Chapter 93: The fruit is almost ripe, only giving away or not selling 2/30,000
"Mengmeng, I'm going to town to pick up your aunt, will you go?" After Cao Shujie returned home with four dogs, he saw his daughter standing in the yard.
When she saw the four dogs coming in, Mengmeng ran over directly.
But when she heard her father say that she was going to town to pick up her aunt, Mengmeng glanced behind her father subconsciously, then turned around and ran into the house.
After consciously keeping a safe distance, she asked under the house: "Where is aunt? Is aunt back?"
"Ah, she is taking the car now and will be in town in an hour." Cao Shujie looked at the watch on his wrist and said to his daughter.
"I'm not going!" Mengmeng heard her father say this and continued to run towards the house. At the same time, her voice came over: "I'm going to find my mother."
"It's really strange that someone can really treat this naughty child." Cao Shujie thought this was very interesting!
"But why aren't you afraid of me? Is it because I can't help but beat you?" Cao Shujie thought about this question.
In the room, Cheng Xiaolin said to him: "Forget it if Mengmeng doesn't go. You should go to town and wait for something to eat. Otherwise, they will all come and you haven't left yet!"
Cheng Xiaolin complained about her husband.
His mother, Wang Yuelan, didn't say anything, but told him not to forget to book two rooms in a hotel in the town.
Cheng Xiaolin muttered: "You said there is no hotel in our village. Even if there is one, if someone comes over in the future, at least there will be a temporary place to stay."
"No one is here!" Wang Yuelan shook her head. She has lived in Caojiazhuang for almost thirty years. Even if she visits relatives, she usually goes back on the same day.
Cao Shujie settled the four dogs, washed his face, and drove towards Qingshi Town.
I arrived in Qingshi Town in ten minutes and saw a fast food restaurant frying fried dough sticks. I smelled the aroma and went there. When I asked about the tofu curd and big meat steamed buns, Cao Shujie refused to leave and planned to eat here first.
Let’s talk when you’re full.
After eating, Cao Shujie saw how hot it was outside, and he was even more reluctant to go out, so he waited in the store with the air conditioner blowing on.
He waited in the store until almost nine o'clock when his sister called and asked where he was. Cao Shujie then said to his sister: "I just arrived in town. Have you arrived at the temporary station in town?"
"Brother, we'll be there soon. Just go to the station and wait for a few minutes." Cao Huifang made an appointment and felt the time.
When Cao Shujie heard what his sister said, he hung up the phone and drove over. After waiting for less than ten minutes, the long-distance bus from Yiling City stopped at the Qingshi Town temporary station.
Cao Shujie saw his sister getting out of the car when he was in the car. There were two more familiar women behind him, but he couldn't remember their names for a while.
"Fangfang, here!" Cao Shujie got out of the car and shouted to them.
"Brother!" Cao Huifang ran over with three of her classmates.
Both Deng Miaoshan and Huang Jingmin had met Cao Shujie, and they called them brother when they met this time. Zhang Na was the most embarrassed one.
Cao Huifang introduced her: "Nana, this is my brother."
"Brother, this is my classmate Zhang Na. The four of us went to work in a garment factory together. This time we took two days off together and have to go back tomorrow." Cao Huifang said.
"So anxious?" Cao Shujie didn't expect that his sister would come and go in such a hurry this time.
"There is no way. If you want to make money, you have to listen to other people's orders. That's what you told me before." Cao Huifang said with a smile.
"Okay, you've grown up!" Cao Shujie sighed, feeling that his sister could understand this this time, and her summer job this time would be not in vain.
Cao Huifang felt a little embarrassed when her brother praised her so much.
Feeling the temperature outside, Cao Shujie asked them to get in the car first, and said: "Let's go to the hotel where we were last time. I'll book a room for you, put your luggage down, and then follow me to Caojiazhuang to see the fruit trees you planted."
Hearing Cao Shujie's arrangement, Zhang Na felt even more embarrassed because she felt it was too much trouble for her classmate's brother.
Deng Miaoshan and Huang Jingmin expressed their gratitude to Cao Shujie.
Not many people came, so Cao Shujie finally booked a room with three beds for them, which had air conditioning. The three of them could stay together as a companion. After putting down their things, he drove them straight to Caojiazhuang.
When she saw the familiar village appearing in her field of vision, Deng Miaoshan pointed it to Zhang Na and said, "Nana, look at that place where Caojiazhuang is used for vacation. Doesn't it look very clean here?"
"It's true, the sky here looks much cleaner than in the city." Zhang Na looked up at the sky. He felt that it was really clean here.
"Brother, why don't we go to the mountains and have a look first." My sister Cao Huifang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suggested.
