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Chapter 146 Harvesting Strawberries

"Qin Hao, then I won't say anything else. I remember what you think of us." Li Lin is not a glib person, and he doesn't know how to say nice things.

Keeping the matter in mind, he will definitely be there to help with anything in the future.

Qin Hao saw that it was getting late, so he was ready to go back.

"Let's have dinner here in the evening before we leave." Li Lin wanted to stay with someone for a meal and give such a good thing, but he still had to do this.

Qin Hao got on his motorcycle and replied, "Dad, I'm worried that Mei Ling is at home. One day when I have time, I'll bring her back to see you."

"Okay, I won't keep you during this busy period of farming." Li Lin sent him out of the yard. Looking at the motorcycle speeding away, I remembered that I had forgotten to ask, where did this motorcycle come from?
  "What are you doing at home? You're spending most of the day without pulling beans!" Zhao Mei put her headscarf around her head and put her hands on her hips angrily.

She had been waiting in the field for a long time, but the man just didn't come. I’ve made two trips to other people’s homes, but they haven’t come back this time!

Li Lin came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Qin Hao came just now, and I was talking to him."

When she heard that her uncle was coming, Zhao Mei put away her temper and said, "What are you doing here? His family also owns land, are you done with your work?"

"Haidong will come back tomorrow to help peel the corns. Let him finish his work and go to Mei Ling's to help."

She doesn't dislike this person so much now because of what her uncle has done. Moreover, the girl is already married. If she is cold-faced, isn't that going to make the young couple fight?
  Hearing this, Li Lin shook his head, "Then I didn't ask. He gave us a color TV and a radio."

"What else can you do? I don't understand even if I ask..." Zhao Mei wanted to give a few words of instruction, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

"What were you talking about just now? Color TV? Radio?"

Did she hear it wrong?
  "Yes, my uncle sent it to install the antenna. Look, there is a TV in the room." Li Lin quickly pointed to the window and saw some pictures moving through the glass.

Zhao Mei didn't care about talking nonsense to him anymore and quickly went into the room to take a look. Sure enough, it was a color TV!
  Color TV, the picture is in color!

She emphasized this point several times in her mind, and it was true with a blink of an eye, which made her unable to say a word and turned to look at Li Lin who had just come in.

"What's going on?" She didn't understand why this was suddenly sent to her.

"How much does a color TV cost? A [-]-inch black-and-white TV at the village chief's house only costs over $[-]."

Li Lin nodded, then shook his head, "It seems to be more than one thousand. I heard others say it's more than three thousand, and I can't even buy it with money."

The couple was so shocked that they couldn't speak. They were worried that the TV would be damaged wherever they were placed...

When Qin Hao returned home, it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and he was about to have dinner.

Seeing the smoke rising from the chimney at home, he felt very full. Someone was waiting at home after a busy day.

How happy is it to have hot meals to eat when you go home?
  But after entering the house, I found that there was only water in the pot but no rice.

This……

He went to put the leftovers in the dish rack to heat up, and then filled up a handful of firewood.

In the room, Li Meiling stared at the TV and laughed stupidly. Journey to the West was playing on it.

"Ah, you're back." Li Meiling realized when she saw a person walking past.

I remembered that I hadn’t cooked yet, so I had to put on my shoes to cook. I was so absorbed in watching this TV that I forgot about it.

"I've heated up the food. Sit down." Qin Hao changed his clothes and said, "The TV has been installed. Dad is very satisfied."

Not only was he satisfied, he was also overwhelmed with excitement.

Recalling his father-in-law's reaction, he wanted to laugh a little, he was really an old kid.

When Li Meiling heard this, she understood in her heart, "Take me back to have a look when you have time. I'll finish this period of work."

She was quite worried about not going home for so long.

Qin Hao responded, calculating the time, Li Meiling was already six months pregnant. Looking at her swollen belly, she should give birth in more than three months.

By then it will be January, it just depends on whether it is too early or too late.

It was cold at that time, and confinement was quite painful, but it was better than in summer. Because it's cold, you can light a fire to keep warm.

But it’s hot and there’s no way to ventilate or blow the wind.

Qin Hao has been going to the fields to take a look in the past two days. It will take a few days for the corn to be harvested, so there is no need to worry.

I helped the old couple collect beans for a day, and then waited for Wei Chengdong to come over and pick up strawberries.

Seeing the strawberries turning red, these young people became more and more anxious. They wished they could watch them in the greenhouse every day for fear of rotting.

At six o'clock in the morning, Qin Hao had just returned from Hyundai when he heard the roar of cars at the entrance of the village.

Now the truck is no less noisy than a tractor and can be heard from far away.

I came out and looked at two trucks not far away. There were two people standing next to them, asking people in the village what was going on.

Qin Hao hurried to pick him up. From a distance, he saw that it was Wei Chengdong. There was no mistaking him.

"Hey, brother, you're here, let's go and pretend to be strawberries!" Wei Chengdong was a little anxious.

Even though it’s only six o’clock in the morning, we have to pick strawberries and pack them in a while, which is very troublesome.

Qin Hao responded, then quickly got into the car and led the way, going to Shi Chunsheng's house first. Their house grew more.

When we arrived at the place, many villagers came out to watch. They had not seen the truck yet.

