Rebirth to the pastoral

Cheng Xiaojie was disturbed by him: "What's wrong? Is this logistics not working?"

"No, I believe in your vision. You are more familiar with this than me, so you can do it if you think it is right." Cheng Xiaoran said, probably because he was overthinking. Don't talk about any discounts, let's send cherries at the normal price, and we can talk about it after the business stabilizes and we know how many packages we have to send every day."

"Brother, you called me." Cheng Nuannuan ran in from outside.

"Why are you sweating all over your head?"

"Aren't you going to see the cherry blossoms? The little white ones are so beautiful and look better than ever." Cheng Nuannuan took out a tissue to wipe off his sweat, "But don't we need to put bumblebees over there?"

"No, there are always people coming and going over there. If you stung someone, it will break." Fortunately, there is wind on the mountain, and the efficiency of natural pollination will not be too low.Cheng Xiaoran asked, "Xiaojie said you are managing our village's Weibo account now?"

Cheng Nuannuan nodded: "Yes, Cousin Xiaojie said that he was fine talking to people face to face, but he was not good enough using Weibo, so he managed the account for me, you see."

Cheng Xiaoran took the mobile phone and swiped it. This girl is smart, she has updated news every day, talking about the scenery of their village, and how they take care of the cherry grove every day. Of course, they just mentioned the general idea and sent some photos. Although there are not many people who repost the message below, there are dozens of them every day, and the number of followers has reached nearly a thousand.

"Okay, you." You know, Future Nuannuan doesn't even know how to use a smartphone for more than 20 days. "You send some photos of cherry trees blooming and fruiting, and then find out who followed each other at the station and on the bus. People, send them a message saying that the cherries in our village are about to ripen, ask for the address, and we will each send a catty to them to try it out."

"I really want to give it away." Cheng Nuannuan immediately sent a message, one by one @, "Ah, someone replied so soon, this person asked for the specific time."

Cheng Xiaoran made the calculations: "In half a month, you can register another WeChat account, called 'Da Zhoushan Guoxian', and create a WeChat group. Anyone who replies should add WeChat, which is also easy to manage and contact, and then Write down the names and addresses of people one by one."

Cheng Xiaojie interjected and asked, "The cherries will be ripe in half a month, so fast?"

"Well, I've seen it. There are dozens of mature trees on each tree, and the total weight of more than 50 trees is tens of kilograms." Once it is ripe, it must be picked off as soon as possible, and the market must be opened as soon as possible, "The stone roads up and down Dazhou Mountain have been repaired, you take Zhao Jiafu and the others, and make a good adjustment of the mountain roads in and out of our village. It's okay now, wait until the weather gets colder. It’s hard to drive when it’s snowing, and things will be delayed.”

Cheng Xiaojie responded quickly, and asked after a moment of hesitation: "Xiao Ran, you have invested so much in the early stage, and the first batch of cherries will be given away for free. Can you really make money?"

Cheng Xiaoran laughed: "Are you still worrying about this? Don't worry, you won't lose money." He looks like he has spent a lot of money now, but in fact it is only 30 to [-]. This money may be too much in the eyes of others. Places are completely unnecessary in the eyes of many people, but he feels that as long as it can solve troubles and obtain convenience, it is worth spending.

"Without spending money, can cherries be harvested so early? Is going up and down the mountain as safe and convenient as it is now? How much more work would it take to transport goods back and forth without a small truck? If we don't hire outsiders to come in, when will we be busy? We started I just have nothing, and I missed the best weather. If I am reluctant to spend money, let alone catch up with the peak of the Spring Festival, whether I can make a name for myself is a problem. Now we are spending money to create a shortcut, and the first step is done. , then it’s easy.”

Cheng Xiaoran has always agreed with the saying that a good start is half the battle. No matter what you do, as long as the conditions permit, you will be fully prepared, and he believes that he will be able to earn back this capital soon.

He tidied up and went to find Uncle Cheng.

"Do you want the contact information of the people in the village?" Uncle Cheng looked at Cheng Xiaoran strangely, "Do you want to send them cherries?"

"Yeah, the people in our village don't say they are all over the country, but they are also distributed in many cities. Let them help with publicity, or solicit some orders, and I will give them a commission, or give them wholesale prices, and let them sell there themselves. , to see how they choose." Cheng Xiaoran obviously had already thought about it.

Uncle Cheng's eyes lit up, and he said with some hesitation: "But according to what you said, the earliest time for the cherries to ripen is more than ten days before the Chinese New Year. It won't take long for everyone to do it and go back to the village for the Chinese New Year."

"It's just like this." Cheng Xiaoran said, "Let them taste the sweetness first, experience it, and then go back to the village to see with their own eyes. It's a better choice whether to take care of the cherries in the village next year, or go out to work and sell cherries. .”

