Han Peacock didn’t want to arouse Lao Wang’s sad past, so he continued the topic: “Is the Indonesian rupiah so worthless?”
Li Fang smiled and said: "To be precise, it takes 2,150 guilders to exchange for one yuan."
There are only rainy season and dry season in East Timor. Each season has its own abundant fruits. The fruits of that season are definitely more delicious, but if we really want to compare, the fruits in the dry season are slightly more delicious, because the fruits in the plants are more delicious.
The sugar content will be diluted when there is abundant rain.
"Let's talk about rambutan. There is rambutan native to Timor-Leste. It is very sweet and I like to eat it. It is cheap, 3,000 to 4,000 dong a handful, but it is not common, and it is seasonal. It seems to be in December.
It is sold until February, which is the season, but it can only be sold at the vegetable market in the suburbs.
I have only bought it twice at the market, and once in the village below. I have seen rambutan trees in some residents' houses. I heard from friends that there are also rambutan trees called rambutan, which does not mean that they grow blue.
It's the name of the variety, and I heard it tastes better than rambutan." Lao Wang said.
Li Fangdao: "I have never seen any of the things you mentioned. I have seen a lot of watermelons, but we haven't eaten them a few times."
Lao Wang smiled and said: "How many days have you been here? Watermelon is also produced locally. It is available all year round. It costs 5,000 dong per kilogram. It has seeds. A watermelon costs more than 20,000 dong. It is very expensive."
Li Fang said with a smile: "That's why I didn't want to buy it, because in the city where I live in China, it only costs 50 or 60 cents per pound. Who would eat such expensive watermelon here? I'll eat enough when I get home!"
"If you want to eat it, you should find some cheap fruits. We don't have them in China, like the Dugu I just mentioned. It's very sweet. I like to eat it. It's sold in the vegetable market. I often buy it. I buy two kilograms at a time for eight to ten thousand dong.
one kilogram.
This is a fruit that is only found locally. It looks like longan on the surface, it is also light yellow, the flesh is white, and it is divided into several parts. There is usually a very small seed in the middle of the parts. This fruit is also seasonal, and it seems to be three-part.
Mostly in April and May." Lao Wang said.
This time Li Fang said happily: "I have eaten this before. I once wanted to wash and dry the seeds and take them back home, but it was difficult to separate the pulp and seeds. In the end, I had to give up. The locals also like to eat tugu, so I bought it."
Several times, I bought it specifically for oss drivers and security guards.
When I was waiting for the bus to school in front of the boss travel agency, there happened to be a vendor selling dugu. I bought two kilograms and distributed them to the drivers sitting next to the shop. After a while, they were all gone. It can be seen that they also like to eat it. I found that the local
People especially like to eat sweets.”
Seeing that Han Peacock was silent, Lao Wang smiled and said: "We were so happy, but we ignored Xiao Han. Now we mainly give Xiao Han advice to see what fruits can be shipped back to China to make money."
Li Fang was stunned and said: "I recommended snakeskin fruit to him just now."
"Snake skin fruit? This is a good fruit, but its audience is relatively small. The most important thing is that this fruit has a brown appearance and a skin that looks like snake skin. It looks scary. The flesh is milky white, very crisp and sweet.
, but the locals and nearby Indonesians like to eat it, so this is not too cheap." Lao Wang said.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "If there are local fruits, it will be easier to operate."
"You have to ask Lao Wang about this. I don't know." Li Fang said.
Han Kongque said: "It is best to have fruits that can be easily transported."
"There are only a few that are easy to transport. If we say they are easy to operate, there are a few that are easy to operate, because they can be made into juice. It would be more convenient if the juice is made into juice and shipped back to China for purchase," Lao Wang said.
Han Kongque said: "This is good. Processing it into commodities will make greater profits."
"This depends on the means of promotion." Li Fang said.
Han Kongque laughed and said: "I have supermarkets and high-end restaurants in China, so promotion is not a problem."
Lao Wang thought for a while and said: "That's easy to handle. Just Macisha. I'm afraid Li Fang doesn't know about it. There is also a kind of fruit here called Macisha, which is unique to the local area. I have seen this kind of tree and photographed it.
In the photo, the ripe machisa has two colors, one is yellow and the other is cyan, which is very sour.
Both are used to make juice. Once I went to the supermarket and saw yellow fruits. I thought I had never seen or eaten this kind of fruit before, and it was not expensive. So out of curiosity, I bought a bag and took it home. I opened it.
I tried one, and it looked like snot inside. Oh my God, it was slippery and sour.
I was reluctant to throw it away. Thinking that my daughter likes to eat such weird things, I quickly took the rest to school for my daughter to eat. My daughter said that this fruit is not eaten this way, but is used to make juice. I don’t know how they make it.
As for juice, I heard that you can’t just drink marquise juice, there are also seven and eight added in it.
This is the first time I heard that some fruits cannot be eaten directly, but are specially used to make juice. The locals like to drink machisa juice. My daughter even said that she would make machisa juice for me to drink. It’s a pity that I didn’t come here because of it.
, and I have never been able to drink it.”
