【Chapter 039】 Go to the city to do errands
Perhaps in the eyes of literati, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival worthy of special mention, which can trigger a lot of inspiration and write many popular articles.
But for farmers, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just a day for the family to have a good meal and continue to work the next day.
The peanuts in the field should be harvested, and the crops of sesame and beans have also entered the harvest season. A few days ago, a rain fell, the weeds in the autumn corn field must have grown wildly, if not removed in time, it will compete with the corn for fertilizer, affecting the growth of corn.
When it is time to fertilize and weed the late rice that has been planted, the farm work in the field waits for no one, and the slightest carelessness will affect the harvest, and it is not easy to dig in the field.
Therefore, the next morning, every household in Shangliang Village quickly returned to their normal living conditions, and after breakfast, they did whatever they wanted. Of course, there are also many people who pass by Liu's house intentionally or unintentionally when they go to work, gossip with Liu Jiahong, and take a look at Liu's family's vegetable sales by the way.
After seeing the receipt that said two hundred and eight, many villagers' eyes lit up!
If it was just hearsay about how much money the Liu family made selling vegetables before, now it can be regarded as seeing, although it is not real money.
Since the Liu family can sell vegetables at such a price, there is no reason why they can't do it? The villagers' minds are even more lively, and they all want to go into the city to find a way and sell the vegetables they grow at home to the city, anyway, it will not cost too much to grow vegetables, at most they will lose a little seed money and labor.
Liu Rui also knows a little about the thoughts of the villagers, but he will not stop it.
Liu Rui knew that the reason why his vegetables were able to be favored by Zheng Dahai, sold at such a high price, and could also enjoy the treatment of door-to-door receipt, was entirely due to the space spring water. No matter how carefully served the average farmhouse garden, it will have various defects.
The vegetables produced in this way cannot be compared with the vegetables moistened by the space spring water in terms of appearance, yield and taste, and it is impossible to get the same preferential treatment as Liu Rui. Liu Rui knows that because of the remote location of Shangliang Village and the poor traffic conditions, it is not easy for the villagers to lose money if they grow vegetables on a large scale, but even after spending a lot of effort, they can only earn some hard-earned money.
However, at this time, Liu Rui naturally couldn't say anything against it, and poured cold water on the villagers!
In that case, the villagers will think that Liu Rui takes care of his own family and has made a fortune himself, and he is jealous of others. Liu Rui didn't dare to talk nonsense at the risk of making all the villagers look at him angrily, so he could only let them practice it themselves, and after hitting a wall, they would learn how to adapt to the market.
With Liu Rui's precedent in the past, many villagers seem to think that growing vegetables or selling some unique mountain treasures in the village is also a good way.
Liu Rui was powerless to change the minds of the villagers, so he could only bury himself in doing his own things well.
After finishing the affairs at home in the morning, after lunch, Liu Rui took Liu Zhi and Tongtong out.
Xiao Hei saw that the little masters were going out, and followed behind, but unfortunately he was ravaged by Tongtong for a while and thrown into the yard, so he had to helplessly take a few rabbits around the yard.
The school is going to take a holiday tonight, Liu Zhi and Tongtong naturally have to return to school, and Liu Rui is going to go to the city to do some errands, and by the way, help the two younger siblings send rice to school.
At present, there is a school canteen where students board in Qingshan County, and the meal ticket system is still retained, and many students have to bring rice from home to the school and hand it over to the canteen for processing. More than 80 percent of Qingshan County is an agricultural population, and most of the family conditions are not very good, so supporting a child to study in the county is itself a relatively heavy burden.
In order to reduce the burden on students' families, most school canteens will help students process rice, which is about a dime per catty. Therefore, whenever there is a holiday or a weekend holiday, there will always be a student baby carrying a big bag of rice to rush to the county seat by various means of transportation.
Liu Zhi is now the time when the amount of food is large, and he has to eat one catty and two meal tickets every day, Tongtong is less, about eight taels, so that the two brothers and sisters have to eat at least fifty catties of rice a month at school. Of course, there will definitely be a lot of cats in the school cafeteria, and parents will not care too much about it even if they know it.
Last week, Liu Zhi and the others ate the leftover meal tickets from the previous semester, and after eating, they had to bring rice from home to school this week, and Liu Rui, who felt sorry for his younger siblings, naturally wanted to send them and go to the city to do something by the way.
Although the large-size permanent brand is about the same age as Tongtong, it is still sturdy and durable, even if it is carrying 100 catties of rice wine every day. Now carrying a bag of 50 catties of rice, as well as some pickled spicy rabbit and spicy chicken, it is naturally not a problem.
