Seeing that it was past lunch time and Wang Leshan hadn't come back yet, He Yuting was a little worried. With her parents urging her, she came to the fish pond and asked Wang Leshan to go back for dinner. When she got here, she saw a pile of people in front of the cabin. He Yuting was shocked when she picked up a lot of big white radish.
Therefore, I didn't pay attention to the growth of other crops in the fields not far away.
"Shanzi, these radishes are all harvested from our fields? They are so big!"
He Yuting also grew up farming. She had seen big radishes but never seen so many of them. She couldn't help but curiously asked Wang Leshan in the cabin.
"A few days ago, I contacted a friend who was studying in the College of Agriculture. He happened to be researching a new type of organic soil and chemical fertilizer. I asked him to help get some, and it seems to have a good effect. However, this radish can be so good. It must also have something to do with the seeds Dad bought before and took good care of them."
Wang Leshan said haha, which was a foreshadowing. He picked up two more radishes and said to He Yuting: "Let's go back and taste how it tastes."
"Um."
He Yuting was naturally happy when she saw the harvest in the field was good. She also knew that Wang Leshan studied very well and was admitted to the best high school in Yunhai City. Such a high school must have all kinds of capable students. Just because... something like Wang Lehai delayed Wang Leshan from dropping out of school early and going out to work, alas...
Went home with Wang Leshan, washed and cut radishes, stir-fried one plate, braised another plate, and baked some radish egg pancakes.
He Yuting is a good cook and her movements are nimble. She cooked the food quickly and brought it to the dinner table.
"tasty!"
Wang Leshan tasted it all and moved his index finger more and more. Putting aside He Yuting’s kitchen, the ingredients are so good that it’s all under the chopsticks!
"Sister-in-law, you should try it too."
Wang Leshan asked He Yuting to taste it again. He Yuting was also surprised by the taste of the white radish. Normal white radish could not taste like this.
From this, Wang Leshan became more confident that this batch of white radish would be sold at a good price.
I gave some more to my parents, telling them that there was a good harvest of white radish this year, which also made my parents feel relieved and happy.
After eating, Wang Leshan thought about how to sell radishes.
The average yield of radishes on five acres of land is at least 7,000 kg, and the total yield is about 40,000 kg, which is about 40 tons.
My family originally had a farm truck, but it was badly hit in a car accident and is still in the repair shop. I don’t know when it will be repaired. In this case, he had to borrow one or even rent one. This reminded Wang Leshan of Fatty Li at the entrance of the village. His family had a small truck, which was usually used to pull stones and bricks. They had a good relationship with each other. , you should be able to rent a car for a day or two.
To whom
Wang Leshan knew that there was a buying station in the town, and there were buyers from all over the year. However, as far as Wang Leshan knows, the prices there are not high. For radish, the highest price can only be two yuan per kilogram, or even one and a half yuan sometimes. If it can be sold for two yuan per kilogram, it can also be sold for seventy or eighty thousand, which is a lot of money for Wang Leshan. However, Wang Leshan always feels that such a good radish is sold at the wholesale price, which is a bit unwilling.
After much deliberation, Wang Leshan finally came to the conclusion that if he could establish a buying station, he would also have to explore other avenues, and he could not always go the wholesale route.
Having stayed in Shenzhen, he knew more or less about brands and high-quality products. He knew the importance of these things.
I left the house and walked to the entrance of the village.
There is an activity center at the entrance of Dakang Village. There are two rows of five-story houses in front of the activity center. It is the tallest house in the village. There are several shops on the first floor, including a snack shop and two small shops. Small shops in rural areas usually have one thing, which is a chess and card room for playing mahjong and double-button games.
Fatty Li's name is Gao Dali. He is over 1.7 meters tall and weighs close to 200. With such proportions, he should be bloated and bulky, but Fatty Li is an exception. Not only does he not look bloated, but he is also very flexible. According to the words of the city people Said, this is a flexible earthy round.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, Wang Leshan saw Fatty Li standing in the chess and card room. As before, he only wanted to watch. This was a characteristic of Fatty Li. Basically I don’t gamble, I only come here a few times during the Chinese New Year and holidays, and I don’t like mahjong or double dunk. I only play Pai Gow. According to him, I win and lose quickly and don’t get into trouble (trouble). It’s hard to understand that he could watch Mahjong’s double dunks for a long time, motionless and relishing it.
Wang Leshan called out twice, and the fat man smiled when he saw Wang Leshan. He walked up to Wang Leshan with a big water cup and asked, "Are your parents feeling better?"
Holding the big water glass between his hands, he took out a pack of cigarettes and gave them to Wang Leshan. He didn't smoke himself, but because he was used to pulling rocks and bricks, he was used to carrying a pack of cigarettes around to give to others. The cigarettes were not bad. There are more than ten Lotus Kings.
"It's pretty good."
Wang Leshan responded, waved his hand and said that he had quit smoking when he was in Shencheng. He also exchanged a few words with Fatty Li, knowing that Fatty Li liked to have fun, and then stated his purpose and said: " I have something to do with you. I have harvested the white radish in the field and want to sell it, but my small truck crashed and is still being repaired, so I want to borrow your car to transport it. Will you use the car these two days? "
Fatty laughed and said happily: "I have a lot of free time these days, you can use it anytime."
