Chapter 51: The Fruit of the Mountains
Shanqing Village is said to be nearby, and the straight-line distance does not seem to be far.
But when you really have to drive through, this road is far away.
The roads in the mountains are not all tunnels that pass through directly, and these roads leading to the village are basically built by means of flat terrain, and some places obviously look very close, but if you want to go through, you have to go around a big circle.
After driving for almost an hour, Yunfeng and they finally entered the bustling area.
Guo Sheng said: "It seems to be a town here, and it's quite lively." ”
"There are hospitals, there are supermarkets, and there are people who sell electricity." Xu Tian also said.
The people in the village have a long way to go to the city, and most of them actually buy things when they go to the town, and they don't go to the city specifically.
"It's a little bit more away, but we guess we'll have to live in the town today." Cloud Wind Channel.
There's no need to go to the city, and the time wasted back and forth will take four or five hours.
The three of them found a small hotel, booked two rooms, and then found a small restaurant for a meal.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the three of them were ready to leave.
As soon as he walked out of the door of the hotel, Yunfeng saw an old man pulling a tricycle walking past the door.
The tricycle was full of foam boxes, cardboard boxes, and plastic bottles and the like.
The old man pushed the front of the cart and moved forward slowly, his body was already rickety, and he looked very difficult to walk.
"Master, where are you sending things?" Yunfeng asked.
The old man said, "There's a scrap yard in front, I'll send it there." ”
Yunfeng looked ahead, the road ahead was uphill, and this road was still far away.
"I'll help you, you pull, I'll push the cart in the back."
After Yun Feng finished speaking, he threw the car keys to Guo Sheng.
"You drive, follow behind."
"Okay." Guo Sheng took the key.
The old man laughed, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome, let's go." Cloud Wind Channel.
He stretched out his hand and pushed the back of the car, which was still quite heavy and a little heavy.
The old man continued to pull in front.
"Master, why don't you ride." Yunfeng asked.
The old man smiled: "I fell off when I rode a bike, and my legs and feet were not good." ”
Yun Feng glanced at the old man's legs, it seemed that there was some disease, and it was no longer straight.
Yun Feng asked again, "Then you are from the town?" ”
"I'm not from the town, I'm in Shanqing Village, and I come here every day to pick up scraps."
Yun Feng heard that it was from Shanqing Village, and he became even more interested.
However, it is normal to meet Shanqing Village here, which is relatively close to Shanqing Village, and it is convenient for people in the village to come.
"Master, then you make money by picking up rags?"
The old man said: "The land I planted in the house, we call that thing the golden fruit, and that thing called the lion's mandarin, but we can't sell it, so we can only sell one scrap, and the others can't be done." ”
"Why can't you sell it?" Yunfeng asked.
"In the mountains, no one wants to collect it, and I can't collect it alone." The old man said.
Yunfeng walked while chatting with the old man, and after a while, the car was pushed to the door of a scrap yard.
The old man stopped and said, "It's time to get there, thank you young man, I'll give you money, I can't let you help in vain." ”
"Don't need money, you go in and sell your things."
The old man smiled and pulled the car into the scrap yard.
The yard of the acquisition station is large, and there are all kinds of waste piled up in it.
The old man stepped forward to talk to the owner of the scrap yard, and Yunfeng waited on the side.
Guo Sheng and Xu Tian also followed.
"Why don't you leave?" Guo Sheng asked.
Yun Feng said: "This master is from Shanqing Village, let's take him to the village later." ”
Guo Sheng nodded.
After a while, the old man finished talking to the owner of the scrap yard and began to unload the scrap from the car and put it on the scale on the side.
Yun Feng also stepped forward to help carry things.
Such a large pile of things, tossed back and forth several times, and finally the owner of the scrap yard settled the bill and gave the old man fourteen yuan.
"Master, that's fourteen yuan for so many things?" Yunfeng was a little surprised.
He thought he could sell it for more money, but he didn't expect it to be like that.
Just picking up these things and pulling them over will cost more than 14 yuan.
"Yes, that's all, boy, I'll give you money."
The old man stuffed the four pieces of one dollar in his hand into Yunfeng's hand.
"No, no, you take it."
Yunfeng pushed the money to the old man again.
"Master, aren't you planting lion's mandarins, you take me to see the fruits you planted."
"Okay." The old man said with a smile.
"You're okay with this tricycle here, right? You go in my car, fast. "Cloud Wind Road.
"No problem."
The old man said hello to the owner of the scrapyard and left the tricycle in the scrapyard.
Yunfeng helped the old man to the car, and the group drove off.
After driving for another half an hour, the old man said, "It's here." ”
Yun Feng looked around, and there were no fruit trees to be seen.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Yunfeng confirmed.
"My fruit tree is in the mountains, and I still have to walk for a while, and the car can't drive in."
"Okay, let's get out of the car."
Yun Feng suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
Several people got out of the car and walked towards a path in the woods by the side of the road.
