The fairy of space also farms

In the past two days, Xu Ning and Xun Xu have started to prepare the land again. This time, they will plant strawberries on a large scale. At least several acres will be planted. At that time, the strawberries will be sold. Before the sheep are raised, the fruits and vegetables will also count as an income. Bar.

Dozens of acres of land have been cleared in the back mountain to grow corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, soybeans, peanuts, broad beans, various melons and vegetables, etc. Sweet potatoes, peanuts and beans have been sown. Spring corn It should be planted in a few days.At the end of February, Xu Ning had grown various melons in the space, including watermelons, pumpkins, wax gourds, loofahs, gourds, etc., and was ready to start transplanting after the temperature rose and stabilized.

Xun Xu never liked to dig the ground, but Xu Ning drew a lot of big cakes for him, and told him that this piece of watermelon will be eaten with crispy, sweet and juicy watermelon in summer; Eating pumpkin pie... and so on, they are all inseparable from eating anyway. When Xun Xu heard that there are all kinds of delicacies, he didn't bother to complain.

Farm work is seasonal, and not every day has something to do. Wan Jingui finishes his own work and continues to work at Xu Ning's house when he is free. It is still 50 yuan a day.Many of the sheep in Xu Ning's family stopped producing milk. Changweixuan's goat milk has stopped, but the milk of several children has not stopped.

There are also a few hard-working old people in the village. Their children don’t let them farm, so they grow some vegetables to eat by themselves, but they can’t be free. I heard that Xu Jingui still has 50 yuan a day to work here in Xu Ning. They all want to come and do it. live.Xu Ning looked at these 70- to [-]-year-olds, hesitant, what to do if they were tired, these old people patted their chests: "No, your work is not heavy, the ground has already been turned, isn't it? Let’s dig a hole and ditch to plant things, we are much more familiar with it than you, and we can do it faster, now spring plowing is just a race against time, let us help.”

Xu Ning was right when he thought about it, Chun Zhong was just rushing for time, and it was estimated that he would be busy in less than a month, and all these tasks would be over.But the work they do is different from Wan Jingui's. Wan Jingui's work is done entirely by his own strength. These old people mainly help with topdressing, sowing, and transplanting, and the work is relatively light. It must be uncomfortable.Xu Ning proposed that the salary should be lower, 40 yuan a day, without meals. These old people thought about it and agreed.

Xu Ning also had no choice, and with so many people, one person would have to pay 6000 yuan a month. If there were three or four, it would cost [-] yuan. He didn't kill sheep now, only the sheep that Xu Tao bought later. Income is tantamount to sitting and eating.The expenses of the family are not small, and the fertilizer money is saved, but it is necessary to buy seeds, saplings, tools, etc., which is not money. If you can save some, save some.He thought that if he didn't get stuck with his salary now, he would need a lot of manpower when he harvested in the future, and he would not be able to pay the salary at that time.

On Friday, students from the village primary school came, ranging from grade one to grade six.With the experience and lessons of leading the middle school students in the town last time, the elementary school students who came this time did not dare to let them play casually, and they were all led by teachers.The students in the first and second grades were too young to dig holes and plant trees. Xu Ning arranged for them to pull weeds in the fields.The older ones dig holes to plant trees.

The allure of strawberries is still very big.After a busy day, Xu Ning's family had more than 100 more fruit trees, and there were still some fruit seedlings left, which they planned to plant by themselves.

The next day Xu Xiaofeng came over again and said: "Uncle, my classmate said that your strawberries are very delicious, can you come to help you work for strawberries again?"

Xu Ning thought to himself, the strawberries in his own space are also ripe, and the strawberries in the greenhouse are also ripe, and he can pick dozens of catties every day. He will definitely not be able to eat them all by himself. He needs a lot of labor here, but it is impossible for students to come out every day. Spring outing, then use it to sell money, count as much as you can earn, and sell the money to hire people to work.

Xu Ning said to Xu Xiaofeng: "Tell your classmate, if he is willing to come over to help me work on weekends in exchange for strawberries, he can also ask his parents to buy them for 15 yuan a catty, and pick them by himself." The market price is 15 to 15 yuan per catty. The quality of his home is so good, it is big and tastes good, and it is not too much to sell it for [-] yuan per catty.

