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Niuwangzhuang has just produced a batch of young bulls. It will take at least a month before the second batch. "Out of the court".

On the morning of the first Sunday in March in the Gregorian calendar, Lao Zhou led their accountant, Lin Chunyu, and shouted in the open space in front of his supermarket, "The rent has been collected."

There are many tenants upstairs, those who are sleeping in the bed, those who are brushing their teeth in the bathroom, those who are sitting on the toilet frowning, are having luck, those who are picking their teeth in front of the mirror, those who are bathing in the morning sun on the balcony are rubbing their eye feces, and those who are in the restaurant They were eating breakfast with chicken nests on their heads... As soon as they heard the loud shouting, everyone dressed themselves up and went downstairs to line up to pay the rent. If they missed this day, they would have to pay their own rent Take a trip to Niuwangzhuang, before NO.15 of this month.

"I just said that it's about time for you to come." An elder sister who was nearly forty years old greeted Lao Zhou with a smile, and was the first in the line early.

"Are you still waiting downstairs?" Lao Zhou talked to her while moving a few tables and stools to the open space outside the supermarket with Lin Chunyu.

Over there, Xiao Shulin also got out of the car with the monkey boy in his arms. He put the monkey boy with Huahua aside, patted him on the back and let him go to the side to play. Several baskets in the house were moved down.

"It's idle anyway."

"It will be fine in the future. Our rent collection time is set on the first Sunday morning of each month, so we won't change it."

"That's good, and it will save those of them who go to work to catch up."

"Yeah, a few people told me about this last month. I thought about it and changed the time."

"Hey, line up."

"If you have change notes, try to prepare change notes, let's hurry up."

"It's only been a few minutes, and the line is so long. You are all very quick."

"It's not possible to do it? You just wait to be number one hundred."

"When does this have to be scheduled? I think I should go up to wash two clothes before coming down."

"I just drank half a bowl of porridge, so I might as well go up and finish the remaining half bowl before coming down."

"It's not too late to come back after washing the dishes."

"Old Zhou, why aren't our vacant rooms on the twelfth floor open? Many of my relatives and friends asked me to ask."

"I keep those few rooms for myself, so let them give up as soon as possible."

"What's the use? Our little Zhou is not ready to marry a wife yet."

"Those sisters of hers are all grown up." Luo Meng has left houses for his two nieces and the three maids from Boss Xiao's side, although he doesn't know if they will be able to use them at that time. On, but this is also his wish.

There are also those long-term workers in Niuwangzhuang. Now they say they don’t want houses, and it’s good to live in a courtyard dormitory. But in the future, some of them get married, or their children grow up and want to move out. Have different plans.Like Na Qiyun, who is in his teens now, and will be dating and getting married in a blink of an eye. Luo Meng and Na Maocheng are cousins, and Na Maocheng and Niu Hongxia both work in Niuwangzhuang. Regarding his son's affairs, Lao Zhou would provide some convenience no matter what.

After arranging the work on Lin Chunyu's side, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin went to work on their own. Houwazi stayed behind to help Lin Chunyu. Lin Chunyu was responsible for some money for registration, and Houwazi was responsible for paying the rent. Tear up the invoice.

These invoices were issued by Lin Chunyu in advance, because the rental of these houses does not involve water and electricity bills, and the monthly rent is a dead amount, so this job is easier to do. She will issue the invoices in advance when she has free time. , now you can save yourself from the hassle.

"What's the room number?" Lin Chunyu asked the first person in line.

"802." The other party said and handed over the money. Lin Chunyu took the money and counted it. Houwazi squatted on the table and put Huahua aside. He quickly found a receipt from the ten receipts on the table. Originally the number "8" was written on it, but I turned to the newly opened ones in March, found 802, tore off the red couplet and handed it to someone else.

"Oh, this kid is really capable."

"No, teach him once and he will be able to master it."

"Crack!" At this time, Lao Zhou clapped his hands and said, "Pay attention to those who have paid the rent. Whoever wants strawberry seedlings can come to me with the receipt."

Just now, the big guys saw Xiao Shulin moving a few baskets from the back of the pickup truck, and they thought they were going to restock some vegetables in the supermarket. They didn't expect it to be strawberry seedlings, and it was a benefit for tenants like them .

"Hey! It's a good thing I came early today." The eldest sister took the receipt just now, Le Diandian passed by, and when she got to Lao Zhou's side, she was still the first one. "How many plants does each person give?"

"Five strawberry seedlings are given to each household for free. Big sister, you are the first to come, and I will pick a few strong ones for you."

