When Gao Mingcheng left his eldest brother-in-law's house, there were two more baskets of vegetables in the car. They were all picked by his eldest brother-in-law from the fields, including gourds, corn, loofah and red cowpeas.

Gao Mingcheng felt a little embarrassed because his brother-in-law was so honest. In terms of value, these things were indeed not worth much, but it was also very hard for farmers to grow vegetables. They had to plow the soil, sow seeds, cultivate the soil, build racks, weed, water and fertilize. Only after a series of manual management could they get a harvest.

Before leaving, Gao Mingcheng took another wild boar head from the car.

He also sent the wild boar head to his eldest brother-in-law's house. The wild boar head still had hair on it. He originally wanted to take it back to the county to eat it himself, but now he decided to give it away.

"Goodbye, Aunt and Uncle!" The two little nephews stood on the roadside, waved goodbye to Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyuemei enthusiastically, and watched them leave.

After the car slowly drove away from Shangfeng Village, the two little kids hurried back home, staring at the dozens of gold coins, begging for another piece of candy.

Unfortunately, all the candies, snacks and malted milk were locked in the fucking cupboard!

Xu Duojin was making a fire, preparing to burn the hair on the pig's head and feet. When she heard her two sons want to eat candy, she ruthlessly refused: "No, you have already eaten one piece today! Eat the rest later! Big brother, go get me half a bucket of water; second brother, go to the house and look after your younger brother!"

Not only did the two sons not get any food, but they were also given a lot of things to do.

But they were not angry because they would definitely have meat to eat in the evening!

Children's happiness is that simple!

The Jin family had meat to eat, so the Gao Ming Cheng family naturally had meat to eat as well.

When he returned to the county, he first kept most of the pork and vegetables at the kindergarten, and gave two kilograms of meat and a pig's trotter to his grandmother's family.

When Gao Zhuang learned that Gao Mingcheng and his friends were returning to the village today, he couldn't help but say, "Brother Mingcheng, take me with you next time you go back to Gaojia Village! There are vegetables planted in the fields, and I want to go back and take a look."

When Gao Mingcheng returned to the village this time, he really didn't think of bringing Gao Zhuang with him, but since Gao Zhuang said so, he naturally agreed.

Gao Mingcheng said: "Next time I go back, my dad should host a housewarming party, and you can come and have dinner with him then."

"Okay!" Gao Zhuang agreed with a smile.

All the people in Gaojia Village are related, and Gao Zhuang is from the same upper branch, so it is only right for him to go and give a gift and have a meal.

When he returned to the clothing store, Gao Mingcheng told Gao Mingli and Gao Shufang about this matter.

When they heard that the house had been built, they were both very happy. Although they would definitely live in the county in the future, it was still very happy to have a room of their own in the village.

Gao Shufang is more careful and has already started planning what to buy to decorate the new house.

The rooms in the village were all equipped with wooden beds and wooden cabinets, but apart from that, there was nothing else except the old quilts and old clothes they had used before.

Those things have been used for many years. They are not only warm and fashionable, but they definitely don’t match the new house!

Got to buy, got to replace with a new one!

Gao Shufang took Zhang Jinling by the hand, and the two began to discuss what to buy and where to buy it.

Xuanyuemei does not have this worry because she and Gao Mingcheng had separated long ago. When Gao Yuanjian built the house, although Gao Mingcheng contributed some money, none of the rooms belonged to Gao Mingcheng.

I spent that money purely to help my parents.

That night, everyone ate dishes such as stewed pig's feet and fried pork with chili peppers. Xiao Xuxu also had pig tripe soup with rice, which tasted very delicious.

But Gao Mingcheng's favorite dish is still the spicy red cowpea. This old variety of red cowpea tastes really good.

The happy weekend passed by in a flash, and the next day it was a new week.

After a week of running-in, the teachers and students of the kindergarten performed very well in the second week. Now all the children no longer cry and ask for their parents. They eat well and play well in the kindergarten.

The kindergarten has two freezers and one refrigerator, and there is no need to store so many vegetables. However, Gao Mingcheng did not cut off the power. Instead, he used one of the freezers to store popsicles. The popsicles are all made by himself, and he gives one to each child every day to ensure that the children are always smiling.

After the kindergarten got on track, Gao Mingcheng decided to find time to make a trip to southern Jiangxi, as he was planning to buy a batch of navel orange seedlings.

Nowadays, Gannan navel oranges are very famous, but they are mainly exported and not sold domestically. It is estimated that most people in China have never eaten navel oranges.

