Chapter 12: The First Pot of Gold
Zhou Shusheng was working on a construction site outside the province half a year ago, and accidentally broke his left leg, and the contractor saw that he was honest, so he symbolically gave him 5,000 yuan as compensation in the name of Zhou Shusheng as a temporary worker. More than half a year has passed, this matter has been dragging on, in order to treat the leg has spent all their family savings, and now there are still a few steel nails left on the leg, and the limp has not yet recovered.
Zhou Shusheng looked at the sensible Hong Yan and smiled: "It's okay, your Aunt Zhou and Rin'er have come to help, how can I be idle next to me, besides, the doctor also said that I have to walk more appropriately This is conducive to recovery." ”
"That's not going to work, the table is so heavy, what if you knock it on." Hong Yan took the table in Zhou Shusheng's hand and said while setting the table
"Old man, you just listen to Yan'er, sit next to you and rest for a while." At this time, Zhou Rin'er's mother, Zhuang Chunmei, came in from outside the door, put down the lychee basket, patted the dust on her body with a towel and said.
"Okay, I'll sit down and rest for a while." Zhou Shusheng said with a smile
As soon as the table was set, Liang Xiu and Zhou Rin'er came out with a large pot and a small pot of food.
Hong Yan beckoned Uncle Li, a migrant worker, to wash up and prepare for dinner, and to work in the countryside at the employer's house, no matter how much they were paid, they had to take care of the meal, so they were not polite.
"Brother Yan, give you a towel." Zhou Rin'er stuffed the towel into Hong Yan's hand and disappeared in a blink of an eye, making Hong Yan inexplicable for a while.
"This girl." Zhou Rin'er's parents said with a smile in their eyes.
"This stinky boy." Hong Yan's parents were starving
The migrant workers and uncles had the same expressions.
Before everyone had finished breakfast, they heard the sound of trucks moving from far and near outside.
"Here they are." Hong Yan heard the voice, and hurriedly got up and went out to greet him, and sure enough, he saw a Mercedes-Benz followed by a truck gradually coming from the entrance of the village.
"Little Brother Hong, let's meet again, how is it, are my lychees ready?" As soon as Xu Xuewen got out of the car, he held Hong Yan's hand and said that he attached great importance to this batch of high-quality lychees, so he personally came to receive the goods this time.
"Boss Xu, I've been ready for a long time." said that Xu Xuewen was introduced to the house.
Xu Xuewen looked at the lychees in the yard, picked one from one of the baskets of lychees, peeled the skin and stuffed it into his mouth, tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Is that all?" Xu Xuewen asked
"Because of the lack of manpower, there are so many today, and this is still picked by working overtime last night." Hong Yan said.
Last night, he had already thought about selling the Zhou family's lychees in addition to his own lychees. Since Zhou Shusheng's leg was broken, there has been one less main labor force in the family, all the labor services are handled by Zhuang Chunmei, and there are Zhou Rin'er and her sister to be cultivated at home, which can be described as a lot of pressure, so lychee has become the only source of income for the Zhou family.
Knowing that the Zhou family is not easy, Hong Yan's father Hong Qingyuan also gave his own ten lychees to the Zhou family two months ago, of course, the Zhou family was grateful in every way, and finally Hong Qingyuan forced it to the Zhou family on the grounds that it was a dowry given by the Hong family in advance, so the Zhou family accepted it with all gratitude.
Coupled with the ten trees sent by the Hong family, there are now a total of forty-two lychee trees in the Zhou family, and the number of mechanical insects has reached a considerable scale after a week of devouring, and it should not take a few hours to improve the genes of these forty-two lychee trees.
"Yes, yes, as long as it is of such quality, I will accept it no matter how much, but I have two requirements." Xu Xuewen said with a smile
"What requirements?" Hong Yan asked suspiciously
"First: Provide at least 10,000 catties a day until your lychees are picked. Second: If the quality is as it is today, the price is calculated as five yuan, and if it is not reached, it can only be calculated as one piece of five. Xu Xuewen said
After listening to Xu Xuewen's request, Hong Yan took a breath, if the quality does not meet the requirements, the price will be three cents lower than the market. And there were so many people yesterday, working overtime to pick less than 9,000 catties, and lychees must be picked on the same day to ensure freshness, which is at least 10,000 catties a day, how to finish, and this amount seems to be not capped.
But after thinking about it, this is also a good thing, he can mobilize the people in the village and the surrounding areas to buy their lychees, and then sell them to Xu Xuewen, the price is low, at least it can be sold, it is better than rotting on the tree, and he can be a middleman with peace of mind.
After figuring it out, Hong Yan happily agreed, but said that it could only be provided from the day after tomorrow, after all, everyone didn't sleep all night last night, so let's take a break today.
Xu Xuewen has no opinion on this statement, and he readily agrees.
Next, the truck is weighed and loaded.
Everything was in order, and after a while, nearly 9,000 catties of lychees were loaded.
Before Xu Xuewen left, he took out 50,000 yuan from his bag and handed it to Hong Yan, and told him that in addition to today's payment, the rest would be arranged for him by himself, as a veteran in business, he naturally knew that Hong Yan's family did not have many lychees, but if Hong Yan bought some high-quality lychees for himself, he could also save himself trouble, why not.
Looking at the 50,000 yuan in their hands, Hong Yan's parents also smiled, and the stone that had been blocking their hearts finally fell.
At this time, Hong Qingyuan walked in front of Hong Yan.
"Yan'er, can you help your Uncle Zhou sell their lychees, you also know that the Zhou family is not easy now." Hong Qingyuan said worriedly.
Obviously, they didn't know the content of Xu Xuewen and Hong Yan's private conversation just now, so they just sold their lychees and worried about the Zhou family.
Hong Yan smiled and said, "No problem. ”
Then, Hong Yan came to the migrant workers, paid them one by one, and sent them to the village entrance to take the shuttle.
Seeing off the migrant workers, Hong Yan came to Zhou Shusheng and said, "Uncle Zhou, I told Boss Xu that they will accept your lychees and deliver them the day after tomorrow." ”
Zhou Shusheng and Zhuang Chunmei were really overjoyed when they heard the news, with this year's market, they were all ready to let the lychee rot on the tree, but they didn't expect it to be sold, and they praised Hong Yan for being sensible and capable.