At this time, Xiaofushan ushered in the first harvest of fruit trees, and Chen Dasong called a few acquaintances, who were busy planting orange trees on the hill at this time.

There are two varieties of orange trees planted by Gao Mingcheng, one is the sugar orange that Xiao Jinfeng got at the beginning, and the other is the local mandarin, which is already ripe at this time.

Jiangxi is also a large citrus province, Nanfeng mandarins, the fame, is not small, their local mandarins, although not as famous as Nanfeng mandarins, but more suitable for the local soil and climate, and the size is also larger.

Sugar oranges are small in size but have thin skin and juicy water, while local mandarins are large in size but thick in skin and have more obvious tangerine complexes, but they are just as delicious.

And the thickness of the skin has another advantage, that is, it is more convenient to preserve, and it is not easy to crush during transportation.

Gao Mingcheng parked the tractor directly at the foot of Xiaofushan, so that it was convenient to wait for the transportation of oranges.

The wind blowing on the face was cold, but the sun above his head was still bright and warm, so Gao Mingcheng took off the rabbit skin hat and hung it on the handrail of the tractor.

He walked all the way to the orange tree.

Xiaofu Mountain has a total area of nearly 300 acres, and in addition to the top of the mountain that is not suitable for planting, there are about 280 acres of mountainous land planted with various fruit trees.

And citrus trees, an average of one acre of land, can be planted forty or fifty, but Gao Mingcheng planted relatively sparsely, about forty or so, after the batch of sugar oranges planted, there is a certain mortality rate, and now there are only ninety-eight still alive, the rest are local mandarins, this batch of tangerine trees, most of them are fruit seedlings bought from Shimen Village, and more than ten are fruit seedlings that Gao Mingcheng originally bought from the market.

In total, there are more than 400 local tangerine trees.

Next to the orange tree, there are more than a dozen grapefruit trees.

This year, the pomelo also bears fruit, but the amount of fruit hanging on each tree is not much, some only hang two or three fruits, and some have a little more, and there can be seven or eight.

At this time, the skin of the pomelo has not completely turned yellow, the color is green, this kind of pomelo ripens late, and the skin is particularly thick, compared to those famous varieties, the taste is slightly sour, but the fruit is very strong.

In the local winter, most people's dinner table has a pickled dish, that is, pickled grapefruit peel.

Wash the grapefruit peel, cut it into thin slices, then soak it in boiling water overnight to remove the astringency, and then soak it in cold water three or four times. Until the bitter taste of the yuzu peel itself is completely removed.

Next, you only need to add garlic, chopped pepper and other seasonings to marinate coldly, and then you can eat.

This pickled yuzu peel is the best side dish for porridge and rice noodles.

Passing through the grapefruit trees, you will reach the area where orange trees are planted.

Gao Mingcheng saw that Chen Dasong and the others were still busy picking fruits, and the bamboo basket at their feet was already full of oranges.

When you eat oranges by yourself, if it is convenient for you to reach out and pull them off the branches, most of the places where the orange peel is connected will break.

In order to look good and facilitate preservation, you have to cut the oranges with scissors, but in this way, the speed of picking oranges will be a little slower.

Chen Dasong lowered his head and picked oranges seriously, and when he put the oranges in his hand into the bamboo basket, he saw Gao Mingcheng as soon as he raised his eyes.

He immediately smiled and said: "Mingcheng, early in the morning, I called someone to pick it, and by now, I estimated that I had almost picked it." ”

Gao Mingcheng glanced at the full bamboo basket, and then said, "I don't have such a big scale at home, so I'd rather pick more than less." ”

"By the way, Uncle Chen, how much fruit does this orange tree bear?" Gao Mingcheng asked.

Chen Dasong said: "It's hard to say, some trees bear denser fruits, I estimate that there can be twenty or thirty catties, and some trees bear less fruit, at most ten catties." ”

When Gao Mingcheng heard this, he was not surprised, when he looked at it before, he probably came up with such an answer.

It's not that the yield of orange trees is low, it's that his orange trees are still small!

His orange tree is a native variety, and when the tree is older, it will grow taller, so he doesn't plant it so densely.

If it is a dwarf variety in later generations, 80 orange trees can be planted in one acre of land!

Dwarfing has the benefits of dwarfing, but native species also have the benefits of native species, when the tree is old enough, the yield of a tree is hundreds of catties!

When the time comes, a tree will bear three or four hundred catties of fruit, and his more than 500 trees will be able to create a lot of economic value.

Of course, I can only think about it now, but I can only get more than ten pounds this year, and I will be able to have thirty or forty pounds next year!

Gao Mingcheng was optimistic, and also picked up a pair of scissors and picked oranges together.

