Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 170 New Millennium

The big cherries on Liuzi Street are ripe.

Because of the geographical environment, the big cherries in Liuzijie ripen a week later than those in Longwangtang.After Liu Xiaonan finished selling her big cherries, she just took advantage of the time difference to bring the merchants to Liuzi Street.

The back hillside of Liuzi Street suddenly became busy and lively, and many families invited relatives to help pick them.Liu Xiaonan told everyone that there is no need to worry and panic, the price and sales are guaranteed.

What he brought to Liuzi Street were merchants from the north, and the unit price of the purchase was one yuan higher than that of local merchants, and he charged as much as he could.

It's just that the big cherries on Liuzi Street bear fruit in the first year, and the output of each tree is only about ten catties, and the total output is no more than [-] catties, which is far from meeting the expected purchase volume of merchants.

But for growers, there is nothing more surprising than seeing real income.

Liu Xiaonan also saw his idea being realized step by step.

Last fall, Liu Xiaonan took Sha Wanli to live in Liuzi Street for a few days, teaching everyone the techniques of pruning and plastic surgery.When the cherry blossoms were in bloom this year, he brought Sha Wanli back to Liuzi Street to teach everyone the technique of artificial pollination.After he and Sha Wanli left, Guan Deyu and Liu Zhixin supervised the growers and managed the cherry orchard.

When the fruits of the big cherries are about to mature from green to yellow and then from yellow to red, the growers organize a guard team to guard the cherry orchard day and night.Everyone doesn't want to see the harvest that is about to be destroyed and stolen by people with ulterior motives.

Liu Zhixin also has [-] cherry trees. Liu Xiaonan took the merchants to the field, arranged everything, and picked them together with her parents.

Jiang Changling looked at Song Ge who was talking with merchants in the distance, and asked her son, "Why is that female reporter here again?"

Liu Xiaonan said, "She's here to help our Liuzi Street publicity."

Jiang Changling asked again: "She still stays at our house at night?"

Liu Xiaonan laughed and said, "Now that it's hot, there's no need to burn the kang, and she won't be able to eat much."

Jiang Changling stared at her son: "Don't be so hippie. I don't feel sorry for the little firewood and rice, you know what I want to say."

Liu Xiaonan looked at his father beside him and said, "Of course I know what you want to say, and I also know that my father will break my leg."

Liu Zhixin said: "I won't break your leg, you won't be able to. I won't recognize your son."

"Where can I find such a good son?" Guan Deyu walked over and said to Liu Zhixin, "If you don't recognize me, brother, let me do it. I just went around and all I heard were praises for Xiaonan. , Everyone said that he brought a good project to the village."

Liu Zhixin said: "I also never thought that a small cherry would have such a high income."

Guan Deyu said: "I made a rough estimate. Among the dozen or so families, your family is the least, with a gross income of [-] to [-] yuan. The Shun family has the most, at least [-] to [-] yuan. turned over."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Whatever you do, you have to catch it early. I remember that when Fuji apples were first introduced, they sold for seven or eight yuan per catty, but our village still grows the old variety Guoguang, which is small and sour, and cannot be sold at a high price. Wait for us When Fuji apples were planted, they were already rotten, and the price dropped to two or three yuan a catty. The same is true for big cherries. When the planting area expands, the price will definitely fall, and the income will definitely not be as good as it is now."

Guan Deyu said: "Don't worry about this. Now many farmers are optimistic about the development prospects of big cherries. I don't need to mobilize them. Those who have hillside land want to plant them. There is also a new policy, returning farmland to forests to give certain economic benefits. Subsidies, this also mobilized everyone's enthusiasm for planting big cherries. When I have finished counting, you have to order seedlings for everyone in advance."

Someone once approached Liu Xiaonan and asked him to help order seedlings.Liu Xiaonan said: "The merchants are satisfied with the quality of our big cherries, but the output can't meet their requirements. The planting area can be expanded, and I don't need to contact them. The merchants will take the initiative to come to Liuzi Street to buy. If merchants gather, it will also drive cherries. Planting and sales of other agricultural products, such as apples, peaches, cantaloupes, vegetables, etc.”

Guan Deyu said to Liu Zhixin: "Brother, look, we are old, and we can't think of such a far-reaching." Then he said to Liu Xiaonan: "I have good news for you, the village is very interested in your idea, and will do its best to help us make it happen. Another good thing is that Qishun’s daughter-in-law came back and helped pick cherries there. It’s an excuse to say that she came back to see the children. Didn’t she come here for Qishun’s cherry orchard? I think it’s possible to remarry Very sexual."

Liu Xiaonan said, "I'll go and add fire to them."

Guan Deyu said: "You go, only you can start this fire. I have nothing to do to pick it for you."

