My village can't be like this

Chapter 423 Mutated Kiwi
  Zhang An brought a lot of jelly and candies, and each child could get four or five, which made them very happy.

Some children immediately tore open the jelly, eager to try their dream snack.

However, there are also some children who put the jelly directly in their pockets after getting it.

Either you want to take it home and eat it slowly, or you have younger brothers and sisters at home and want to keep it and take it home.

In this era where there are many two-child families, it is usually the eldest son of the family who does this, which is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

But Zhang An didn't think about giving them more, because what he brought had already been distributed.

Moreover, every time he distributed snacks to the furry children, he always made a bowl of water even. If he gave more, it would not be fair to the other children.

With the encouragement of jelly and candies, the furry children are more diligent in finding pebbles.

In the afternoon, they found several piles, and Zhang An began to pack them into bags and carry them home on horseback.

It took three or four trips to carry all the pebbles picked out from the river beach home.

Zhang An originally thought he would have to search for two or three days, but he didn't expect that with the help of the children, he could finish it in one day.

Under Long Yan's great auspiciousness, Zhang An chose to reward the three armies.

When a box of change is brought from home, money must be given to each child.

Zhang An didn't plan to give out much, so he gave each person one yuan. If it was too much, it would easily spoil them. If it was less, Zhang An would feel bad about it. One yuan was not too much or too little, which was just right.

"Uncle An, we can't ask for your money. My mother told me to be a good boy. If I keep asking you for money, I won't be a good boy."

In the past, Zhang An often gave them pocket money, but now when Zhang An shared the money, none of these idiots accepted it.

It seems that the adults in their family were worried that their children would be spoiled by Zhang An, so they had already educated them in advance at home.

"How could you not be a good boy? This is the income from your hard work. You should take it. Take it quickly. If you don't buy snacks, just buy some pencils and books. If you don't have enough money, you can take it back and let an adult take care of it."

It seems that these children are still very good-natured, but Zhang An wants to teach them what it means to get rich through hard work, which is the reward for their hard work.

"We already had jelly just now, so we shouldn't ask for any more money. And if this money is given to my mother, it's better not to give it up. If we take it back, we definitely won't be able to get it back."

No matter what Zhang An said, the boys still didn't ask for money.

Although they are still children, they would not believe any of them if it were left in the custody of adults.

The New Year's money I've been given since childhood, even if it's not much, is just a few cents. After giving it to an adult, don't even think about taking it out again.

"Okay, you all wait here, I'll go out and be right back."

Since they are so sensible and don't need money, Zhang An is not willing to destroy other people's tutoring.

But he is the king of children after all, so it will definitely not work if he doesn't say something.

I immediately ran to Zhang Xinmin’s canteen to buy more snacks that the dolls liked.

Because Zhang An has not been to the city recently, the snacks prepared at home have long been exhausted, and supplies are scarce.

"Brother Min, what snacks are the most sold here at your place?"

If you want to buy something, you have to buy the best, and you must buy what the children like to eat the most.

"Here, it's this little spicy dog. I just bought it this year. A lot of people bought it. Not only the dolls like it, but I also like it myself."

As soon as Zhang Xinmin heard this, he took out a large bag of snacks from the display window. It was full of small square bags.

"Here, try it. This little thing is spicy and spicy. It's really delicious."

Zhang An took a look and realized that this was not only the original spicy strips, but also something unique to this province.

Zhang Xinmin doesn’t need to explain this stuff, Zhang An himself knows how delicious it is.

Although there are many kinds of spicy strips in later generations, the most delicious one has to be this little spicy dog.

Unfortunately, this thing was no longer on the market at that time, and it was said that it had been discontinued.

But some people say that production has not been discontinued and has been changed to other packaging.

Zhang An also bought it to coax his children at home, but the taste was really bad. It didn't taste the same as spicy dogs. It was probably discontinued.

"Brother Min, how many bags do you have here? Get them all for me."

A small bag is a dime a bag, and there are a hundred in a large bag, which only costs ten yuan.

"Okay, I'll give it all to you. Anyway, I'm going to stock up tomorrow."

Zhang Xinmin rummaged inside for a long time and found five large bags in total.

