Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 172 A big project worth 3000 yuan

Li Muyang watched Xiaopengwa struggling to pour the water into the bowl for him, and quickly expressed his gratitude to the little guy.

I rummaged around in my pocket for a long time, but couldn't find any candy.

Sometimes he would carry some candies with him. If he met a child, he could give them a candy, which would immediately bring them closer together.

But it happened to be gone today.

I want to praise the children, but I have nothing to give.

"Uncle, you are so strong."

The little girl put her brother on her lap, patted him gently, and looked at Li Muyang with a smile.

Li Muyang has this kind of affinity.

It often attracts children very quickly, and even simple people like Midama like it.

Probably because most of these people have pure personalities and can appreciate Li Muyang's equally kind heart.

"It's not that I am strong, it's that you are too weak.

However, it’s not my fault that you are weak. When you grow up in the future, your strength will increase.

Just like you, you can plow the ground at such a young age. When you reach the age of your uncle, you will definitely be able to plow the ground much better and much faster than your uncle. "

After Xiaopengwa heard this, her face turned slightly red.

But he seems quite happy.

"Pengwa, go get a pole and help uncle knock some apricots. Just knock on the second tree behind the kiln, the one with sweet apricots."

"Do not bother……"

"Uncle, just sit back and wait to eat. Our apricots are very sweet. My dad specially harvested the trees. The apricots are very big and taste sweet. You can even eat the apricot kernels."

Before Li Muyang could say anything else, he saw Xiaopengwa immediately dragging a long wooden pole from behind the door and ran behind the wall.

"Uncle, when my parents come back later, I will give you our banana pears. They are so sweet. I have never tasted such sweet banana pears.

There are also rice crackers, cherries...

Anyway, you can eat as much as you want. Even though our yard is not big, there are more than 40 kinds of fruit trees around. "

Li Muyang had heard Wang Tianxiao say before that their family had many fruit trees, but it was not as interesting as what the little girl said.

She was really happy.

I am also proud of my father.

"Okay, I'll eat it in a while. Let's see how sweet you say it is."

"Ah."

Just as he was talking, he heard the sound of running.

Xiaopengwa ran back dragging the stick.

One hand held a small cage with dozens of apricots in it.

"Stingy, you only knocked so many apricots for my uncle, how can they be enough to eat?" When my sister saw the apricots, she couldn't help but blame her brother.

"Mom said, apricots can suck blood. Eating too much is bad for your health."

Xiaopengwa retorted seriously.

Li Muyang couldn't help but laugh.

There is a saying here, "Peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and dead people are buried under plum trees."

Peaches contain many ingredients that are very beneficial to the human body. If you eat more, you can enhance the body's resistance. Therefore, peaches have been a symbol of longevity since ancient times.

Apricots are different. Apricots are a popular fruit in traditional Chinese medicine. They are rich in fruit acid, which can damage our teeth and stomach.Moreover, eating too many apricots can make people feel hot, get angry, and cause nosebleeds.

As for plums, they are even more toxic. Undercooked plums contain a toxin that will kill people if they eat them.

These are the experiences that ordinary people have gained over a long period of time.

They have also been passed down from generation to generation.

Xiaopengwa has already received the true teaching at a young age and has put it into practice very well.

My sister was speechless by his rebuke.

Li Muyang was also amused.

He picked up the apricot and took a look and found that the apricot belonged to Cao Xing.

It is a grafted variety unique here.

There are several methods of grafting Caoxing, but the most common method is to graft branches of apricot trees onto peach trees.

So most of these apricots look like peaches.

The apricots are relatively large in size and have large apricot cores. They may taste a little sweet like peaches but lack a lot of the sourness of apricots themselves.

Moreover, the apricot kernels of this kind of apricot are all sweet almonds.

Anyone who has eaten apricots knows that there are sweet almonds and bitter almonds.

