13. Corn is also valuable
The sun rises and sets, the light and shadow change, and in a blink of an eye, it is the beginning of June.
June is an important time for the annual college entrance examination and high school entrance examination in Dahan Kingdom, and for families with students at home, June is an appointment.
This year, Mo Changfeng is going to take the high school entrance examination, and her goal is to be admitted to the sharp knife class of Guozhong Luchuan Middle School.
In the past three months, this girl's grades have been improving rapidly, and by the end of May, when the county's last thorough exam, she was admitted to the top 50 in the county, and the first place in Ludong Town, which made her more confident.
Of course, as an elder brother, Mo Changfeng has also been cheering for his sister and creating a good learning environment for her, so that she can go all out to study.
During this time, Mo Changfeng always felt that he had become much smarter, not only his brain was becoming clearer and clearer, all kinds of knowledge were becoming simpler and simpler, but he also always had endless energy, and he made rapid progress every day.
Of course, this is because every weekend when she goes home, Mo Changfeng will massage her head, comb the meridians of her head, and a large amount of food rich in spiritual energy, which brings her great changes.
Mo Changfeng believes that under such conditions, even if he is a fool, he can learn something, not to mention that his sister's grades are not bad, the foundation is relatively good, and it is normal to make great progress.
During this time, he worked with his parents every day, but he was not very busy, mainly to accompany his parents to make them happy.
In addition, Mo Changfeng submitted an application report to the village for the renovation of dilapidated houses, and the village immediately approved it, and then reported to the town.
Now that the family already has some money, Mo Changfeng began to buy various building materials, such as steel bars, cement, sand and stones, bricks, etc., and did not wait until the second half of the year to buy them temporarily.
Because in the countryside, there are generally more houses built in the second half of the year, because they have to go out to work to earn money in the first half of the year, so they only come back to build houses in the second half of the year.
Moreover, this year, the Han Kingdom began to renovate the dilapidated houses in the countryside, and those who are included in the dilapidated houses can apply for a subsidy of 25,000 yuan, and the Mo family was identified as a dilapidated house at the end of last year, so there is also this subsidy, but it needs to wait until the house is repaired and the higher-level housing and construction department will come to accept it before it will be issued.
In the past few days of the high school entrance examination, Mo Shifu and Wang Juhua were a little nervous, worried about their daughter's exam results, and they didn't even have much thought about working in the field.
"Mom and Dad, you won't worry, Changfeng girl has been admitted to the first place in the town not long ago, and there will be no problem in being admitted to Luchuan Middle School. It's the best sharp knife class, and I guess I can get in. Mo Changfeng persuaded his parents.
"Can this girl be admitted?" Although they knew that their daughter had done well in the exam recently, she had never been top performers before, so Mo Shifu and Wang Juhua still had no bottom in their hearts.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry, I can be admitted to university, not to mention that Changfeng is much smarter than when I was a child, and it is not a piece of cake to be admitted to a key high school." Mo Changfeng had to belittle himself to give his parents confidence.
"That's right, your sister is much smarter than when you were a child, so it makes sense, you can go to college, she must be fine." Unexpectedly, his parents immediately figured it out, which made Mo Changfeng a little speechless.
However, seeing that his parents were in a good mood, Mo Changfeng didn't care, and it was nothing to be a stepping stone for his sister.
At noon, my mother was mowing grass in the field, and when she came back, she cut five or six corn cobs and came back, tearing off the layers of light green skin on the outside, revealing the crystal corn inside, exuding a burst of natural fragrance.
"Mom, can you eat corn?" Mo Changfeng thought that when he was a child, when he came home from school in the summer, his mother would always cook a few corn cobs, which tasted delicious.
"Well, it's almost enough to eat. This year's corn is full and will definitely be delicious. Mother Wang Juhua raised the corn cob in her hand and said with a smile.
"Of course, I also watered the corn field with nutritious water, so our corn will taste better than ordinary corn." Mo Changfeng nodded and said.
"Hey, why is this year's corn so delicious?" Sure enough, when I was eating boiled corn at noon, my father said with a look of surprise.
"Well, it's delicious, much better than in previous years. Son, do you think it's okay to sell our corn cobs for money? If we can sell it for money, our family can have more than 20 acres of corn in the mountains. Mother Wang Juhua suddenly asked.
