"Dad, let me try it!" Xiaoxia said coquettishly with her little face raised.
"Let me try it too!" Lin Luming learned quickly and smiled.
"Try it!" Lin Duheng jumped and learned very quickly from Xiaoxia and the others.
Lin Heng first picked one for Xiulan and Caiyun to taste, and then took a knife and cut a small piece for each of the three children.
"tasty!"
“Good times!”
After tasting the pears, Xiaoxia, Luming and Du Heng all puffed up their cheeks. The sweet and crispy pears made them smile with joy.
"It's indeed edible. It's crispy and sweet." Xiulan nodded.
"It tastes better than the weight pear." Caiyun also said.
"Then pick more and take them back. I'll try bagging one more tree." Lin Heng said with a smile.
There were three pear trees planted in the back mountain, but only two survived. He took good care of them both.
He bought special paper bags, which would cover the pears for a period of time and turn them into beautiful snow pears, and also prevent bees from stealing and eating them.
There is no need to climb up the tree, just set up a bench to reach them, you can do it under the tree. Lin Heng picks some from every branch to relieve the pressure on the pear tree.
After picking all the pears, Xiulan handed him a paper bag and he put the pears in it one by one.
After they were done, they took the pears home. The clothes in the washing machine had been washed, and Xiulan hung them up to dry.
Lin Hengze said, "Xiu Lan, I'll take some pears to my uncle and my parents. I'll also go see if they have any clothes and bring them over to wash together."
His eldest brother's family didn't need to pick the fruit, because the fruit was in the back hills, and they could go pick it whenever they wanted to eat it. It was just like milk, as long as there was milk, no one would say anything no matter how much or how little they squeezed.
"Go ahead." Xiulan nodded and agreed.
Lin Heng picked up two portions of pears and took them out. He gave one portion to his aunt, who happily took it and said, "Thank you, nephew. Your pears are delicious, much better than the weighted pears we grow at home."
"As long as it tastes good, that's fine. Next spring, let my uncle come over and break off a few branches to graft onto the Chengtuo pear tree. It will bear fruit in two years." Lin Heng replied with a smile.
His uncle went back home today and is not here. Only his aunt and her mother are here.
"That's great. Next year we will come and break off some branches for grafting." Zhang Gaolian said with a smile.
After chatting with them for a while, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain. Fruit trees are planted in rural areas. Having a few fruit trees in front of your home can greatly improve your sense of happiness in life.
Lin Heng's family feels extremely happy because they have planted so many fruits in the hills behind them. They can eat a variety of fruits almost all year round.
"Mom, I brought you some pears. Do you have any clothes? I'll take them to the washing machine to wash them?"
Arriving at the house in Red Maple Mountain, Lin Heng put the pear down and said.
Mother Lin was feeding the chicks next to her. She has hatched three broods of chicks this year, and the two old hens in the house have also hatched a brood of eggs each.
A total of 42 chicks have been hatched, and she has sold them several times.
"The pears are ripe." Lin's mother came over curiously and took one to taste.
She knew there was a lot of stuff at home, so she brought it specially for them and didn't say anything.
"It's really sweet. It's worthy of the fruit tree we paid for." Lin's mother nodded with a smile.
She was somewhat reluctant when Lin Heng first planted fruit trees, but now she gradually understood that compared with growing crops, fruit trees are easier to care for and produce greater returns.
"As for the clothes, there are only two pieces and I just washed them. There's no need to take them over." Lin's mother said again.
"Okay then, take the sheets and other things over when you need to wash them. They are easier to wash in the washing machine." Lin Heng nodded.
"I understand." Lin Heng nodded.
After chatting for a few more sentences, he looked at the truck and learned that his father had driven the sheep out to the open-air sheepfold halfway up the mountain to graze, and he was dealing with the sheep manure himself.
He said something to his mother, put on his water pants and went upstairs.
This year, Lin's mother continued to plant sunflowers, and the flowers bloomed brightly on the hillside.
Alfalfa and ryegrass are also blowing in the wind, and astragalus is growing very well.
After walking a short distance, I saw a flock of sheep inside the iron fence. They were all eating grass and running around happily.
On the first platform, Father Lin was pushing a cart and carrying out sheep manure.
There are three special composting pools next to the platform, which are used to decompose cow and sheep manure.
"Dad, let me help you." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"It's almost done. You don't have to hide your hands. It stinks." Father Lin said with a smile.
"I'm fine because I'm wearing water pants." Lin Heng walked over to help.
"I took some of your saplings and planted them on the mountain. When they bear fruit, they can be sold." Father Lin looked at Lin Heng and said.
