My village can't be like this

Chapter 481 Fruit Picking

When Zhang An got up early the next morning, the sun had just risen and happened to shine on the eaves at the door.

After all, this is the sun after the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is no longer as high as in the summer and can climb as high as possible early in the morning.

Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo, father and son, dealt with some things and went out. Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye's families happened to be busy, so they separated, and one of them went to help the other family.

Zhang An went to help his second uncle Zhang Jianjun's house, while Zhang Jianguo went to Zhang An's third uncle's house.

Arriving at Zhang Jianjun's house, Zhang An found that his second uncle and his second aunt had already gone to the orchard first.

Only Zhang Xing was at home and hadn't gone to school yet. He was squatting at the gate, holding a bowl of noodles and sucking it into his mouth.

Although some people in the village set up a stall in front of the school selling potato pancakes and glutinous rice for breakfast, the ones who bought the most were mostly students whose homes were far away from the school.

They have to get up early in the morning and rush to school. They don't have time to have breakfast at home, otherwise they will be late for class.

That's why the adults at home give them breakfast money every day and let them buy some breakfast when they come.

But just because of this, many students don't like to buy regular breakfast, and always like to save money to buy instant noodles, and even Chinese food.

After crushing the pancake, pouring the seasoning packet, shaking it, and putting it in their mouth is simply a pleasure for them.

Later, many parents of the students found out about it and came directly to the village to discuss with Zhou Yang and several others who had opened restaurants to see how much it would cost to buy meals from them for a semester or a month.

As a result, the students and children have no money and can only eat the lunch packed by adults.

As for the children in the village, they are not treated so well. They will not give you any extra money at all. They may occasionally give you a few cents of pocket money, but definitely not often.

Therefore, the breakfast stall in front of the school in the morning has nothing to do with them. They can only eat the noodles cooked by the adults at home.

"Brother, can you give me five cents?"

Just when Zhang An was about to go directly to the orchard, Zhang Xing suddenly shouted in a weak tone.

"Oh? What do you want money for?"

Zhang An used to be very generous to his younger brothers and sisters, often giving them a lot of pocket money.

But as they get older, Zhang An rarely gives them pocket money anymore.

It's not that he can't bear it, but that Zhang Xing and his friends are at the age when their tempers are out of control, and now several aunts are strictly disciplining them to let them set a certain temper.

If Zhang An secretly gives them money at this time, the adults' education will be in vain.

So now if they want to get pocket money from Zhang An, they can only get paid by doing something personally and helping.

Of course, there are no exceptions. The little girl Yanzi is not in this range.

Because Zhang An has always liked this sister, more than the other brothers, and he is the only one who loves her, so the little girl basically has no shortage of pocket money.

But what makes Zhang An happy is that although this girl Yanzi is young, she is very sensible. Every time Zhang An gives her pocket money, she does not spend it randomly and saves it all.

Except for buying pencils and notebooks for herself, she rarely touches her little treasury at other times. This is one of the reasons why Zhang An likes her very much.

"My ballpoint pen ran out of ink and I wanted to buy a new one, but my mother and the others left early in the morning and I didn't have time to ask them for money."

When Zhang Xing woke up, the adults in his family had already gone out to work, and the noodles he was eating now were all cooked and placed on the table.

This is very common in the village. After all, farmers work early rather than late, and if these children don't cook breakfast for him, he will basically not do it himself and will definitely go to class without eating.

Therefore, many parents will leave a breakfast for their children before going out to work, mainly because they are afraid that they will starve their stomachs.

"Then I'll give you one piece. Just buy two and use them for a while."

Zhang An took out a dollar and handed it over. He was not worried about Zhang Xing lying to him at all.

Because looking at Zhang Xing growing up, although this little guy is very naughty and eager to spend all the money he has, he will never tell a lie to adults, especially in front of Zhang An.

When Zhang An walked out of the village, he found that the orchard outside the village was full of people.

This year there are many people planting kiwi fruit in the village, and they all choose places close to the village.

After all, there are many people who steal fruit. They plant far away, and after the fruit matures, you don’t know when it will be gone.

It’s not that people in the village, it doesn’t matter who you meet in the village, you pick a few and eat them.

But the people in other villages are different. As long as you don't know them, they all treat them as wild and can pick them for you. Some people even steal them at night. You must know that there are many villages near Changqing.

