Chapter Twenty-Six: Zhang's Father and Zhang's Mother
Early the next morning, Liu Xiaoyu didn't expect that he would sleep peacefully this night, and it seems that sometimes a lazy spleen is still a little beneficial.
Getting out of bed, he walked to the door of the living room, where the damp floor in the courtyard reminded him that the chūn rain of last night was not in a dream.
After the rain, the sky was exceptionally blue, and the white clouds in the sky fluttered leisurely in the wind. The air is filled with the pleasant scent of herbs. Pushing open the door of the compound, a faint mist shrouded the distance like a thin veil.
On a whim, Liu Xiaoyu didn't bother to wash, his body was stretched, and his troubled mind last night was wiped out by one move and one style of boxing.
After boxing, Liu Xiaoyu finished his chores in the morning and called Zhang Shun's parents, telling them that he was already at home, and he could come directly if he had time, and the other party agreed on the phone.
Walking out of the courtyard gate, Liu Xiaoyu patrolled the one acre and two points of land next to his house, counting the time, there is still more than a month before the strawberry market, if the strawberry seedlings needed this week can be all together, and the greenhouse is good, the time will still be in time to catch up with the strawberry market.
After going around and walking back to the gate of the compound, looking at the still deserted mountains in the distance, Liu Xiaoyu's heart was a little anxious, when would his career start.
Liu Xiaoyu, who had nothing to do, stayed in the living room and looked at it for a while, looking at the time when it was almost ten o'clock, Liu Xiaoyu just thought that Zhang Shun's parents would not come so early, but there was a call outside the courtyard gate:
"Is Xiao Liu at home?"
Listening to the voice, he knew that it was Zhang's father's voice, Liu Xiaoyu hurriedly got up and went out of the house and shouted:
"At home, at home, please come in."
As soon as the words fell, I saw two people walking in outside the courtyard gate, and it was indeed Zhang's father and Zhang's mother. Liu Xiaoyu hurriedly greeted them and invited the two into the living room, Zhang's father and mother were not too embarrassed to go in at first, because the village road was muddy, and their feet were stained with some yellow mud.
After Liu Xiaoyu learned about this, he hurriedly went back to the house and took a pair of thin cotton slippers for the two of them, and they entered the house.
I didn't use the space tea, after all, that thing was too eye-catching. So Liu Xiaoyu just put two ordinary cups of tea in front of Zhang's father and mother.
After both parties sat down, they did not get into the topic at the beginning, but exchanged pleasantries first.
After some small talk, and after drinking two pours of tea, Liu Xiaoyu began to say to the point:
"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, this time Zhang Shun should have told you two about some of my thoughts when he came home?"
"Junko said it, but we still want to hear from you." Zhang's father didn't speak, but Zhang's mother opened her mouth.
"Oh, okay, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang are like this, you two also know that I have rented some land in the village, and I am going to build a greenhouse strawberry on the one acre and two acres of land next to the house, and I am going to plant some green plums and blueberries on the mountain, but I am really too busy to be alone, so I want to ask a few people to help, first of all, I thought of you two, so I asked Zhang Shun to help tell you to see if it is okay." Liu Xiaoyu said.
"If the strawberries in the greenhouse are mixed with the fruit trees in the mountains, even if we come, we won't have enough manpower." Mother Zhang thought about it for a while and said.
"Of course we won't do it together, the most important thing at the moment is to get the strawberries in the greenhouse, and the more than one acre of land is not big, as long as the shed is tied up and then the ground is ridged. I have already told the village chief about the strawberry seedlings, and this time I want to buy two-year-old strawberry seedlings, as long as I take care of the planting field, I will be able to ripen the fruits when the strawberries are on the market this time. Liu Xiaoyu said.
"That's okay, when you buy greenhouse materials, you can also ask the other party to send someone to assist in the installation, plus the three of us are basically enough. However, when will you be able to implement the strawberry seedlings? Mother Zhang asked very seriously.
"I'll contact the village chief again today, I don't think it should be a problem this week." Liu Xiaoyu thought for a while and said.
