The next day, early in the morning.

Cheng Xiao stood in front of the window and looked into the courtyard, and her eyes fell on the cherry tree.

At this time, the branches of the eight cherry trees were already full of fruit, large, round and red, and the yield was far greater than before.

It's time to harvest!

"Xiao Yun, come out and pick cherries!"

Cheng Xiao shouted, walked into the warehouse, and found two barrels.

This was used to hold cherries in previous years.

Because it has not been used for a long time, it has been covered with dust.

Cheng Xiao stretched out his hand to pick up the bucket, and the two sisters and brothers walked to the tap water in the courtyard and began to clean it.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

The water of the rapids hit the bucket, and Cheng Xiao held a rag in his hand and wiped it along the water.

As far as the eye can see, you can clearly see that the two iron buckets have long been stained, leaving traces of time.

It's been a long time!

Cheng Xiao thought that it should be when she was four years old.

The first time her family's cherry trees bore fruit, her grandfather bought these two vats.

I was going to pick cherries and sell them in the county, and I earned money to buy her beautiful clothes.

Unfortunately, the fruit produced was small and small, and the taste was not sweet, so it did not sell for much.

But in the end, her grandfather bought her new clothes.

However, Cheng Xiao was too young at that time to remember these things clearly.

It was later when she was a little older, and her grandfather told her personally.

After a while, the cleaning was done.

Cheng Xiao took out a dry rag and cleaned the water stains hanging on the iron bucket.

Carrying the iron bucket to the first tree, the siblings slowly began to pick cherries from the bottom to the top.

The cherries on the tree are large and small, the big ones are comparable to strawberries, and the small ones are far larger than imported cherries.

When the siblings were picking, they still followed the picking process when their grandfather was alive, which was divided into three steps.

The first time the harvest is ripe, after a period of time, the next batch is picked, and finally the third time the garden is completely cleared.

According to previous experience, eight cherry trees can produce nearly 1,000 catties of cherries.

This year, the situation is even better than ever.

As for how much can be produced in the end......

Cheng Xiao looked up, there were dense fruits hanging on the tree, and he had a rough estimate in his heart.

"Xiaoxiao, where are you picking cherries?"

After only about ten minutes, a figure appeared at the door of Cheng Xiao's house, looking down the wall towards the courtyard.

"It's Uncle Li!"

Cheng Xiao stood on the ladder and glanced out of the courtyard.

While picking cherries, he asked, "Uncle Li, is this a walk?" ”

Cheng Xiao's house is remote, and people in the village rarely come, only the old man and the old lady often pass by in the morning exercise.

"yes, it's nothing, I get up in the morning and walk two laps, and it's all about exercising."

"In the past two years, life has been better, eating big fish and meat, and the disease has been found."

"Last year, I went to the hospital for a physical examination, and my blood pressure and blood lipids exceeded the standard."

"No, after a year of training, it's finally stable."

The person who spoke was Li Dazhu, a peasant man about forty years old.

It's not tall, it's quite strong, and it has a beer belly, and it's very simple with a smile.

When Cheng Xiao's grandfather was alive, the two families often moved around and had a good relationship.

"Uncle Li has lost a lot of weight than when I first came back." Cheng Xiao smiled and greeted.

"Your siblings have been back for almost half a year, haven't they?"

Li Dazhu thought for a moment. "At that time, I was one hundred and eighteen, and now I am one hundred and sixteen, and I have lost nearly twenty pounds."

"Hey! By the way, there are so many cherries, can you two brothers and sisters be busy? ”

Li Dazhu patted his head, annoyed that he wanted things to be slow, and hurriedly said, "You wait, I'll call your aunt, let's pick it together." ”

"Uncle Li doesn't need to ......"

Before Cheng Xiao's refusal could be spoken, Li Dazhu ran away like stepping on the hot wheels.

Li Dazhu's home is also in the west of the village, separated from Cheng Xiao's house by a few households, one family at the end of the other, two or three hundred meters.

Within a few minutes, the couple arrived, along with their children.

The eldest is a girl, named Li Ling, who is seventeen years old this year, and is in the second year of high school in the county No. 1 middle school, at the same level as Cheng Yun, in a different class.

