On Tuesday morning, Cao Shujie first called the customers he rejected yesterday and explained to them the reason why he refused to sell them kiwis yesterday.
And promised to give them a standard box of 5 kilograms of kiwi fruit for free.
They don't need to come, just give the address to Cao Shujie, and Cao Shujie will arrange to mail it to them.
For those who lived nearby, he personally sent them there.
After these people learned that there was such an inside story, all of them said, "It's okay." Some people also said that they would go back when they were free in two days.
Not many of them wanted to take advantage of Cao Shujie's five kilograms of kiwi fruit, and expressed their gratitude to Cao Shujie for "thinking about" them.
If Cao Shujie was not sure whether the fruit or the tree was poisoned, and in order to make money, he sold the kiwi fruit to them frantically, what if the fruit was actually poisoned, the consequences would be disastrous!
Because of this, Cao Shujie won the title of "the most responsible fruit farmer".
This incident later spread through word of mouth. As time went by, more and more people knew about it, and other people's evaluation of him became better and better.
But Cao Shujie didn't know about this. After explaining the situation to these customers, he called Chen Xingquan and asked him to arrange for someone to come with special wire to repair the hole in the barbed wire guardrail.
In addition, Cao Shujie also went to the county seat to hold a grand banquet for several of his children and several of Cao Tiemin's workers!
In addition to these, Cao Shujie also wanted to give them some money, but Cao Zhen and the others scolded him like crazy.
Cao Shujie did the next best thing and gave them 10 boxes of kiwi fruits each. According to his selling price, these 10 boxes of 50 kilograms of kiwi fruits are also worth a lot of money!
No one accepted the money, but all the kiwis were accepted.
They thought it was normal for them to eat some kiwi fruit after a busy night, and the leftovers could be given away.
The kiwi fruit grown by Cao Shujie is not the ordinary stuff that costs 5 yuan a pound in the fruit shop!
"As a result, there won't be many fruits in the orchard." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie didn't care: "It's okay, there are no kiwis, and there are apples. After selling out this season, I will calm down and take care of it."
He has a clear mind and knows that simply relying on selling fruits or picking them will not last long.
If we want sustainable development for ten or twenty years, the surrounding soft environment must also keep up.
A customer picking fruits came over and saw such a dry mountain, not much to see. After picking the fruits, he immediately went home. At first, he was very excited and didn't feel anything was wrong. After he calmed down, he said to himself
There may be regrets!
"It seems like I earned a lot, but I also invested a lot in the later period." Cao Shujie muttered.
Cheng Xiaolin also knew this, but she supported her husband's plan to spend money.
"Shujie, we have to share some of this money with our parents," Cheng Xiaolin said proactively.
The old orchard was given to them by their father-in-law and mother-in-law. This is equivalent to the old couple breaking their own arms to provide for them, and the old couple loses most of their income.
Moreover, the old couple often helped them with their work.
Cao Shujie looked at his wife with a smile: "How much do you think is good?"
"Maybe one hundred thousand, don't you want to invest the rest of the money?" Cheng Xiaolin seemed to have already made plans.
Cao Shujie reached out and held his wife's head, kissed her hard on the cheek: "Okay, I'll do as you say!"
"Bear-like!"
Cheng Xiaolin turned around and went to the house and took out a plastic bag with 100,000 yuan in cash neatly stacked inside: "Here, these are just right, I'll send them to my parents."
"Haha!" Cao Shujie laughed, took advantage of his wife's surprise, slapped her on the butt, and went to find his parents with the money before Cheng Xiaolin got angry.
But Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo said they didn't want the money. They thought they had other incomes, so how could they share the money with their son?
But Cao Shujie forced it on them, and the old couple only took half of it, and they didn't want the rest.
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After the last remaining kiwis were sold sporadically for five days, only a few hundred kilograms were sold on Saturday and weekend. At this time, schools started to reopen one after another, and college students began to travel to various parts of the country to report to school.
Cao Shujie and his wife discussed it and after selling another 3,152 kilograms of kiwi fruits this week, the more than 600 kilograms of kiwi fruits left in the orchard were not sold. They were all picked, part of which was given away, and the other part was eaten by himself.
When Wang Yuelan and Cao Jianguo heard what their son said, and saw that there were still several hundred kilograms of kiwis left, they felt that their son was too extravagant, and these could be sold for a lot of money.
