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Not long after the peanut buds of Niuwangzhuang came out, eating peanut buds has become a fashion in their locality. It is said that peanut buds are delicious and nutritious, and they can also fight cancer.

It's a pity that not everyone can eat the peanut buds in Niuwangzhuang every day. It costs 15 yuan per catty.Besides, when eating these peanut sprouts, you have to pinch the head and remove the tail, and the root needs to be removed. The peanut petals are difficult to cook and cannot be cooked with the peanut sprouts, so they must also be removed. There are only a few taels left.

Fortunately, these ordinary aborigines in Buffalo Town are not the main profit targets of Lao Zhou, and he does not intend to make much money from these people. Meng went to the door of his supermarket to set up a stall.

The time was chosen on Sunday morning, and it happened that Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling were not in class, so I called them to come over to help, and of course Xiao Shulin and Houwazi were also going.

"Didn't I say, Lao Zhou, who sells the seeds one by one? The agricultural station sells them in packs."

"The agricultural station is OUT, do you want to buy it or not?"

"Buy it."

"What do you want?"

"Give me some leek seeds, and a few more onions. You are too expensive. An onion costs fifty cents?"

"Tsk, why is this expensive? When you plant this onion next spring, you usually pick the leaves when you cook vegetables. When you dig it out in autumn, you can see that every onion has turned into a clump. " Luo Meng ordered Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling to count the seeds, while chatting with these townspeople.

Over there, Xiao Shulin and Hou Wazi are selling peanuts. Peanut buds are selling very well in Buffalo Town recently, and many people plan to grow peanuts next year.

"Fortunately, peanuts are not sold by the piece. Woods, you weigh five catties for me."

"Wujin, are you going to sell peanuts next year?" the people behind asked.

"It's almost the Chinese New Year, and I also bought the New Year's goods by the way, five catties of peanuts, I don't know if there are any leftovers until next spring."

"Yo, it's only five catties of peanuts, do you still want to eat them until next year?"

"Isn't that expensive? It's really not good. When the time comes, we'll weigh a few catties of peanuts on the street and mix them up."

"Are the two ancestors of your family not making noise?"

"What's the trouble? I messed around a while ago. The two of them picked and picked a basket of peanuts when they had nothing to do. They were busy for several days. If you ask me, it's better than watching TV and playing computer games."

"Is this possible? How about I learn from you too? Our boy, who is only in the second grade, squinted his eyes when watching TV. If things go on like this, he might have to wear glasses before he even finished junior high school." gone."

"Nowadays children are like that, either watching TV or playing computer, their eyes are ruined."

"I'll also mix in some peanuts another day and tell him to pick and choose."

"Does your grandson like peanuts?"

"It's cute to eat."

"That's it. Remember to add more. If you add less, he will eat it all for you and save trouble."

"Hey, if you don't tell me, I really can't think of it."

"..."

"Where is your family going to plant? Buy so many seeds?"

"Grow some on the balcony, and also in the yard."

"Your yard is not as big as a bird's nest, how can you plant so many?"

"In two days, I plan to call a few people to flatten the roof."

"What? Want to change the flat roof?"

"No, otherwise, where should we plant it?"

"Then you have to think about it clearly. If this is not done well, it will leak. Besides, it needs to be approved. I'm afraid it will not be that easy."

"Several families over there are doing it together. If there are acquaintances, it should be no problem."

"Your cost is too high!"

"It's done well. If it can be planted for decades, it will be a good deal."

"Hey, who is it? Who wants to change the peaked roof to a flat roof?"

"What? You want to change it too?"

"Our brothers are discussing this matter. The application has already been submitted. I don't know if it will be approved or not."

"Don't worry, I will definitely come down."

"How do you know?"

"Didn't you watch the news from our county TV station?"

"It's okay, who will watch that? What are you talking about, in the news?"

