Chapter 676 You two have a little secret
After resting in the yard for only half a day, the fat man stared at the cherries on the hill behind Zhang An’s house: “Let’s go pick some cherries. It’s a year.” I haven’t eaten any cherries from Zhang An’s family. It makes me feel itchy just looking at them.”
I don’t know why, but Zhang An’s cherries matured a little later this year than in previous years.
Last year, we had already started picking in the past few days, but this year it was not possible, because the cherries hanging on the branches were still yellow-orange in one layer, and they had to be picked again. Wait a few days.
"Then let me find some baskets."
Hearing this, Zhang An got up and went back to the house to find some baskets for picking cherries.
I have nothing to do anyway, just passing the time.
As the saying goes, you don’t want to eat what you grow at home, and this is absolutely true.
In previous years, even if the cherries on the tree had just turned partially red, their family would pick some to taste first.
But in the past two years, this idea has become less and less popular. Until this year, Zhang An had never gone to pick cherries once.
Even though he often checked them, he never thought of picking some to try. He probably got tired of eating too much before.
Even if sometimes I picked a few later, it was just for the naughty kids in the village.
Then, one person came to the cherry forest carrying a bamboo basket.
As soon as I entered the forest, I saw the huge cherries bending the branches down.
As soon as the fat man saw this, he couldn't wait to find a relatively low branch, reached out and picked a few, just wiped them and put them in his mouth.
“If you want to talk about these cherries, they have to be the ones from Zhang An’s. Although they have already started selling them in the provincial capital, they are far behind in terms of size and taste.”
As soon as the pulp was bitten into pieces, a burst of fragrant cherry juice flavor instantly burst into the fat man's mouth. In addition, these cherries are relatively large, so don't eat them too much.
"Here, wife, come and try it too. These cherries from Zhang An's family are guaranteed to satisfy you, even those foreign ones can't compare to them."
The fat man is not just thinking about it. I also stuffed a few into my wife's hand. After all, she was already married and had a family, so her mentality changed quite quickly.
“Look at you like this. You don’t pay attention at all. No matter how greedy you are, you still have to wash yourself before eating.”
Seeing this, Zhang Zilin couldn't help but have the urge to hold her forehead up, as if she couldn't bear to see her man being like this.
"It's okay. Zhang An's cherries haven't been injected with a drop of medicine. They are different from those sold in provincial capitals. They are clean and do not need to be washed. You can just rub them and eat them. Try it quickly. It's really good. "It's delicious."
Even though his wife had spoken, the fat man still looked unconcerned. He was even more particular about it in other places, but it was already a habit for him here at Zhang An's house. I ate a few more.
After hearing what the fat man said, Zhang Zilin still rolled her eyes at him a few times, but she still wiped the cherry in her hand a few times and put it into her mouth.
“Well, the texture and taste of these cherries are really different from the ones we bought yesterday.”
Zhang Zilin only tasted it a little, and her eyes widened.
"You see what I said is right. These cherries from Zhang An are a good thing, but this man is too lazy, so he only grows these. Every time his elder brother advises him to expand the scale, he listens. Don't go in."
When the fat man spoke, he glanced at Zhang An. He didn't understand why Zhang An was still not interested in such a profitable thing. If it had been anyone else, he would have been able to grow it. Plant as many as you can.
“Why do you plant so much? It’s good to be able to farm these every year. As long as you have enough money, you can earn it slowly.”
Be able to be carefree and comfortable. Zhang An would never live a life where he was busy making money every day.
According to their family's current quality of life, as long as they continue like this, they will definitely be free from disease and disaster, so they won't spend too much money at all.
In addition, their family doesn’t have much expenses now, and they save a lot every year.
If he really tries to earn too much, it will definitely attract the attention of some people. It is not up to him to decide what kind of life he can live by then.
Thinking about future generations, there will always be many people who can make money, and many of them can earn astronomical figures, but in the end, a few will get a good ending.
So when you live in this land, you still have to keep a low profile.
Anyway, money is something that you won’t take with you until you die. As long as you have enough to spend and a small amount of savings, it’s the right thing to live a comfortable life.
"Brother? Are these cherries sold to eldest brother?"
