Chapter 610 Kiwi Festival
When Zhang An got up early the next morning, he found that his son had already gotten up and was running around in the yard driving his newly acquired car.
The children's car sent by Chen Ze was much more fun than the toy cars at home, so the little family immediately abandoned the previous toys and wished they could not leave this new baby for a minute.
Of course, under the supervision of his grandparents.
Fortunately, when building the house, Zhang An listened to his father Zhang Jianguo's advice and left a spacious yard.
Speaking of which, Zhang An and his generation are not obsessed with the size of the yard, and they are quite indifferent to it.
Upward, the fathers of the previous generation, no one is not attached to the yard. As long as you build a new house, you will definitely have a big yard and vegetable patch, because it will be comfortable to live in.
Downward, the next generation of children also want to have a big yard at home. After all, buying a car is not uncommon for them in the future. In a few years, many families will I have my own car, so if I have a big yard, it will be convenient for parking.
Furthermore, the yard of Zhang An's family is wider than that of ordinary homes. Even after digging a fish pond, there is still a large space left, so that the little guy can race freely in the yard.
Otherwise, if the yard is too small, the little guy might have to drive the car outside to play on the road.
Although the children in the village play on the road every day, the little guy is still too young and Zhang An's family dare not let him out.
Firstly, there are too many pedestrians on the road, and secondly, the roads in the village are actually not very wide. Some of the downhill slopes are quite steep. Plus, it is close to the river, so it is really not a place to play with cars.
Don’t you know, when Zhang An and his generation were young, they would play pinball carts on the road without knowing how many times they overturned and went under the roadside.
Anyway, every time the car rolls over, it can range from scratches on the skin, a few bags hit on the body, and mud all over the body. In severe cases, the bones can be dislocated, and there can be a few cuts on the head, causing blood to flow.
It’s just that they were pretty resilient at that time. A scratch or something was a trivial matter. Even if they were injured, they would grit their teeth and get through it.
Only the body was injured. Or if you bleed and you really can't hide it, you will be discovered by the adults in the family.
But in this way, once the injury is healed, you will definitely not be able to escape after a beating.
Not to mention, a few years ago, after Zhang Tie asked Zhang An to help him make a pinball car, he often overturned it.
Although he didn't suffer any injuries, he often returned home covered in dog-gnawed mud and was often slapped by his third aunt.
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo were not at ease in Zhang An's house, let alone letting the little one go out to roam. Even in the yard, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo often had to keep an eye on them.
This is the only Miaomiao in the family, and they don't want the little one to bump into her.
"Hey, Qiqi is driving."
While the little guy was driving around Zhang An, Zhang Jianye came to the door.
“Third Grandpa!!”
As soon as he saw Zhang Jianye, little Siqi abandoned his father and drove towards the Third Grandpa.
"Hey, you drive really well. You should grow up quickly and snatch your dad's big car. Here, the third grandpa will give you a piece of fruit to eat."
Zhang Jianye is satisfied He spoke to the little guy with a loving smile, and then took out a few kiwi fruits from his pocket.
Wait until the tan outer skin is peeled off before handing it to the little guy.
As soon as the little guy saw that there was something to eat, he didn't care about playing. He immediately parked the car next to the third grandfather, took the kiwi fruit with only pulp in both hands, and couldn't wait to stuff it into his mouth.
For him, eating is much more attractive than playing.
"Uncle Third, have the kiwi fruits begun to ripen in the past two days?"
The kiwi fruits that Zhang An brought to the villagers were not like the grafted seedlings of later generations, but the variety that is very common in the mountains.
Normally, it would not mature until the end of October, and the fruit would not be big.
However, due to the influence of space, the maturity period has been advanced by a full month, and the fruits produced are not only larger, but also taste much better.
In fact, it is quite early to mature in October, because these kiwi fruits are all late-ripening varieties.
So many kiwis begin to mature in August. Most of the reasons are due to too frequent spraying.
The ones grown in Changqing Village are treated with nothing but insecticides during insect infestation periods.
"Yes, we are already familiar with it. Boss Lu also said that he will be here in the next two days."
Mentioning this, Zhang Jianye looked very satisfied. This year Not only is there a bumper harvest of grain in the fields, but also the kiwi fruit in the orchards. This year can be said to be the best in years.
