The leisurely life of the reborn daddy

Chapter 133 It's Not About Money (Please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket, recommend a ticket)
Cao Shujie rode an electric tricycle to the stone monument at the north end of Caojiazhuang and waited for him. When he was bored, he took out his mobile phone to play for a while.

A covered motorized tricycle drove Zuo Le to the intersection of the stone tablet at the north end of Caojiazhuang. After the old man riding the tricycle put him down, he asked him if he should wait for him before taking him back to the town.

Zuo Le wasn't sure what time he was leaving, so after thinking for a while, he said, "Master, give me your phone number if it's convenient, and I'll call you if I need it, how about it."

"That's fine." The old man nodded, took out a business card to Zuo Le, and then turned around and left.

Zuo Le carried a black canvas bag and stood at the entrance of Caojiazhuang Village. After seeing Cao Shujie sitting on a stone strip playing with his mobile phone, he asked him, "Brother, is there a Cao Shujie in your village? "

"You are Mr. Zuo?" Cao Shujie realized, he never expected Zuo Le to come so quickly.

"Oh, you are Boss Cao." Zuo Le also understood that the young man in front of him was the right one he was looking for.

The two shook hands and introduced themselves again.

Cao Shujie had called Cao Zhen just now to ask him about Zuo Le, but when he was about to scold him, Cao Zhen hung up the phone first.

Cao Shujie originally wanted to ask Zuo Le to go to his house to drink a glass of water and have a rest, but Zuo Le refused. He wanted to go and see the apples in Cao Shujie's orchard first.

From the time he got off the train to the time he transferred to Caojiazhuang, he had been thinking about it all the way.

"Then take my tricycle, let's go up the mountain." Cao Shujie pointed to the tricycle beside him and said.

Zuo Le happily put the black canvas bag into the truck, and he also stepped up and sat in the truck.

A few minutes later, Cao Shujie rode an electric tricycle to the turning platform on the mountain, stopped the electric bicycle, he and Zuo Le got off, and Cao Shujie led him to the orchard.

"Boss Cao, you made this all up?" Zuo Le looked at the orchard surrounded by barbed wire fences, as well as the road up the mountain and the turning platform on the mountain. He was quite surprised. He didn't expect to see such a formal one here. place.

Zuo Le has seen many people planting fruit trees on the mountain, but he has never seen one as upright as Cao Shujie's here, and even paid for the road laying out of his own pocket. Isn't this a waste of money?
"Otherwise, the government won't pay for it." Cao Shujie joked.

Zuo Le also laughed out loud.

Cao Shujie turned around and saw Zuo Le still carrying his black canvas bag, so he pointed to his electric tricycle and said, "Mr. Zuo, just put your bag on the car. No one will touch my car here." thing."

Hearing what he said, Zuo Le put the bag on the car without any hassle.

After entering the orchard, Cao Shujie led him towards the old fruit tree. Zuo Le had a good nose, and he could already smell the aroma of apples.

A smile naturally appeared on his face, and he said, "That's the smell."

When he got closer, Zuo Le was full of joy when he saw the bright red apples hanging on the fruit tree, like little red lights.

Cao Shujie randomly picked an apple from the tree, wiped off the dust with the handkerchief that came with him, and handed it to Zuo Le: "Mr. Zuo have a taste."

Zuo Le was not polite, and took it with both hands with a smile. He didn't wipe it, and bit it down. The juice of the apple splashed in his mouth, and his eyes became brighter: "Boss Cao, the one you gave me seems to be more Sweeter."

Cao Shujie found this statement very interesting, and he asked, "Mr. Zuo, can you even taste such a small difference?"

"It's not bad. The main reason is that I have been eating fruit for a few years. I have a rather tricky mouth. I may not be able to eat other things, but I am very sensitive to the difference in fruit."

After he finished speaking, he took another two big bites, and saw that the middle part of the apple was also a bright yellow circle, which was different in detail from the features he had heard from other people, and besides, he had never eaten that apple before. New species, it is not certain that these two are one species.

But he felt that the apple variety in front of him should not be inferior to the one in Xinjiang.

Hearing what Zuo Le said, Cao Shujie was a little ashamed. At least in terms of tasting good or bad fruits, Zuo Le seemed to be more professional than him. It seemed that he still had a lot to learn.

The two of them walked to the depths of the orchard while eating apples. Zuo Le chose a place with a slightly higher terrain. After asking Cao Shujie, he picked an apple from the fruit tree and tasted the taste of the apple carefully. It can be felt that the two apples he just ate have subtle differences in taste.