Xu Xiaofeng went happily.Xun Xu looked at Xu Ning: "Didn't you say strawberries are not for sale, so eat them yourself?"

Xu Ning pouted at the old people who were busy in the fields, and said in a low voice: "We have no income at all now. If we don't want to find ways to get some money, we will not be able to survive this day."

Xun Xu looked at him with piercing eyes: "Are you short of money?"

"I'm not short of money for the time being, but I'm not rich." Xu Ning smiled, "I still want to repair the house, it's best to repair a house we live in, change the current house, and use it all to close the house. Sheep, bamboo rats and goat rats.” The two of them lived in that room all the time, where they ate and slept. In the past, there were few people who came, but it was nothing. Afterwards, more people came, and the two of them can still be like this now. Don't you have any fear?

Xun Xu nodded: "Then where is Xiu?"

Xu Ning pointed and said, "What do you think Xiu is over there? It's not far from the sheep pen, and we can still see it." The place he chose was under the plane tree, and the terrain was better than this one. A little higher, with the mountain on his back, and only 30 meters away from the sheep pen, in fact, he mainly wanted to have a separate space with Xun Xu.

Xun Xu took a look and said, "It's not bad there, it's pretty good, but it's a bit of a west sun." The terrain is facing the northeast and facing the southwest, so the view is very wide.

Xu Ning said: "We can call a bulldozer to shovel that piece away and keep the sycamore tree. The house still faces north and south, and we can plant some trees in the yard, so it won't be so hot."

Xun Xu nodded: "Yes. When will it be repaired?"

Xu Ning spread his hands: "No shadow, I only have 3 to [-] yuan, and I am still waiting for these sheep and this mountain to give me gold."

It was broad daylight and there were people around, so it was not easy to touch Xu Ning's head, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, this is a golden mountain, and gold will be born."

On the same day, Xu Ning picked the strawberries, and first ate a full meal with Xun Xu, and even Xiao Bao and A Xuan ate a few, and then sent the rest to Xu Tao's shop, and told his brother that they should be cooked first and then snacks Give it away, it will go on sale tomorrow.He picks strawberries every day and sends them to the restaurant for customers to choose. The guests can also come to his house to pick strawberries.Originally, he had to sell this matter by himself, but he was so busy that there was no time to go to the market. It would be best to put it in Xu Tao's store. Customers who can afford it in their store should be very fond of these delicious strawberries. Accounting for the price.

As a result, Xu Tao called that night and told him that the strawberries were very well received. Many customers said they wanted to buy them that day. He made an appointment with the customers that they would be available tomorrow, and asked Xu Ning to deliver the strawberries as soon as possible tomorrow.Xu Tao added: "Send some of your cucumbers too, let's sell them together."

Early the next morning, Xu Ning and Xun Xu got up to pick strawberries and cucumbers. They picked a basket of strawberries and a basket of cucumbers and sent them to Xu Tao's shop.It was the time for morning tea, and many people were eating breakfast in the store. Recently, there were no goat milk buns, and the business was a bit slow, but it still maintained a fairly high level, which shows that Xu Tao's craftsmanship is still quite good.

As soon as Xu Ning arrived at the restaurant with a basket of bright red strawberries and tender cucumbers, he attracted the attention of many customers. Several customers had eaten the free fruit after dinner yesterday. The big strawberries were cut in half with a knife. , Half a sweet and juicy strawberry is so satisfying that I still can't forget it.

"Boss, have you brought strawberries? How much is it per catty?" Someone asked immediately.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Yes, this is today's portion, 15 yuan a catty. Buy it early."

It costs 15 yuan a catty, which is about the same as the market price, and may be a yuan or two more expensive, but those who have eaten it think it is worth it.A middle-aged man put down the morning tea he was still eating: "Boss, don't accept my tea, I'll buy two catties of strawberries first." He had eaten Xu Ning's strawberries before, so he knew he had to act first, just a basket like that Strawberries, they will be gone in a while.

