Chapter 45 The sky-high price of dates
There is always a thin thick layer of fog in the morning in the middle of the village, and today the fog is a thin layer. The green hill behind the house is like a noble lady in a thin veil, and everything looks faint. The cheerful bird cry in the forest made the hanger can't help but shout loudly too:
"Get up, get up!"
"Dead hanger, don't make any noise!" Wang Han, who was still in a dream, was very dissatisfied with the hanging master who disturbed his sleep.
"Hurry up! In a while, we are going to the mountains to hunt dates, and I heard Brother Wang Yong say that the people who collect dates will come over this morning. After beating the dates, we will go back to Beijing. Come on! But you're the only one left, and everyone else is ready to go up the mountain. Wang Qian said to Wang Han while combing her hair in front of the mirror.
"Ahh I haven't slept enough. Wang Han pouted, and poked his head out of the quilt very reluctantly.
"You little lazy, hurry up! I went out to eat first. Hang the master, let's go, let's go to dinner. After speaking, Wang Qian stretched out her arm, and after the hanger flew up, she turned around and went out.
At this time, Brother Wang Yong had already finished breakfast and was ready to go up the mountain. Wang Qian didn't eat anymore when she saw it, and went up the mountain directly.
At this time, the sun leaping out of the eastern mountains had dispelled the thin layer of morning mist. There were a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, constantly changing shapes, Wang Gang looked at them for a long time and didn't see what these clouds were thinking? Could it be that the burning cloud written in this textbook was made up by the author, shouldn't it? With questions, Wang Gang followed the large army and walked towards the orchard on the mountain.
The two lively guys, black and white, couldn't stop for a moment, and kept running around the front and back of the crowd. From time to time, they would rush into the grass to drive out a piece of grasshoppers, but it was cheap to follow the poor little behind their butts, and the hanger should have eaten enough, and he was very disdainful of these grasshoppers. Grasshoppers don't grow in autumn, as the agricultural proverb says. As the weather cools, there are fewer and fewer of these guys.
The group slowly walked to the area of the jujube trees in the orchard, and the jujube trees full of red dates were bent over by the heavy jujubes. Compared with ordinary jujube trees, the maturity period of jujubes in Wang Yong's jujube garden is surprisingly consistent, there is not a single green jujube, and the whole tree is all red, which is very eye-catching.
"Let's get started! I can't wait. Wang Gang, who had never done this before, was very interested, and he held a wooden pole in his hand and suggested eagerly.
"It's going to have to wait a while, and the buyer said that he would take a few photos of the jujube tree for publicity. Wait, it should be almost there. After speaking, Wang Yong looked at his mobile phone and showed that the time had reached 7:52. It was agreed that the haode was more than eight o'clock, almost.
"Auntie, auntie, I'm here!" Mingming broke free from his grandfather's hand and ran towards Wang Qian quickly.
"Boy, have you eaten?" Wang Yong teased Xiao Ming.
"Eaten, full."
Before Wang Yong could say anything more, someone went up the mountain again, this time Gao Hui and the only few young people in the village who remained in the village. These guys are no worse than working outside the home. Every family has bought a big truck to run transportation, and the whole hundreds of thousands of dollars a year are easy. It's really rare to get together like this today, probably because of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Brother, we're here to help, hurry up and give us your good cigarette to smoke." Gao Hui relied on the iron relationship between his brother Dawei and Wang Yong, and never was polite to Wang Yong.
Wang Yong glared at the kid, took out a pack of unopened jadeite streams from his pocket and threw it to him. Then he said:
"We have to wait a while, people said they would take a few photos of the jujube tree for publicity." As soon as Wang Yong finished speaking, he saw a black car and two vans driving up the mountain in the distance.
"It's coming, it's coming! It's finally here, but I'm waiting! Wang Gang complained, this man is now focused on trying the pleasure of harvesting. The wooden pole in his hand gestured towards the jujube tree.
"Here we go! Come on! The starling hanger shouted as he flew, and even this guy was in a hurry. provoked everyone for a while.
The three cars stopped near the shed at the foot of the mountain, and the uncle in the shed led seven or eight people up the mountain. When they walked into Wang Yong, they found that Li Jigang had also followed, chatting with the uncle as they walked. There was also a middle-aged man about forty years old beside them, with a suit and leather shoes, gold wire glasses, and a successful person's dress. There were six people behind me, probably the driver and the worker.
"Wang Yong, let me introduce to you, this is Zhang Chunhui and Zhang Zong of Beijing Shenghe Trading Company. Lao Zhang, this is the mysterious supplier in our store. Li Jigang introduced.
"Hello! Mr. Zhang, welcome to Banshan Village! Wang Yong and Mr. Zhang shook hands and said.
