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Although the Lantern Festival in Buffalo Town was only held for one day, the town was more lively in the next two days. Many people came on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, but did not go back on the same day. After all, there are three days of statutory holidays.

In the next two days, Lao Zhou and the others did not go to the town to join in the fun. Seeing that the pig blood peaches on Niuwangzhuang were about to ripen, they were relatively busy now, especially to guard against those wild birds on the mountain. Birds will jump in when they see a crack, and if one misses, the loss will definitely be heavy.

"Ouch! My white fungus!" This afternoon, a wailing came from the second floor of the courtyard.

"What's the matter?" Everyone downstairs looked up.

"It must be the white fungus that was drying and was pecked by the bird again." The experienced person said at this time.

"Killing a thousand knives! Look at my white fungus being pecked!" At this time, a 60-year-old old man walked out of a dormitory on the second floor, and stood in the corridor on the second floor to show the white fungus in his hand to everyone downstairs. A white fungus that has been pecked to pieces.

"It's okay, I left half of it for you." The people downstairs said with a smile.

"Pecked and still not eaten, piece by piece, all scattered on the window sill." The man said and spread out his other palm to show everyone. What he was holding in that hand was a small handful of quilts. Tremella fragments pecked by birds.

"Cats need to sharpen their paws, dogs need to sharpen their teeth, and birds need to sharpen their beaks too." A buddy who was drying clothes walked by and said.

"This is really a waste of things." The old man who had been pecked at the white fungus looked distressed.

This time, he came here alone with the netizens in the Tongcheng Forum. No one in his family came. He didn't want to eat the two white fungus he bought from Lao Zhou. The family ate it, but they didn't pay attention all afternoon, and were pecked all over by those birds.

"What's the matter?" Lao Zhou also came in from the yard at this time.

"Another person's white fungus was pecked by a bird." An old lady in the yard said.

Lao Zhou looked up, and sure enough, he saw a long-term worker who had just arrived in the past two days standing there with a pecked white fungus in his hand, so he said, "Why don't you put on a mask?"

"Who would have thought?" said the man.

"Hey, actually putting on a mask may not be effective. The day before yesterday, someone's white fungus was drying in the sun and was thrown downstairs by those little birds. I heard that it was also covered." Lao Zhou said with a grin. .

"Just pick it up when you fall down the stairs." Is this not easy to handle?

"It was eaten by a cow." Old Zhou laughed.

In other words, although these wild birds in Niuwangzhuang have a lot of credit for eating bugs, they also spoil the crops, especially when the fruits are ripe, it is simply a tug-of-war. Tightly, when there are still fruits hanging on the branches, don't even think about loosening the strings.

In order to scare the birds, the scarecrow in the orchard is tied to the scarecrow in the orchard every day. A few birds that have been caught stealing fruits are tied to the legs of the birds with a small rope, and the other end is tied to the arm of the scarecrow. Flap your wings, don't even think about flying beyond the length of that rope.

Because of this, Lao Zhou had a lot to say. Many people said that his move was too bad and hurt the birds too much. Look, the birds were so scared that their voices were almost hoarse.

These days, the white fungus they dried themselves was harmed by the birds. Lao Zhou couldn't help but gloated a little, letting them stand and talk in the future without back pain. No matter how cute the birds are, they can be as cute as their own. One or two white fungus?

"Use this to dry." At this time, Bian Dajun handed over a birdcage-like thing to the man.

"Hey, thank you." Although his two white fungus have been pecked badly, they can still continue to bask in the sun.

This birdcage-like thing is also a tool that the long-term workers on Niuwangzhuang have just figured out in the past two days. It is specially used for drying white fungus. Put the white fungus in it and hang it on a high place at random. It is also bird-proof, but it is more troublesome to make, and it has not been fully popularized in Niuwangzhuang.

Watching his pig blood peaches ripen day by day, Lao Zhou was also in a good mood. He wandered around in the woods all day long. In order to protect his peaches, he would catch a bird or two and tie them to the scarecrow in the woods for public display.

When the first batch of pig blood peaches were ripe, Ma Congrong and Duan Jiashu also went to Niuwangzhuang. Although they had placed orders early, they still wanted to come and see for themselves. At the same time, they also brought their own gifts. This year's pig's blood peaches are prepared for packaging.

Ma Congrong also invested some capital this time. He found a carpenter around Tongcheng early on and ordered a batch of wooden gift boxes.

The gift box looks flat, rectangular, and looks like a ginseng box. When you open the top cover, you can see the velvet inside. There are two small nests inside. This box will only hold two pigs at that time. Blood peach, I just don't know what price this guy plans to sell at that time.

Although the batch of gift boxes prepared by Boss Ma is good, compared with Boss Duan's, it still looks a bit village-style.

Duan Jiashu made a big deal this time. He brought a carload of crystal boxes over here. Although it is artificial crystal, it looks very clear. I guess the price is not cheap. A small box is about the size of a fist, and it is square. , Open the lid, there is a small piece of feather pad inside, the feather looks snow white, it can set off the pig's blood peach in Niuwangzhuang more red.