Therefore, if you are around the village, you don’t have to travel too far, which is much easier, and it is also easier for everyone to manage.

Therefore, the village also built roads in the areas where kiwis were planted.

Although it is not a cement road, it is at least more than two meters wide. It is much better than the original mountain path, and carriages can enter directly.

In this way, it is much more convenient to transport the fruits. You can use a horse-drawn carriage to pull the fruits directly, instead of manually picking them out one by one like before.

"Second uncle, why didn't you call me when you came?"

When Zhang An came to the orchard, Zhang Jianjun and the two had already picked one or two hundred kilograms of fruit.

"It's still early anyway, you can come anytime."

Zhang Jianjun chuckled. He didn't call Zhang An because he didn't want Zhang An to come over and help.

After all, Zhang An has to help take care of little Siqi at night. Although the little guy is very well-behaved, who can say for sure that he won't make a fuss at night.

"Hey, the kiwi fruit has grown quite big this year, even bigger than last year's fruit."

Zhang An put the basket on his shoulder, got in and started picking fruits.

It turned out that although there were not as many kiwi fruits hanging on the vine as last year, the fruit was much larger than last year.

"It's bigger than last year. It should be because of God's favor in the following period."

It was obvious that Zhang Jianjun was very satisfied with his kiwis, with a smile on his face.

Zhang An thought the same thing when he heard it. Although the kiwi fruit was damaged a lot during the heavy rain, the weather has been smooth in the following period, and the climate is warm and not dry, which is very suitable for the growth of kiwi fruit.

With Zhang An's help, the picking speed of kiwi fruit has been greatly improved.

Originally, there were only two people, Zhang An's uncle and aunt, and they could pick more than a thousand kilograms a day.

Today, with Zhang An joining us, we have picked more than a thousand kilograms in one morning, and at the end of the day, we can pick at least more than three thousand kilograms.

"Uncle, don't push it with the cart. I'll bring the carriage over to pull it."

When it was almost time for lunch, Zhang Jianjun wanted to move the picked kiwi fruits to the cart and push them home.

But Zhang An stopped him and went straight home to pull out Dahei and pull him over in a carriage.

More than a thousand kilograms is a piece of cake for Dahei, especially now that the road has been built so wide and flat that one can pull it home directly with one car.

If Zhang Jianjun were to use a cart to push it, he could push up to four to five hundred kilograms at a time. This pile would have to be pushed at least several times, which would be very tiring.

"Uncle, you're tired of pushing cart after cart. Why don't you go get Dahei to pull it?" Zhang An said to Zhang Jianjun while Dahei was driving a cart of kiwis home. .

"Your aunt and I couldn't pick much before. This cart is most suitable for pushing. Anyway, one cart in the morning and two in the afternoon, so we can pick three carts steadily every day."

Zhang Jianjun didn't want to go to Zhang An's house to drive a carriage, mainly because they didn't pick much every day, and using a carriage would be like using a cannon to kill mosquitoes.

Moreover, Dahei's temper was a bit grumpy, and he was a little scared.

In fact, there are many families using pallets nowadays. There are so many families in this area. Except for a few families who use horse-drawn carriages, most of them use pallets to load their goods.

"What's the point? Third uncle's family is also picking it. The two families can have a car together, and Dahei is also free at home."

After Zhang An finished speaking, Dahei immediately raised his head and pouted thickly, as if responding to Zhang An.

As soon as I took the kiwi in the car to the village, before I reached the door of my house, I saw Lu Cheng's people driving into the village.

"Xiao An, if you don't want to take him home, let's take him directly to the grain drying field."

As soon as he saw the large truck entering the village, Zhang Jianjun planned to pull the truck over to weigh the kiwis.

And later on, I will bring over all the harvests picked in the past two days and sell them, so that they will not be piled up and take up space at home.

They had been waiting for Lu Cheng to come over for several days. After all, the main hall and rooms at home were almost filled with kiwi fruits.

If you don't sell it, you won't be able to find a place to put it.

Because they were traveling by carriage, when Zhang An and Zhang Jianjun arrived at the grain drying field, no one came over yet.

"Zhang An, although it's so many days late, I still have to say something. Congratulations on your son."

