Jiang Yang nodded after hearing this, but muttered in his heart.

He and Jiang Ergou walked all the way and found that the fruit trees in the field were clean. It's not the season for a bumper harvest either, where does the farmer's fruit go?

"Ergou, how do you store fruits in the countryside in general?"

Jiang Yang couldn't help but ask curiously.

Jiang Ergou said: "Cellar, since someone harvested the fruit at a high price last year, the fruit farmers are reluctant to sell it cheaply, and the fruits of the past two years are also stored in the cellar." ”

"Cellar?"

Jiang Yang was a little puzzled.

The cellar was usually a place to store alcohol, and it was the first time he had heard of storing fruit.

Jiang Ergou nodded and said, "Yes, it's the cellar." I have another one at home, but it's a little smaller. ”

"Far from it?"

Jiang Yang suddenly became interested and asked.

"Not far, out of the yard, next to my pear tree."

"Can you take me to see it now?"

Jiang Ergou agreed: "Of course you can." ”

With that, he got up and came out with an old-fashioned miner's lamp from the hall.

The wrist is thick, about 20 cm long, and the whole body is wrapped in a layer of aluminum alloy, with a red button on it.

Jiang Ergou pressed the switch, and an orange-yellow lamppost shone on the locust tree in the yard.

After making sure that there was no problem with the flashlight, he turned his head to the corner of the yard and shouted, "Mom! I'll take my eldest brother down to the cellar! ”

At this time, it was getting late, and Chen Suzhen's voice came out of the darkness: "The chickens have been killed, this black light is blind, what are you going to do in the cellar!" ”

"Big brother wants to see it!"

Chen Suzhen walked out of the corner with the slaughtered chicken in her hand, and found that the two figures, one tall and one short, had disappeared at the door, leaving only the light pillar of the flashlight flickering and flickering.

A pair of twin sisters blinked their eyes and asked, "Mom, who is this big brother?" Dressed in a good foreign style, it's from the city, right? ”

Chen Suzhen said in a low voice: "Children are not allowed to inquire about adults' affairs, so hurry up and add firewood to burn less pots." ”

Jiang Ling pouted and said, "My brother is only three years older than us, and he is not an adult." ”

Chen Suzhen splashed the blood in the iron basin and said, "Your brother has gone to work for the two of you to study, and he is an adult." Let me tell you two, that person is your brother's boss, don't have a door in your mouth, you have to follow the rules and make a good impression on others, you know? ”

Jiang Ying and Jiang Ling nodded after hearing this, "Got it." ”

Jiang Yangshen stepped on the mud with one foot and one foot shallow, because of a heavy rain just two days ago, the ground was not only soft, but also a lot of silt in many places.

Jiang Ergou took a flashlight and shone it at Jiang Yang's feet and said, "Big brother, you slow down, this road is not easy to walk." ”

Jiang Yang waved his hand and said, "You just follow the road, don't worry about me." ”

Out of the fence yard of Ergou's house, turn right for more than ten meters to his pear tree field.

Rows of fruit trees glowed silvery white in the moonlight, and the leaves on the pear and apple trees were almost gone, and peanuts were planted underneath, and the dead leaves were just enough to become natural fertilizer.

In the rural areas of Shishan County, peanuts are also one of the important crops.

Without taking two steps, Jiang Ergou stopped at a place that looked like the mouth of a well.

There was a plastic sheet that had been transparent on it, and several bricks were pressed against it.

Jiang Ergou took the brick aside, and after lifting the plastic sheet, a strong earthy smell and fruity smell came out from under the cave.

"Big brother, you help me hold the miner's lamp, I'll go down and have a look first."

Jiang Yang took the flashlight into his hand and aimed it at the hole to shine down.

A homemade wooden ladder was a little tattered, Jiang Ergou turned over and stepped on it, and there was a squeaky sound.

His movements were very skillful, like a monkey, and he reached the bottom in three or two strokes.