"By the way, Lao Zhang, Wang Yong is the village chief of the village." Li Jigang interjected.
"Young and promising! It's not easy, it's not easy! Mr. Zhang said with emotion.
"Mr. Zhang has won the award, I'm just lucky."
"This is not just good luck, the time, the place, the people, all are indispensable. Let's just say that you are a greenhouse dish, and now everyone in the capital is proud to eat vegetables in Lao Li's hotel. It's not easy to eat once! ”
"Hehe, if Mr. Zhang likes to eat, you can go to the greenhouse to pick some by yourself when you leave, and take it back to eat slowly."
"You're welcome! This is really not the number one in the capital where I want to eat this dish, so I want to try it. Mr. Zhang's first impression of Wang Yong immediately increased by 20 points. In the capital, there are valuable vegetables that are not available in the market, and they are sent away, which is very rare!
Just when a few people were chatting, one of the people brought by Mr. Zhang had already started to take pictures with his camera. The rest of the people are also workers who were specially hired by Mr. Zhang to pick dates. Several workers saw that the big wooden pole in Wang Gang's hand was raised high and was about to fall on the jujube tree, so they hurriedly rushed up and snatched the pole down.
Seeing that Wang Yong was very puzzled about this, Mr. Zhang hurriedly explained:
"Generally speaking, jujubes are beaten with a pole, but our dates are worth a pound," he stretched out three fingers, and then said: "Such an expensive thing, if you hit it with a pole, there will always be bumps and bumps, and if you have scars, it is worthless." ”
Hearing what Mr. Zhang said, Wang Yong understood, indeed, this thing is too valuable. It seems that we can only find more people to help. He turned his head and looked at the uncle. The uncle obviously thought about this matter clearly, and when he saw Wang Yong asking for his opinion, he nodded and said, "I'll go down the mountain, go to the village to broadcast, and ask everyone to help pick dates and pay for wages." ”
"Well, let's count it according to one hundred, call more people, finish it early, and we'll go to Beijing early." What do you think? Wang Yong discussed with the uncle.
"Cheng, so be it! You do it first, and I'll go to the village to find someone. With that, the uncle hurried to the village.
The big guy has started picking dates under the guidance of the workers brought by Mr. Zhang. There are a total of eighteen jujube trees, the largest one is estimated to be about 300 catties, and the smallest tree is estimated to be less than 100 catties. According to the estimate of the head office, the total number is about the previous kilogram. Jujube trees have thorns, and if you are not careful, you will be pricked, so this speed is quite slow.
These people in the family are responsible for picking the dates from the tree one by one, and these people brought by Mr. Zhang will have a selection of the picked dates, which are divided into three grades. They correspond to the first, second, and third levels, and the first level is the best, and the third level is the second. The main thing to consider is the shape, especially the size.
"Mr. Zhang, I really didn't say anything about this date, most of them are first-class products, and the rest can also be second-level, and there is basically no third-level product. If you look at this tree, you can't see a single green jujube, it's all red. A worker reported to Mr. Zhang.
"Well, then don't pack the third-level box, just pack it in the first-level and second-level packaging!" Mr. Zhang quickly made a decision, the dates were hung on the tree, and the quality was clear at a glance. What's more, what is sold this time is not the appearance, but the special substances it contains.
Seeing that Wang Yong was very interested in the packaging on the ground, Mr. Zhang introduced the packaging like Wang Yong.
It turned out that all the agricultural products of Zhang's head office would be sold in three levels. There is no difference in the shape of the packaging, the difference lies in the size of the box. The first-class packaging box is the smallest, and the kind of jujube like today can only hold about one kilogram. The second-level box can hold about three kilograms, and the third-level box can hold almost ten kilograms. What I brought over today is the inner packaging, and when I return to the capital, I will use the color printed cardboard box to sell it.
Li Jigang followed behind the two of them, and did not speak, he was holding an apple named "Victory" picked from the tree, and suddenly heard the sound of a loudspeaker from the village:
"Attention villagers! Attention villagers! Wang Yong picks dates in the orchard today, and needs a lot of people to help, and the salary is one hundred per person, and he will give it after picking. If you have nothing to do, hurry up to the mountain to help pick dates, and if you want to go, hurry up! ”
Wang Dahai repeated it again in the loudspeaker, and then, the originally peaceful village in the middle of the mountain was like a pot, and a group of children first appeared on the way up the mountain. Then there are some young adults, old people, or riding motorcycles, electric cars, bicycles, or walking, rolling all the way. After a while, a few jujube trees were crowded with people. In an instant, the orchard was bustling with activity.
