Back home to start a farm

This morning the moon was still hanging in the sky, Qu sooner or later got up early and Qin Shi's parents collected all kinds of vegetables from the ground, and then put them into bamboo baskets by category.

Before the things were finished loading, Qu He drove the truck rumbling to the door.

Qu He jumped out of the car, stacked the empty bamboo baskets in the car to the door of Qu's house, and then carried the baskets of vegetables that Qu Chi and the others had packed onto the car.

There were fruits and vegetables sold by other villagers in the car, and Qu Chi's family put them on the outermost side. When loading them, I counted the specific types and quantities.

After they finished their work here, the villagers who went to pick hawthorns went down the mountain with baskets on their backs.

It's not yet autumn, and the temperature during the day is quite high, so the villagers go to the mountains to pick fruits in the morning when it's cool, and they can finish Qu Chi's work in half the morning, and they can do their own work after returning home.

There are a total of 20 villagers, and the baskets carried on their backs are basically filled with hawthorns, and each basket is about ten catties.

These baskets were different from the usual baskets, they were specially made by Qu Chi from someone who was good at weaving in the village, and a small box was made out of the bamboo baskets.

When picking hawthorns, the villagers will pick the mature ones, carefully observe whether there is any damage on them, put the damaged ones into a separate area, and put them into baskets when they are intact. job done.

Now the sales direction of the hawthorns that are picked every day has been determined.

Qu Shengxin’s candied haws are selling well these days. Not only the villagers in the tourist village also like to eat them, especially the half-old children who haven’t started school yet. If the parents at home don’t let them eat too much sweet, they can’t wait to come here every day. One, so candied haws alone can consume three baskets a day.

The farmer’s market managed by Quhe is open to the surrounding residents, including those who come all the way from the city or even the next city.

The work of the villagers is not just picking hawthorns. After they go down the mountain, they first take out the damaged hawthorns and put them together, and then carry ten bamboo baskets with only intact hawthorns, and take them to the tap to wash them clean.Finally, when the water flowing out of the bamboo basket was not too turbid, I picked a few large lotus leaves from the pond and covered the bamboo basket.

All ten baskets of hawthorns were loaded into the outermost part of the truck, and when Qu He drove past Qu Shengxin's house, he put down three baskets, and then drove to the farmer's market in the town.

Before leaving, Qu He handed over the income ledger from the farmer's market for the last half month to Qu Chi for inspection, and transferred the income to Qu Chi.

The farmer's market is very busy every day, and at the same time, the capital flow is relatively large, including the income of many families in the village.After trying the methods of closing every week and every month, I finally decided to settle the settlement on the first half of the month.

Busy with the business in the farmer's market every day, Qu He is completely different from the appearance at the beginning of the year. He has become more talkative and energetic, revealing confidence all over his body, but he is still as sincere as before. At least he has not been in the farmer's market for the past six months. The market's accounts have been tampered with a little bit.

"Brother Qu Chi, everything is packed, I'm leaving first." Qu He said hello and got ready to get in the car.

"Don't go, there are other things to sell today." Qu Chi remembered that he forgot to mention it, and hurriedly stopped him.

"What else is there?"

"No, I just came back from the mountain."

Qu Chi raised his chin and pointed to the way down the mountain, and another group of villagers came back with bamboo baskets hanging on their chests, but the bamboo baskets hanging on their chests looked a little different.Ordinary bamboo baskets are vertical rectangles with small bases and deep heights. The ones carried on these people's bodies are like rectangular parallelepipeds with large bases and shallow heights.

"It turned out to be figs!" Qu He leaned over and took a look. The bamboo baskets were filled with figs whose skins had turned dark purple, and there was a layer of partitions inside.

Ripe figs have thinner skins, and they tend to rot easily once they are squeezed, which not only affects the appearance but also destroys the taste inside, so Qu Chi thought of many ways to avoid being squeezed, and came up with another kind of basket.

He took out a fig and handed it to Qu He. Qu He hurried to wash his hands and took it. After eating, he was full of praise: "Brother Qu Chi, everything you grow is delicious. These figs will definitely be popular. Are you ready?" How much is the price per catty?"

"Why sell by the catty? This time by the piece, it costs three yuan each."

"My two bites are equivalent to eating a bowl of noodles." Qu He joked, the cheapest breakfast in the town is three yuan for a bowl of noodles, and a fig can be broken in half, and two bites can solve the problem.

Of course, this noodle is an ordinary breakfast in the town. In Xishan Village, a bunch of candied haws costs more than three yuan.

He joked that the price was high, but Quhe had no doubt that they would not be able to sell them. People rushed to buy everything in their village, let alone the fruits grown by Quchi's family.

Qu Chi grabbed a few figs from his basket and put them in Qu He's hands: "I'll pass the candied haws stall later and give some to Niu Niu, and you will distribute the rest yourself."

"Thank you, Brother Qu Chi!" Qu He smiled and put the figs on the passenger seat, then waited for the villagers who were picking figs, and counted the exact number of figs again.