Bitter almonds contain hydrocyanic acid, so they are poisonous and taste very bitter and cannot be eaten directly. However, sweet almonds can be eaten directly. They are sweet and crispy and are a good snack.

The almonds sold on the market are not actually sweet almonds, but soaked bitter almonds.

The method is also very simple. Since bitter almonds contain toxic components such as hydrocyanic acid, just soak them with chemical reagents that can eliminate them.

Things like almond milk and almond paste are all processed in this way.

Real sweet almonds are very rare.

People will not take it to the market to sell it, but keep it for themselves to eat.

Apricot products were once considered a major source of economic income for the people of Chi County and even Qingcheng.

There are many almond trees here.

After the apricots are produced, they can be broken open and dried, the apricot flesh can be dried into dried apricots, and the apricot cores can also be sold separately for money.

In this day and age, a pound of good dried apricots can be sold for 5 cents, and apricot kernels are close to one yuan.

If there are too many apricot trees, it’s okay to sell them for a few hundred yuan.

In addition to being eaten directly, Caoxing is also processed into various products for sale.

For example, canned apricot meat, preserved apricot meat, etc. can also be regarded as a kind of economic crop that can be developed.

Li Muyang just noticed that there are many apricot trees around Wang Tianxiao's farmyard. It is estimated that they can still be sold for some money every year.

But selling money is money, and breaking the apricots and drying them is also a hard job.

During the peak season of apricots, unless it rains, the apricots have to be beaten down almost every morning and then quickly opened and dried.

If it is rainy season, the opened dried apricots will rot quickly within a day or two, which is a huge loss.

Great loss.

Breaking apricots can make people cry.

It was fine at first, but after a few hours, the acid corroded the fingernails and the pain started to spread to the fingers.

It was like being set on fire.

Not to mention, when breaking apricots, you basically have to sit cross-legged on the ground. After finishing, your waist will be sore and your back will hurt. Even children can grow waists, not to mention adults.

It can only be said that for old farmers, there is a lot of hard work behind any model of making money.

It was earned purely through hard work.

Li Muyang ate an apricot and found that it tasted just as the little girl said, delicious.

Well-deserved name.

"Uncle, is it sweet?"

"It's really sweet."

"Yes, let me tell you, my mother doesn't sell the dried apricots from this tree every year, she just keeps them for eating."

"Well, it's true. If apricots are so sweet, dried apricots must be even sweeter."

"Hee hee~"

"Sister, I'll give you the hottest one."

Xiaopeng's baby saw her sister holding her brother, so she picked the reddest one from the cage, wiped it with her clothes, broke it open and put it in the little girl's mouth.

The relationship between the two children is also very good.

Coupled with the little brother in the sister's arms, it was truly a picturesque scene.

While eating apricots, Li Muyang chatted casually with his siblings and learned that their grandmother seemed to have some health problems, so her parents went to see her temporarily.

Li Muyang remembered that the old lady accidentally fell down while going to the toilet and her ribs pierced her lung. I wonder if it was this time.

It seems that he has been paralyzed on the kang for more than ten years.

From being in his 60s until his death in his 80s, the children in the family suffered a lot.

Every family has its cupboard.

Because the two children were cute and sensible, time passed quickly and Li Muyang did not feel bored.

With the crisp sound of bicycle bells, Wang Tianxiao and his wife returned.

Wang Tianxiao was riding a Phoenix brand weighted bicycle, and his wife Li Yali was sitting behind the bicycle. As soon as they turned the corner, they saw Li Muyang sitting in the doorway, and they were a little surprised.

Li Yali jumped out of the car in a hurry.

Li Muyang was not very familiar with Wang Tianxiao's wife Li Yali, but he had heard some stories about her.

This woman who has the same name as her second sister-in-law but a different surname is actually quite a powerful person.

She is very tall, probably over 1.7 meters tall, and seems to be taller than Wang Tianxiao.

It is said that she was a basketball player and captain of the militia when she was young.

