes and glutinous rice for breakfast, the ones who bought the most were mostly students whose homes were far away from the school.
They have to get up early in the morning and rush to school. They don't have time to have breakfast at home. Otherwise, they will be late for class.
That’s why the adults at home give them breakfast money every day and let them buy some breakfast when they come.
But just because of this, many students don't like to buy regular breakfast, and always like to save money to buy instant noodles, and even Chinese food.
After crushing the pancake, pour the seasoning packet, shake it, and put it in your mouth. It is a pure enjoyment for them.
Later, many parents of the students found out and came directly to the village to discuss with Zhou Yang and several others who had opened restaurants to see how much it would cost to buy meals from them for a semester or a month.
As a result, the students and children have no money and can only eat the lunch packed by the adults.
As for the children in the village, they are not treated so well. They will not give you extra money at all. They may occasionally give you a few cents of pocket money, but definitely not often.
So the breakfast stall in front of the school in the morning has nothing to do with them. They can only eat the noodles cooked by the adults at home.
"Brother, can you give me fifty cents."
Just when Zhang An was about to go directly to the orchard, Zhang Xing suddenly shouted, his tone a little weak.
"Oh? What do you want money for?"
Zhang An used to be very generous to his younger brothers and sisters, and would often give them a lot of pocket money.
But as they get older, Zhang An rarely gives them pocket money anymore.
It's not that he can't bear it, but that Zhang Xing and his friends are at the age when their temperaments are out of control, and now several aunts are strictly disciplining them to let them set a certain temperament.
If Zhang An secretly gives them money at this time, then the adults' education will be in vain.
So now if they want to get pocket money from Zhang An, they can only get paid by doing something personally and helping.
Of course, there are exceptions. The little girl Yanzi is not in this range.
Because Zhang An has always liked this sister, more than the other brothers, and is the only one who loves her, so the little girl basically has no shortage of pocket money.
But what makes Zhang An happy is that although this girl Yanzi is young, she is very sensible. Every time Zhang An gives her pocket money, she will not spend it randomly, but saves it all.
Except for buying pencils and notebooks for herself, she rarely touches her little treasury at other times. This is one of the reasons why Zhang An likes her very much.
“My ballpoint pen is out of ink and I want to buy a new one, but my mother and others left early in the morning and I didn’t have time to ask them for money.”
Zhang Xing came up At that time, the adults in the family had already gone out to work, and the noodles he was eating now were cooked and placed on the table.
This is very common in the village. After all, farmers work early rather than late, and if these children don't cook breakfast for him, he will basically not do it himself and will definitely go to class without eating.
So many parents will leave a breakfast for their children before going out to work, mainly because they are afraid that they will starve their stomachs.
"I'll give you one dollar. Just buy two and use them for a while."
Zhang An took out a dollar and handed it over. He was not worried about Zhang Xing's treatment of him at all. lie.
Because looking at Zhang Xing growing up, although this little guy is very naughty and eager to spend all the money he has, he will never tell a lie to adults, especially in front of Zhang An.
When Zhang An walked out of the village, he found that the orchard outside the village was full of people.
There are many people planting kiwi fruit in the village this year, and they all choose places close to the village.
After all, there are many people who steal fruit. If you plant far away, you don’t know when the fruit will be gone after it matures.
It’s not about the people in the village. It doesn’t matter who you meet in the village. It doesn’t matter if you pick a few and eat them.
But the people in other villages are different. As long as you don’t know them, they will all be regarded as wild. They can pick as many as you want for you. Some people even steal them at night. You need to know the villages near Changqing. There are many.
Therefore, if you are around the village, you don’t have to travel too far, which is much easier, and it is also easier for everyone to manage.
Therefore, the village also built roads in the places where kiwis were planted.
Although it is not a cement road, it is at least two meters wide. It is much better than the original mountain path, and carriages can go in directly.
In this way, it will be much more convenient to transport the fruits. You can use a horse-drawn carriage to pull the fruits directly, instead of manually picking them out one by one like before.
"Second uncle, why didn't you call me when you came?"