"I really don't know about this, but I do know about a fruit called avocado. I heard that it can also be made into juice," Li Fang said.
"Eh? You kid can do it! After a few days here, you even know about avocados? Indeed, avocados are really used to make juice. This is also a unique local fruit. It has a green appearance, a bit like a pear or a green mango, and the flesh is beige.
Color, there is a nucleus inside.
I have never bought this kind of fruit, and I cannot eat it directly. To make it into juice, chocolate, cream, etc. are added to it. My daughter and her classmates bought it for me to drink. It was so sweet that this kind of juice
It’s easier for little girls to accept it, but we older men don’t like it very much.” Lao Wang laughed and said.
Li Fang was a little embarrassed. He immediately changed the subject and said: "I saw a fruit that looked like a potato at the market. It was very sweet. It was divided into several segments. The flesh was beige and each segment had seeds. The seeds were dark brown.
, the seeds are very hard, I brought a few back, I wonder if I can plant them."
Lao Wang was stunned and said: "You are talking about Shawo, right? This is also a unique local fruit. It looks like a potato and has a light yellow appearance. At first I thought it was a potato because I saw it in the market, but later I heard that it was not a potato.
Potato is a fruit and is called a potato.
I said to buy a few and try them. Sawo is like kiwi fruit. It cannot be eaten when it is hard. It will become soft after a few days. It costs 5,000 dong per kilogram. The locals don’t seem to like it very much. The person who bought it said
not much.
Speaking of fruits that look like potatoes, there is actually a fruit that I cannot name. My daughter told me about it, but I forgot the name. It looks like a tomato, with one big end and a pointed end, and the tree looks like an eggplant tree.
They grow in bunches on trees. The ripe fruits are red in appearance, have tomato-like flesh, and have seeds like tomato seeds.
It is sold at the vegetable market not far from our mountain. The locals like to drink this kind of juice. I have never drunk it, but I have eaten the fruit, picked it from the tree and eaten it directly. It is very sour, and this can also be processed into juice."
"I wonder what your strength is, Brother Han? If you are strong, it would be better to go on a larger scale. In this way, although the quantity of each type is small, but there are more types, it can also form a scale. In this way, the influence will be greater." Li Fangdao
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When Li Fang said this, before Han Kongque could speak, Lao Wang's eyes lit up and he said, "If this is true, it will also be helpful to the Chinese here."
"Will it also help the Chinese here?" Han Kongque asked.
Lao Wang said: "It will definitely help. We Chinese here mainly farm, and there were a lot of businesses in the past. But look at this place, what is worth buying and selling? So even if some are still doing business now, they are just selling some oil."
Salt, soy sauce and vinegar cannot become the general trend. This is entirely because after several setbacks, everyone became discouraged."
"The main reason is that this place is too backward. It's like the Indians in the Americas who were driven to barren land and found it difficult to develop," Li Fang said.
Lao Wang also sighed and said: "Although the metaphor is not appropriate, this is the fact. Although there are more than 20,000 Chinese in East Timor, accounting for 2%, these people were all forced to move here.
Now we can only farm."
"I have my own fleet. As long as I can organize the supply of goods, I can transport them. If necessary, it doesn't matter even if it is transported by air." Han Kongque said.
"Transportation can be solved and domestic channels can be opened up, which means a steady profit without loss!" Li Fang said excitedly.
Lao Wang is also obviously very happy. At Han Peacock's age, he actually has such great energy. Lao Wang believes that Han Peacock's family must be very powerful in the country. In this case, maybe the Chinese in East Timor can really get it.
help.
The Chinese are not lazy wherever they go. They are willing to give, but they don’t want to get bad consequences after giving. Therefore, the Chinese overseas are generally very united, which is why Lao Wang has this idea.
Of course, there are a few scum everywhere, and due to the geographical relationship, there are many small groups, but when it comes to major matters, overseas Chinese will not make mistakes.
"If this is the case, we can organize manpower to plant durian on a large scale. Durian is also abundant here, but it is not cheap now. The price is similar to that in China. I can't smell the smell, so I didn't buy it.
However, after hearing more about it, out of curiosity, I bought one or two slices in a supermarket and tasted it. It tasted terrible. The price in China now is six yuan per catty. It seems that durian here is more expensive than in China, because I don’t like eating it.
, and because durian is also available in China, I didn’t pay much attention to it.
But if it is planted in a large area, the price is not a problem. There is also mangosteen, here it is 7,000 dong per kilogram, and mango is 7,000 to 9,000 dong per kilogram. These can be grown on a large scale. As long as the scale is established, the price will naturally be low.
Shipping it back to China like this will definitely make money."
"Persimmons are fine too! They are sold at the vegetable market. Every time I go to the market, I always buy fruits I have never seen before. I often buy persimmons, mangosteens, mangoes, and sugar cane. When it comes to sugar cane, the people here are very interesting.
They don't peel and bite the sugar cane directly because it is too hard. It is usually used to make juice. Where can I find the equipment to make juice? I bought it and peeled it and then bite it directly. It is indeed very hard." Li Fang said with a smile. (Not finished yet.