Chapter 132: Comparison
Under the bright sun, a dark-looking girl rode a pink bicycle to a mud house and shouted to the half-open door, "Xiaoxi, hurry up." ”
I only heard a crisp voice from the door, "Oh, Xiaojuan, I'm coming soon." Then the sound of running "knock knock" came.
put an empty small bamboo basket in Zhao Juan's bicycle basket, took a hat from her head, and buckled it on her head, causing her to glance at her very dissatisfied.
Ignoring her displeasure, Brook turned and walked towards the wall. Put another small bamboo basket in his hand into his bicycle frame, tidy up the hat on his head a little, put away his legs, and the two set off.
Although the weather is hot and the sun is strong, Zhao Juan, who is used to running outside, just doesn't like to wear hats or shade the sun, so she is as fast as black charcoal.
Xiaoxi looked at her two arms, and she could wear a hat on her face to cover it a little, but she didn't have suitable sun-protective clothing, and it was too hot to wear long sleeves, so she had to wear two arms bare.
Although I do repairs every day, I can still get a few degrees darker after more than a month of sunburning. Seeing Xiaoxi's distress, she is not like Zhao Juan, she doesn't care about her appearance at all.
Halfway through, the two parked the car, took the empty basket and walked to the field below.
This kind of small bamboo basket was specially made for her by Mr. Chen in Xiaoxi, and it happened to be stuck in the bicycle frame, like something small, put it in it, and she was not afraid of falling off.
As soon as Xiaoxi picked up the key hanging around her neck, Zhao Juan began to get excited and urged her to open the door.
opened the door, and Zhao Juan was the first to enter. "Wow...... Xiaoxi, I really envy you to death, so much, so much, ah...... I'm going to have to eat more today. As he spoke, he quickly picked a few and threw them into his mouth, sighing as he ate.
Walking to the creek that was the last door, I couldn't help but roll my eyes, and it wasn't the first time I came, every time.
"Eh, eh, you eat it before you wash it, it's not hygienic at all. He gestured to slap her little paws that were outstretched again.
Zhao Juan shrank away, pouted, and "hummed".
This acre of land is full of grapes, but Xiaoxi begged Old Man Chen for a long time before agreeing.
It was after I went to the county to sell grapes once and came back that I felt that the harvest was quite rich. She still remembers that when the grapes come out in the summer, many people in the county like to buy baskets and make wine.
After the county seat, on the way to the city, there is a village that lives by planting fruit trees, and all the land is used to grow fruit trees, including grapes.
When the fruit was ripe, they set up a few tables on the side of the road in front of their house, put their fruit on the ground, lay down on the deck chair, and shook it leisurely.
Passers-by, if anyone likes it, just go up and buy it. Xiaoxi was envious at that time.
They are also quite suitable for growing grapes here, and there are many people who plant them next to the house, but they plant relatively few, one or two, which is only enough for their families to satisfy their hunger.
Xiaoxi's entanglement was very successful, pestering Old Man Chen for more than a month, and he didn't think about it seriously at first, he just thought that she was trying to come out of it, and it passed in a few days, so he didn't take it seriously, who knew that he had been pestered by her for so long.
Knowing that Xiaoxi was serious, he also thought about it carefully.
The stall before the Chinese New Year, he made a lot of money. Although the price of grain is not bad at present, there is not much income throughout the year. If you can plant vines, although the price in summer is not as high as in winter, the income will definitely be more than if you dig in the soil all year round.
After some comparison, I discussed it with Granny Chen, but Granny Chen didn't have any ideas, so let Old Man Chen decide for herself.
You must know that fruit trees are not all at once income, and besides, he has never planted them, even in their village, no one has planted them in a large area, so he found a piece of dry land of more than one acre and planned to try planting.
This field is a little sandy, the wheat harvest is okay, and the yield of corn is only improvised, but it fails in the end, and the loss is not big.
Just do it, Old Man Chen told Xiaoxi about his decision, and then Xiaoxi began to raise seedlings in the space.
After the beginning of spring, Mr. Chen turned the wheat that grew more than a handful of height directly into the ground. At that time, many people persuaded him after seeing it, but Old Man Chen was the kind of person who made a decision and did not change easily.
Seeing that he didn't listen, he could only say a word about him behind his back, what a toss (hehe, who made him old, he didn't dare to say it to his face).
Now, the vines in this field have been growing for more than a year, and the creek has been diligent in watering the water of the lake, so this year it has begun to bear fruit, although it is sparse, but the grape bunches are long and firm, which is a good start.
After the grapes began to form clusters, Mr. Chen cut down the bamboo forest behind the house, and then turned the whole piece into a three-meter-high bamboo slice and inserted it along the edge of the ground. The brook was planted with wild thorn flowers, and grew tall along the bamboo wall.
The grapes slowly began to ripen, which attracted those little ones who loved to eat, and Mr. Chen went to Longyan to buy several large rolls of nylon nets and put them above the vines.
Although the grapes grew well this year, the yield was small, so it was not suitable to be pulled out for sale.
The market in Longyan is small, and although the market in the county is large, it is impossible to sell a large number of her family's output, so she can only sell it by setting up stalls, and it is only a few dozen catties at a time, and she is too lazy to spend this effort.
So, the family decided that, in addition to eating for themselves, they were giving some to relatives and neighbors, and the rest would be given to Xiaoxi to make wine.
Ever since Xiaoxi gave them a taste of her own wine, Granny Chen has loved a small glass every day before going to bed.
Regarding the decision made by Old Man Chen, Granny Chen raised her hands in agreement.
"Slow down. As soon as Zhao Juan came in, there were only grapes left in her eyes, and she was excited to see ripe grapes, so she cut them with scissors in her hand.
When she turned, she didn't pay attention and almost hit the tightrope that was holding the grapes, but fortunately, Xiaoxi was quick and grabbed her.
Zhao Juan patted her chest and said that she was lucky.
After picking a basket, the two went out.
When I got to the weir pond on the border with the neighboring village, I parked the car in the shade of a tree, where there were already two cars.
"You're here. Chen Yubin whispered hello to them and continued to stare at the water.
"What's going on?" Zhao Juan asked as she leaned over to him.
"We're just starting to fish. ”
Chen Yubin and Zhao Bo came here one step earlier to cast bait.
Seeing that they really didn't gain anything, Zhao Juan jumped up and down with the basket to find the creek and go to the well next to wash things.
In the afternoon, a basket of grapes, a basket of cucumbers and tomatoes were eaten clean by the four of them, but the harvest was not small, and more than ten catties of crucian carp were caught.
After returning home, Xiaoxi chose some and sent them to his mother.
Yes, Xiaoxi has a mother, not long ago.
They also moved back to Xiaoxi's house to live, and now they are in the same courtyard as Zhao Juan.