It was not a very busy day at first, because the village needed to repair the tap water, and Zhang An also helped dig holes, bury pipes, weld and separate pipes, and a series of other tasks every day.
By the time the tap water was installed, the rapeseed in the field had matured.
Before the villagers had time to rest for a few days, they had to rush to harvest rapeseed.
Because during this period, the weather is changeable, and there may be a downpour even when the sun is out.
What's even more terrifying is to give you a hailstorm.
Then there will definitely be no harvest of rapeseed in the field.
So no one dares to be lazy. This season’s rapeseed is an important source of half of the family’s income.
After the rapeseed has been recovered, water is plowed into the fields and the seedlings in the rice fields need to be transplanted a second time.
For more than a month, people in the village were busy in the fields and did not dare to relax for a day.
Not only are people very tired during this time, but the animals at home are also very tired.
After you finish working on your own, you have to lend it to others.
Working in the fields every day, Zhang An, who used to be slightly fair, is now a little tanned.
But the cherries at home are ripe, and the trees are full of cherries.
Many people in the village are curious about why the cherry trees in Zhang An's house grow so fast.
But Zhang An used the excuse of new varieties to cover it up.
"Dad, Mom, I want to pick our cherries and sell them in the county."
This cherry is not bad, Zhang An also tried it. Although it is not as good as the space cherry, it has the advantages of being large and having more pulp, and it is much more delicious than the ones in the village.
So Zhang An is not worried about not being able to sell it.
"Then pick it, I just have some free time during this period."
A few days ago, Zhang An had asked the elderly in the village to help make bamboo baskets.
It's not the kind of basket with big holes, but a bamboo basket with no holes made of bamboo strips, which is perfect for holding cherries.
Anyway, the old people in the village were idle, so Zhang An directly collected five yuan per basket from the old people in the village, without Zhang An having to think about the materials.
Within a week, twenty bamboo baskets were ready, and Zhang placed ten of them in the space for later use.
After cleaning the oilcloth at home, spread it under the cherry tree and start picking cherries.
Zhang Tie was indispensable for this matter. He climbed up the tree by himself without anyone calling him.
The tree is not very tall, so Zhang An can pick it while standing. Zhang Jianguo, who is slightly shorter than Zhang An, can also reach it with a foot or a stool.
This kid Zhang Tie is like a skinny monkey, he always likes to climb trees.
Zhang An first picked five baskets, put them in the car and took them to the county to test the water.
He has already found the target location, which is the area in the county where he used to find the Chinese medicine hall.
The flow of people is very large, and there is a commercial area nearby.
After arriving in the city, I first bought a stack of plastic bags. If I didn't have these, I wouldn't have anything to put them in.
It's not like in Hongyan Town, where everyone carries a basket when buying groceries.
After looking for several places, I finally found a place under an overpass at an intersection.
Zhang An parked the car in a shady place, flattened the fender of the pickup truck, laid out several baskets of cherries and started selling them.
Zhang An has experience in this kind of thing. There are people coming and going on the overpass, and there are quite a few people who pass by Zhang An every time.
Soon a group of people gathered around to watch. This was the season when cherries were on the market. There were many people selling cherries, but they were all carried in two bamboo baskets and sold everywhere.
Zhang An was the first to drive and sell at a stall.
There was an elder sister with a child, dressed in a fancy dress, looking at the cherries in the basket.
"This cherry is so big."
"Yeah, I've never seen such a big cherry before."
The first impression of everyone around was that the cherry was too big.
After Zhang An heard this, he said generously: "This is our own big cherry. Look at this head. You can try it to see if it tastes good. If it tastes good, you can buy it if you want. It doesn't matter if you don't want to.
If it doesn’t taste good, you can scold me directly to my face. This beautiful lady, why don’t you give it a try?”
Zhang An said he could try it, and everyone around him tasted it.
"Brother, your cherries are delicious. How do you sell them?"
This young woman with a baby was made happy by Zhang An's words about "beautiful lady". After giving her daughter a taste, she found that she liked it very much, so she immediately asked Zhang An for the price.
"Oh, look at my brain." Zhang An hit his head, took out a cardboard sign from the car and put it on display.
Above is the price tag written by Zhang An, Changqing large cherries, four yuan/jin.
In later generations, there were Yangshan peaches and so on, so Zhang An named it Changqing Big Cherry.
"Sister, these cherries cost four yuan a pound, and others only sell for three yuan, but my cherries are much more delicious than theirs."