"By the way, Xiao An, today we are going to pick a cart of kiwi fruits and bring it back to the village. You can drive the carriage up later and help pull it."
Later, Zhang Jianye talked about the visit.
Nowadays, many farming roads have been built in the village, and there are almost all places where kiwi fruits are planted. When picking kiwi fruits, you can put the carriage directly over them.
This is much more convenient than the previous days of using people to pick up and carry oxen and horses back.
It’s just that the big dark horse of the Zhang An family doesn’t recognize other people at all, and ordinary people can’t hold it back if they let it go. So when Zhang Jianye came to borrow the car, he also lent him the person.
"Isn't Lu Cheng not here yet? Why did you start picking today?"
In the past, it was because the village did not build a road into the orchard, so everyone could only pick it in advance. The fruits were picked and taken back home so that Lu Cheng could purchase them.
But the road has been repaired this year. When Lu Cheng brings people over, he can drive the car to the side of the orchard to collect it, which saves the villagers a lot of effort.
So Zhang An was a little confused as to why the third uncle’s family had to pick the kiwi fruits in advance.
“That’s not true. The fruit picked today is not for Boss Lu, but Zhang Ping’s father told us a few days ago that there will be a kiwi fruit festival in the village today, so that every family of ours can enjoy it. He picked some and gathered them together for the people who came to the village to choose, and not only the people in our village, he also notified the people in other surrounding villages who planted kiwi fruits. The village is very lively today, don’t you know this? "< br>
Seeing that Zhang An didn’t know, Zhang Jianye explained with a smile.
"So that's it. I really don't know. Third uncle, wait for me for two minutes and I'll drive the carriage."
Zhang An really doesn't know about this, because he hasn't met him for a while. It’s time for Zhang Jianwen.
However, it can still be seen that Zhang Jianwen and the others put a lot of thought into this National Day performance, including earth opera and ironwork, and then there were single bamboo rafting and folk song and dance performances.
I thought this was enough, but I didn’t expect that there would be a whole kiwi fruit festival.
But seriously, this kiwi fruit festival is indeed a good idea.
Because of this National Day, there are so many people pouring into the village. If we don’t take the opportunity to promote the village’s specialties, it would be a waste of this great opportunity.
If there is any obvious specialty in Changqing Village today, it must be the kiwi fruit.
Although many villagers do not grow much at home, only three to five acres of land, at least 70 to 80% of the households in the entire village do so. Added together, the output can be It's a very huge number.
In addition, in the past two years, kiwi fruit has really brought great harvest to the villagers, which has completely laid a very solid foundation, so for a long time to come, this kiwi fruit It is definitely the leading industry in Changqing Village.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry. We just went picking in the morning not long ago. I just want to tell you when we come back to get the things. It's totally unreasonable for you to wait for an hour before going."
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Seeing Zhang An getting up to drive, Zhang Jianye quickly pulled him and said. "What are you waiting for? It just so happens that I have nothing to do, so I can drive over and help pick."
Zhang An then understood that the third uncle had just come back from the orchard, no wonder he could give it to the little guy Bring kiwi.
"Yes, uncle, let Xiao An and the others go over and help. You won't say a word about this, really."
At this time, Wang Fang also spoke, and Zhang Jianguo next to him had already I got up and went home to change clothes.
Because Su Ying had to be busy preparing lessons for two days and had a lot of test papers to correct, so she had to take care of the little one at home and couldn't go, so she had to go and help.
"Sister-in-law, you really don't need it. It's just a cart. We don't need much time. You can just rest."
This is not Zhang Jianye's politeness, the main reason is that there is only one The family can pick kiwi fruits in two hours.
But it was as if he had not said this. Zhang An had already taken the horse out and started preparing the cart.
So, he could only accept the kindness of Zhang An's family.
After preparing the car and changing into work clothes, the three of them got into the carriage and set off towards the orchard.
As expected, just after leaving the village, you can see many people picking fruits in their own kiwi orchards.
"Third uncle, we are going to pick fruits today. Have you said hello to Lu Cheng? You have signed a contract with him."
Only halfway, Zhang An asked Zhang Jianye this question .
