Chapter 126 A New Life
If Xia Wu wanted to plant flowers on the mountain, he had to first clear the wasteland.
The site has been chosen, not far from the hot springs. Xia Wu plans to open up about ten acres of wasteland first, cultivate the land, sow sunflower seeds, and plant lavender in early autumn. Jasmine can be transplanted directly now.
Xia Wu plans to buy potted jasmine and transplant it when he comes back. The advantage of this is that the survival rate is high and he can harvest jasmine flowers this year. The disadvantage is that the price is relatively high.
But it doesn’t matter. Xia Wu saved some money by selling fruits from the mountains.
Especially those peaches, they were planted in the right place.
The weather is good this year, and the orchard has a bumper harvest. There are many peaches, plums, and apricots. The prices should have been lower, but the fruits on Xiawu Mountain are so delicious that the supply cannot meet the demand. They are picked every day and put on the shelves, and as many as they can be sold. Many people rush to grab the fruits in advance, and they get angry if they can't get any.
Xia Wu did not blindly lower prices. The fruits and vegetables on her mountain were organic foods, and their prices were higher than ordinary agricultural products. In addition, they tasted good, so there was no shortage of people buying them. If the prices were too low, it would be a blow to her competitors.
But Xia Wu is not a black-hearted capitalist. She grows fruits and vegetables for people to eat. If the price is too high, won’t it become a special supply for rich people?
Therefore, the fruits and vegetables she sells are at most 20% to 50% higher than the market price.
Peaches that cost five yuan per pound outside may be sold for six and a half yuan by her. The peaches are big, so a family can buy a few for ten or twenty yuan to try.
As for eating her fruit as a meal?
Let's just forget it.
There wasn't enough to go around.
Everyone in the group asked Xia Wu to plant more fruit trees, but how much would be enough to feed them?
Xia Wu considered it carefully. Currently, only a small half of the mountain's area is being used, and many places are still barren. It would be a waste not to use them. She hasn't decided what to plant yet, so she'll put it aside for now.
In order to open up the wasteland, people need to be hired to work. Some of the villagers are not regular workers, so Xia Wu recruits people on demand. Normally, there is not so much work and so many employees are not needed. It costs 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per month to support one more person, which is not something she can afford.
So when he is too busy, Xia Wu will hire casual workers who provide food and accommodation.
Yang Dajun is a casual worker. Xia Wu wants to open up wasteland in the mountains. Large machines cannot go up there, so it all depends on people cutting trees, weeding, digging and loosening the soil.
When his daughter was sixteen or seventeen years old, she eloped with Huangmao and lived with him for a few years. Even after his daughter gave birth, they still didn't get a marriage certificate and the child was not registered. Yangmei was still forced to give birth to another son.
If Yang Dajun had not contacted Yang Mei in time, Yang Mei would probably have jumped into the river with her child in despair.
After bringing his daughter and granddaughter back home, Yang Dajun became more motivated than before. He had gone out to work before because he actually wanted to get his wife back, but he didn't get his wife back, didn't make any money, and his daughter went astray.
Yanggou Village is not a big village, and these things became known to everyone within a few days.
After bringing Yang Mei back, Yang Dajun named his granddaughter Yang Qi, and told everyone else that she was his granddaughter, not his daughter-in-law's granddaughter, as if his own daughter had never been married.
No, she has never been married and has no marriage certificate.
After Yang Dajun brought Yang Mei back, the man asked her where she had been two days later. Yang Mei said she had gone back to her parents' home, and the man didn't say a word.
Yang Dajun was so angry that he asked Yang Mei to block him and never contact him again.
Three-year-old Yang Qi was not registered at birth. Her grandmother's family disliked her because she was a girl and wanted to force Yang Mei to give birth to another son, so little Yang Qi became a hostage.
The child is about to go to kindergarten, but Yang Qi's father's side is not in a hurry. They say that the child is not in a hurry to go to kindergarten. What does such a young child know? It is better for him to play at home.
Yangmei said that her in-laws disliked the fact that it cost money to send their child to kindergarten.
With every story, Yang Dajun swung his hoe with more force, his saliva flying almost two meters away, scolding the man who cheated on his daughter and his weird family until their asses were on fire.
"Grandma, what the hell is going on? What's wrong with my granddaughter? She's so cute and adorable! Don't you agree?!"
Yang Dajun stopped and looked back at the little girl sitting on the edge of the field, his eyes becoming much softer.
Yang Mei's daughter Yang Qi looks very much like her mother. She is a beautiful and lovely little girl. Yang Dajun always says that she looks exactly like Yang Mei when she was a child. However, the family was poor at that time and they did not take any photos of Yang Mei, leaving behind one or two pieces of evidence, which is a bit regrettable.