"You can plant them. Those saplings can't be sold for much money anyway." Lin Heng nodded.
Most of the seedlings that were grafted this spring survived after being transplanted. They were planted in the land halfway up the mountain. No one weeded them and they were left to grow slowly on their own.
He does all this to make money, selling saplings is more profitable than growing fruit trees.
While talking, Lin Heng helped with the work, cleaning the sheep pen and the cattle pen as well.
After finishing, Lin Heng couldn't wait to go to the mountain stream to take a bath. It was so comfortable to dive into the clear and transparent water in the hot summer.
"You should take a shower less often. The water in the mountain valley is cold and you may catch a cold easily."
After taking a bath, Lin's father looked at him and said that since he couldn't swim, he could just wash his body.
"I'll wash for a while." Lin Heng swam back and forth several times before getting ashore.
On the way back, Lin Heng looked at his father and said, "Dad, if it's inconvenient for you to work here, you can drive the sidecar over here to do it."
"It's okay, I can use a horse as well." Father Lin said. He didn't want to use a tricycle to do farm work. His family wasn't that extravagant.
Lin Heng didn't say anything more. He decided to buy a small tractor for his father to work on when he had enough money. It wasn't very comfortable to work on a sidecar.
Mother Lin brought back a lot of corn. Seeing Lin Heng coming back, she said, "Take some back. They are delicious whether roasted or boiled."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
When he got home with the corn, Xiulan had just made some steamed buns for lunch, so he immediately said, "Then I'll cook some corn porridge for you."
Corn porridge is very simple to make. Just peel fresh corn and add two handfuls of glutinous rice, a handful of mung beans and a handful of red beans.
After cooking, scoop it into a bowl and let it cool, blowing on it with an electric fan. It will be cool by the time you eat the steamed buns.
"Dad, I want candy." Xiaoxia took a sip and said eagerly. She likes sweet things.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, and then asked Xiulan Caiyun, "Do you want honey?"
I have so much honey at home that I can put it directly into porridge.
"Give me some."
Both of them nodded.
Lin Heng put a lot of honey in all of their food, but he didn’t make any himself. He just liked drinking this kind of porridge that only had the aroma of rice and a hint of sweet corn.
He didn't want to do anything in the afternoon, so he just stayed at home, drank tea, took care of the children, and had a good rest.
He hasn't felt like hunting lately, so if he wants to play, he'll just play with the bow and arrow at home.
Time flies, and it's the next day in a blink of an eye. After breakfast, Lin Heng took out the frozen pork belly to thaw it, preparing to have a barbecue in the yard in the afternoon.
Xiulan also prepared a lot of food. It was a very happy thing for a few people to have barbecue at home.
At noon, Lin Heng went for a walk in the woods. He liked to go for a walk in the woods when he had nothing to do.
It is enough to find a stone to sit down, sit in the shade of the tree, and listen to the sound of wind blowing through the leaves. You don't have to think about anything.
It’s just like eating barbecue, you don’t need to do it for any reason, just eat it when you want to.
A few people gathered together, chatting and making barbecue, accompanied by some rice wine, and an afternoon passed like this.
"We have to put up the bird-proof nets tomorrow. Those birds have already started to damage the grapes." said Father Lin.
"This is not difficult. I have already bought the net. We just need to go and set it up." Lin Heng nodded. He had already prepared the poles and ropes for the bird-proof net in the spring.
Lin's mother asked, "The grapes are about to ripen. Do you have any idea how to sell my son?"
"We can sell this ourselves or sell it to state-owned stores. There's no problem selling these things. Don't worry, Mom." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.
In this day and age, selling things is not difficult at all, so there is no need to worry about it.
"As long as you have a way." Lin's mother nodded. She didn't understand these things and was just giving a reminder.
"Then I'll go to the city to look for sales channels these days." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
Grapes mature very quickly, so we do need to find a channel first. We can wait for the feed factory, as it can be built within this year.
The next day he took another day off, and then went to the city with his elder brother to work on channels.
This is a negotiation with each company one by one. When doing business, the first time is new, the second time is familiar.
You have to find a few more channels so that you won’t be jacked up in price. Even if one channel has a problem, there are still other channels.
After discussing the matter for three days, he got some intended purchase orders and drove to deliver the goods to the door when the time came.
The negotiation process went very smoothly. Now that the economy is getting better and better, there is no difficulty in selling things, so everything went very smoothly.
The channels for fruits are all similar. Since I sold grapes this time, I won’t have to look for kiwis and apples later.
Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was already August 1st, and more than half of 1986 had passed.
"Yeah, it's raining again."
