Chapter 231 Extra 2: Great Harvest (Part 1)
In May, there is a bumper harvest in the mountains.
As expected, the fruit tree seedlings and vines that Shen Qingyue had bought from the Agricultural College at a high price were all full of fruits.
During the harvest season, she asked the villagers to go up the mountain to help pick fruits and make money.
As soon as the villagers went up the mountain, they could smell the fruity fragrance in the air.
"Oh, it smells so refreshing. No wonder everyone wants to run up the mountain."
"The fragrance of this fruit is more soothing than anything else."
"I made some money today, I bought some grapes!"
Last year, Shen Qingyue's grapes hadn't adapted to the soil here for the first time, and the fruit was sour and astringent. They were all used to make wine.
The grapes that came out of the vines the next year were so sweet that they choked my throat.
The skin almost sticks to the flesh.
People in the village buy it to eat, but they don’t spit out the skin. Those who are particular about it spit out the seeds, and ordinary people don’t even spit out the seeds.
Just eat it whole.
It instantly became everyone's favorite.
Regardless of whether you go up the mountain or not, everyone comes with money to buy grapes.
There are fewer sweeteners these days.
The taste of these grapes was tasteless in the mouths of both children and adults, but they were so delicious that they captured the hearts of the entire village!
Go in early in the morning to pick fruits.
It's not just grapes.
There are also strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, fragrant pears, peaches, plums, apricots, crabapples and green apples.
Everyone saw Sister Ying also going up the mountain and asked, "Why don't you go back to look after the store?"
Sister Ying said, "We can only see the fruit when it arrives."
The store now also sells fruits, all of which are from other provinces.
As soon as the local fruits arrive, they have to give way to them.
Besides, people in the county haven’t eaten fruit for half a year.
Seeing the fresh fruits coming down, no matter how much, it's not enough.
Now she has to come over to supervise and prevent others from intercepting the work.
The villagers laughed and said, "Oh, your shop is almost as successful as your own business. If anyone wholesales the fruit, it would be like digging out your heart."
"Xiaoying, look at the mountains and fields. There must be enough for you to sell."
Sister-in-law Ying said, "That's not necessarily true."
There are other fruit shops in the county, but theirs is the most famous.
As soon as the fruits are delivered to the store, everyone rushes to grab them, and some factories even place orders specifically from them.
Sister Ying said, "Just pick as many as you can. Don't worry about not being able to sell them."
Sister Ying said this with great passion.
The others also worked hard to pick fruits, and the fruits were unlike anything else.
Pick the ripe grapes. Some grapes are still green. It would be a waste to pick them when they are not ripe.
Shen Qingyue made the right decision to hire these helpers from the village.
Old farmers all know how to cherish things.
Baskets of fruit were brought to the roadside, where drivers would pick them up and store them in cold storage.
Just like that, one car after another, they never stopped at all.
There are fruit trees all over the mountains.
Everyone picked for a long time, but when they looked up, they found that they had not picked even one percent.
This work has to be done.
Shen Qingyue took a bunch of grapes, washed them and put them in the refrigerator. Soon they became ice-cold.
Grapes are so sweet and juicy that I can’t help but eat a lot.
Shen Qingyue now eats a box of strawberries and a bunch of grapes every day.
Eating sweet fruits makes me feel much better.
It’s clearly not summer yet.
Shen Qingyue didn't know what happened, but she developed a problem of being afraid of heat.
At home, in a house with north-south ventilation, it is so comfortable to open all the doors and windows and let the wind blow in.
After staying for a while, I went back to the courtyard, worried that Aunt Dahua would be too busy.
As soon as Shen Qingyue came over, she saw a long queue of people coming to buy fruit, many of whom were from other villages.
Shen Qingyue had already arrived, and Aunt Dahua was so busy that she didn't even raise her head or open her eyes. She said, "Little Li, bring another basket of grapes over."
The person queuing next to me said, "One basket might not be enough. We need at least three."
Aunt Dahua laughed and scolded beside them, "Can you finish three baskets?"