Liu Xiaonan walked into Liu Qishun's cherry orchard.Liu Qishun is considered a big grower of big cherries in Liuzi Street. More than 600 cherry trees are full of fruit, and his parents can't help him. He found two married sisters to help pick them, and Liu Erya was among them.Qishun and his divorced daughter-in-law pick from the same tree.

After saying hello, Liu Xiaonan said to Liu Erya, "Auntie, close the small shop to help her."

Liu Erya said: "Your uncle wants to come to help, but he is not as good as me in this kind of delicate work. I let him watch the small shop at home."

Liu Xiaonan deliberately teased Liu Erya: "Your family's big cherries are not picked anymore? Are you not in a hurry?"

Liu Erya pretended to be angry: "Look at what you said, in your eyes, it seems that your aunt has no merits. With a nephew like you, why should I be in a hurry? There are many trees in the tree, let's help him pick it first. After Qishun finishes picking, they will help me."

Liu Qishun picked a bunch of big cherries and handed them to Liu Xiaonan happily: "Look, uncle, my big cherries are bigger and sweeter than others. After returning from your farm last year, I completely believed in you. Carefully tending the cherry orchard. I also believe in Sha Wanli, who use farmyard manure. Try it and see if it is unusual."

Liu Xiaonan tasted a few of them and said, "It's really very sweet. Qishun, as the largest planter in Liuzi Street, you have taken a brave step. I thank you for trusting me so much. Income can grow sustainably, and I believe in Liuzi. Big changes will take place in the street, and you have to believe it."

"I believe." Liu Qishun said with some annoyance: "I originally wanted to rent a few more hillsides this year, all of which were used to plant big cherries, but no one rented out the land. It was too late to start, and the more courageous, last year was Available for rent."

Liu Xiaonan glanced at Liu Qishun's daughter-in-law, and said to Liu Qishun: "Although we are different generations, we are the same age, and we grew up together in the same courtyard. There is nothing we can't agree with. If I give you another Find a job and increase your income, would you like to do it?"

Liu Qishun said: "To be honest, I used to feel that I was quite cheap in front of you. I didn't want to have more contact with you. No matter how poor you are, you can't lose face. You built a new school for the village and worked hard to plant big cherries for everyone. I I admire you from the bottom of my heart. You have no selfishness, so I would rather call you uncle."

Liu Xiaonan said: "It's like this. Last year I asked my fourth brother to guard the pond for me alone. I was a little too busy and exhausted my fourth brother. This is because I didn't think carefully. This year I want to add another person. Just like my brother, do you think about it?"

Liu Erya said from the side: "Qishun, take this job, where can I get 2000 yuan a month? At least it's enough for your parents to see a doctor and buy medicine."

Hearing what my aunt said, Liu Qishun said, "Okay. After the big cherry tree falls, there won't be much work for post-management. If you are idle, you will be idle."

Liu Xiaonan said: "It is enough to ensure that there is only one person on the pond every day. I don't make a hard and fast rule. You can discuss with the fourth brother yourself how the two people should be rotated so as not to delay doing other farm work."

Liu Qishun said: "Don't worry, uncle. Your stall in Longwangtang is not small, and the pond at home will be handed over to me and Fourth Uncle."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Qishun, your income this year is at least [-] to [-] yuan, and I can guarantee that it will double next year. If you have money to give your parents good medical treatment, it is time to consider remarriage. My sister will touch you around, as long as you are good to our children."

Liu Qishun's daughter-in-law suddenly said: "Uncle, did you do it on purpose? Who can treat children better than a real mother?"

Liu Xiaonan smiled and said, "I hear what it means, do you want to return to Qishun's side?"

Liu Qishun's daughter-in-law was not ashamed, but instead accused Liu Xiaonan: "Uncle, can't you see it? What kind of writer and entrepreneur are you?"

Liu Xiaonan laughed loudly: "This is the best, even if I haven't said those words before."

Just as it was buzzing, Song Ge came to find him.Song Ge came to Liuzi Street in Liu Xiaonan's car early this morning. She had been following Liu Xiaonan's progress in building Liuzi Street into a vegetable and fruit distribution center. When she learned that the big cherries on Liuzi Street were ripe, she accompanied her to the site for an interview.

Song Ge had a camera hanging around his neck.As soon as she walked into the cherry orchard today, she took a few photos of Guan Deyu and Liu Xiaonan, some of whom were helping the villagers pick, and two of them were pointing to the cherry orchard to discuss important matters.

Liu Xiaonan hated this kind of false posing, and for his idea, he could only cooperate.

Song Ge is wearing a short denim suit, capable and energetic.She said to Liu Xiaonan: "Just now I had a lot of conversations with merchants, and they also hope to have a place for centralized acquisitions. This shows that your idea and direction are correct."

