Su Jianjun was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet.
"Dad! This is no small matter! What if..."
"There's no 'what if'."
Grandpa Su suddenly became serious.
"We members of the Su family either don't do things at all, or we do them thoroughly."
He turned to Su Jianguo.
"Jianguo, your father supports you. If you need manpower, ask your second brother for help."
Su Jianjun wanted to say something, but his father stopped him with a look.
Su Jianguo felt a warmth in his heart; his own father was the best, trusting him blindly.
Before Su Jianguo could express his gratitude...
Grandpa Su immediately waved his hand.
"Alright, let's be family, don't act like women. But Jianguo, we need to proceed cautiously, start with a small-scale trial, don't expand too much all at once."
"I understand, Father."
Su Jianguo nodded repeatedly.
"That's my plan."
Seeing that things had come to this point, Su Jianjun sighed.
"Brother, since Father has said so, I...I support you. Just tell me what you need me to do."
Su Jianguo patted his younger brother on the shoulder gratefully.
"Second brother, with you saying that, I feel much more at ease."
The three then discussed in detail the specific site selection, material preparation, and planting plan for the greenhouse.
Grandpa Su suddenly remembered something and asked.
"Jianguo, you said greenhouses can grow cucumbers and tomatoes, but what about chives?"
"Of course!"
Su Jianguo smiled.
"Dad, did you know? In winter, chives grow back after each harvest, so you can harvest them four or five times! In Beijing, chives can sell for a dollar a pound when making dumplings for the New Year!"
Grandpa Su's eyes lit up.
"That's great! Jianjun, tomorrow you go and contact people to buy bamboo poles and plastic sheeting. Let's hurry and get the greenhouse up and running before winter!"
Although Su Jianjun still had some doubts, seeing that his father and elder brother were so confident, he had no choice but to nod.
"Okay, I'll go first thing tomorrow morning."
...
That night, Su Jianguo did not return to Beijing.
He moved in directly with his father.
night..
By the dim light of a kerosene lamp, Su Jianguo carefully perused the agricultural technology manual he had brought from the city.
Several yellowed sheets of straw paper were spread out on the kang table, covered with his calculations and plans.
"To get a good price, you have to choose the time when open-field vegetables have finished harvesting, and early November is just right..."
Su Jianguo tapped the paper lightly with his pencil, his brows furrowed.
He turned to the chapter on vegetable growth cycles in the manual and slid his finger down the table.
"It takes 80 days from sowing to the first harvest for cucumbers, and 100 days for tomatoes..."
He grabbed the abacus and his fingers flew across the beads.
Today is September 15th...
Su Jianguo muttered to himself.
"If seedlings are started on September 20th, cucumbers can be transplanted by the end of October, and the first batch can be harvested in mid-November..."
He wrote the date down on the paper, then crossed it out and started calculating again.
"No, it's too late. We need to launch before early November, so we have to move it forward..."
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