When Lin Heng woke up early in the morning, he heard the sound of rain outside and walked to the window to see that it was indeed drizzling.
It hasn't rained for a long time since he bought the car, and it's time to rain.
Although his house is no longer hot since the insulation sponge was installed on the roof, rain is good because it can cool the house, and crops also need rain water.
"Will the grapes be okay if it rains?" Xiulan was a little worried.
The grapes are ripening these two days, so rain is not a good thing, especially heavy rain, which will cause the grapes to crack directly.
"It looks like a light rain, no big problem." Lin Heng said, looking at the sky.
Because the sky is not very dark and the rain is not heavy, light rain is conducive to the ripening of grapes, but heavy rain is feared.
"I hope so." Xiulan said, standing up.
The two of them got up and did some simple exercise. When they went to milk the cows, Lin Heng picked a bunch of Kyoho grapes. They were purple and black and could be eaten. They were very sweet.
There was nothing to do after dinner, so Lin Heng drank tea in the house. Xiulan got some magic tree leaves and made some magic tofu.
Although the rain was not heavy, it did not stop until the evening.
The rain stopped early the next morning. Lin Heng went to the orchard and saw that many of the grapes were ripe. They could be picked and sold in two days when the weather cleared up again.
In just two days, the yellow mud road became as hard as iron.
On the morning of August 3rd, Lin Heng spread a layer of grass on the bottom of the truck bed, and then called ten helpers to help pick the grapes and transport them to the highway for loading.
Lin Heng's grapes are ripe, and many people in the village are paying attention to them. His family is the first to plant fruit trees, and everyone is very curious about so many grapes that are ripe this time.
"Lin Heng, how much do you sell these grapes for per pound?" someone asked.
"The prices are different in different places. Some are 20 cents, and some are 30 cents." Lin Heng responded with a smile.
Because this year is your year, in order to open up channels, he offers very low prices, and once the channels are opened, the profit will be longer.
"Your one acre of land can produce 3,000 kilograms of grapes. Doesn't that mean you should be worth at least 600 yuan per acre?" someone said in shock.
After doing the math, everyone felt it was a good deal, much more profitable than growing crops.
Father Lin shook his head and said, "The yield per mu is not 3,000 kilograms. 1,500 kilograms is good enough. Add in the cost of laying concrete pillars, pulling steel wires, bird nets, spraying pesticides, etc., and you can only earn a little hard-earned money. But it is definitely more cost-effective than growing crops."
Lin Heng also said: "We have our own car. If we let others do the work, we can get a cheaper price."
This is the first year that grapes are bearing fruit, so there are not many fruits, and the average yield per mu is about 2,000 kilograms.
Kyoho grapes are a good variety. If well cared for, the yield can reach more than 3,000 kilograms per acre during the peak fruit-bearing season.
"That makes us envious. These grapes can be harvested for more than ten years." Liu Lan said enviously.
"About thirteen or fourteen years." Lin Heng replied.
“That’s a good deal indeed.”
"That's right. No matter how you calculate it, it's more profitable than growing crops."
"Lin Heng, we also grow grapes, can you help me sell them?"
The helpers were talking to each other, and some people who were watching the excitement around the car were also tempted and started asking Lin Heng questions.
"Well, I can't guarantee that. If you really want to plant it, wait until it's grown." Lin Heng smiled and didn't give any guarantees.
The first truck was loaded at noon. Because they were grapes, we didn't dare to load them too hard, so there were probably just over 2,000 kilograms.
"Brother, let's go." Lin Heng shouted with a smile.
"Here I come." Lin Yue nodded. Although he was carsick, he still had to try.
He had already agreed that as long as he didn't eat, he wouldn't feel particularly uncomfortable.
We drove into the city and completed the handover smoothly that afternoon.
Lin Heng’s grapes are of very good quality and are delivered directly to the city, so they are in great demand.
In the next few days, Lin Heng basically transported one truckload of grapes a day for four days and sold the first batch of grapes.
Then after five days, when the remaining parts were ripe, they were all sold.
In the end, there were still some small ones left in the orchard. He did not keep any for himself but gave them all to the children in the village. Every child could come and get some.
They already have a lot of it in their house, and they wouldn't be able to finish it all except for making wine.
The grapes were sold out on August 14th. During this period, it rained twice, so August was a bit dry.
At noon on the 14th, Lin Heng and his elder brother came back, and a large number of people gathered in the house, all of them were relatives and friends.
In addition to the helpers, relatives and friends also gave a lot of help in harvesting grapes these days.
Now they are all looking forward to Lin Heng's account settlement and want to know the specific income. (End of this chapter)
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