My Courtyard Refuge

: Repairing the Vegetable Garden

After signing the contract and leaving the advance payment and address, Xu Dong and his mother left the Huafei shop and continued on the road of panic buying.

The truck headed south along the main road.

The road was full of rush-buying crowds, and the two of them didn’t encounter any good opportunities, and some of them were full of odds and ends, not attractive at all.

Until the sun went down, when the mother and son were about to turn back, they were lucky and came across another product that was quite satisfactory.

The product this time is an electric fan, an electric fan from a warehouse, the quality is good, and the brand belongs to a well-known manufacturer.

“Boss, you can make an offer. If the price is right, I will cover everything.”

Xu Dong really wanted to get this batch of goods. In the future, there is absolutely no need to worry about the sales of electric fans. As the saying goes, if you buy it, you will make money, and it will be a big profit.

Boss Wang was a little hesitant. He was in the e-commerce business before. Last year, he opened an offline physical store in the home appliance city, focusing on small home appliances, and the business was pretty good.

It’s just that for some unknown reason, the sales of electric fans have been slow, and it has only improved a little recently, so there is a lot of inventory in the warehouse.

Unexpectedly, there was a rush to buy all of a sudden. If it wasn’t for the fact that the warehouse was too far away, this batch of goods should have been sold in the afternoon.

He didn’t want to miss this opportunity to clear the inventory, but he was afraid of selling it cheaply.

However, the current market is unpredictable, and the higher-ups may intervene in the panic buying at any time. After thinking about it, Boss Wang decided that it is better to settle down.

So I came up with a “moderate” price: “I have a total of more than 5,208 electric fans in this batch, and I won’t say the unit price. I will take all 1.8 million.”

Xu Dong had already accepted the price in his heart, but he still put on a bargaining posture, lest Boss Wang feel that the sale was cheap and want to go back on his word.

After some wrangling, Boss Wang became a little impatient, and shouted, pulling his neck:

“The big deal is that tomorrow morning, I will take the goods directly to the home appliance city to sell. Although the transport truck is not easy to find, but I pay ten times the shipping fee, and I don’t believe that no one will take the order.”

Xu Dong felt that it was almost done, so he “reluctantly” said: “Okay, Boss Wang, you win, 1.8 million, as long as you sign the contract, I will transfer the money to you immediately.”

“That’s right, if you eat my batch of electric fans, you will definitely make a lot of money.”

Boss Wang finally showed a happy smile. Although this order was not violent,profit, but also earned almost 800,000, a lot.

One should not be too greedy, this is his experience in business for many years.

After the transaction was completed, Boss Wang directly handed over the key to the warehouse to Xu Dong. Anyway, there is no business in the near future, and there is no stock in the warehouse, so there is nothing to lose.

Xu Dong also couldn’t find a transport vehicle here, so he had to go off in person. It took three days and more than 20 trips back and forth to transport all the electric fans back to the courtyard.

Since the basement is already full and the yard is about to be remodeled, it can only be stored inside the house, taking up four free rooms.

When Xu Dong handed over the warehouse key to Boss Wang again, the other party’s face was stinky, and there was no sign of official intervention, but the panic buying intensified instead.

Boss Wang really misjudged this time.

At this point, the rush-buying operation of the old Xu’s family has officially come to an end. The whole family is exhausted, and even Xu’s mother doesn’t want to bother anymore.

But the matter is not over yet, and the next step is to hurry up and repair the vegetable garden. The planting soil will arrive tomorrow, so there is no delay.

According to the plan discussed by Xu Dong and Xu Ma, they planned to dig a rectangular earth pit 12 meters long, 8 meters wide and 1 meter deep in the yard.

One meter deep is already the limit, and digging down more than ten centimeters is the concrete roof of the basement.

After digging the soil pit, the next step is to fill the pit with planting soil, and finally build a calf-high fence with blue bricks, which is perfect!

It is also worth mentioning that although the size of the vegetable garden is not large, the amount of work is not small. About 100 cubic meters of earth and stone will be dug out, and the same 100 cubic meters of planting soil will be buried later.

If Xu Dong was alone, he probably wouldn’t be able to do it in two or three months.

Therefore, he could only find “foreign aid”, and finally outsourced it to a small contractor at a nearby construction site, who was also responsible for handling the excavated earth and stone.

Xu Dong was generous, and the contractor was quick to work. More than a dozen workers, with the assistance of a small excavator, dug the pit in one night.

The next night, the owner of the flower and fertilizer shop arrived as scheduled and brought two muck trucks. The planting soil was packed in woven bags and piled high inside the truck.

“Boss Zhou, how much dirt can you transport with this truck?” Xu Dong asked looking at the dirt truck.

The owner of the flower and fertilizer shop compared the numbers with his right hand: “A car is about 7 and a half tons.”

Then he analyzed: “Two trucks are 15 tons. I can run about 4 times in one night, and I can transport them all tomorrow night.”

“That’s good!”

Xu Dong also didn’t want to waste too much time on the vegetable garden, there were still many things to do in the future!

Next, the contractor once again led the workers to battle together, unloading, moving, and landfilling, providing one-stop service.

After another day, the vegetable garden was completely completed. Xu Dong gave the workers an extra bonus of more than 10,000 yuan, and each worker could get 1,000 yuan.

In his previous life, he was also one of them and knew the hard work on the construction site.

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===Section 24===

Waking up early in the morning, Xu Ma looked at the vegetable garden that had been repaired, and was really satisfied with it, it was exactly as she imagined.

During breakfast, the family couldn’t help talking about the vegetable garden. Both Xu Ma and Yang Lina had never planted land before, and they didn’t know what to plant.

Xu Dong worked in a plantation factory for a period of time in his previous life, and he is considered the most experienced person in his family, so he directly suggested:

“In this climate right now, it’s best to grow some cold-resistant vegetables, such as radishes, lettuce, cabbage, and celery. You can also plant a few tomatoes, which can be used as both vegetables and fruits.”

“Honey, where did you learn this?” Yang Lina asked in surprise.

“I read it in the book.”

Xu Dong took a sip of soy milk, then said:

“I happen to have a few books on greenhouse planting on hand, and I’ll bring them to you later. You and Mom have more time to think about it. It’s very simple, just plant it a few times.”

Yang Lina nodded. Compared with going out for a stroll, she prefers to stay at home, take care of the baby every day, and take care of the vegetable garden when she has time. There is no more pleasant life than this.

Xu’s mother is not so enthusiastic. Although she is willing to grow vegetables, she is more afraid that the children will not be able to eat vegetables. At most, it is just a hobby, not even a hobby.

She herself prefers to dance square dances outside, and then find opportunities to show off the triplets, the courtyard at home, and the filial piety of her son and daughter-in-law…

Xu’s father suddenly coughed, and turned to Xu’s mother and said, “I have seen many videos of growing vegetables on my mobile phone, and I will send you the video link later.”

“Forget it, it’s enough for Nana to learn, I might as well do two more square dances if I have this time!”

Xu Ma waved her hand, looking extremely impatient.