Cao Shujie rode an electric tricycle to the stone monument at the north end of Caojiazhuang to wait for him, and when he was bored, he took out his mobile phone to play for a while.

A motorized tricycle with a shed carried Zuo Le to the intersection of the stone monument at the north end of Caojiazhuang, and after the old man who rode the three-wheeled car put him down, he asked him if he needed to wait for him, and then took him back to the town.

Zuo Le wasn't sure what time he would leave, so after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Uncle, if you see it's convenient, give me your phone, if I need it, I'll call you, how about it." ”

"That's fine." The old man nodded, directly took out a business card for Zuo Le, and then turned around and left.

Zuo Le was carrying a black canvas bag, standing at the entrance of Caojiazhuang Village, and after seeing Cao Shujie sitting on a stone bar playing with his mobile phone, he asked him: "This brother, is there a person named Cao Shujie in your village?" ”

"Are you Mr. Zuo?" Cao Shujie reacted, he never expected Zuo Le to come so quickly.

"Ouch, you're Boss Cao." Zuo Le also understood that the young man in front of him was the main person he was looking for.

The two shook hands and introduced themselves again.

Cao Shujie had already called Cao Zhen just now to ask him about Zuo Le, and was about to scold him when Cao Zhen hung up the phone first.

Cao Shujie originally wanted to shout Zuo Le to go to his house to drink a glass of water and rest first, but Zuo Le refused, he wanted to go and see the apples in Cao Shujie's orchard first.

From getting off the train to the transfer to Caojiazhuang, he has been thinking about it all the way.

"Then take my tricycle, let's go up the mountain." Cao Shujie pointed to the tricycle next to him and said.

Zuo Le happily put the black canvas bag into the car body, and he also followed him and sat in the car body.

A few minutes later, Cao Shujie rode an electric tricycle to the turning platform on the mountain, stopped the electric car, he and Zuo Le got off, and Cao Shujie took him to the orchard.

"Boss Cao, did you get this?" Zuo Le looked at the orchard enclosed by barbed wire fences, as well as the road up the mountain and the turning platform on the mountain, he was quite surprised, he didn't expect to see such a formal place here.

Zuo Le has seen a lot of fruit trees planted on the mountain, but he has never seen one as upright as Cao Shujie here, and he even paid out of his own pocket to pave roads, isn't this a pure waste of money?

"Otherwise, the government won't pay for it." Cao Shujie teased.

Zuo Le also laughed.

As soon as Cao Shujie turned around, he saw that Zuo Le was still carrying his black canvas bag, so he pointed to his electric tricycle and said, "Mr. Zuo, just put the bag on the car, here, no one will touch the things in my car." ”

Zuo Le heard him say this, and put his bag on the car.

Entering the orchard, Cao Shujie took him towards the old fruit tree, Zuo Le's nose was very smart, and he could already smell the fragrance of apples.

A smile naturally appeared on his face, and he said, "That's the smell." ”

When he got closer, he saw the red apples hanging on the fruit trees, like little red lights, and Zuo Le was full of joy.

Cao Shujie picked an apple from the tree at random, wiped the dust with his own handkerchief, and handed it to Zuo Le: "Mr. Zuo taste it." ”

Zuo Le was not polite, he took it with both hands with a smile, he didn't wipe it anymore, he took a bite, the juice of the apple splashed in his mouth, and his eyes brightened: "Boss Cao, this one you gave me seems to be a little sweeter." ”

This statement made Cao Shujie find it very interesting, and he asked: "Mr. Zuo, can you even taste such a subtle difference?" ”

"It's okay, it's mainly because I've been pouring fruits in the past few years, and my mouth is more delicate, and other things may not be able to eat, but I'm very sensitive to the difference in fruits."

After saying that, he took two more bites, and then saw that the middle part of the apple was also a bright yellow circle, which was not the same as the characteristics heard from the others in detail, and besides, he had never eaten the new variety, and he was not sure that these two were the same variety.

But he thinks that the apple in front of him should not be inferior to Xinjiang.

Hearing Zuo Le say this, Cao Shujie was a little ashamed, at least in terms of tasting the quality of fruits, Zuo Le looked more professional than him, and it seemed that he still had a lot to learn.

The two of them walked to the depths of the orchard while eating apples, Zuo Le picked a place with a slightly higher terrain, asked Cao Shujie, picked an apple from the fruit tree, and carefully tasted the taste of the apple, and could feel that there was a slight difference in the taste of the two apples he had just eaten.

