Xu Fuqiang didn’t know, so he only said: “In the first half of the year, the yield per mu was more than 1,000 kilograms.”
The second-hand rice dealers are very fond of this beautiful rice. If it is shipped to the rice factory, they will definitely get a good price. They just rely on the price difference to make a living.
However, he also heard that the Xu family should not be short of the money.
"Your family's business is booming now, but I heard that something happened to this rice a while ago. Can you still sell it for takeout? If not, just send it to the rice factory. Don't lose money."
The other party also gave a well-intentioned suggestion. Xu Fuqiang could tell that the words were flattering, but the temptation in his words was also obvious.
This is how it is in the village. You can't change your habit of inquiring inside and outside your words.
He smiled innocently and said, "Our family listens to my daughter and she makes the decision. I don't know these things either."
"Come on, now you are enjoying the blessing of having a daughter, which is very enviable."
Xu Fuqiang smiled and said: "Your eldest daughter will graduate from college soon, and you will soon enjoy the blessings."
The man smiled bitterly, "What a blessing. I paid for her to study, but in the end she went to a junior college. She couldn't even afford a bachelor's degree. She went out to find a job for only three to five thousand yuan. She couldn't support herself. How could I still want her?"
Money? Brother, to tell you the truth, I am also under a lot of pressure. The younger one is still in high school. When I need money, I rely on the business of harvesting rice throughout the year."
"Yeah, who doesn't have a lot of pressure?" Xu Fuqiang agreed.
If Qingzhi hadn't come back to grow vegetables, their current situation would probably be even more difficult.
A truck compartment can hold about one ton of rice. The large truck is filled with rice and drives to Xu's house. It stops on the courtyard dam, and then removes the latch on the lower half of the back of the truck, and the rice flows downstream.
The driver slowly moved the truck forward a few steps, and the rice was piled on the courtyard dam into a shape that looked like connected mountains.
At the end, there was some rice left, and the pillars at the bottom of the large truck slowly rose up, tilting the carriage, and the truck slowly took two steps forward.
With two sounds of "bang bang", all the newly harvested rice fell on the courtyard dam.
The big truck drove away and continued to pick up the rice.
Xu Fuqiang hired some small laborers, six of them, all hard-working and hard-working fellows from nearby, each earning one hundred yuan a day.
Everyone took wooden rakes and spread the rice flat so that it could be dried in the sun. Since the courtyard could not dry it, they moved it to the edge of the roadside.
There are very few cars in the village, and you rarely see a few cars in a day, not to mention the small road near Xu Qingzhi’s house, where almost no cars pass by.
When the rice harvest was good, everyone in the village would dry the rice like this. If they couldn't dry it anymore, they would go to the edge of the road, a two-way street, and dry half of the rice and leave the other half for cars to pass by.
Of course, people will definitely not go to the main road to bask in the sun.
Two tons of rice sounds like a lot, but in fact it only depends on this area.
It's just that Xu Qingzhi couldn't sit under the persimmon tree anymore, so he sat under the eaves instead.
Looking at the golden rice in the courtyard, the familiar fragrance of rice comes to my nose, and I feel like I am flashing back to the past.
After a long time, the big truck came back twice and dropped the rice on the 100-meter-long cement road, spreading it out to dry in the sun, occupying half of the cement road.
Xu Fuqiang was inexperienced and did not consider that his family would own dozens of acres of farmland in the second half of this year. How much land would be needed to farm all of it? There would not be many small laborers.
There was no land to dry the rice, so he could only think about harvesting the remaining rice tomorrow. Then he would clear up the collective rice drying ground in the mountain village over there and go there to dry it tomorrow.
Today we harvested about six tons of rice, covering about ten acres of rice.
Wang Yanmei boiled some chrysanthemum tea in advance for those who came to help today to drink during their breaks.
After the rice was spread out and everyone was sitting on the verandah to rest, two black nanny cars drove towards the Xu family.
Xu Fuqiang asked: "Who is here?"
When you drive in this direction, the only one you see is his house.
As expected, the car stopped on the side of the road and could not drive to the door of the house. After all, the courtyard was covered with rice.
The group got out of the car.
Xu Qingzhi took a sip of tea and answered her father leisurely: "Here comes the helper."
"Auntie! Uncle!"
A long way away, Jiang Xiao, who had just gotten off the car, howled at the top of his lungs.
He was so excited, woohoo, he could finally eat the food cooked by his aunt again.
He is there to help with the work anyway, so there is no shame in taking advantage of him.
Xu Fuqiang still squinted his eyes slightly and muttered: "Who is this?"
Wang Yanmei stood up excitedly and clapped her hands together. She was more enthusiastic than welcoming her own son: "Why are you here? Why didn't you tell aunt in advance?"
It's just that the rice that's been drying all over the ground has blocked the footsteps of those coming.
It doesn’t matter where everyone is staying, they can only stand where they are.
Wang Yanmei had already stepped on the rice and walked over enthusiastically, "It's okay, just step on it and it won't be in the way."
With the permission of the host, a group of people dared to step over here. However, everyone was also cautious. They only stepped on one place in a row and did not dare to step everywhere.
When he got closer, Xu Fuqiang saw clearly that it was: "Xiao Jiang! So many of you are also visiting Dongyang?"
"No, uncle, we are here to help with the work." Jiang Xiao said very politely, and then felt like introducing him to others: "This is my teacher, Zhou Zheng."
Zhou Zheng took the initiative to extend his hand and greeted Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei: "Hello, I'm going to bother you two these days."
Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei looked at each other, who must be about the same age as themselves, and they seemed to be intellectuals when they spoke. They were not good at socializing with intellectuals, so they just laughed and said: "Hello, hello."
They had already heard from their daughter that someone was coming to help, so they were not surprised.
Zhou Zheng looked at the young girl beside him and said, "This must be the owner of the famous Fuwang Farm. How do you call him?"
"Xu Qingzhi, just call me Qingzhi." Xu Qingzhi nodded politely and called out respectfully: "Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Okay, Qingzhi."
Then, he extended his hand for others to come forward and introduce themselves.
"Hello, my name is Zhou An, and I am his daughter." Zhou An is also Xiao An, who did the mooncake and vegetable evaluation at Fuwang Farm. This time she knew that her father was coming to Fuwang Farm for research. She was very excited and persuaded her father.
It took a long time before she was willing to let her father bring her here.
"My name is Zhou Ran, her brother."
"I don't need to introduce you." Jiang Xiao said happily: "Auntie, uncle and Qingzhi all know me."
"I'm Bian Chang." The young guy looks a bit like a boy band, and he's quite handsome.
"My name is Tian Li." At first glance, he looks tall and strong, someone who works hard.
"I am Liu Wen, and he is my brother Liu Wu. We are twins."
When I see twins in real life, I am always surprised every time I see them. They really look the same and I don’t know how to tell them apart.
The last person left.
He was wearing a white shirt, clean light-colored jeans, and a pair of sneakers, giving him a strong youthful vibe.
"Auntie, hello uncle, I'm Yu Zhou."
When Xu Qingzhi heard this, her eyes instantly fell on him, and there was a buzzing sound in her head.
Yu Zhou curled his lips and said, "I know, long time no see."
Jiang Xiao was surprised: "Do you know each other?"
"Yes." Yu Zhou nodded, "I am also from Meicheng, and I am a high school classmate with Qingzhi."