But the son insisted on going his own way and refused to listen to them, so the old couple had no choice.
On the other side, Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin finally consolidated their accounts and sold nearly 520,000 kiwis on account.
"The output is a bit low!" Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie also agreed. He said: "I originally expected the average yield per mu of land to be more than 5,000 kilograms. Who knew the average yield would be only 4,300 kilograms? The gap is a bit big."
"Shujie, I think we can take advantage of the rest time to cultivate the land so that we can have a bumper harvest next year." Cheng Xiaolin didn't understand at all.
Hearing what his wife said, Cao Shujie nodded and said, "Get some soil fertilizer and add nutrients to the land."
"Listen to you." Cheng Xiaolin said three simple words.
The hot weather in August has finally passed. After entering September, the mornings and evenings have become much cooler, and the daytime temperature has also dropped slightly.
During this time, Cao Shujie and his father Cao Jianguo walked around the orchard, and the father and son also took turns raising calves.
In addition to feeding them grass, Cao Shujie also purchased a large amount of corn, bean cakes and other feeds. In order to facilitate mixing, he also spent more than 20,000 yuan on a medium-sized mixer in the breeding area.
In addition, Cao Zhenggang was asked to build a simple warehouse for him in the breeding area using steel structures and color steel plates to store corn, feed and mixers.
Another hundreds of thousands were spent on this. Fortunately, the second batch of loans was received in August. After deducting the benefits to Song Zhichao and Ma Changrong, there was still more than 2 million left.
His pocket became bulging, and Cao Shujie was even more willing to invest heavily in the basic investment in the mountains.
On the evening of the 3rd, Cao Shujie and his father finished their work and came down from the mountain with their two German Shepherds. When the father and son passed by Cao Shujie's house, they looked at the decoration that was coming to an end after a month of busy work and talked in low voices.
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The door was custom-made by someone specially and painted with yellow paint, which makes it particularly conspicuous even at night.
The house doesn't look like much from the outside, but when you open the door and go in, you can see that this two-story building is very different from the common village houses in Caojiazhuang.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a small country house.
More than 100,000 yuan has been spent on the renovation. In Cao Tiemin's words, if we maintain this tone, the final renovation, plus the purchase of furniture and home appliances, will cost 300,000 yuan.
After calculation, the house that was originally budgeted for more than 200,000 yuan exceeded half of the budget, but Cao Shujie didn't care, he thought it was better to build the house in one step.
He has no plans to leave Caojiazhuang in the short term. He can now definitely say that he can earn this money. In this case, why not make his life more comfortable.
"After the Ironmen finish decorating it for you, let it sit for a few months and then find someone to install the heater. You can move here this winter and it will be more comfortable than blowing the air conditioner to keep warm." Cao Jianguo said.
"Dad, you and my mother will move here too," Cao Shujie said.
But Cao Jianguo shook his head and waved his hands: "You can live by yourself, why are we moving here? Let your mother cook for you every day? I'll clean you every day?"
Cao Jianguo acted like he had to enjoy it, and he said: "I'm tired of having to serve you every day. There are also these four dogs that can eat more than us adults. You should get rid of them as soon as possible."
"Oh!" After hearing this, Dahei yelled at Cao Jianguo to demonstrate.
But Cao Jianguo raised his foot and kicked him towards him. Although Dahei nimbly dodged it, he still muttered: "Dahei, you eat my food and drink my food, and I can't even say a word to you? What a piece of shit!"
Cao Shujie held the dog leash and couldn't help laughing while listening to his father's words.
"Dad, it's just a dog. Why are you so familiar with it?" Cao Shujie advised his father.
"You've only had it for a long time, and you know nothing!" Cao Jianguo scolded his son unceremoniously, and said, "If you keep these dogs for a long time, they will have feelings. You can raise them yourself in the future and treat them well."
"Look, Daha and Erha didn't help you intercept those two bad guys Cao Jianqiu and Cao Shubao last time!" Cao Jianguo said.
Cao Shujie recognizes this!
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A tinkling sound came from Cao Jianguo's house.
In the yard, Cao Shujie and his father Cao Jianguo were working on a cart with hammers, nails, screws, wheels, etc.
Mengmeng squatted next to her and watched with great interest.
"Dad, grandpa, are you okay?" Mengmeng asked.