Looking at the apples hanging on the fruit tree, Zuo Le suddenly asked, "Mr. Cao, there is a bumper harvest in your orchard this year, right?" What about last year's production? How much worse than this year? ”

He asked about the annual change in the size of apples, which is literal.

This kind of naturally growing fruit and constant mechanical production methods can not form an intuitive contrast, for example, apples last year per mu yield of 4000 catties, this year there is a high probability of reducing the yield of 20% ~ 30%, there are many reasons for this result.

At this time, in order to achieve the balance of output, it is necessary to adjust the balance through external conditions and human intervention.

Cao Shujie also understands this, he said with a smile: "Last year's output is not as good as this year's." ”

Since the beginning of spring in March, Cao Shujie has begun to apply enough nutrients to the land and fruit trees, and has also used organic fertilizer to prune excess branches.

These apples, which can hang on the branches, are full of nutrients.

In addition, he has plenty of sunlight in this mountainous area, and Cao Shujie did not pick it in advance in order to sell it in time for money, and a variety of factors converged to make his batch of naturally ripe apples taste better and have more sugar.

"This year's production is bigger than last year's?" Zuo Le repeated the confirmation.

"Sort of!" Cao Shujie said ambiguously.

Zuo Le heard him say this. After thinking about it for a while, he asked him, "Mr. Cao, do you sell these apples?" I can make a high price. ”

"How much?" Cao Shujie asked subconsciously.

Hearing Cao Shujie ask the price, Zuo Le knew in his heart that this was more than buying and selling.

I'm afraid that Cao Shujie won't even ask, which means that he really has no idea of selling to the outside world, so there is really nothing to talk about.

But how much should you bid? Zuo Le was very embarrassed again.

The price is too low, it definitely won't work, Cao Shujie may not dump him.

But the price of a new variety of fruit is too high, and Zuo Le is worried that the market will not buy it, and when these things are smashed in his hands, it is he who will lose, and he, the second dealer who pours high-quality fruits, will begin to be embarrassed.

"How much is more appropriate?" Zuo Le began to ponder in his heart.

As a qualified second-hand seller of high-quality fruits, Zuo Le is very clear about the price trend of apples.

He knows that since 09 years and to the beginning of this year, the price of apples has been going up, and at the highest time, ordinary apples have reached the price of 8 yuan a kilogram.

After the first quarter of this year, the price of apples has come down, but it is still hovering at the price of more than 6 yuan a kilogram.

And that's the wholesale price!

What offer does he want to give Cao Shujie?

Think about it. Zuo Le stretched out a fist and said, "10 yuan a kilogram, what does Boss Cao think?" ”

"That's 5 yuan a pound?" Cao Shujie asked.

Seeing Zuo Le nodding, Cao Shujie directly shook his head and rejected him: "It's too low, don't sell it." ”

Boss Cao was so happy, he felt that he had to stand his ground.

Zuo Le was mentally prepared and asked him: "How much does Boss Cao think is appropriate?" ”

"Mr. Zuo, to tell you the truth, I originally planned to call my old customers and ask them if they wanted to come over and pick a little."

"You may not know that the picking price of a batch of kiwifruit I planted before was 28 yuan a catty." Cao Shujie seemed to mention this matter casually.

Zuo Le had already heard Cao Zhen talk about this on the train, and when he heard Cao Shujie deliberately mention it at this moment, he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

He said: "Boss Cao, I know what you mean, but the problem is that Apple's price has not been much higher over the years. ”

"But my apple is delicious!" Cao Shujie said with certainty.

He caught on to this and didn't let go.

What is delicious and small in quantity is bound to be not cheap.

Zuo Le thought to himself: "If your apples are not delicious, will I waste time with you here?" ”

He could think so, but some things couldn't be said.

"Boss Cao, I'll add two more yuan to you for a catty, what do you think?" Zuo Le asked him.

Most fruit farmers are actually at a disadvantage, they do not have perfect market sales channels, and it is difficult for the apples they grow to sell in large quantities to the outside world, because they are very dependent on second-hand fruit sellers or wholesalers.

But today, there is such an anomaly, and he himself is still selling well.

In this way, there is no way to get a throttle, and when it comes to the price, the advantage of the fruit seller is gone.

"Two bucks?" Cao Shujie said: "7 yuan a catty? ”

"Yes, what do you think, Boss Cao?" Zuo Le asked him.