When Zhang An came to the orchard, Zhang Jianjun and his two men had already picked one or two hundred kilograms of fruit.
"It's still early anyway, you can come anytime."
Zhang Jianjun chuckled. He didn't call Zhang An because he didn't want Zhang An to come over and help.
After all, Zhang An has to help take care of little Siqi at night. Although the little guy is very well-behaved, who can say for sure that he will not make trouble at night.
“Hey, the kiwi fruit is quite big this year, even bigger than last year.”
Zhang An put the basket on his shoulder, got in and started picking fruits.
It turns out that although there are not as many kiwi fruits hanging on the vine as last year, the fruit is much larger than last year.
“It’s bigger than last year. It should be because God gave him face in the following period.”
Obviously Zhang Jianjun is very satisfied with these kiwis, with a smile on his face.
Zhang An thought the same thing when he heard it. Although the kiwi fruit was damaged a lot during the heavy rain, the weather has always been smooth and the climate is warm and not dry, which is very suitable for the growth of kiwi fruit.
With Zhang An’s help, the speed of picking kiwi fruit has been greatly improved.
Originally, there were only two uncles and aunt Zhang An, and they were estimated to be able to pick more than a thousand kilograms a day.
With Zhang An joining us today, we have picked more than a thousand kilograms in one morning, and at the end of the day, we can pick at least more than three thousand kilograms.
"Uncle, don't push it with the cart. I'll bring the cart over to pull it."
When lunch was approaching, Zhang Jianjun wanted to move the picked kiwi fruits to the cart. Pushed home.
But Zhang An stopped him and went straight home to pull out Dahei and pull him over in a carriage.
More than a thousand kilograms is a piece of cake for Dahei, especially now that the road has been built so wide and flat that one can pull it home directly with one car.
If Zhang Jianjun were to use a cart to push it, he could push up to four to five hundred kilograms at a time. This pile would have to be pushed at least several times, which would be very tiring.
"Uncle, you are too tired to push one cart after another with a cart. Why don't you lead Dahei to pull it." He drove Dahei to pull a cart of kiwis home. Zhang An told Zhang Jianjun.
"Your aunt and I couldn't pick much before. This cart is the most suitable for pushing. Anyway, one cart in the morning and two in the afternoon, so we can pick three carts steadily every day."
Zhang Jianjun didn’t want to go to Zhang An’s house to drive a carriage, mainly because they didn’t pick much every day, and using a carriage would be like using a cannon to kill mosquitoes.
Moreover, Dahei's temper was a little grumpy, and he was a little scared.
In fact, there are many families using pallets nowadays. There are so many families in this area, except for a few families who use horse-drawn carriages, the rest basically use pallets to load their goods.
“What’s the point? Third uncle’s family is also picking. The two families can add up to one car, and Dahei is also idle at home.”
After Zhang An finished speaking, Dahei immediately raised his head and pouted thickly, as if responding to Zhang An.
I had just brought the kiwi in the car to the village. Before I reached the door of my house, I saw Lu Cheng's people driving into the village.
"Xiao An, don't take me home, let's take it directly to the drying field."
As soon as he saw the large truck entering the village, Zhang Jianjun planned to take the truck of kiwis and weigh it.
And later I will bring over all the harvests picked in the past two days and sell them, so that they will not be piled up and take up space at home.
They had been waiting for Lu Cheng to come over for several days. After all, the main hall and rooms at home were almost filled with kiwi fruits.
If you don’t sell it, you won’t be able to find a place to put it.
Because they were traveling by carriage, when Zhang An and Zhang Jianjun arrived at the grain drying field, no one came over yet.
"Zhang An, although it is so many days late, I still want to say something. Congratulations on the birth of your son."
When Lu Cheng saw Zhang An, he came to him first to say goodbye Sound of joy.
Then they arranged for someone to weigh the kiwis on the big black cart so that Zhang Jianjun’s family could keep accounts.
"It's not too late, not too late. Thank you, Brother Cheng. You have just arrived and haven't eaten yet. Come and have dinner with us."
