Chapter 473: Buying Seeds
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Autumn is fruitful and the streets are full of fruit vendors. Although it is only a vendor, the quality of the fruit is no worse than that in those fruit shops, and even better in terms of freshness. These are smart people, and it is naturally the first choice to buy good things for less money, so there are many fruit stalls on the street, but there is no worry that the fruit will be stranded.
Most of the pedestrians on the street are farmers with carts or bicycles, who come to buy fertilizer or seeds, and will also buy some fruit for their children.
Zhang Taiping did not rush to the seed station, but walked slowly on the street, looking at the fruits on both sides of the road, as long as there was nothing in his own field, he would go over to take a look, and if the quality was good, he would buy it and bring it back to the people to taste.
In front of a stall for a circle of people, Zhang Taiping was also curious to look at it, and the tall man stood behind without squeezing in to get a full view of the scene inside. It turned out to be a pomegranate vendor.
The stall owner is a young man in his twenties, and his mouth is very eloquent. Cut a pomegranate open and break a piece for everyone onlookers.
The pomegranate seeds inside are watery and crystal clear, and the sunlight shines on them like pearls, which makes people happy to look at.
"Pomegranates are a good thing, children eat to become smarter, newcomers eat more children, and old people eat legs and feet." The young man shouted.
Although everyone knew that he was talking nonsense, the young man smiled and laughed as he spoke, and he would not make the people next to him feel any disgust.
There are many seeds in the pomegranate, and in the eyes of adults, there is really nothing to eat, but children love to eat this, the first novelty.
"Mom, Dad, I want to eat pomegranates!" A small child shouted to the young parents on either side.
"Pick up a bag and pick up a few." The child's father said.
"Okay!" The young man shouted enthusiastically, handing over a red plastic bag.
One person bought it, and the onlookers next to him shot one after another. Pomegranates are not very common here, although they are not found, but they are not often sold on the streets, and most people buy them just to taste fresh.
Zhang Taiping also came to him, picked up one and looked at it, the moisture on it was still very heavy, and there were fresh leaves next to it, obviously just picked it off. Asked, "Is this your home-grown pomegranate?" ”
"Yes, absolutely fresh, freshly plucked." The young man replied and handed Zhang Taiping a bag.
"Let's go for a big bag." Zhang Taiping said. There is such a large group of people in the family, and the number of such a small bag may not be enough for each person.
"Okay, okay!" The young man smiled and took a big bag for Zhang Taiping.
After buying pomegranates, I bought several catties of kumquat at the stall next to me that bought oranges. Then I swept the street again, and there was no more special fruit on it, so I turned to a no-man's land and put all the things in my hand into the space, and walked towards the seed store.
The owner of the seed shop knew Zhang Taiping and welcomed him warmly. Indeed, it is difficult for people not to remember his figure.
"What seeds did my brother ask for this time?" The chubby boss's face was full of kindness.
Zhang Taiping said: "Buy wheat seeds. ”
The boss was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Taiping to come to buy autumn seeds, the first two times he came to buy some rare seeds, in his opinion, Zhang Taiping is not a farmer.
Zhang Taiping saw what the boss was thinking, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm a farmer, of course I have to buy seeds to plant in the autumn." ”
"Hehe, now the class under the leadership of the party has long disappeared, everyone is equal, and there is no distinction between high and low occupations, and there are no peasants where there is food for the big bosses and big leaders, and everyone is glorious." The fat boss had a smile on his face and looked quite happy.
Zhang Taiping was amused, not because of his joyful face, but because of what he said. Sitting on the chair, he said, "The boss is such a wonderful person. ”
"Hehe, just eat with a mouthful of food." The smile on the fat boss's face became even bigger, and he brought Zhang Taiping a cup of tea.
Zhang Taiping took a sip of tea, not good or bad, but also swallowed. He put down the teacup and said, "I don't know what wheat seeds are in the store?" ”
Seeing that he was talking about business, the fat boss put away the smile on his face, and said, "There are almost all kinds of wheat seeds we grow here in the store, I don't know what seeds my brother wants?" ”
Zhang Taiping thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter how good the yield is, as long as the wheat grains are full and the quality of the ground noodles is good." ”
Ordinary people choose wheat seed varieties first to consider the yield, because the yield is good, and the surplus grain can be used to sell for money, anyway, in the eyes of most people, no matter what kind of variety is grinded, it is not much worse. But Zhang Taiping didn't expect to eat the extra grain to sell for money, so he didn't care about the output, but the first quality, in order to eat comfortably.