In recent years, we have been busy farming. Who will bring the truck? Moreover, it was Qin Hao who led the team. As soon as he thought about it, he knew that they were going to sell strawberries.

"Can they really sell it?"

Many people have begun to question and feel anxious, can this thing really make money?

"I went to visit yesterday and saw that their strawberry boss is the boss! I said that they grow strawberries no matter what, and they grow bigger than the sand fruits in my backyard!"

This was a bit exaggerated, but it was still because they were shocked by the size of the fruit. How had they ever seen such a big strawberry before?

"What? Oh my god, are you making crazy money? Not thirty cents per pound?"

"I don't understand either. I'll go over and have a look later."

Many people are excited when they hear this price. The price of greenhouse vegetables is also the same, some are [-] to [-] cents per pound.

Although I have never grown greenhouse vegetables, I have heard that it is indeed profitable. It's a pity that they don't dare to invest or do it.

Qin Hao led people into the house and explained to them each other.

Wei Chengdong was a little anxious and asked quickly: "Can we take a look at the strawberries first? I have to see how many there are and whether I can finish picking them today."

It depends on how many are fake, and whether it is real depending on the size and variety. If it wasn't as good as he said, he would have to study the price again.

"Let's go!" Qin Hao led people into the greenhouse. Rows of green strawberry seedlings were growing very gratifyingly.

The red strawberries under the green leaves are eye-catching.

A big red strawberry hangs on the side, each one has several big fruits.

"This... is so big!" Wei Chengdong had also imagined how big the strawberries were. At most, they were bigger than farm strawberries?

This is not a circle, it is almost the size of two or three farm strawberries!
  "Brother Wei, let's take a look and taste it." Qin Hao smiled and asked him to go in and take a look.

Wei Chengdong was not polite. He walked around and ate three strawberries. He ate them in different places to see if they tasted the same.

It is indeed moist and sweet, which is great for out-of-season fruits.

"No problem, just pay according to the price you said!" He nodded mentally, and then said: "There are not so many people picking strawberries. When will we finish picking them?"

He was only responsible for loading the truck and bringing the packaging. He hired people to pick the strawberries, and the cost went up again.

"If it's okay, we'll pick it. You wait here." Qin Hao saw that he was satisfied and went to find Shi Chunsheng.

"Brother Chunsheng, find someone to pick strawberries. There are other places, so hurry up."

Hearing this, Shi Chunsheng also knew that everyone was busy and it was impossible to pick them just today.

I went out to find real relatives, people I got along well with, and more than ten people came to help pick strawberries.

Now everyone in Baozi knows how big the strawberry is. This is too scary, a really big strawberry.

Those people are responsible for picking and weighing the strawberries, and others have to be positioned so that the strawberries cannot be crushed.

The other three families knew that the strawberry harvesters were coming, so they couldn't sit still and hurried over to help. After collecting it here, they can do it faster over there.

Zhao Dechun saw that he couldn't pick all the chickens in a short time, so he immediately went to kill the chickens.

There isn’t much food at home, and the big boss is harvesting strawberries here, so he’s not allowed to have a meal? I also want to thank Qin Hao and be sure to entertain him.

Everyone was busy working in full swing, and it was almost nine o'clock in the morning before they finally finished. It's just Shi Chunsheng's family, and I haven't gone to other people's homes yet.

"You guys send the strawberries back to the cold storage in the city first. I'll call other cars to come and unload the trucks as soon as possible!" Wei Chengdong was also anxious, so he took it out and started making calls.

Good guy, has anyone seen this big brick guy? Anyway, rural people are rare.

After making the call, Wei Chengdong said: "Let's pack it first. It will take more than two hours for the car to arrive."

The distance from the city to their place is more than two hours, and it's still fast. Normal driving takes three hours.

"Why don't you eat first? I'm ready." Zhao Dechun walked over and said.

There are a lot of people coming to help, and there is still work to do in the afternoon, so why not provide a meal?

"Why don't you go after eating?" Shi Chunsheng also came over to persuade. It was already noon, and they were hungry after just one meal. Others were here to help, so they couldn't let others go hungry.

"Okay, just in time for checkout." Wei Chengdong agreed.

At this time, a woman ran in from outside, ran to Zhao Dechun and said: "Mom, you sold strawberries without saying a word, how can you be deceived!"

Wei Chengdong's face turned dark when he said these words. Did he become a liar by collecting strawberries at a high price?
  Qin Hao was also angry. Is this man sick?
  "What are you talking about!" Zhao Dechun pulled her away directly, "Shut up, if you keep talking nonsense, I won't be able to beat you to death!"

She is usually very kind and never gets angry. This is the first time.

Shi Chunfeng was startled. She looked at her black-faced mother with some fear.

But he still had the courage to say: "Mom, you don't understand anything, what should you do if someone deceives you? You haven't thought about this!"

"The people in the county told me to give you two yuan a pound to sell it to him. Why did you sell it to someone else? How do you want me to face him?"

I heard that my parents spent money to grow strawberries. At that time, she didn’t think much of it, and it was normal for her to even lose money to death. But it’s different now. People in the county are interested in strawberries!
  　Thanks to 08a, the tip for those who love to drink sparkling water

　　
  　
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