Chapter 38: Watermelon ("138 Reading Books")

In the days after the Spring Festival, Liu Peng took Sister Ping to inspect the orchard, forest, pig farm, and even the one acre of nursery also looked at it, after the inspection, Sister Ping said to Liu Peng: "Little brother, according to the current form, it is not bad, as long as there are no accidents, we should be able to do a good job, but you still have to hurry up and open up a new project." ”

The two walked on the field and chatted, "Sister Ping, now we don't have a lot of money in our hands, if we want to do any big projects, I don't think it's okay, I'm saying that part of the money in my hand will be used to maintain this year's expenses, I thought about it, let's grow some vegetables, so the cost is low." ”

"Vegetables? I don't think it's good, the price of vegetables in spring and summer is very low, and it can't be sold for much money, and I used to see people selling summer vegetables in winter when I was studying, and the price was expensive, but now we haven't reached that season, this kind of vegetable thing is still planting next time! Sister Ping denied Liu Peng's idea

"Yes! The price of vegetables in summer is low, and it seems that only in winter can we build greenhouses, and it seems that we still have to think of ways to do it in fruit or breeding. Liu Peng sighed

"Little brother, I have a variety in mind, how about growing watermelons? The cost of investing in this watermelon is not large, and the growth time is short, and the yield is large, so I think it should be able to sell at a good price in the summer. ”

"Watermelon? It's a good project, I think. Liu Peng thought about the characteristics of watermelon, "Watermelon is an annual vine herbaceous plant, which likes a high-temperature growing environment and grows well in sandy soil. ”

Liu Peng suddenly said: "By the way, Sister Ping, isn't there a field in our village that is suitable for growing watermelons?" Not far from our house, there is a field called Shawantian, where the light "sex" is also very good, I think it is suitable for growing watermelons, let's go, we will contact Manager Dong now. ”

"Who is Manager Dong?" Sister Ping quickly followed Liu Peng and asked

"Manager Dong is a partner with our family, and he buys the peach fruit every year and does fruit wholesale in the city."

"Well, let's get to him."

When he arrived at home, Liu Peng dialed Manager Dong's phone, and the familiar voice of Manager Dong came from the phone.

"Hey, Brother Dong, how are you doing? I'm sorry to give you a good old age! Liu Peng said with a smile

"Oh! It's Brother Liu, Happy New Year! I'm not like that, I went to my relatives everywhere during the Spring Festival, and I was so drunk that I was about to vomit blood, and now people are still a little faint. ”

"Brother Dong is a busy man, and now he's busy again?"

"I started business yesterday, and now I'm contacting the list! By the way, I'm going to visit you recently to talk about this year's deals. ”

"Okay, Brother Dong, today I want to know something from you, brother, also about fruits, do you think it's okay!"

"Say it, only *** can help, never be sloppy."

"Brother Dong is refreshing enough, then I'll say it straight, I want to ask you if the list of watermelons is easy to make recently?"

"Ai? How? Brother Liu, are you going to make some watermelons this year? ”

"I won't hide it from your brother, I do have this idea, so I called and asked you about the situation."

"The watermelons in the past few years are okay, especially the recent new varieties, which are particularly easy to sell, I mind if you plant that, it just so happens that I have a list of watermelons in my hand, but fortunately I didn't release it."

"Oh, I don't know what breed it is? Brother, you also know, this is the first time I have planted this watermelon, so I will introduce it to me. ”

"This new variety is just being promoted, called Lenong, which has a high yield, especially in terms of resistance to diseases and insects."

"Then I wonder if my brother can get this variety?"

"Okay, no problem, I'll bring you some seeds when I come to you in two days."

"Thank you so much, brother."

"Don't be polite to me, we've been working together for two years, and it's okay to do a little favor."

Hanging up the phone, Liu Peng smiled and said, "Sister Ping, we decided to plant watermelons, and the seeds will come in a few days." ”

"Little brother, you can take care of this production by yourself, in two days, I have to go back to school once to settle the matter here."

"Okay, now we have only these two products, and we are not very busy, when Sister Ping comes back, we will set up our own agricultural company, and what we should plant at that time will depend on Sister Ping's feedback from the market."

"Okay, I'll do it when the time comes, my sister is also doing it for the first time, and I didn't do it when the time comes, don't blame me, little brother." Sister Ping smiled

"Sister Ping, don't be modest!"

A few days later, Manager Dong still drove his own pickup truck to Liu's house.

Liu Peng made tea, sat down with Manager Dong, and chatted for a while, and then Manager Dong asked: "Little brother, it seems that your village will develop well in the future, and you can do a good job along the way." ”

"Brother, do you mean building roads?"

"Yes, the road has been repaired for more than half now, and this time I have walked a long section of the smooth road, which is much more comfortable, and I think it will not take long for this road to be repaired." Manager Dong said with a smile

"After that, does my brother often come to sit?"

"Okay, Brother Liu, look at the seeds I brought to you, plant them when the weather gets hotter!"

"Thank you so much, brother."

"You're welcome, you're good, isn't it good for me?"

"That's right, brother, this time it's mainly for peach's business?" Liu Peng asked

"Well, put down this year's list, and another thing is to sign an order with other growers in your village, and their fruits should also bear fruit this year!"

"It's time to hang fruit this year, do you want to go with you when the time comes?"

"Okay! By the way, I have one more thing to tell you, which is that the price of peaches may change a little bit this year. ”

Liu Peng looked at Manager Dong steadily, and Manager Dong said: "That's the case, in recent years, peaches have been popularized, and the market has been saturated one after another, although your peaches here are better than others, but I think the price will fall a little, I don't know what the little brother thinks." ”

"That's right! I don't know what price you're going to offer, brother? ”

"Since the little brother has asked, I will also make it clear, I can only open two pieces of five peaches this summer, but the price of peaches in late autumn is still the same, what do you think?"

"Brother, has the price dropped too much this summer? Do you think it's going up a little bit? ”

"Brother Liu, brother, I'm telling the truth, this year's market is really not good, and the wholesalers have also contacted a large number of peaches outside, so the price is naturally lower."

Liu Peng smiled and said, "Brother, this really can't go up, I also need a lot of investment this year, and the funds are a little tight!" ”

Manager Dong gritted his teeth and said: "Little brother, okay, I can only raise two more 'cents', if it is higher, I won't make enough." ”

"Alright, brother! I can't say it enough, don't you say? ”

After talking about the deal, Liu Peng took Manager Dong to the homes of several other villagers who planted fruits, and signed this year's peaches, although their yield was not high, but the villagers were also very happy, seeing that the fruits planted this year were about to be harvested, and their hearts were naturally happy.