"If this is the request, 'Xiaoyan 22' is the most suitable. The yield of this variety is not very bad, but the quality of the ground noodles is absolutely passable, and it is absolutely no problem to eat pulled noodles and cold skin. ”
Generally, people measure the quality of noodles by whether they can eat pulled noodles and cold skin as a standard, because good flour and noodles are tough, and the noodles are smooth and continuous, and the other is that when steaming cold skin, it does not stick to Luoluo.
Zhang Taiping had also heard of this variety, but it was well received by many people, so he said: "Then this variety, let's have a hundred catties." ”
When wheat is sold as grain, it costs more than three dollars a pound, but when it is used as a seed, it is more than three dollars a pound, and the price has more than tripled, but this is the price. The more than three acres of land in the house need more than a dozen catties of seeds at most, Zhang Taiping bought so much is ready to plant a part of the space, the land at the foot of the mountain and the grassland in the space looks quite fertile, and it is not a waste to plant some crops.
"A hundred pounds? Yes! It seems that the brother is a big landowner, hehe. The fat boss joked happily after hearing this.
Zhang Taiping smiled and didn't say anything, based on the bottom area he contracted in the village, he could only be a small landlord. In terms of the area of land in the space, it is indeed worthy of the title of big landowner, but it is all private land.
After weighing the wheat seeds, the fat boss asked again, "I don't know what fertilizer Brother Zhang needs?" ”
Zhang Taiping wanted to say that he didn't need any fertilizer, but after thinking about it, he still asked for two bags of urea. In his imagination, it is most reassuring to eat the grain grown by chemical fertilizer, but that can only be implemented in the space, and fertilizer must be applied on the three acres of land outside, so as not to appear unusual, even if the wheat in his own field grows better than other people's homes and has a higher yield, people will only attribute it to the land itself, and will not suspect that it is artificial.
"Oh, by the way, some more rice seeds." Zhang Taiping remembered that he was going to make a few acres of paddy fields on the edge of the lake in the space.
"Brother Zhang is still going to plant rice?" The fat boss said on his lips, but there was no ambiguity under his hands.
Zhang Taiping nodded: "There is a small river in front of the house, and it happens that the water source is sufficient to reclaim a few acres of paddy fields, and I can plant rice by myself, and I don't have to buy rice all the time, and I can't buy good quality rice." ”
"It's a fact, and now I don't know how the rice bought in the store is grown, and the quality is so poor that sometimes people can't eat it. It's still something you grow yourself, and it's safe and comfortable to eat. ”
"The inevitable result of the economy and society." Zhang Taiping said casually.
The fat boss untied a few bags and showed the seeds inside in front of Zhang Taiping, and each of them had a sign inside, on which were the words rice, fragrant rice, and japonica rice.
"There are not many people who grow rice in our north, and rice seeds are not often sold, so I usually tie up this bag. Let's see which one you want first. The fat boss put up the sign inside and said, "I'll take care of the other guests first." ”
Zhang Taiping copied the rice grains in each bag with his hands and looked at them carefully, the seeds were full and round, and they looked good. To tell the truth, although this fat boss is fat and round, he looks like a profiteer, but he is quite kind in business, at least the seeds in the store are very authentic, and there are no counterfeit or defective goods.
After the boss came over, Zhang Taiping pointed to the three bags and said, "Each of these three items is ten catties." ”
They are rice, fragrant rice, and japonica rice. Ordinary rice or fragrant rice is enough when eating, and japonica rice is most suitable for steaming pastries or boiling porridge.
The fat boss quickly loaded Zhang Taiping with rice seeds, and then asked, "Is there anything else you need?" ”
Zhang Taiping had already bought the things he wanted to buy, and remembered the things that Cai Yazhi had asked him to bring, and said, "Wait a minute, let me see." After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, which listed the things Cai Yazhi needed, including coriander, lettuce, and radish and cabbage seeds. Then he said, "Then bring four more packets of lettuce, coriander, radish and cabbage seeds." ”
"Piggybacking on someone else?" The fat boss asked casually after taking all the seeds.
"It's not for someone else, it's something that my daughter-in-law wants to buy." As he spoke, he raised the list in his hand.
After putting all the seeds in a bag, the fat boss saw that Zhang Taiping had nothing to buy, so he sold it himself: "I still have some seeds of black wheat and black rice here, I don't know if Brother Zhang is interested?" After the first few contacts, he knew that Zhang Taiping was interested in some strange things.
"Oh? Take it out and take a look. "Zhang Taiping is really interested, especially this black rice.
