Plant peaches with uncle

Fumanduo Supermarket not only sells fruits, but also various vegetables. Zeng Guangfu has a good source of goods. People who live nearby like to buy fruits and vegetables in the supermarket. Han Zhengming is one of them.After retiring, I have nothing to do. I don’t need a nanny to do the grocery shopping every morning. Peaches are even better.

Habitually, he ran to the shelf selling peaches. The shelf with the fairy peach label was empty. He called the staff over, pointed to the shelf and asked, "Where are the peaches? Didn't there be a lot of peaches yesterday?"

"I'm sorry sir, the new batch of peaches was sold out yesterday." Several people have come to ask in the morning, and the employees all answered numbly.

"There were so many peaches yesterday!" He saw it when the peaches were on the shelf, and asked the staff specifically, there were still one or two thousand catties of peaches in the warehouse, and because he was going to visit a friend, he bought some for them. I didn't eat any of them.I was thinking of buying a few more when I was shopping for vegetables in the morning, but I didn't expect that there were none of them? !

"The customers who came to the store bought some yesterday, and some customers bought them through WeChat group purchases, and they were all sold out in one night. Now is the time when the peaches are ripe and on the market. Customers, wait a little longer, maybe it will be later." There were peaches again in two days."

Han Zhengming frowned. The problem is that he is greedy now, and he doesn't want to wait at all. He feels that there are little claws scratching in his stomach, and his intestines will rot if he doesn't eat peaches.It's gone, it's gone, and it's pointless to pester the clerk. Han Zhengming was discouraged, walked out of the supermarket step by step, and the person walking next to him accidentally bumped into him when he was pushing the electric scooter at the door of the store. The person repeatedly said Sorry, but I was too busy on the phone to stop.

That person Han Zhengming knew. He was Zeng Guangfu, the boss of Fumanduo. He was probably busy with business, so he was in a hurry. He heard scattered words in his ears, talking about peaches, mountains, and resorts...

Han Zhengming shook his head and left, now he felt sad when he heard Taozi.After driving for a while, the car suddenly stopped. When the fairy peach was advertised, it was said that it was an excellent variety on Daqing Mountain, and it was grown with mountain spring water. Every time I went to the store to buy peaches, it was like a robbery. If he found an orchard, he would not Wouldn't it be a piece of cake to just buy a dozen catties of peaches?

After discovering hope, Han Zhengming drove even faster.

Today is July 7th, and most of the peaches in the orchard have matured one after another. The next few batches are not the whole tree turning red and ripe, but the fruit of each tree turning red and ripe in batches. Taozi is the same as what was discussed at the meeting.

On weekends, my grandparents and two uncles and their families all went up to the mountain to play. There were some peaches that ripened in the orchard that day, but not many, only about forty to fifty catties. Su Ruoyan kept a few at home, and let them I took it back and put it in the refrigerator to eat slowly.

Freshly picked peaches are hard and brittle, similar to brittle peaches. After two days, the flesh begins to soften, and the juice is richer. You can peel off the peel and eat the soft flesh inside.Put it in for four days and it will completely become a peach. At this time, you must be very careful when cleaning it. If you use a little force, the peel will be rubbed off, destroying the integrity of the pulp.

There is a trick to eating completely softened peaches. After washing, tear a small hole in the peel, and eat it with your mouth facing the small hole. When you suck hard, the soft and rotten flesh seems to turn into water. Generally, it is inhaled into the mouth, and in the end the whole fruit is left with a peel and a small core.The small fruit core was taken out, and there was almost no pulp on it.

The batch of ripe fruits when grandpa and grandma came here, and the few he left behind are now, and it tastes like this, full of fragrant juice.

"Hey, someone went to the orchard to buy peaches? It's not a fruit merchant, but a private purchase? No matter how much you persuade him, you asked him to come to me? Oh, I see, I'll go to the door to have a look." Su Ruoyan answered a phone call.

As soon as Su Ruoyan arrived at the door, he saw an old man in his 60s who used his hat as a fan and kept fanning towards him. He was also holding a large kettle in his hand. The transparent kettle contained more than half of the tea leaves. , The strong tea water makes people feel flustered in their throats.

"Is it Boss Su?"

"It's me, it's me, may I ask who you are?"

"You can call me Old Han or Uncle Han. I used to work in the Cultural and Propaganda Department in the city. Now that I'm retired, I want to eat one or two peaches every day to satisfy my hunger."

I understood the purpose of coming, "There are no ripe peaches now, you come here first to sit and rest for a while, the weather is so hot and you still go up the mountain, it's strange to be tired."

"It's okay, let's go for an outing. I didn't expect the scenery on the mountain to be so beautiful. A resort is being built here, and the hotels over there seem to be getting better soon." Han Zhengming followed Su Ruoyan inside, "It's really good, but it's still there. There is a piece of land in the yard, what is planted on it?"