When he usually buys goods, he doesn't dare to buy too much. He only buys ten packs at a time, which can last a month.

In this small mountain village, if you buy too much, you won't be able to sell it, so keeping it down will also waste your capital.

"If you buy so much, let's consider it nine yuan a pack."

Zhang An handed over fifty yuan, and Zhang Xinmin came back with five yuan in change.

"Sure, thank you, Brother Ming."

Zhang An didn't refuse. Even if he sold a pack for nine yuan, Zhang Xinmin could still make a little more.

If you buy this thing wholesale, it will probably only cost about six or seven yuan.

"Wow, it's a little spicy dog. Uncle An is back after buying a little spicy dog."

Zhang An brought so many little hot dogs home, which immediately aroused cheers from the furry children.

They don't need the money, but they can't refuse the little spicy dog.

"Do you like little spicy dogs?"

Zhang An was holding the packaging bag and wanted to tease them.

As expected, everyone who answered him was unanimous in their approval.

"Uncle An, the little spicy dog ​​is very delicious, much better than the rice cooked by my mother."

"Hahaha, you unlucky child, you should stop saying such things. If your mother hears you, you will be whipped."

Zhang An laughed out loud at their amusement and quickly told them to shut up, otherwise he might not be able to go home peacefully at night.

"Okay, line up if you like, there's something for everyone."

After the order was given, the furry children who were in a mess just now immediately lined up in a pile.

Zhang An looked very satisfied, because the older children took the initiative to queue up at the back and knew how to give way to their younger brothers and sisters.

Then Zhang An opened the package and started giving one to each person.

Although he bought five big bags, Zhang An didn't give them much, it looked like ten for each person.

After all, no matter how delicious this food is, it is just a snack. If you give them too much, it will not be good if they all eat it and go home without eating. And just skipping a meal is actually not a big deal. I am afraid that it will spoil them and ask the adults in the family for money to buy things every day. Then he will be committing a serious sin.

"Okay, it's all divided. You can go and play by yourselves, but don't run too far. Otherwise, if the adults call you later and you can't find food, you will get a stick."

After they were all finished, Zhang An sent them away.

Su Ying is sleeping at the moment, so the yard should not be too busy.

"Anzi, have you bought the materials? You can start laying the walls and waterproofing tomorrow."

In the evening, Zhang Jianjun came over to look at the two pools. After leaving them for a few days, they were ready to be waterproofed.

"Uncle, I have already prepared it and can start at any time."

The day after the pond was finished, Zhang An had already bought back the needed materials.

Now everything is ready, just wait for the second uncle Zhang Jianjun to speak, and then you can take action.

"Okay, let's wrap up this matter tomorrow. Otherwise, the kiwis will start to bloom in a few days, and we will be busy with pollination. I'm afraid I won't be able to spare the time."

April is coming to an end and May is approaching. As the temperature gets higher and higher, buds begin to hang on the kiwi trees.

It is estimated that these buds will bloom soon, and then the people who grow kiwi fruit will be busy collecting pollen and pollinating.

Although Zhang Jianjun has led his people to build a lot of houses this year, kiwi fruit sales still account for an important part of the family's income.

And this year is no better than last year. Last year, brothers Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye didn’t grow much kiwi fruit, only a few acres of land.

But this year is different. The scale has doubled several times, and the planting scale has been expanded to more than ten acres.

All the mountainous areas that were not planted before were cleared and planted with kiwi fruit. The flowering period of kiwi fruit is only for a short period of time. This year's pollination work will definitely be more tiring than last year.

So Zhang Jianjun thought he could still find some free time in the past two days, so he quickly helped his eldest nephew finish the two ponds.

"Okay, Uncle, when the kiwis in your orchard are in bloom, you can come over and put a few boxes of bees in them. They can help with pollination."

Zhang An's family separated a lot of bees this year, and there are still about ten boxes left at home.

Knowing that the pollination pressure on his two uncles' homes was relatively high this year, Zhang An simply asked them to move the bees at home to the orchard.

"Aren't kiwis divided into male and female families? Is pollination by bees reliable?"

If we say that when he planted kiwis in the first year, Zhang Jianjun was still a little confused.

But in the past two years, he also asked Zhang An to find him books on related technologies and come back to study.