Xu Ning took a look, and found that the store was full, so he moved a chair to the corridor outside: "Come here to choose. Handle with care, don't hurt the others." He came at this time , Xu Tao and his wife and Zeng Ying's younger siblings were busy, and they didn't have time to help him sell strawberries, so Xu Ning had to come by himself.

The middle-aged man said, "Can I have a taste?"

Xu Ning just laughed: "Brother, you ate it last night, right? This strawberry is the same as last night. You can buy it first and then taste it. If it doesn't taste the same, you don't have to buy it."

This means that they are not allowed to be tasted. The strawberries in Xu Ning's family are very big, and each one is almost worth a couple of dollars. If everyone who buys it has to taste it, then the whole basket of strawberries will be tasted.The man didn't say much: "Okay, I'll buy it first, and I'll eat after I buy it."

The first person to pick strawberries always picks the big ones first. In fact, each one is very plump and fresh. The green ones hold the red fruits. They were freshly picked in the morning. They are very fresh and attractive. The man’s hand grasped them Grab, and quickly picked twenty or thirty.

Xu Ning said, "If you want two catties, it should be enough."

That person stopped picking and saying: "Weigh it."

Xu Ning weighed him: "Two catties, two taels, a total of 33 yuan."

The man didn't count the money, picked up a strawberry, put it in his mouth without washing it, and then showed a happy smile: "That's the taste. 33, right? I'll give you the money. This cucumber is also grown by you." Yes, the kind sold in this store every day?"

"Yeah, that's the kind."

"How much is a pound?"

"Two yuan a catty." The price of cucumbers has become cheaper, and they were selling for three yuan a catty a while ago.

The man picked four or five sticks, weighed them, counted the money, and then returned to his seat with cucumbers and strawberries to continue eating breakfast. Some acquaintances said: "Old Zhang, what did you buy, don't let us taste it. "

Lao Zhang said: "The boss still has a basket, if you want to eat, buy it yourself."

"What a good thing, it's so precious, isn't it just a few strawberries?" the acquaintance said.

Lao Zhang just laughed and said, "You'll know after you buy it and try it yourself." His expression made many people curious.

Xu Ning took a knife from the store, took two strawberries, cut them into small pieces, put them in a bowl, put toothpicks on them, and placed them next to the strawberry basket: "Strawberries cost 15 yuan a catty, you can taste them before you buy them." .”

You can try it, and someone came over right away. Someone put a toothpick in and tried it, but Xu Ning stopped it with a smile: "The quantity is limited, if you want to eat, just buy some and try it."

That man was obviously a stingy person, but he couldn't resist the temptation of the strawberry taste, so he finally bought half a catty.After opening, the business has been very good. Soon a basket of strawberries was almost sold out, and a third of a basket of cucumbers was gone.

The store was not so busy, Xu Tao came out from the kitchen: "Ah Ning, leave it alone, I will help you look after it, you go back and do your work first. Just let me here in the future, they come to buy from me, you don't have to guard , no matter how busy you are, there is still time to sell some strawberries, and there are three or four people here." Xu Tao has been doing business for more than a month, and the business in the store is good, and he has enough confidence, knowing that good things will not worry about not being sold.

Xu Ning also thought about it: "Then trouble Brother Tao. I'll go to the store to buy some breakfast and go back."

"What to buy, what to eat, let your sister-in-law pack it back, and it's rare to come here." Xu Tao said.

Xu Ning said: "Xun Xu eats a lot, if you don't pay, you will be poor, brother."

Xu Tao said: "I don't invite him to eat every now and then, what's wrong with eating once in a while? Go get it, don't talk so much nonsense."

Xu Ning laughed: "Okay, thank you brother." Then he went into the store to get some breakfast in high spirits. Xun Xu likes to eat all kinds of new things. I would come here for breakfast, but today I met them, so I wanted to take some home, so I packed some for breakfast, lotus paste crisps, shrimp dumplings, radish cakes, glutinous rice chicken, egg tarts, cheese cakes, chicken sauce buns, etc. I also packed some and packed several boxes.

Xun Xu waited at home, worried that something had happened to Xu Ning, saying that he was sending strawberries there, why didn't he come back for so long, could something happen.Thinking of this, he called Xu Ning. Xu Ning just put the breakfast box into the basket on the back seat of the motorcycle and answered the phone: "I'm right back. You don't need to make breakfast. I'll bring it back for you to eat."