Cheng Yun is in class 6 and Li Ling is in class 10.

The youngest is a boy, named Li Wei, thirteen years old, in the second year of junior high school.

Because it was Sunday, the two siblings had a holiday, so they went back to the village and followed their parents to Cheng Xiao's house.

At this time, they each carried two white plastic buckets in their hands.

Li Dazhu explained: "I saw that your buckets were not enough, so I brought a few empty buckets. ”

Because of the death of Cheng Xiao's grandfather, Cheng Xiao entered the entertainment industry, and there was no one at home.

So he entrusted the house to Li Dazhu's family to take care of.

In the past two years, they have been taking care of the fruit trees in the yard, and they have also planted the vegetable garden.

Since Cheng Xiao quit the entertainment industry and returned to the village, he took it back.

Cheng Xiao glanced at the bucket in Li Ling's hand.

The barrel is white, made of plastic, and it is light to carry, unlike an iron bucket, which is heavy and bulky.

Cheng Xiao thought that the cherry trees at home were getting bigger and bigger, and with the watering of the spiritual liquid, more and more fruits would be produced, and the two iron buckets were obviously not enough.

When she goes to the county, she will definitely buy some white plastic buckets for backup.

"Is the bucket in Uncle Li's house still enough?"

Cheng Xiao remembered that Li Dazhu's family also planted cherry trees.

"Enough! Enough! ”

Li Dazhu nodded.

"My family has few cherry trees, only four, and the fruit is not as much as yours, so it is enough to leave a few buckets, and you can use this bucket first."

"Then thank you, Uncle Li!"

Cheng Xiao thanked him.

"When I go to the county and buy a new one, I'll return it to Uncle Li."

"No hurry!" No hurry! ”

Li Dazhu waved his hand and turned to look at the lush cherry tree in the courtyard of Cheng Xiao's house.

sighed: "Xiaoxiao, your tree grows really well!" ”

Li Dazhu was so envious that the rich look in his eyes was about to overflow.

It's no wonder that he can't be blamed, it's really the eight cherry trees of Cheng Xiao's family that look too gratifying.

The fruit is round and large, and grows densely.

It's like his family, it's sparse and loose, and it can't produce a few catties a year.

"Or Xiaoxiao will serve!" Li Dazhu's daughter-in-law answered on the side.

Stretched out his hand and pushed Li Dazhu, beckoning the two children.

While picking cherries, he said, "When we took care of it in the first two years, we didn't bear so much fruit. ”

"Look at the people in our village, who hasn't planted two cherry trees, but who can bear such big fruit!"

Dazhu's daughter-in-law sighed.

Since Cheng Xiao's grandfather planted cherry trees and sold them for money, the villagers of Hongxing Village have rushed to imitate each other and planted cherry trees.

But after all these years, the cherry trees in Cheng Xiao's house have grown well, and the yield of cherries is high.

"Xiaoxiao, is there any skill in this cherry?"

"You also teach your aunt, so that your aunt can sell it for two more dollars."

Of course, the price of large cherries and small cherries is not the same.

In their Qingyang County, cherries that ripen early, grow big and round, and can be sold for up to 30 yuan a catty.

When the fruits are ripe, the ordinary one is fifteen yuan and two catties.

Li Dazhu's family is ripe late, and the fruit is not big, so it can only be sold at a public price.

"There's no trick either." Cheng Xiao shook her head.

"It is to be careful when serving, pruning frequently, and watering at the right time." Cheng Xiao said, but she understood in her heart that her family's cherry trees used to grow well, indeed because her grandfather served her well, and the tree was long.

And now...... Of course, it's because of Reiki.

But this is ...... But I can't say it to outsiders.

Fortunately, Li Dazhu and his wife just chatted casually, without too much entanglement, and did their work neatly.

An hour later.

Cheng Xiao's two iron buckets, plus the white plastic buckets brought by Li Dazhu and his wife, were all filled with cherries.

Li Dazhu picked up the old-fashioned rod scale and measured it:

Five hundred and eighteen pounds.