The baskets here are all big baskets, and a large basket weighs over a hundred pounds!
"I can finish it. My grandson loves eating these grapes. He says these are little sugar beans."
"Your grandson is quite good at eating. Who doesn't like these grapes? I like them too, but at 40 cents a pound, I can't bear to buy them!"
"Hey, don't be ungrateful. This sells for fifty cents a pound in the county. This is a discount for our fellow villagers. You can't buy it anywhere else."
"Well, I didn't say anything."
Another aunt said, "My daughter is finally pregnant after three years of marriage. She loves eating these sweet grapes. The old lady said that no matter how expensive they are, she will buy them!"
"Where can I find such a good in-law? I also want to find one for my daughter."
Everyone was chatting away.
Auntie Dahua was watching from the side. Everyone just loves to follow the trend. Before there were no grapes, the fruit here sold quite well!
Now everyone is eyeing grapes.
Some people even buy 50 kilograms at a time, saying they are buying them for visiting relatives.
These 50 kilograms of grapes only cost 20 yuan. How could ordinary people in the village afford to spend that much?
Aunt Dahua finally saw Shen Qingyue and said with a smile in her eyes: "Yueyue, why are you here?"
When everyone heard Aunt Dahua say this, they quickly surrounded Shen Qingyue.
"Oh, you know what, Yueyue has become more and more beautiful since she got married."
"Well, whether a marriage is happy or not is all in the face."
Shen Qingyue is the most promising young person in the surrounding villages, and everyone is willing to gather around her and talk to her.
If I say this to Shen Qingyue, I can brag about it to others when I go back.
Aunt Dahua quickly rescued her from the crowd.
Even a young person like Shen Qingyue couldn't resist such familiarity and intimacy even after getting married.
Aunt Dahua asked the people next to her to come over and sell fruit.
He took Shen Qingyue aside and said, his eyes full of concern: "How is it, is there any good news?"
Shen Qingyue got married at the end of last year, and it has been half a year now. When a young man and woman are together, the passion must be high!
Shen Qingyue said: "No."
Seeing that she was embarrassed, Aunt Dahua said, "Well, there's still a short time until you get married. You can have a child within a year."
Shen Qingyue said, "Aunt, are you busy? Do you need some more help?"
Aunt Dahua now manages more people than the village chief.
Adding a new job of selling fruits is really exhausting.
After all, Aunt Dahua is old enough.
Aunt Dahua said, "Why add more people? That's all money. I can handle it. We have enough manpower now. There have been too many people buying grapes these days. When we get busy in a few days, we won't sell them anymore."
Aunt Dahua spread the word and sold it for half a day.
Who has the time to collect small amounts of money for fun every day?
Shen Qingyue knew that Aunt Dahua was a strong-willed person: "If you are too busy, you must tell me."
Aunt Dahua smiled and said, "Yeah, that's for sure."
Shen Qingyue said: "Why haven't I seen the village chief uncle these days?"
Aunt Dahua said angrily, "He bought two hundred kilograms of grapes and is learning how to make wine from Old Man Chen."
When Shen Qingyue was given the wine last year, she gave this jar to the village chief.
This fruit wine has a pure fragrance and a strong aftertaste.
After drinking this good wine, my head didn't hurt at all. In fact, my complexion improved the next day.
After the village chief drank for a while, the white hair on his temples turned black.
But it's too much for the village chief to flatter himself.
But how can fifteen or sixteen kilograms of wine be enough to drink?
I didn’t make it last year, so that’s it. This year, I have to brew enough for myself no matter what.
I spent eighty yuan on grapes alone, and also bought new wine jars, just to make wine.
Wine is not simply a layer of sugar and grapes. It has temperature, environment, and proportions. If you don't handle any of them right, it will get moldy.
It’s such a waste of good stuff.
Not to mention the rock sugar used for brewing wine.
If the wine goes bad, it would be a shame to use such delicious grapes. Wouldn’t it be delicious to eat them?
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