Some children see that there is no place for themselves on the ground, so they simply climb up to the tree, pick the dates, stuff them in their mouths, and put them in the bags hanging from the branches. So the laughter and scolding of the adults below, the exhortation to "pay attention to safety", the laughter of the big girl and the little daughter-in-law, the cry of some naughty children chasing the little squirrel, and the cry of "hanging master, hanging master" like the hanger,...... Mixed together, they form a vivid picture of labor. provoked the jishu member who took pictures of the jujube tree to keep pressing the shutter to record this cheerful and harvest scene. When these photos were released a few years later, they immediately caused a huge repercussion, bringing him an unexpected and huge gain.
The old people in the village are very familiar with this kind of scene, and that's what they did back then. Before the implementation of the household responsibility system in the rural areas, the situation of working in one field and eating in one pot was very similar to the scene in front of us! In that era of burning passion, people fought with the sky, the earth, and people with full enthusiasm, and worked hard for a common goal -- building a strong motherland. This mountain and field have left the blood and sweat of their own time. Now, when I am older, the country is really strong, and every family has a little spare money. The brick and stone houses are spacious, bright and sturdy, and no one thinks the lights and telephones are new, and many people even buy cars. I had never thought of this before! Watching these next generation live better and better, I feel that my original hardships are worth it, and it is really worth it!
Not to mention that there are many people! It wasn't even noon, and the eighteen jujube trees were cleaned. Occasionally, there are a few solitary ones left on the tree tops.
"One hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and thirteen, one hundred and eighteen"......
"A total of 1,520 catties of first-class dates. Second-grade jujubes, 1,380 catties, and the odd end is wiped off. Uncle reported the heavy results.
"Three hundred and sixty-one catties of first-class dates, a total of 547,200, three hundred and one catties of second-class dates, a total of 414,000 yuan, together it is 969,200 yuan, let's make up an integer and count it as one million!" Mr. Zhang is very generous, and he gave an extra 30,000 yuan for this sentence!
"Don't, in this way, there are still a few scattered jujube trees in the orchard, and I will pick another hundred catties for you." After speaking, without waiting for Mr. Zhang to refuse, he led a few young people in the village into the depths of the orchard. It didn't take half an hour to pick up a full bag and come back, and a hundred catties is definitely over.
One million dollars in cash was packed in a large travel bag and was carried out of the trunk of the car by Mr. Zhang. Unzipped it, and the villagers present were stunned at once. It's a million cash, and the red old man is neatly stacked in his bag.
"I heard Lao Li say that in rural areas, cash transactions are all important, so I went to the bank yesterday to withdraw 1 million. It's all new money that has just been printed, or serialized. You order. Mr. Zhang said to Wang Yong.
Wang Yong smiled helplessly, this Li Jigang can make me miserable. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I couldn't help but glare at him fiercely. Go and see him is giving himself a look, allowing himself to look around. I didn't understand what he meant, so I had to look up.
This look made Wang Yong admire Li Jigang from the bottom of his heart, this person has studied people's hearts thoroughly. It turned out that the surrounding villagers were staring fiercely at the travel bags containing a million on the ground, and there was no lack of envy, jealousy, and thinking in their eyes. After looking at Wang Yong again, there was a sense of worship in his eyes. Li Jigang and Mr. Zhang joined forces to use one million cash to suppress the villagers of Banshan Village at once, and also immediately erected Wang Yong's prestige in Banshan Village and even the entire Liuzhuang Township.
There are a lot of people who want to say that there are one million people in Liuzhuang Township, but most of them are all assets together, but this time Wang Yong earned one million by selling more than 2,000 catties of dates, which is one million in cash! So many people at the scene saw it with their own eyes, a large travel bag full of 100 yuan bills.
Since then, the people of the Mid-Levels Village have begun to tremble in the township. When you encounter someone who is not convinced, you immediately say: Unconvinced! Then your village will also produce a national leader, and also produce a capable person who can sell vegetables for twenty or thirty-one catties, an egg for one hundred, and dates for more than three hundred catties.
Wang Yong thanked these two people for their painstaking design and helped him establish his prestige. I secretly picked some dishes from Xiaoshijie and told them that this was a specially selected boutique dish, which was much better than the previous dishes. Let the two of them call it earned!
After sending the two away, Wang Yong opened the zipper of the bag in front of the big guys, regardless of size, one is counted as one, and one person gave a red ticket. Even the second grandfather, the second grandmother, and the uncle didn't pull them down, one for each person.
Since the uncle's family was going back to Beijing in the afternoon, Wang Yong and Yuanyuan also had to enter Beijing together. As the old saying goes, the dumplings that are seen off are the noodles that enter the house. So at noon, everyone had a lively meal of dumplings together.
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