Chapter 128 Extra 3
In the cold winter, a group of young men were called together to stand and look at the tall and strong young man in the lead.
The wind today was not strong, but it was wet and cold, blowing straight into people's necks, making several young men shiver with cold even though they were wearing many clothes. One of them even kept sniffing his nose.
Liu Ben looked around at the group of young men and said, "I called you all here today for no other reason than to teach you how to collect the agricultural products I need you to grow."
Everyone fell silent and listened attentively.
"The most popular rice sold in our store right now is Wushuang rice. Many villages have already started growing it. Most people in our village know the requirements for growing it, but people from other villages may not be aware of it yet. So I'm going to tell everyone here so that you can tell your respective villages when you return."
Liu Ben briefly explained the special requirements for growing Wushuang rice, and casually talked about the process of growing Baiyuluo. Baiyuluo mainly relies on strength and carefulness, so there is no need to explain more.
Then, Liu Ben took a group of people to a pond in the village.
The pond is covered with tender green water shield, which looks very cute and attractive with its round shape.
Liu Ben pointed at the pond and said, "Attention villagers in villages where water shield and devil's kelp are grown! This is water shield. You can't see what's going on in the water right now, but it's actually quite deep. There's also devil's kelp in there, and it will wrap around anything it touches. So be careful when you go in the water, and have someone watching."
After Liu Ben finished explaining the key points of the harvest, he looked at the group of young men and said, "Those of you from the village that grows water chestnuts, step out."
The four young men walked out slowly and hesitantly, looking at the pond in horror and then at Liu Ben.
Liu Ben: "...I didn't ask you to come out to try it on the spot. Don't be so scared. I just told you to remember it and then you can leave. You can also stay and see other villages."
Each village arranges different crops and does not need to look at how crops in other villages are harvested.
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief, startled. They thought the weather was so cold that they really had to go into the water, so they didn't leave.
Next, Liu Ben introduced the round vegetables and round potatoes. They were planted on the cliff. There happened to be a village next to the wide cliff, but it was not particularly high. A safety rope was pulled on it. Although it was troublesome to plant them, it was not dangerous and worth the price Liu Ben would give.
Every time Liu Ben took them to a place, he would introduce it to them. Many people did not leave after listening to the story about their own village. They found it interesting and wanted to listen more.
Small and large durian awns growing among thorns, osmanthus pines growing on tall trees, and small cucumbers living in very cold caves...
"Black grapes are a fruit with high medicinal and edible value. They need to be grown in a hot, humid forest, otherwise they won't taste good," Liu Ben said, concluding, "That's all the products we produce at Aben Agricultural Products. Have you memorized them?"
"Remember!" There are so many interesting planting environments, and the impression is deep after hearing them once.
"Finally, we have recently planted a new fruit called August Firecrackers. I haven't cooperated with other villages yet, so I'm taking the young men from Liuwu Village to try picking it. But if you are interested, you can also go and have a look." Liu Ben said with a smile, looking back.
"Look, look!" Although no one has eaten it, this fruit has been put on the shelves in online stores. Many young men have seen videos taken by others and are very interested.
Liu Ben led a group of people to the new fruit planting area. From a distance, they saw a man sitting on a small bench, eating something.
When I got closer, I saw that what was being eaten was the August firecrackers. I looked up again and saw that the person eating it was Boss Liu's girlfriend, You Ying, the legendary current head of the You family, also known as President You.
You Ying raised his head, revealing a handsome face. He smiled at Liu Ben and said, "Is Teacher Liu finished teaching?"
Liu Ben showed his big white teeth: "That's all I need. After I finish this, everything will be fine today."
August firecrackers are the hottest fruit in Aben agricultural products recently. This fruit has a round shape and a hard and inedible skin. The edible part is inside the thin and crispy shell, which consists of eight white, juicy, sweet and delicious orange-shaped petals.
It sounds very similar to mangosteen, and in fact the taste is somewhat similar, but the flesh of this August firecracker is sweeter and more delicious, with a hint of rich milky flavor. It won the favor of customers as soon as it was put on the shelves.
But harvesting this fruit is a little bit difficult.
A group of people walked into the August firecracker forest and saw many round fruits hanging down along the way, which were very cute.
But the woods on both sides were far apart, and Liu Ben reminded everyone along the way to be careful not to touch the fruits. Everyone who came had heard some news about it and was very careful, always avoiding the fruits when walking.
Liu Ben stopped, turned around and pointed to a fruit to show everyone. It was a ripe fruit with a beautiful purple-red skin.