Seeing that it was still early, Cao Shujie said without much thought, "That's okay. You call our mother first and we'll go back for dinner later."
As he spoke, Cao Shujie turned around and drove towards the mountain.
Cao Huifang also called her mother Wang Yuelan to explain the situation.
When going up the mountain, Cao Huifang, Deng Miaoshan, and Huang Jingmin, who had been here before, were surprised that there was a section of road built on the hillside.
After Cao Shujie parked the car at the parking platform, Cao Huifang finally couldn't help but asked: "Brother, did you just repair it?"
"Well, it was repaired last month. Isn't it very convenient now?" Cao Shujie said with a smile.
Cao Huifang also admitted that with this road, it is indeed very convenient to go up and down the mountain.
But the orchards on the mountain have changed a lot in the past two months. When they left, there were no wells, automatic sprinkler irrigation equipment, and surrounding barbed wire guardrails, but now they are all there.
There were sounds of 'moo' coming from the north. Cao Huifang looked over there and then noticed that there were many calves raised in a place in the north: "Brother, do you raise all the calves over there?"
"Yes, what do you think?" Cao Shujie asked his sister.
When Huang Jingmin and Deng Miaoshan saw the new changes here, they forgot to look at the fruit saplings they had planted. When they encountered something they didn't understand, they asked Cao Shujie.
"Don't you look at the fruit saplings?" Cao Shujie asked them.
"Oh, brother, if you didn't mention it, I almost forgot." Cao Huifang said carelessly.
Huang Jingmin and Deng Miaoshan also remembered the purpose of their coming, and both said they would go over first to see how the fruit saplings were growing.
"Let's go, I'll take you there." Cao Shujie waved his hand and led the way.
The kiwi fruit saplings they planted were right next to the wire fence on the inside, and the breeding area is next door.
After coming here, you can still see the plastic paper hanging on the fruit saplings. Huang Jingmin found the plastic paper with her name written on it. The handwriting can still be seen on it: "Huang Jingmin planted yellow hearts on May 1, 2011."
Kiwi fruit tree.”
"Shanshan, look, this is what you wrote."
"And Fangfang's."
"Hey, this was actually written by Ye Beiwen. She has been here too." Zhang Na looked surprised.
"Yes, in addition to her, Xu Fang also came last time." Deng Miaoshan said.
"Brother Jie, let me ask you something." Huang Jingmin couldn't help but ask when she saw the fruit saplings they planted.
Cao Shujie didn't think much and asked, "Just tell me."
"I just want to ask how many years it will take for the fruit sapling we planted to bear fruit?" Huang Jingmin asked.
Hearing her question, Cao Shujie said with a smile: "Two years, maybe. There will be fruits next year, but not much."
"Brother, that's not right. I remember hearing my mother say that kiwi fruits only take three years to bear fruit, and they can only bear fruit in large quantities in the fourth or fifth year." Cao Huifang heard her brother say this and stood face to face.
He retorted.
Cao Shujie was not angry, but said: "Fangfang, under normal circumstances, what you said is right, but have you forgotten what your brother and I study?"
"Graduated from Agricultural University?" Cao Huifang said.
"Well, I made improvements to them later. It's very troublesome to talk about it. It can't be explained clearly in one or two sentences. You just need to know that these fruit saplings are different." Cao Shujie said.
"Brother, you mean, they are all hybrids?" Cao Huifang suddenly asked.
She also took a closer look at the condition of the fruit saplings, but with her half-expert level, she couldn't see anything, so she gave up in the end.
They watched on the mountain for a while, and then Cao Huifang pointed to the old orchard and said, "Brother, are those fruits almost ripe? I can smell the fragrance."
"Well, it's almost done. When you go back tomorrow, I will pick up a few bags for you and take them back to share." Cao Shujie said.
Hearing what he said, Cao Huifang was particularly surprised: "Brother, I remember that kiwi fruits don't ripen until around the Mid-Autumn Festival. Now there is still a month and a half before the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
"Yeah, maybe what I planted is good!" Cao Shujie didn't care about this. He said, "Let's go home for dinner first. I'll come over with the bag in the afternoon and pick some for you to take with you tomorrow and give them to your classmates then.
Colleagues all share the points.”
Deng Miaoshan suddenly said: "Brother Jie, can I take some back and give it to my parents to try?"
"Okay!" Cao Shujie heard her say that and said with a smile: "I'll pick more for you in the afternoon."
As he led the four of them to the parking place, he said: "Let me tell you, my kiwi tastes absolutely delicious, much better than the ones on the market. Who else wants to take it back to give it to your family to try?"
Of?"
"Brother, just brag!" Cao Huifang didn't believe it. She said, "When my parents planted this orchard before, it's not like I haven't eaten it before. It tastes better than the ones grown in the fields below, but you can't say that.
