My village can't be like this

Chapter 186 Cherry Picking
"You can pinch and count, right? My cherry just ripened, and you came here."

When these people came to see the cherry blossoms last time, they all felt that Zhang An's cherry blossoms were better than other cherry blossoms.

Because these flowers are not only large, but also have a very pleasant fragrance.

One of them asked Zhang An what kind of this kind it was.

I thought about buying a few from Zhang An and taking them home to plant.

At first Zhang An told them that the cherries were local, but none of them believed them.

Everyone has seen cherry blossoms, they can't believe how beautiful they are.

After repeated explanations by Zhang An, everyone believed what Zhang An said.

It's not that Zhang An himself has a problem with his brain. There are so many ornamental cherry blossoms planted in this remote and remote place. He really has money and nowhere to spend it.

But after knowing that it will bear cherries, they will keep it in mind.

I just want to wait until these trees bear fruit, come and see what kind of cherry can produce such beautiful flowers.

"Hey, we saw someone selling cherries on the street, and thought your place should be ripe, so we came over to have a look."

"Then let's go and take you to have a look."

Zhang An didn't say much, everyone came over, and took them directly to Linzi to see the scene.

When they arrived in the forest, looking at the big red cherries on the tree, the group of people's throats rolled, feeling a little greedy.

"Is this really our local cherry? This is too big."

Looking at the big crimson fruit hanging on the tree, it was different from what they had seen before.

Although they haven't eaten it yet, the appearance of the cherry has aroused their desire to buy it.

Seeing them like this, Zhang An stepped forward and picked some points for them.

"Come on, try it and see how about our Changqing cherries."

They were not polite to the cherries that Zhang An handed over, they put them in their mouths without wiping them.

Just this one, the sweet cherry pulp and juice instantly conquered them all.

It is said that women are like cherries, good-looking is not necessarily delicious.

But today they wanted to refute the rumor that the cherries were not only beautiful, but also delicious.

At that moment, a few people decided to pick more and bring them home for the family to eat when they left.

"Boss Zhang, how do you sell your cherries? We all want to pick more."

"It costs two yuan a catty, and you can pick as much as you want."

Zhang An didn't sell too much, anyway, this year's quantity is large, and Ding Yi's place must not be able to sell it all.

So if someone comes to pick it, they can sell a little bit.

"Wow, it's so cheap, the cherries sold on the street are more expensive than this."

Hearing the price, several people were a little stunned.

"You came here specially, I must show my sincerity."

Zhang An secretly laughed, you may make money, but I will never lose money.

As long as half of this piece of cherry can be sold, it is enough.

"Hey, you are not afraid that when we go in to pick it, we will come out after we are full inside."

When they went to other farms, other people's orchards would not allow them to pick them by themselves.

"Hey, that's what I said, you can eat whatever you want when you pick it, and you can eat it freely. I will be responsible for how much you eat."

As far as the fighting power of these few people is concerned, it may not be as good as those leather monkeys in the village.

Even if you let them let go of eating, how much can they eat.

Although this thing is said to be not sour to eat, but if you eat too much at once, it will be uncomfortable to eat several times in your mouth.

"Boss atmosphere."

Hearing that Zhang An was so willing, everyone gave Zhang An a thumbs up.

But here comes the problem, they didn't bring anything when they came.

I picked cherries later, but I have nothing to pack, let alone take back.

"Hey, Boss Xiao Zhang, I just saw those bamboo baskets in your house. They must have been weaved just now."

Hearing this, Zhang An remembered the bamboo baskets he had found in the village.

I used to take out all the loquats before, and now I still have a lot of them at home.

"That's right, those are bamboo baskets woven by some old people in our village."

"Then, I think that basket is quite beautiful. Boss Xiao Zhang, why don't you sell it to us for ten yuan each. It's just used to hold cherries."

The person who just found out that Zhang An's family had a bamboo basket immediately suggested to Zhang An.

"That's right, that basket looks good. Not only can it be used to hold cherries now, but it can also be used to buy vegetables for my mother when I take it home."

The words of the companion were unanimously approved by everyone.

If someone wants to buy a bamboo basket, Zhang An will naturally not refuse.

It's just that Zhang An didn't expect that the cherries hadn't been sold yet, but several of the bamboo baskets at home had been sold first.

