I explained a lot to Zhang Mei bit by bit, mostly related to some of the old man's living habits, what he likes to eat, what he likes to talk about, when to go to bed, when to get up, and so on. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Then he gave Zhang Mei a bank card, which would put in 2,000 US dollars every week for the cost of ingredients.

Two thousand dollars is not much, and Zhou Yu is not afraid that Zhang Mei will run away with the card. If this is the case, in the United States, Zhang Mei may not be able to get along.

In the money society, we pay more attention to money-related things.

Once violated, the consequences are very serious.

Turning around, Zhou Yu picked up the phone and dialed Lin Quan's number first.

When he first came here before, Zhou Yu immediately changed the communication card here, so when Lin Quan received the call, he immediately reacted, it must be Zhou Yu.

"Boss?"

Zhou Yu smiled: "Brother Quan, it's me." ”

"Boss had a smooth journey, right?" Lin Quan smiled: "How is the situation now?" ”

"It went well." Zhou Yu said: "I have bought a farm, with an area of more than 8,800 acres, and it is an orchard farm. Everything in it is complete, and there is no need to do preliminary work, so I want you and Xiaohu to come and help me immediately! ”

"So fast?!" Lin Quan was surprised and said, "I haven't had time to review my English yet!" ”

"It's okay, come over first." Zhou Yu smiled: "In this environment, it's much better than you holding a book to study." ”

"That's right." Lin Quan smiled and said, "That's okay, I'll go and prepare." ”

"Okay, come over as soon as possible."

hung up Lin Quan's phone, changed hands and dialed ******'s mobile phone again: "Hey, is it uncle?" I'm Xiaoyu. ”

"Xiao Yu!" When I heard this, I hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Did it go well? ”

"It's okay," Zhou Yu smiled, "What's going on at home?" ”

"How can it be? It's been like this for decades. Wang Dejiang smiled and said, "You Banyan Slope has made some trouble these days. ”

"What's the trouble?" As soon as Zhou Yu heard it, he paid attention.

"It's not the farmer's trading company in the province, I heard that the villagers don't want Rongshupo anymore, the workers are all looking for them from outside, and they are making a lot of trouble."

"That's the case..."Zhou Yu thought of Zheng Duo, and couldn't help gritting his teeth, but said, "Those people aren't so short-sighted, right?" What good do they do if they have a stalemate with the village? ”

"It's not clear." Wang Dejiang said.

Although Zhou Yu hated Zheng Duo very much, he didn't care about Zheng Duo's bullshit. Besides, he is now in the United States, and it is useless to care.

So he said: "Uncle, my farm has been bought, everything is complete, I want Xiaohu to come over to help me immediately." ”

Then he said: "When will Xiaohu turn eighteen?" ”

"Just turned eighteen." Wang Dejiang's tone was a little joyful: "I'll call Xiaohu over immediately, you tell him." ”

"Okay."

After a while, Wang Xiaohu's voice came from the phone: "Brother-in-law! ”

Zhou Yu smiled slightly: "Did your father tell you?" ”

"Well, I did." Wang Xiaohu's tone was worried: "Brother-in-law, I don't speak English well..."

"Haha," Zhou Yu smiled: "It's okay if it's not good, you come over first, there are English speakers all around, and you can learn it soon." ”

"I have already called Lin Quan, you come with him to complete the formalities as soon as possible, and come over immediately." Zhou Yu said again: "I won't tell you more here, I still have something to do." ”

"Okay, brother-in-law, I'll hang up."

"Hmm."

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Yu exhaled, thought about it, and dialed Wang Xiaoyi's phone again.

"Who? Early morning calls! ”

When I heard the voice, I was vaguely familiar, but it was not Wang Xiaoyi, Zhou Yu thought about it carefully, by the way, it was a roommate of Xiaoyi, and when he accompanied the old man to Beijing to see a doctor, he met a few times.

Hearing what he said, Zhou Yu remembered the jet lag, it's evening here, isn't it early morning over there. Maybe he had disturbed Lin Quan and Wang Dejiang's family to rest before, so he couldn't help blushing a little, and hurriedly said, "It's Xi Yu, right?" I'm Zhou Yu, what about Xiaoyi? ”

"Zhou Yu!" Over there, Xi Yu exclaimed, and then heard her calling Xiaoyi: "Xiaoyi, your man's phone is here." Then he said into the phone: "Xiaoyi washed up, you wait a while." ”

After half a minute, Xiao Yi's soft voice came: "Zhou Yu." ”

"Xiaoyi." Zhou Yu only felt as if he had a lot to say, but he didn't know where to start, and he was silent for a while.

Xiao Yi waited for a while, didn't listen to Zhou Yu, and hurriedly said, "Zhou Yu? Zhou Yu?! ”

"Yes, yes." Zhou Yu took a breath: "Xiaoyi, I have settled down here in California, I just made a phone call and asked Xiaohu and Lin Quan to come here to help me... Xiaoyi, you... How are you now? Take your parents with you on vacation..."

Wang Xiaoyi was silent for a moment and said, "Zhou Yu, the matter at home... Don't be discouraged, the situation at home is like this, we can't resist, but I believe that you, in the United States, will do even better! ”

"Thank you, Xiaoyi!"

...

