Chapter 107 The next step - growing tea oil

The weather was gloomy and cool, with dark clouds floating on the top of the distant mountain.

It feels like it's going to rain.

Ye Zhen stood at the door. The terrain here was high, and looking around, he could see little brother Ye huddled next to mother Ye, saying something in his mind.

Based on Ye Zhen's understanding of Ye Xiaodi, he just wants to show off his achievements to Ye Ma and other family members.

Sure enough, little brother Ye ran up to father Ye again, and father Ye's dark face was so dark that his gums were showing when he smiled.

Ye Zhen walked towards the slope. The climate in the mountains had changed greatly and many wild flowers had bloomed. The vines of honeysuckle climbed up the majestic trees on both sides. There were patches of golden and silver flowers, and one could smell the fragrance without having to get close.

In previous years, Grandma Ye would pick the honeysuckle when it was half-blooming, carefully pack it and dry it, then pack it up and take it to the county to sell for more than one hundred yuan per pound.

It looks quite expensive, but it takes a lot of honeysuckle to dry them, and you may not even be able to collect a pound in a day.

There are a lot of things to do at home this year. Not only does the rice planted in the fields need to be irrigated and drained, but the weeds in the vegetables in the fields are growing too fast and need to be pulled out all the time, not to mention the strawberries.

The whole family is watching!

The livestock at home and the few pigs and sheep on the mountain also need to be fed. It’s not too much, but not too little, so there is no time to pick these honeysuckle.

The main reason was that Grandma Ye no longer cared about the hard-earned money, because every time Ye Zhen picked fruits and sold them, he would give the family some money.

Now Grandma Ye and Grandpa Ye have saved a lot of money. If they have the time, they might as well help out in the vegetable garden every day. They are familiar with this job and don’t mind the tiredness.

Little brother Ye followed behind Grandma Ye and showed off his improved grades.

Grandma Ye smiled with her eyes narrowed, and kept praising him. Little brother Ye's neck was stretched high and his tail was about to reach the sky.

His sister is a devil, and he now needs the love and praise of his family to soothe his psychological trauma!

The helper next to him smiled and praised:

"Your child studies well and will have a bright future. He can go to college like his sister!"

The highest level of education for the country people is to get into university, eat public food and have a stable job. This is their deep-rooted perception. If you praise someone for his good academic performance, the host will definitely be happy.

It was obvious that Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye were very happy. Their teeth were sticking out. They kept waving their hands and said modestly:

"It's too early. You can only tell if you are the right material after you enter high school."

"It can't be wrong. Your Ye Zi is capable and can earn money for the family. Your grandson will have this role model in the future, so it can't be wrong."

"Oh, it's still early, let's take a look!" Grandma Ye's face was as red as the handful of red peppers in her hand.

Obviously extremely happy.

Younger Brother Ye was very surprised to have come back. After telling everyone at home about it, he strolled around the fields, picking flowers and weeding in high spirits.

I held the big black cat at home in my arms, and the cat's eyes were rolling up and it was struggling.

The other big orange cat hid in the distance, fearing that Ye Xiaodi would kill the cat.

Mother Ye straightened up and saw her son was still messing with the cat. She was busy bending over, cutting, picking, and moving things around, and quickly called her son to come over to help.

It’s not that Ye’s mother doesn’t care about Ye’s grades, it’s just that Ye has a previous record.

When he was a child, in order to get his parents to sign, but afraid of what they would say, Ye changed his score from 39 to 89.

At first, Ye's mother was very happy and felt that her son had made progress.

Several families nearby have children, and when we visit neighbors, the topic of conversation turns to children.

After hearing this, those who have children at home will naturally expose what Ye Yang did! Only then did they know that he got 39 points in the exam.

Ye Ma's face turned red, she felt embarrassed!

How shameful! She just said that Ye Yang did well in the exam!

The one who can change thirty-nine into ninety-three is a talented person.

Ye Xiaodi's credibility has been greatly reduced in Ye Ma's mind, and she instinctively doesn't believe it.

After more than ten years of poor academic performance, Ye's mother gave up hope. There had never been anyone in her family who was good at studying. Their ancestors had all been farmers, and there was no one on Ye's father's side either.

Until Ye Zhen passed the exam, it can be said that Ye Zhen was the one whose ancestors were very happy. Having such a child who could study, Ye's mother was content.

People can't be too greedy.

He immediately called out to his younger brother Ye and urged him to go into the field to help pick peppers.

This slope is not particularly square, but all kinds of vegetables are planted in every corner. Now it has a good harvest. The harvested leek field looks like a moss among the dark green surrounding the slope.