"That's a good relationship! Is this the strawberry seedling from your Niuwangzhuang?"

"Yeah, last year I planted a large area by the creek, and this year it grew densely. I divided some and gave some to the people in our village. I said don't sell the rest, and send them to our upstairs." Residents, everyone is happy, and experience the fun of growing strawberries on the balcony."

"Old Zhou, we paid the rent online two days ago." A few young people in the line behind shouted, they also want strawberry seedlings, this thing is first come, first served, who knows if it is late .

"Then I have to go to my son to get the receipt."

"Xiao Zhou! Find my family's invoice for my brother, it's from 607."

"Hey, let's do it by ourselves, don't tire out the precious son of the old Zhou family."

"Is this from the ninth floor?"

"Tear up the red couplet, tear up the red couplet, where are you tearing it up?"

"502? This room number is auspicious. Brother, I belong to 501. Let's dig the soil together in the afternoon. Lao Zhou will give the seedlings and not the soil."

"Who has the book on the 10th floor?"

"I'm here, I'm here, what's your date, I'll tear it up for you."

"number 1007."

"..."

"Don't crowd my son." Seeing that Houwazi's table was crowded with people, Lao Zhou immediately expressed his solidarity with him: "I was caught by that big cat in a while, and I won't pay for the injection." ah."

"Meow." Huahua called out lazily, and moved to Monkey Boy. There are so many people, all of them are like wolves and tigers, so it doesn't want to make fun of itself.

"!" Houwazi yawned, and simply sat cross-legged in the middle of the table, taking back all the receipt books that were not occupied by others and hugging them in his arms. Pass that book to them, and then pass it back to him when they are done using it.In this way, it really saves a lot of trouble, and it can spare time to plate walnuts.

The strawberry seedlings of the old Zhou’s family are all very strong. I hold a handful of five strawberry seedlings in my hand. They are juicy and juicy, and many of them still have tender green sprouts.

"This seedling is very good, but I don't know where to plant it."

"On the balcony."

"Then there must be a place to pretend."

"That's right, I just moved to a new home, and I lost all the broken pots and bowls."

"Is there a place that sells flower pots in our town?"

"No, I have to go to Yongqing to buy them. Who is going? Bring some for me."

"What kind of flower pot do you want? It's not easy to plant a few strawberries." Lao Zhou said at this time: "Go to our supermarket to buy a cheap basket, put a layer of plastic film inside, and staple the top edge In a circle, a few strawberries should be planted."

"Can you bear it?" The basket is filled with soil, which is not light.

"Don't worry, the basket woven with wire and straps, how can it not bear the weight? By the way, the bottom needs to be ventilated. Remember to cut a hole for the plastic film at the bottom of the basket. If you are afraid of soil leakage, cover it with some rags Newspapers are fine, if you want me to say no, it’s not a basket, it’s not like a flowerpot, there’s just a hole at the bottom.” Lao Zhou gave them some advice.

Xiao Shulin's basket weaving business is developing well now. Although foreign trade is still dominated by shoe boxes, other kinds of baskets are sold in online stores and their supermarkets. Now the person who weaves his baskets has already From Buffalo Town to the surrounding towns.

Shoeboxes are relatively difficult to weave, because there is no iron wire to make the skeleton, and it is relatively difficult for novices to weave the shoebox into a square shape. At the beginning, they all started from weaving baskets. There are so many baskets If you make it up, it’s easy to solve if it’s made up well. You can sell it on the online store in the supermarket. Even if you stock up a little more, you don’t need to worry about the sales problem. Those defective products that are recycled at half price are more troublesome.

Online stores basically do not sell defective products. Considering the shipping cost, defective products with relatively low prices are not very uneconomical for buyers.The supermarket can sell some, but the quantity is relatively small, because for Buffalo Town and the surrounding areas, the market for this basket is basically saturated, and people who come from Tongcheng or even farther away come from thousands of miles. Here, too, there is generally little reluctance to buy a defective basket to take home.

Two days ago, many strawberry seedlings were distributed from Niuwang Village, some of them were planted on their mountain, and some were given to the villagers of Dawan Village to be planted casually by the side of the road in front of the house and behind the house.

In the end, there were still a lot left, and Chen steward asked the glasses guy to ask Lao Zhou what to do with these strawberry seedlings. Lao Zhou's brain circuit didn't know what the structure was, so he turned around and turned to their warehouse to pile up more and more. Those defective products went up the basket.