"August firecrackers are delicious, but also difficult to pick. You must be careful when picking them." Liu Ben said, stretching out his hand, loosely holding the lower end of the fruit, and then quickly pinching the whole fruit, pressing the fruit in several directions with his five fingers evenly spaced. Then, with his other hand, he took out a yellow rubber band, wrapped it around the waist of the fruit twice, and finally picked it up and put it in the basket held by You Ying.
Liu Ben looked at the young men from the village who were going to work for him and said, "You guys try it too."
He gave several people a handful of rubber bands and let them do it themselves.
Several people walked nervously into the woods, being careful not to touch the fruits. They each quickly searched for a ripe fruit, and then followed Liu Ben's method, first pressing around the fruit, then wrapping it with a rubber band, and picking it.
This process is a little troublesome and requires attention, but it is not too difficult. The guys became more and more proficient at picking the fruits, and their speed became faster and faster.
Liu Ben was very satisfied with what he saw, and the others also found it quite novel.
At this time, one of the young men, perhaps because he relaxed or was distracted, was a little slow in pinching the fruit and failed to grasp it, causing it to slip out of his palm. The branch shook with the fruit.
Just like that, the young man's hand only touched the fruit shell lightly, and everyone who saw this scene, except Liu Ben and You Ying, widened their eyes.
“Bang!”
With a sound like firecrackers, the purple-red fruit suddenly exploded like a blooming flower, and the eight petals of the shell flew in eight different directions with the flesh inside.
“Hey!”
"ah!"
“Tsk!”
Everyone exclaimed in surprise. In the blink of an eye, Liu Ben suddenly rushed over like a gust of wind, quickly circled around the place where the fruit burst. When he came back, he had eight more petals of fruit in his hand.
At this moment, everyone just reacted and looked at Liu Ben's hand dully.
Good, what a fast man!
"Be careful when picking this kind of fruit, don't be too hasty." Liu Ben said naturally as he picked up a piece of white and tender flesh in his hand and put it into You Ying's mouth.
You Ying doesn't need to chew, just take a sip, and the sweet flesh will spread out and turn into a pool of sweet, milky and fruity juice, which will slide across the tongue, flow through the throat and into the stomach.
August firecracker is a healthy fruit that is so delicious that it is addictive. However, eating more of it will not cause any harm. On the contrary, it has a good nourishing effect on the internal organs of the body.
But as its name suggests, firecrackers will explode.
When this fruit is ripe, the shell becomes brittle and dry. It can withstand wind and rain without any problems. However, when touched by other creatures, the plant will be stimulated and the fruit that touches the strange creature will explode as a conditioned reflex. It may be trying to scare away the creature that touched it. It is really an interesting phenomenon.
As interesting as it is, as a farmer, you certainly don’t want your fruit to burst and fall into the soil.
This delicious and good-for-you fruit is not cheap, and it would be painful to see one popped.
If you tie a rubber band on the fruit before it is ripe, the plant will be irritated. Even if the fruit cannot burst, it will inevitably fall, and the fruit will not grow and mature again after falling.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The young man who made the mistake was extremely ashamed. If Liu Ben wasn't there, he would have wasted such a good fruit. Really, he might have slapped himself twice if it had fallen to the ground.
"It's okay, but don't be in a hurry to pick them next time, take it slow." Liu Ben waved his hand and didn't care too much. He would fail several times when he first started picking, but now that he has practiced it, he would occasionally make them explode in space, but he is very fast and can catch them when they explode.
"Okay, okay."
This exploding property may be one of the reasons why many customers like to buy it, because it is really interesting.
The fruits that customers buy are all tied with small yellow rubber bands. There are instructions on the fruits, which require them to pinch the fruit around the edges before untying the rubber bands. Then, they should hold the entire fruit with both hands. If they loosen their hands slightly, the fruit will burst in their hands and will not fall out.
The process is quite interesting, so people often shoot videos of eating August firecrackers online, allowing many people who have never eaten it to know about this fruit.
After giving them all the instructions, Liu Ben dismissed the reluctant young men and headed home. He was free today and had agreed to play an online VR game with You Ying.
Liu Ben carried a small basket full of August firecrackers in one hand and held You Ying's hand in the other. The two of them skipped along the road like elementary school students returning from a spring outing.
"Liu Ben!" A shout came from the side of the road. Liu Ben and You Ying turned around and saw that it was Yang Yue.
Yang Yue and Liu Xiangsi had been in a relationship for a long time and finally got married this year. After the wedding, they went out for a two-week honeymoon. Liu Xiangsi said she wanted to come back to take care of the children and the elderly, so Yang Yue followed her back.
