Carrying the Ba Zong's child to farm

After lunch, Zhao Shanshi took Li Ping to look at the loquat tree next to them.

He still came to see the loquat when it was just planted. At that time, he and Li Ping buried manure next to the loquat. The loquat tree was about as tall as him, and the branches and leaves were lonely. He didn't even notice that there were small trees on it. The loquat is here.

Looking at it now, the loquat tree does not bear many fruits, but the grains are full and hang heavily on the branches.

This loquat is really big, about the size of a hen's newborn egg. The loquat on the top of the tree is so yellow and red, and when you get close, you can smell a refreshing loquat smell.

Zhao Danshi stood on tiptoe and casually picked two loquats from the nearby tree. He held one in his hand and handed the other to Li Bing.

Their loquats are not bagged, and the whole loquat is a plump dark yellow color. The thin skin is gently torn off, and the flesh inside is thick and has a slightly sandy texture. Looking at it, it looks like salted egg yolk out of oil.

Zhao Danshi took a sip, the flesh was sweet, with almost no sour taste, leaving only the sweetness and pipa fragrance in his mouth.

The core of loquat is also very small, as big as a marble, the juice is abundant, and the fleshy flesh is very enjoyable to eat.

The two of them were by the pond, and you and I ate one by one. After eating, throw the peel and core into the pond, just to feed the fish.

"This loquat tastes great, much better than the ones bought outside." Zhao Shanshi was not satisfied after eating it, "Brother, let's pick some more and let the old man and Doudou taste it too."

He has not eaten such a good loquat for many years. The loquats bought outside are big and beautiful to look at, but most of them taste sour, and some are not even sour. Not fruity nor fruity.

The dozen or so loquat trees didn't bear many fruits in total. Some of the fruits on the trees were already very ripe, so reddish-yellow, and some were hidden among the green leaves, which were only light yellow, even with a hint of blue.

Zhao Danshi and Li Ping picked the ones they were familiar with and picked them back and forth, only to get five or six catties.

"Let's pick the leftovers in a few days. They just go with zongzi and strawberries and send them to the two families as a gift for the Dragon Boat Festival."

"Ah."

"Why do I feel that such a good thing should be more varied?"

"If you like us to plant more than a dozen plants on the back mountain?"

"Forget it, these dozen or so plants are enough for us to eat, let's save them to grow other things on the back mountain. Peaches, plums and red bayberries are good, beautiful and delicious."

In the afternoon, after finishing their work in the field, the two went to Huazhi's mother's house to buy glutinous rice.

Huazhi's family lives at the other end of the village. Zhao Shanshi rarely meets her family members, but they have some friendships. His family bought the loquat seedlings from her natal uncle.

"Hey, Shan Shi and Ah Ping, come in quickly for a cup of tea." When Hua Zhiniang saw the two young people outside the door, she wiped her hands and called them in, "I've already ground the glutinous rice, you want two Ten catties, right?"

"Well, more or less is fine."

Huazhi Niang warmly smiled and said, "I'll take a bag of rice to weigh you, you guys sit here for a while."

As she said that, she grabbed a bag and turned back to the room. After a while, she came out with a bag of glutinous rice and a scale.

"Do you see if the number is correct?"

Zhao Danshi glanced at it, nodded after confirming that there was no problem, "That's right, there is no problem. Thank you."

"Why are you being polite?" Hua Zhi Niang helped them tie up the bags neatly, "How do you do so many rice dumplings?"

"Isn't it the Dragon Boat Festival? Send some to family members and friends. Add up, twenty catties of glutinous rice is not too much, maybe not enough."

"That's true." Hua Zhi Niang said with a smile: "If it's not enough, you can come to Da Niang to get some."

"It's a good feeling. If it's not enough, I'll come here to buy some from you. Huazhiniang, a catty of glutinous rice is 70 yuan, and [-] catties is [-] yuan. Can you see the amount?"

"Hey, no problem, you college students are fast at counting."

"No, what makes perfect." Zhao Danshi picked up the bag and rolled his eyes, "Hua Zhi Niang, let's go back first."

Hua Zhi Niang kept the guest, "Should we eat here?"

"No need, it's done at home." Zhao Danshi thanked her, and went out with Li Ping.

As soon as he went out, Li Ping took the rice bag and walked home.

"Hey, brother." Zhao Shanshi pulled him, "This way, let's take a detour to Uncle Zhizhi's house and tell him that he must save some meat for us."

There is a lot of meat needed to make zongzi tomorrow, and Zhao Shanshi is afraid that if he doesn't say in advance, he won't be able to buy good meat tomorrow.

The roads in the village are winding and winding, extending in all directions, and you can go around from any side.

Li Ping has the habit of exercising, and has done a lot of farm work these days, and his physical strength is very good. He walked half the village with Zhao Danshi, without blushing or panting.

Zhao Zhiming's house was cooking dinner, and the smoke was rising from the kitchen. When Zhao Shanshi called the door, Zhao Mingzhi's wife came out and Rao Chunhua came out, "Shan Shi, why are you looking for my Mingzhi?"