Black rice has a long history of cultivation and is an ancient and valuable rice variety in China. According to legend, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was more than 2,000 years ago, it was first discovered by Bowanghou Zhang Qian.
Every year after autumn, once the black rice is ripe, families cook porridge and try it. The rice soup is as black as ink, and there is a faint medicinal taste in the mouth, which is particularly refreshing and appetizing. Over time, people have a wealth of experience in eating black rice. When cooking porridge, gastrodia, white fungus, lily, rock sugar, etc., are put in, which is better than agar syrup and jade liquid, as a good meal for guests. Patients with dizziness, dizziness, and anemia often eat, and their symptoms are significantly reduced. It is especially suitable for the elderly with backache and weak knees and weak limbs. Therefore, black rice is also called "medicinal rice".
With the research of modern science, it has been found that most of the inorganic salts such as manganese, zinc and copper contained in black rice are 1~3 times higher than that of rice; It also contains special components such as vitamin C, chlorophyll, anthocyanins, carotene and cardiac glycosides, which are lacking in rice, so black rice is more nutritious than ordinary rice.
Eating more black rice has the functions of appetizing and benefiting the middle, strengthening the spleen and warming the liver, brightening the eyes and invigorating the blood, smoothing and astringent and replenishing essence, and has a good nourishing effect on juvenile gray hair, postpartum weakness of women, postpartum weakness, anemia and kidney deficiency.
The fat boss was really interested when he saw Zhang Taiping. A flower bloomed on his face, and he went into the back hall and brought out two bags.
Zhang Taiping first looked at the seeds of black rice, pinched them with his hands, and directly crushed the rice grains, which were also black inside, and sniffed them under his nose, there was no peculiar smell, confirming that this was genuine. Although black rice is highly nutritious, the yield is not ideal, so the market has always been in short supply, so some people use ordinary rice to pretend below, the simplest is to dye with dyes, and the smart is to soak with chemicals. Yes, although the fat boss's character is trustworthy, he can't be unguarded.
The fat boss didn't say anything about Zhang Taiping's actions, and kept standing by with a smile until Zhang Taiping stood up, and then said with a smile: "It's definitely genuine, the signboard of my store has been accumulated little by little, and I will never do that kind of self-destruction of the Great Wall." How's that, is there any interest? ”
Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Five catties." ”
"Okay!" The fat boss immediately took it with a scale.
Generally, the rice for consumption is more than two yuan, and the seeds are four or five yuan, and the seeds of this black rice are directly twelve yuan a catty. And the yield is not high, not to mention that it is still in the north, so it is no wonder that these seeds are deposited in the store.
For triticale seeds, Zhang Taiping is also ready to buy some.
The biggest role of triticale is that it has the effect of prolonging life, and it is known as the miraculous longevity food, and it is also given the nickname Yishou Wheat. As we all know, black crop products contain black triticale pigments, which have the functions of high nutrition, high nourishment and high immunity and double their value. It has a curative effect on juvenile gray hair that is not inferior to black sesame seeds, and has a good anti-cancer effect.
Pick up a handful by hand and let it spill freely from the palm of your hand, the particles are full and glowing with black and shiny, it is indeed the number seed. said: "Let's get ten pounds on this." ”
After weighing it, Zhang Taiping thought about it, since he bought black rice and triticale, he might as well buy some black sesame seeds, these things are good for his body.
So he asked, "Are there any black sesame seeds?" ”
Although these black things are nutritious and valuable, there are not many people who grow them, so black is rare.
The fat boss slurred his lips and said, "Originally, there were still some, but a few days ago, someone said that it was to treat the child's gray hair, and he bought all of them." If you want, I'll bring you some back in two days when I get it. ”
"That's fine. Then bring back five pounds. Zhang Taiping said.
I finally bought it, and it was nearly a thousand dollars. Zhang Taiping bought what he needed, and he was happy in his heart, and the fat boss was equally happy in his heart after selling so many things.
In the end, the fat boss stuffed the seeds of the two packets of purple radish into the bag and said: "Brother Zhang has taken care of our store many times, and the two packets of radish seeds are a match." ”
Zhang Taiping looked at the two packets of radish seeds, both of which were newly developed varieties, and one pack cost more than a dozen yuan, and when he saw that the fat boss was sincere, he did not refuse. After paying and putting everything in one place, he said, "I'm going to go around the street and buy some other things, which I will leave here for the time being, and I will come back to pick them up later." ”
"Okay! You can pick it up whenever you want. The fat boss said with a smile.
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