176. Picking oranges
The day of the Li family's orange picking came as scheduled.
Early in the morning, Li Yuedi stuffed the sleeves and cotton shoes prepared for Murong Kuo into Li Ge's arms and asked Li Ge to send them to his master.
Li Ge came to the door of Murong Kuo's room, knocked on the door and asked, "Master, we are going to pick oranges, have you changed your clothes?" ”
In the room, Murong Kuo buttoned the last button and opened the door: "How is it, the master looks good in clothes, right?" ”
Murong Kuo was wearing a new set of clothes that Li Bangguo had not wore, very comfortable fabric.
Li Ge looked up and down a few times, and nodded approvingly: "Well, it's good-looking, and it's very appropriate to wear." ”
Li Ge immediately handed the cotton shoes in his hand to Murong Kuo, "Let's change the shoes too, and this is a sleeve cover." ”
"Wait." Murong Kuo took the shoes and sleeve covers, closed the door and went back to the house to change.
After Murong Kuo finished dressing, the rest of the Li family was already waiting in the hall with baskets, scissors and other tools. Seeing Murong Kuo coming out, he went to the orange grove in the back mountain.
"Grandpa Li, the two of us are here to help." As soon as the Li family went out, they met the two Gu Mingxuan brothers.
Li Bangguo smiled and patted Gu Mingxuan's shoulder: "It's rare for you, let's go." ”
Gu Mingxuan nodded, took the basket handed over by Li Ji, and followed the big team.
Stepping on the soft branches and leaves, Murong Kuo seemed to have returned to his youth.
The Li family's orange grove is much larger than in previous years, and there are currently more than 100 fruit trees, all of which are full of fruits.
Murong Kuo saw the oranges hanging on the branches, and sighed sincerely: "It's really a mountain and a river, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village!" Those who don't know would have guessed that there is such a large orchard hidden here. ”
"Master, you can taste our home-grown oranges first." Li Ge gave Murong Kuo an orange.
Murong Kuo peeled off the skin, tasted it, and his eyes widened in surprise: "This, this orange is also a rare and good product!" ”
What the? The Li family was stunned.
Murong Kuo excitedly asked Li Bangguo: "How much do your oranges sell to fruit merchants?" ”
"Three dollars and five pounds." Li Bangguo replied without hesitation.
This price is more expensive than some of the oranges sold in the market. Like the market in Jiangchun Town, oranges are only one or two yuan a catty, and no one is willing to buy them for three yuan and five.
When Murong Kuo heard this price, he stomped his feet bitterly: "You guys have lost a lot, such a delicious orange, the fruit merchant took it back for three yuan and five yuan, and sold it for at least eight or nine yuan, and the difference in price in the middle made a lot of money." If you send it to the big supermarket in the city to sell it, someone will ask for ten or twenty yuan. ”
Is it so expensive? Li Bangguo and the others were completely dumbfounded.
Murong Kuo looked at the more than 100 fruit trees in the fruit forest, weighing thousands of catties of fruits, and anxiously took Li Bangguo's hand and asked, "Do you still plan to sell your oranges to fruit merchants this year?" ”
Li Bangguo shook his head, frowned and said: "Originally, it was good to sell it to the person before, but two days ago, the man said that our oranges were too expensive and would not be collected, but the oranges were ripe, and if they were not picked, they would rot on the tree. ”
When Murong Kuo heard this, he was overjoyed, and told Li Bangguo: "Don't sell these oranges to those fruit merchants anymore, I'll help you solve it." ”
"This, why are you so troublesome Brother Murong." Li Bangguo couldn't help it.
Murong was angry, stomped his feet and said, "I have lived in your house, what are you still polite to me." I said I'll help you solve it, but I want all these oranges, and you can't sell them to anyone else. ”
When Li Yuedi and the others heard this, they all looked at Murong Kuo worriedly. The oranges in my own orange grove are not too much, but there are many less. Murong Kuo is not a businessman, how can he help solve it.
Li Ge saw the family's worries, and said with a smile: "Since the master said to help us, there must be a way for the master, let's pick the oranges first, and if we can't sell them, we will distribute them to the villagers in the village." ”
This is the worst-case scenario, and everyone can only nod.
Murong Kuo smiled angrily and explained: "My two sons are businessmen, and a daughter-in-law just opened a shop specializing in selling imported fruits, and the fruits in there are hundreds of yuan. ”
The Li family suddenly realized, and when they saw Li Ge also nodded, they were relieved.
Murong Kuo saw that the Li family was finally relieved, and thought that it was time to call his daughter-in-law. It's just that the daughter-in-law knows what she is here, and it is estimated that the two sons also know. Hey, thinking that his leisurely days were gone, Murong Kuo was a little entangled.
It's just that Murong Kuo didn't know that when he just left home with his front legs, Sister-in-law Li had already betrayed his whereabouts. And his two sons didn't worry too much, and the old man went out to travel.
A group of people each took scissors to find an orange tree, and began to pick the oranges with scissors.
You can also enjoy the oranges while picking them, which is also a treat.
Murong Kuo hadn't had such an experience for a long time, his face had been filled with a childlike smile, and he was still shouting that he wanted to compete with Li Bangguo to see who would pick a basket of oranges first.