Looking at the apples hanging on the fruit tree, Zuo Le suddenly asked: "Mr. Cao, is your orchard a bumper harvest this year? How was the output last year? How much worse than this year?"

He was asking about the change in annual production of apples in size, literally.

This kind of naturally growing fruit cannot form an intuitive comparison with the constant mechanical production method. For example, if the apple yield per mu was 4000 jin last year, there is a high probability that the output will decrease by 20%~30% this year. There are many reasons for this result. kind.

At this time, in order to achieve the balance of output, it is necessary to adjust the balance through external conditions and human intervention.

Cao Shujie also understood this, he said with a smile: "Last year's production is not as good as this year's."

Since the beginning of spring in March, Cao Shujie began to apply enough nutrients to the land and fruit trees. Later, he also used organic fertilizers and trimmed excess branches. When he saw badly growing fruits in the middle and later stages, he threw them away directly to avoid nutrient dispersion.

These apples that can hang all over the branches have absorbed enough nutrition.

In addition, his mountainous area has plenty of sunshine time, and Cao Shujie did not pick it in advance in order to sell it in time for money. A combination of various factors made his batch of naturally ripe apples taste better, with less sugar content. More feet.

"This year's output is bigger than last year's?" Zuo Le repeated to confirm.

"That's right!" Cao Shujie said ambiguously.

Zuo Le heard him say that.After thinking about it for a while, I asked him, "Mr. Cao, do you sell these apples? I can offer you a high price."

"How much?" Cao Shujie asked subconsciously.

Hearing Cao Shujie ask the price, Zuo Le knew in his heart that this was more negotiable than buying and selling.

I'm afraid that if Cao Shujie doesn't even ask, it means that he really has no idea of ​​selling it, so there is really nothing to talk about.

But how much should you bid?Zuo Le was in a difficult situation again.

The price offered is too low, definitely not, Cao Shujie might not dump him.

But the price of a new variety of fruit is too high, and Zuo Le is worried that the market will not buy it. When these things fall into his hands, he will lose.

"How much is more appropriate?" Zuo Le began to ponder in his heart.

As a qualified second-hand seller of fine fruit, Zuo Le is very clear about the price trend of apples.

He knows that from 09 to the beginning of this year, the price of apples has been rising all the way. At the highest point, the price of ordinary apples was 8 yuan per kilogram.

After the first quarter of this year, the price of apples has dropped, but it is still hovering at the price of more than 1 yuan per kilogram.

And it's wholesale price!
What kind of quotation should he give Cao Shujie?
Thinking about it.Zuo Le stretched out his fist and said, "It costs 10 yuan per kilogram, what does Boss Cao think?"

"That's 5 yuan a catty?" Cao Shujie asked.

Seeing Zuo Le nodding, Cao Shujie shook his head and rejected him: "Too low, not for sale."

Boss Cao was so happy, he felt he had to stand his ground.

Zuo Le was mentally prepared and asked him, "How much money does Boss Cao think is suitable?"

"Mr. Zuo, to tell you the truth, I originally planned to call my old customers and ask them if they would like to come and pick some."

"You may not know that the picking price of a batch of kiwifruit I planted before was 28 yuan per catty." Cao Shujie mentioned this matter seemingly casually.

Zuo Le had already heard Cao Zhen talk about this matter on the train, and now he heard Cao Shujie mention it deliberately, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

He said: "Boss Cao, I know what you mean, but the problem is that the price of Apple has not been much higher over the years."

"But my apple is delicious!" Cao Shujie said with certainty.

He grasped this point and did not let go.

Delicious and small quantity of things, the price must not be cheap.

Zuo Le thought to himself: "If your apples don't taste good, will I waste time with you here?"

He can think so, but some words cannot be said.

"Boss Cao, I'll give you another two yuan per catty, what do you think?" Zuo Le asked him.

Most of the fruit farmers are actually at a disadvantage. They do not have perfect market sales channels, and it is difficult to sell the apples they grow in large quantities. Therefore, they are very dependent on second-hand fruit dealers or wholesalers.

But today, such an outlier just happened to appear, and he himself is still selling well.

In this way, there is no way to choke him, and the advantage of the fruit seller is gone when negotiating prices.

"Add two yuan?" Cao Shujie said, "7 yuan a catty?"

"Yes, Boss Cao, what do you think?" Zuo Le asked him.