Zhang Zilin was a little surprised when she heard the fat man mention Lu Cheng.
Although she just came back last year, she also knew that Lu Cheng's business was not small.
Logically speaking, if Zhang An only has such a large output here, he should not be able to catch Lu Cheng's attention.
But when she thought about what she had just tasted, she was not so surprised.
"Yes, Zhang An's cherries and peaches, as well as the kiwis grown by other people in their village, are all purchased by the elder brother. I estimate that after a few days, the elder brother will come over in person. ”
In Fatty’s impression, every year when Zhang An’s family picked cherries, his eldest brother would come over in person.
Even if I don’t stay here from beginning to end, I will personally deliver the money in the end and meet Zhang An.
Of course, every time, I have to offer a few words of advice to ask Zhang An to expand the scale of fruit forest planting.
Afterwards, several people started picking cherries while chatting.
Especially for Chen Ze, it’s okay if he didn’t come to this fruit forest a few days ago. Now that he is here, he wants to pick more and take them with him when he goes to Teacher Xiao Jiang’s house tomorrow before they are in the market. In the past, Quan was regarded as attacking local tycoons.
"Huhu, I remember these fruit trees were planted just a few years ago. Why have they grown so tall? I'm afraid that when I come to pick them next year, I will have to bring a ladder to reach them."< br>
In half the pay, the fat man picked a basket full, but the others were also very tired.
Because when picking cherries, he had to use his feet the whole time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to reach them.
It can only be said that the cherry trees of Zhang An's family have grown taller this year than last year. In the past, even the villagers hired by Zhang An's family to pick them could just stand on the ground and stretch out their hands to pick them.
But it won’t work this year. Just looking at Fatty and Chen Ze, you can tell that they are not short, not much different from 1.8 meters. They can’t reach them. They are shorter than them. The villagers are afraid that the difference is even worse.
“I have no choice. I can’t hold them down until they grow taller. I can only wait until then to see them.”
In this regard, Zhang An was also helpless. In order to make the fruit bear fruit, When it is bigger, he pours the space spring water.
But after watering, the fruit became bigger, but the tree also grew up.
"By the way, Zhang An, are you still making fruit wine this year?"
On the way down the mountain, Chen Ze thought of Zhang An's top-notch fruit wine.
It tastes better than liquor, and the alcohol content is not too high, which is suitable for people like him who are not very good at drinking and do not drink too much.
“We must do it, and we have to make more.”
In the past, Zhang An only thought of making fruit stuffed drinks as a recreational drink, but he found that his relatives and friends liked it. Quite a few.
The batch he made last year was not big enough, so he must prepare more this year. "The old man is full of praise for this thing now. When you make it, help me brew it for seven or eight hundred pounds, so that he can drink less."
< br>Chen Ze considered that his old man was getting older and it would be great to drink less wine, and this fruit stuffed wine could just be a substitute.
"Okay, then I will brew two tanks for you this year, both with cherry flavor?"
Zhang An always weighs several hundred kilograms, and Chen Ze wants to This is just incidental.
“One jar of cherries, one jar of peach flavor, forget about the kiwi flavor.”
Chen Ze thought for a while and said, it’s not that he doesn’t like the kiwi flavor The main reason for this is that the kiwi fruit will not mature until the second half of the year, and by the time it matures, it will probably be the Chinese New Year.
"Fruit stuffing? What is it? Do you two have a little secret? You are hiding something good from me."
The fat man listened to the words of the two people, feeling a little confused and confused. I thought I hadn't been here for only half a year, so I couldn't get in the conversation.
But based on his understanding of these two people, the fruit stuffing must be good.
"It's wine made from fruits. It doesn't require distillation. It's a low-alcohol fruit wine."
Looking at the fat man's sinister words, Zhang An explained angrily.
"That's it, then get me some, just like Lao Chen."
The fat man's usual temperament is that he can make mistakes, but he can't miss them, no matter what. Ask for it first and then talk about it.
When several people returned home from the fruit forest, Su Ying happened to be back from Zhou Yang's house with little Siqi.
Before Su Ying was away, Zhang Zilin mingled among the grown men and didn't talk much.
Now that Su Ying is back, the two of them have a lot of topics in common and immediately get along.