"Well, if that's the case, you can put up the shed and the ground first, so that the strawberry seedlings will be alive when they arrive." Zhang's mother said.
"Huh... Aunt Zhang is very expert, what? Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, did this? Liu Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"How can I do it, it's not that she heard her son come back the day before yesterday, so she went to the county to find someone who knows how to ask on the same day, otherwise where would she understand this." Father Zhang interjected and said.
"Huh... Aunt Zhang, you are really a capable person. Liu Xiaoyu looked at Aunt Zhang, who was glaring at him because of Father Zhang's words, and said with a smile.
"Would you two like to come to me and help?" Liu Xiaoyu then asked.
"Xiao Liu, as the saying goes: ugly words ahead, our family also has a few acres of land, and it is not a problem to live all year round, his father still has a little skill in repairing motors, and he can earn some money in a year, so we want to ask, if we come to you to help, what kind of treatment can you give?" Mother Zhang pondered and said.
"Yes, yes, the words should be said in the front, otherwise what to do in the back, Aunt Zhang, you are right. I think so, you can choose to get paid on a monthly basis, or you can choose a profit share. I will pay you 1,002 a month, and if you choose profit sharing, I will give you 20% of the total sales of strawberries this time. Liu Xiaoyu said.
Hearing this, Zhang's mother calculated an account in her heart, strawberries can produce two seasons a year, and one acre of strawberry land is divided according to different varieties, and the less can receive more than 1,000 kilograms, and the more can receive about 2,000 kilograms.
According to her understanding, in previous years, strawberries were the most expensive when they first went on the market, and they could generally be sold for 15~20 yuan a pound in Nanjing City, and the price dropped after the listing of strawberries in large quantities, and the lowest could be sold at 7 or 8 yuan a catty.
For example, the large strawberry fields in Fujiabian area of Lishui County provide self-picking strawberry projects, which can not only be sold for more than 10 yuan a catty, but also bring some other income.
If you wholesale it according to an average of five yuan per catty, it will be an income of 1.5 yuan according to three thousand catties, and a profit of two percent will be 3,000 yuan, which looks more than a monthly salary, but after all, there are still many uncertainties in it.
"We still get paid monthly, but Xiao Liu can't go home for dinner because he is here to help, so I want to ask you if you take care of the meal?" Mother Zhang thought about it for a long time, and finally made a relatively safe decision.
"Anyway, except for breakfast, I take care of lunch and dinner. Since you two have decided to come over to help, then the affairs of the family must be arranged, otherwise it will not be good if you are busy and can't find anyone. Liu Xiaoyu said.
"No problem, we'll take care of things at home in the next two days, and we'll come over on Monday and Wednesday." Zhang's mother said.
"Okay, since you have decided to get your salary on a monthly basis, well, in this way, I will pay you a month's salary in advance, and then support you on a monthly basis, no problem?" Liu Xiaoyu said.
"No problem." Mother Zhang said very bluntly.
"Ok, come on, come on, the kid replaces wine with tea, thank you two for coming over to help." Liu Xiaoyu picked up the teacup and said.
The two sides talked about some details again, considering that Zhang's mother is indeed very capable, and Liu Xiaoyu doesn't want to be too busy with everything, so it is very beautiful to call trust, and the other is to be lazy to hand over the task of purchasing greenhouse materials to Zhang's mother.
I lost a passbook that I had handled in the rural credit cooperative in the town when I first came to Zhang's mother, with 20,000 yuan on it, told the other party the password for withdrawal, and asked Zhang's mother to do a good job of the detailed account, and she might check the account at any time.
Everything was done, Liu Xiaoyu sent Zhang's father and mother out of the door, turned around and went into the house and picked up the phone to contact Liu Caichang. After the phone was connected, I learned that the other party was already busy in the county for Liu Xiaoyu's affairs, and the strawberry seedlings could be delivered by the weekend, all of which were two-year seedlings.
Liu Xiaoyu, who was relieved, continued today's leisurely life.