Li Yuedi and the others laughed when they saw the two old men playing like children.
Murong Kuo's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that a lot of orange seedlings had been cultivated in a corner of the orange grove, he couldn't help but ask, "Does your family plan to expand the planting area?" ”
Li Bangguo looked at the saplings and said: "No, many people in the village envy our family for planting oranges, and the village chief encouraged everyone to plant them together, which is intended to be provided to the villagers for free." ”
"Are you planning to develop Zhuangzi into a big orchard?" Murong Kuo asked, but the action of picking oranges did not decrease at all.
Lin Zichen on the side heard this, and answered with a smile: "Not only to develop into a large-scale orchard, but also to develop the entire Jiangchun Town into a vegetable supply base in Yuan City." ”
Murong Kuo was stunned: "It is not a small tone to develop the entire Jiangchun Town into a vegetable supply base." ”
"It's not small, but it's going to happen." Li Ji also said with a smile.
Murong Kuo saw something interesting now, and asked Li Bangguo: "Your village chief is a person with vision. ”
When the Li family heard this, they looked at each other and smiled.
Murong Kuo saw that everyone was laughing strangely, and asked, "Did I say something wrong?" ”
Li Bangguo explained: "The matter of the vegetable supply land was made up by the brothers of Age and his brothers, the county magistrate has approved it, and the village chief is applying to the city government. ”
Murong Kuo glanced at Li Ge in surprise: "I didn't see that your kid has a talent for business. ”
Li Ge touched his nose weakly: "The idea was come up with by Xiao Chen, and a few of us who are brothers are just giving some advice." ”
Murong Kuo was shocked at this time.
The Li family already regarded Murong Kuo as family, and when they saw Murong Kuo's incomprehensible expression, they told him what had happened.
After listening to this, Murong Kuo looked at Lin Zichen appreciatively: "If you have such a mind at a young age, you will definitely have great achievements in the future." ”
Lin Zichen didn't dare to take credit, and said modestly: "I just read some more books and learned a lot about the development history of other places, and then I came up with such a plan based on the situation in Jiangchun Town, and the specific things are all operated by Uncle Gu." ”
Murong Kuo nodded and looked at the Gu Mingxuan brothers on the side: "You two are the children of that kid of the Gu family." ”
"Hello Grandpa Murong!" The two Gu Mingxuan brothers greeted Murong Kuo respectfully.
These days, Gu Sting often comes to the Li family, Murong Kuo can see at a glance that Gu Sting is not a thing in the pool, and then slowly get in touch, and also understand some of Gu Sting's stories, and have more appreciation for Gu Sting.
"I said why didn't your father come to Li's house during this time, it turned out that he was busy with the vegetable supply base."
Gu Mingxuan said with a smile: "The county government has fully supported this matter, and is submitting an application to the city government, but there must be a procedure for everything, and it is estimated that the result will be known in a few days." ”
Murong Kuo nodded and said, "Although I haven't been to other places in Jiangchun Town, but in a place like Fenghezhuang, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, if it can become a vegetable supply base, it can be regarded as a great blessing for the people of Yuan City." ”
Everyone nodded yes.
After a busy day, only half of the oranges in the orange grove were harvested, and dozens of baskets were loaded.
couldn't put it in the warehouse, so Li Bangguo asked the Li Weiye brothers to pick all the oranges and put them in the newly built house.
Murong Kuo liked the Li family's newly built house at first sight: "Your family's house is also built well, it is comparable to the private house of a rich family." ”
Li Bangguo said in horror when he heard this: "This is not comparable, the houses are all mud bricks, and the tiles are also made by ourselves, how can it be compared to the houses where rich people live." ”
Murong Kuo said with an expression that Li Bangguo didn't understand: "You don't understand this, the most prosperous thing for rich people is this nostalgic style of house, if your house is sold, you can get at least hundreds of thousands." ”
The Li family was stunned, and then they realized the value of their new house.
"Those drawings drawn by Xiao Chen are not also very valuable." Li Yu couldn't help muttering.
"Drawings?" Murong Kuo looked at Li Yu curiously.
Li Yu touched his nose and said: "The structural drawing of our new house was drawn by Xiao Chen, and then the village chief said that everyone in the village should build a house like ours, so each family told my father about the house they wanted, and then asked Xiao Chen to draw the drawings." ”
Murong Kuo looked at Lin Zichen and felt that his heart could no longer bear more surprises.
"Xiao Chen, girl, can you also help Grandpa Murong draw a drawing?"
Lin Zichen raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Yes, but Grandpa Murong will give it back to me after reading it, because after the people in the village finish building the house, the drawings will also be given back to me." ”
"I see." Murong Kuo's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but pick up the drawings in Lin Zichen's hand. But whether it can succeed depends on Lin Zichen's reaction, if it succeeds, he must definitely squeeze the stinky boy at home.
Thinking of his two stinky boys, Murong Kuo's anger didn't come anywhere. At the same time, I also envy Li Bangguo more and more, look at the children and grandchildren of others, all of them are not only outstanding and capable, but also filial, when will it be his turn to enjoy this family happiness? R1152