Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 2 Planting Strawberries

When Su Mu rushed out of the bathroom, it was too late to say anything.He always regretted that he shouldn't have put the washed strawberries on the living room table.

Meizi works as a sales promoter in a supermarket, usually working one day and one day off, who would have thought that she only works half a day today!

"Mumu, what did I ask you, what did that little loli do to you?" Meizi was washing rice and preparing to steam the rice, when she saw Su Mu staring at herself with strange eyes, she asked with a smile, "Why do you keep looking at me? My face is blooming? Don't be shy, tell me quickly, I heard from Binzi that the daughter of your boss's family is very beautiful, but she is a little younger..."

Su Mu held his mobile phone in his hand, ready to call an ambulance at any time.

Meizi chattered endlessly while cooking and gossiping.

"You don't feel uncomfortable, do you?" He couldn't get in for a full three minutes, Su Mu managed to catch her washing the vegetables and asked in a hurry.

Mei Zi was gossiping about whether Boss Xia’s daughter was his own. Hearing Su Mu’s question, he was stunned, “I’ve been standing at work for a long time, and my legs are about to cramp, so of course it’s uncomfortable! By the way, is that little girl right?” Are you interesting? If I lost something, I would join you alone, what did you guys talk about in the meeting room for a few minutes?"

Looking at the time on the phone, it was almost 6 minutes since Meizi ate the instant strawberry, and she was still gossiping like usual, Su Mu was completely relieved and waved his hands, "I won't gossip with you, call me later for dinner."

"Little boy, are you still shy?" Meizi chuckled, watched Su Mu slip into her room and close the door, and shouted from behind: "Mumu, don't you like her little girl? I didn't see it, You still have this habit! If you really like that little lolita, you will boldly chase after her, and my sister-in-law will back you up!"

By the time of lunch, Su Mu had already harvested more than 30 ripe strawberries from one strawberry plant in the house, which weighed more than a catty.

It may be that the roots have almost absorbed the water in the soil, and the growth will slow down obviously later, but they can maintain a relatively normal speed. At least it will not make people feel so shocked when they grow up.

"Sister-in-law, where did you buy those two strawberry seedlings? I accidentally dropped them on the floor while cleaning the living room today. I'll buy two to compensate you." While eating with vegetables, Su Mu asked in disguise.

Meizi stuffed her mouth full, and waved her hands carelessly, "Don't buy it, it's too fooled, and it can't support you at all. Yesterday, Binzi asked me to throw away those two dying seedlings. Throw them away. It’s easy for me to go down. I passed by the flower, bird, fish and insect market on the west street and bought it fresh for fun. It’s quite cheap, three yuan and one five yuan, it’s purely a scam..."

Let her open the chatter box, it is difficult for Su Mu to interrupt, so he has to listen to her rambling while chatting.

"Then I won't compensate you. I'll treat you to strawberries when I have time."

Speaking of strawberries, Meizi's gossiping heart was ignited again, and she chased after her and asked, "Where did you buy the strawberries I ate just now? It's very expensive, right? I went to the supermarket a few days ago, and a catty of strawberries cost 35!" Xiang, it’s not as good as the ones I ate just now, and your strawberries are super delicious, what’s going on today, you’re willing to buy fruit to reward yourself? Isn’t this the power of love?”

The co-workers who rent together all know that his family is not good and he is very frugal, so they will give Su Mu some help from time to time, for example, Meizi and his wife let him eat.Su Mu also knew the kindness of his colleagues, so he was very diligent when cleaning the room or helping them with errands.

Although Meizi is careless, she has a very kind heart.

He would often make excuses for Su Mu to eat, and sometimes he would help him bring back some bargains when he came across some bargains while working in the supermarket.

"Sister-in-law, don't gossip, please, what is the power of love..." Su Mu twitched the corners of his mouth, and explained: "I met a fellow villager after get off work today, he was tinkering with strawberries, so he gave me a few to taste. I thought, how about going to him to buy and sell, do you think there is a market for it?"

Used to being a supermarket promoter, Meizi also has a bit of business acumen.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he nodded seriously and said: "It should be okay to sell strawberries now. If the strawberries you buy are like the ones I ate just now, you can sell them for 30 yuan a catty! But don't be here in our community." To set up a stall, it is best to go to the Qingheyuan Community, there are rich people there, as long as the market can be opened, it will definitely make money!"

"If I want to set up a stall, will I have to pay any fees?" Su Mu really doesn't know much about business, and it's almost a black eye.

Meizi curled her lips, "If you pay any fee, you can set up a small stall on the side of the road. If someone comes, you can clean up the stall and leave, and if no one cares, you can sell your own. Haven't you seen all the stalls selling snacks on the road like this? What? But, if you’re doing business, it doesn’t matter but you have to buy an electronic scale.”

"Yes, there must be an electronic scale. Does your supermarket sell it?"

Meizi is quite supportive of Su Mu's idea of ​​setting up a stall to start a small business. He earns a little salary in the company all day long, which is only enough to save money, and setting up a street stall can also subsidize some pocket money.

He wants to set up a stall every night, at least he can earn back his daily meal money.So Meizi finished eating, put the bowls and chopsticks on the table and patted her chest, "Let me handle this for you. How expensive are the things in the supermarket? I'll find a friend for you to get one from their small shop." , 100 yuan is enough.