"It is said that it is going to build a characteristic town and strive to develop tourism. It also plans to open a free trade zone next to the vegetable market, so that those of us who grow too many vegetables can go there to set up stalls, but in my opinion, we really want to go. If you sell vegetables, you must ask them to charge a few dollars for the booth fee."

"It's too expensive, so we definitely won't go."

"It's okay to dry the vegetables and keep them and eat them slowly."

"Hey, it would be great if we could have some paddy fields, plant some lotus roots, raise some loaches, tsk tsk."

"Where are you going to get the land now?"

"Didn't the land on the edge of our town be deserted a few years ago? These days I often see the land being prepared, and it will probably be planted next year."

"Then there will be more people farming in the future, who will sell the things they grow? We also have our own crops."

"Are you stupid? Then you must sell it outside."

"Don't worry, if the vegetables are grown well, you won't have to worry about selling them. Now many restaurants and restaurants in Yongqing are willing to buy their Dawan Village's vegetables. Let me tell you that they are not enough to sell."

"I heard that all the dishes of Lao Zhou's family have been sold to Hong Kong, what a beast!"

"Xiao Shulin's basket has gone abroad."

"You said that the two of them earn so much money, they will all belong to that doll in the future?" The person who spoke raised his chin towards Houwazi.

"That's not it, this child has a good life." Everyone can see the love that Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin have for the monkey boy. They carry it everywhere and carry it around all day long. Their own father is not like them.

Houwazi is squatting on the small table where Xiao Shulin sells peanuts, rubbing walnuts. He can't help with this job today, because he can neither look at the scale nor count money.

The bracelet that Houwazi and Luo Meng made together before has been completed, and I took it to the blacksmith shop and asked An Lijun to make the Buddha head. It happened that An Lijun's business was busy these days, so Luo Meng told her to take it easy, anyway. He is not in a hurry either.

At this moment, what Houwazi is holding in his hand is a walnut carving that Xiao Shulin recently made. The two walnuts that have been wrapped by Luo Meng for a while before, after a few days in Houwazi's hand, they soon disappeared. Showing some clean light brown color, Xiao Shulin would sometimes take it and plate it a few times, making the color of these two walnuts darker than the bracelet they plated before. If it is a plate, it is estimated that a pair of walnuts with a deep color can be produced.

"Old Zhou, should your little Zhou be sent to kindergarten?"

"Kindergarten?" Luo Meng really didn't think about this question, he always felt that Houwazi was still far away from going to school.

"Why? Are you still reluctant? Aren't all the dolls in our town sent to kindergartens when they are this old, and they are asked to play and talk with children of about the same age, and there are teachers to teach them. It's no better than staying at home. Strong?" Although everyone didn't say it clearly, they all felt that the old Zhou's child was a bit introverted.

"Let me see." Romon was still a little hesitant. It's only been a while since Houwazi went down the mountain. Would it be too soon for him to go to kindergarten?Besides, he couldn't decide this matter by himself, at least he had to discuss it with Xiao Shulin, and he had to listen to the opinions of the elders in the family, didn't he?

"Wow!" At this time, Sanmao ran in from outside the small square with his big tail swaying, followed by an old man behind him. It's not good to raise a big dog, lest he hurt people.

Seeing Sanmao coming, Houwazi pulled Xiao Shulin's clothes and got off the table, leaned over and patted Sanmao's head, then gave him something to eat from his pocket, and Huahua poked out Xiao Shulin from his arms. He glanced at his head, and quickly shrank back. The big man in front of him was obviously not something he could offend.

After selling the seeds and returning to Niuwang Village, Luo Meng discussed with Xiao Shulin about letting Houwazi go to kindergarten. Before this semester is on vacation, ask him to go there for a few days to try, if he can, he will sign up for the next semester, if not, he will wait another half a year."

The opinion of the elders on both sides is that it is better for Houwazi to go to kindergarten earlier. They say that Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin don't know how to take care of the child, and they don't teach him how to speak.

"Son, should you go to school?" Old Zhou asked Xiao Zhou.

