After putting down the phone, Cao Shujie said to his wife: "Sister Song is here, let's go?"
"Dad, I'm going too." When Mengmeng saw her parents were about to go out, she became excited and ran over to hug her mother Cheng Xiaolin's legs without letting go.
Cheng Xiaolin felt a headache when she saw her daughter, and asked her: "Your father and I are going to work, why are you following us?"
"I work too." Mengmeng raised her little face and said firmly.
"Mengmeng, your parents used to dig holes, do you want to dig holes too?" Wang Yuelan, a grandmother, reminded him.
As soon as she finished speaking, Cao Shujie secretly said that it was going to be really bad, because his mother would not open any pot.
Sure enough, when Mengmeng heard that she was about to dig a hole, she quickly ran to her father: "Dad, little Zen machine, bucket, and dig sand."
"..." Wang Yuelan looked at her granddaughter's excitement and realized that she had said the wrong thing, but it was too late.
Cao Shujie looked down at Mengmeng who was clinging to him, and said to her: "Let go, I'll find you a shovel and a bucket."
"Really?" Mengmeng had a look of suspicion in her eyes, fearing that her father would leave her behind and run away first.
Cao Shujie has a headache, thinking about the most basic trust between us father and daughter?
"Really!" Cao Shujie simply took Mengmeng's little hand and led her to pick up the shovel and bucket that she didn't know where to put.
These are all necessary tools for digging sand. I don’t know why children are so keen on digging sand, but they have supported a group of small vendors selling sand digging tools.
Cao Shujie originally wanted to take his wife there on an electric bike, but Mengmeng had to follow, so riding an electric bike was inconvenient.
He came here on an electric tricycle with his wife, daughter, and mother. He stopped at the foot of the mountain. Cao Shujie got off the car and gave up the driving seat of the tricycle to his mother: "Mom, you guys go up first, I'll wait below.
Sister Song."
"How long will it take for her to come here?" Cheng Xiaolin asked casually.
Then I heard Cao Shujie say: "Sister Song just called me and said she was almost there. I'll wait for her at the entrance of the village."
"Then let me go with you." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie didn't care, but Mengmeng couldn't wait to 'dig the soil'. In the end, Wang Yuelan took her up the mountain on a tricycle, leaving Cao Shujie and his wife waiting for Song Shuli at the bottom.
It didn't take long for Song Shuli to drive over in a van with the words "Yingke Flowers" printed on the outside.
"Sister Song!"
As soon as she put down the driver's seat glass and stuck her head out, Cao Shujie raised his hand to greet her.
Song Shuli parked the van next to Cao Shujie. She looked at Cao Shujie, then at Cheng Xiaolin who was standing next to Cao Shujie, and asked: "Brother Cao, is this the younger brother and sister?"
"Sister Song has good taste, this is my wife." Cao Shujie introduced proudly.
Cheng Xiaolin felt a little embarrassed when she heard him introducing herself so loudly, so she also shouted: "Sister Song."
"Hey!" Song Shuli responded crisply.
She asked: "Brother Cao, how far is your place?"
"Just follow the mountain road to the east of the mountain." Cao Shujie pointed to the area halfway up the mountain.
"Get in the car!" Song Shuli called them both to get in the car.
Cao Shujie was not polite and took his wife into the car. Under his guidance, Song Shuli drove the car along the slope road to the parking platform.
Before she even got off the car, she heard Song Shuli exclaiming: "Brother Cao, your place is such a good place."
This was not the first time that Cao Shujie heard others praise him so much, and he was a little immune to it.
Hearing this, he said with a smile: "That means there are fewer people, the air is cleaner, and the soft environment on the mountain is still a problem."
"Brother Cao is so greedy." Song Shuli said, "How can there be anything perfect?"
"Even if you plant all the flowers, plants and trees here, it may not be perfect." After Song Shuli came here, she suddenly understood what Cao Shujie had planned.
At present, except for the orchard in front, the surrounding area looks bare and monotonous.
"Brother Cao, do you want to plant all kinds of flowers around your orchard?" Song Shuli asked him.
Seeing Cao Shujie nodding, Song Shuli said: "If this is the case, then there are some flowers that cannot just be bought as seedlings."
"How?" Cao Shujie didn't want to understand.
Then I heard Song Shuli say: "Brother Cao, I think you can plant the flower trees and flower seedlings crosswise, so that it doesn't look monotonous and has a more layered look."