"Qi Qi, come over to Uncle Fatty and let me eat cherries for you."
The fat man was still the same as before, he immediately greeted little Siqi when he saw her.
“Uncle Fat, you are here.”
Although Xiao Siqi was about to forget about Fatty, the words "Fat Uncle" reminded him of Fatty again.
"Come, eat the cherries."
When the fat man heard the words "fat uncle", he was so happy that he handed the cherry to Xiao Siqi and even took off the branches on the buttocks of the cherry.
After some interaction, Xiao Siqi pushed his car out from home and invited Fatty to play with him.
Of course Fatty would not refuse this, and the whole family had a great time playing in the yard, with Xiaohu and the others running around too.
"Qi Qi in your family is so smart."
Zhang Zilin, who was chatting with Su Ying, couldn't help but sigh when she saw little Siqi's skilled driving skills.
"I'm envious. If you are envious, hurry up and have a child with your family. He has always liked children."
Hearing this, Su Ying couldn't help but tease Zhang Zilin.
In her impression, Fatty really likes children.
Both his own son and the naughty kids in the village were all talking and laughing with him.
As soon as Su Ying said this, Zhang Zilin immediately turned red with embarrassment.
"Zhang An, give me the bunch of keys. I will take Qiqi to sail the boat. Wife, let's go and play in the river."
The fat man and little Siqi were playing in the yard After a few rounds, he asked Zhang An for the key to the boat and said to Zhang Zilin at the same time.
“Go ahead, I’ve filled up the oil and it hasn’t been used much, but I should be more careful when sailing. There are a lot of boats in the river now.”
Hearing this, Zhang An The bunch of keys was thrown towards the fat man and he gave a warning.
There are still the original ten boats in the village, but there are a lot of people coming to the village these days. Those boats basically have no time to idle. They are all floating on the river all day long, and they can only get off work at night.
However, although the boats in the village had a hard time, the "boatmen" who drove the boats were very happy.
Because there is no salary for this job, and all they receive is commission.
As long as someone rents a boat, they can take a commission from the boat fee. Now there are people queuing up every day waiting for the boat. At the end of the day, they can make a lot of money.
"I know, let's try to go to a place with fewer ships."
The fat man nodded and promised, anyway, there is no prescribed place on their ship, so they can go wherever they want.
When Xiao Siqi is going, Su Ying will definitely follow. By the way, she can also accompany Zhang Zilin to fulfill her friendship as a landlord.
Zhang An did not follow him. He had other things to do at the moment. The oil squeezed out in the morning was still in the car. He had to unload the oil and oil residue and put them away before sending Chen Ze’s share over. .
Chen Ze had no use for the oil residue, so he only took about ten kilograms back to Mr. Chen for planting flowers, and the rest was given to Zhang An.
In addition to the previous point, more than a thousand kilograms of oil residue are now placed in the small wing of Zhang An's house.
Arrived at Dongli Courtyard, Zhang An drove the car directly to the entrance of Chen Zena's courtyard, otherwise it would not be so easy to move these barrels of oil in.
"Zhang An, are these all oil? Why did you buy so much?"
Many old ladies in Dongli Yard saw the barrels of oil in Zhang An's car, He asked Zhang An.
“Yes, old lady, it’s all rapeseed oil. I don’t buy it. I squeeze it myself from the rapeseed oil.”
Zhang An was always very patient with these old ladies and answered slowly.
"I squeezed it myself. I can't finish eating so much. Why don't you sell some to us."
The purpose of these old ladies is not just to say hello to Zhang An. , but for the barrels of oil in his car.
They all basically have high blood pressure. Even if they don’t have it themselves, the old man in the family also has it.
Since moving here, they have discovered that daily consumption of rapeseed oil can lower blood pressure. Because they are very leisurely people, eating lard every day will cause overnutrition. Over time, it will cause various problems, such as high blood pressure, so their daily consumption is almost all rapeseed oil.
So when they heard that Zhang An squeezed the oil himself, they definitely didn’t want to miss it.
Of course, the villagers in the village can't do this, they still have to maintain lard.
After all, they have to work in the fields every day, and only lard can meet their nutritional needs.
(End of this chapter)