When Lu Cheng saw Zhang An, he came to him first to express his congratulations.

Then they arranged for someone to weigh the kiwis on the big black cart so that Zhang Jianjun’s family could keep accounts.

"It's not too late, not too late. Thank you Brother Cheng. You have just arrived and haven't eaten yet. Come and have dinner with us."

It was only twelve o'clock now, just in time for lunch, so Zhang An called Lu Cheng to go back to eat together.

As for the people behind who were responsible for collecting the fruits, they definitely couldn’t leave.

Because this is the peak time for kiwi fruits to be shipped back from the village, there will definitely be a queue to sell the fruit.

And everyone still has stock at home, so they must be busy for a long time at noon today.

We can only wait until we are done, and then go to Zhou Yang's place to set up a table.

Lu Cheng was not polite either. He had been here many times and had become accustomed to it.

"It seems that there are not many kiwis left this year. When there was a heavy rain some time ago, I was worried for a while, fearing that the heavy rain would wipe out all your kiwis."

Seeing everyone in the village enthusiastically pushing carts to sell kiwi fruits in the grain drying field, Lu Cheng said very happily.

Because the more everyone sells, the more he can earn, so how could he be unhappy?

"Actually, the loss is not small. If it hadn't rained for half a month, this year's harvest would have doubled at least."

But there are not so many things about God, and no one can be the master.

After lunch, Lu Cheng returned to the grain drying field to help, and Zhang An also continued to pick fruits in the orchard.

The people in the village are different from Zhang Jianjun's family. They plant less, so they don't produce as much fruit as Zhang Jianjun's family, so they take one cart at a time and pay the money on the spot.

As for Zhang Jianjun and Zhang Jianye’s family, they planted a lot, so they remembered it first and settled the settlement together at the end.

But just like that, they got the money from selling kiwi fruits at noon, and they became more motivated in the afternoon.

In the evening, Zhang An just came back from his second uncle Zhang Jianjun's house. He had just taken a bath when Lu Cheng came to the door.

"Brother Cheng is here. Have you had dinner? I'll prepare it for you."

"No, no, I came here after eating with you, so don't bother me."

At this moment, the villagers selling fruits on the drying ground had dispersed, and he had some free time. He came over after arranging his subordinates.

"This is the child, what's his name? He doesn't even recognize his child. Come on, let your uncle hold him."

As soon as Lu Cheng came over, he saw little Siqi in Zhang An's hand.

He came here mainly to see the little guy.

Otherwise, just to purchase kiwi fruit, his people would be enough.

After Lu Cheng teased him for a while, he found that little Siqi was looking at him with wide eyes, unlike ordinary children who would cry when seeing strangers.

The little guy is like this, he will stare at strangers curiously when he sees them.

"My name is Zhang Siqi. This kid doesn't recognize anyone he sees. He will probably be a naughty and mischievous kid in the future."

Seeing Lu Cheng reaching out, Zhang An handed Xiao Siqi to him.

"What you said is wrong. Which child is not naughty when he is young? It will be fine when he grows up."

Lu Cheng liked Xiao Siqi very much when he saw how well-behaved he was.

"Come on, little Siqi, this is the gift that uncle brought you."

With that said, Lu Cheng took out a small pendant from his pocket and hung it around Xiao Siqi's neck.

This is a little jade tiger, which is exactly the little guy’s zodiac sign.

Although the little tiger is not big, the jade is as ripple-like and crystal clear, and it doesn't look like ordinary jade.

"Brother Cheng, this is too precious..."

Zhang An wanted to refuse, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Lu Cheng.

"It's just a small gadget. What's so valuable about it? Besides, I'm giving it to the little guy. You can't be the master of it, right? Xiao Siqi."

After that, Lu Cheng ignored Zhang An and continued to play with Xiao Siqi.

It wasn't until the little guy started making trouble that Su Ying came over and took him back to nurse.

At this time, Lu Chengcai talked about business with Zhang An, mainly for the affairs of Zhang An's family, Tao Zi, and Zhang's family next year.

After all, there has been some inflation in the past two years and prices have been rising.

The cherries and peaches he bought back from Zhang An's family were all sold at good prices, so naturally he had to increase the purchase price.

After all, win-win is win-win, otherwise, this business will not last long.

(End of this chapter)