"How much do you plan to sell this peach?" Lao Zhou held a crystal box in his hand and looked left and right. The box alone cost a lot of money.

"Look under the box." Boss Duan said.

Lao Zhou turned over the box in his hand and looked at it. He saw a small golden bull's head logo in the middle of the bottom of the box, and he immediately understood.

He has cooperated with Duan Jiashu for a long time, and the one that has benefited him the most is the golden bull head logo. Duan Jiashu does not use this logo in his club, but resells it, sometimes in HK local, sometimes farther.

"You have to pick the best ones for this batch. Sell as much as you have. In addition, there must be a lot of goods in my clubhouse." Duan Jiashu said.

"Don't worry." The batch of goods for Duan Jiashu will be at the price negotiated before, but for this batch of goods with the Golden Bull logo, it will depend on the sales price. The final income will be shared proportionally between him and Duan Jiashu. See here The box, Lao Zhou felt that he must not make less money this time.

"..." Boss Ma was drinking tea with his legs crossed, without speaking.

How else can you say that people are not enough? When no one compared him before, he felt very satisfied as long as he guarded his own Jiweilou, and his life was enjoyable. Now Duan Jiashu is here, everywhere They are all a bit taller than him, and Boss Ma feels a little uncomfortable.

If it doesn't work, he also learns from this guy to be a second-hand dealer?Thinking back when his little grandfather traveled around the world, he met a lot of people, and there were a few of those people who were not short of money, or else he would get some samples to test the reactions of those people?

Then he also had to get himself an awesome trademark. Didn’t Duan Jiashu use a golden bull’s head? He used a black bull’s head. The black card is much more advanced than the gold card... Thinking about it this way, Boss Ma’s mood is much better , The bowl of cold tea in his hand seems to taste more delicious.

In the evening, Lao Zhou led people to his peach grove to pick peaches. Among them were Ma Congrong, Duan Jiashu, and friends from the XX forum.

It should be said that these altar friends have helped Lao Zhou a lot during this time. These days, the bayberry trees and loquat trees on Niuwangzhuang have been cleaned up by them, and the fruit trees look more regular now. No longer wild.

Besides picking peaches, the peaches are not picked casually. Everyone carries ladders into the peach forest, and Lao Zhou points out where they pick them. It was almost ripe, and he remembered it clearly.

"That one, did you see the one on the branch? It's very red. Let's pick that one first for this tree, and keep the others."

"Pick that one, pick that one, the one with the black patch on the peach skin."

"Pick the one on the top of the tree, the biggest one."

"Hey, that's not right, let's not pick this one up, let's keep this one first."

"Old Zhou, why isn't there a good one?" Picking and picking, everyone also found the problem. The ones that Lao Zhou pointed out to them were either bitten by insects or pecked by birds. of.

"Then what can be done, which fruit tastes better? Those insects, birds, and others all know it, but they don't look good. These peaches actually taste the sweetest." The good ones should be kept and sold at a high price Yes, Lao Zhou is definitely not willing to pick it off and eat it now.

"These peaches are not bagged, and they have been exposed to the sun all day long. The color looks really good." A certain altar friend said with emotion.

"Okay, good, when the time comes, see how much you have been harmed by bugs and birds, and you will know how bad it is." Another altar member said.Niuwangzhuang can do this, and the lost part of the fruit can be made up with the high price of other fruits. They don't dare to do this themselves, the risk is too great.

These people picked the fruit and didn't take it to the courtyard, but washed and ate it by the ditch in the fruit forest. There was no way, there were too many people there, and the fruit was not enough for them, so I didn't take it to greedy them. .

But everyone also knows that they are here to pick peaches at this time. After thinking about it, Lao Zhou decided to open a few more watermelons at noon tomorrow to express comfort. If everyone wants to eat peaches, it will have to wait a while. For a while, when the peaches in his peach grove mature in large quantities.

A group of people sat by the ditch eating peaches, and Lao Zhou himself took one from the pile of peaches, washed it in the ditch, bit off a piece that had been pecked by a bird, and threw it away, and then ate it.

This year’s pig’s blood peach seems to be better than last year’s. The meat is fine and crispy, the color is bright red, the peach flavor is full, the sweetness is enough, and it’s a little sour...

As soon as the peaches were eaten, few people could bother to talk, and at most they would say "Mmm, it's delicious" once or twice.

Lao Zhou didn't stop talking, while eating, he still didn't forget to pick up two good-looking pockets from the peach pile, and he brought them back to Xiao Shulin and Hou Wazi later.

"After eating this meal of peaches, we should go back tomorrow." After eating the peaches, a certain altar friend wiped his mouth and said so.The peach from the old Zhou's family really lived up to what they had been waiting for these days. It's not that they didn't want to stay for a while, but their own fruit trees couldn't do without people.

"Then let's keep in touch in the future, and let's talk about what's available." After these days, Lao Zhou also heard that there are some good seedlings among these people.

