I build an oasis in the northwest

Chapter 17 Discount Clearance
After all, Chen’s father is a veteran who has been planting trees for more than 20 years. Some of them are not explicitly stipulated, but they are all accumulated experience after many years of tree planting. He told Chen Mu one by one.

After a long time, when the outline of Shuiqiao Village could be seen in the distance, the two hung up the phone.

Driving the mule cart into the village, I happened to run into Uncle Chen Wu.

"Xiao Mu, it's so late, you haven't eaten yet, why don't you come to Uncle Wu's house for some food?"

The other party was still as cordial as before, and he didn't look angry at all because he disagreed with the farming matter.

"No, the soup is simmering in the store. I'm going back too late for fear of overflowing the pot."

"Don't you sleep in the village at night?"

"My parents are not at home. I have to clean up when I go to bed. It's too troublesome."

Uncle Chen Wu, a skinny little old man, looked into the car frame when he heard it, and it was completely empty.

"Okay, then you go and deliver the car first, and I'll ask Shuisheng to take you back later."

As he said that, he didn't give Chen Mu any time to refuse, so he turned his head and went home to call for help.

Chen Mu couldn't stop him and couldn't help but sigh.

Ugh!
Uncle Wu is a really nice person. He always helps people in need in the village whenever he can, and he is also kind to the younger generation, so everyone in the village respects him, and the same goes for Chen Mu.

He couldn't help but mutter: "So why are you signing up for breeding? This is..."

He drove the mule cart and sent the cart there, and after declining Uncle Shuanzi's invitation to stay for a meal, Chen Mu reminded the two of them again that they should remember to go to work and plant trees tomorrow, and only then did they leave his house.

At this moment, Shui Sheng was riding a bicycle, waiting for him at the door.

"Come up."

Sitting in the back seat, because of the big age difference and unfamiliarity with the people, in order to avoid embarrassment, they could only chat dryly, so when they saw the store, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

finally reached!

……

the next day.

At 07:30, Uncle Shuanzi and his wife arrived at the store.

Because they knew that their job today was to plant trees, they wore working clothes and brought their own shovels and hoes.

"Uncle, aunt, have you eaten yet?"

"Eat, eat."

Aunt Shuanzi is very smart. Although Uncle Shuanzi stutters, she is more eloquent. But in the village, she never speaks first when she meets relatives from the same village. Uncle Shuanzi speaks first.

Aunt Shuanzi would take the initiative to speak when she met people from other villages or when she went to town to buy things.

Just like now, she just smiled, then took off the shovel and hoe from the car, and waited until Chen Mu and Chen Mu finished talking before she spoke.

"Xiao Mu, let's start now while the weather isn't too hot?"

"Yep."

Chen Mu sighed, since the other party thought it would be more comfortable, he didn't continue to say anything, and instead put more than a dozen bundles of wheat straw and more than 30 saplings, buckets, fish food, seeds, water cups, etc. on the mule cart After stuffing the car full of things, the three of them set off to the lake.

Because it was not eight o'clock yet, Duoji hadn't come over yet, but he had the key, so Chen Mu didn't worry, locked the store door and left.

When they arrived at the place, Chen Mu told the couple about his plan.

Once they heard it, they understood and started to draw the square together.

Qingzhou people actually have a necessary skill - they can tie grass squares and plant trees.

Because in the 90s and [-]s, when the sandstorms were strong and erosion became more and more serious, the country not only built forest farms, brought experts to study, and sand controllers to plant trees for control, but the local government also distributed free saplings to villagers and planned tree planting areas. , and give rewards according to the degree of completion, such as money and tickets, determined to turn this place into Jiangnan.

The idea is good, but is it realistic...

It can only be said that no matter at any time, there will be people who take advantage of loopholes.

In order to earn rewards, what kind of saplings are planted with empty roots, and the grass is on the surface, and the saplings are sold at a low price for money and things...

Anyway, there are various ways.

But it cannot be said that people at that time were not interested in planting trees and had bad intentions.

In fact, at that time, people's ancestors lived in this land for generations, education was not popular, and communication was not developed.They have long been used to the wind and sand here, and now they are told that as long as they plant trees, this place will become the south of the Yangtze River, no one believes it at all.

Just like Grandpa Chen, it was also because he really couldn't live in Zhongyuan Province. The family of seven brothers and sisters lived three months thick and nine months thin. They didn't have enough to eat and didn't have enough clothes to wear. So when they heard that they came here, they gave them a house. , I came directly after the slogan that I could still eat government food.

There were quite a few people who came with him at first, but they were all separated in different places.

There is no way, the Northwest is too big, and there is a shortage of people everywhere.

So regardless of whether you are skilled or not, or whether you are good at it or not, people here can make grass squares and plant trees.

Aunt Shuanzi spread the wheat straw, and Uncle Shuanzi pressed it into the soil with a shovel. Then one person dug a hole to plant trees, and the other carried a bucket to water the trees. The two of them cooperated very well.

Chen Mu followed the planting for a while, and finally put down the shovel silently.

He just tied up one, and the three over there were tied up. This speed is really...

"Uncle, aunt, I'll go back to the store first. If anything happens, call me."

"Go, go."

"You can go home at 02 o'clock. Just arrive at 30:[-] in the afternoon."

"I know, I know."

After explaining a lot, Chen Mu took the mule cart back to the shop.

There is no shelter here, and the sun is too strong, so they have to send them a tent for rest and some food.

"Brother Chen Mu, our store is out of soy beans."

As soon as we entered the door, the young man came up to us and kept talking: "Peach cake, sour candy. Rubber bands, sauce jar, pepper seeds, cabbage seeds, Sichuan peppercorns..."

When I listen to it suddenly, there are a lot of missing pieces, but when I listen carefully, it is broken and full, all of which don’t make much money.

Chen Mu heard this and said, "Duoji, stop. There are too many. I can't remember them. Please write them down."

This is where he has no experience.

In the past, when Mama Chen was around, she would check whether there was anything missing in the store in advance whenever she purchased goods, so as to save herself the trouble of making a second trip.

While the young man was writing the list, Chen Mu looked at the soy sauce bucket with only a quarter left, and murmured: "I still have to call and ask for soy sauce to be delivered."

"Brother Chen Mu, not only the soy sauce, but also the sesame oil are gone?"

"Isn't sesame oil delivered every three days?"

"Last time, he said that the town also wanted his stuff, and it wasn't enough to sell, so he wanted to raise the price. Brother Chen Mu, why don't you just refuse it!"

Chen Mu: "..."

Chen Mu slapped his head and was speechless.

I just remembered planting trees and forgot everything else.

“Then we won’t sell sesame oil anymore.”

"Brother Chen Mu, there are quite a lot of people asking these two days."

Summer is the season for eating cold salads, and it’s the time when every household eats sesame oil.

The young man handed over the written note. Chen Mu took a quick look and was stunned.

Although they are all inexpensive seeds, seasonings, stationery, etc., there are more than a dozen samples.

He looked around the store and saw that there were seeds, agricultural tools, seasonings, and daily necessities on the shelves. He suddenly had the urge to call Chen Ma.

"Mom, let's clear all the things at a discount, can the store not be opened?"

(End of this chapter)