I build an oasis in the northwest

Chapter 96 Sanmu Forest Farm
Near eight o'clock.

Zheng Youshui, who had made an appointment before to help transport saplings, drove a big truck here and found that this place had undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the past, except for the area near the road that was still a little green, the rest of the place was completely deserted. There were only a few low bushes and a few scattered trees, which gave people a sense of desolation.

But now, because of a few fly-seedings in the middle, Chen Mu did not hesitate to use vitality, so it is full of vitality, and lush green grass and plants are sparsely distributed on the ground.

There are sparse flowers hanging on the branches of the Elaeagnus tree behind the store. Under the breeze, you can smell the sweet fragrance of Elaeagnus flowers on the tip of your nose.

On the other side, close to the village, there are also plants with green branches. Although they are as low as shrubs, from a distance, they are green dotted on the ground, forming a clear contrast with the surrounding gray-yellow sand, exuding the vitality of Haloxylon ammodendron. .

Until a sound of flapping wings and intermittent cackling brought Zheng Youshui back to reality.

Turning around, I saw a few Tibetan chickens with shiny fur, powerful wings, sharp beaks, sharp eyes, large bodies, and delicious legs and feet, pecking and swooping around.

Although he works in a forest farm and is usually responsible for driving and delivering goods, he is a rural person after all, so he has naturally raised poultry.

In the past ten years or so in this area, every household would raise chickens and rabbits in their yards.

On the one hand, you can use eggs and rabbit fur to exchange for daily necessities, such as oil and salt; on the other hand, you can save them and then sell them at the market or to a supply and marketing cooperative for money; and if you keep them until the Chinese New Year, you can still get some meaty smell.

Even when the family is divided, these poultry are important assets.

At that time, the elders loved to say a word:

Children have thick skin and can be beaten casually, but chicken essence is expensive and needs to be raised well.

So Zheng Youshui didn't look at anything. Just by looking at the chicken's fur, he knew that these chickens were really well-raised.

"Old Chen, if you raise the Tibetan chickens well, the saplings you plant will be even better!"

The saplings had not finished growing and could not be loaded into the truck, so Father Chen and Zheng Youshui went around the forest farm and breeding farm.

Looking at those particularly energetic saplings, and at these Tibetan chickens and rabbits with shiny fur and high spirits, he admired them wholeheartedly.

"When I heard that Xiaomu wanted to plant trees and you wanted to engage in breeding, we all said you were fooling around, but I didn't expect it now, ugh..."

Father Chen smiled and said nothing, he just felt comfortable all over.

"Old Chen, how do you raise these Tibetan chickens? They are not as wilted as other chickens at home. Do you have any secrets?"

The income here in Landu is low, and most of them are poor households.

Therefore, this year’s pilot policy of poverty alleviation through breeding is not only implemented here, but also in many other villages.

Zheng Youshui works in a forest farm, so he is no longer in the poverty range, but no one thinks money is too little!
Thinking about the previous settlement of poverty alleviation work, he felt a little hot at the moment.

"What's the secret? That's not how I raise it. I just listen to the experts and pay more attention to what I eat and drink." Dad Chen laughed, pretending to raise it casually.

In fact, Father Chen really thinks so.

Seven or eight of the chicks and medium-sized chickens he bought died, and the others were as good as one. Although Zhou Peng often said that these chickens are easy and cost-effective, in Dad Chen's opinion, breeding is still a good idea. Really, apart from being a bit tiring and requiring meticulous service, everything else was fine.

Hearing this, Zheng Youshui stopped talking and just wanted to ask the village poverty alleviation office cadres and experts when he went back.

"Dad, the car is loaded."

Chen Mu came from a distance covered in dirt. He shouted: "Uncle Zheng, dad, let's eat something first before going to town?"

"Look at me, I'm talking to you patronizingly. Lao Zheng, let's go and have something to eat first."

"No, I ate before I came here. I have to go back to load the car at noon. Let's go there now." Zheng Youshui refused.

He just took half a day off today to earn extra money, so naturally he didn't want to waste time.

ten minutes later.

After the father and son specially changed into clothes with the names of their forest farms, the big car was followed by the small car, and the two cars headed towards the town.

When he arrived at the government-owned sales point, Chen Mu did not follow Chen's father in. Instead, he wandered around the market next to the sales point and bought four Lanzhou cigarettes, two bottles of wine and a dozen lighters.

After finishing everything, he took apart the cigarettes one by one and put them into the pocket of the clothes he was wearing today, which had a particularly large pocket. He also put the wine and wine in an ordinary-looking, dusty bag, and then Then he slowly walked in carrying his things.

It's still early now, it's not yet nine o'clock, the door hasn't opened yet, the staff have just arrived and they are cleaning.

After taking a look, Dad Chen was following the person in charge here, smiling and exchanging greetings, and walking towards the office.

