Sitting in the back seat, forgetting how much time had passed, Cheng Xiaolin put her arms around her daughter Mengmeng and slowly fell asleep.
Cao Shujie, who was driving in front, glanced through the rearview mirror, and a gentle smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.
He also turned down the air volume of the air conditioner and slowed down the car. Even so, it took him more than an hour to return to Pingyuan County.
Then he turned around and headed straight for Daliu Town, where Ji Guangyou's home was located.
About twenty minutes later, Cao Shujie arrived at the place. The moment the car stopped, Cheng Xiaolin, who was sleeping soundly, woke up. She rubbed her eyes in confusion and asked, "Husband, how long does it take to get to the place?"
"We just arrived, you woke up at the right time." Cao Shujie was very impressed.
Only then did Cheng Xiaolin realize that she had slept all the way. She looked down at Mengmeng, who was sleeping soundly on her thigh, and felt a little embarrassed: "Why did I fall asleep?"
"Mengmeng, wake up quickly, look what is that outside?"
After calling for a while, Mengmeng woke up. She was also at a loss and asked Cheng Xiaolin: "Mom, are you home? Where is grandma?"
"We haven't gotten home yet. Your father is here to do some errands." Cheng Xiaolin told her.
Cao Shujie had already gotten out of the car and called Ji Guangyou. Not long after, a dark-skinned middle-aged man in his forties came over.
After seeing Cao Shujie, he was very happy and started waving before he arrived: "Brother Cao, why didn't you tell me in advance when you came?"
He was still complaining a little, so Cao Shujie explained softly: "Brother Ji, I'm so sorry. I just came back from other places and happened to be here with you. I figured I still have some money left, so I'll pay you the money I owe you for the fruit tree seedlings first.
It’s over.”
"Oh, don't be in a hurry!" Ji Guangyou looked very grand. He waved his hand and said, "Brother Cao, let's go and sit at my house and have some food later."
While he was talking, he saw Cheng Xiaolin and Mengmeng coming out of the car, and he slapped his forehead: "Oh, these are my younger siblings and my niece. Brother Cao, why didn't you say anything to me?"
"Hello, Boss Ji." Cheng Xiaolin greeted.
Ji Guangyou seems to be easy to talk to: "Don't call me boss, I am just an old farmer raising seedlings in the countryside. Just call me brother like my brother."
He looked down at Mengmeng: "Little guy, what's your name?"
"Mengmeng!" Mengmeng introduced herself obediently, and then shouted: "Hello, uncle."
"Oh, such a young child can be so polite. Brother Cao, this is because his younger siblings have taught him well." Ji Guangyou spoke in the same way, not at all like an honest fruit farmer.
Cao Shujie and Cheng Xiaolin felt very comfortable after hearing this.
Cao Shujie picked up his daughter and followed Ji Guangyou to his house with his wife.
"Brother Cao, you have nothing else to do tonight, why don't you want to have a drink at my place?" Ji Guangyou was quite enthusiastic.
But Cao Shujie pointed at his wife and the child said: "Brother, I just came back from my mother-in-law's house, and I happened to pass by you. I wanted to pay you for the saplings first, so I called my mother to tell her.
, I have to go home tonight."
"Oh, what's so difficult about this? Just call your mother again and tell her that you can finish your meal at my place. It won't be too late to go back after you finish your meal." Ji Guangyou said.
He seemed to be afraid that Cao Shujie would leave, so he added, "Brother Cao, why don't I call your dad and tell him, we know each other anyway."
After talking about this, Cao Shujie didn't talk about leaving anymore. He also wanted to have a good relationship with Ji Guangyou.
Not to mention anything else, he went to Ji Guangyou's shed and saw that there were quite a variety of kiwi fruit saplings and other fruit tree saplings.
Cao Shujie contracted 78 acres of mountain land this time, but he actually only planted 40 acres of kiwi fruit and 10 acres of apples, leaving 28 acres of land empty.
Are you considering planting something else?
Another part needs to be reserved for breeding.
I will definitely have to deal with Ji Guangyou again in the future.
Before dinner in the evening, Cao Shujie settled the accounts with Ji Guangyou.
He uses hedge planting in his mountain fields and plants 74 kiwis per acre, which is actually nearly 10 less than the standard number per acre.
At that time, Gao Fengting and others raised this issue with him, but Cao Shujie insisted on going his own way, so Gao Fengting and others stopped trying to persuade him.
In order to ensure the survival rate of transplanted seedlings, Cao Shujie bought red-heart kiwifruit and yellow-heart kiwifruit with a plant height of 8 meters.
The price negotiated at that time was 8 yuan per plant, but there were 86 male and female kiwifruit plants in one acre of land (I changed it a bit earlier, and the male and female kiwifruit plants were distributed in a ratio of 1:6), and 688 kiwifruit plants per acre.
The cost of fruit seedlings is RMB 27,520 for 40 acres of land.
The number of apple trees per acre is about the same as that of kiwis, at 76 trees. The price is a bit more expensive at 15 yuan per tree, which adds up to 11,400 yuan.
But the fruit saplings cost a total of 38,920 yuan.
Ji Guangyou was very happy. After settling the account, he wiped out the change of 20 yuan.
Cao Shujie also joked to him: "Brother, since you have erased the zero, you might as well just erase the change of 8,900 yuan for me."
Ji Guangyou also understood this very well. He did not feel that it was difficult to refuse at all, and said directly: "Brother Cao, you are saying this is really impossible. The fruit saplings I gave you are all high-quality saplings.
"
"To be honest, if I give it to you at that price, I will lose money and make a profit. I mainly want to get to know Brother Cao so that we can cooperate more in the future."
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When Cao Shujie left Ji Guangyou's house, Ji Guangyou also installed several pots of flowers for them. According to him, he cultivated them in his shed.
Cheng Xiaolin was very curious when she saw this thing. She was also like this when she was in the capital. She had six pots of different varieties of flowers on the balcony, but it was difficult to bring them with her when she came back, so she finally asked her to give them to her colleagues in the kindergarten.
It was already dark at this time, and the street lights along the way were not turned on. The LaCrosse's halogen headlights were just like that. Cao Shujie also adjusted the headlights to high beam, so he did not dare to drive faster along the way.
Fortunately, the journey back to Caojiazhuang was uneventful.
Wang Yuelan heard the noise outside and came out of the house with a flashlight. When she saw her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, she immediately talked about her son: "Shujie, it's so late, why are you coming back? Find someone."
Wouldn’t it be better to stay in the hotel first?”
"Mom, it's okay. I'm familiar with this road." Cao Shujie said quickly, but it was no use. Wang Yuelan gave him a severe scolding, saying that it was unsafe to drive in such a dark day. He didn't think about himself.
Think about his wife and children.
"Grandma, I'm tired." Mengmeng's words diverted Wang Yuelan's attention. She stopped nagging, picked up her granddaughter, and took her daughter-in-law home.
Cao Shujie was left packing his things alone, as if he was not his biological child.