However, as production increases, there are more navel oranges on the market.

Navel oranges taste good and are easier to preserve than tangerines, so Gao Mingcheng plans to plant a hundred trees.

The hillside farthest from home in Xiaofushan is still empty. When the fruit trees were planted, in addition to arranging the planting areas according to the growth habits of the fruit seedlings, they were also planted from near to far.

Locations that are far from home are naturally more difficult to manage.

The land had been left uncultivated for two years and was now overgrown with weeds.

However, after Gao Mingcheng prepared to plant navel oranges, he asked Chen Dasong to call a few people from the village to go to the mountains to clear the land during the slack season.

Some bushes growing later on naturally had to be removed with their roots, and then a hole was dug at regular intervals and filled with fertilizer to fertilize the soil.

That evening, Gao Mingcheng looked through the map he had bought, wondering which route to take, and then told Manyimei that he was planning to go out.

Many Americans agreed when they heard that Gao Mingcheng was planning to grow navel oranges.

She bought navel oranges to eat, but they were very expensive, and the best navel oranges in southern Jiangxi had already been shipped to Hong Kong for sale. People here couldn't buy good ones even if they wanted to!

So if you want to eat delicious navel oranges, you still have to grow them yourself!

Gao Mingcheng said: "I plan to drive there early tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, I will be back the day after tomorrow afternoon. Then I will go directly back to Gaojia Village and will not come here."

Xuanyuemei said with understanding: "The fruit seedlings we bought should be planted early. Mingcheng, when the time comes, you can hire a few more people to plant all the fruit seedlings before dark."

Gao Mingcheng smiled and said, "Of course! The holes have been dug in advance. Once the fruit seedlings arrive, we can plant them in the soil and water them. We need to plant them before my father holds the housewarming party. After the party, the villagers will go to the fields to do farm work, so they may not have time to work for me."

In this regard, Gao Mingcheng understood much more than many of the beauties and had made better arrangements than many of them, so she did not make any comments. She only expressed that she would support all of Gao Mingcheng's decisions. When Gao Mingcheng went out to do business, she would take care of both the clothing store and the kindergarten.

Now that Xiao Xuxu stays in kindergarten all day, Xuanyuemei feels a lot more relaxed and can free up more energy to do things.

For example, on this day Xiao Xuxu insisted on staying in the kindergarten and sleeping with Xiao Yuanyuan, and Gao Mingcheng... Gao Mingcheng would definitely agree. So that night, without the disturbance of the little light bulb, Gao Mingcheng had enough time to perform to his heart's content!

The next morning, Gao Mingcheng went out in high spirits. On the messy big bed, only the exhausted Xuanmei was still sleeping.

Gao Mingcheng only planned to buy about a hundred navel orange seedlings, so there was no need to rent a truck. It would be enough to drive his own double-row light truck.

Gao Mingcheng first went to the gas station to fill up the tank, and then drove towards southern Jiangxi.

Driving alone on the road, Gao Mingcheng felt as if he was taking a ride. Although the weather in mid-September was still a little hot, it was already a little cool in the morning and evening in the village.

There are two time periods for planting navel oranges. One is naturally spring. In February, as the temperature gradually rises, the fruit seedlings can be planted. At this time, due to the increase in precipitation, there is little need for manual watering and the survival rate is also good.

But Gao Mingcheng can also choose to plant in September. At this time, the temperature has not yet dropped. If you plant in September and the plants take root and survive in October, they can safely spend the winter.

The only drawback is that you need to ensure there is enough water in the soil!

Due to the influence of the topography, there is not a single stream in the entire Xiaofushan!

Although there are no streams, there is still a lot of moisture in the soil. In the process of natural growth without anyone contracting it, the vegetation in the mountains has always been lush and green and growing very well, except in years of severe drought. There are also ditches flowing at the foot of the mountain, so getting water is not too difficult.

Gao Mingcheng plans to continue hiring people to water the navel oranges once a day after planting them, and continue watering for several days until the navel oranges take root.

He went all the way to southern Jiangxi. The closer he got to southern Jiangxi, the more different the geographical features became. Unlike the poor Gaojia Village, there were big rivers here. The resources and scenery here were much better than Gaojia Village!

Gannan is located in the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River. The southern part of Jiangxi was quite famous in ancient times. But when Gao Mingcheng, a half-baked tomb robber in his previous life, stepped into this city, the first thought in his mind was that there were many ancient tombs here!

Yes, there are a lot of ancient tombs, but most of them are worthless, at least to tomb robbers.

