Super Orchard

Chapter 6 Apples Are Ripe
After the wild grapes were cut, Shen Yangguang didn't have much to do. Every morning and evening, he would go up the mountain to have a look, water some water, and at the same time send a golden air current into each apple tree.

Since he found that the airflow in his body recovers faster on the mountain, he is more willing to stay on the mountain. Except that it is too hot at noon and he goes home to have lunch and take a nap, he basically stays in the orchard in the morning and afternoon.

On this day, when it was about noon, Shen Yangguang went back to the village. Before going home to cook, he went to Xingwang Supermarket to buy more ice cream popsicles and put them in the refrigerator. Passing by the village head’s house in the center of the village, he saw a white BMW parked in the middle of the road.

Huang Weicheng came out from the village chief's house, with his left arm half-bent in the air, a small leather bag in his right hand, his legs trembling, his head shaking, and he walked towards the car on social steps.

Seeing Shen Yangguang looking at him with strange eyes, Huang Weicheng grinned and said, "Sunshine, what are you doing?"

"I'll go to the supermarket to buy a popsicle to eat." Shen Yangguang was about to walk away after finishing speaking.

Huang Weicheng enthusiastically said: "It happens that I also want to buy popsicles. Come, take my BMW, and my brother will take you there."

After Huang Weicheng opened the car door, he suddenly saw a pair of shoes under Shen Yangguang's feet. Since there was a lot of mud on the mountain, he quickly changed his words and said, "Well, the supermarket is not far away. Let's walk, and we can still talk along the way. .”

After walking a few steps, Huang Weicheng said with a bit of a show: "You guess I went to old Wei's house to do something?"

Old Wei is Wei Liangping, the village head of Jinquan Village. Although he doesn't have much ability, he is more practical and fair in resolving some neighborhood disputes. In recent years, he has been elected by the villagers as the village head.

"Let Lao Wei touch the BMW?"

"Hey, what you said, my brother is a person who does great things, and this time he came back to contribute to his hometown!"

Shen Yangguang was also bored, and asked casually, "What contribution do you make?"

"The valley in front of our village has a radius of several miles, with [-] mu of land, half of the year is deserted there, and the villagers usually don't make much money after planting the last season's grain. I plan to contract it to build a greenhouse. Planting vegetables throughout the year can be regarded as making full use of the land.”

"For the 1 mu of land, the annual rent will cost a lot of money, right? Adding in the cost of the greenhouse, Brother Cheng is really generous!"

Huang Weicheng smiled coyly and said, "Where, I plan to rent a [-] mu of land first, and then expand it year by year after seeing the situation. By the way, the village chief will hold a village meeting soon to discuss the matter of contracting the land. Your family also has a piece of land, right? When the time comes, you must support your brother!"

Shen Guangguang's family still has more than ten acres of land, which is now in the hands of his cousin. He plans to return after his cousin finishes harvesting the grain in autumn. He would rather leave it there than give it to him.

"That's no problem. I'm not very good at planting my land, but I don't know which piece Cheng Cheng contracted?"

"Start from the northernmost point and gradually develop towards the south. My brother will build this valley into a modern vegetable greenhouse within ten years!"

"Uh, my house is in the middle. I'm afraid it will be a few years before it's my turn to support Brother Cheng..."

Huang Weicheng was a little embarrassed, pointed at the entrance of the village and said, "The supermarket is here. If you want to eat ice cream, you can choose whatever you want. My brother treats you!"

After entering the store, Huang Weicheng picked up an ice cream and ate it. While eating, he said, "Sunshine chooses whatever he wants, so you're welcome!"

Zheng Hao stretched his head and said, "Brother Cheng, please buy me one too?"

"You run a supermarket in your own home. If you want to eat and take it yourself, why don't you use me as a treat?"

"The BMW is on, and it's still so exciting, cut it!"

Huang Weicheng, who was most afraid of others saying that he was stingy, was a little impatient, and said: "Fat mouse, you know how to eat even when you are so fat, take it, brother invites you together!"

After Huang Weicheng finished speaking, he saw Shen Yangguang, who was silent, holding a big plastic bag and filling it with ice cream. After a while, most of the bag was filled, and the visual estimate was worth tens of dollars. , it’s not good to eat a bad stomach!”

Seeing Huang Weicheng's ugly face, Shen Yangguang couldn't help laughing, handed the plastic bag and a hundred-yuan bill to the counter, picked out an old popsicle from the refrigerator and said, "I bought those by myself, this one is fine." Brother Cheng please."

