struggle in a small town

Chapter 366 Why do you always look at me?
Zhao Mengmeng is burning with anxiety!

His family is in the next city, and they have ten acres of land to grow strawberries. Planted in mid-to-late August, the fruit matures in about 8 days and can be harvested until June of the following year, with a total of 100-6 batches of fruit harvested.

At this time of the year, many tourists will go to the shed to pick, and the rest can be sold to supermarkets, never worry about it.

But this year it has been raining.

Hundreds of catties of strawberries ripen in the shed every day. If you don’t pick them, they will rot in the ground; if you pick them, they will rot in the pots.

It's a dilemma.

His mother called him and told him about the plight of the family, hoping that he would think of a way. Anyway, he is also one of the top students in the village.

He could only ask Zhang Xuejiao for help.

But when he stopped Zhang Xuejiao from bringing goods to the farmers for free, how could he speak now?
I couldn't help turning my head to take a look, Zhang Xuejiao was on the phone, leaning on the back of the chair and smiling happily, she should be an acquaintance.

They are indeed acquaintances. Zhang Xuejiao was on a routine call with Qi Yun. They talked about her cold a few days ago. Qi Yun teased her: "Simon sent me a WeChat message, saying that you and your husband are acting like a baby, and his bones are so weak .”

"Nonsense!" Zhang Xuejiao refused to admit it: "Am I that kind of person? He got it wrong!"

"I also heard from Simon that you and your husband made love to each other in the cafeteria yesterday, and even fed each other."

Zhang Xue was wilting, she did let Lin Zhiyuan feed her food yesterday, the main thing was that she didn't like that dish, Lin Zhiyuan didn't let her eat it.

There is no way to deny this matter, she can only refute it: "Hey, what do you mean, Simon is an undercover agent sent by you."

When Simon heard his name, he turned around and defended: "I'm not an undercover agent, don't blame me."

Qi Yun heard it, and also helped to speak: "Xiaoxue, let him come back. Since he left, I haven't found a hairstylist that suits me."

Zhang Xuejiao would definitely not agree: "No way!"

The two chatted a few more words, Qi Yun said that she came to play when it was hot, and there was a surprise.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xuejiao said to herself, "What's a surprise?"

Raising her head, she found that Zhao Mengmeng was staring at her, and turned back in a panic, which was weird.

When her eyes fell on the screen, she remembered that Zhao Mengmeng was not quite right these days, and she stared at her a lot more times.

She has never been narcissistic, and she doesn't think that Zhao Mengmeng has taken a fancy to her. The two of them are several years apart, and the generation gap is too deep.

Besides, Zhao Mengmeng has always opposed her bringing goods for free, and the three views of the two are not on the same line.

Once again, Zhang Xuejiao found Zhao Mengmeng staring at her, and couldn't hold back any longer. Taking advantage of the two of them alone in the office, she asked, "Mengmeng, why do you keep looking at me?"

"I" Zhao Mengmeng was extremely embarrassed: "Mr. Zhang, I have something to ask you."

"It's too serious to use the word "ask" to talk about things."

Zhao Mengmeng lowered her head and stammered about strawberries.

Zhang Xuejiao couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Oh, that's all? I help strangers, how could I not help you?"

Zhao Mengmeng blushed: "I, I stopped you before."

"I want to give you room for improvement." Zhang Xuejiao flipped through her schedule and scratched her head: "These days are full, how about this, starting today, I will go to the live broadcast an hour earlier to help you The family sells strawberries."

"Thank you Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Xuejiao thought for a while and asked, "Apart from your home, is there anyone around who needs help?"

"Have."

Zhao Mengmeng said that almost every family in their village is growing strawberries, so this year's predicament is felt by every family.

"Then you should contact them and ask them to organize, package and sell them as soon as possible."

Zhang Xuejiao's ability to bring goods is unquestionable, and the strawberries that made Zhao Mengmeng anxiously scratched her heart, she sold out in just two days.

To express their gratitude, his parents also sent a box of strawberries.

Zhang Xuejiao was not polite, and immediately washed a basin and started to eat.

While eating, she asked, "How much money does your family earn a year growing strawberries?"

Zhao Mengmeng has done a lot of work for the family before, so she knows a little bit about strawberries: "This matter is more complicated, so we can't generalize it. With good technology and careful management, one mu can earn [-] to [-] yuan in addition to the cost. If the technology is not good enough, and if you don’t manage it well, you may not earn [-] yuan.”

Zhang Xuejiao exclaimed, "It's more profitable than growing apples!"

"There's a lot to worry about."

Zhao Mengmeng said that strawberries are grown in sheds, there are solar greenhouses and greenhouses.

Solar greenhouses are slightly more expensive, and greenhouses are relatively cheap.

You have to pay rent, buy strawberry seedlings, build a drip irrigation system, buy pesticides to prevent powdery mildew and anthracnose, it is best to install a carbon dioxide generator, and at the same time prevent spider mites, thrips and other pests.

All in all, growing strawberries is a delicate job, much more tiring than growing apples.

"But it's a lot of money!"

Zhang Xuejiao's eyes were shining brightly: "And there are still several crops of strawberries, but only one crop of apples."

Zhao Mengmeng had an ominous premonition: "You probably won't."

"Don't worry!" Zhang Xuejiao comforted: "I'm so busy now, how can I have time to plant this?"

She really didn't have time, but she wanted someone else to grow it.

I called Gao Peng and asked him how the situation in the village was.

Gao Peng was cheerful, saying that the situation has improved a lot this year, one is due to the apple orchard, and the other is to rely on photovoltaics.

"Dude, with so much land in your village, do you want to grow strawberries?"

Gao Peng wondered: "Why do you think it's a one-off?"

"There is a guy in our company who grows strawberries at home. He can earn [-] to [-] yuan per acre, which is more profitable than apples."

"real or fake?"

"Your job is not in place!" Zhang Xuejiao teased: "You have gone to help the poor, why didn't you have a good understanding of the market?"

Gao Peng said that there are too few young people in the village, really too few, and many things are difficult to do.

"Okay, you've worked hard."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Xuejiao called Zhuang Jia and asked him if there were any classmates who were engaged in strawberry cultivation.

Zhuang Jia's head was getting big: "Sister, don't mess with me. I'm busy cultivating apples and preparing to participate in this year's fruit competition."

"It's only been a few months!"

"It's blooming. When the flowers wither, I need to bag them. There are many things to do."

Zhang Xuejiao's eyes lit up when she heard the word "bagging", she finally waited for this time.

It's time to publicize the bagging machine represented by Lin Zhiyuan.

Relying on personal strength, this matter must be very difficult, but Zhang Xuejiao has contacts now!

She made a list and wrote down the leaders in charge of agriculture in each district and county, and planned to contact them one by one to talk about the bagging machine.

Especially Baishui County, who helped them sell so many apples, it should be no problem to help promote it at this time, right?

When she got home at night, she talked to Lin Zhiyuan. Lin Zhiyuan said that the second-generation phone would be on the market soon, but the price was still more than 3000.

Zhang Xuejiao asked him: "You said that if you expand production, can the cost be reduced?"

"Patented technology is expensive, and raw materials are nothing."

Zhang Xuejiao wondered: "What do you think they invented this thing for? Isn't it to save time and energy? It's so expensive and fruit farmers can't use it. Isn't it the opposite?"

(End of this chapter)