"Huh..." The king told me to go to school, so let's go to school.

On the first day that Houwazi went to the kindergarten to try out, Luo Meng asked Xiao Shulin to send it to him, but he didn't go because he didn't want other children to see that Houwazi had two fathers, although everyone in the town knew about it , but knowing and seeing are two different things.

Luo Meihui is now in preschool at No. [-] Central Primary School in Buffalo Town, and Luo Meiling is still in kindergarten. With her covering her baby, Luo Meng is more at ease.Regardless of Luo Meiling's young age, she actually has better eyesight than her sister. Whether at home or outside, Luo Meng has basically never seen her suffer any disadvantages.

"Take good care of your younger brother. Uncle will plant a yard of mandarin oranges for you next year." Old Zhou said to her niece the evening before Houwazi went to kindergarten.

"Really?" Luo Meiling's eyes flickered with yearning.

"Well, in autumn, the tree will be full of fruit. If you want to eat it at that time, you can go up the tree and pick it at any time." Lao Zhou drew a big and round pancake for his niece .

"Then how many trees do we need to plant?" Luo Meiling asked, this girl was obviously more careful than her aunt, and she was not fooled by the vague notion of a yard or a handful.

"What do you say?"

"One hundred!"

"One hundred? That won't work, there are too many, and we can't plant them in our yard."

"Then..." Luo Meiling broke off her fingers and looked at his uncle: "Seventy trees?"

"That can't be planted."

"..." Luo Meiling broke her fingers again: "Thirty trees?"

"Do you see how many places there are in our yard? Five trees at most."

"Five trees..." Luo Meiling's enthusiasm suddenly diminished.

"Do you know how many tangerines a tree can grow?" Lao Zhou rekindled her little flame of hope.

"How many?"

"Did you see those persimmon trees on our mountain this autumn?"

"so many?!"

"Well...probably, if you water and fertilize them well." This is a completely irresponsible statement. Can the Ou mandarin tree have as many fruits as the Huojing persimmon tree?That is absolutely impossible.

"I water them every day!" It's a pity that my niece is too shallow.

"That won't work. If you water too much, you will drown. In this way, I will write you an instruction when the time comes, and you can just follow it."

"En!" Luo Meiling nodded seriously, completely fooled.

So after Houwazi went to kindergarten, Luo Meiling automatically and consciously became his little bodyguard. In fact, no one can tell which age is Houwazi or Luo Meiling. When he was born, the written date of birth was a few months younger than Luo Meiling, so he became the youngest in the family.

Luo Meiling put in a lot of effort for the five tangerine trees that will be fruitful next year. She has warned all the thorny people in the kindergarten one by one. If anyone dares to touch her brother, she will wait. Eat her sister Luo Meihui's fist.

The reason why I say this is because the children in the kindergarten are afraid of Luo Meihui because of her strong martial arts.As for Luo Meiling herself, apart from climbing trees, no one has seen her show off her skills for the time being, and her sister has shouldered all the fights and troubles.

His son went to school, and Lao Zhou's life suddenly became empty and lonely. There was no monkey boy with him, and the walnuts were no longer active, and he didn't like walking here and there. The courtyard side cares about all kinds of work, and the other is to go up the mountain every day to feed the monkeys.

This afternoon, Lao Zhou went to the courtyard to care about work, and Chen Jianhua told him what he had discussed with Gao Sunu before: "The supermarket business is good, but many customers have reported that the fresh products we sell are too single. There will be many villagers moving in next year. Vegetables should not be a big problem, but there are almost no meat and aquatic products, but this is not in a hurry. Gao Sunu means that she wants to add a few things first. Fungi, I thought about it..."

Lao Zhou yawned under the winter sun, and asked the housekeeper, "Do you know what kind of family the girls least liked to marry in our area?"

"What kind?" Chen Guanshi was puzzled by his question.

"They grow mushrooms." Lao Zhou lazily said, "It's cold and you have to get up to work at two or three o'clock in the morning. How many people can bear this kind of hardship?"