"I just sprinkled some chicken feather seeds. It's good for making soup." Su Ruoyan really didn't bother to take care of the ground in the yard, and didn't want to see them empty, so he just sprinkled some seeds casually and let them grow. It doesn't get too big, it will go to the pot, and what you eat is fresh.

Han Zhengming nodded, "That's great."

"Uncle Han, stand at the door to get used to it. The air conditioner is turned on inside, so I'm afraid you won't feel comfortable if you go in suddenly." Su Ruoyan pushed the door open, and the coolness full of peach fragrance radiated from the door. He came out in a hurry and didn't tidy up, and there were still peels and pulp in the plate on the coffee table that hadn't been dumped into the trash can.

When Han Zhengming smelled the fruity fragrance, all his exhaustion disappeared, his saliva flooded, his eyes glowed, and he grabbed Su Ruoyan's arm, "You have peaches here!"

Han Zhengming's attitude was too enthusiastic, his hands were wrapped around his arms like pliers, and Su Ruoyan wanted to cry when he was caught, he couldn't help such an exciting grasping method with his delicate skin and tender flesh.Facing Han Zhengming's fiery gaze, Su Ruoyan bit the bullet and said with difficulty: "No more, I'll eat the last one." There were not a few left, but he and Qin Chengyu killed most of them that day, and put the remaining ones aside. Look at the change in taste, the last soft peach left was left by Qin Chengyu for Su Ruoyan to eat.

"there is none left?"

Being stared at by the old man in front of him, Su Ruoyan felt a sense of urgency to return to the campus and be stared at by the dean, "It's really gone."

"Ah." Han Zhengming let go of Su Ruoyan, and sighed a long time, "I'm sorry, I'm so paranoid when I get older. I like to eat peaches since I was a child. I was surprised when I tasted your peaches some time ago. People, it’s just too hard to buy. I haven’t eaten it for several days, so I specifically searched here. The workers in the orchard said that peaches that haven’t turned red and ripe are not sold, so I found you here.

Are you really not selling it? Nowadays, many fruits are picked from trees before they are ripe, and the taste is not bad after being kept at home for a few days. If you simply sell me a few, it can be regarded as reassuring. "

"I'm sorry, although there are only slight differences in taste, the purpose of our brand is to ripen on the tree, so we don't sell peaches that are not fully ripe."

"You can only sell people in the old city like this, how to open up the market."

Su Ruoyan smiled, "Uncle Han, my orchard is only [-] mu, and it's just started. The market in the old city is huge for me now, and it's not time to consider the national market yet."

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Han Zhengming was at a loss for words. Seeing that the young man was young and smiling, he tried to buy unripe fruits on the tree, but the other party insisted on not selling them.A little angry, but also a little helpless, I was quite curious about the inside of the house, but now I don't want to sit in and have a look.

Saying goodbye to Su Ruoyan, Han Zhengming, who came out of the old house, didn't want to go back, so he walked around the village now. Taolin Village is very big, and after re-planning, it has become more tidy and interesting. The villa area has not yet started, but it stands in the village facing east. Look, you can see the fully constructed hotel outside.Although there is nothing worth visiting in the whole village, because of its tranquility, leisure, and natural scenery, it makes people relax and comfortable. Hearing the sound of cicadas and watching the light spots like broken stars on the ground, Han Zhengming doesn't want to go back. .

After seeing off Han Zhengming, Su Ruoyan went back to the living room. There were only him and Nai Gao in the house. The hotel was under intensive internal construction. Qin Chengyu went to keep an eye on the progress. It must be opened in mid-to-early August, which is considered a resort. Phase I project.

The resort has already started promoting it two months in advance. The focus of the promotion is summer vacation and leisure, but Su Ruoyan looked at the advertisement and was a little confused. Can this really attract people?Although the ad is really well done.

However, other than peace of mind, Taolin Village has very few things that can really be enjoyed.

In the original plan, the hotel didn't need to start business so quickly, but it seems that there are some minor problems in the company. The key plan of the resort needs to see benefits as soon as possible. After getting together, I gradually understood.

Qin Chengyu is already busy enough, and he can't add to the chaos, so he will cook dinner. His craftsmanship is not as good as Da Qin's, but he has Lingquan to join in.

Speaking of spiritual springs, Su Ruoyan insisted on pouring spiritual spring water into the springs in the orchard almost every day, but he never heard a trace of movement. Sure enough, it was delusional to attract underground water veins.

The water loss on Daqing Mountain was more serious than Qin Chengyu and the others had imagined at first. According to reliable news from the government, because of the rapid evaporation of water vapor and no precipitation in the hot summer season, the water loss on Daqing Mountain was even more significant. The lake is at its lowest water level in 50 years.In fact, many follow-up measures of the resort have been suspended, in order to prevent the continued investment from losing money, and the first opening of the hotel is to test the water and collect some funds.