The last person chose a bamboo basket, and after paying the money, he hurriedly went to the mountain to pick cherries.

I don't know who it is, and started promoting Zhang An in the village.

Before noon, people came to the door one after another in the yard.

They all came to ask Zhang An how the cherries were sold.

One person, Zhang An, wanted to explain it again, but in the end he really didn't want to talk.

Zhang An wrote a sign and hung it at the gate of the courtyard.

Not to mention that this is quite effective, many people can see the words written on the sign at a glance.

Everyone happily went to pick cherries, while Zhang An waited in the yard for others to come and weigh them.

At the end of the day, all the baskets that Zhang An asked someone to make before were sold out.

The cherries in this forest were also sold for hundreds of catties.

After dinner in the evening, Zhang An hurried to find the elders in the village to buy goods.

This bamboo basket is difficult to say, but it is easy to get used to it.

An old man in the village, as long as he has bamboo, he can weave three or four a day without any problem.

Some were quick enough to make up five.

In the past, the baskets that Zhang An collected were all Zhang An collected for his own use, and the old men all charged five yuan each.

Because they sell them on the street, and they sell them in the same way, and sometimes they may not be able to sell a few.

But this time, someone gave ten yuan each, and Zhang An didn't even think about making this money.

So I told the old men, ten yuan a piece, it looks good.

Good fellow, so to speak, many old men weaving baskets that night did not go to bed until late at night.

The next morning, Ding Yi brought people over after nine o'clock.

In fact, if there were no baskets for picking cherries, Zhang An would have already taken people up the mountain to pick them.

Because cherries are something that will definitely be damaged after being tossed a few times.

So Zhang An still waited for Ding Yi to come over, and he brought a basket over there.

Zhang An originally thought that when Ding Yi came this time, he brought his staff with him.

But unexpectedly, Fatty Lu got out of the car, and a middle-aged man who looked very similar to Fatty Lu.

"Hey, fat brother is here, why don't you call ahead and let me know."

Zhang An greeted Lu Jun first, and Ding Yi asked his men to unload the baskets in Zhang An's yard.

"Yesterday, Lao Ding called me, and I came over from the provincial capital. I didn't have time to call you at that time."

After a few pleasantries, Lu Jun introduced the person next to Zhang An.

"By the way, Zhang An, let me introduce you. This is my brother, Lu Cheng."

Hearing this, Zhang An shook hands with Lu Cheng and said hello.

Now that the baskets have arrived, it's time to get people ready to start work.

When the baskets were unloaded, Wang Fang took the person who had called for help yesterday, and went up the mountain with the baskets to start picking cherries.

"Let's also go to the mountain to see your cherries."

Zhang An originally wanted to take them to drink tea at home and wait for everyone to start picking.

But Fatty Lu and his brothers both wanted to go to the mountain to have a look, so naturally Zhang An would not object.

"When Lao Ding called us, he said that your cherries are like fairy fruits. At that time, I was drooling. I will definitely go and have a look when I come here."

When we arrived in the woods, none of the village dolls came over today.

It should be that I ate too many cherries yesterday and hurt myself.

And today, Zhang An didn't let anyone in because he wanted to pick at home.

"Your family's forest is well taken care of, and it makes people feel refreshed and refreshed when they come in."

The fat man looked at the forest, although the ground was full of grass.

But it makes people look very comfortable, which is different from the weeds in ordinary crop fields.

But Zhang An blushed a little after hearing these words.

Zhang An himself is usually so lazy, except when the forest is planted, he has taken good care of it.

At most, I will come up occasionally to have a look.

"Well, it's delicious. I thought Lao Ding was bragging, but I didn't expect it to be the same as what he said."

When the fat man entered the forest, he began to pull a branch and pick cherries.

I heard from Zhang An that the fat man had no scruples when he didn't spray the medicine, and he stuffed it into his mouth after picking it off.

"You fat man, think about when I told you big things."

Perhaps because Lu Cheng was older, he didn't speak much.

But I also picked a few cherries and started to taste them.

"Zhang An, apart from selling your cherries to Ding Yi, did you find someone else to collect them?"

After Lu Cheng finished eating, he was obviously surprised by the quality of the cherries.

"I called Ding Yi. This is what he told me a long time ago. Usually, I might pull it out and sell it myself, or let the people who come to the village pick some up."