"I don't know how to drive your car, so you have to drive it."
"no problem."
Wang Leshan added: "The amount of radish is quite large. I guess we can't carry it away in two trips. The cost of this truck..."
The fat man interrupted: "What's it worth? Just fill up the tank when the time comes."
Wang Leshan heard this, thought for a while, and said, "Let's talk about it then. In this way, the time will be set for tomorrow morning. It should be as early as possible, five-thirty, no problem, right?"
"OK."
…
The next day, Wang Leshan got up early and arrived at the cabin before the sun came up, carrying a large number of nylon bags prepared yesterday afternoon. Fatty Li's cart is used to pull bricks and stones, so it is inevitable that it will be dirty, and there may be some debris in it. Wang Leshan is going to cover it with nylon bags.
Not long after, Fatty drove the pickup truck to the cabin at half past five. Wang Leshan handed over the carrot and egg pancakes that He Yuting had made early in the morning. At the same time, he glanced at the bed of the small truck and couldn't help but smile. The bed was much cleaner than he thought. There was almost no need to lay nylon bags. I guess It was Fatty Li who had washed himself specially yesterday, and his work was a bit more reliable than Wang Leshan imagined.
"Yeah! This egg pancake is delicious!"
Fatty Li got out of the car, took a bite of the radish and egg pancake, said something vaguely, and immediately took several more bites. He walked towards the front of the cabin and looked at the white radish piled there with his little eyes. I was stunned for a moment, and after finally swallowing what was in my mouth, I immediately asked: "Are these the white radishes for sale? They are so big!"
Seeing Wang Leshan nodding, the fat man ate the egg pancake in a few gulps. He went over and picked up a few white radishes and bumped them in his hands. He was amazed and muttered that the smallest one weighed four or five kilograms. He looked at the pile. He turned around and asked Wang Leshan: "The radish harvest here must be more than ten acres?"
Wang Leshan stretched out a hand and spread his fingers, and said with some pride: "Five acres."
"real or fake!"
Fatty Li can be regarded as half a farmer. He has always stayed in the countryside. He knows a lot more than Wang Leshan. He clicked his tongue and said: "Five acres produce so much. This must be a 10,000-jin harvest per acre. It's too much." That’s an exaggeration! I didn’t expect you to be quite good at farming!”
"I was also shocked at the time. I must be lucky."
Wang Leshan said with a smile, and then asked Fatty Li to open the truck body at the back and start loading the radish.
Fatty Li's truck can carry 5 tons. Of course, this is calculated based on the density of stones and bricks. With the specific gravity of white radish, and considering factors such as crushing, it must be able to load up to four tons.
More than an hour later, Wang Leshan and Fatty Li both got into the car and drove towards the main road outside the village.
Hearing Wang Leshan say that he was going to the purchasing station, Fatty Li couldn't help but feel pity and asked: "Shanzi, are you really going to take these good radishes to the purchasing station?"
Wang Leshan nodded and said: "If you want to sell such a large amount yourself, you will definitely not be able to do it. The only way is to take the acquisition route. However, we are not going to buy them all. We plan to keep some and run a few restaurants. Let’s see if there is any way. I’ll have to trouble you to travel a little more.”
Fatty Li thought for a while and said, "I have a way, you can try it."
Wang Leshan asked: "Oh? What kind of connection?"
Fatty Li said: "I have a friend in town. His family has a radish processing factory, which specializes in making dried radish, pickled radish and so on. Why don't we go over and have a look. I don't dare to say the price is high, but it is definitely cheaper than The purchasing station is better. I heard that his family specializes in processing very good radishes, and sometimes they even go to the Northeast to purchase them. Your radishes are so good, I definitely want them."
Wang Leshan was overjoyed and said, "If this is the case, that would be the best."
"Then don't go to any purchasing station, go directly to the processing plant."
Seeing that Wang Leshan agreed, Fatty Li immediately took out his cell phone and called his friend, who happened to be in the factory.
Not long after, the pickup truck drove to the Zhenxing Radish Processing Factory in the town. The gate had to be six meters wide and there were three rows of two-story houses. There were people coming and going in the factory, and it looked like a large scale.
Soon, a tall man in his twenties or thirties, wearing a floral shirt, a thick gold chain around his neck, and a tuft of yellow hair, came to the side of the pickup truck. He greeted Fatty Li and Wang Leshan from a distance, and walked away. I bought two cigarettes and saw that neither of them were smoking, so I clamped one on the left and the other on the ears.
After chatting with Fatty Li for a few words, he introduced himself. The man's name was Zhu Wenqiang. It turned out that he was a small-time gangster who was not doing his job properly. Because his family had made money and prospered in the radish processing business in the past few years, he became a semi-rich second-generation gangster. The side job is to help the factory with small tasks, and the main job has been transformed from bullying and dominating into a one-stop shop for nightclubs and bars. According to Fatty Li, this guy's character is pretty decent in some aspects.
Zhu Wenqiang knew that Fatty Li was here to help Wang Leshan sell radishes, so he moved behind the cart and stood on tiptoes to look inside. Although he was not doing his job, his family was in this business after all. He had a keen eye for what kind of radish was good or bad. His eyes immediately lit up, and he reached out and took out another radish and wiped it with his hand a few times. , took a bite.
(End of chapter)