"Of course, we can sell it for money, and if we want to sell our corn, we have to pay at least five yuan a corn cob, and we won't sell it if it's cheap." Mo Changfeng didn't think about selling corn before, after all, the pigs at home have always been fed corn, but now that the corn cob is so delicious, it can naturally be sold for money.
"After two days, when the Changfeng Middle School exam is over, let her get some corn cobs every day and sell them at the intersection of Yulong Lake. And our peaches are almost ripe, so let's sell them together when the time comes. Mo Shifu thought for a moment and said.
"Mom and Dad, there are a lot of things that our family can sell, I want to buy a tricycle, and it will be more convenient to pull things to sell when the time comes, what do you think?" Mo Changfeng discussed with his parents.
"Yes, a tricycle only costs one or two thousand yuan, and with it, you can save yourself from picking it on your shoulders when harvesting grain, and it is convenient to go to the market at other times." Mo Shifu was the first to agree.
Because in the countryside, the roads are getting better and better, and most people have a small three-wheeler, which is very convenient to load grain from the field and go home, or ride to the market or something.
Mo Shifu has always been envious of the second brother Mo Shilu's family with a small three-wheeler, but he is embarrassed to mention it to his family, in his opinion, the family's fruit sales are all the credit of his son.
"Your father is right, your second uncle and ninth uncle have small three-wheelers at home, and our family should also buy a small three-wheeler." Wang Juhua knows a lot about men's thoughts, after all, she usually hears him muttered occasionally, and she supports it at this time.
On the day Mo Changfeng finished the middle school exam, it was the day of the market, Mo Changfeng took his parents to the market with a battery car, and then spent 1,600 yuan to buy a small three-wheeler.
"Mom and Dad, brother, did you buy a small three-wheeler?" When Changfeng came out with her luggage, she saw that the whole family was waiting for her next to the school gate, and her father was driving a brand-new small three-wheeler.
"That's right, this is to pick up the little three-wheeler you bought." Mo Changfeng went over and took his sister's big bag and small bag, and then put it into the body of the small three-wheeled car, and said with a smile.
"Hehe, I'm finally done with the exam, and I can easily play for more than two months." After Mo Changfeng put away his luggage, he said cheerfully.
"Girl, how did you do in the exam? Can you go to that top class? Wang Juhua asked a little nervously.
"Of course, there is no problem, the questions in the high school exam are too simple, and they are not as difficult as our usual exam questions." Mo Changfeng waved his hand and said easily.
"Alright, let's go home and celebrate." Mo Changfeng said with a smile.
The father rode a small three-wheeler, the mother sat next to him, and the younger sister jumped on Mo Changfeng's battery car, and the family returned home with laughter, leaving a lively laugh all the way.
"Yo, old Motou, buy a small three-wheeler."
"Good guy, buy a new three-wheeler."
"Old Mo, do you want to have a treat?"
Entering the village, the villagers on the side of the road saw Mo Shifu's family, and greeted them enthusiastically, gossiping about their new three wheels, and some words were full of envy.
Since Mo Changfeng returned home, the situation of the old Mo family has been getting better and better. Except for contracting the more than 30 acres of barren slope land, it seems that nothing has been done, but everything seems to be completely different.
For example, those fruits of the old Mo family, which were not worth much in previous years, where did I think that Mo Changfeng would make any nutritious water, and the loquat after watering was so delicious.
There are also watermelons, and many villagers in the village grow some watermelons every year, but most of them are just planted for their own consumption, and only a few villagers grow more and can sell them for some money.
However, the watermelons of the old Mo family were sold at sky-high prices, which made the villagers who planted watermelons envious and jealous, because the difference was too great.
Some villagers came to the door and wanted to buy some nutritious water, but Mo Changfeng refused for the time being, saying that it is difficult to prepare nutritious water at present, and the quantity is small, so it can only meet their own needs.
However, Mo Changfeng didn't say anything to death, only said that in the future, there will be more nutritious water prepared, and some of it will be sold to the people in the village.
In fact, as time goes by, the aura gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array will become more and more intense, and the other villagers around the Mo family will be the first to benefit, and then it will expand to the entire village.
Therefore, Mo Changfeng planned to launch the nutrient water after a while, and at that time, most of the village was shrouded in aura, and various crops would naturally contain a trace of aura and become different.
