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The seventh day of the fifth lunar month, Sunday.

Early in the morning, after eating white porridge with cucumber peel, Deng Shirong took his six children, nephews, nieces, and nephews' husbands to the Lychee Mountain to pick lychees, while his daughter-in-law stayed at home to take care of the children.

At the same time, Deng Yunqiang also took his children to the Lychee Mountain to pick lychees.

Today is the day for picking lychees agreed by their two families. As for the lychees from Deng Changfu's father-in-law's house, they will be picked tomorrow.

There are ten laborers in Deng Shirong's family. Even though Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng are still a little young, the lychee trees are not very tall now. It is not difficult for them to help pick lychees. The speed of picking is not much slower than that of adults.

In just over half an hour, more than 20 baskets of lychees were picked.

Deng Shirong saw this and ordered: "Yuntai, Dashi, we can pick the rest, you two start carrying lychees home!"

Deng Yuntai and Bu Dashi responded and began to carry baskets of lychees to the foot of the mountain, and then transported the lychees back with bicycles.

A bicycle can carry four baskets of lychees at a time, and two people can carry eight baskets together, which is very efficient.

Compared with them, Deng Yunqiang's family was much slower, because they didn't have a bicycle, and they had to carry them back one by one by manpower.

In an hour, Deng Shirong and others picked a total of 35 baskets of lychees.

Looking at the remaining lychees, Deng Shirong said directly: "Okay, don't pick the rest, save them for your family to eat slowly."

Bu Dafang glanced at the remaining lychees that had not been picked, and said in surprise: "Uncle, there are at least more than 300 kilograms of the remaining lychees. Save them all for eating?"

Deng Shirong said: "Keep them. We planted so many lychees at home. If our family has no lychees to eat, what's the point of making more money?"

Deng Yunzhen smiled and said: "Dad, don't forget that we still have a straight lychee tree at home, and we can pick 300 to 400 kilograms. Are you still worried that we have no lychees to eat?"

"The taste of lychees is very good. How can it compare with Guiwei? Tomorrow is Shuangwang Market. We can pick and sell them directly at the market. We can probably make some money. "

"You are still willing to eat them. Other people's lychees are eager to sell all, but you keep hundreds of kilograms. It's really scary."

"Okay, stop sighing. The sun is getting hotter and hotter. Help move the lychees down!"

"..."

...

Deng Shirong's family and Deng Yunqiang's family picked lychees today. Such a big movement naturally can't be hidden from the villagers. The villagers who received the news came to Deng Shirong's house curiously, wanting to see how much the lychees of these two families can sell this year.

Especially those villagers who later followed to plant Guiwei lychees, they were extremely concerned.

As baskets of lychees were transported back from Deng Shirong's family and Deng Yunqiang's family, the villagers who came to watch couldn't help but discuss.

"Jiugong's family has brought back 32 baskets of lychees. Does anyone know how heavy this basket of lychees is?"

"If this bamboo basket is full, it will probably weigh 70 to 80 kilograms!"

"Even if there are only 70 kilograms per basket, these 32 baskets add up to more than 2,200 kilograms. What is the purchase price of the supply and marketing cooperative? Does anyone know?"

"I don't know. We have never sold lychees!"

"I asked when I went to Shuangwang Market before. The market sells 68 cents per kilogram."

"So expensive? Who can help calculate and see how much Jiugong's 2,200 kilograms of lychees can be sold for?"

"What are you thinking? The supply and marketing cooperative gives the purchase price, which is different from the retail price at the market."

"That's right. What is the purchase price?"

"..."

Amid the discussion of the villagers, Deng Shirong and his family returned, and the last three baskets of lychees were brought back with them.

Someone immediately asked, "Jiugong, have you picked all the lychees?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Not all, I'll keep some for myself."

Everyone thought that he really only kept a little, but they probably never dreamed that Deng Shirong would keep more than 300 kilograms for himself.

Someone else asked, "Jiushu, what is the purchase price given by the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"50 cents per kilogram."

After hearing Deng Shirong's answer, a few villagers who were good at arithmetic immediately calculated an approximate number, and their hearts were filled with excitement, especially those villagers who had already planted Guiwei lychee trees at home, all of whom were full of surprise.

And those who were not good at arithmetic were shocked when they heard others calculate that 2,000 kilograms of lychees could be sold for 1,000 yuan.

In the second year of planting, there was an income of more than 1,000 yuan, which was incredible.

At this moment, those villagers who were afraid of taking risks and did not dare to plant lychee trees regretted it and slapped their thighs.

I believe that after today's stimulation, every household in the village will open up orchards to plant lychee trees.

…

At nine o'clock in the morning, the medium-sized tractor sent by the supply and marketing cooperative drove to Deng Shirong's house, and then the lychees began to be weighed and loaded.

Finally, after statistics, Deng Shirong's lychees totaled 2,658 kilograms, which were sold for 1,329 yuan.

Deng Yunqiang's lychees totaled 3,062 kilograms, which were sold for 1,531 yuan.

Seeing the "real money" in Deng Shirong and Deng Yunqiang's hands, the villagers present were so excited that their faces flushed.

In this era, anyone who can earn 30 yuan a month or 360 yuan a year will be envied by countless people. The 1,531 yuan earned by Deng Yunqiang’s family is something that many big families in the village cannot earn in three years. Who can see the number and not be irritated?

Although planting lychees requires an initial investment of at least several hundred yuan, the cost can be recovered in just one year and a lot of money can be made. No family really wants to miss this kind of business.

Some anxious villagers even plan to plant lychees this year.

Deng Shirong listened to the general idea and thought of the extreme weather this winter, and couldn't help but warn: "If you want to plant lychees, you can first cultivate the orchards, but it is not recommended to plant them this year. It is better to wait until spring next year. , so that the survival rate of the saplings is higher.”

All the villagers responded in succession after hearing this.

If someone else said this, the villagers might not be able to listen. Who knows if you are afraid that I will get rich by saying this?

But when Deng Shirong said these words, even the anxious villagers listened.

After all, when Deng Shirong first started planting lychees, he had no intention of eating it alone. At that time, he suggested that everyone should follow suit. However, many villagers got cold feet when they heard that the initial investment would cost several hundred yuan.

After the trucks from the supply and marketing cooperative took away all the lychees, the villagers dispersed.

Then, the news that Deng Shirong's family and Deng Yunqiang's family had sold lychees for more than 1,300 and 1,500 yuan was like having wings. It spread throughout the Bangjie Brigade at an extremely fast speed, and even spread to other brigades. passed.

In this day and age, earning more than a thousand yuan a year is really attractive.