The small 26-inch bicycle was a reward for Liu Zhi's brother and sister after they were admitted to the county No. 1 middle school, and the brother and sister rode it through the road that Liu Rui had also walked.
After coming to the school, Liu Rui did not enter the school gate, but let the things be handed over to his younger siblings and let them deal with them by themselves.
"Eat what you should eat at school, and don't save what you need to use!" handed over 30 yuan to each of his younger siblings, Liu Rui said: "The money is not enough to ask my brother when I go home on the weekend, don't tell my parents!" ”
According to the current price level, a junior high school student spends 100 yuan a month in school, which is considered an upper-middle level, and Liu Rui gives his younger siblings 30 yuan a week, which is very good.
Liu Rui didn't preach too much with his younger siblings, so as not to put pressure on them, after all, he also came from a student and could understand the psychology of students.
Looking at the younger siblings who walked into the school gate side by side with bicycles, Liu Rui looked at the signboard of the county No. 1 middle school shining in the sun, shook his head and turned around and left.
This time when he entered the city, Liu Rui had a lot of things to deal with.
First went to the 'rich peasant seed store' to find Zhou Guodong to buy some vegetable seeds, and by the way, asked him, which nursery farm cultivated fruit tree seedlings are the best and the most favorable price?
Now that the vegetable garden is basically on track, there will be no major problems as long as the vegetable varieties grown in it are fine-tuned to meet the requirements of 'South Beauty'. Liu Rui believes that with the space spring water in hand, this vegetable garden will become a cash cow of his own.
"Xiao Rui, why are you buying so many seeds? How many acres of vegetables have you planted? Hearing the vegetable seeds and quantity reported by Liu Rui, Zhou Guodong was startled.
"Not much, huh? More than three acres of vegetable garden have been opened, which is specially supplied to the kitchen of 'South Beauty'! Liu Rui was a little proud.
"'South Beauty'?!" When Zhou Guodong heard this, he sighed a little: "You are still a good kid!" ”
Zhou Guodong has lived in the county for a long time and has also worked in the political axe department, so he vaguely knows that the background of 'South Beauty' is not ordinary. As one of the top restaurants in Qingshan County, 'South Beauty' is very picky in choosing fixed suppliers, and no number of people have a chance to break their heads. However, Liu Rui is just a high school student who dropped out of school and went home, and he did it quietly, how can he not surprise Zhou Guodong?
No matter what Liu Rui relied on to impress the high-level of 'South Beauty', winning this place is a skill!
This incident made Zhou Guodong more and more sure that Liu Rui is not a thing in the pool, and he will soar into the sky one day!
"If you have a daughter, how good would it be to find her son-in-law?" While pretending to be seeds for Liu Rui, Zhou Guodong thought at the same time, but it was a pity that he only had one son, Zhou Yi.
"Uncle Zhou, which nursery near the county has a complete variety of fruit trees? Good reputation? Liu Rui, who was stared at by Zhou Guodong with a very strange look, felt uncomfortable all over his body, and hurriedly diverted the topic.
"Nursery farm? Do you want to plant fruit trees? As soon as he heard Liu Rui's words, Zhou Guodong finally woke up from his reverie.
"Yes, there are several acres of wasteland in the backyard of my house, and I want to plant fruit trees, so as not to lose it." Liu Rui knew that Zhou Guodong had a wide range of contacts in the county's agricultural production, and he could find good suppliers through him.
Fakes are rampant these days, but what are the fakes that farmers are most afraid of encountering?
Not fake fertilizers, not fake pesticides, but fake seeds!
The effects of fake fertilizers and pesticides are at most temporary, and there is room for salvation after discovery, but when you encounter fake seeds, you can only find out the clues when you get the harvest. But the financial and material resources you invested before, as well as the sweat of hard work, and the long-term anticipation, have all been wasted.
In recent years, the villagers of Shangliang Village have encountered the trouble of fake seeds and saplings, and they have suffered deeply! The dozens of bitter sand pears in the backyard of Liu's house also belong to this situation. After several years of hard work, they found that there was no harvest at all, and the blow to the farmers was so great that only those who were in it could understand.
Therefore, Liu Rui did not dare to go to the nursery to find it easily, and only through Zhou Guodong's relationship, he could find some reputable nurseries to buy the fruit tree seedlings he needed.
