The Garden Life of a Little Gardener

At the end of October, the temperature in the Northeast has dropped significantly, and the night temperature in Liangxing Village has even dropped to single digits.

It’s better during the day, but in the morning and evening, the temperature in the single digits coupled with the chilly northwest wind, people who often go out can’t help tightening their clothes and shrinking their necks.

The leaves of the rows of big poplar trees on the outside of the provincial road outside the village have begun to turn yellow, and the vegetation on the mountain is gradually withering. Even the creeks and rivers that have swelled due to the rainy spring and summer have gradually shortened the water surface area, making water for the winter. Get ready.

Every morning when he woke up, Zhou Quan was able to sweep out a lot of dead branches and leaves in the yard, and he didn't know which gust of wind these things were blown into their yard.

Just as Zhou Quan expected, as the seasons changed and the temperature dropped, the herbs and mushrooms on the mountain began to gradually decrease.

Herbs are better, especially those perennial vines, which can leave a few leaves and vines.

Otherwise, the roots can be dug up. The roots of medicinal materials such as ephedra root and coriander root can be used as medicine, and guests can learn from them by digging them out.

But fungi like mushrooms are particularly sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity. Once the temperature or humidity is not suitable for their growth, they will disappear without a trace.

The yellow pine mushroom on Songshu Mountain in Liangxing Village is a kind of fungus that requires relatively high temperature. This yellow pine mushroom likes higher temperature. In summer, after a rain, they can grow all over the mountain.

And in autumn, once the temperature at night is lower than [-] degrees, the pine mushrooms will no longer produce bacteria. Therefore, after mid-October, the pine mushrooms on the mountain will disappear like dew in the sun.

Compared with yellow pine mushrooms, red pine mushrooms and white tree mushrooms have relatively low temperature requirements, but they only persisted for half a month longer, and the mushrooms could not be found on the mountain as soon as October was low. .

So the only entertainment that the village can provide for tourists now is flower picking, and things are really like what Zhou Quan said before. With the reduction of entertainment items and the weather, people who come to the farmhouse The number of tourists on the side began to gradually decrease.

Because they had expected this, the villagers who ran farmhouses in the villages of the two surnames did not panic. They started to implement the off-season housing prices as agreed in advance, and launched activities such as dish discounts and flower gifts to attract customers.

At the beginning of November, the two surname villages can maintain an occupancy rate of [-]% to [-]% except for the homestay. The rest of the people basically have an occupancy rate of [-]% to [-]%. Some earn, and the monthly income is not less than what they earned when they were working outside.

The villagers are very satisfied with this. They can take care of their family and children by staying at home without having to travel far. They can earn a lot of money in the off-season and rich in the peak season. Not everyone has this kind of opportunity.

Now those who build flower sheds in the village are busy with the roses in the sheds, and those who run farmhouses are busy making ice carts and spinning tops, preparing for the wave of winter tourists from New Year's Day to New Year's Day.

The village committee has been running in the county and town recently, for the right to use the small river outside the village. If there are more than 40 farmhouses in the village, if they want to participate in ice sports, the venues must not be small.

When every household in Murakami is busy, it is rare for Baojia B&B to be free. For the employees who have finally passed the summer vacation and the Golden Week, which are full of customers and overwhelmed, the current work can finally be done without running .

Although there are more customers and more bonuses, but when there are many people and live a lot, I really wish that one person can be split into two.

Old man Wang, who lived here for more than two months, finally left. He did not fulfill his wish to eat all the chef's specialty dishes in two months. Instead, he ate all the tofu recipes from all over the world. side.

In the words of this old man, after leaving here, he will never eat tofu dishes from other places again.

However, as a senior glutton, old man Wang's heart to eat all over Bao's homestay is still the same. He has decided to buy thick clothes when he goes back, and he will come back to eat after the New Year holiday.

This day is a rare good weather in late autumn. There is no wind and the sun is very good. The temperature is neither too hot nor too cold. It is a day that makes people want to go out for a walk when they open the window.

In the morning, Zhou Quan sat in the passenger seat of the pickup truck at home, listening to music and eating biscuits.

Today is the day for the two of them to rest, Brother Baoyan didn't know what happened, he took him out early in the morning, and he didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

Taking advantage of the lack of cars and people on the road, Zhou Quan quickly stuffed a piece of peach cake into Chef Bao's mouth, and then bought another piece for himself.

After driving for more than half an hour, the car entered the city. Zhou Zhou took a thorough look at the other party's driving route and felt that it was going to the stadium.

What kind of important competition was held in the city, did Brother Baoyan bring himself over to watch?

No, the uncle who cares about current affairs every day told him about this matter. You must know that the uncle watches the news broadcast every day and checks the city information from time to time.

And which sports game starts so early, after seven o'clock?

The car drove slowly in the city, and sure enough, the final destination was their stadium in the city.

From a distance, Zhou Quan could see the tall rainbow gate outside the gate of their city gymnasium, and colorful flags and hydrogen balloons were flying around the stadium.

Because of the angle, Zhou Quan couldn't see clearly what was written on the banner hanging above the Rainbow Gate, but judging from the festooned lights, there was indeed some kind of event going on here.

Because they came early, the parking lot on the side of the stadium was still quite empty, so Chef Bao found a place for his brother to park the pickup, and dragged Zhou Quan to a nearby breakfast stand for breakfast.