Sister-in-law will try to bring you back the things at three o'clock in the afternoon!Well, Mumu, after you finish eating, wash the dishes, I will call my friend first and then take a nap. "

After clearing the dining table, Su Mu gave Meizi 100 yuan to help her fix the electronic scale; he made an excuse to talk to his fellow villagers about the purchase, and then went straight to the West Street Flower, Bird, Fish and Insect Market.

Now it's just March, and there are still ten days before NO.15 pays wages.Su Mu didn't have much money left in his hands. He gave Meizi 230 before, but now he still has 20 yuan in his hand.If he wanted to buy strawberry seedlings, he would discuss with the boss, and he might be able to buy nine of them for [-] yuan.

Including the plum tree from before, ten strawberry seedlings are supported by space water, and they can pick twenty or thirty catties of strawberries in one afternoon.As long as it can be opened today, even if each tree can contribute two or three catties, it will age and no longer bear fruit, and there will be absolutely no shortage of money to buy strawberry seedlings in the future.

When he arrived at the flower, bird, fish and insect market, he walked around, and Su Mu was very happy.

Finding the company that sells strawberry seedlings went smoothly, but even more smooth things are yet to come.The owner of the florist should have transported the strawberry seedlings planted in the greenhouse from the suburbs, so all of them carried black plastic cups just out of the shed, but the disadvantage of this kind of bulk transportation is that the weak tender seedlings are likely to die damaged.

Su Mu comes from the countryside, although he has never done farm work, he knows a little bit.

Seeing the florist arranging strawberry seedlings in front of his store, one knows that he will definitely pick out the damaged ones and throw them away.

The tender seedlings damaged in his hands are naturally useless, but Su Mu is confident that he can save 80.00% of the tender seedlings.So after a few minutes of careful observation, I successfully found a batch of rotten seedlings thrown away by the florist.

Taking advantage of no one around, he picked some better ones from the pile of rotten seedlings and brought them into the space.This trip saved more than 20 yuan, and Su Mu returned home happily humming a little song.

Meizi was not at home, presumably she went to help him buy an electronic scale.

Su Mu went back to his room and locked the door, then stepped into the space.

More than 20 strawberry seedlings are crooked, and most of them look weak. If they were left alone, they would have been thrown away.But now Su Mu has a way to turn waste into treasure. He brought two large basins of water into the space, and carefully watered a row of strawberry seedlings lined up by the wall with paper cups.

After that, nothing happened to him, and Su Mu started to harvest with scissors and cardboard boxes.Anyway, in his own space, he didn't try to add more tap water to make others see nothing wrong.The two big basins were watered in turn, and the strawberries that had fully absorbed the water in the space worked hard to bear fruit. By four o'clock in the afternoon, the two boxes Su Mu had prepared were all full.

"Mumu, you're at home, I thought you weren't there when I heard nothing."

Meizi put the electronic scale on the table, picked up the water cup and poured it for a while, then handed him 50 yuan, "I saved you [-] yuan, and bought a second-hand one. My friend helped me look, except for a little There is nothing wrong with it other than the old one, come here, I will teach you how to use it."

The electronic scale is not difficult to learn, Su Mu set it up within a few minutes, and then moved the two boxes out and weighed them one by one.

It was 38 catties in total. In order to express his gratitude, he deliberately weighed out the extra three catties and gave it to Meizi.

"I said you can't do this. The business has not opened yet, and you are rushing to send it out. How can you make a business like you!" Meizi pouted, and poured the weighed strawberries directly into the box, "I'll wait for you Let’s talk after they’re all sold out, how much did you pay for the goods? Since you haven’t done any business at all, you won’t blush when you set up a stall? Or, when Binzi comes back from get off work, we’ll accompany you to embolden yourself?”

Su Mu knew that most of Meizi's questions came casually, and she didn't take it to heart if you didn't answer her.So I asked rhetorically, "What's wrong with me going out to set up a stall now?"

"Change. You have to give someone some change. Also, I'll get you a cardboard box later." She rushed to do it, found a shoe box from the house and tore it open, and then picked it up from the drawer in the living room. I found a colored pen and drew on it, "Green pure natural strawberries, 30 yuan a catty, no bargaining!"

After tracing it several times, Meizi showed it to Su Mu with satisfaction, "How is it? Sister-in-law did a good job? This is how our supermarket conducts promotions, and we helped write many brands. Besides, your strawberry is even in size. , The color is beautiful and delicious, it must be very popular! Remember not to let them taste it casually, many people just try it and not buy it..."

According to her instructions, prepare the change and fabrics for setting up a stall, Su Mu declined Meizi's kindness to help, and went downstairs with his things in his arms.

Walking to the corner of the stairs, Su Mu made sure that no one could see him, so he turned around and threw all his things into the space, and went into battle leisurely and lightly.

When he was about to reach the Qingheyuan community, he found a corner that no one saw.Su Mu moved the things used to set up the stall out of the space, walked a few steps quickly and set up a strawberry stall next to a stall selling accessories.Looking at the flow of people coming and going on the weekend, he felt a little excited, his first pot of gold was about to start here!

(End of this chapter)