The vast majority of people in Beijing have never heard of the name Tangshang Village, let alone know where this village is, but most people have heard the red song "No **, No New China", and the lyrics and songs of this song are located in Tangshang Village.

Meng Songhai, who was reborn in the tenth generation and has the memories of ten people, was deeply impressed by Tangshang Village, not only because this village was the place where the lyrics and songs of a well-known red song were written, but also because there was a very important reason that this village was a "cash cow".

The "cash cow" in Tangshang Village is a wild tiger head hemp walnut tree, and after more than 20 years, the annual production of this tree can sell hundreds of thousands, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a cash cow.

Meng Songhai has the memory of ten people, one of whom is a walnut lover, after this person saw a report on the Internet that there is a "cash cow" in Tangshang Village, he asked a few friends who like to play walnuts to travel to Tangshang Village together, and bought a few pairs of good tiger head walnuts.

At present, there are very few people who play walnuts, just like the giant panda, which is a cherished animal, and walnuts naturally cannot be sold at a price.

Meng Songhai felt that the walnuts that could not be eaten, the current price is lower than the walnuts that can be eaten, if he bought a large number of high-end walnuts at a very low price, it must be a cost-effective business, he did not plan to buy the walnuts and collect them all, but was ready to open a small shop selling cultural toys, and asked his father to help take care of it.

Regardless of whether he can make money or not, he can let his retired father find something to do, Meng Songhai feels that this is a good thing.

Meng Songhai has a map in his hand and knows the route to Tangshang Village, but now the traffic in the capital, especially the traffic outside the city, is too backward, he and Meng Guoqiang went out early, busy on the road, but people are not machines, they always have to rest, and they have to find a place to eat at noon, and it took nearly thirteen hours before they arrived at Tangshang Village.

As soon as he entered the village, Meng Songhai met a middle-aged man who was riding a bicycle back to the village, and hurriedly greeted: "Uncle, ask you something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I heard that there are a few wild walnuts in the mountains of your village that are not edible, is it true?"

"It's true, what are you doing?"

"I want to buy this walnut."

"This wild walnut has no meat, you can't eat it, it's like a lump of wood, what are you buying it for?"

"That's right, there are people in the city who play with health balls and put them in their hands to play with them, and I heard that the shell of this wild walnut is very hard and cheap, and I think it can be used as a substitute for health balls. Uncle, do you know which family has it? ”

"I know, come with me."

After a while, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang followed this enthusiastic uncle to the house of a man surnamed Li.

After Meng Songhai explained his intentions, he said with a smile: "Brother Li, tonight, we are going to live at your house, we will give you food and accommodation expenses, how much do you think is appropriate?" ”

"What kind of money to give, you come to my house for one night and eat a few meals, which can be regarded as giving me face." The man surnamed Li said with a smile.

"What price do you charge for walnuts that you can't eat?" The hostess asked.

"Twenty dollars a dollar, five cents a piece." Meng Songhai replied that he didn't dare to ask too high a price, the price was too high, but it would make the other party feel that the inedible walnuts were treasures, and would ask for a higher price to sell.

Meng Songhai said and took out ten yuan from his pocket, handed it to the hostess, and said: "We brothers, we want to stay at your house for two nights, and leave the morning after tomorrow, this is not much ten yuan, count our food and accommodation expenses, please don't be too little." ”

"It's not too little." The hostess took the money with a smile, "Master, you pour tea for the two little brothers, and I'll go to the next note." ”

More than ten minutes later, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang ate hot noodles, each of them put two eggs in their bowls, sprinkled with green onions, and meat oil (lard), although it was very simple, they were all hungry, and when they ate it, they felt particularly delicious.

The two of them finished eating the whole strip and drank all the soup.

"Two little brothers, have you eaten enough?" The man asked with a smile.

"Eat enough, my sister-in-law's cooking skills are very good, very delicious." Meng Songhai nodded with a smile.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten such delicious noodles!" Meng Guoqiang said with a smile, he said this, there was an exaggeration, but he was hungry, the noodles were very appetizing, no more, no less, just full after eating.

Meng Songhai found a topic and asked, "Brother Li, how many wild walnuts are there on your tree?" ”

"It's hard to say, if you say less, there are five hundred, if you say more, there may be a thousand, in previous years, I didn't go to fight this kind of walnut that can't be eaten, when it's ripe, it will fall to the ground, even if the squirrel sees it, don't want it."

