"Dad, when will the people delivering the seine come?"
"I'll be there in a minute."
Song Tan looked at the chestnut trees on the hillside that were sprouting and baring their fangs, and planned to enclose the entire forest and then plant black fungus and white fungus in the forest.
As for the chestnut forest, she knew that her family had not taken care of it for so many years, so the annual maturity and yield depended entirely on fate.
Chestnuts are not easy to take care of as they require grafting, pruning and fertilizing.
Their Yunqiao Village was too remote, and chestnuts were not a famous product. The purchase price was only about one or two yuan per year, which was much more expensive than the 80 cents in Song Tan's childhood memory.
But the problem is that the young people in the village who can earn this money have now left their hometown for the city.
Older people, such as Song Sancheng and others, can no longer do such heavy farm work.
Time makes people grow old!
And in the middle of the hillside, there is a wild chestnut tree as tall as a three-story building, towering to the sky and growing right in the middle of the slope.
This is a wild old tree that has never been taken care of at home. The chestnut ball is not much bigger than a ping-pong ball. The peeled chestnut is as big as a thumb, but it tastes delicious.
It was left here on purpose by my grandpa Song Youde.
Song Tan looked up at it, and for some reason his mouth started to water. He recalled the time in winter when he sat by the fire, listening to the chestnuts popping...
It has a rich caramel aroma, and is soft and sweet.
Without hesitation, she gathered a soybean-sized amount of spiritual energy and slowly patted the tree trunk, feeling the roots stretching freely underground. Only then did she reluctantly look away—
"Grow up well! I'm counting on you for the New Year!"
Song Sancheng was already calling her from the front: "Come and see if it's okay to drive a fence here?"
The barbed wire fences here are too expensive, so they just use ordinary rope fences. Most of the time, it is just a reminder for those who are used to stealing things.
If it is owned by someone, don’t move it.
As the saying goes, beware of gentlemen rather than villains; this is basically the case with most of the facilities in rural areas.
Song Tan estimated it in his mind, and then nodded: "Okay, let's do it here."
Seeing her serious attitude, Song Sancheng couldn't help but laugh: "Look at you, you look so good at it - as if you really know how to do it."
Song Tan also coaxed her father: "What if your daughter is really talented? She still has to be my father, willing to listen to me and give me space to develop my talents!"
Song Sancheng was indeed confused by the coaxing: "That's right, when you were a child, I let you ride on my neck every day-"
After saying this, Song Sancheng looked around to see if there was anyone around, and whispered, "Tan Tan, you've made a lot of money during this period, right?"
It is now mid-March, and Song Tan has sold wild vegetables six times - he has indeed made a lot of money, 15,000 yuan in total, and half of his car is back.
Song Tan looked at her father with a smile: "I do have some money now, what do you want to do?"
Song Sancheng was overjoyed, and said shyly, "Well, don't you like fish? Dad plans to go fishing when it's raining and he has nothing to do. Do you remember your uncle Wu in our village? He just bought a new fishing rod, which cost more than 500 yuan!"
"Look, how about... you buy me one too? If your mom asks, just say 80 is fine."
Alas, he has no other hobbies now, he just wants to go fishing!
Song Tan felt a pang of sadness in his heart - the family was living frugally, wasn't it for them and their brother
But speaking of fishing rods…
Song Tan also discussed with his father: "Dad, if you can quit smoking, you can save one or two thousand yuan a year. Then I will give you another 2,000 yuan and we can buy a 4,000 yuan cigarette!"
Song Sancheng: …
He was silent for a moment. "You don't understand. Those who really know how to fish don't even look at the fishing rod. There's no need for a fishing rod worth thousands of dollars. This one I have now feels pretty good to me."
Well, it's a fishing rod and tobacco, and the tobacco is better!
It doesn't seem realistic to ask her father to quit smoking in such a short time.
Song Tan thought about it and simply took out his cell phone: "But Dad, you have worked hard during this period. It's just a fishing rod and a few wild vegetables! Whatever you want, you can pick it first!"
The sound of a car in the distance came closer and closer - the people delivering the fence had arrived.
…
After returning home, Wulan ordered the fungus strains from Song Youde - this should have been arranged long ago. However, since the humidity in the trees that were cut down some time ago was too high, they had to air-dry the tree trunks for a few days before drilling the holes.
It has just been officially planted.
Song Sancheng also smiled and said, "Those who came here are your grandparents. Chatting with them every day makes them feel much more energetic."
"All the elderly people in our village are here, except for two I didn't invite—ordinary people can't handle those two."
Song Tan knew which two they were.
One is the one who is well-known in their village for being unreasonable, the kind that even his own children can do nothing about.
A man who was so brave as to poison someone's livestock just to steal a pumpkin (unsuccessful attempt)...
In other words, people like this can be found everywhere, so we can only stay away from them.
Song Sancheng was speechless when he thought about it, so he just talked about another thing:
"But Tantan, we didn't mention the money at the beginning - they are old after all. If you talk about giving them money, and then they have a headache or fall down, their families will say that they have to pay compensation because they were hired, and we can't explain it clearly."
Even though they are all villagers, there are many unreasonable people in the village.
It’s still good this way. Wang Lifen called out in the village, asking anyone who wanted to come to come. Food and drink would be provided, and there would be people to chat with. For the lonely old people, this was enough to make them happy.
Not to mention that Song Sancheng also said that after the work was done, each person would carry two pieces of meat over, and everyone would work harder.
However, Song Sancheng was careful and discussed with Song Tan:
"But I'm thinking, when we grow so many things at home, and you don't allow us to use pesticides, isn't this what green and organic means? The price will definitely be expensive, right?"
That's a must.
Song Tan now sells wild vegetables at 20 yuan per catty, without wavering, in order to create this price advantage.
Song Sancheng has been in the village for many years, but his thoughts have become more and more thorough:
"I was thinking, if we are the only one who has this thing, and someone picks some, we can't say anything, right?"
This is how my hometown is, with pros and cons.
"Even if we don't pick them, the villagers might come to buy them. If we charge too much, they will say we are unkind. If we charge too little, it won't be appropriate either. Otherwise, when the work is done, we will give each of them a black fungus stick and a white fungus stick."
"Tan Tan, what do you think?"
Song Tan really hadn't thought of this - cultivators have formation plates or barriers when they farm, and no one would consider taking it from others!
Now she nodded repeatedly and gave Song Sancheng a thumbs up:
"Dad, it has to be you!"
Song Sancheng laughed proudly: "That's right! Your father has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice!"