"Big brother, you can throw me the miner's lamp, and then climb down the ladder, be careful, the ladder is a little slippery."

Jiang Ergou stood under the cellar, looked up at Jiang Yang and said.

"Okay."

Jiang Yang threw the flashlight down, and Jiang Ergou caught it.

Turning over and holding on to the cellar entrance, his left foot stepped on the ladder, shaking and creaking violently, making Jiang Yang feel that the ladder might fall apart at any time.

Fortunately, the entrance to this cave is not high and relatively narrow.

Jiang Yang simply supported both sides with his arms, and then stepped down the ladder.

Because the ladder is too short, it is still more than half a meter high and does not reach the ground.

Jiang Yang simply jumped straight down.

When he landed, Jiang Yang's eyes suddenly brightened.

He thought the cellar was one of those holes that were dug in the ground, but he thought that there was so much space.

This cellar is simply a very large basement, and the surrounding walls are covered with green bricks, and if you look closely, you can see that the crevices are painted with simple waterproof paint.

The fruit frames made of wooden railings and iron nails are neatly arranged, stacked on top of each other, and the frames are full of fruits.

Jiang Yang instantly understood why the fruit could be stored for so long, and one of the main principles was to keep the temperature constant, followed by the effective avoidance of mosquitoes.

Jiang Ergou took out a pear from the frame, wiped it on his clothes, and then handed it over and said, "Big brother, this is a pear from last year, you can taste it." ”

Jiang Yang took it, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

The sweet juice spreads in the mouth, and there is a feeling of bursting pulp.

Suddenly remembered that Ergou mentioned that someone had bought fruit at a high price, so he asked: "Ergou, you just said that someone collected fruit at a high price the year before last, what price did they offer?" ”

Jiang Ergou thought for a while and said, "Apples are eight cents, and pears are two cents." Then he continued: "If you want me to say, this is the people of the village who want to get rich and want to go crazy. The apples in our Shishan County have always been a dime a catty, and the upper and lower ranges have never exceeded a dime. The year before last, it suddenly rose so much, and many fruit farmers tasted the sweetness, so that later others used the price of one piece to harvest, and all of them were not sold. ”

"Over time, more and more fruit has been saved, and many families in the village have begun to build cellars, and the gains outweigh the losses. Later, someone realized that this was not the way to go, but it was too late. Fruit merchants usually come down to harvest the fruit during the fruit season, but now it is autumn, and they can't sell it if they want to. ”

Jiang Ergou muttered in his mouth, picked a somewhat deflated pear and took a bite.

Jiang Yang nodded, Jiang Ergou's words were very helpful to him.

At least he now has some insight into the situation of these growers.

According to Jiang Ergou, now the fruit farmers should be eager to sell these fruits. No matter how long Lu Zhenghua's hand stretches out, it is impossible to stop all the fruit farmers in the countryside from selling fruits, right?

There's got to be a problem.

Jiang Yang's mind was spinning rapidly.

After eating the pears, the two men came out of the cellar.

Due to his size, Jiang Yang's body was stained with a lot of mud.

Chen Suzhen took a wet towel and complained to her son while helping Jiang Yang wipe the mud on his clothes: "It's really ignorant, how can you take someone to the cellar at night." ”

Jiang Ergou smirked and didn't explain.

Jiang Yang smiled: "I'm going, don't blame him." ”

In the dimly lit living room, orange gas bulbs emit a faint light.

On a boxy wooden table, there is a large iron basin with stewed chicken and mushroom vermicelli. Next to the iron basin is a hollowed-out plastic basin filled with palm-sized pot cakes.

Jiang Ying and Jiang Ling sat around and looked at their mother blankly.

And Chen Suzhen rummaged through the cabinets for most of the day and took out a bottle of liquor with labels that were about to fall off.

Jiang Yang could vaguely see the word "Daqu" on the bottle.