Song Tan's Notes

Secretary Xiaozhu asked carefully, and he also wanted to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha -

"There are a lot of people that can sit in the square. Shall I notify the people from the nearby groups as well?"

People in mountainous areas live more dispersedly. They used to be divided into brigades, but now they are mixed with brigades and groups. It is rare to have such a program suitable for the elderly nowadays, and Secretary Xiaozhu is also very happy.

Of course, you can borrow flowers to offer as a gift, but you can’t ask the villagers to pay for it.

Their village is not yet that prosperous, and they are currently working to help everyone earn more income!

Song Tan didn't mind. He thought that listening to an opera should be lively and exciting. He didn't necessarily need to understand anything. He just wanted that feeling:

"If there are too many people, the back row may not be able to see the performance clearly."

This is not like a concert, they can even set up a giant screen for the audience in the back row on the top of the mountain to see.

Secretary Xiao Zhu calculated: "The village committee will pay for those over 60 to be sent home by a few cars at night. However, only people over like to listen to opera. Young people are impatient to come."

She calculated carefully. She found a van in her village to make several trips back and forth. It would cost less than 200 yuan!

It would be great to take advantage of the Song family's opportunity!

As for her... Oh my! After working for a year and a half, she still hasn't been able to lead the village out of poverty and into prosperity. She is still a poor cadre.

Song Tan knew how poor the village was before. A year earlier, they might not have been able to approve the 200 yuan.

Besides, the purpose of inviting people to perform is to entertain everyone, so I nodded generously:
"It should work."

As the two of them were discussing this, Yang Zhengxin came back with the screen in her hand: "Sister, we just negotiated the price. Our place is a bit far away, and today is the Dragon Boat Festival. If you sing from 7pm to 11pm, it will be 56,000 yuan."

This price is nothing compared to famous troupes, but it is a little more expensive than that of small troupes. However, they have to drive a truck to set up the stage, with 10 to 20 people...

Yang Zhengxin searched online and felt that the price was quite reasonable.

Especially now that Tremolo has become popular, many comments mentioned this troupe, saying that they had been invited to the countryside and sang very well. They even mentioned that someone sang a certain excerpt particularly well...

From this perspective, at least it is not a scam to gain fame or get subsidies.

Song Tan nodded: "Okay! Please come!"

As we were talking, my aunt, my eldest cousin, and my aunt came back from the mountain in a lively manner. Each of them was carrying a large basket. They were covered in sweat but still smiling.

Wu Lan couldn't help but laugh when she saw this: "I told you to ride a tricycle. Aren't you tired of carrying it back?"

The aunt said nonchalantly: "It's only a few steps. I have to work harder unloading goods in the store every day. Look, the baskets are full!"

Wu Lan took a closer look and was speechless.

She was afraid that they would feel embarrassed to pick vegetables, so she told them to fill the baskets before coming back. If they were not full, she would go to the fields to fill more for them.

Now these three people are in a bad situation. They are full of things, but what are they pretending to be?

A large bundle of Amaranth was piled loosely on the basket, and a large bundle of water spinach was also piled in to make up the number.

Not really!

High-yield vegetables like this can never be picked all, and the price for Mr. Chang is only 21 kilograms, which is the most affordable vegetable in summer.

Even cowpeas are more expensive than this!
Because after being made into sour cowpeas and dried cowpeas, the price will increase several times.

She stared at the baskets of the three people and simply shouted again: "Qiao Qiao!" "Come here, Mom!" Qiao Qiao also happily pulled Chen Chi over.

He loves festivals so much!

All the relatives have come, friends don’t have to work, and the security brother and other employees in the family can also get together and have fun.

He also felt so happy.

At this moment, even the voice was sweet when she responded.

Wu Lan couldn't help but laugh too, and then ordered: "I think it will take another 10 to 20 minutes for the food to be served. Why don't you take three baskets and go to the fields to pick some fruits and vegetables for your aunts and uncles?"

"Okay!"

The main force in picking vegetables at home is Qiao Qiao. He immediately directed Chen Chi to get three plastic baskets from the warehouse, and the two of them rode on Da Duo and sped away.

This made my aunt's heart tremble:
"I have enough vegetables to eat for several days, why are you still picking them?"

Song Tan came over when he heard the noise and said with a smile, "Aunt, last year I often went to the city to set up a stall to sell vegetables. It wasn't obvious that I had something to give away every now and then. But this year you only come back once during the holidays, so if there is something good, I will definitely treat my relatives to it!"

As for her uncle Song Dafang, all she could think about was how much she could sell her vegetables for.

But regarding the relatives in front of him, Song Tan said: "They are not rare varieties, they are all seasonal vegetables. It's just that we planted them on a large scale at the beginning, and covered them with plastic film to keep them warm in the spring, so the vegetables grow faster than those in the market."

"It's a holiday, let's try it."

She said it lightly, but when Qiao Qiao came back riding on the big bicycle a while later, everyone stared at the basket!
In the large white plastic basket, there were two round watermelons, three or five small melons, seven or eight cucumbers, two bunches of cherry tomatoes, five or six tomatoes, as well as round eggplant string eggplants and a basket of peppers. The basket was piled up to the point of bursting with energy!

Are these things expensive?

If you really talk about the variety, it’s not expensive at all.

But is this stuff good? If it was really bad, why would Boss Chang have a fresh-keeping truck to transport it back and forth every day?
Wulan was still busy over there: "There's some meat for you in the refrigerator. I left it out a long time ago. It's hot now, so don't take it out yet. I'll bring it to you when you leave..."

"Don't forget to take these rice dumplings back later. Don't take the sweet ones, they are just average. Take the salty ones..."

In this hazy scene of a bumper harvest, my aunt was fine. Her family also brought a big basket of beef, although it was also just a token of appreciation.

My aunt did the same, she moved baskets of fruits here.

Only the eldest aunt really didn't buy anything and came over carrying a large kettle. At this moment, she exclaimed "Ouch", and then remembered that Song Tan had specially prepared tea and other things for her family, so she didn't say much.

Then she asked Qiao Qiao about it, and spotted a young girl who was happily chatting in the crowd:

"Clouds, huh?"

The eldest aunt asked very earnestly: "When does the family start to get busy? When does it need labor?"

This is not a secret; all farmers know it.

Yun Duo opened the memo openly: "Let me see——"

"There's nothing much to do in June. In June, we just need to do some preliminary preparations for topdressing and supplemental fertilization. The melons are also ripe, but we can pick them by hand in our own family."

"The grapes will be ripe in the second half of the month, but the scale of planting is not large this year, so we don't plan to sell many of them. We can just pick them for ourselves."

She said confidently: "We won't be busy until July." (End of this chapter)