sleepwalking

Chapter 12 Selling Dates

On the field ridge at the head of the field, there are six trees, three jujube trees and three apple trees.

They were all planted by Zhang Yuanli when he was young.

Whether it is a jujube tree or an apple tree, the fruits it produced in the past were sour, astringent, and pitifully small.

But now, what do they see?
The three jujube trees were covered with jujubes the size of table tennis balls, red and heavy, bending the branches.

Yesterday, what they saw was not such a scene.

Yesterday, the fruits on the jujube trees were still very small, very few.

Overnight, it turned out to be like this.

Zhang Yuanli and Zhang Xu's faces were full of shock.

Zhang Yuanli was only shocked by the sight in front of him.But Zhang Xu was even more shocked by the effect of the spiritual spring water.

Yes, yesterday, Zhang Xu poured some spiritual spring water into the three jujube trees, and he did not expect such obvious changes in the jujube trees.

Zhang Yuanli seemed to be unable to believe his eyes, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and looked at the jujube tree again.

Been working on this land for decades.

I have been looking at these three jujube trees for decades.

Watch them grow from tiny seedlings to towering trees.

No one is more familiar with these three jujube trees than Zhang Yuanli.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanli couldn't believe the sight in front of him even more.

Zhang Xu came to his senses first.He reached out and picked two lower dates.

He handed one to his grandfather Zhang Yuanli, wiped one, then put it into his mouth and took a bite.

Suddenly, Zhang Xu smiled: It's so delicious. He has never eaten such delicious dates.

Not to mention that it's crispy when you bite it, it has a sweet taste in your mouth, with a refreshing fragrance, and the juice in your mouth is like nectar.

Zhang Xu thought to himself: The flat peaches of the Queen Mother of the West are said to be nothing more than this.

Zhang Yuanli also took a bite of the jujube, and the shocked expression on his face became even worse.

Zhang Yuanli looked at Zhang Xu, he just felt that the changes in the jujube tree and the jujube may be related to his grandson.

Zhang Xu scratched his head, "Grandpa, I watered them with some water from that high-tech kettle yesterday."

Zhang Yuanli suddenly nodded.

Immediately, Zhang Yuanli became worried, "Xiao Xu, this jujube tree bears a lot of dates. One tree is estimated to weigh more than 200 kilograms. We, the grandfather and the grandson, will definitely not be able to eat them all. It would be a pity if such dates go bad."

Zhang Xu's eyes lit up, "Yes, grandpa, we can't finish eating them, so we can sell these dates. Grandpa, we won't do the work in the fields today. We will beat the dates, and then I will take them to the town to sell them."

Zhang Yuanli's eyes also lit up.

The family is not well off.Their family is one of the few in the village that does not have a computer or broadband.

In the past, Zhang Yuanli was alone at home, and he didn't like to fiddle with these things. He thought that having a TV was enough.

But now that my grandson is back, computers and broadband must be installed.

Yesterday, Zhang Yuanli considered this issue.

A month ago, the newly harvested grain was only sold for 5000 yuan.The 5000 yuan will support Zhang Yuanli's expenses for a year.

5000 yuan to install a computer and broadband may be barely enough.

However, after spending the 5000 yuan, it will take less than half a year, and they will have no extra money to live on before harvesting grain and selling it next year.

Although, the farm is very convenient, and there is enough food left for the family.

Vegetables are also picked from the ground.

However, there is always some cost.

Especially during the Chinese New Year, we have to buy a lot of things.

Zhang Yuanli also thought about it a lot last night.I even thought of taking out some of the 5000 yuan to buy a computer and broadband for my family.

Now, since we can sell dates, it is also a way to increase our income.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanli smiled and said, "Grandpa, go home and bring the sacks. You can beat the dates here first. It seems that the dates from Sankeshu weigh more than 600 kilograms, and they can probably be sold for a lot of money."

"Okay, grandpa." Zhang Xu said.

Seeing the figure of Zhang Yuanli going away, Zhang Xu took out the spirit spring pot again and poured some spirit spring water on the three apple trees.

I watered the jujube trees more than I did yesterday.

Zhang Xu is looking forward to the changes in the apple tree tomorrow.

Then, Zhang Xu picked up a bamboo pole placed on the ground and began to beat the dates.

With a gentle flick, large tracts of dates fell down.

It fell to the ground.

The red dates fall on the grassy ground, one by one, looking very cute.

Like big chunks of agate stone.

Looking at these dates, Zhang Xu was filled with joy.

Soon, Zhang Yuanli came back with seven sacks in his hand.The family's tricycle was also pushed over.

We can't let our grandson carry so many dates to the town.

The grandpa and grandson beat one by one, and the other loaded them. Soon, they knocked down all the dates from the three jujube trees and packed them into sacks.

A sack can hold exactly one hundred catties of dates.

Six sacks were filled first, and less than half of the sack was filled in the seventh sack.

Zhang Xu said, "Grandpa, most of these sacks of dates are for us to keep for eating. The remaining six sacks of dates are sold."

Zhang Yuanli nodded, "Okay. Xiao Xu, you can sell the dates in two sacks in a tricycle first. If they sell well, you can sell them in four sacks in the afternoon. If you take all the dates away, you won't be able to sell them all." , it’s too troublesome to pull it back.”

Zhang Xu nodded, he thought so too.

The grandfather and grandson loaded six and a half sacks of dates onto a tricycle, went home first, and put down four and a half sacks of dates.

Under the expectant eyes of his grandfather, Zhang Xu rode a tricycle to the town.

An'an Town is considered a relatively large town.

There is a relatively comprehensive life service system in the town, and there are also many places for leisure and entertainment.

There is a relatively large open-air vegetable market in the south of the town.

It mainly sells fresh vegetables, chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, fruits and other agricultural products.

It's open-air and the conditions are not very good.But the management fee is cheap.

For five yuan, you can set up a stall here for a day.

Zhang Xu paid a management fee of five yuan at the entrance of the vegetable market, and then pulled the car into the vegetable market.

Today is not a weekend, so there are not many stalls or people coming to buy things.

After finding an empty space, Zhang Xu parked the tricycle, then opened a sack and took out the dates inside.

The stall next to it is a middle-aged woman selling vegetables.

Seeing Zhang Xu's jujube, the woman exclaimed, "Brother, your jujube looks too good."

Zhang Xu picked up four or five dates and handed them to the woman, "Sister, try the dates from your own home."

The woman picked up the dates and was about to taste them when she saw several people approaching.

Seeing these people, the woman's eyes began to avoid, and then she hurried back to her stall.

Zhang Xu heard the leader of these people say, "Ten catties of dates."

(End of this chapter)