He said: "I also have to bear the freight, the money for the damaged fruit, and the high risk of whether I can sell it later. If the price is higher, I will not make much money."

But Cao Shujie was still dissatisfied, he directly stretched out a fist: "Mr. Zuo, I don't want too much, a catty of apples, if it's okay, I'll keep a few hundred catties, and you take all the rest."

"Mr. Cao, the price of 10 yuan per catty is too high. To be honest, my risk is very high." Zuo Le is quite rational, and he didn't agree with it all at once.

Cao Shujie looked at the expression on Zuo Le's face very seriously, but Zuo Le is also a veteran.

He couldn't see anything useful in the eyes of the other party, so he said, "Mr. Zuo, I'm very glad that you can make a special trip to make you a friend."

"A friend is here, according to the customs here. It must be entertained with good wine and meat. Look at this, let's go to my house to rest for a while. How about a drink at noon?" Cao Shujie said.

Zuo Le: "..."

He carefully looked at Cao Shujie's appearance, inferring his age, wondering how old he was, and how could he be so shameless at such a young age?

Really unable to understand this question, Zuo Le simply didn't waste his brain cells.

From yesterday to this morning, he didn't have a good meal in between. He was really hungry. Looking at the situation in the village, he couldn't find a decent restaurant, so Zuo Le followed Cao Shujie to his house.

When Wang Yuelan saw her son bringing a stranger back, she still wondered who it was?
After hearing her son's introduction that they bought apples, Wang Yuelan hurriedly made tea, and when she heard her son say that Zuo Le was eating at their house, she went to the refrigerator to see what was delicious, and brought it out to entertain guests.

On the contrary, this made Zuo Le quite embarrassed, and felt that he was causing too much trouble to others.

Cheng Xiaolin looked at Mengmeng at home. The little guy was a little scared of strangers. After seeing Zuo Le, she ran directly behind her mother to hide.

Cheng Xiaolin still coaxed her: "Mengmeng, please say hello to the uncle."

"No." Mengmeng muttered softly.

But after all, she is a bit more courageous, after a little familiarity, Mengmeng will not hide.

She ran to her father again and looked at Zuo Le frequently. When Cao Shujie taught her for the third time, the little guy shouted: "Hi, my name is Mengmeng."

Hearing the little girl calling him, Zuo Le was very happy in his heart. He touched his body, finally took out his wallet, took out two 100 RMB notes from it, and handed them to Mengmeng, and said, "I'm here too today. In a hurry, I didn’t buy anything, Mengmeng, take the 200 yuan and buy it yourself if you want to eat, okay?”

"No, I can't take it." Mengmeng shook her head like a rattle, and she said, "Dad said, you can't take other people's money."

She said this very smoothly.

Zuo Le said: "It's okay, you call me uncle, then I am not someone else."

"No, I don't want it." Mengmeng ran away after finishing speaking.

Cao Shujie quickly said: "Mr. Zuo, what are you doing, quickly collect the money."

"This is a little thought I gave to the child, and it has nothing to do with anything else." Zuo Le said.

He said so, but neither Cao Shujie nor Cheng Xiaolin wanted it.

In the end, Zuo Le had no choice but to put the money back into his wallet.

During the meal, Cao Shujie wanted to buy him some wine, but Zuo Le refused to drink.

The two were chatting, Zuo Le also wanted to fight for Apple's purchase price.

But Cao Shujie never let go, and Zuo Le couldn't agree with the purchase price of 10 yuan per catty, and the two were a little deadlocked.

This is very difficult, so let's not discuss this issue at all.

After lunch, Cao Shujie drove Zuo Le to the town. Instead of leaving directly, he found a hotel in the town to stay first.

After finally encountering a delicious Pingguo, Zuo Le did not give up so easily, he was thinking about how to reach an agreement with Cao Jie.

Let's say that after Cao Shujie sent Zuo Le to the town, he drove back to Caojiazhuang.

Back home, his wife Cheng Xiaolin asked him: "Shujie, I think the price of 7 yuan a catty is not low, why don't you sell it?"

Wang Yuelan next to her also said, "We sold it for just over three yuan a catty last year."

"Mom, let me think about it again, it's not about money." Cao Shujie waved his hand and said.

　Something happened and I delayed the update today.

　　12 can't be fixed, I will write a big chapter tonight, and today I will issue 000 as a guarantee.

　　Sorry to keep my friends waiting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)