Heaving a sigh of relief, Huang Weicheng hurriedly explained: "Brother didn't mean that, even if you bought this refrigerator, it wouldn't be a big deal. Then, Fat Mouse, how much are these three ice creams?"

After returning home, after putting a bag of ice cream into the old-fashioned refrigerator, Shen Yangguang started to work in the kitchen.

When he was in college, the power would be cut off after eleven o'clock in the evening in the dormitory. In order to facilitate playing games, he rented a single apartment off-campus to live in, and also learned to cook some simple meals.

Due to the hot weather, Shen Yangguang wanted to eat something light. After adding the rice and water into the rice cooker, he took out two cucumbers and washed them, cut them into pieces with a kitchen knife, put them on a plate, and sprinkled the minced garlic. Add salt, vinegar, light soy sauce, sesame oil, etc., and set aside.

Then cut the shallots into small pieces, cut the tomatoes into slices, and took out two eggs and beat them into a bowl and stirred them.Turn on the induction cooker, heat the pot and pour oil, then put some chopped green onion, after the onion fragrance bursts, pour the beaten eggs into the pot, briefly stir-fry and serve in a bowl.

Then put the chopped tomatoes into the pot, fry them, add eggs, add some water, add some salt and sugar, stew for a while and then put them on the plate.

This dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes was watched by Shen Yangguang on TV last night, so he wanted to try it out. When he was renting a house off campus, it was much easier for Shen Yangguang to make this dish. After the oil was hot, pour in the tomatoes Stir-fry, then add the egg liquid and stir-fry together, and finally add water and salt to the pan.

In Shen Yangguang’s hometown, tomatoes are called foreign persimmons. In less than 10 minutes, a dish of patted cucumbers and a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes were ready. Eat up.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed. Perhaps due to the effect of the golden air current, the apples that were supposed to be ripe next month were actually mentioned as ripe.

Shen Yangguang picked an apple and took a bite. The fruity aroma was rich and crisp, and it was a hundred times more delicious than any apple he had ever eaten, both in terms of taste and texture!
Although this kind of apple tastes extremely delicious, Shen Yangguang plans to sell it for 30 yuan a catty. He doesn't know how the sales will be at such an expensive price, so he decides to pick some by himself and sell it. At that time, I was spending money to ask the villagers to help with the picking.

For the whole day, except for eating, Shen Yangguang has been picking apples. Even though his body has been strengthened by the golden air flow, his physical fitness is much stronger than before, and he is so tired that his back hurts after this day.

This apple grove has about 150 mu of land, and there are more than 80 to 110 apple trees planted on each mu of land. Shen Yangguang only picked apples from one mu of land after a tiring day. After weighing, it weighed about 900 catties.

Shen Yangguang couldn't help but want to scold people. He knew that a normal apple field could yield five thousand catties of apples per acre, and his own land was left to his cousin to take care of him. He had ignored it for several years, and the fruit it produced was not normal. One fifth of the level!

After driving a tractor home with a half-load of apples, Shen Yangguang called Zheng Hao, and Zheng Hao's van came and parked outside the yard 10 minutes later.

After getting off the car, Zheng Hao said, "I'm having dinner, what's the rush?" Before he finished speaking, he saw the apples in the tractor bucket, picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth, and said, "These are your apples." Pick it? Why don’t you say anything, I’ll help you pick it together!”

As for the taste of the apples being too delicious, Zheng Hao didn't think there was any fuss. He had eaten the wild grapes before, and he could eat apples that were about to ripen every now and then. , didn't even think about it elsewhere.

Shen Yangguang, who was making dinner, said with a smile, "Didn't I tell you a few days ago that when the apples are ripe, they will go to the county town to sell them."

In the county town, tractors and other agricultural vehicles are prohibited from entering the city during the day, and only after ten o'clock in the evening and before seven o'clock in the morning can they drive in the county town.

Therefore, Shen Yangguang wanted to go to the city at night, sleep in Zheng Hao's small supermarket, and go to the fruit and vegetable market early the next morning to sell apples.

Another reason is that the tractor has not been maintained at his cousin's house, the lampshade of the car has been dilapidated, and the lights are very dim. In order to ensure the safety of driving at night, Shen Yangguang asked Zheng Hao to drive the van to lead the way.

Greeting Zheng Hao to have dinner together, and then watching TV while bragging, the alarm at nine o'clock rang, and the two of them got into the car and drove towards the county seat.

(End of this chapter)