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The morning in Taolin Village is awakened by the sound of chickens and birds, not the sound of cars starting downstairs, or the noise of children going to school. Han Zhengming woke up at six o'clock in the morning when he couldn't sleep, and the rented host was cooking breakfast. , rice porridge, fried pancakes and homemade pickles, very simple things, but Han Zhengming is very comfortable to eat.

Feeling my stomach comfortably, I took a walk in the village to digest my food, and I walked to the peach orchard, watching the peach trees full of trees with halazi.The fragrance of peaches that are about to ripen is exuded in the air. The still-hot sun shines on the peaches in the early morning. The fluffy ones look like little elves hiding among the branches and leaves, reflecting the warm light. Drinking the juice in the pulp, that enjoyment is better than that of gods.

Han Zhengming stared at the peach tree with lewd eyes like an old hooligan. Li Si, the worker guarding the orchard, had noticed him a long time ago.

When the orchard is ripe, don't worry that no one is watching here.Whether it is the villagers, the engineering team of the resort, or the local aborigines from Daqingshan, Su Ruoyan feels distressed when picking a peach.

At present, the orchard is still small, so Su Ruoyan, who has never lived in the countryside, really has a hard time grasping who and how much to share the fruit with. The people in the village are more or less related. He, when the orchard grows bigger, he will give everyone some peaches to eat, which means that he doesn't need it at this time, so whoever says it, just come to him.

The village head has offended Hengyuan Company because of his unfavorable handling of affairs. He originally wanted to stay in the village, but now he doesn’t have the face. Grandpa followed suit, and the construction and development of the resort also made the remaining people feel uneasy, and they were more united than ever.

It’s better for people to be more defensive, and the local aborigines in the mountain are not so easy to manage. After having Taoyuan, Su Ruoyan realized that there are actually small animals such as weasels, snakes, and squirrels in the mountain. == As a child who grew up in the city, He also thought that the animals were all in the zoo or stayed on the mountain and would not come down.

Zhang Qiang told him about the dangers of animals to the orchard. Su Ruoyan didn't pay much attention to it at first, but later realized that he had made a mistake. Weasels eat chickens, and they even came to steal peaches orz.

After the peaches were stolen once and the loss was a bit miserable, Su Ruoyan asked the permanent workers Zhang Qiang, Li Si and Qian Shang to take turns guarding the peach orchard. He also pulled a wire from the village and set up a lamp. It is also deterrent to animals.

A shack was set up next to the Taoyuan. Li Si brought breakfast and Zhang Qiang stayed here to eat breakfast after changing shifts. Seeing Han Zhengming stop outside the orchard to look around, he didn't come forward to chase him away. Instead, he stared at him while eating, and followed It's like eating with Han Zhengming.

"Let's eat." Han Zhengming raised his head and wiped his mouth. Fortunately, he didn't drool, otherwise his image would be gone.Smiling, he walked to Li Si and squatted down, "Young man, do you know when peaches are ripe?"

"What are you going to do?" With noodles in his mouth, Li Si looked at Han Zhengming warily. Li Si didn't meet Han Zhengming when he came yesterday, so he didn't know this little old man who came to buy peaches.

"Buying peaches, can they be ripe today? I can't wait to eat them. Alas, your boss doesn't know what to think. You have to wait until the peaches that can be picked are completely red. What's the difference? "

"Uncle Han, there is a big difference. One is ripe on the tree, with a natural ripe aroma. The other is picked off and cooked. In fact, it cannot be called ripe, it is softened. Are you eating An old Taozi expert should be able to understand the difference, it doesn’t look that big, but it’s actually the difference between cooked rice and raw rice.” Su Ruoyan came over after breakfast and saw the old man from yesterday pestering his family Li Si is a stubborn employee who is reluctant to use his parents' money because of family difficulties. He came out to work as soon as he graduated from high school. He is not polite, so don't make the old man angry.

Han Zhengming rubbed his nose and smiled awkwardly, "Yeah, yes, there is a little difference." God knows, he has loved Taozi for so many years, so he really doesn't know the difference.

Having said that, Su Ruoyan actually didn't know what the red and ripe peaches on the tree should look like before. After searching a lot of information, the ripening time is only a vague concept, and there is nothing like his peach orchard. Distinctive.The peaches that are not fully ripe, like the ones hanging on the branches now, have a hard white skin. No matter how beautiful the color of the skin is, the crimson color is hidden "inside" and does not come out.Once mature, this blunt white layer will fade away, as if a layer of protective fluff has been taken off, and the red hidden "inside" will float up, forming a smudged cloud, which is very beautiful.