Hung up the phone, Zhou Yu was silent.

Domestic affairs, although the arms can't twist the thighs, but for Zhou Yu, it is a complete failure. Although Xiao Yi comforted him, he always felt that he had failed and couldn't speak in front of Xiao Yi.

Shaking his head and throwing these messy things out of his mind, Zhou Yu stood on the balcony and looked into the distance.

The vast expanses of fruit groves were golden and yellow under the last light before sunset. The sea breeze is blowing, the fruit grove is rattling, and the fruity aroma has a slight taste of the ocean, which seems to be a little salty and a little fishy.

Not far away, workers were chatting or preparing dinner in the house.

A picture of harmony between man and nature comes to mind.

"Buying this farm saves a lot of preparatory work, but in fact, there is still a lot to do. At the very least, I need to have a detailed understanding of the people on the farm, the various facilities and equipment, and the specific conditions of the four orchards. ”

"But there's no rush yet..."

"There are a lot of things, and I still need to think about it..."

"In addition..."Zhou Yu took out a palm-sized jade seal from his pocket: "The first thing is to place the jade seal properly." ”

Walking out of the room and downstairs, in the kitchen, the smell of food was already wafting, and it was estimated that Zhang Mei was cooking.

The old man was watching TV in the living room, concentrating, Zhou Yu went over to see that it was the four sets of Daxia Central and International TV Station.

Seeing that the old man was looking energetically, Zhou Yu didn't bother, and when he went out, he walked to the farm workers' accommodation area.

"Hey, boss!"

Some workers are very familiar, especially blacks, and when they saw Zhou Yu coming, they all came up to say hello, and they were very enthusiastic, which made Zhou Yu a little uncomfortable.

"Hello, where do Andrew and the four orchard leaders live?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Boss, you can call me Little Tom." The little black brother grinned and said, "Looking for Andrew?" Oh, over there! The four of them were next to each other. ”

"Thank you."

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he nodded and walked towards the house that Little Tom pointed to.

"Andrew!?"

shouted outside the door, and Andrew, who was wearing yellow and white short-sleeved shirts, walked out: "Boss, something?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Yu didn't enter the house, walked to the side with Andrew, and said, "Of the four orchards on the farm, which fruit has the highest price on the market?" ”

"Red ground snake fruit and red grapes, of course." Andrew looked at Zhou Yu in surprise: "Doesn't the boss know?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "I just came from Great Xia, and I don't know very well. ”

Andrew nodded and said carefully: "In the United States, the price of fruit is related to the type and grade. There are only three grades of fruits that can be sold on the market: special, excellent and first-class. Below the first level, it can only be used for processing into fruit juice concentrates, beverages, jams, dried or frozen products. ”

"For example, the wholesale price of the premium red ground snake fruit last year was as high as 28 US dollars a pound, and the market retail price even exceeded 70 US dollars! The price of red grapes is similar. ”

"Oh..."Zhou Yu couldn't help but nod slightly when he heard this.

But he suddenly asked, "What is the Red Ground Snake Fruit?" Is there any cultivation on the farm? ”

Andrew was even more surprised: "The 3,400 acres of mountainous area are all planted with red ground snake fruit. ”

"That's not an apple..."Zhou Yu blushed: "The red ground snake fruit is an apple?" ”

"Of course." Andrew laughed: "It seems that the boss doesn't know this... Since 15 years ago, John's Farm has been growing red ground snake fruit in the apple orchard. ”

Zhou Yu touched his nose, a little embarrassed. He really didn't know what the Red Land Snake Fruit was, he was just a high school student who had just graduated from the countryside of Daxia, and although he was getting more mature now, he was not commendable in terms of experience and insight.

"That, Andrew." Zhou Yu restrained his embarrassment for a moment, and then asked: "According to what you said, John Farm should be able to make money, and it will make a lot of money." Why, then, could John Sr. be so eager to sell his farm? ”

Andrew listened, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Actually... Since three years ago, John Farm has been struggling to make ends meet. ”

"How is that possible?!"

Zhou Yu was surprised: "I think the farm is very well managed, even if you can't make a lot of money, it's impossible to make ends meet, right?" ”

"It's a real boss." Andrew's face was a little unpleasant: "Boss, you must know that if the farm wants to make money, it mainly depends on the amount of fruit above the first grade." In recent years, perhaps the fertility of the land here has decreased, and no matter what method we use, the fruits we harvest are getting less and less, and those of higher quality are getting less and less..."

"So that's the case..."Zhou Yu frowned: "The whole farm is like this?!" ”

"Yes, boss." Andrew sighed: "Whether it's red ground snake fruit or red grapes, or bananas or pineapples, there are fewer and fewer that can meet the retail standards on the shelves. The vast majority of them can only sell a truckload of canned food and juice processing companies at low prices, and the profit is almost non-existent. ”

"It's really a skin..."Zhou Yu couldn't help but say Chinese.

"What?" Andrew couldn't help but say.

"Nothing." Zhou Yu waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow night, you and the other four responsible persons will come to my house for dinner, and there are some things to discuss with you." ”

"Okay, boss."

Waving his hand to Andrew, Zhou Yu went to the homes of several other responsible persons, informed them, and told them to have dinner at the villa tomorrow night, and then left the workers' accommodation area.