At lunchtime, my mother cooked another pot of corn on the cob, which everyone loved so much that it could almost replace rice.
"I think we can get a honeycomb coal stove, and use a big pot on it to cook corn cobs directly to sell, others can eat it when they buy it, and they can taste it directly, and the effect will be better."
When it came to asking her to help sell corn cobs, Mo Changfeng put forward her own idea, which she said was inspired by the idea that there were roasted red lotus and boiled tea eggs on the street.
"It's a good idea, although it costs some honeycomb coal, but boiled corn cobs can be sold more expensive, and the cost is very low, and it can be sold for a while." Mo Changfeng nodded and said.
And there are ready-made honeycomb coal stoves at home, as well as large pots, so it is very convenient.
After lunch, the family took action, got seventy or eighty corn cobs back, boiled twenty in a large pot, and then Mo Changfeng and his sister rode a tricycle slowly to Yulong Lake.
At this time, the corn cob is almost cooked.
Mo Changfeng stopped the tricycle, and Changfeng used chopsticks to take out the corn cobs from the pot, put them into the cooking basket next to them to cool, and at the same time boiled a pot.
And as the corn cobs were taken out of the pot here, a rich fragrance drifted away with the wind, and the surrounding vendors already knew Mo Changfeng, but they didn't expect him to come to sell boiled corn cobs.
"Damn, isn't it just corn on the cob, how can it be so fragrant?" Someone couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
At present, it is the time when the corn cob is full, and almost every household in the countryside will cook corn cobs to eat, so these people have actually eaten it, but when they smell the Mo family's corn cob, they feel that the fragrance is unbearable.
"Brother Mo, how do you sell this corn cob? My family hasn't brought me food yet, and I'm almost hungry. A man walked over and asked.
"Five dollars a corn cob, no bargaining." Mo Changfeng said with a grin.
"So expensive? The corn cob on the street is only two or three yuan a catty, and your corn cob is at most half a catty, isn't it equivalent to ten yuan a catty? The man asked in surprise.
"Big brother, I'm boiling corn on the cob, you can eat it if you buy it, how much trouble you can save." Mo Changfeng said with a smile.
"Moreover, my corn cob must be different from yours, if you don't believe it, you can buy one and try it, it is guaranteed to be worth the money." Mo Changfeng said while beating the side drum next to him.
"Okay, I'll buy one and try it, although it smells really good, but I don't know if it's that delicious?" After thinking about it, the man couldn't help but drool for a long time, and his heart ached and paid for a corn cob.
"Hey, how do you sell corn on the cob? Brother, is it delicious? The man took the corn cob and took a bite before a small car stopped next to him and asked.
"Damn, Brother Mo, your corn cob breed is different, right? How can it be so delicious? The man's eyes widened, and then he gnawed so quickly that he almost bit his tongue.
"Really? You're not playing a double reed, are you? The owner of the car asked suspiciously.
"Believe it or not. Such a delicious corn cob, it's your loss not to eat it. The man snorted and hurried back to his stall to enjoy his meal.
"Boss, my corn cob, it's definitely a delicacy that can't be changed, only five yuan a piece, if you can't eat it, you can't eat it, do you want to taste it?" Mo Changfeng is very talented, and he is not afraid to sell his own corn cobs.
"Let's buy two, they smell good." There was also a woman in the car, she said to the man who was driving.
So, they bought two corn cobs, tasted them on the spot, and then looked surprised, they really didn't expect even corn cobs to be so delicious.
"Buy a few more and bring them to your family to taste." Before she finished eating, the woman in the car said.
Later, they bought four more corn cobs, for a total of six, and drove away happily.
And with someone taking the lead, some other passing vehicles also stop from time to time to ask, but basically they can't help but buy one to taste, and after tasting it, they will buy one or two more.
Soon, Mo Changfeng and his sister were busy, the first pot had just been sold, the second pot was cooked, and the third pot was also cooked.
In this way, in about three hours, all the seventy or eighty corn cobs they had brought were sold, and the harvest was about four hundred yuan, and the brother and sister happily rode home on a tricycle.
"Is it really sold out? If you sell it this way, it's more cost-effective than raising pigs. "When I got home, my parents were shocked to find out that corn on the cob was so good to sell.