Anyway, Li Muyang heard a lot about this woman from different places and knew that she was capable of both literary and martial arts.

Wang Tianxiao has said countless times that his life is full of hardships, and the only happiness he has is meeting a virtuous wife.

His wife was like giving him a second life.

This is very similar to Li Muyang.

Li Muyang had thought many times that his greatest achievement in his previous life was getting to know his wife.

If his wife hadn't appeared, it would have been impossible for him to achieve even a little bit of happiness based on his character alone.

A bad woman can destroy a good man.

And a good woman can make three generations happy.

"Dad, Mom~"

Xiaopeng baby immediately ran towards her parents.

Li Muyang also stood up and walked out of the doorway, waiting for his master to come.

"Why are you here today?"

Wang Tianxiao saw Li Muyang and was very happy to know that there was something new about Hongqi.

"Lili, this is the Li Muyang I told you, Brother Muyang."

Li Yali is a round-faced woman.

Her eyes are big, her skin is very fair, and her black and thick hair is twisted into a single braid, hanging down from her shoulders, revealing her long and fair neck.

She wore a white and purple floral shirt, which highlighted her slender figure.

And with the smile, two small pear dimples are revealed, and there is a simple and elegant beauty.

Li Muyang saw from her gentle eyes that this woman was also a very virtuous person.

He suddenly thought, is this because of the name?
Second sister-in-law Zhao Yali, wife Lin Xiuli, and this Li Yali, all have good personalities.

Everyone is good.

He even wants to name his daughter Li Yali in the future...

Oh, okay, isn't this the same name?

"Shepherd..."

Li Yali smiled and called Muyang. She hesitated slightly and glanced at her husband. She didn't know how to call Li Muyang for a while.

Wang Tianxiao is older than Li Muyang, but Li Yali is younger than Li Muyang.

If you are calling brother after your husband, something is definitely wrong.

"It's okay, let's call my sister-in-law Muyang."

Li Yali smiled sweetly, nodded, and held her son in her arms.

"Brother Shepherd, when did you come?"

"Oh, not very likely."

"Uncle has been here for more than an hour, and he even helped us plow the ground!"

The little girl standing in the doorway said with a smile.

Li Muyang glanced at her. Originally, he didn't want to say that he had done the digging, and was going to give the credit to the two siblings.

Unexpectedly, the little girl made it clear directly.

Only then did Wang Tianxiao and his wife notice the plowed land, and they were immediately embarrassed and kept saying thanks.

"Brother Shepherd, you can come as soon as you come. Why are you still working?"

"That's right, how can we let you work? This is such a big deal."

Li Muyang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I didn't do it in vain. Your Xiaopeng baby asked me to do it, and I was already paid."

"What kind of salary? How can he give you any salary?" Neither Wang Tianxiao nor his wife understood.

Li Muyang opened his palms and found half an uneaten apricot inside. "Isn't it just that I have never eaten such sweet apricots? If I eat your apricots and help you plow the ground, it will cancel it out. We don't owe each other anything."

"How can this be done... This child is really ignorant.

Fangfang, you too, your uncle is here, your father and mother are not at home, and you don't even say hello to go into the room to cool down, so how can you let people sit outside.

No matter what your parents taught you, you are not sensible at all.

Just like your brother.

Are you out of your mind? "

"Didn't you say that we can't let strangers in when they come?

We don’t know Uncle either.

Dad, are you right about everything? "

The little girl named Fangfang was very unconvinced and refuted her father with great confidence.

Wang Tianxiao was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

"That's what you said. After all, I was wrong."

"Haha~"

Li Muyang also found it interesting watching the conversation between father and daughter.

Wang Tianxiao has a gentleness that is rare among men in this era. When ordinary men encounter this kind of situation, they will scold him in a small way, and they may be angry on the spot.

Corporal punishment is all too common.