Chen Mu quickly opened his smile and followed.

"Uncle Cheng!" He smiled shyly and innocently.

The middle-aged man with troubled hair across from him smiled and said, "Is this Xiao Mu? He's grown so big in the blink of an eye!"

Father Chen pretended to be angry: "Why are you so ignorant? Why don't you hurry up and help Uncle Zheng unload the saplings!"

"This guy has no eyes and an uncertain mind. He just contracts when he says he wants to do it, and he raises seedlings when he says he wants to do it. He doesn't listen to the opinions of us old guys at all."

"Young people are like this, teach slowly, teach slowly."

Chen Mu chuckled, and after brushing his face, he didn't follow suit and secretly pushed the thing into Father Chen's hand.

When the two of them entered the office, he turned around and walked over to the staff.

Selling seedlings on consignment is not that simple!
The procedures are complicated and there are many processes to go through. If Father Chen didn't know the management here, this stage alone would have taken a long time.

"Brother, what kind of seedlings do we sell well?" After looking around, he approached a male staff member in his 30s who was in the corner, opened the cigarette, knocked out one and handed it to him.

"Didn't you see the no-smoking sign here?" The man rolled his eyes at him angrily and raised his finger to point to the sign on the wall.

"I didn't pay attention, I didn't pay attention for a moment." Chen Mupei smiled, put the cigarette back, and then lit the lighter together. I don't know how. Anyway, in the end, these two things were in the hands of the other party.

The staff member's name was Gao Dawei. He looked at the cigarette in his hand and wanted to laugh for a moment. After coughing slightly, he asked: "Boy, are you here to consign and sell seedlings too?"

Chen Mu pointed to the cart stopped at the door and climbed up the pole: "Yes, our forest farm has completed the consignment procedures, but we are just not sure which seedlings are more popular in the market now. No, look at Brother is a knowledgeable person, so I just want to ask."

"Which forest farm do you belong to?" Gao Dawei asked directly.

Chen Mu pointed to the forest farm name icon on his chest: "I am from Sanmu Forest Farm!"

I’ve never heard of this name!
Gao Dawei was startled for a moment, but after all, he worked here, and there were forest farm companies of all sizes, so it was not surprising. He just regarded Sanmu Forest Farm as an unknown small forest farm.

But if you are qualified to breed seedlings and are on the sales list here, it’s okay to just say a few words.

He thought for a while and said: "Sea buckthorn is always in short supply, followed by Elaeagnus elegans and Almond mongolica, and finally Haloxylon ammodendron. As for saplings with low economic benefits such as flower sticks, willows, and Populus euphratica, the demand is the lowest."

Chen Mu listened quietly, thanked her sincerely, and said her purpose in passing: "Thank you, brother, our Sanmu just sent us sea buckthorn, angustifolia and Haloxylon ammodendron this time. Could you please help me push them."

While he was talking, several boxes of cigarettes changed owners with the movements of his hands.

"This is all regulated, I can't make the decision." Gao Dawei shook his head and refused.

Chen Mu was not disappointed either: "It's okay." He boasted and promoted his saplings: "The saplings in our forest farm are all new varieties, especially Haloxylon ammodendron, which has hard roots and can prevent gerbils from biting. Seabuckthorn and Elaeagnus angustifolia have prosperous root systems. The main trunk is strong and there are few side trunks. It is a typical one-stick incense sapling. After planting, it can survive with just a few waterings. After half a month of planting, it can easily withstand an eight-level wind. After a month or two, it will be fine even in sandstorms... …”

As he talked, because he was short of words, he recited the plant characteristics and planting advantages of the excellent varieties Haloxylon ammodendron, Elaeagnus angustifolia and Seabuckthorn on the Internet one by one, out of order.

When your business has just started, you have no market data, no visibility, and no market share. If you don’t want your products to die in the warehouse, you can only blow it!
And this is not a boast.The seedlings grown from seedlings that have been watered with seedling chemicals have all the above advantages, and even more exaggerated than these.

Before Chen Mu could finish speaking, Gao Dawei's expression became more and more strange, and he interrupted angrily: "Okay, it's all on the Baidu Encyclopedia later. I remember he's more familiar with it than you."

"Um..." Chen Mu blushed a little.

This is embarrassing. It was the first time I was bragging, and someone exposed it like this.

However, he was not embarrassed and continued shamelessly: "Our seedlings contain all the above advantages. Buyers will know after buying them and planting them."

After a few more words, he got close to several other staff members, and didn't stop until all the cigarettes in his hands were given away.

In fact, he really didn't have any hope of exchanging a few packs of cigarettes for the other party's help in marketing.

The reason for doing this is to leave an impression on them so that they can think of Sanmu Forest Farm when there are not enough saplings, or when someone wants to buy saplings in small quantities.