People who often look at Tao Zi can see this change at a glance.

"I think the peaches should be more ripe today. If Uncle Han can wait, just wait a few more hours. Maybe we can eat peaches today."

"Okay." Han Zhengming rubbed his hands, looking at Taozi's eyes glowing with gold, drooling, if not for his sanity, he would have lost control of himself.

They are eager to look forward to peaches here, and they would rather stand in the sun than leave, and take the initiative to talk to Li Si with a smile on their faces. It is also a lot of fun for the old and the young to talk in the shack.

It's still early and it's not very hot. When the sun comes up, even if you pull the wires and plug in the fan, you still feel hot and stuffy. After a long time, it is easy to suffer from heat stroke. Li Si will not have to look at the orchard at that time, and will come back when the temperature starts to drop after 02:30 in the afternoon.

Brother Cai, the cook of the engineering team, waved to Su Ruoyan from afar. He also brought people over to pick vegetables. There are more kinds of melons and fruits that can be eaten in summer, such as loofah, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, etc. Su Ruoyan didn't let anyone pay attention After the seedlings are planted, they are set up on a shelf to let them grow. It looks like a natural breeding posture, which looks very amateurish.

Brother Cai handed Su Ruoyan a cucumber. It was picked from the ground, and the thorns were peeled off without washing. He rubbed it a little and put it in his mouth. It was fragrant and refreshing, "It's delicious."

Su Ruoyan took the cucumber and didn't eat it. His breakfast was still in his stomach, and now he couldn't fit any more food. "Brother Cai, the vegetables here are pretty good, right?"

"Well, it's pretty good, but the amount is too small. Didn't I tell you before to expand the planting area? How can such a small area be enough to eat?"

"It's not that the peaches are ripe and there are no more people."

"Recruiting people."

Su Ruoyan shrugged, "It's too hot now, so it's hard to recruit people. I've already told the third grandpa and Zhang Qiang to pay more attention to them. I also posted a recruitment notice in the town. Once I recruit people, I will expand the vegetable business. As far as the planting area is concerned, I think cucumbers are very good, and I will grow more cucumbers by then."

"That's right. When the resort is opened, as long as your quantity increases, all the kitchen dishes will be purchased from you. Probably because the water and soil on the mountain are really good, the food at your house is better than the ones bought in other places." It's a pity. The total is only so small, the entire engineering team has hundreds of people, it is definitely not enough, the kitchen can only be followed by a small number of people, such as leaders and so on.After eating like this, the mouths of those guys were kept in their mouths, and they didn't eat the wholesale dishes from the vegetable market.

"Haha, do I want to make a brand for our family's dishes, how about Taoyuan cuisine?"

"Not bad, not bad, it sounds catchy, and you can tell it's a vegetable sold by a peach grower." Brother Cai threw out the leftover cucumber head, and suddenly grabbed Su Ruoyan's shoulder, "Brother Cai I want to tell you a good news, I stayed, after the engineering team withdraws, I will stay and work in the resort, don’t miss brother, brother will not leave.”

"congratulations."

"Happy together."

"Huh?" He didn't need to be happy.

"If I stay here, I can recommend your Taoyuan dishes to future hotel purchases. Isn't it very happy, very excited."

Su Ruoyan straightened his back, he has a backer.

Brother Cai obviously thought of this, "I forgot, you have a backer, and the big bosses live in your house, and you used to say that you didn't know each other well!"

Under Cai's eyes of accusation, Su Ruoyan smiled flatteringly, "I didn't really know each other very well before, and people got to know each other gradually by walking around." They are all matured into a one-in-one-out relationship, very familiar.

After receiving Brother Cai’s vegetable money, the sun gradually rose. Su Ruoyan hurried to the river and pulled up the net she had set. She didn’t need to buy a lottery ticket today, because she was really unlucky. There was only a peach blossom fish and a net in it. A small crucian carp that is not much longer than a finger.Taking out the peach blossom fish, and throwing the crucian carp into the river, Su Ruoyan looked at the peach blossom fish in the bucket, stewing a small bowl of soup for two people to drink.

Qin Chengyu has been very busy recently, so he just wanted to find something to mend him, so he came here to cast a net specially, and mixed bait with spiritual spring water, all the bait was eaten, but very few fish came in.

Throwing the net in again, Su Ruoyan took the little fish home, and when he arrived at the entrance of Taoyuan, he saw that Han Zhengming was still squatting in the shack, and Li Si was checking in the garden to see if there were any ripe peaches. After a while, you can go back to the village. Su Ruoyan has a lunch break in the rented house.

"Uncle Han, the sun is coming up, don't stay here, don't get heatstroke."

"No, my body is strong." Han Zhengming tried to stand up on his knees. He squatted for too long, his feet were numb and his legs were weak. He staggered and almost fell forward.