After picking for more than ten minutes, someone suddenly shouted: "There are no more bamboo baskets and bags!" ”

Gao Mingcheng remembered the woven bag he bought in the cooperative before, and it was still in the car body, so he said, "I'll get it!" ”

He hurried down the hill to fetch it, helping to pack all the excess oranges into woven bags.

This time, Gao Mingcheng estimated that the number was enough, so he said: "Okay, let's pick some of them today, and if you want to pick them next time, everyone will come to help again." ”

As soon as Gao Mingcheng spoke, the others put down their work and helped move the picked oranges down the mountain.

Gao Mingcheng was also moving oranges, and by the way, he asked Chen Dasong what the salary he promised to give everyone.

Chen Dasong said: "It's only been so busy for a while, it's good for one person to give one dollar." I'm afraid that you will be in a hurry, otherwise my own family will be able to pick it up. ”

This time, Chen Dasong called three people from the village, all of whom were middle-aged women who worked quickly, and the work of picking oranges, the women did it faster than the men, but they had less strength, and it was not easy to move down the mountain.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Okay, I'll give them the salary later." As for the remaining oranges, you can pick some at home when you are free, I estimate that the oranges should be easy to sell, but I have no experience, so I decided to pick a thousand catties and sell them first. ”

Chen Dasong immediately nodded in response.

But Chen Dasong has a lot of things, because in a few days, it will be Xiao Xuxu's first birthday banquet, and Chen Dasong will still be responsible for killing sheep and chickens.

After all the oranges were loaded into the car one by one, Gao Mingcheng estimated that it should be more than 1,000 catties. But this weight is nothing for the tractor, the tractor at this time is rough, heavy, eat diesel, but the strength is also big, pull more than 2,000 pounds of things, can easily run.

Gao Mingcheng put the orange yard away, leaving some space to put other goods.

Gao Mingcheng settled his wages and went to the field to get some vegetables that can be eaten now, including lettuce, beetroot, celery, etc.

After the matter was done, Gao Mingcheng did not stay in the village for long, but said to Chen Dasong: "I will come back on the morning of the 18th to get sheep and chickens, and you will bring someone to clean up for me early in the morning." Slaughtering sheep, do you dare? If you don't dare, go to Junling and ask the fat man to slaughter. ”

The fat man in Junling is a butcher, good at slaughtering cattle, sheep and pigs.

This butcher naturally has no shortage of meat to eat, so he looks fatter than others, and over time, he has the nickname of Fat.

When Chen Dasong heard this, he hurriedly patted his chest and said, "Why spend this money!" I can kill! What's so hard about that? When the time comes, let the two brothers tie up the sheep, and I will just stab them with a pig-killing knife! ”

Gao Mingcheng has a set of tools for killing pigs at home, so Chen Dasong feels that he doesn't need to hire someone to help.

There's no need for that!

Gao Mingcheng is generous, but Chen Dasong saves it for him!

If you hire a butcher, you have to give money, and you have to give some water or something.

Gao Mingcheng was also afraid that Chen Dasong would not be able to get it, so he said so, and now that Chen Dasong said that he could do it, then Gao Mingcheng naturally would not insist on inviting the butcher to come.

"Okay, you can just do it. These woven bags, you help me put them in the utility room for backup, and I'll go back to the county seat first. Gao Mingcheng pointed to the woven bags placed on the ground, and there were more than 100 of them.

Chen Dasong nodded and bent down to pick it up.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Gao Mingcheng was about to leave, but at this time, he saw that the three dogs were all clustered around him, oh no, it was the five dogs!

Those two little black dumplings also came with Rhubarb!

Xu is rhubarb's milk is good, the little black ball is chubby, it looks very cute, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but stroke, and then stroked the big dog again, Gao Mingcheng said to a few dogs: "I'm in a hurry today, I won't play with you, and I'll give you meat next time." ”

The black tiger and the elf didn't know if they understood, and the humanized whispered dog barked.

said goodbye to the dog, Gao Mingcheng started the tractor and went to the county.

When passing by Xing'anling, he took a bag of clothes back to sell. In this way, his tractor is already full.

Gao Shouwang helped carry the goods onto the car body, saw the rabbit skin hat on Gao Mingcheng's head, and said with a smile: "How beautiful is this craftsmanship?" That's pretty good! ”

Gao Mingcheng touched the hat on his head and said, "It's pretty good, the wind can't blow through, as long as the wind doesn't blow your head, your body is warm!" Ha ha. ”

The two talked a few words, and agreed to pick up the next batch of goods in a few days, and then Gao Mingcheng continued to go to the county.

first went to Xiao Jinfeng's transportation company, and when he unloaded the oranges and weighed them, Gao Mingcheng knew that he had picked a total of more than 1,200 catties of oranges.