So now he has a certain understanding of these aspects. After all, he is the first person in the village to eat crabs, so he must have his own technical accumulation.

"Don't worry, uncle, I say yes. Otherwise, set aside a small area to try this year, and wait until next year to confirm."

Zhang An is very confident in this aspect. This is a secret he discovered in space some time ago.

If it is an ordinary kiwi tree, bees are not very interested in the flowers they bloom.

Because after kiwis bloom, although they also have an inducing fragrance, it is a pity that they have no nectar source.

Although the bees are very hard-working, the work is unpaid, and even the model workers who work hard will shake their heads after seeing it.

Therefore, kiwi flowers have always been unpopular with the hardworking bees.

But some time ago, Zhang An saw the fruitful kiwi fruits in the space and began to fall into deep thought.

Why did the kiwi fruits he planted in the space bear fruit on their own? You must know that he has never done any pollination work on these kiwi fruits.

Later, he stared at the kiwis in the space for a while and found that after the kiwis bloomed, the bees in the space would be attracted to them.

In this way, the pollination work is completed, and the kiwi fruit trees behind will bear fruitful kiwi fruits.

Zhang An was a little confused at first because there are no nectaries in kiwi flowers and they do not produce nectar, so they are not very attractive to bees.

But why do the bees in the space enjoy those kiwi flowers after they bloom?

Finally, he spent some time researching and found that the second-generation kiwis he had cultivated had mutated nectaries.

The nectar produced in the nectaries makes bees with a very strong sense of smell very happy with them, and finally kiwi nectar is produced.

Although there are still male and female flowers, the floral fragrance of male flowers is stronger than that of female flowers, so every time they will visit the male flowers first, and then pamper the female flowers.

Regardless of whether the saplings provided to the two uncles' families last year or the saplings provided to the villagers this year, they are all second-generation saplings.

After all, there were only a few plants in the first generation, and they are still being planted in the space.

Although the kiwi fruit flowers with nectaries will attract bees when they bloom, but considering the flowering period, Zhang An simply asked his second and third uncles to move all the bees at home.

This saves the time for bees to return back and forth on the road after collecting honey, and can pollinate more flowers.

"Why don't you try this? You created this fruit tree. You must be the only one who knows it best. When it blooms, I will call your third uncle to come and move it."

Seeing how confident Zhang An was, Zhang Jianjun had no doubts at all and chose to believe his eldest nephew.

After all, it was such a big orchard, and he didn't believe that Zhang An would make such a joke with him.

The next day, Zhang An got up early in the morning and began to fill the two pools with water.

Whether you are waterproofing or plastering the perimeter, you must first drench the pool bottom and perimeter walls with water in advance.

After doing this, there will be no shelling.

At seven or eight o'clock, Zhang Jianjun came over carrying his own special toolbox.

It is said to be a tool box, but it is actually a small rubber bucket, which is filled with masonry tools such as ash knives, brick knives, hammers, and wire hammers.

And the rubber bucket is also very convenient and can be used to hold cement grout later.

"His second uncle, you sit down first, my noodles will be cooked soon."

Wang Fang happened to be cooking noodles when she saw Zhang Jianjun coming and said hello.

When the noodles were cooked, I took a bowl directly, poured a generous layer of sauce on it and served it to him.

Zhang Jianjun was not polite. They were all members of his own family. It was just like being at Zhang An's house. He and Zhang An and his son drank noodles from a bowl.

"Dad, second uncle, you eat first, and I'll finish the cement grout first."

Zhang An ate quickly. After passing the bowl to his mother, he opened a bag of cement and poured it into a big bucket to start making cement slurry.

There was no electric drill at home, so he mixed it by hand. By the time Zhang Jianguo and Zhang Jianjun finished eating, Zhang An had already beaten several bags of cement into a paste.

The laying of polypropylene is very simple. Just lay it directly on the cement slurry and use a scraper to drain and compact it.

Since there must be water in the pool all year round, Zhang An covered everything from the bottom of the pool to the surrounding walls with polypropylene cloth.

After laying the polypropylene cloth, Zhang Jianjun mixed some mortar and poured it in, spreading a thick layer.

(End of this chapter)