Uncle Cheng opened his mouth wide: "That's right, that's it. You young people are smart enough. I have some contact numbers here, but many of them have been invalidated. I'll sort it out for you." There was a pause. , Uncle Cheng said hesitantly, "Xiao Ran, I heard from your father that there are so many cherry trees left in our village that no one takes care of them, and they can attract everyone back to the village. You can start taking care of them now, can you..."

Cheng Xiaoran waved his hand: "Uncle, let me tell you the truth, those cherry trees are indeed the potential wealth of our village, but this year is not enough, and the season is already a bit late now, these cherry trees are different from the ones on Dazhou Mountain. No one has taken care of it for ten years. It grows in the wild. The age of the tree is uneven, and the growth is also messy. At least one year must be taken care of before it can start to set fruit. Harvesting some cherries, I am willing to give you some guidance, but are you willing to spend so much money?"

Even if he is willing, if he can really make up his mind, he will wait for Cheng Xiaoran to earn back his cost and start making profits. It will be at least a month later, and it will be even later.

Uncle Cheng sighed: "I just want to drive the whole village to become rich, next year, next year too."

Cheng Xiaoran looked at him, Uncle Cheng and his father were exactly the same, and they all wished that the village would become prosperous and prosperous immediately, including Grandpa Ninth, and Cheng Xiaojie's father, Uncle Cheng, all of them with the surname Cheng wholeheartedly hoped that Yinghua Village would be better.

In fact, he has a bigger plan in mind. Next year, except for the existing cherry trees on Dazhou Mountain, he is going to do grafting. Now these cherry trees are too tall, which is not conducive to manual pollination and picking. The large cherries outside The production base is planted with dwarf cherry trees, which are short and small, and the yield will not be low, and it is also convenient for greenhouse operations. At that time, the whole village will be a cherry base, and the overall operation and arrangement will be standardized. As long as the periods are staggered, batch by batch Harvesting can last from a year ago to April and May of the following year. This income alone is enough to change the face of Sakura Village in just one year.

But it's too early to talk about it now, he changed the subject: "Uncle, I told you last time, I want to invite some old people to weave bamboo baskets and bamboo boxes. I wonder if anyone is willing to do it?"

"Yes! There are so many of these." Uncle Cheng was very happy when he said this, "Living in the mountains for generations, everyone relies on the mountains to eat the mountains and has a lot of unique skills. It is not difficult to weave bamboo products. In the early years, everyone even weaved them out. It’s for sale, I know you want this, many old people have compiled a lot of patterns, just waiting for you to see.”

Cheng Xiaoran immediately went down to have a look, the handicraft of the old people is really nothing to say, the soft and thin bamboo slices are somehow turned into simple or beautiful utensils, before Cheng Xiaoran returned to the village, he specially went to the fruit I have seen the packaging of cherries in the store, some are packed in lattice plastic baskets, some are packed in transparent plastic bowls, and they are wrapped with plastic wrap layer after layer.

He plans to also order some plastic bowls and plastic boxes, but in order to reflect the characteristics of their mountain village, the bamboo boxes must be more novel and unique, and buyers can choose which kind of packaging to use.

Cheng Xiaoran chose a boxy, very simple and strong style of bamboo box, and asked everyone to make this kind of bamboo box together, one catty, two catties, five catties, and make up some. As for how to calculate the salary, Cheng Xiaoran didn't know how much work it would take to select bamboo from the mountain, cut it, transport it, and then cut it open and cut it into pieces, and how much thought and energy it would take to weave it into one, so the salary is hard to determine. , Let Uncle Cheng discuss it with the old people, as long as it is not too expensive, he can accept it.

Naturally, the cherries cannot be put directly in the box, and something needs to be placed underneath. Cheng Xiaoran asked those who are willing to go to the mountains to cut weeds. This kind of grass is everywhere in the mountains. It is a bit similar to ryegrass. The stems are very thin. Soft, just used to cushion the cherries to prevent crushing and damage during transportation.In the end, three old women who lived alone took the job. Whether the wages were calculated by the day or by the catty, and how much was determined by Uncle Cheng.

In the end, there is still the job of picking cherries. Rough men are definitely not good at it, and even older women are definitely not good at it. The tree is so tall, and you have to step on a ladder to pick it. If you accidentally fall down, it will be broken.

But there are no young girls or women in their village. Cheng Xiaoran thought that he still had to hire someone, or Cheng's mother knew his thoughts, and said hesitantly: "Why don't you let your eldest sister come? Your eldest sister It's not easy at home, if you can have an income, you can be stronger in your in-law's house."

Only then did Cheng Xiaoran find out that he had been home for so long, and he didn't want to go over to see his elder sister.

This elder sister, Cheng Chaoyang, is not far away from her marriage, she is in the next village, but unlike Gutao Village, there is a mountain road directly across the road. Hours.