When passing by the main entrance of the gymnasium, Zhou Quan finally saw clearly what was written on the big banner above.

"Warmly celebrate the Autumn Housing Fair in Fenghuang City? Is this the Housing Fair? Isn't it always held on May [-]st and [-]th in the past? Why is it held in November now?"

Chef Bao didn't answer directly when he heard the words. He first found a clean snack bar and dragged Zhouquan in. After ordering breakfast, he said: "There are stars here for a concert on November, and later they rushed to For the large-scale stations jointly organized by more than a dozen cities in the province, the housing fair has made concessions for them, and it has been delayed until now."

"That's a pity, the real estate fair missed a good time this year."

What Zhou Quan said is absolutely correct. There is a saying in the real estate industry here in Phoenix called "Golden Nine Silver Tens", referring to September and October every year.

Local people, especially the surrounding areas of the city, have the habit of holding weddings during the winter slack season, so September and October are big months for real estate sales.

It is said that half of their annual sales are completed in these two months. If the weather cools down after missing the time, people are reluctant to go out.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Brother Baoyan, why did you bring me here? You want to buy a house?"

After taking a sip of the millet porridge brought by the shopkeeper, Chef Bao replied, "It's not that I want to buy a house, but we want to buy a house."

"Us? We have a house. The small second floor of our house and your old house. The two adjacent rooms in the village are quite spacious enough to live in."

"That is the house of the elders, not ours. We have to have our own house."

Zhou Quan blinked his eyes when he heard the words, and didn't quite understand Brother Baozhen's words, but the proprietress who came to deliver food to them heard their conversation, and said heartily: "Little brother, I listened to your brother, you are right, there are few young people nowadays. There are those who are willing to live with their parents. If you have the ability, you still have to buy your own house. If you have a house, the elders will not treat you as children, and marriage is easy to talk about. You are in a hurry now, because you missed the best time. In the sales season, in order to promote sales, I heard that there are quite a lot of housing listings at this housing exhibition, and the promotion is very strong, so it is suitable to buy now."

"Then thank you, aunt, for telling us, we will definitely take a good look at it later."

Zhou Quan, who had never expected to be suddenly pulled over to look at a house, was a little absent-minded after eating a meal. He silently calculated his savings in his heart, and felt that it was still a bit difficult to buy a house.

He worked in the imperial capital for three years and saved some money, but he used some to repair the house and flower shed and buy flower seedlings after he came back.

Later, the flower sheds became popular, and the four sheds brought him an income of [-] to [-] yuan in half a year, but the money was not kept. When the village expanded the flower sheds, he built three new solar greenhouses. Basically all the money is spent there.

Phoenix City is a third-tier city where housing prices are not expensive, but even if it is not expensive, it is still a house. Bao Erlong just bought a wedding house in the city last month. The land on the edge of the city is close to the suburbs. The set also costs hundreds of thousands, which Zhouquan really can't afford now.

So when they had breakfast, Zhouquan was dragged by Baoyan to the housing fair, he took the opportunity to lean over and whispered: "Brother, the house is too expensive and I can't afford it now. If you want to buy it, wait for me In [-], the new flower house will be able to produce flowers from New Year's Day, and after the one-year contract, the old flower house and the new flower house will be added to my original continuation, and I will definitely be able to save enough money to buy a house."

Chef Bao stopped when he heard the words, looked at Zhou Quan and asked, "Ah Quan, have you forgotten that we told you when the B&B opened that you have shares in this B&B."

When Chef Bao said this, Zhou Quan vaguely remembered that there was such a thing.

It was the first day that the homestay was going to open. When they were negotiating the employment salary, Brother Baoyan said that he would hire him.

Zhou Quan shirked it for a long time, but said casually if he really couldn't push it, then convert the salary into shares.

At the beginning, he just said that casually, but he would never have thought that Brother Baozhen would actually take it seriously.

"No way, brother Baoyan, did you really give me shares? That's what I said at the beginning."

"Who told you? You have worked hard for the homestay for more than half a year, and now you are also working as an accountant, but I have never raised my salary. Are you not surprised? Is it possible that in your heart, I am the kind of People who don't get paid for their work?"

"No, how come."

"That's fine. According to your salary, you can share [-]% of the bonus after conversion. It should be enough to buy a house."

Zhou Quan, who is in charge of the financial power of this family, knows how much the homestay has earned in the past six months. The [-]% bonus is too much to say, but it is definitely enough to buy a decent house in their city. If it is calculated in one year , he is also a person with a stable 'annual salary' of over one million.

Seeing that Chef Bao was about to pull himself into the real estate fair again, Zhou Quan said quickly: "Brother Baoyan, even if you pay for shares, you can't spend so much. Your salary is too high."

"You are the general manager and the financial director of our homestay. One person does the work of two people. I pay no more and no less salary according to industry practice. Come on, let's go in and look at the house. If you choose it and buy it, it will be regarded as a company dividend. "

"But...but..."

"It's nothing to worry about. I bought the house on the same floor. I have a green card. After we get married in Washington, we will open up the house and use it as a wedding room."

The author has something to say:

Zhou Quan: Brother Baoyan, there are too many dividends.

Chef Bao: Not much. If the fat and water don’t flow out to outsiders, it’s all from our family.