But judging from his daughter's reaction, Wang Tianxiao must be very open-minded on weekdays.

That's why we can cultivate such a cheerful and sensible girl.

This educational philosophy is basically similar to Li Muyang, who has always maintained this relaxed educational environment.

What I have talked about most with my children since childhood is how to be a moral person with a bottom line.

Therefore, nothing particularly serious happened to any of the children when they were growing up.

Because they always remember Li Muyang’s teachings.

People can occasionally brush off the bottom line, but the bottom line of being a human being cannot be lost.

Otherwise, everything you get will become a burden that will make you breathless forever.

"Let's go in and talk, shopkeeper, it's so hot outside."

Li Yali said with a smile beside her.

"Oh, yes, let's talk after we go in."

"I'll open the door~"

Xiaopengwa snored and ran forward to open the door.

Li Muyang followed Wang Tianxiao and his wife into the yard.

The Wang family's yard doesn't look very big from the outside.

But when I walked inside, I found it was quite big.

The yard can even be said to be a binary system, divided into a front yard and a backyard.

The front yard is relatively small. There are three cave dwellings with hoops in the north, a large room in the west, a mansion in the east, and a small hill in the south with some farm tools in it.

There is also a small house erected in the southwest corner, which is probably either a pig's nest or a chicken's nest.

Looking from the northwest corner, you can see a circular arch. Generally speaking, this kind of arch is a binary symbol.

It shows that there is half a yard behind.

At this time, there was no strict control over the bank base.

According to the policy, the maximum limit is one acre, but many people take advantage of it and directly enclose their own contracted land or private land with courtyard walls.

Or some people have a yard for their parents and a yard for their son, and the two yards are next to each other. When the parents die, the son will merge the two yards together.

It will become a huge yard.

Therefore, through historical legacy, some homes have yards as large as two acres.

If you want to say that you are not qualified, you are not.

Because it can be said that they built a fence around the contracted land, or connected their parents' yard with their own.

It also explains the past.

The courtyard of Wang Tianxiao's house is obviously the former type.

Through the roof and the wall, Li Muyang could also see the lush fruit trees behind.

As Xiaopengwa said, there are many fruit trees in their home.

In the front yard, there is a small garden surrounded by waste bricks. There are many kinds of flowers in it, which are blooming very luxuriantly.

Li Muyang couldn't name most of the flowers except hydrangeas, peonies, wisteria and other common varieties.

It seems that Wang Tianxiao is indeed a veritable horticultural engineer.

Not only are the trees well tended, but the flowers are also well planted.

This also strengthened Li Muyang's idea of ​​"drawing" him into his camp.

Talent.

"Come on, Shepherd, come in and sit down."

Wang Tianxiao greeted warmly.

"You guys go in and sit down first. There is watermelon in the kitchen. I'll cut some for you."

"No need to be busy..."

"It's okay. We are all guests here, so don't be polite. Just wait until I know..."

Li Yali greeted the children and went out.

Leave the two men in the room.

"Do you smoke?"

"Do not."

"How about some tea?"

"no need."

"Have a drink..."

Wang Tianxiao opened the Eight Immortals cabinet on the desk and took out a small tea bag from the drawer.

"Try this tea, an old man brought it to me from Fujian.

It tastes very refreshing. I have been keeping it for a long time and was reluctant to drink it. It will give you a full meal. "

"How embarrassing..."

Li Muyang actually has a general feeling about drinking tea.

Besides, people in this era still thought it was strange to drink tea from Fujian, but in fact, transportation and business communication gradually became more convenient in later generations.

It is entirely possible for ordinary people to drink Dahongpao.

Let’s not talk about top quality.

If you drink an ordinary drink, you can always drink it.

Sure enough, when the tea was brewed, it was really Da Hong Pao.

Li Muyang picked up the enamel tea cup and took a sip. How do you describe the taste...

It was like he was walking down the street.

There's no feeling at all, it's just unremarkable.