The path is paved with bluestone slabs, apparently built by the villagers themselves.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Yunfeng asked again: "Master, how far is it?" ”
The old man was a little embarrassed and said, "I have to go a while." ”
Yun Feng looked back at Guo Sheng and Xu Tian.
Guo Sheng is okay, he has enough physical strength, but Xu Tian is obviously a little tired.
The main road is not a flat road, but crooked, one will go uphill and one will go downhill, if it is a simple flat road, it will not be so tired.
"Are you two okay?" Yunfeng asked.
"Let's go, I can do it." Xu Tian's tone was firm.
It's all here, and I have to go on gritting my teeth.
"Okay, keep walking."
The three of them continued to walk forward for a while, and after going up the hillside for another time, a large fruit forest had appeared in front of them.
"Well, I planted these fruit trees." The old man pointed to the fruit forest road in front of him.
The old man was also a little tired, and sat down on a bluestone on the ground to rest.
Yun Feng also turned around and said, "Let's rest for a while." ”
The three of them were so tired and out of breath that they found a rock to sit down and rest.
"Master, that's how you usually come here?" Yunfeng asked.
The old man nodded, "Yes." ”
"It's not easy."
There are mountains here, not the kind of Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, and the mountain roads are more difficult to walk than those in northern Shaanxi.
Just this trip down, ordinary people can't stand it at all.
No wonder the fruit can't be harvested, just this old man, how to collect it?
Several people were resting and chatting with the old man.
The old man's name is Lu Cai, he is 71 years old this year, and he usually makes a living by farming and picking up rags.
His wife has long since passed away, and the children are all working in other places.
Another old man left behind.
Most of the old people Yunfeng saw were like this.
The old people can't be idle, they always have to find things to do.
The second is that I don't want to be a burden to my children, even if I have to earn money on my own to live, I don't take my children's money.
The money I saved so hard was reluctant to be spent, and when the children came back, they gave it to the children and let them spend it.
And their lives are very difficult.
Yun Feng also talked to Guo Sheng before, in fact, this is the thinking of the older generation, they have never lived for themselves.
Parents when they are young, and children when they are old.
When you are sick, you are reluctant to spend money to see it, and you are reluctant to spend money to buy clothes, so you can keep them all for your children.
That's how they live their whole life.
After resting for a while, Yunfeng asked Lu Cai to continue to rest, and he and Guo Sheng and Xu Tian went into the woods to see the fruit.
Yunfeng came to a fruit tree and picked a fruit and came down.
He opened the paper wrapped around and looked at it, and his brow furrowed.
"This fruit doesn't work." Cloud Wind Channel.
Guo Sheng also picked one down and checked it, and he also had the same reaction.
When Yun Feng was just resting, he took his mobile phone to check the information of lion's mandarin, which is a citrus fruit and a hybrid variety.
The outer peel is very wrinkled, also called wrinkled orange, ugly orange.
The lion's head orange that Yun Feng was holding in his hand obviously had some lesions, and there were some lesions on the outer skin of the fruit.
He peeled off the lion's mandarin in his hand on the spot and sniffed the inside.
It doesn't smell bad, but it's more sour.
He took a bite and ate it.
"Too much sourness and too little sweetness."
Guo Sheng sighed and said, "This fruit is not planted well. ”
"Look again."
The two of them continued to walk forward, randomly picking a few trees to check on the situation.
As expected, there are fruits that are really in good condition, but there are also many fruits that are not in good condition.
This is obviously the problem with maintenance.
It stands to reason that if the fruit tree is well cared for, as long as there is no natural disaster, there will be no problem with the quality of the fruit.
Guo Sheng reminded: "Yunfeng, don't dare to sell this fruit in the live broadcast room." ”
Yun Feng nodded, he also knew this truth.
He personally inspected all the agricultural products sold in the live broadcast room.
The Yellow River beach dates in northern Shaanxi and the persimmons in Fuping are all confirmed by him that there is no problem with the quality.
But the quality of Lu Cai's fruits is uneven, so it is naturally impossible to sell them directly in the live broadcast room.
"This fruit definitely can't be sold in the live broadcast room, I'll think about it again."
Yun Feng is not in a hurry, anyway, he has come to Shanqing Village now, and he will talk about the situation.
Xu Tian said: "The old man is old, and it is estimated that he can't take care of it anymore." ”
"It must be so, planting fruit trees is not like growing food."
The trio continued to walk around the woods before returning to the exit.
Yun Feng said: "Master, I will find a way to sell you these fruits, so you don't have to worry about it." ”
Lu Cai was a little surprised, and hurriedly said, "Thank you." ”
"You're welcome, do you have a phone number, I'll call you when I get it."
Lu Cai shook his hand and said, "There is no phone." ”
"Then why don't you have a phone, how can you contact your baby." Yunfeng asked.
"It's all phone calls from people in the village." Lu Cai said.
"So, master, can't you sell all the fruits in your village?"
"Almost." Lu Cai said.
"Then you take me to find your village cadres." Cloud Wind Channel.