"Let's wait until autumn this year." After autumn, when the fruit trees have lost their leaves, the success rate of transplanting or grafting will be high.

"Okay." Old Zhou said.

"At that time, you can send us some peach branches." Another altar friend said.

"That's no problem." Old Zhou agreed.

Early the next morning, these group of altar friends left, and then Lao Zhou also started his days of picking and selling peaches. Although it is okay to hand over this work to other people, in order to sell his limited peaches More money, Lao Zhou must pay more attention to it.

The pig blood peaches that are picked every day are sold if they can be sold, and those that cannot be sold are used as employee benefits. Those at the buffalo restaurant, those at Shangshui Village, those at the milk powder factory, those who pick flowers on the mountain, and courtyard houses Here, after a period of time, almost everyone ate the pig blood peaches produced in Niuwangzhuang. The reason for saying almost is because some people were unlucky and did not catch up. After working, peaches will be distributed again in a few days, and he has already left. In the words of other workers, it is life.

"Uncle, buy us a cake." This weekend, Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling came to Niuwang Village.

"Why, you have no money?" Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling Although the pocket money of these two sisters is not a lot, they can definitely afford a piece of cake. Why is it so strange today that they came here to ask Luo Meng to buy them cakes?

"The cakes from that shop are precious." Luo Meiling said with a frown.

"How expensive is it?" Lao Zhou cared so much about Taozi these days, he didn't know that a cake shop had just opened in the town.

"It's so expensive, it costs ten yuan for a small piece." Luo Meihui said.

"Okay, uncle treats you to a cake." Lao Zhou was quite generous to his niece, he was willing to buy a ten yuan cake, and he brought the monkey boy with him. Good cakes, they don't have any good pastry shops here either.

So this afternoon, the old Zhou's family of three and his two nieces went to the newly opened cake shop together.

The owner and baker in this store looks cool, a 25-year-old young woman, she looks pretty, but the aura is too cold, she probably knows her own shortcomings, so she invited a nearby school A female middle school student here works part-time in the store, and the middle school student clerk is enthusiastic and cheerful.

"Sister, we're here again." Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling have been very happy since entering this shop. Since the sister of this cake shop gave them a particularly delicious cake a few days ago, the two girls have fallen in love with each other. This store is gone.

"Oh, here we come." The woman behind the console smiled and replied, then lowered her head and continued with her work.

"Meihui Meiling is here again. Didn't she say that she has no money for cake?" The female student greeted the two of them with a smile. Judging by their attitude, they were already very familiar with each other.

"We called uncle here." Luo Meihui said happily.

"Oh, Lao Zhou is here too. This morning we went to your supermarket to buy pig blood peaches. We managed to grab a few catties. Look, this is the pig blood peach cake that I just made. I just tasted it. A small piece tastes good." The children in the town are very familiar with Romon.

Romon has a very good impression of this cake shop. His nose is so sharp now that he can't smell those inferior flavors. The taste of this cake shop is good. They should be made of better materials and the price is expensive. It should also be ordered.

At this time, he listened to the clerk's recommendation, so he looked down at the pig's blood peach cakes in the glass cabinet, small pieces of triangular cakes, and a layer of egg-yellow chiffon cake on the bottom. A thick layer of white cream, and then a layer of peach pink cream, with a few pieces of pork blood and peach meat piled on top.

"..." It costs 35 yuan for such a small piece of cake, and Lao Zhou suddenly felt a toothache. Cakes worth 35 yuan are nothing in the city, but they are a small place after all. Even if they have developed well in the past two years, they can’t compare with big cities. The rent of the shop is not that expensive. It's only four yuan per serving, and it's delicious.

As for the ten yuan cake that Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling mentioned earlier, on the other side, there is the most common and common kind of cream cake roll, and it is really a very small piece, so big, Xiao Shulin You can eat more than ten yuan in one breath.

"The master said, at least half a pig's blood peach will be used for this piece of cake. Your peaches are too expensive. There are also strawberry cakes here. The strawberry ones are cheaper. 22 yuan is enough, and there are original flavors, 18 One yuan and one yuan." The female middle school student clerk introduced to them again.

"What flavor do you want to eat?" Lao Zhou asked the children of his family.

"Peach's!" Before Houwazi said anything, the two sisters, Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling, had already made their choice. They had eaten all other flavors, and only this peach flavor was just launched today.

"..." Lao Zhou thought for a while and asked, "Can't we just buy a few pieces of original flavor and eat peaches?" Anyway, the peaches in this shop are also from their Niuwangzhuang.

"..." The two sisters Luo Meihui and Luo Meiling were a little dumbfounded, can they still eat like this?The little clerk at the side blushed from a suppressed smile, and even the cool female boss behind the console stopped what she was doing and looked towards them.

"..." Only Houwazi obediently cast his eyes on the few pieces of original cream cakes on the counter, probably thinking about the feasibility of his father's words.

"I want three peaches, and two plain ones." Xiao Shulin decided decisively. He really didn't want to see his son eating peaches with a piece of plain cream cake.