Since last year, Lu Cheng has signed agreements with all the villagers who grow kiwi fruits in the village and made an agreement to purchase all kiwi fruits.
This is definitely a good thing for the fruit farmers in Changqing Village. They don’t have to worry about unsalable products, and the price given by Lu Cheng is quite high.
Because they gave such good conditions, Zhang An felt that he should tell others about his retail sales in the village this time, so as not to make others feel resentful.
“Don’t worry, we have already informed Boss Lu about this in advance. It was Zhang Ping’s father who made the call. Boss Lu very much agrees with us to organize this kiwi fruit festival. As long as we don’t look for those purchasers, we will It’s no problem to sell it in bulk in the village.”
Zhang Jianye understood that Zhang An was caring about his family, so he said very happily.
“Then this is naturally good.”
Zhang An was just worried that this incident would offend Lu Cheng, so he asked no more questions.
Now that there is no problem with Lu Cheng, this is a good thing for the villagers.
After all, no matter how low the retail price is, it will definitely be higher than the unified purchase price.
The villagers are naturally willing to see the extra part. As for how much they can sell, they have to rely on their own abilities.
When you come to the orchard, you can see that Zhang Tiegen Swallow is already helping the third aunt pick fruits.
It’s just that Zhang Tie had a bamboo basket on his body, but Yanzi didn’t. Because she was still young, her third aunt and third uncle didn’t let her carry too much weight.
In rural areas, it is common for children to be called to the fields to help work.
For example, today, because it is the National Day holiday, people who are picking fruits will not take a few children with them.
"Brother, you are here too."
As soon as the little girl saw Zhang An, she immediately became very energetic.
But the full-length apron she was wearing did look like that.
“Haha, how many swallows have you picked today?”
Zhang An carried a large basket and got into the orchard.
“I have already picked several baskets, but I picked them together with my mother.”
Originally, the little girl stood in a row with the third aunt, and after picking the fruits, she put them on the third aunt. In the basket.
But now that Zhang An came, she rebelled and ran directly to Zhang An to compete with Zhang An.
"That's still very good. You have to work hard. I won't have money to buy you nice new clothes until the Chinese New Year."
While talking, Zhang An discovered that the little girl was picking fruits. The speed is quite fast, but due to height reasons, some people who are too tall cannot reach it.
"No need, I have so many clothes that I can't even wear them all."
When Yanzi heard about the new clothes, he was not too happy, but took the initiative to say that he didn't need to buy them.
When the adults heard what the little girl said, they all showed happy smiles on their faces.
If Yanzi in front of me was still young, although she would not ask to buy new clothes, as long as she said to buy them for her, she would be very happy.
And being able to say this now also shows that the little girl has not only grown up, but has also become a lot more sensible.
However, in the past few years, the conditions in the third uncle's family have been much better. There is no need to worry about life as before. There is still no less to give to the children. After all, you have been busy all your life, not just for the sake of the family. A child.
With the help of Zhang An and his wife, Zhang Jianye’s family had already picked a carriage full of kiwi fruits in less than an hour.
After lunch, everyone started to open a stall on the grain drying ground.
One by one, the villagers displayed their kiwi fruits with the joy of harvest.
At the same time, fruit farmers from other villages who were invited by Zhang Jianwen also came over with their own fruits at this time.
Zhang An walked around and found that the kiwi fruits planted by the people in the village were much larger than those planted by the people in other villages.
Originally, although he knew that kiwis grown in space were indeed larger, he never had a clear comparison, but today he can see it clearly.
At this time, Zhang An probably understood why Zhang Jianwen was so kind and invited people from other villages to participate.
At this moment, the fruit farmers from other villages were also looking at Zhang An with resentment, because the gap in strength between the enemy and ourselves was too great.
You must know that at the beginning, they all wanted to buy seedlings from Zhang An and plant them, but Zhang An never relented and only provided them to the villagers in Changqing.
But fortunately, although the fruit differences are large, everyone does not grow the same variety.
Zhang An gave the villagers the red heart variety, which is sweeter and tastes more fragrant.
As for the people in other villages, some are green-hearted and some are yellow-hearted.
Generally speaking, each has its own characteristics. If you meet someone you like, you don’t have to worry about not being able to sell it.
(End of this chapter)