After hanging up the phone, Xun Xu felt relieved: "It takes so long to go out to deliver something, I would have gone with me if I knew it." Xu Ning had an accident, but he was very frightened.

After more than ten minutes, Xu Ning came back. Xun Xu and the two cats were looking at him eagerly, waiting for him to feed them.

"The Cantonese-style breakfast brought by Brother Tao's shop, you haven't eaten it yet, so why don't you try it?" Xu Ning took out the boxes and opened them one by one. The food was still hot, and the strong food aroma came out. Ah Xuan and The little leopard kept licking his nose, it was so delicious.

Xun Xu hugged a box, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, smiling until his eyes became crescent moons: "I knew you were the best for me."

Xu Ning looked at the guy who was eating with satisfaction, and felt very satisfied in his heart. This guy is actually very easy to feed, just eat and drink enough, and work unambiguously.He picked up two shrimp dumplings and put them in the cat bowl: "You two eat shrimp dumplings."

Xun Xu was a little dissatisfied: "Last night they caught mice to eat, so they weren't hungry at all." That meant giving the cat shrimp dumplings, which was too wasteful.

Xu Ning squinted at him: "It doesn't matter if they are full, this is my reward for them. They also helped us a lot, right, Xuan." Come on, or those guys can destroy what's just been planted.

Ah Xuan squinted his eyes very deeply, and Xiao Bao meowed unwillingly.Xun Xu smiled: "Xiao Bao, what did you promise? You are just a freelancer, you can only eat, and you can't do any work."

When Xiaobao heard Xun Xu say that, he turned around silently and pointed his butt at Xun Xu.

Xu Ning said: "Eat what you have, this can't stop your mouth, what do you want to do if you want to expose other people's faults."

Little Leopard was even more depressed.Ah Xuan stretched out his paw, touched the little leopard's head, and meowed, which means, listen to me, learn to catch mice tonight, don't keep asking me to help.

Xun Xu changed the subject: "Why did you come back so late?"

"I'm selling strawberries."

"Didn't you let Xu Tao sell it?"

"On the first day, I learned about the market by myself. Tomorrow, I will let them sell it for me." Xu Ning said.

"Is it easy to sell?" Xun Xu asked.

Xu Ning said: "It's okay. Our family's food is good. We have a lot of cucumbers. What should we do if we can't finish them? I don't think Brother Tao sells them very well."

Xun Xu said, "Can't the space be preserved?"

"It can be preserved, but I don't know how long it can be preserved. If it takes a long time, it will not work. Could it be made into pickles?" Xu Ning muttered while eating breakfast, and went to ask Zhang Xiuzhi.

Before Xu Ning asked, he received a call from Chen Xiaolu, saying that he would bring a few friends to his house to pick strawberries and buy vegetables along the way.Xu Ning hung up the phone and smiled at Xun Xu: "The business came automatically."

Xun Xu looked at him: "What?"

"The classmate who came last time wants to come home to buy strawberries. I'll go and prepare them." Then he stepped into the space and picked a lot of cucumbers. Seeing that the tomatoes in the space were ripe and not many, he went He also picked them out, the tomatoes in the greenhouse were already bearing fruit, but they were not ripe yet, he could tell them to pick the ripe ones first, anyway, the things in the space are definitely good things.

Xun Xu looked at the red tomato in Xu Ning's hand, his eyes sparkled: "What is this?"

Xu Ning said, "Tomatoes, haven't you seen them before?"

"persimmon?"

Xu Ning said: "It's not a persimmon, it's a tomato. It was spread to China in the Ming Dynasty, you haven't eaten it yet? Try it?" After speaking, he handed one to Xunxu.

Xun Xu held it in his hand, took a bite, and then wrinkled his face: "What's the smell?"

Xu Ning also took a bite of one: "It's delicious." The taste is indeed much better than the tomatoes bought outside.

"It's really edible? It tastes raw and a little sour."

Xu Ning said: "This can be eaten raw or cooked. I will make you scrambled eggs with tomatoes at noon."