Because there are many village sites of the Baiyue ethnic group from the Shang and Zhou dynasties here, in addition to a large number of pottery fragments and stone tools, complete pottery basins, pottery jars, pottery gui, pottery spinning wheels, etc. have also been unearthed.

These are naturally of great historical value, but unfortunately, to ordinary tomb robbers, they are just worthless things.

Gao Mingcheng still remembers hearing a tomb robber complain that he had worked so hard to scout the site and dig the tomb, but in the end he only got a bunch of broken pottery!

Gao Mingcheng couldn't help laughing when he thought about this. When passing through a town, Gao Mingcheng got off the car to buy a pack of cigarettes, and then asked the boss about purchasing navel orange seedlings.

Soon, Gao Mingcheng found out that the place where he could buy navel orange seedlings was still an hour away.

After the boss showed him the way, Gao Mingcheng thanked him and continued driving.

There were several packs of cigarettes on the passenger seat, all of which he bought when he got out of the car to ask people for directions. If he came across a store, he would buy cigarettes and ask for directions. If he didn't come across a store, he would use cigarettes to ask for directions. In short, when he was out, cigarettes were hard currency!

After driving for another hour, at around two o'clock in the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng finally found the place.

After arriving, Gao Mingcheng first found a restaurant in the town to eat. The food here tasted similar to that in Gaojia Village, so Gao Mingcheng was very accustomed to it. While eating, he asked the restaurant owner about buying fruit seedlings.

It is called Gannan navel orange, but in fact navel orange is not a native fruit tree, but a hybrid variety first bred in the beautiful country. It was not until the 1970s that it was planted in Xinfeng County and gradually spread to nearby counties and cities.

Because of the high price of navel oranges, most counties and cities in southern Jiangxi have already planted navel oranges, even squeezing out the living space of previously planted peaches, nai plums, and Sanhua plums.

By the 1990s, people from other places gradually realized that they could make a lot of money by growing navel oranges, so they came here to purchase fruit seedlings.

But most of those people come to purchase fruit seedlings in early spring.

It is rare for people like Gao Mingcheng to purchase fruit seedlings in September.

But Gao Mingcheng is lucky. He owns a restaurant in the town and grows navel oranges at home and also does business of fruit seedlings.

When the boss saw that Gao Mingcheng ordered a lot of delicious dishes, asked for some wine, and came by car, he knew that Gao Mingcheng had some family background, so he was happy to do business with him.

The boss's surname was Liang. Boss Liang smiled and said, "Boss Gao, you've found the right person. You eat first. After dinner, I'll take you to the village to see the fruit seedlings! My fruit seedlings are the best in this area!"

This last sentence was most likely self-praise and could be ignored, but Gao Mingcheng still agreed to go and take a look first.

He ate quickly, but did not drink the wine he ordered. Instead, he left it in the restaurant, saying that he would drink it with Boss Liang in the evening.

Boss Liang knew that Gao Mingcheng would have dinner in his restaurant that night, so he naturally agreed happily. He even said that he would let Gao Mingcheng stay at his house that night and would pay Gao Mingcheng a cheaper room rate.

In a town like this, it is not easy to find a restaurant, let alone a hotel. If you want to stay overnight, you can only stay in the homes of locals.

"Okay." Gao Mingcheng agreed immediately. Following Boss Liang's instructions, they drove for half an hour and arrived at a village.

This village is full of small hills, with no big mountains, and every small hill is basically planted with navel oranges!

In the 1990s, navel oranges were very expensive! After being exported to Hong Kong, the prices were so high that people in the mainland were shocked. Even the inferior fruits sold in nearby cities were much more expensive than fruits such as apples and grapes!

But there is a saying that goes, in the 1990s, navel oranges could be sold for more than three yuan per pound, but thirty years later, navel oranges can still be sold for more than three yuan per pound!

It seems that the price has remained unchanged for 30 years, but it also means that after 30 years, navel oranges are no longer the darlings of the market, because by that time, more newer varieties have emerged.

However, Gao Mingcheng thinks that there is still a lot of room for growth in navel oranges. Not to mention the high price of navel oranges, they are also worth growing because they are durable in storage and transportation.

If navel oranges are well preserved, they can still be eaten in May of next year.

And if you plant navel orange trees now, as long as they don’t encounter diseases in the future, they will grow into big trees in thirty years and produce up to one thousand kilograms!

Of course, navel oranges have suffered from two major diseases in later generations, one is Huanglongbing and the other is decline disease.

If navel oranges are infected with these two diseases, there is no cure. Cut them down and replant them! (End of this chapter)