"Flower tree?" Cao Shujie pondered, and he remembered that the quotation sheet given to him by Song Shuli also had a few remarks, and the price must be much more expensive than the flower seedlings.
But the flowers and trees are all ready-made. As long as you survive the risk of transplanting, survival and flowering are a sure thing, and the time it takes is very short.
Cao Shujie really wanted to try whether the nutrient solution he prepared had any effect on flower seedlings?
If it works, it would be a waste to buy flowers and trees, but it is also a good idea to buy some in small quantities.
Thinking of this, Cao Shujie nodded: "Sister Song, use less matching, and let them grow slowly. I am not very anxious for them to bloom at this stage."
"That's it, that's okay!" Song Shuli said, "I'll mix a small amount. I'll make a list later and you can look at it again."
Cao Shujie nodded, agreeing with the plan mentioned by Song Shuli.
"Lingxiao flower can be scattered in more places at the foot of the mountain and up the mountain. It climbs vines." Song Shuli explained to Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin in detail.
Song Shuli talked about not only the splendid flowers, but also roses, peonies, vitex flowers, hydrangeas, and clematis.
After she finished speaking, Cheng Xiaolin suddenly mentioned a kind of flower and asked: "Sister Song, do you have plum blossoms there?"
Song Shuli shook her head and said regretfully: "I don't have it there. If you need it, I can get it from other people."
“But the price is not cheap.”
Hearing what she said, Cheng Xiaolin smiled and nodded: "The price is not an issue. Sister Song, please help me get a few trees. I will plant them in the yard when the house below is decorated."
Song Shuli never refuses orders of this kind.
After the discussion, Song Shuli drew up a list based on the situation here.
The prices for the different sizes of various flowers, as well as the required quantities, are clearly written above.
Cao Shujie and his wife Cheng Xiaolin carefully read the list from beginning to end this time.
The price of many flower seedlings above is not high.
If seedlings like peonies are not particularly precious, the price per plant is less than 10 yuan.
For example, rose seedlings are even cheaper. Depending on the place of origin, they only cost 5 cents to 2 yuan per plant. Because they are cheap, Cao Shujie wants a larger quantity.
In addition, he also asked Song Shuli to help him prepare some rose trees to be planted around the orchard. The price of this piece was not particularly expensive. The price difference was quite large depending on the diameter of the rose. However, Cao Shujie did not blindly
Instead of choosing expensive ones, I ordered some rose trees that cost less than 50 yuan per plant.
After all, he still wanted to see if his nutrient solution could better promote the growth of these flowers.
If the experimental results are successful, the most economical thing for him is to buy large quantities of flower seedlings and young plants, and then slowly cultivate them.
If the experiment is successful and Cao Shujie is determined to do this, he can even buy a large number of seedlings or seeds, then slowly cultivate them with nutrient solution, and then resell them to earn part of the price difference.
"Sure enough, the future of agricultural planting is more reliable and promising!" Cao Shujie thought beautifully in his heart.
But this premise must be that the nutrient solution he devoted his life to research has extremely high growth-promoting value. Otherwise, if he simply relies on time in exchange for results, it is better to stop dreaming about it and just make some money honestly.
Except for the plum blossoms, which were temporarily added and the price was uncertain, the total price of everything else was 14,520 yuan, plus labor costs.
After reading it, Cao Shujie asked her: "Sister Song, plus labor costs, I will give you 20,000 yuan, can you do it?"
Song Shuli was a little embarrassed, the price was a bit low.
At this labor price, she wouldn't make much money.
"Brother Cao, this person is too low, please add more." Song Shuli said.
"I'm not going to lie to you, just digging holes for these big plants is very laborious." Song Shuli pointed to the rose tree, wood hydrangea, tree-like lavender and other varieties on the list, and explained to Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie thought for a while and said, "How about this? I'll find someone to dig the hole, and I'll pay 20,000 yuan for the other materials."
"Deal!" Song Shuli happily agreed.
When the time comes, we can find a few people who work hard and make a lot of money from this deal.
When Song Shuli left, she still had a deposit of 5,000 yuan.
Cao Shujie also started looking for someone to dig holes in advance.
After seeing off Song Shuli, Cao Shujie went to Cao Jiangang immediately, took the key to the village committee office from him and went directly to the brigade headquarters, intending to use a loudspeaker to shout twice. This was the fastest way to find people to work in the village.
Cao Jiangang saw that Cao Shujie regarded his home as his own, and he couldn't laugh or cry about it.