The other people in the village all laughed and echoed Yang Dajun: "You are so lucky! You got a beautiful granddaughter for free, and she is still with you. I tell you, don't think too much, and don't be angry. This is all given to you by God."
"Look at how many people in our village have daughters and sons, but how many of them have settled down? Unlike you, you're lucky. Your daughter is back and has a child to take care of, but you don't even have a son-in-law yet. You're so angry. Think about it!"
When the villagers said this, Yang Dajun thought, hey, that’s quite good.
He chuckled and took advantage of his break to visit Yang Qi at the edge of the field. He opened her cartoon water cup for her to drink, then opened a bag of bear biscuits and put them aside. "Qiqi, are you hot? I'll take you down the mountain to see your mother when Grandpa finishes his work."
Yang Qi is a little timid and is afraid of strangers. Yang Dajun is also very good to his granddaughter. It took him some time to gain the girl's trust.
Yang Qi shook his head and whispered in a baby voice, "I'm not hot, Grandpa, sweat!"
She took out her own handkerchief and was about to wipe it on Yang Dajun's face. Yang Dajun cried out "Ouch!" and dodged, "No, Grandpa's face is dirty. If you dirty your handkerchief again, Grandpa is not hot. Qiqi is so good!"
"Grandpa, have some biscuits!" Yang Qi held up the biscuits and put them towards Yang Dajun's mouth.
"Oh, my dear Qiqi, if Grandpa doesn't want to eat it, you eat it. I'll give it all to you!"
Yang Dajun took a few big gulps of water, feeling extremely happy.
The villagers said to him: "Dajun is so lucky, what a good child!"
Yang Dajun was very proud: "Did you see that? She was so young but she still wiped my sweat. She didn't guard the food either. She would give me and her mother a bite of any delicious food."
"Haha, I see it, I see it!"
They worked until half past eleven. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, so Yang Dajun and the others needed a break. After lunch, they took a short break and continued working when the sun was not so hot.
Anyway, there are eight hours in a day, and you can arrange them freely. You can work at around five o'clock, or until seven or eight o'clock in the evening. You can work whenever it is cooler.
Yang Dajun bent down to scoop water from the canal and washed his face and hands. Then he packed Yang Qi's snacks and toys into his bag and let her hold up the small flower umbrella. Yang Dajun shouted, "Let's go, let's ride our horses home!"
As he said this, he lifted Yang Qi up high and sat her on his shoulders.
The warm mountain wind carrying the scent of fruits blows over every worker coming down the mountain.
In the small courtyard by the well, Wang Yuexia had already prepared food, and the yard was filled with the aroma of food.
Yang Qi has her own small bowl, which is placed on the bottom shelf of the cabinet. She is short, so it fits perfectly here.
"Thank you, Auntie!"
Wang Yuexia filled her bowl with food and brought it to a small stool. The stool was made for her by an old man in the village who had nothing to do. There was plenty of wood in the mountains, so making a stool was not difficult.
Not only were stools made for Yang Qi, but the tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard by the well were all made by the villagers themselves.
The only difference is that Yang Qi's stool was dyed pink, and there was a pink hair dryer printed by Yang Guojun on it, which looked very cute.
The villagers were all very nice to Yang Qi, and they also felt sorry for Yang Mei who was deceived by a bad man because of her poor judgment. Now that the prodigal son has turned over a new leaf, the village has another young main force, which is great.
Yangmei went to the town to pick up a cart today. She spent more than 3,000 yuan to have someone custom-make the cart. The main body of the cart is a tricycle. The person who bought it spent more than 1,000 yuan. It was welded with iron sheets and had space for beverage barrels. A small refrigerator could also be placed under the tricycle to store some ice cubes.
Yangmei’s beverage cart currently offers mung bean smoothie, sour plum soup, hand-pounded lemon tea, and peach crispy smoothie. They are basically fruit drinks with relatively simple preparations.
Mung bean paste and sour plum soup are both freshly made with bayberries. After cooling down and chilling, you can set up a stall at the intersection.
She bought lemons online, but bought honey from Xia Wu. The peaches in the peach crisp smoothie were also fresh peaches picked from the mountains. It has a green tea base, and the rich peach flavor is mixed with the aroma of tea. It tastes no worse than the fruit drinks in big-name milk tea shops.
Especially the price of bayberry is not high. Mung bean paste, sour plum soup and lemonade are all three yuan. The peach crispy shaved ice is more expensive, selling for five yuan.
Even though the peaches Xia Wu sold her were much cheaper, a lot of peach pulp was still needed to make a delicious peach ice drink, and the price could not be lowered.
Yang Mei invested more than 10,000 yuan in the early stage, all of which was paid by Yang Dajun. Yang Mei was very nervous about this, fearing that no one would like the drinks she made and she would lose money in the end.