Four yuan can buy a pound of pork, but cherries have always been so expensive, and everyone can accept it.
"It's okay, just give me four or five kilograms."
Judging from the eldest sister's clothes, the conditions at home should be good, so there was no bargaining.
Upon hearing this, Zhang An directly handed over a bag, "Sister, you can pick it out yourself. Choose which one you like. Make sure there is nothing broken. They are all about the same size."
After someone took the lead and started buying, everyone began to pick it up by themselves, carrying the bags and weighing them for Zhang An.
Every time Zhang An weighed the scale very high, everyone was happy to see it.
I have to say that the flow of people under this overpass is really large, and the living standards of people in the city are much better than those in the countryside.
Within an hour of the five baskets of cherries, two baskets had already been sold.
Of course, some people thought it was delicious after eating it, but many people thought it was too expensive at four yuan a pound, so they didn't buy it.
By noon, only half the basket was left.
Zhang An's cherries sell well because they are big, much bigger than ordinary cherries.
And it tastes good. After everyone ate it, many people stayed.
Just now, a man came over with two baskets of cherries to sell, but instead gave Zhang An a round of comparative publicity.
Zhang An even felt a little embarrassed. Isn't this the legendary dimensionality reduction attack?
Especially Zhang An’s set of foreign cherries attracted a large group of customers.
The sun was too hot at noon, so Zhang An did not intend to continue selling the remaining half of the basket.
So I packed up my basket and got ready to go home.
I took the rest home to eat and will sell it tomorrow.
I looked at the fuel gauge and saw that there was still a lot of fuel in the tank, so there was no need to refuel for the time being.
"Boss, are you sold out?"
Just when Zhang An finished collecting and was about to leave.
Hearing someone calling him next to him, he looked up and saw a man in his thirties.
"There is still a small half basket of about twenty kilograms left. The sun is too strong and the cherries will not be good after being exposed to the sun for too long, so I am going to close the stall and go home."
This elder brother, Zhang An, had an impression that he had just bought several kilograms without negotiating the price.
Most of the other people bargained with Zhang An for a long time, but Zhang An didn't intend to get cheap, otherwise the people who were weighing next to him would think what they thought.
"Also, that's great. Let me weigh the rest."
Obviously, this elder brother ate it after he went back and thought it was delicious, and wanted to buy it again when he came out.
"Brother, you can't keep this stuff for long. You bought so many, so don't keep it bad."
Although it was all money, Zhang An still persuaded me.
"It's okay, brother, don't worry. There are a lot of people in my office. I just bought it. They all thought it was delicious, so they asked me to buy more. These may not be enough. By the way, you can pack them into seven bags for me.
?”
It turns out I was buying it for someone else, so that’s okay.
However, Zhang An's words still made my elder brother's impression of Zhang An much better.
"Okay, no problem. Can you divide it equally among the seven bags?"
"Yes, it's almost enough. A little more or a little doesn't matter."
Finally, Zhang An weighed it and found that apart from the basket, there was still twenty-one and a half kilograms, so it was considered twenty-one kilograms.
I pulled out seven plastic bags, each containing about three kilograms, and handed them to the big brother across the street.
"Brother is taking care of my business, so it's just twenty pounds of money."
The sedan chair was carried by everyone. Zhang An took one hundred yuan from his elder brother and got twenty yuan back.
"Thank you, brother. By the way, will you come tomorrow? If you come, I will give you a good publicity in our unit today."
After receiving the benefits, the eldest brother felt that he needed something in return, so he took the initiative to ask.
Zhang An just made his name today and will definitely come back tomorrow.
Even if the cherries at home are sold out, there is still a lot of space.
"I'll come back tomorrow. I just came here to test the waters today. I didn't expect it to sell well. I'll keep coming tomorrow, right here."
"Okay, I'll go back and promote it to you in the office. Your stuff is good, so business will be good, hahaha."
Zhang An's service attitude is good, and he makes people feel comfortable when talking. The elder brother is also happy to chat with Zhang An.
"Brother drove here. My home must not be close. By the way, my name is Zhong Chengyuan. Brother, you can call me Lao Zhong. I work at the county government next door."
"Oh, it turns out that Brother Zhong is a government employee. Haha, my name is Zhang An. I come from Changqing. The road is quite far, so I drove here. Otherwise, I will definitely save the gas cost."
"Changqing? It's where the Changqing River is, right?"
"Yes, that's right there."
After chatting for a while, the two of them got to know each other. Because the sun was too bright in the sky, they left after chatting for a while.