"..." Steward Chen shrank his neck. At two or three o'clock in the morning, now the master of Niuwangzhuang has brothers and feet, and the equipment has also followed. Even the milking side, the start of work every morning is postponed to 04:30 From now on, at two or three o'clock, everyone is still in sweet dreams.

"We don't have any place to build a mushroom shed here. If we really want to do it, we have to go to Shangshui Village. There is a lot of land there, and we can build as many mushroom sheds as we want." When Chen Jianhua mentioned this, Lao Zhou could start Seriously thinking about growing mushrooms.

"Where's the manpower?" Chen Jianhua asked.

"Go online to recruit. After a while, I asked Luo Xingyou to post a recruitment notice. Our online store has a lot of die-hard fans, and there should be some who are willing to come to the countryside to suffer."

There are many varieties of fungi. If you really want to grow them, you need to build several mushroom sheds. Naturally, you must have a lot of manpower. I am afraid that it will be difficult to recruit workers on the Tongcheng Forum. For those who come here every week to change their mood, it may not be so easy for them to work as coolies in Niuwangzhuang for a long time.

"There is nothing in Shangshui Village right now." Chen Jianhua also felt that it would be appropriate for the mushroom base to be located in Shangshui Village, but it is a barren village right now, and there is nothing to do. No house was built.

"Build the mushroom shed first. Water is not a problem. There is a well in the village. If it doesn't work, I will make another one. I don't know if the electricity is still working. I have to check and replace the aging wires as soon as possible. It is best to pull the network cable. Wake up, when the time comes, I will rent a few houses in their village as dormitories, and I have to discuss this matter with people in their village," said Romon.

If you want to build a mushroom shed and a house at the moment, Lao Zhou will be a little overwhelmed. The house in the town is being renovated during this period, and the daily expenses are quite a lot. The income from the supermarket and online stores is enough. It's been a long time since the old Zhou's money bag has bulged.

As for the technique of growing mushrooms, Romon wasn't too worried. In today's information society, growing mushrooms is not a high-tech thing. Just spend a few extra dollars and find someone who knows how to teach them.

Wanting to rent a house in Shangshui Village, Luo Meng thought for a while, and called Chen Gang. Although the village head of Shangshui Village is Cui Baokun, but when we met last time, Luo Meng also saw that the real leader was Chen Gang. .

"What kind of mushrooms are you going to grow?" Hearing that Luo Meng wanted to rent a house in their village for the workers who grow mushrooms, Chen Gang's first concern was not the rent, but Luo Meng's mushroom shed.

"The details haven't been decided yet, what's the matter?" It can't be blamed on Lao Zhou's lack of thoughtfulness. This girl has a Lingquan and a supermarket in her hands, and she doesn't worry about the quality or sales, so she is not as careful as she used to be when she was doing business outside. Be cautious.

"Oh, in the earliest days, I also learned how to grow mushrooms from others. Later, because there were too many mushroom growers in those years, the price couldn't go up, so I switched to my current business." Chen Gang said on the other end of the phone.

"What business are you doing in Tongcheng now?" Luo Meng asked him.

"Hardware."

"Is the business still going?"

"It was okay a few years ago, but now it's difficult. These days, no one has much money, and anyone can open a store. The competition is fierce, and the profits are very thin. I'm planning to switch to another business."

"Brother, when you go back to town, let's go out for a drink?"

"Just right, I plan to go back tomorrow."

"Okay then, give me a call when the time comes, and we should go to Luo Jingliang's place?"

"Success, let's meet and talk then."

Talking to happy people is so clean and neat, unlike some slow-witted people who ramble for a long time without getting to the point.

This time, Luo Meng plans to build a mushroom shed, and Chen Gang is also interested. It just so happens that he has a foundation and is from Shangshui Village. Luo Meng thinks it is appropriate to entrust this matter to him. What needs to be discussed in detail is nothing more than the distribution of benefits. That's all.