"Shujie, when you're done, come back to my place and tell you about the contracting of the mountainous land." Cao Jiangang shouted.
Cao Shujie agreed from a distance, no one could see him anymore.
Ten minutes later, the loudspeaker in Caojiazhuang sounded again, and the familiar tune of Peking Opera filled the sky above Caojiazhuang.
Someone who happened to be working in his yard heard the Peking Opera and couldn't help complaining: "It rings every few days. How can there be so much nonsense in the brigade?"
There were also a few people chatting together on the street, listening to the sound of Peking Opera from the loudspeaker. One of them began to complain: "Cao Jiangang, is he not doing anything serious every day? He only knows how to shout about things."
"Who says it's not? Tell me, he is a bad old man in his sixties. He should have been replaced a long time ago, but he still occupies his position all day long. Do you want to work until death?"
"Don't talk nonsense, be careful to let the words reach his ears, and put on your little shoes."
But the next moment, they stopped talking.
Cao Shujie's voice came from the loudspeaker: "Dear young and old men in Caojiazhuang, I am Cao Shujie. Please listen carefully. I need to dig holes to plant trees and flowers in my orchard. I need to find 10 people to work, 8 hours and 35 hours a day.
For two days of work, if you are willing to work, come directly to the village committee to find me. There is not much work this time, only 10 people are required, and we will not accept any extra ones."
Let's stop talking first, so that when the time comes, there will be a large group of people shouting and it won't be easy to chase anyone away.
On the street, among the people chatting together, someone yelled strangely: "Oh, it's not that old stickman Cao Jiangang."
"Cao Juan, if Cao Jiangang hears what you said, you will be in trouble!"
"Don't talk nonsense." He Guiying, who had been silent among the others, asked, "Have you noticed that Shujie has used the loudspeaker several times recently?"
"It's true. Guiying, if you don't say this, I haven't cared about it yet." Li Xiumei said jokingly: "What do you think if Shujie becomes our village party secretary?"
"Don't talk nonsense about this, it will easily get Shujie into trouble." Gao Fengting said seriously, this was not a young age.
After she said this, no one else mentioned it.
At this time, Gao Fengting was puzzled: "Shujie is looking for someone to work there, why don't you go?"
"Why should I dig a hole? Let the gentlemen do it. It will save you the trouble of drinking or smoking at home every day, with nothing to do until your balls hurt."
…
Cao Shujie also didn't expect that people usually came very quickly when he called for work, but today after calling, people came very slowly, and most of the people who came were old men.
There are a few of them who have to call out "uncle, uncle".
Fortunately, these people did not make things difficult for him, and they were very serious and down-to-earth in their work. They completed the job in just two days.
When Cao Shujie called Song Shuli to tell her about this, Song Shuli was so surprised that she didn't know what to say.
On the other hand, everyone in Caojiazhuang also knew because of this incident that Cao Shujie, the eldest son of Cao Jianguo, was up to something again.
Some people said that he didn't know which of the tendons was twisted wrongly, so he actually planted flowers on the mountain just to make the mountain look more beautiful.
Some people say that Cao Shujie must have another agenda for doing this, but this kid has hidden it deeper and has not revealed any clues so far, and no one can understand the deeper meaning of what he did.
A few days later, Song Shuli personally led people to pull two loads of seedlings over in a large truck.
Flower seedlings were planted one by one, and the flower trees were buried in the pits.
During the days when Song Shuli's people were working, many people from Caojiazhuang who had nothing to do came to watch, wanting to join in and watch the fun.
They were even more confused when they saw the workers planting flower trees and flower seedlings one after another.
What is Cao Shujie trying to do?
Someone also asked Song Shuli how much it would cost them to grow these flowers.
Song Shuli would definitely not say, but some knowledgeable people guessed that it would cost tens of thousands of yuan.
As soon as this number was mentioned, many people believed it.
But I don’t understand this even more.
They were wondering whether Cao Shujie really had so much money that he could waste it casually, growing flowers and plants for fun?
No matter how you think about it, I think this is incredible!
Finally finished writing, go to sleep!
Friends, please take a leave in advance. I will take only two days of the five-day May Day holiday, the 1st and 2nd.
I took the kids out to play in those two days, and I will update two chapters every day, totaling 8,000-10,000 words.
If anyone wants to come to ZB for barbecue, please let me know in the group and I will host you on the night of the 2nd^_^