Although it is about a thousand catties, but it is not a matter of more than that, Xiao Jinfeng bought them all at once, as long as there are channels, more than 1,000 catties of oranges will soon be scattered.

The business of the transportation company is quite extensive, before Xiao Jinfeng also deliberately went to Guangdong to buy authentic sugar oranges, after sending them here, even if they are sold at a high price, but in the end, Xiao Jinfeng settled the accounts and found that it was better to go to Shandong to load apples to make money.

Because there are local oranges in Jiangxi, but there are no apples, and apples can be preserved for a longer time, and the selling price is quite high.

The main meaning is also good, peace and security. Every Chinese New Year, the wealthier people will always buy some apples to put on the plate.

Xiao Jinfeng looked at these oranges that had just been picked from the tree, and said to Gao Mingcheng: "It's also that the output of your oranges is average, otherwise if you sell them in the north, the profit will be high!" ”

There are no apples in the south, but there are no oranges in the north, so it has been a thing since ancient times to pack oranges from the south and sell them in the north.

Gao Mingcheng said: "I still have more than 5,000 catties of oranges on my tree, and after next year, the total output will be much more." ”

Xiao Jinfeng thought for a while, and simply said: "That's okay, your more than 5,000 catties, just pick it all at once, I will transport it to the north in one go, and then come back with a cart of apples." ”

"Okay, but I don't have time these days, when my son's first birthday banquet is over, I'll go back to the village to pick oranges." Gao Mingcheng said.

So the two agreed, and Gao Mingcheng took his things back to the clothing store first.

Because he didn't stay in Gaojia Village for a long time, when Gao Mingcheng came back, it was only one o'clock in the afternoon, and he didn't eat lunch, and his stomach was grumbling with hunger at this time.

Even many beauties heard his stomach growling!

Many beauties were speechless and said, "Why don't you come back after lunch in the village?" ”

Gao Mingcheng said while moving to get the food left for him: "Send the oranges to Brother Xiao as soon as possible, so that he can arrange for the car to deliver them." ”

If it is delivered now, then it will be able to reach the provincial capital in the evening, and tomorrow morning, his batch of oranges will be able to be sold on the streets of the provincial capital.

Many beauties knew that it was important to do business, so they didn't say anything more, so they didn't bother Gao Mingcheng to eat.

There were no customers in the store at this time, so Gao Shufang and Zhang Jinling went to take out Gao Shouwang's batch of goods and hang them on the shelves.

The creases of the winter cotton clothes are not obvious, and when you hang it and shake it, it will be stretched.

With this sack of new goods, the store looks a lot more complete.

But Gao Shufang knew that the best goods in the store were almost gone. It's just that she can't urge her second brother to go to Yangcheng to get the goods.

Even if Gao Shouwang made ready-to-wear clothes according to the goods in Yangcheng, the texture and cut of the fabric were different, and those who were willing to spend money on clothes could tell it at a glance.

Gao Shufang didn't urge, but Gao Mingcheng knew it, but there have been a lot of things recently, and he has no skills.

However, after Gao Mingcheng had eaten, a postman came to deliver the letter.

Or two letters!

Gao Shufang was the first to take the letter, and after looking at the envelope, she immediately said loudly: "Second brother, the letter that Fan Licheng wrote to you has arrived, and there is another one written by Wanwan!" ”

Gao Shufang first handed the letter written by Fan Licheng to Gao Mingcheng, and then opened the letter written by Deng Wanwan.

Gao Shufang and many beauties often have correspondence with Deng Wanwan, and this back and forth, each other's feelings seem to be deeper.

After reading the letter, Gao Shufang and many beauties were very happy, and Deng Wanwan wrote about her recent situation in the letter, as well as some interesting things. Then he said that he would come back for the New Year this year, and when he returned to the county, he would come to the clothing store and meet everyone for a get-together.

It has been more than a year since Deng Wanwan left.

Although through the letters exchanged between them, everyone learned that Deng Wanwan was doing well in the capital, but seeing is believing and hearing is false, and it is naturally better to meet and chat.

At this time, Gao Mingcheng also finished reading the letter Fan Licheng wrote to him.

The content was somewhat unexpected.

During this year's winter vacation, Fan Licheng will not go to Fan Chengyao's place for the New Year, but will go to a retired university professor's house to study!

It is said that because Fan Licheng excelled in his studies and was precocious, he happened to be discovered by a retired university professor, so he hoped that Fan Licheng would study with him to see if he had any hope of being admitted to the juvenile class of the University of Science and Technology of China in the future.

As soon as the three words of the juvenile class came out, Gao Mingcheng, a scumbag, was killed in seconds.

(End of chapter)