"yes, I see!" Zhou Guodong knew what Liu Rui meant, nodded and said, "You tell me the varieties and quantities you need, I'll help you pay attention to them, and I'll give you news next week." ”
As soon as Liu Rui heard this, he handed over the variety and quantity he wrote at home to Zhou Guodong.
"Compared with Zhou Yi, Xiao Rui's words are simply the difference between heaven and earth!" Flicked the paper that Liu Rui handed him, Zhou Guodong said: "That kid's words are like chickens crawling!" ”
Liu Rui's calligraphy was practiced by his grandfather since he was a child, although it does not reach the professional level, but among ordinary people, it is already excellent. In the past, when he was in school, whenever he wrote official documents or board newspapers of the student union, Liu Rui was naturally the best choice.
"There are quite a few types you want, do you have any special requirements?" After reading it, Zhou Guodong asked.
"All fruit tree seedlings must be the most suitable for the climate and soil varieties we have here, this Uncle Zhou, you are an expert, you know better than me, help me look at it!" Liu Rui paused and said, "It's best to ask for those saplings that are more than two or three years old, even if the price is high!" ”
Fruit tree seedlings in the nursery range from one year to three or four years old, and of course the price also varies. Liu Rui now has space spring water in hand, so he naturally hopes to maximize the role of spring water in the shortest time. By buying back the older saplings, Liu Rui is sure that they will begin to bloom and bear fruit after the next spring, creating the best economic benefits.
"Okay, that's no problem!" Zhou Guodong understood what Liu Rui meant, nodded and agreed.
Zhou Guodong has worked in the Agricultural Bureau for many years, and most of the owners of those nurseries near the county seat are old acquaintances who have dealt with him and know the roots. In addition, Zhou Guodong is from a professional class, and he naturally has his own set of identification of fruit trees, and it is not difficult to help Liu Rui find suitable fruit tree seedlings.
Seeing Zhou Guodong nodding in agreement, Liu Rui was very relieved.
Five acres of land, Liu Rui is going to take the method of dense planting, then about 300 saplings are needed; In addition, planting some in the Shennong space, Liu Rui reported the number of three hundred and five trees to Zhou Guodong. Because Liu Rui is an older tree, the price is expensive, and it costs about 10,000 yuan to say the least. For such a big business, if Liu Rui is allowed to go by himself, his professional knowledge is not enough, and he may not be able to distinguish the best varieties; Second, there are no acquaintances, and the price must be relatively high.
After thinking about it, finding Zhou Guodong for help is the best choice, and it is also the most reassuring for Liu Rui.
Finally, after discussing some details with Zhou Guodong and agreeing on the time of the next meeting, Liu Rui left from the 'rich peasant seed store' and went to 'South Beauty' to find Zheng Dahai.
Before leaving, Liu Rui found a public telephone booth and called Zheng Dahai first.
In these years, although mobile phones are not as rare as the brick-style big brother in previous years, the expensive phone bill is not worthy of everyone. Although Zheng Dahai is the executive chef of 'South Beauty', he is only equipped with a BB machine, and it has not yet reached the level of a mobile phone.
When he heard that Liu Rui was looking for him, Zheng Dahai was quite enthusiastic and asked Liu Rui to look for him at the branch of 'South Beauty'.
The county town of Qingshan, which was built along the north bank of the Tongjiang River, is not large, because the north side is surrounded by mountains, and the buildings in the county are squeezed into a narrow area, forming a situation where the east and west are long and the north and south are narrow. The 'rich peasant seed store' is in the center of the county, and the 'South Beauty' branch is on the side of the Chengdong Development Zone, so Liu Rui has to follow the secondary road through the city to the Chengdong Development Zone to find Zheng Dahai.
Because of the opening of highways, railways, and the discovery of mines, Qingshan County has also become a huge construction site, full of dust and noise. Liu Rui felt that a quiet small county town was gradually moving away.
Along the way, Liu Rui was constantly organizing the language, thinking about how to impress Zheng Dahai and let him go to Shangliang Village to buy all kinds of wild meat?
In fact, this kind of thing is indeed not Liu Rui's obligation, but the situation forced Liu Rui to take this step.
Seeing that the Liu family was about to make a fortune with the orders of 'South Beauty', the villagers could only watch with their eyes. Under the idea of 'not suffering from widowhood but suffering from unevenness', it is inevitable that some villagers will have an unbalanced mentality, which is the last thing Liu Rui wants to see.
If he can increase the income of the villagers through 'South Beauty', Liu Rui will also feel at ease.
I just don't know what Zheng Dahai's attitude will be?