Zhao Danshi smiled, "Auntie, will your family kill pigs tomorrow? I want to buy some meat from your family."

Zhao Mingzhi doesn't kill pigs every day. If the business is not good sometimes, he will kill pigs every other day.

He usually kills two pigs in the morning, most of them are sold at the entrance of the village, and Rao Chunhua takes the other half to the town to set up a stall.

"Kill it, why not kill it?" Rao Chunhua beckoned them in for tea, "How much meat do you want?"

"I want ten catties of pork belly, two pairs of pig's front hooves, and two pork tube bones."

Pork's fore hoof has more meat and less bone, so if you don't get up early, it is generally not easy to buy.

"So much?"

"Well, I'm going to buy some meat-wrapped zongzi. Tomorrow weekend, there may be a few students who will come to my house for dinner. I'll make them some bone soup."

Rao Chunhua smiled, "You have been hiring those students to work?"

"How can it be? How many jobs can the students do? They have no place to go, so they like to come to my place to join in the fun and help me a little. They help, I can't help it?"

"That's true. I thought you hired schoolboys to work."

"They are only in junior high school, who would dare to hire them?" Zhao Shanshi smiled and said, "Maybe the students came to work in my place, and I gave them red envelopes, and some people misunderstood them. In fact, they came here to join in the fun. I want If I really want to hire someone to work, I might as well find a long-term worker in a down-to-earth manner, and the salary will be calculated every month, which is convenient and affordable."

"That's right, according to your family's standard of food, it's too bad to invite students to work there. By the way, Shan Shi, do you still need people in your family? I have a cousin from far away, who is very hardworking. His wife just passed away last year. He and his son are the only ones left at home, unable to go out to work, if you are recruiting, can you ask him to try?"

"Not for the time being. Our family really doesn't lack people to work. More than ten acres of land, the three of us are enough to work. When I get a few more acres of land, I'm afraid I have to hire people."

"You still want to bake rice?"

"Yeah, we made the stall too small. All the money we earned was spent on costs, and we had to expand our business to make a profit."

"Then where do you want to farm?"

"It can be connected to my house." Zhao Shanshi explained, "The main thing is to build a flat place, so that it will be convenient for machines to come over in the future. If there are more things to plant, it will be convenient for vehicles to enter and exit."

"Then what do you think of the field at my aunt's house? It's not far from your house, with a total of five acres and eight acres. It's a good field that has been planted, and it's convenient to water it not far from the ditch."

"Auntie, don't your family grow it yourself?"

"What are you planting? The ground is still in a panic, and it is covered with weeds." Rao Chunhua filled up the tea for the two of them, "Look at our old couple, we have to raise pigs and kill pigs, how can we be so busy? "

Zhao Mingzhi's family raised more than 50 pigs in the valley. Zhao Shanshi often bought pig manure from his family, and they really couldn't find any manpower.

"Auntie, I have limited funds here. In order to control the cost, I have to acquire land. Your land is a bit far from our family's land, and it may not be convenient to plant at that time."

Rao Chunhua could hear what he meant, but she was still not reconciled, "Don't you want to rent more fields? The land next door to our house is also deserted, so let's rent it together."

Zhao Dan was in a dilemma, "That's what I said, but I don't know if people are willing to rent it."

Rao Chunhua asked: "How much do you plan to spend to rent an acre?"

Zhao Shanshi has thought about this issue since he planned to expand, "Our land rent here is about [-] mu a year, and I will rent [-] mu of land, but if you are willing to rent for a long time, starting from ten years, I will give you a price of three hundred and one mu."

Rao Chunhua didn't expect his business to be so big, and he was shocked when he said that he would rent for ten years.Immediately afterwards, she immediately realized that the land of their house was kept there, and if it could be rented out for ten years, it would earn more than 7000 yuan.

Seeing the excited expression on her face, Zhao Danshi hurriedly said: "I'm just saying that if the conditions are good, if the land is scattered here and there, I may not have the energy to clean it up for the time being."

"Hey, don't you just want to rent a bigger place for easy operation? What's so difficult about it? If you really want to rent, I'll help you make peace."

"Okay." Zhao Danshi said to her half-jokingly, "If you can help me explain it, then I have to give you a thank you red envelope."

"No problem." Rao Chunhua patted her chest to assure her, "You just wait to sign the contract."

Zhao Danshi thanked her, and left with Li Ping with the rice.

On the way home, Zhao Shanshi sighed: "Brother, do you think my image in their eyes is that I have less people and more money?"

"There is a lot of money, but people may not be too stupid." Li Ping walked side by side with him, "How much land do you plan to rent?"

"Let's rent a hundred or so acres, and you have to hire people. It doesn't make any difference if you grow more or less." Zhao Shanshi wracked his fingers and planned, "Watchman can now absorb bioenergy from my fans, and the spiritual fertilizer is 25 yuan. It is not difficult for us to get a few thousand catties of spiritual fertilizer, and we can supply it completely."

"Now there are subsidies for farming. If I make the stall bigger, I can go to the government to apply for subsidies. It's a good deal. Maybe in the end, we can even set up a township enterprise."