It's only twelve o'clock now, just in time to eat. At lunch, Zhang An called Lu Cheng to go back to eat with him.
As for the people responsible for collecting the fruits at the back, they must not be able to leave.
Because this is the peak time for kiwi fruits to be shipped back from the village, there will definitely be a queue to sell the fruit.
And everyone still has stock at home, so they must be busy for a long time at noon today.
We can only wait until we are done, and then go to Zhou Yang’s place to set up a table.
Lu Cheng is not polite either. He has been here many times and has become accustomed to it.
“It seems that there are not many kiwis left this year. When there was a heavy rain some time ago, I was worried for a while, fearing that the heavy rain would wipe out all your kiwis.”
Looking at the scene where everyone in the village was enthusiastically pushing carts to sell kiwi fruits in the grain drying field, Lu Cheng said very happily.
Because the more everyone sells, the more he can earn, so how could he be unhappy?
"Actually, the loss is not small. If it hadn't rained for half a month, this year's harvest would have doubled at least."
But there are not so many things about God. No one can be the master of this.
After lunch, Lu Cheng returned to the grain drying field to help, and Zhang An also continued to pick fruits in the orchard.
Everyone in the village is different from Zhang Jianjun’s family. They plant less, so they don’t produce as much fruit as Zhang Jianjun’s family, so they take one cart at a time and pay the money on the spot.
As for Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye’s family, because they plant a lot, they remember it first and settle the accounts together at the end.
But just like that, they got the money from selling kiwi fruits at noon, and they became more motivated in the afternoon.
In the evening, Zhang An just came back from his second uncle Zhang Jianjun's house. He had just taken a shower when Lu Cheng came to the door.
"Brother Cheng is here. Have you eaten dinner? I'll prepare it for you."
"No, no, no, I just came here after eating with you, so don't bother me."
At this moment, the villagers selling fruits on the drying ground had dispersed, and he had some free time. He came over after arranging his subordinates.
"This is the child, what's his name? He doesn't even recognize his birth. Come, let uncle hold him."
As soon as Lu Cheng came over, he saw the baby in Zhang An's hand. Xiao Siqi.
He came here mainly to see the little guy.
Otherwise, just to purchase kiwi fruit, it would be enough for his people to come over.
After Lu Cheng teased him for a while, he found that little Siqi was looking at him with wide eyes, unlike ordinary children who would cry when they see strangers.
The little guy is like this. When he sees strangers, he will stare at them curiously.
"My name is Zhang Siqi. This kid doesn't recognize anyone he sees. He will probably be a naughty kid in the future."
Looking at Lu Cheng reaching over, Zhang An took the kid Siqi handed it to him.
"What you said is wrong. Which child is not naughty and naughty when he is young? It will be fine when he grows up."
Lu Cheng liked Xiao Siqi very much when he saw how well-behaved he was.
“Come on, little Siqi, this is the gift that uncle brought you.”
As he said that, Lu Cheng took out a small pendant from his pocket and gave it to Xiao Siqi. on the neck.
This is a little jade tiger, which is exactly the little guy’s zodiac sign.
Although the little tiger is not big, the jade is like ripples and crystal clear, and it does not look like ordinary jade.
"Brother Cheng, this is too expensive..."
Zhang An wanted to refuse, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Lu Cheng.
"It's just a gadget, nothing valuable. Besides, I'm giving it to the little guy. You can't be the master of it, right, Xiao Siqi."
After that, Lu Cheng ignored Zhang An and continued to play with Xiao Siqi.
It wasn't until the little guy started making trouble that Su Ying came over and took him back to nurse.
At this time, Lu Chengcai talked about business with Zhang An, mainly for the affairs of Zhang An's family, Tao Zi, and Zhang's family next year.
After all, in the past two years, inflation has been somewhat inflationary and prices have been rising.
The cherries and peaches he bought back from Zhang An's family were all sold at good prices, so naturally he had to increase the purchase price.
After all, win-win is win, otherwise, this business will not last long.
(End of this chapter)