Chapter 1482: Labor of Labor Day
After preparing for an hour or two, they closed the stall in less than an hour. Tian Ye was excited: "Sister, business is really easy to do!"
Tian Tian looked at him: "First of all, the things must be good."
"Besides, it's a holiday now. People who come out to play know that things in scenic spots are expensive during festivals, so they are actually prepared in their hearts. If it were a normal holiday, we would set up a stall in the city, and it might not be this fast."
"Then I'm satisfied too." Tian Ye was happy: "It's just that the strawberry yield is a bit low... can we sell another batch during the New Year?"
Tian Tian laughed: "What good things are you thinking about."
That mu of strawberries, except for labor and basic organic fertilizer, almost had no monetary investment. Now this batch is worth forty or fifty thousand yuan, which is stable. If it could really be sold during the New Year, would this cornucopia still be her turn?
The economic benefit per mu is forty or fifty thousand. How many farmers would envy that?
She made it clear to Tian Ye: "This strawberry fruiting period is long, and it can be sold until early June. Let's take our time."
However, it wasn't that there was no harvest during the New Year. Wait until autumn to propagate another mu of land with creeping stems. This batch can try to build a greenhouse to catch the festival.
Tian Ye hesitated: "I read the contract. Didn't it say that the taste of strawberries might decrease year by year? Can it still be sold so expensively next year?"
After all, now that they are cooperating with Yan Ran and others, what is being verified is the retention of the advantages of crop iterative reproduction after leaving Yunqiao Village. It always takes three or five years.
Tian Tian shook her head: "I don't know. If it can't be sold expensively, can't it be sold cheaply? We didn't lose money anyway. Your brother-in-law is still taking jobs, you are still going to school, and Mom and Dad continue to do some delicate work to raise their bodies."
Only her work was delayed.
But she just planned to get married next year. Sun Ziqiang also broke up with his parents. The two had long discussed applying for a homestead again. After they saved some money in summer and autumn, they could build a new house.
Thinking of this, Tian Tian couldn't help but laugh: "There were too many people before, so it wasn't convenient to ask. Were the strawberries delivered?"
Tian Ye nodded: "Delivered!"
At this moment, the Song family was also eating strawberries.
There were many tourists in the village today, and Wu Lan rarely didn't do work and came to join the fun, while washing strawberries and saying: "Only a hundred or so people came, why do I feel the village is lively all of a sudden? That small shop door is crowded. Zhai Xiaofeng even came down the mountain specially to take tea leaves, saying that a bucket had been drunk..."
She thought to herself: These aren't tourists, they are clearly a group of big water buffaloes.
The white-to-pink big strawberries were soon served on the table, but before eating, Wu Lan had to divide the fruit: "Yanping, you take this... Oh my, you unlucky child! Don't just eat it yourself, take this box to Xiao Guo."
Tian Tian did things practically. A total of six boxes were taken. Wu Lan was tossing and turning, red and white, half of each.
"Tantan, why do you only know how to learn from that old man and cross your legs to bask in the sun! Xiao Chuan is so good, he came from thousands of miles away and you don't even know how to feel sorry for him... Quick, go send this box of strawberries to your Aunt Lu, and ask Xiao Chuan what he wants to eat tonight?"
Song Tan, who was sitting on the rocking chair and crossing her legs to bask in the sun:...
She looked at the calm Master Qi again, and at this moment perfunctorily said: "Okay, okay, I'll go right away..."
With Master Qi here, was it their turn to order food? Just eat whatever there is!
Just like this, three boxes were left. Wu Lan smiled again: "Qiaoqiao, you and Xiao Yang take a box to eat with Chen Chi—not allowed to feed the pigs! Big Pearl can't either! They've all been spoiled!"
Chen Xi told him that every time it was time to feed, Big Pearl would arch people, just wanting to eat something good!
Three boxes left, and another box was given to the grandpa and grandma who were busy making money picking tea. Song Tan looked at the pitiful two boxes of strawberries left, and couldn't help but be speechless thinking about the group of people in the family.
She thought for a moment, then asked Yang Zhengxin: "Xiao Yang, after you finish eating strawberries, do you want to go to the watermelon field for a turn?"
Yang Zhengxin's eyes lit up: "Sister, eat watermelon?"
"Hmm. There are some early-ripening varieties of watermelons in the field behind the homestay. They were sown and raised in the greenhouse in February. There shouldn't be many ripe ones now, you can go and pick them."
Yang Zhengxin was instantly happy: "Okay! We'll go right after eating strawberries!"
He even planned maturely: "Qiaoqiao, bring your mobile phone stand and microphone! Let's live stream picking melons!"
Qiaoqiao also nodded quickly: "Hmm!"
They were happy, but the tourists who came suffered.
Everything was perfect in the morning, and a lunch made everyone burp. It was hard to digest and not so full, and another wave of invincible tea water came.
The tea water had just filled the cup and hadn't been enough, and the strawberry seller came again.
Everyone stood on the hillside like a group of desperate old farmers, holding half
There were still some people holding shovels who refused to give up: "We've already paid the rental fee; we can't just leave without digging a single wild vegetable, right?"
They came here specifically because they could dig wild vegetables! Isn't this putting the cart before the horse? Many of them even brought their own shovels.
But now...
An old lady walked to the edge of the ridge and squatted down, trying to shovel a small cluster of purslane, but she stood back up as soon as she squatted: "No, my stomach feels too tight."
So what should they do?
The group looked at each other, then looked at the beautiful scenery around this great mountain—partly withered, partly still in full bloom—and lifted their legs again: "How about we walk around a bit more and come back to dig later... By the way, do you provide dinner here?"
Everyone felt a surge of joy: That's right! Since they were already here, it would be a pity to only eat one meal, wouldn't it?
Who knew they would be rejected as soon as they asked: "There's only one chef, and it's easy to get tired if they cook too much, so we aren't serving dinner! Everyone can go back to eat; the countryside is too plain, there's no need..."
In reality, Secretary Xiao Zhu wanted to build a "vegetable basket," but the villagers had few people this year and didn't grow many vegetables. They couldn't let Song Tan buy them all before the tourists even had a chance to purchase any, right?
But the group hadn't thought of that; they were just filled with resentment: Working in the countryside is simply too blissful! For wage slaves like them, whether at a unit or a company, it's impossible to push away money that's already in hand!
Looking at this chef again, he was light-footed, healthy, and strong, with a ruddy and glowing complexion, full of vitality in his speech and actions, and always smiling when he saw people.
And what about these young people?
This trip alone had already wrecked their bodies.
Ah, so full! So tired!
Everyone was full of complaints about this, and then they checked the time—oh my! It gets dark early in May; they had to prepare to head back by six o'clock at the latest, and the people in the village get off work right after eating.
After bringing the wild vegetables back, they still had to pick and sort through them for an hour or so; if they wandered around a bit more, they'd have to start digging!
May Day Labor Day, the labor task is arduous indeed!
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