The Niuniu that Qu Chi said was the youngest daughter of Qu Shengxin's family.It's been a few days since Qu Shengxin and his wife said nothing, but they lived in the village and still interacted with the villagers. Many villagers found that there was something wrong with the youngest daughter of Qu Shengxin's family.

This little girl named Niuniu seems to have never spoken.

If it was changed to before, and this situation happened in the village, after Qu Shengxin came back, someone would put it up, and after seeing the little girl, he would tease a few words, and in two days, the news that Niuniu could not speak would spread throughout the village, and then there would be Some villagers came to the door with good intentions, asking what happened and if they needed help.

This is not good in rural areas, there are basically no secrets between neighbors.

But it's different now.

People in the village don't have the time to inquire about other people's gossip now, even the most gossip people are too busy to touch the ground every day.

And Qu Shengxin didn't take the initiative to say it, they asked if they poked other people's wounds.

Is the food not delicious enough, or making money is not happy enough.

The vision of the people in the village has increased a lot without knowing it. Not only did everyone ask questions, but many people also noticed the difficulties of Qu Shengxin's family. Qu Shengxin has the ability to earn a good income, so they help with small things. .

Qu Shengxin was still uneasy before returning, but now that he has received the kindness of the villagers, his daughter's situation has improved, and he is very grateful that he made the decision to return to the village.

The villagers who picked figs counted the quantity, and the villagers who picked hawthorns continued to pack up the remaining ten baskets of hawthorns, and simply separated and cleaned them. The cleaned and intact hawthorns sucked up the water droplets, and divided them into portions by the catty, and shared with another basket of hawthorns. Batches of packaged ingredients are delivered to the courier point in the village.

At first, Quchi’s goods were shipped out, and they were all picked up by the courier truck of Shunda Express. Later, as the number of orders issued increased day by day, not only Quchi’s but also other villagers’, Shunda Express set up a courier in the village. send and receive point.

At least it was a lot more convenient for Qu Chi, so many things piled up in the yard was not an ordinary hindrance, and after they were all removed, the yard suddenly opened up.

Twenty villagers who picked hawthorns, the work is not over yet, they washed all the damaged hawthorns and put them in front of them, removed the damaged parts, and checked whether the remaining parts were damaged. Put it in the basin.

Qu Chi will make these hawthorn meat into hawthorn sauce, or use it for cooking and stir-frying, so it will not be wasted.

The movements of the villagers have changed from being unfamiliar at the beginning to being proficient now, and there are not many damaged hawthorns. It will not be long before they are dealt with. Today's work has only now been successfully completed.

After the villagers cleaned up the yard, Qu Chi had already prepared to send them today's wages. Since the number of people who went up the mountain every day was uncertain, the wages were paid every day.

It was only seven o'clock at this time, and Quhe drove away with a full load, and the two groups of villagers who came to work also went home.

They have just received their wages in their pockets, and they have breakfast in time to go home.

Some families who have children and are willing to spend money buy some figs from Quchi, go home smiling and walk to the table where the breakfast prepared by the family is placed, and the children who are waiting for them look at them curiously: "Dad, what are you doing?" Are you holding something in your hand?"

The father shook his head, and the child rushed over in disbelief. The two circled around the house twice, while the wife sat by and watched the excitement.

When the father didn't tease for too long, he pretended to be caught by the child and stopped. The child went around behind and cheered, "It's figs."

The big rough hands held the bag of figs in front of him. He originally wanted to present treasures to his wife and children, but when he saw the figs, he restrained his smile and said with some regret: "I accidentally used too much force when I was turning around, and two of them were crushed." gone."

The wife looked at her husband who had just returned and said, "The figs at Qu Chi's house are ripe, what price do you sell them for?"

"Three yuan each." The man didn't dare to hide it from his wife, and said cautiously, knowing that his wife would not let him spend money recklessly, and he would hear his wife nagging him, but he still wanted to buy figs for his wife and children to eat. The taste of Qu Chi's food is the best in the village.

Sure enough, the wife had a distressed expression on her face, but looking at the man's eyes and seeing the child happily holding figs, she didn't say any more: "Next time, don't buy so many more."

Seeing that his wife was not angry, the man smiled and sat beside him, handed her the wages he earned today, and coaxed in a low voice: "I will give you the rest of the wages, and we have paid off all the money our family owed before. Now the village is making money." It's easy, I'll go to Qu Chi's house to do part-time jobs after the two of us grow the land, so we don't need to save money anymore. Come and taste this fig, and Qu Chi will give me one more."

Noticing the children watching them, the wife angrily pushed her husband away, but took the fig he had broken open and took a bite.

"Sweet?"

"sweet."

The husband laughed out loud.

Smelling the sweet scent of figs, the wife took two out of the bag and handed them to her husband and children: "Taste both of you."

"Dad, Mom, I like to eat figs."

"Put the rest in the refrigerator, and Dad will buy it for you after eating."

"Let's plant a fig tree in the yard."

"Okay, I'll find a chance to ask Qu Chi, he has planted fig trees well."

"Wow, to plant three, Mommy and Dad and I each have a tree of figs to eat."