"Then what about this, I don't want it anymore." Xun Xu held up the big tomato in his hand, and just took a bite.

Xu Ning stretched out his hand: "Give it to me, I'll eat."

Xun Xu looked at Xu Ning with burning eyes, and handed Xu Ning the tomato that he had eaten. As expected, Xu Ning did not dislike it, and ate the tomato.Xun Xu was delighted to see it, and he was in a good mood all day long, even if the woman named Wang Qing came again.

Chen Xiaolu arrived in the morning. This time, she asked her husband to come here in a police car on holiday. The police car drove directly to Xu Ning's house. People in the village thought that something was wrong and came to watch the excitement.It turned out that he was just Xu Ning's friend and came to his house to buy vegetables.

There were quite a few people who came this time, a total of two cars came, and seven or eight people got out of the car, and Wang Qing also came with them.Chen Xiaolu said: "Xu Ning, you are not kind. You didn't call us when the strawberries were ripe. I had to go to Changweixuan to get the news. When I went, the strawberries were all sold out, and there were only some leftover cucumbers left. "

Xu Ning said with a smile: "My strawberries have successfully attracted two batches of laborers, and they have helped me plant more than 200 saplings. So there have been no extras, only today. Go and see for yourself, what kind of vegetables you want, Pick it yourself, by the way, there are some cucumbers and tomatoes here, I just picked them."

Chen Xiaolu left Xu Ning and went to pick strawberries.Xu Ning spoke to Zheng Feng: "Director Zheng."

"Whatever is the director, Zheng Feng is enough. Besides, I am the deputy director, not the director." Zheng Feng joked.When it comes to Chinese surnames, they are very interesting. For example, this one named Zheng can be called nicely no matter what. It is "Zheng"; and if this person's surname is Fu, it will be more depressed. No matter how high an official is, he will always put "Fu" in front of him for the rest of his life, and he will not be a righteous person.

Xu Ning laughed: "Okay, that's an offense. You drove the car in the office today, and I was taken aback. I thought something happened to us."

Zheng Feng said: "There is nothing wrong with this. I will drive a police car to your place and tell those lawbreakers that you and the police are friends, so they will not take your ideas easily." , and reported the case in their office. Although he didn't handle it personally, but Shaqiao is such a big place, and such an important case, everyone will know it as soon as it is mentioned.

Xu Ning thought so too, and unintentionally found an umbrella for himself: "That's right, thank you!"

Zheng Feng came to Xu Ning's house for the first time, and Xu Ning accompanied him to visit. Zheng Feng was attracted by his rat farm: "This is a mountain rat, I know it. What are these big ones? mouse?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "It's the bamboo rat, it was caught in the mountain behind us."

"Do we still have bamboo rats here?" Zheng Feng asked in surprise.

"Yes, I didn't know there were before. I heard that they have been extinct for many years. A while ago, I went to the mountain to dig bamboo shoots. I found them by accident, so I caught some and brought them back to raise."

"Your farm is doing pretty well, and it will be great in the future. By the way, are you selling your mountain mouse now? I want to buy one back." Zheng Feng also seemed to be a glutton.

Xu Ning said: "It can't be sold now, it's all breed rats, but it should be ready in two months, I'll call you if I have one, and I'll send it to you when the time comes."

Zheng Feng said: "I'll just buy it myself, make sure to keep it for me."

At this moment, Chen Xiaolu poked her head out from the greenhouse: "Xu Ning, there are many bees in your greenhouse, do you raise bees yourself? Do you have any honey?"

Xu Ning said, "Ah, no one got stung, right? I don't raise bees, wild bees."

Zheng Feng said: "The environment here is good. It's good to raise some bees. There are so many things planted in the back, which can be used for pollination. You can also get some honey for yourself."

"That's what I intend to do, but I haven't bought bees yet."

"If you have honey, save some for us. It's not easy to buy some good honey now." Although Zheng Feng is young, he just had a son, and under the influence of his wife and mother-in-law who love to keep healthy, he also pays great attention to health.

"No problem." Xu Ning thought for a while, and then said, "Zheng Feng, I want to ask you something. I have a friend who doesn't have an ID card. What should I do if I need to get a replacement?"