Chapter 36 The Plums Are Ripe

The family had a delicious meal of wild rabbit. The skin and meat were firm. Half of it was stewed in soup, and the other half was stir-fried. It was stir-fried with dried chilies and garlic over high heat and went very well with rice.

The whole family was still not satisfied and kept looking at the two cats who contributed to the success.

Ye Zhen lifted up the big orange and earnestly admonished: "My big baby, try harder next time and continue to catch ha for home! I am optimistic about your fat body."

The cat slumped over, unable to refute.

Ye Zhen picked up another big black cat, "Big Black, you are a mature big cat now. As a member of the family, don't you have to work hard to make sure your family members have good food? I am waiting to hug your cat thighs!"

Ye Zhen smiled and instructed the two cats, and the family shook their heads helplessly.

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The next day, breakfast time

Ye's mother asked Ye Zhen to call Ye's father and ask him to come back for dinner.

Ye Zhen brought out breakfast. Today's breakfast was simple, with some side dishes for porridge, pickled radish strips, and some cooked rice noodles.

Grandpa Ye bought rice noodles from a family in the village who made them. A bunch cost more than 30 yuan, which is about ten pounds. They are pure handmade rice noodles, with a hard texture. The color is not as white as those bought on the market, but darker. However, with the braised soup base, bok choy and fried eggs, Ye Zhen can eat a big bowl of it!

The Ye family loves rice noodles and they buy a few bunches every once in a while. Sometimes when Mom Ye is too lazy to cook, she just cooks a pot.

Dad Ye put down the weeds he had pulled out in the morning and spread them out on the ground to let them soak in moisture so that the rabbits would not get diarrhea after eating them.

Dad Ye washed his hands after pressing some water into a basin at the well. He sat at the table, took a sip of the noodles, chewed them for a few times, and then spoke:

"The weeds on this slope are growing rapidly. I spent the whole morning pulling them out, but I couldn't even finish pulling out one ridge. The weeds are too long and there are many insects. There are also many wild animals running down the mountain. I even saw a mixed-haired hare this morning."

"It's not good to have so much grass growing. It's taking away the nutrients from the soil. How about buying some herbicides?"

Grandpa Ye suggested this because he thought herbicides were highly efficient. Once applied, the weeds would die within a few days, which was much faster than manual work.

Ye Zhen shook his head in objection: "No, I plan to grow green vegetables. I can't use pesticides. I won't be able to sell them at a high price, and it will be a waste of good seeds."

"Let's find someone to help weed! It's just a few acres of land. We can hire a few people in the village who are good at working and not lazy. It will be done in less than two days."

"We need to call a few people. We also have to take care of the packers at home and we are too busy." The whole family agreed.

After breakfast, Dad Ye went to the village to call people, and Mom Ye and the others carried thin bamboo poles to pick the fruits.

The tarpaulin was spread out flat in a circle under the tree. Ye Zhen asked Ye Ma and the others to stand further away, and then he swung the bamboo pole and hit the branches.

"Crackle, crackle" the fruits fell like rain.

"This year's fruit harvest must weigh over a thousand kilograms!"

Grandma Ye picked up the fruits that fell outside the tarpaulin. Ye Zhen was too strong and many fruits fell outside.

Mother Ye weighed the fruit and thought about something else.

By the way, how much does this fruit cost?

I went back and forth looking for a lot of baskets to fill the baskets. It took me the whole morning to do that. I left some of the baskets on the treetops for the birds. I had finished harvesting all six trees.

The yard was filled with large and small baskets of red and yellow plums. Finally, for fear that the fruits would be damaged, even the baskets of rice were taken out.

Mother Ye and Grandma Ye sat on the manhole cover to take a rest.

"How much does this weigh?"

Mother Ye murmured. She had seen a lot of them on the tree before and estimated that there were about 500 to 600 kilograms, but now it seems that there are far more than that.

This tree is crazy!

Not long next year?

Grandma Ye also found it hard to believe. These plum trees had grown for so many years, but had never grown so many. Was this the revival of old trees?

Ye Zhen nodded in satisfaction at the fruit, the spiritual energy was quite effective.

After the fruits were picked, there was no room to put them in the house. Ye's mother was worried, where should she put so many fruits?

“How about selling it through mini programs?” Ye’s mother suggested.

"No, this fruit is too easy to be bruised, it would be a waste of good fruit."

Ye Zhen shook her head. She was mainly worried that the taste of the fruit could not be guaranteed by express delivery, and the packaging fee was not low. It would be fine if someone bought them all at once, and the cost would be low.

Ye Zhen returned to his room, and after an idea came to his mind, he calculated with his fingers that there was another way out. He simply picked up a basket and put it in the back pocket of the pickup truck.

After moving a few baskets, Ye's mother and grandmother finally reacted. Oh, this silly girl, why is she moving all this by herself? Why doesn't she wait for her father to come back and move it?

The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law helped Ye Zhen to lift it up. Ye Zhen looked like he was doing it easily, but when he started to do it he found out that it was really heavy.

When did her daughter become so strong?

Ye Zhen sighed, and in his heart he accepted the kindness of Ye Ma and the others, but in his actions he righteously rejected them.

"Mom, you guys take a break, I can move faster by myself!"

Mother Ye withdrew her hand awkwardly. Forget it, she would just sit down!

There was a basket of plums in front of her, big and juicy, and she thought she hadn't eaten any yet. Mother Ye filled a fruit plate, washed it, and handed it to Grandma Ye first.

"Mom, eat some plums."

After Grandma Ye picked a ripe yellow crystal plum, Mom Ye also took one to eat.

"Oh my God!" Oh my God, Ye Ma screamed in her heart!

What kind of magical fruit is this?

Crisp, sweet, and fragrant, without any sourness from the peel.

“The fruits are delicious this year!”

Mother Ye ate one after another, and she and Grandma Ye kept crunching the food.

That's it

No matter how sweet the plums are, eating too many of them will make your teeth sour.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law kept switching to the right side because of the soreness on the left side of their teeth. The teeth on both sides kept falling out!

Ye Zhen's pickup truck was filled with plums, and there were several baskets in the yard. The rest could be moved into the house and put away.

After packing up my things, I took the scale and plastic bag, broke off a few branches from the plum tree, and placed them on the fruits so that when people saw them,

"Hey!" It's quite new.

When most people buy fruit, if they see it covered with tree branches or something, they will stop and look at it more often, and the chances of buying it are greater.

Feeling good about himself, Ye Zhen looked at Ye's mother who was still eating plums and asked, "Are you going to sell plums?"

Are you still eating this? Are you really not afraid of not being able to eat?