Coming outside, Chen Mu and the staff began to unload the saplings.

"Boss Chen?"

While unloading, a familiar voice sounded from behind.

Looking up, he was still an acquaintance.

"Wang Qi?" Chen Mu was surprised.

However, I remembered that when the other party discovered the problem saplings, the other party resigned from Shilin Forestry, and he should have come to work here.

"You work here now?"

Wang Qi nodded: "Yes, this is Boss Chen?"

"Oh, our forest farm has bred some seedlings, and now we are selling them here."

"Sanmu Forest Farm?" Wang Qi looked at the words "Sanmu Forest Farm" on his clothes, and read out word by word: "Is this the name of your forest farm?"

When he lowered his head and saw that there was actually sea buckthorn, he was surprised and said: "You have also cultivated sea buckthorn?"

"Correct!"

Wang Qi was very excited: "How many are there?"

Chen Mu recalled it.

Only 5000 trees have been planted today, but there were many cuttings before, and now there are almost [-] trees in the forest farm that have reached the standard for seedlings.

"There are about 5000 trees. After four or five days, there will be nearly [-] trees that can be sprouted."

Wang Qi's eyes widened suddenly, but after only a moment, he returned to his normal expression and asked the most important point: "Is there a sure buyer for these seedlings?"

"No."

"That's OK!" Wang Qi exclaimed in surprise: "Boss Chen, I have a few customers who want sea buckthorn. Can you keep this batch of seedlings first?"

Chen Mu looked a little embarrassed.

Wang Qi immediately added: "It doesn't take long, just stay for two days. I will give you a confirmation letter before tomorrow night."

Sea buckthorn seedlings are hard to come by, and those that are available are mostly reserved in advance.

Although the commission for selling trees is not high, and the salary after selling these seedlings will not be much higher, the important thing is to leave an impression to the customer that he has the seedlings and the connections, so that when the customer wants to buy seedlings in the future, he will be the first to buy seedlings. My first impression was to come to him.

After all, because of Shilin's problems, most of the clients he had were deleted and found others instead.

He is now just like when he first entered the industry, he can only sell to retail investors and re-accumulate customer resources.

Therefore, his attitude towards Chen Mu right now is called friendly and approachable.

"Okay! But I'll only wait until tomorrow night." Chen Mu nodded in agreement with displeasure.

He wanted to disagree because of the problem saplings in Shilin Forestry, but the saplings were not selling now, so it would be a good thing if someone could help sell them.

But a few minutes later, Chen Mu was very happy that he agreed.

I saw Wang Qi running in, punching in the work card, putting on a smock to prevent his clothes from getting dirty, and came out to help direct the unloading, registration, and storage of saplings.

Chen Mu was also happy and relaxed.

After unloading the saplings, Zheng Youshui did not wait for Father Chen to come out, said hello and left.

After the forklift put all the saplings into the warehouse and counted them, Wang Qi and the warehouse manager came over with the signature book.

The warehouse manager said: "Do you know the rules of the warehouse?"

Chen Mu shook his head.

"We only play a storage role for the saplings in the warehouse, and we don't care about the others. Whether it is because the saplings have dried up and died because they have not been sold for a long time, or the saplings have suffered mechanical damage due to collision, and other losses... we No responsibility is taken.”

Chen Mu hesitated, but still nodded.

The survival period of saplings after they are unearthed is only so short, and there are only so many people buying saplings. Whether they will be sold or not is completely inevitable.

Before signing, he asked: "Will the roots of the saplings be sprayed with water every day to keep them moist?"

"Yes! This is one of our daily tasks."

Wang Qi on the side gave him a reassuring look, walked up to him, and said while the warehouse manager was being called away: "Don't worry, Boss Chen, I will try my best to help you sell these saplings."

"Thank you." Chen Mu thanked him sincerely.

After finishing everything, Dad Chen and Cheng Feiyang left the office empty-handed.

"Xiao Mu, come here." Father Chen called him over.

"Uncle Cheng, Dad."

"Lao Cheng, please keep an eye on this kid. Don't worry, just treat him like your own kid. If you have any problems, just say it. Hit him when you need to. Don't be soft."

Cheng Feiyang's eyes widened: "Old Chen, I'm not telling you, Xiao Mu looks smart and smart, and he made the forest farm so big without saying anything. What's there to say?"

Chen Mu said nothing, just scratched his head and giggled.

After everything was over, it was already approaching noon. Father Chen and Chen Mu got into the Wuling Hongguang and drove slowly along both sides of the street, preparing to find a place to have lunch.

Father Chen was very tired, so he lowered the passenger seat and leaned back comfortably.

"Dad, what do you want to eat?"

"It's all right."

At this time, the car happened to drive in front of a restaurant, and the strong smell of spicy food and vinegar went straight to the tip of the nose, making people feel greedy in their stomachs.

(End of this chapter)