Chapter 17 Planting Decision

With savings as a foundation and his family happy, Ye Zhen can do whatever he wants.

The family ate their meal and chatted about the gossips in the village, such as who got addicted to online gambling and sold all the family property to pay off the debt, which son was unfilial, which widow had an affair with someone from another village...

Ye Zhen sighed in his heart

I never thought that I was also a gossip lover and loved to hear everything.

The Ye family members did not avoid it. After all, Ye Zhen was of that age, and the topic returned to Ye Zhen.

"You don't have many fruit trees. We haven't planted many in the back hill that we were allocated. Do you need to add some other fruit trees?" asked Ye's father.

"We must plant something! The mountain is empty anyway, but we haven't decided what to plant yet!"

Ye Zhen has brought back quite a few varieties of fruit trees, but he is still unsure about which ones to plant mainly.

There is only one mountain, and if the crops are too mixed, she cannot take care of them all with her current ability of planting spirits. After all, she still wants to sell high-end products. If the crops are too ordinary, she is afraid that she will not be able to open up the market and sell them at a high price.

It's not like she had never thought about growing ginseng, spiritual plants, exotic flowers and herbs, but her current abilities are limited, so she must focus on cultivation first. Besides, her family is not well-off. If you sell ginseng in large quantities, who will you find first to sell it to?

Ginseng of good vintage has a high price and can be sold in limited quantities. Ginseng of too young a vintage is worthless and it would be better to plant a few fruit trees.

Besides, she knew about growing flowers and plants. She knew about the expensive orchids, but where could she buy genuine seeds? Who could she sell them to after growing them? The Ye family had no channels.

Who can afford expensive flowers without money? Since her ancestors had no capable people and she didn't have any capable relatives, where could she find someone?

Even if she found a wealthy buyer, with so many expensive plants to sell, she would be afraid that others wouldn't know that she had a problem, right?

Now her cultivation has only reached the stage of Qi training. She is more resilient than ordinary people, has better physical fitness and a longer life. The spells she knows are all related to planting. She can only use powerful and lethal spells when she reaches the middle stage of Qi training. If something really happens, can she guarantee her family a safety?

After much thought, she decided that selling vegetables and fruits would be safer. Her hometown had beautiful scenery, and she had been working there for so long and had accumulated a group of customers. So the best strategy was to stay in the small mountain village and develop slowly!

After getting over the excitement, Ye's father sighed, "We don't know much about fruit trees, and we don't know if the climate is suitable for growing some fruit. I may not be able to help you."

Ye Ma suggested, "How about we also grow oranges or something like that?"

After all, oranges can bear a lot of fruit if grown well. As long as you find the right variety, you will be able to sell them. Oranges on the market are not expensive, and many people like to eat them, so growing oranges is safe.

Ye Ma’s consideration is correct, but isn’t there a precedent that shows that it won’t work?

Father Ye pointed towards the mountain with his chopsticks and said, "There's a large area of ​​oranges and tangerines over there. They're always sold at a low price every year."

Well, now Mother Ye was at a loss. She knew the situation of the oranges grown by other people in the village, but she hadn’t thought about going there just now.

The two elders were also at a loss as to what to do. They were good at farming but they didn’t know much about selling fruits and they didn’t dare to offer any suggestions.

"It's okay. I'll look it up online. I'll plant the most expensive fruits. It's such a big mountain, so we can plant a little of everything. Let's go for the high-quality products. We won't be interested in cheap ones."

Ye Zhen made the final decision and stopped worrying about it. He would just plant whatever tasted good. They were just ordinary fruits, not spiritual plants.

Anyway, it’s Ye Zhen’s own money, and the Ye family won’t object. Young people should be enterprising.

"Where can we buy the fruit trees?" Ye's mother asked again.

The fruit and vegetable seedlings we grow at home are all bought from small stalls in the market. If we want to make money from this, we must buy good varieties. Ordinary ones are worthless. "

Ye Zhen had already found an excuse, "Don't worry, I was selling fruit all over Jincheng, and I knew many of my customers. I know someone here. His family specializes in growing fruit trees. They are all new varieties that have been grafted. They also grow some imported fruit tree seedlings. They are all good seedlings. The fruits they grow are big and good. The fruits they grow are all sold abroad! I don't know how well they sell. You can't buy them in many places in China!"

Ye Zhen spoke without thinking, and his serious attitude startled the Ye family.

"You have seen the fruit trees, and you all know how they work. Planting seedlings like these will definitely make money!"

That's right. Ye's father and his companions have received saplings that have been transported back several times. Some of them still have fruits hanging on them. Those that were planted first have even been transplanted very well, and some of the fruits on them are ripe. They have seen them all and naturally believe them.

No one thought of asking Ye Zhen why the fruits that were not suitable for the climate of Shanbei Village grew well.

Don't ask, the only thing you know is that the varieties are different.

The decision was made quickly and no one in the family had any objections. In the evening, Ye's mother and grandmother were in a very good mood and killed a duck to prepare to nourish Ye Zhen.

The sweet tender duck stewed with pickled bamboo shoots is fresh and spicy. The duck is a newly hatched local duck bought by Grandma Ye. It grows up eating small fish and shrimps, snails and water plants in ponds and fields. Each duck weighs only about three pounds, with tender and firm meat that tastes sweet.

Next is the bracken fried with bacon, which is Ye Zhen’s favorite dish.

The local mountains are high and the water is clear. There are many edible ferns growing around the Qingming Festival. Every year, Ye's father and his friends go up the mountain to pick the tender stems, clean them carefully, put the ferns in the boiling water and blanch them for two or three minutes, wait for the ferns to change color and soften, take them out and rinse them with cold water several times, then drain and tear them apart. The smoothness of the fresh ferns disappears, and they are cut into long pieces and stir-fried with dried chilies and garlic right away, which is also quite delicious.

Drain the excess bracken and dry it in the sun, tie it up and seal it. When you want to eat it, add a little lard, garlic and bacon and stir-fry them together. Be sure to add dried chilies. That's what you call a delicacy. Ye Zhen can eat several bowls of rice with it by himself.