Chapter 98: Cherries are delicious but difficult to grow
Just at this moment, Gu Cui and Luo Luo came over from the well platform, each carrying two baskets of washed melons.
At this time, Gu Cui didn't know that her son was about to go back to work.
Although this news will be ridiculed in the current wave of going into business that sweeps across China, and people will mock those who work in fixed positions and earn a few dead money but cannot even afford a piece of meat...
But being able to return to the steel mill is not about how much money I can make, but about the meaning it represents.
She saw that the head of the family, his son, and his daughter all had beaming faces. Although she didn't know what was going on, she became happy too and greeted them warmly, "My living room is small and dark, but the temperature is good today. Let's go sit under the tree and eat cantaloupe."
Du Hai would not sit and eat with them. He greeted them with a smile, turned around and left with the tray.
At this moment, the gloomy air on Luo Yufen disappeared.
Her face was full of smiles. This was really good news for her.
When she was sober, she felt very guilty towards her eldest brother. If she had not insisted on marrying Shen Jianming back then, how could the Luo family have ended up in this situation? Her eldest brother might have already had many children.
It was her fault for not judging people well and bringing trouble to everyone in the family.
Now that her elder brother can go back again, others may not understand, but Luo Yufen knows deeply what this means.
There is a circle of small benches under the tree.
I just sat in the main room and drank some water along the way. When I saw the fresh and juicy melon, Director Wu didn't hesitate. To be honest, when you go to the countryside, any farmer can take out these things to treat you.
Just plant a few melon seedlings in front of or behind your house and you can have a good harvest in the fall.
What's more, there are large tracts of melon fields here.
The melon is oval in shape, with a light green color and water droplets on it. The skin is very thin, and when you bite into it, the flesh is green. The melon pulp inside is so sweet that it touches your heart.
This seems a little different from what I bought in the city.
He had never seen such a variety in the city.
After asking, I found out that he just planted some crops on the half acre of sandy land he was allocated, and prepared to eat them himself.
Gu Cui already knew the good news that her son had returned to work, and she was so excited that she kept wiping away her tears...
Luo Yufen did not go over because Ye Man was there to comfort her, and she was much more helpful than having a daughter like her.
Shen Qianfei didn't know what the yard looked like. Anyway, when she walked to the door with a basket of melons, she could still hear laughter coming from the yard.
Shen Qianfei hasn't had time to ask her grandfather about Director Zhang yet, but this good news is enough to wipe away the depressed mood she has been feeling for some time.
With a smile on her face, she knocked on the Li family's door a few times.
The door was ajar, but she couldn't push it open directly.
Then I heard a clear voice in the yard, with a hint of teasing, "Don't knock, I can see you, come in."
Shen Qianfei leaned over and took a look. Haha, sure enough, Li Xianzhi was sitting under the tree in his house looking at something.
The Li family's courtyard is paved with long strips of bluestone.
It is fine, dense and neat, and looks particularly old.
The tree planted by the Li family in the yard is also a cherry tree.
It is very old and the trunk is very thick.
Around May every year, the trees are full of cherries.
In the past few years, it was divided up by these kids.
It is said that cherries are delicious but difficult to grow.
Cherry trees are actually not easy to cultivate. There are only about twenty cherry trees in Yuanbao Village alone. When this place was the brigade headquarters, not only the children but also some housewives were very envious of the cherry trees. They would start picking the fruits before they were ripe, and some even came in the middle of the night. Anyway, the trees would be ruined every year.
It’s impossible to control it.
Especially those shrews in the village, they are the real shrews.
When the cherries are about to ripen, they move the ladder and start pulling them down.
I was even worried that the cherry trees would be snatched away by others, so I broke off all the branches.
Sometimes the three shrews even fought each other, making it a very ugly scene.
Things were better when my grandfather was the brigade secretary, but after Village Chief Yu took office, he was unable to control these aggressive women.
Fortunately, three years ago, this place was taken back by the Li family.
This lush cherry tree gradually sprouted new branches, and the green leaves were shining in the sun. The weather was very good today, with no clouds and no wind.
This place seems to be separated from the surrounding environment.
Every time Shen Qianfei looks at this old house, she has a feeling of traveling through time and space.
Shen Qianfei walked quickly over with the melon in her hand and placed it on the stone table under the tree. There was no stone bench next to it, nor were there any small benches like the ones placed in a circle at her grandfather's house.
Instead, two exquisite rocking chairs were placed separately.
It seems to be woven from rattan, but it doesn't look like it.
Anyway, the color is very nice, light yellow, very elegant.
Li Xianzhi raised his eyebrows and glanced at the cleanly washed melon placed next to him.
He naturally knew what this was.
But every time he ate it, it was already cut into neatly small pieces with toothpicks on top.
And given his physical condition, he can't eat too much.
Just a taste once in a while.
There were probably more than ten people here at this time. The little girl was very strong and brought it here easily.
"…This is half an acre of cantaloupe planted by my uncle on sandy soil. It is a new variety called Green Treasure. It is not fertilized with chemical fertilizers. The flesh is light green. I picked it yesterday and put it in the cellar. It is just right to eat now. It is a little cool and a little sweet, but I think I can't eat too much…"
The little girl didn't use overly fancy words to describe anything, and her descriptions were very normal, but Li Xianzhi liked listening to them very much.
I always feel that the things she describes are the most delicious in the world.
And her voice is clear, flowing through the heart like a gurgling stream in the mountains.
His eyes fell on the melon with water droplets on it.
How to eat it? Pick it up and chew it directly? It seems impolite.
Shen Qianfei didn't know that Li Xianzhi suffered from severe anorexia.
But she could guess that Li Xianzhi definitely didn't eat fruit like this on a daily basis.
Use an exquisite fruit plate to cut it into small square pieces, put toothpicks on them, take one and put it in your mouth, taste it elegantly. It seems that this is how Boss Li should eat.
Li Xianzhi didn't know what Shen Qianfei was thinking. He pointed to another rattan chair next to him and said, "If you have nothing to do, sit down for a while."
Shen Qianfei shook her head, a hint of mischief flashing in her eyes.
Maybe it was because she was in such a good mood, so Shen Qianfei picked up a smaller melon, looked at Li Xianzhi with sparkling eyes, and said softly, "Do you want to try it?"
(End of this chapter)
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