There are so many cherries this year that Zhang An never thought that they could all be sold.

Anyway, it didn't take much effort. The cost was just the capital cost of contracting the land and the cost of hiring people.

So if you can sell some, Zhang An really doesn't feel any heartache.

"Then how about this, except for the cherries you want from Ding Yi's side, I'll take care of everything else."

When Lu Cheng heard Zhang An say that no one would accept him, he immediately spoke to Zhang An.

But Zhang An felt like he heard it wrong.

All inclusive?
In this forest, a few trees can pick twenty or thirty catties, or even more.

It all added up to tens of thousands of catties. If they were all sold, the money I had contracted for the land before would be returned in no time.

"Brother Lu, are you kidding me?"

Zhang An looked at Lu Cheng's serious face, he didn't look like he was joking.

"Are you kidding me, Zhang An, my brother has been in the fruit business for several years, and this time we came here because Lao Ding said so much about your cherries, so we came here specially to take a look."

No wonder, Zhang An felt that Fatty Lu's family was not simple.

Unexpectedly, he really guessed it right. One of the two brothers makes aquatic products and the other makes fruits.

This is not an ordinary family, you can play around.

To be able to open his mouth and say that he wrapped his tens of thousands of catties of cherries, he must have done a lot of business.

"Then I would like to thank Big Brother Lu, today you are not only a distinguished guest, but also the God of Wealth."

Someone popped up out of nowhere and picked up the remaining cherries.

For Zhang An, it was a surprise.

However, Zhang An was not too excited, and now he has already treated the money with a normal heart.

Now that the acquisition has been decided, Lu Cheng will start negotiating the acquisition price with Zhang An.

Prior to this, Ding Yi and Zhang An had already negotiated the purchase price.

They were all bought by Ding Yi at the unit price of two yuan.

Because everyone knows each other, this matter is not a secret.

Zhang An also charged Lu Jun the same price.

It was lowered, Zhang An felt that he was sorry for Ding Yi, so it was impossible to lower it by two yuan.

It doesn’t matter if you are taller, after all, someone else will give you a round, and everyone still knows each other.

So Zhang An said the unit price without even thinking about it.

And Lu Cheng didn't even think about it, so he agreed.

He has been making fruits for so many years, and judges according to the experience he has accumulated in the past.

Cherries like Zhang An's will definitely be very popular in the market.

In particular, the cherries are resistant to storage and transportation, which allows him to sell them to farther places.

In this way, everyone hit it off.

After eating at noon, Lu Cheng called to inform his people to come to pick and transport.

Entering May, the busy working year has entered the right track.

Because the rapeseed, which was still golden some time ago, has come to harvest time.

Every household in the village, old and young, went out to the fields to start harvesting.

But Zhang An's family still didn't have time to take care of the rapeseed in the field, because the cherries hadn't been picked yet.

Although Wang Fang hadn't studied for a few years before, she was clear about the matter of settling accounts.

Compared with the rapeseed in the field and her own cherries, she has a scale in her heart.

Because it is hand-picked, the speed is relatively slow.

It took more than a week for the cherry harvest to be considered complete.

Adding up the front and back, this time the cherries were harvested in total more than 4 catties.

Wang Fang was overjoyed, because this time, Zhang An earned back what he spent on contracting the mountain land.

Not only Zhang An's family, but also those who were brought by Wang Fang to pick cherries were also very happy.

This time is very busy, everyone is busy harvesting crops.

So after Zhang An thought about it, he raised the wages of all of them.

The original wage of 25 a day has now been increased by [-] yuan.

This salary can already be compared with those masters who build houses.

Adding up before and after, each of Zhang An's family earned more than 400 yuan, which is higher than going outside to work.

In fact, Zhang An still wanted to give it a higher price, but in the end, he decided to forget it.

Because this head cannot be opened casually, otherwise it will not be so easy for anyone in the village to hire labor in the future.

So on the day when the cherries were finally picked, Zhang An sent dozens of catties of cherries to all of them.

Whether they eat it for themselves or give it away to others, it is considered a bonus from Zhang An.

So far, this year's cherry picking work has come to an end.

　I'm really sorry, the higher-ups came for a surprise inspection today, and I didn't get back from get off work until eleven o'clock, so I apologize to everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)