Although Mai Gu complained a little, he still tried his best to teach the four teenagers.
Seeing that they were getting along well, Mai Wu hurried to Daping Village.
Er Laizi was picking persimmons by himself with a bamboo basket on his back. The persimmons had already ripened and many of them had fallen to the ground.
Seeing Mai Wu coming over, Erlaizi put down his bamboo basket and greeted him.
Mai Wu knew that Erlaizi was the first person to follow the Dong family. He received a lot of monthly salary and had a very good relationship with the Dong family. This was especially evident from the fact that the Dong family entrusted all the things on the back mountain to him with great trust.
Mai Wu walked forward, picked up a bamboo basket, and started picking persimmons with Er Laizi.
"This is the first time I've seen this kind of red fruit. I heard it's delicious."
Er Laizi found a ripe persimmon, rubbed it with his clothes and handed it to Mai Wu, "You can eat it directly after peeling it. Try it, it's delicious."
Mai Wu started eating with big mouthfuls, and a smile instantly appeared on his face. After running around for a long time, he was so happy to be able to eat a big mouthful of sweet fruit, and it was so juicy.
Erlaizi looked very satisfied with his expression. After all, it was Erlaizi who had always taken care of this persimmon tree.
"The boss said that some of these persimmons will be sold, and some will be made into persimmon cakes. But I still need your guidance on how to make them."
Er Laizi patted his chest and said, "That's easy, but usually I'm alone. Now that you're here, there will be two of us. We're really short of manpower. Some of the persimmons have fallen to the ground. If we don't pick them up in time, they'll go bad."
Mai Wu thought for a moment and said, "I'll bring two young men over to help you tomorrow. You just need to take care of their meals. How about that?"
Er Laizi was shocked and said, "With two more people, we can finish it."
Looking up at the sun, it was already mid-afternoon. After saying goodbye to Erlaizi, Mai Wu hurried back to the fields outside the city.
When I arrived at the fields, the sun had already set. The aroma of rice wafted from the house, and my stomach started growling.
The four young men took out the bowls they usually used for begging, and Mai Gu filled each of them with food.
Seeing Mai Wu coming back, the four teenagers smiled, and Mai Wu also took out his bowl and filled it with porridge.
Because the table in the house was too small to accommodate so many people, the six of them went outside and squatted at the door to eat.
Looking at the bountiful wheat fields in front of them and feeling the evening breeze, the four teenagers felt very happy.
In the past, in order to survive, they could only beg others for food, and were even beaten for no reason. Later, they wanted to help out in a restaurant, not asking for wages, but only for food. However, the restaurant despised their young age and was unwilling to hire them.
Sometimes they were lucky enough to come across traveling merchants unloading goods and needing temporary workers, so the four of them would rush to sign up. However, because they had little strength and could only carry a small amount of goods, not only did they not get paid, but the rice they were given was as thin as water, and they could even count the grains of rice in the bowl.
Sometimes I am so hungry that I even compete with dogs for food.
Especially last year when the dam collapsed, life was even more difficult. The four of them didn't know how they survived. At the beginning, the county government recruited refugees to farm, and they also went. Unfortunately, when houses were distributed later, they were not allocated because of their young age and the small number of houses. They could only continue begging.
Until today, when I met Mai Wu.
The tallest boy's eyes were slightly glistening with tears as he looked at Mai Wu and said, "Thank you!"
Then he said to Mai Gu, "Thank you very much for teaching the four of us and for preparing food for us."
The remaining four teenagers also thanked them together.
Mai Wu and Mai Gu were stunned and touched their heads. They never thought that there would be a day when they would be thanked by others.
Mai Wu patted his head and said, "Work hard, and your life will get better and better."
While eating, we learned that these four people had been orphans since childhood. They didn’t know who their parents were, what their names were, or even their age.
Mai Wu arranged them according to their height and gave them names. The tallest one was called Datou and the shortest one was called Sitou.
I have to say, this name is really simple and easy to remember!
"We need to pick persimmons on the hill in Daping Village. Who of you would like to go with me? I need two people."
Big Head and Two Head said, "I'll go!"
The staff was successfully secured, and Mai Wu directly let the four people stay in their beds, and returned to the county town alone.
He remembered that at the beginning, the boss prepared a new set of clothes for each of them. Mai Wu decided to prepare some for the four teenagers as well. He went to the cloth shop with his own money and bought four sets of coarse linen clothes, which cost Mai Wu half a month's salary.
It really hurts!
The next morning, Mai Wu arrived at the fields early, and the boys also got up early. When they saw that they had new clothes, they jumped for joy and took off their old clothes and put on new clothes right outside the house.
Although it was made of coarse linen and the material was not very soft or comfortable, it was new, had no holes, and was warm. The four of them loved it very much.
I work harder and harder.
Mai Wu brought Datou and Ertou to Daping Village and handed them over to Erlaizi.
Erlaizi, as the elder, taught very carefully. The four of them picked three baskets of persimmons together in the morning. After lunch, they wanted to take the persimmons to the county town to sell them. They needed someone to go with Mai Wu, so Datou took the initiative to apply.
According to information, last year persimmons were 30 cents per pound, and buy one pound and get half a pound free. It was said that this was for publicity purposes. The owner did not give any idea about the price of persimmons this year, and let Mai Wu decide it himself.
Jiang Li said to Jiang Tuantuan, "Sister Tuantuan, you trust Mai Wu so much."
Jiang Tuantuan said calmly, "As the saying goes, don't employ those you doubt, and don't doubt those you employ."
After hearing this, Jiang Li took it to heart.
Mai Wu thought about it and calculated based on last year’s price, that would be thirty cents for a catty and a half, and ten cents for half a catty.
We can’t give it away for free this year, but if we don’t give it away at all, the customers might be unhappy. But Mai Wu is not willing to lower the price, so we’ll just promote it more.
Mai Wu found an empty stall on the street and began to shout, "Everyone, come and buy, come and see, we are the only persimmons in Fujiang County, and we are the only ones selling them. They are not only sweeter than candied haws, but also juicier."
People who bought persimmons last year saw that they were selling them again this year and rushed over to buy them. But when they heard that the price was the same as last year but there was no free half a pound, they immediately became unhappy.
Mai Wu picked up a persimmon and said, "My persimmons are even more delicious than last year's. Not only are they bigger, but the skin is also thinner. They're definitely more worthwhile than last year's. And you can buy them now and eat them right away. You don't have to wait at all."
The man took a closer look and it seemed to be a little bigger and the skin was a little thinner, but it also seemed not to be.
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