After being busy in August, life has changed to a slower pace again, and it seems that I need to slowly adjust my life and body in this way.
With nothing to do in his spare time, Cao Shujie looked at Daha and Erha, who were energetic every day, and an idea that he had thought about before but never realized was put on his agenda.
Get a small car and let Daha and Erha drive it. From now on, it will be the exclusive car for the Mountain King and the little princess to travel!
Seeing that his granddaughter couldn't wait any longer, Cao Jianguo coaxed her: "Come on, come on, Mengmeng, just wait a moment. Grandpa will install the wheels for you. When your grandma and mother finish sewing the bushings and cushions, he will give the dog a saddle."
How about we put Daha and Erha on, and let's go out for a walk?"
"Okay!" Mengmeng clapped her little hands, she was looking forward to it.
"Grandpa, go to the orchard." Mengmeng shouted.
At this time, there were no other vehicles there, and the place was big enough and quiet enough for her to run away.
"Okay, I'll let Daha and Erha hold you later, and we'll go play in the orchard on the mountain." Cao Jianguo marked the line on the board, drilled 4 holes with a drill, and fixed the universal wheel.
, and then make the remaining wheels.
The front two are universal wheels and the rear two are straight wheels.
Seeing this, Mengmeng was full of expectations. After a while, she asked again: "Grandpa, are you okay?"
"Soon!" Cao Jianguo said.
Wang Yuelan and her daughter-in-law Cheng Xiaolin were also busy nearby.
A quilted circle cloth cover is for Daha and Erha to hang around their necks.
A quilted seat cushion is placed in the car to make it more comfortable to sit on.
Cao Shujie is still perfecting the remaining details, such as installing fenders around the car and a handheld handle on the front.
Four people worked together to put together the modules prepared several days in advance. It took almost two hours. At this time, Mengmeng couldn't wait any longer.
Seeing that the 'exclusive car' was finally ready, she couldn't wait to get on it.
"Dad, hurry up and pick me up, hurry up!" Mengmeng shouted.
Cao Shujie took his time. After he tied the rope of the seat cushion to the railing of the car, he carried Mengmeng who was jumping anxiously into the car and got ready.
He took a closer look and suddenly discovered another problem: "No, there is no safety belt. If it hits a rock, a ditch, or the car jumps up, Mengmeng will fall out and hit the ground."
"What should we do?" Cao Jianguo became anxious when he heard this. There were such huge potential dangers, and he couldn't let his granddaughter go up there and risk herself.
But Cheng Xiaolin remembered something and said, "Shujie, wait a moment. I will take out the automatic safety seat we bought for Mengmeng before and sew two pieces of cloth on it to fix it on the car."
This was a solution, and Cao Shujie immediately agreed to the plan.
After his wife found the wearable mobile safety seat, modified it and fixed it on the car, another half hour passed. Mengmeng really couldn't wait any longer.
After seeing that everything was done, she held the handle and raised her feet to step into the car and sit down. However, the fence of the car was not low and she couldn't even lift her legs to step in. In the end, she had to ask her father to hold her
Go in.
After tying her up with the safety belt of the car seat, Cao Shujie checked the safety again, and then hung the cloth cover sewn by his wife around the necks of Daha and Erha's dogs.
Erha put on the dog leash and led them outside.
When walking around, the two dogs pull the ropes connected to the car and drive the car forward. The silky silent wheels have no problem at all.
Mengmeng was sitting in the car, shouting happily: "Dad, faster, faster."
Looking at her crazy energy, she didn't have the potential to be a lady. Cao Shujie was worried about whether her daughter would be able to get married when she grew up.
But that is also a matter for the future, and Cao Shujie does not consider it now.
Holding the dog leash, Daha and Erha drove the car and walked north along the village road.
The combination of Daha and Erha's "dog-pulled cart" instantly became the most beautiful scenery in Caojiazhuang.
Mengmeng was sitting on the car, and she was happy to see the adults looking at her with smiles.
"Dad, run!"
"drive!"
Mengmeng's shouts echoed in the village, and the crisp laughter kept coming. Cao Shujie listened to his daughter's laughter, and he was also very happy.
There were a few little kids playing together in the north. When they saw two dogs pulling a car passing by, and then seeing the cute and screaming boy sitting in the car, they could not pull out their envious eyes.