He said: "I also have to bear the cost of shipping, the cost of fruit damage, and the high risk of not being able to sell it in the future, and if the price is high, I will not make much money." ”

But Cao Shujie was still not satisfied, he directly stretched out a fist: "Mr. Zuo." I don't want much, a pound of apples, if it's okay, I'll keep a few hundred pounds, and you can take all the rest. ”

"Mr. Cao, the price of 10 yuan a pound is too high, to be honest, I am very risky." Zuo Le is relatively rational, and he didn't agree to it all at once.

Cao Shujie looked at the expression on Zuo Le's face very seriously, but Zuo Le is also an old man.

He couldn't see anything useful in the other party's eyes, so he said, "Mr. Zuo, I am very happy that you can make a special trip to make you a friend." ”

"Friends came, according to the custom on our side. It is necessary to have good wine and meat to entertain, you see, let's go to my house and rest for a while. How about a drink at noon? Cao Shujie said.

Zuo Le: "......"

He looked at Cao Shujie's appearance carefully, pushed back his age, and wondered how old he was, how could he be so shameless at a young age?

I really can't figure out this problem, Zuo Le simply doesn't waste brain cells.

From yesterday to this morning, he didn't have a good meal in the middle, he was really a little hungry, looking at the situation in the village, he couldn't find a restaurant to eat seriously, Zuo Le simply followed Cao Shujie to his house.

Wang Yuelan saw her son come back with a stranger, and she wondered who this was?

Then she heard her son say that she was buying apples, Wang Yuelan hurriedly made tea, and when she heard her son say that Zuo Le was eating at their house, she went to pull the refrigerator again to see what was delicious and take it out to entertain guests.

This made Zuo Le very embarrassed, feeling that it was too troublesome for others.

Cheng Xiaolin looked at Meng Meng at home, the little guy was a little scared of strangers, and after seeing Zuo Le, she ran directly behind her mother and hid.

Cheng Xiaolin also coaxed her: "Mengmeng, you call uncle good." ”

"Nope." Meng Meng muttered quietly.

But she is more bold in the end, and after getting a little familiar, Meng Meng will not hide.

She ran to her father's side again, looked at Zuo Le frequently, and when Cao Shujie taught her for the third time, the little guy shouted: "Hello uncle, my name is Mengmeng." ”

Zuo Le listened to the little girl calling him, his heart was happy, he touched his body, and finally took out his wallet, took out two 100 yuan from it, and handed them to Mengmeng, and said: "I came in too much hurry today, and I didn't buy anything, Mengmeng, you take the 200 yuan, see what you want to eat and buy it yourself, okay?" ”

"No, I can't." Meng Meng shook her head like a rattle, and she said, "Dad said that you can't ask for other people's money." ”

She said this sentence quite smoothly.

Zuo Le said: "It's okay, you call me uncle, then I am no one else." ”

"No, I don't." Meng Meng ran away after finishing speaking.

Cao Shujie hurriedly said: "Mr. Zuo, what are you doing, hurry up and put the money away." ”

"This is a little bit of my heart for my children, and it has nothing to do with anything else." Zuo Le said.

He said so, but Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin didn't want either of them.

Zuo Le couldn't help it in the end, so he put the money back in his wallet.

During the meal, Cao Shujie wanted to invite him to drink some wine, but Zuo Lezhi didn't drink it.

The two chatted, and Zuo Le also wanted to fight for Apple's purchase price.

But Cao Shujie has never let go, and Zuo Le can't agree with the purchase price of 10 yuan per catty, and the two of them are a little deadlocked.

That's going to be a tough one, so let's just leave it at that.

After lunch, Cao Shujie drove Zuo Le to the town, he did not go directly, but found a hotel in the town to stay first.

finally met a good boutique pinnacle fruit, Zuo Le didn't give up so easily, he was thinking about how to reach an agreement with Cao Jie.

Let's say that after Cao Shujie sent Zuo Le to the town, he drove back to Caojiazhuang.

When he returned home, his wife Cheng Xiaolin asked him: "Shujie, I think the price of 7 yuan a pound is not low, why don't you sell it?" ”

Wang Yuelan next to her also said: "When we sold it last year, it was only more than three yuan a catty. ”

"Mom, let me think about it again, it's not about money." Cao Shujie waved his hand and said.

Something happened.,Delayed the update today.。

12,000 can't be done, I'll write a big chapter in the evening, and 10,000 will be guaranteed today.

Sorry to keep my friends waiting.

(End of chapter)