So exaggerated."
This was a classic brother-sister quarrel. Cao Shujie gave his sister a roll of his eyes and said to her: "You also said that was when our parents planted it before, but now I am planting it. I graduated from the Agricultural University and went through the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Yes, can it be the same as our parents relying on experience?"
"How about picking a few and taking them back to try?" Cao Huifang went directly to the old orchard.
As we got closer, the fruity aroma became even stronger.
In addition, she also found that the kiwi fruits were all about the same size. She clearly remembered that when she came to the orchard with her parents, the kiwi fruits she saw were all different sizes and uneven in size.
"Why is this?" Cao Huifang was particularly puzzled.
"Brother, why are the fruits you grow so big?" Cao Huifang asked her brother.
Cao Shujie said: "I've told you a long time ago, what my parents planted are completely different."
He took a quick look, picked a dozen large kiwi fruits from the vines, and said, "Let's go, we'll have to cook them when we get home."
"It already has a fruity aroma, so there's no need to ripen it." Cao Huifang was not a clueless person. She raised her hand to pinch a kiwi fruit, and as soon as she squeezed it hard, she discovered that although the kiwi fruit had a fruity aroma, it still had a fruity aroma.
It's so hard that you can't pinch it at all!
It was just like her brother said, she had to get acquainted with her.
Deng Miaoshan, Huang Jingmin, and Zhang Na didn't understand these things even more. After hearing the conversation between Cao Huifang and her sister, Deng Miaoshan asked: "Does this still need to be cooked? Can't you just peel it off and eat it?"
"Hey, Shanshan, the kiwis you eat are all ripe. Ordinary kiwi fruits are hard and very sour." Cao Huifang began to explain.
Deng Miaoshan didn't believe it. She, Huang Jingmin, and Zhang Na squeezed several of them gently and found that they were really hard, completely different from the ones she had eaten before.
Cao Shujie, who was walking in front, said: "After it matures naturally, there are also very soft ones, but that one won't hold up. It will break in a few days, and no matter how good it is, you can't sell it."
"So that's it!" Several people suddenly realized.
After locking the door, he drove them down the mountain. When they returned home, Mengmeng, who was playing in the yard, heard the noise of the car, turned around and ran towards the bedroom of the family of three without looking back.
He also knew that he had locked the door behind his back and was determined not to let his aunt in.
"Mengmeng, what do you mean?" Cao Huifang tensed up when she saw her niece being so disrespectful.
Mengmeng said angrily: "I don't like you."
"I'm so angry that I won't come back next time." Cao Huifang shouted with a smile outside.
Mengmeng said smoothly: "OK, OK."
All will be in English.
When Cheng Xiaolin heard the conversation between her daughter and her sister-in-law, she couldn't hold back and laughed on the spot.
"Mengmeng, come out quickly."
"Mom, I don't!" Mengmeng refused and kept hiding in the room without going out.
Cao Huifang didn't dare to go over and push the door hard, for fear of pushing her niece down, which would be bad if she did.
"Mengmeng, look what dad picked back?" Cao Shujie was still holding the kiwi fruit in his hand.
After Cheng Xiaolin saw it, she asked her, "Shujie, are you already familiar with this?"
"It's almost done. Just let it ripen together with the banana." Cao Shujie said.
Hearing what his son said, Cao Jianguo, who was in the room, couldn't sit still. He asked: "Shujie, if the kiwi fruit is ripe, how do you plan to sell it?"
"There are no second-rate dealers coming to collect at this time. Why didn't you tell me in advance so that I could be prepared?" Cao Jianguo began to complain about his son, feeling that he didn't care.
But Cao Shujie had a plan in mind. He didn't get angry because his father scolded him, and then said: "Dad, don't worry, it will definitely be sold?"
"Then tell me how you plan to sell it?" Cao Jianguo grabbed his son and wouldn't let go.
Cao Shujie said with certainty: "I'll go to the town and county to deliver kiwis tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"
"Send it off?" Cao Jianguo was confused.
Then he saw his son nodding and said, "Yes, only give it away, not sell it!"
No matter how good something is, it’s useless if no one knows about it. You must give some of it away in the early stage so that others will think about it after eating it. That’s all!
As for attracting people?
In the early days of Caojiazhuang, there was no reputation at all and no gimmicks. At that time, kiwis and apples were not ripe yet. How could he use his mouth to seduce them?
Cao Jianguo didn't expect his son to think so. He frowned and asked, "Is it really possible?"
"Dad, just believe me. We can't just consider the few acres of land in front of us. I have also planted more than 50 acres of kiwi fruit and apples. If there is a good harvest next year, who do you expect to sell it to?" Cao Shujie