The newlyweds were very affectionate with each other. Usually, Yang Yue was either in the newly opened supermarket in the village or with Liu Xiangsi. Today... Oh, seeing the bags in his hands, he must be on his way back from the supermarket, and Haohao was eating candy with him.
"You give Haohao candy again, and see how Liu Xiangsi will pull your ears when she turns around." Liu Ben teased him with a smile.
"Hey, eat quickly," Yang Yue urged Haohao, then said to Liu Ben, "The clan leader asked you to go to the village committee, saying that there is a small problem with your mountain lease."
Liu Ben remembered that he had forgotten his cell phone at home. His grandfather must have called him but no one answered, so he asked someone to pass on a message to him on the way.
"I see, thank you!" Liu Ben greeted and handed the basket to You Ying, asking him to go home and eat first while he went to the village committee to take a look.
"Come back soon."
"It's a must."
When he arrived at the village committee, Liu Ben discovered that there were actually quite a lot of people here.
Liu Ben raised his eyebrows and walked to the empty seat next to his grandfather Liu Yibiao and sat down.
Liu Yibiao frowned and told Liu Ben about the matter with a serious face.
It turned out that the leaders above felt that Liuwu Village had become more developed and the environment had improved, and that the price they had given to Liu Ben for leasing the mountain was too low, so they demanded a price increase. Moreover, Liu Ben had leased the mountain for a relatively short period of time, and if Liu Ben did not offer a higher price, he could lease it to another businessman at the end of the term.
Liu Yibiao pointed at the person next to the leader. Liu Ben took a look and thought, wow, he even brought the next buyer here. It seems that he has already decided to give this mountain bag to someone else.
Price increase? Liu Ben rolled his eyes: "No."
"Hey, young man," the leader, relying on his age and status, started to act arrogantly. "You're so rich, but you only offer so little money for so much land. Isn't that inappropriate? People shouldn't be so stingy."
Of course Liu Ben is rich and not stingy, but he is not a sucker. When he first leased the mountains, they were all barren, with many rocks, shrubs and land that was not suitable for farming. Land like that was not valuable.
The mountain is now in good condition. It was developed by Liu Ben himself with his own money and resources, which cost a lot. How can others dare to come and pick peaches?
"Those mountains are only worth this price. Any higher price is impossible."
The leader was unhappy: "I'm sorry, I will transfer the land to someone else when the expiration date." He looked at the businessman next to him and smiled at him.
Liu Ben raised his head and said, "Oh, did you tell him what the mountain he rented is like? Don't lie to me~"
"What do you mean?" The leader frowned.
"You don't even understand this?" Liu Yibiao glanced at him, dissatisfied with this incompetent and greedy leader: "This guy next to you, is he trying to buy a barren mountain?"
"Why is it a barren mountain?" The leader hadn't spoken yet when the businessman spoke up: "Isn't it a golden forest? I'm not blind."
The businessman thought they were lying and trying to play tricks.
But Liu Ben didn't have any tricks up his sleeve. He shrugged and said casually, "Oh, those aren't from this mountain. Didn't the leader next to you tell me? I bought each of those golden trees from the research institute with my own money and effort. They were very expensive. If this mountain wasn't mine anymore, of course I would dig them up and transplant them."
"What?" The businessman was shocked and immediately looked at his leader.
The leader was anxious: "How far can you dig? You can't dig away this big tree!"
"Of course we can dig up what we grow at home!" Liu Yibiao sneered.
"Yes, I dug them up and gave each family a few trees to plant. I didn't leave any for others." Liu Ben agreed.
This result was not what the businessman wanted. He was willing to lease the mountain because he was attracted by the beautiful and refreshing osmanthus-scented pine forest. Who would be willing to pay so much money for a barren mountain in the village? The businessman stood up and left angrily without saying a word.
In the end, the leader reluctantly let Liu Ben take over the contract for decades at the original price, and left in disgrace.
This is just a small episode in life, maybe it can be regarded as a slap in the face and abuse of a little scum.
But for Liu Ben, huh, this was just a waste of dozens of minutes of his life, and it was not even as fun as playing games with You Ying.
Liu Ben: "Come on, here's a quest to get a new skin, take it."
You Ying: "Yes, yes."
Liu Ben: "What mission?"
You Ying: "...let me hold my teammates and squat 10 times."
Liu Ben smiled and opened his arms: "Come and try, hold me and squat down."
You Ying: Try it, try it and you will die!
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The author has something to say:
You Ying: Among so many amazing agricultural products, why is there no Popeye’s spinach?
The next chapter will be about a fairy tale of a little prince and a minotaur (?)
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