"How does it taste?"

"Not bad, not bad. It's indeed a good tea. I've never tasted tea with such a strong taste. I'm sorry for that."

"Haha, it's okay. If you like to drink, I will give you some to take back later."

"Then what's the point..."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? Everyone uses the same things for eating and drinking. It's boring for a person to eat alone."

"That's right, I'm really blessed."

"Haha~"

"What are you talking about, you guys, laughing so happily?"

Li Yali came in carrying a plate.

There are some watermelons cut into teeth, as well as some plums and candied fruits.

Honey fruit is also a fruit of the Rosaceae family.

It's a bit like a smaller version of an apple, but it tastes more sour and sweet than an apple.

Much like Begonia.

"Eat some fruit. There are a lot of fruits at home. I don't know what you like to eat. You can go to the back and see what you want to eat and take some back."

"Don't bother, we have it at home."

"Don't be so polite. When you come to our house, don't be seen outside.

Our family doesn’t have many good things, it’s just a lot of fruit.

Your eldest brother has no other abilities, but he does have some experience in tending these fruit trees. "

Li Muyang picked up a honey fruit and put it into his mouth.

Sour and sweet, the taste is really good.

"That's good. It's not like I have no abilities."

"Just know how to be humble."

Li Yali wiped the water droplets on her hands and said, "Let's talk. Let's eat out at our house this afternoon. I'll make you some steamed noodles."

"Don't bother..."

"No trouble, what's the trouble? You've already arrived at our door, how can we let you go back with an empty stomach?

If this were revealed, I would think that our family would not be able to entertain you a meal. "

"It's really no need to bother..."

"Brother Shepherd, just stay and eat. My wife's noodles are authentic. I guarantee you'll want to eat them again."

"This……"

"That `s a deal.

You must not refuse again, or I will be unhappy.

As a grown man, you can't be more petty than us women. If it's not just a meal, it's nothing. "

Li Yali pretended to be angry.

Li Muyang had no choice but to resist the hospitality, so he nodded with a smile and agreed.

Li Yali went back to the kitchen to cook.

"I came here today to talk about red qi. The goods you gave me last time were taken by others. After excluding some costs, the price was 20 yuan per pound, which was higher than originally thought.

I counted 15 for you last time, right? I’ll give you 5 yuan. "

Li Muyang took out 10 yuan from his pocket and handed it to Wang Tianxiao.

The price Professor Hu offered him was 25 yuan per catty. After hesitation, he decided to give Wang Tianxiao 20 yuan for the time being.

The remaining five yuan is part of his profit, and there is still some room to resist risks, shipping costs, etc.

Should be about the same.

If all 25 yuan was given directly to Wang Tianxiao, there would be no room for change if there were any problems later.

That’s just how people are, if you lose it you can make up for it slowly.

But once you get used to it and suddenly lower it, it might leave a bad impression.

Li Muyang has eliminated the possibility of this happening from the beginning.

Wang Tianxiao didn't answer and pushed it back directly.

"No, no, I'm satisfied if I can get 15 yuan per pound, which is a great help to me.

This price difference is your hard work fee.

You can't help me introduce a way to make money, and you won't get a penny of benefit. That would be too much of a loss. "

Wang Tianxiao's honest smile looked so sincere.

Li Muyang felt a little ashamed after being told this.

He took Wang Tianxiao's hand and put the money into his palm, "Take it, I introduced them to the source of Hongqi, and they will also give me a small introduction fee. I only need the money.

You have worked hard to dig up the stuff, so you must take the bulk of it. "

"That won't work."

Wang Tianxiao still refused to accept it.

He smiled naively and said: "You have to be conscientious as a person. In fact, you can give this kind of job of digging red root to anyone.

But he happened to find me, and that was his kindness to me.

As a person, I will never forget my roots. The introduction fee is given by others, and the gratitude I give you is my duty. "

(End of this chapter)