Yang Dajun was working in the mountains. Yang Mei was cooking mung bean soup and sour plum soup. He didn't dare let Yang Qi stay at home, so he asked Yang Qi to follow Yang Dajun to the mountains. It was not hot in the shade on the mountain. He held a small umbrella, prepared toys, food and taxes for her, and Yang Qi could stay with Yang Dajun in the fields for a whole day!
It is hard not to like such a sensible and good-looking child. Wang Yuexia advised Yang Dajun not to take the child to the mountain, but to leave him in the yard and let everyone help look after him.
Yang Dajun also felt sorry for his granddaughter suffering with him, but Yang Qi was shy and always wanted to go with him.
Xia Wu also tried the iced drink made with bayberry and gave it a full score.
Yang Mei has a lot of energy for shaking milk tea. I heard that she had good grades when she was in junior high school. She was also smart and could learn things quickly. In addition, there are many beverage recipes on the Internet now. She learned and experimented by herself and soon figured out a good category.
The raw materials bought from the mountains taste very good. The well water used at home contains some spiritual spring water, which tastes sweet. It is used to make fruit drinks, and the taste is amazing.
Some particular people like to use various mountain spring waters to make tea, which will make the taste slightly different, so the quality of water will have some impact on the taste of the beverage.
Once Yangmei’s homemade fruit drink was launched, it quickly became popular.
Most people who buy Yang Guoen barbecue will go to Yangmei's stall to order a drink. The iced drink with ice cubes is as refreshing as it can be when paired with barbecue in the summer evening.
In addition, Yangmei is young and beautiful, and you can't tell at all that she already has a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Many single young men also like to come to Yangmei's stall to buy drinks.
Gradually, Yang Guoen stopped selling beverages.
Yang Mei felt a little apologetic about this. Her stall was close to Yang Guoen's, and sometimes when there was no one at the stall, she would run over to help Yang Guoen move tables and chairs. Yang Guoen thought she was polite and had no objection. After all, it was Xia Wu's idea to set up the stall.
Besides, his family mainly does barbecue business, and selling drinks is just a side business. There is no convenience store nearby. If customers need it, they will sell some as well. Yang Mei took over the job of selling drinks, and Yang Guoen could just free up half of the freezer to store the skewers of meat that had been skewered in advance.
After returning to the village, Yangmei felt the long-lost warmth.
The scene of being ridiculed as she expected did not occur. Everyone showed kindness to her, understood her impulsive mistakes when she was young, felt sorry for what she had experienced over the years, and encouraged her to get out of the predicament.
Yangmei felt that the dark clouds and heavy rain hanging over her head seemed to be slowly dissipating.
As soon as her daughter Qiqi returned to the village, the village secretary took her to register her household registration in Yanggou Village. She is three and a half years old this year and will be able to go to kindergarten in the second half of the year. The nearest kindergarten is in another village. Yang Mei plans to buy a small electric car to pick up and drop off her child.
After returning, Yang Mei was always worried about making money. She originally wanted to leave her child at home and let her father take care of her, but when she thought about how she was a left-behind child when she was young, without her parents' company, and gradually had to go out on the road, she really didn't want her daughter to repeat the same mistakes.
However, Yang Dajun told her that she didn't need to go out to work, as he could find her a job that could earn money. They were ordinary people and didn't dream of earning over 10,000 yuan a month. They just wanted to support their family without having to leave their hometown and leave their children at home. That was enough.
Yangmei discovered that there had been great changes in the village. First of all, the mental outlook of the villagers had been completely transformed compared to before.
In the past, the entrance of the small supermarket at the entrance of the village was full of smoke. The men in the village had nothing to do but smoke and play cards, and the women gathered together to gossip about other people's affairs. Every time people passed by there, they would feel that there were many eyes on them, and they didn't know what they were saying behind their backs.
But when I came back this time, the small supermarket was clean and bright, there were no more people playing cards and smoking outside, and no more people gathering to gossip, instead there were busy villagers.
If you can find a job that pays well and is easy and not tiring, everyone will definitely be willing to spend their time making money.
All this is thanks to Xia Wu's villa, a magical hilltop, and a woman with unique charm who changed the entire village with her own hands.
Yang Mei is full of expectations for her new life, and she is curious about what kind of job Yang Dajun can find for her.
She continued to shake milk tea to make fruit drinks. She was very satisfied with this job and began to prepare for the work with full enthusiasm. When the shop opened, many people from the village came to experience it. For three or five yuan, they could buy a cup of delicious iced drink with plenty of ingredients. The children were very satisfied and Yangmei was also smiling.
She briefly put the wrong path behind her and, like many people in the village, began to look forward to every tomorrow and her new life.
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