The male owner surnamed Li paused and smiled: "In addition to a wild walnut growing in the mountain forest I contracted, there is also a hundred-year-old wild walnut tree in the village, and there are more wild walnuts growing on that tree...... How much are you going to receive? ”

Meng Songhai was slightly stunned, and in his memory, there was a tree in Tangshang Village that produced tiger-headed walnuts, and he asked rhetorically: "The fruit of that wild walnut tree is the same as your family's." ”

"Pretty much."

"It depends, if it can be bigger, how much, how much I will take."

"You pick the big one?"

"No, as long as I like it, how much, I take as much."

"I'll take you to the family, you talk to him, after the negotiation, you can go up the mountain, and I will take a few to show you first."

Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang were very tired, and they wanted to take a cold shower, change into clean clothes, and lie down to sleep well, but the eldest brother surnamed Li in front of them said so, and they were embarrassed to refuse and stood up.

"Brother Li, you lead the way."

More than half an hour later, Meng Songhai and a few others went up the mountain and laid a dozen walnuts from two trees.

Back at Brother Li's house, Meng Songhai took matters into his own hands, put on the rubber gloves that had been prepared long ago, and began to peel off the green skin of the walnuts.

After brushing a few times, the lines of the walnuts became clearer, and except for Meng Songhai, no one else knew how to appreciate the walnuts in front of them.

After peeling a dozen walnuts, Meng Songhai yawned.

Brother Li smiled and asked, "Songhai, are you sleepy?" ”

"Sort of." Meng Songhai smiled and said, "Brother Li, tomorrow, Wenwan walnuts will be picked, and you will have to help remove the green skin, otherwise, it will be difficult for my two brothers to transport all the walnuts back to the city at once." ”

"Don't worry, peel as much as you want."

Meng Guoqiang stood up and said, "Brother Li, where is the well, our brothers want to take a bath." Go to bed after taking a shower. ”

"I'll take you there......"

After more than half an hour, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang lay down on the bed, and they slept in the same bed.

After Meng Guoqiang lay down, he suddenly didn't feel sleepy, he got up, picked up two walnuts on the desk next to the bed, put them in the palm of his hand, played with them a few times, and said with a smile: "Songhai, playing with walnuts is very interesting." ”

"Tomorrow, I'll help you pick the right one, play for more than ten years, and it will become an antique, and it can be sold for a lot of money."

Meng Songhai opened his mouth wide, yawned, and said with a wry smile: "It's not early, go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow!" ”

Meng Guoqiang stretched out his hand and pulled the rope under the electric lamp, turned off the light, lay down again, closed his eyes, and after a while, he fell asleep in a daze.

The next day, two families with tiger head walnut trees, not only mobilized the whole family, but also invited relatives and friends from the same village to help, after all, it takes a lot of time to knock down walnuts from the tall walnut trees, peel off the green skin of the walnuts, and brush off the green walnuts with a brush.

After a busy day, before eating, Meng Songhai and Meng Guoqiang counted the number of walnuts at Brother Li's house, Brother Li's family was eight hundred and six, and the other family was one thousand and fourteen.

"This big brother, there are seventy-one dollars here, a few cents, you don't have to look for it, you count."

After taking the money, counting it, and making sure that it was correct, the walnut farmer said a few polite words and left with his family.

Meng Songhai handed a fifty yuan banknote to Brother Li, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, here is fifty yuan, it is for you, you don't need to look for it." ”

"That's so embarrassing." Brother Li took the money and smiled politely.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, if these walnuts are shipped to the city and can be sold, I'll come and buy them this time next year." Brother Li, I suggest that you take good care of your walnut trees tomorrow, apply some fertilizer, and in case of drought, water a little to increase the yield, and the size of the walnuts can be bigger, if the size of the walnuts is big, I can buy them at a higher price. ”

"Okay, I'm sure I'll take good care of this wild walnut tree." Brother Li smiled and said, "I was busy doing things at noon and didn't drink, tonight, you brothers and I have to have a few drinks." ”

"It's okay to drink, but not too much, our brothers can't drink too much, and tomorrow morning, we have to get up early and go back to the city."

"Then drink less. The dish is almost ready, and the three of us go to the bar. ”