"Bringing strawberry seedlings to drive the sales volume of the basket?" The glasses boy beside him was puzzled, is this business profitable?It's better to sell strawberry seedlings directly.

"By the way, it's lively and lively, and in this way, they will probably be more active when paying the rent in the future." Lao Zhou said.Except for the supermarket on the first floor and the vacancy on the twelfth floor, the ten floors above their supermarket are full of people. If there are a hundred households, if all of them procrastinate, it will cost a lot of money just to collect rent every month. less energy.

The glasses boy thought for a while, and first stretched out his right index finger: "First: Exchange feelings and strengthen interaction, which will facilitate the development of various tasks in the future." Then he stretched out his middle finger: "Second: Greatly increased the speed of rent collection." Then he stretched out his ring finger again: "By the way, I sold a batch of baskets that were almost growing hairy in the warehouse."

Finally, he retracted his three fingers, clenched his fist and said, "This strawberry seedling is a gift!"

Yesterday afternoon, Zhou asked people to transport hundreds of baskets of defective products that had been piled up in their warehouse to the supermarket. Of course there are still many left, but Lao Zhou is not in a hurry. How many balconies are there in Buffalo Town? How many markets are there for these broken baskets in their family.

These baskets from the old Zhou’s family are said to be defective products. It’s not appropriate to sell them as good ones, but the quality is also good. Some have wrong patterns, some are not tight enough to meet the requirements, and some are shapes and samples. There is a slight difference, those who really can't make it through, they can't recycle at half price.

On this side, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin had just sent out these strawberry seedlings, while on the other side, several shelves of baskets in Lao Zhou's supermarket were emptied.These people bought the basket, bought plastic film and a large stapler from the store in the town together, and fixed the cut film in the basket.

At that time, use thick wire to make a hook, and hang the basket on the balcony casually, which is economical, affordable and beautiful.In the future, they will not only be able to grow strawberries, but also other vegetables, such as tomatoes, peppers, leeks, and shallots. I heard that Lao Zhou will come to the supermarket to set up a stall to sell seedlings after a while.

Lao Zhou and the others are very efficient in collecting rent. It only took half a morning to recover the rent of [-] households. I went to Niuwangzhuang by myself.

These people who paid the rent, received strawberries and bought baskets, should go out to dig in the afternoon. There are many fields around Buffalo Town, but when people saw them in such a group, they waved them away quickly. It is said that digging is not allowed, so many people come up, why not dig a big hole in their land?

They had no choice but to go further away. Fortunately, today was Sunday, and most people were not in a hurry. They walked slowly along the road to see where the soil quality was better, and then went up to dig a few.

"Hey, why don't we go to Niuwangzhuang? We're in Buffalo Town. Where can the soil be as good as Niuwangzhuang?"

"It makes sense! Go to Niuwangzhuang!"

So half an hour later, Lao Zhou received a phone call from their family's steward Chen: "There is a big group of people here, and they say they want to dig the soil. Do you want to dig it?"

Lao Zhou scratched his head and said that I would go and have a look, then got on the tricycle and headed towards the mouth of the stream. When he arrived, he saw those people all carrying baskets at the entrance of their Niuwangzhuang. Beside the stone tablet, they are discussing about buying fertilizer with Lao Zhou.

"Fire dung? Fire dung is not good. I don't have enough for myself this year." Old Zhou shook his head and refused when these people mentioned fire dung.This head can't be opened. I don't know how many people in their town plan to grow their own vegetables this year. He sold it this time, and it will be hard to refuse next time.

Not only is there not enough fire dung, but there is not enough manpower. Otherwise, if we burn a few piles of fire dung now, we will be able to use it later. Human hands go to shovel the grass and burn the dung.

The fermented biogas slag can give them some. Luo Hanliang and the others raise a lot of pigs, and the pig manure can't be used up. The people in the village don't need much to grow vegetables. When there is more, Luo Meng will People often drive the car over there, and there are a lot of materials left after mushrooms are planted in Shangshui Village. After going back and forth, their family has more raw materials for filling the biogas digester.

"We still need some soil."

"The soil is fine. Did you see it over there? The soil quality in that field is not bad, with a lot of humus. You can dig there."

"Is it okay to dig more? There are so many of us."

"It's just a little dirt."

"Then let's dig again in a few days, and plan to grow a few baskets of vegetables on the balcony."

"It's okay, just keep digging." Luo Meng asked them not to be polite: "Look at the terrain and dig, it's best to dig a parking lot for our Niuwangzhuang."