Liu Xiaonan said: "The best solution is that the township can grant a piece of land to build a large-scale farmers' wholesale market, even if it is in the open air."

Song Ge said: "Uncle Guan Deyu and I went to the village in the afternoon to bring your plan and listen to the opinions of the village. You can't support it verbally, but you haven't seen specific actions for a long time."

A reporter, a village secretary, this is the best combination.In the afternoon, Song Ge drove Liu Xiaonan's car and went to the countryside with Guan Deyu.Came back in the evening with mixed joys and sorrows.

The plan was approved, and the plot was also approved, which was set at the abandoned production team yard at the head of the village.The township is a poor township, and there is no money to spend. How to build the village is decided by itself, and the funds are solved by themselves.

The village is also a poor village.Guan Deyu looked at Liu Xiaonan in embarrassment, and Liu Xiaonan suggested going to the field to take a look first.

The size of the yard is small, and there are a few traces left over from the production team period. Behind it is a hill full of weeds and thorns, and on the other side is a deep pit left by generations of people who borrowed stones and soil to build houses.

Liu Xiaonan walked around the hill, visually surveyed, calculated, and summed up, and she knew it, and returned to Guan Deyu and Song Ge.He asked Song Ge: "Sister, you have traveled a lot, have a pattern and vision, and express your opinion."

Song Ge said: "The place is too small, and only a dozen cars can be parked. It's okay for the time being, but it can't meet the needs if we want to have a big development."

Liu Xiaonan said to Guan Deyu: "Uncle San, it's still the old way. You contribute and I pay. Hire a few excavators and bulldozers to level the yard and hills, fill in the deep pits, connect the front to the road, and the back to pass through. Houshan. The site has been expanded by more than ten times, which can at least meet the development needs of the next ten years. Walled warehouses will be built on all sides as the common property of the village. In the future, the village will also have public income and can do some practical things for the villagers.”

Guan Deyu said: "Xiaonan, this is another big investment, Liuzi Street will remember you."

Liu Xiaonan said: "If you have an idea and don't implement it, it can only be called empty talk. I hope to see it next year. There are many merchants here and the business is booming."

Song Ge praised: "If you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. Seniors have the feelings of the ancients. This is a man with a big picture and a big heart."

Liu Xiaonan said: "You clearly know that I don't like things that are empty-headed, so don't wear a tall hat for me. I am a small commoner with a small head and a thin neck, so I can't hold such a heavy hat."

Song Ge smiled happily: "Then let's be more practical. You and my third uncle are standing in the yard, and I will take a photo of you as a souvenir. It must be of great significance."

Guan Deyu and Liu Xiaonan stood side by side on the yard, with the barren gravel hills in the background. The early summer sunset reflected on their faces, painting a layer of warm and soft colors.

This photo, taken in the early summer of [-], will surely witness the opening of another era for Liuzi Street.

Two days later, all the big cherries on Liuzi Street were picked and sold out, and more than a dozen growers earned a lot of money, attracting countless envious eyes.

The planned fruit and vegetable wholesale market has also started construction. Two excavators and one bulldozer are working at the same time, and machinery roars and dust is flying on the hills of the yard.

Song Ge wants to report back the social articles, and asks Liu Xiaonan to drive her back to Bincheng.Liu Xiaonan handed her the car keys and asked her to drive his car back by himself. After the site was leveled, he took a long-distance bus back.

Song Ge said: "You asked me to drive the car back to the senior to tell the senior indirectly that I have not been with you for a long time?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "Your senior sister is not narrow-minded, and I am not that boring. I have to finish the plan before going back."

Song Ge said: "Senior, of course you don't have to be narrow-minded. During the two days I lived at your house, when we talked together for a long time, your mother would call you to do this and that, and guard me like a thief."

This is Song Ge standing on the hill with Liu Xiaonan before leaving, watching the construction site together, and couldn't help complaining a few words.

There was a slight vibration from the soil and rock under his feet, which seemed to be in sync with the beating of his heart.She looked sideways at Liu Xiaonan, her eyes focused and calm as water, like an ordinary bystander, without the slightest hint of complacency.

Liu Xiaonan said: "I apologize to you on behalf of my mother. The old man has old thoughts, please forgive me."

"I admire my senior and would like to help, that's all. How can I really care about the old man? How long is it expected to take to level this site?"

"It will take about ten days and half a month."

Liu Xiaonan was not allowed to mention his name in the report, and used Liuzi Street as the general name instead.Song Ge asked: "Seniors don't seek fame and fortune, and don't seek political capital, but people's actions always have a purpose. Can seniors tell the truth, what are you doing for Liuzi Street? "

Liu Xiaonan smiled implicitly at Song Ge: "The answer is on Mr. Guan's stone tablet, you can figure it out yourself."

(End of this chapter)