Ye Zhen was carrying tea, with two dogs walking behind him. The dogs had almost recovered in the past few days and were able to come out for a walk.

The countryside is vast and sparsely populated, which is definitely enough space for animals to roam freely.

A big yellow dog, followed by a small white dog and a small black dog, running back and forth. Two big fat cats escaped from Ye Xiaodi's clutches and rubbed against the corner of Ye Zhen's pants.

It ignored the two puppies that were still following their mother, and after circling around the big dog with its head held high, it ran ahead to catch butterflies and birds, looking very happy.

The big dog looked quite large, but was quite timid. It lay prone with its two big ears, its head drooping pitifully, its watery eyes looking innocent and pitiful. Against the backdrop of the two fat and strong cats, it looked like a country bully.

"Mom, I brought some water, everyone drink some first!"

People came over in groups of three or four to rest. Ye Zhen handed water to Ye Ma and the others. Seeing baskets of harvested vegetables piled up in the fields and on the ridges, he asked Ye Ma:

"How much of this is left to be collected?"

"There are not many left, we will be able to harvest them soon." The main thing is to call for help, otherwise this all-round harvest will not be completed in one day!

Mother Ye finished drinking the water and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Ye Zhen couldn't help but advise:

"I'd better ask someone to collect them next time! It's too tiring to do it myself."

Mother Ye glared at him, "It's already less than 200 yuan a day to hire people, and now it adds up to less than 1,000 yuan a day. If we hire all the people, we will spend several thousand yuan a day. How did this money come from the wind?"

What a loose hand!

Grandma Ye and the others also looked at him with disapproval.

Ye Zhen was helpless: "Now that our family is rich, we don't have to be so stingy. It won't take much effort to hire a few more people."

Ye Zhen interrupted what Ye Ma was about to say, and after watching the worker finish drinking the water and continue picking vegetables, he spoke:

"We want to cultivate immortality in the future, and we need a lot of plants. How many plants can we plant if we work from morning till night every day? We can hire a few people, but when we have more and more things to plant, how can we hire a few people?"

"We need a lot of time to cultivate ourselves. Plants are our goal. If we do it ourselves every day, we are putting the cart before the horse."

Father Ye seemed to understand, but not quite, and asked doubtfully:

"Well, there's not much to do at home right now, so it's okay for me to do it myself, right?"

Ye Zhen smiled: "Isn't there something to do right now?"

Ye Zhen has already thought about what the first type of plant to plant in large quantities should be.

It must be a woody plant that can grow for many years and produce a lot of spiritual energy after leaf breeding, and it must also have a lot of economic benefits and be a tree species with great market demand.

That’s the tea tree!

Time waits for no one. The strawberries currently planted can only supply a large amount of spiritual energy when they are around maturity. The initial investment is relatively large and the seed selection is troublesome. The strawberry mutation is not stable enough and needs to be re-planted or cultivated one after another.

So Ye Zhen thought for a long time and wandered around the farmers' market, choosing what to plant these days.

It is more suitable to plant fruit trees on the mountains, but the mountains around Ye Zhen are relatively primitive, with many ancient trees and dense distribution of various plants, which makes it not suitable to plant fruit trees on the mountains.

First, the policy allows for leasing mountains, but does not allow for the arbitrary felling of trees on the mountains. Second, if you want to plant trees, you have to clear the surrounding things, which is too costly and contradicts the first point.

It's also possible to use the fields, but they're all planted with strawberries now. Although there are other vacant lots, they're scattered and can't make a big difference, and Ye Zhen doesn't want to do it alone.

It is time-consuming and laborious, and also easy to attract attention.

The effect of this thing is obvious when done by one person, but if everyone does it, it will become commonplace over time.

She planned to plan a good place, and after making achievements with strawberries in the village and gaining credibility, she would focus on seed supply in the later stage, first improving the spiritual energy of her own village, and then expanding it step by step.

It can not only reduce resistance, but also allow you to spend the least time and plant more trees.

After hearing what Ye Zhen said, Ye's father suddenly realized:

"You're going to cause trouble again!" Aren't there enough things going on right now?

I don’t know yet how the strawberry harvest will go, and there are still many things, big and small, to do at home.

Ye Ma only caught one sentence:

"Do you mean you want to buy seedlings again?" The wild tea oil trees in the mountains definitely won't work, there are not many of them.

Ye Zhen smiled and said nothing. She still needed her mother's support. The land at home belonged to her parents, and they also hired people to help with the work.

"It's better to buy the seedlings early. Your technique is to plant more trees and cultivate more. We have so many mountains here. If there are not enough, we can contract them."

Ye's mother spoke so majestically, saying that her life now had a purpose, her complexion had improved a lot, and she looked a lot younger.