Grandma also laughed:
"Oh, our Qiao Qiao is really good at talking! But your brother Yan Ping's words are just for show and not for effect. If you trick the girl into coming here, only to find out that he is lazy and good at eating and working, what can we do then?"
Zhang Yanping held the watermelon in his hands and just wanted to sigh at this moment.
How should I put it? He couldn't make it through this test today.
Fortunately, Watermelon finally saved him—
As soon as grandma ate the watermelon, she couldn't help but eat several more bites: "Tan Tan, the watermelons you grow are still the best. I couldn't help but eat too much when you gave me the last ones."
"Your grandpa is the same. If you don't let him eat more, he will hold it tightly and won't let go. Later I bought a few more, but none of them tasted like this."
Song Tan laughed out loud: "This is a new variety, grown with a special nutrient solution. Grandma, you have to live in my house and eat it whenever you want."
"I know," grandma now watches some short videos. "It's all high-tech now, all kinds of new varieties. I was watching Douyin the other day, and there were people growing some kind of egg fruit on the tree. I took a look and it cost 80 to 90 yuan per pound!"
Song Tan: … Grandma, the person you are talking about is a liar. He is not the same as us.
But how to defend it
She was speechless.
…
After all, grandma is old, and the melon is cold, so Song Tan didn't dare ask them to eat more. Each person ate two pieces, and the remaining plastic wrap was put back in the refrigerator.
It was only then that grandma reacted:
"What about the others?"
Qiao Qiao thought for a moment and said, "Mom went to the fields to pick vegetables and said she would cook a good meal for lunch. Uncle Seven went to the back mountain and said he wanted to pick a young pumpkin and come back to stir-fry it for lunch..."
"Dad and grandpa are cutting grass, drying and splitting grass now, they haven't come back yet. Grandma went to pick tea this morning and is helping now... And brother Wu Lei, he is helping to pick watermelons in the mountains, now we need a lot of watermelons every day!"
Qiao Qiao finished speaking in one breath, and then she was surprised to find: "Wow! We have so many family members!"
Such a hot day...
Grandma couldn't help but look up at the sun outside, and Song Tan quickly comforted her: "It's okay, Brother Wu Lei is wearing a hat, and there are many places in my peach forest that are shaded, so the sun is not that strong."
In fact, it's a hot day and no one is working at the moment.
It’s just that Wu Lei thought too much and was afraid that there would be new work arrangements when he returned, so he simply stayed in the mountains and didn’t move.
However, since this was her grandson who grew up in front of her, she still felt a little distressed. However, she knew that Wu Lei was not very good at doing things and was sent here specially, so she couldn't ask too much. She had to change the subject:
"Tan Tan, how do you sell these melons? Do you need to sell so many melons in one day?"
"You took it to the city to sell it yourself?"
"No." Song Tan explained with a smile.
Originally, she would transport the vegetables to the city to sell based on the orders placed via mobile phone. However, the weather was hot and lifting the vegetables became tiring, so she gave this job directly to the vegetable vendor Lao Zhao.
But this time he won’t be paid. He will be given 3 big watermelons for each delivery, whether he sells them or eats them himself.
Three big watermelons can be sold for more than a thousand yuan at most, the commission is really high!
But for Song Tan, there shouldn’t be too many watermelons at home!
Even so, although Old Zhao was initially blessed with his current happy life, he was still not very happy!
Not until he heard about the free watermelon deal did he reluctantly agree - apart from anything else, if he didn't do this job, he would have to spend hundreds of dollars every day to buy watermelons for himself!
Now, if I accept this agency selling job, I just need to drive the car one more time, and when the goods arrive, I don’t even have to unload the car, I can just deliver them on the spot.
He can sell two of the three big watermelons, and cut the remaining big one into several slices. He will give some to his parents and his parents-in-law, and everyone will be happy.
The beads on Lao Zhao's abacus clattered loudly, but he had no intention of expanding or becoming stronger.
In fact, if you find someone to wholesale watermelons, people will scramble for them at 20 yuan per pound. Even without Song Tan giving out a few extra watermelons, it is possible that he can raise the price.
After all, the quality of these watermelons has great potential in the high-end market.
However, the family’s trademarks and other things are not yet complete, and the brand is not ready to be launched now.
Although you may earn more money by selling wholesale to others, there is no guarantee that others will not be blinded by greed. Whether you sell at a sky-high price or sell inferior products to improve their quality, it will easily ruin your reputation.
The reason why I chose Lao Zhao is that he is enjoying his life now and has become lazy. He will not do anything inferior.
Nowadays, Lao Zhao comes to pick up vegetables in the morning and watermelons in the afternoon of the next day. He has work to do every day and his schedule is fully scheduled!
Grandma was confused by what she heard, and she only knew that her eldest grandson was now responsible for helping people load watermelons onto the truck...
Tan Tan said that it was only a few hundred melons a day. She thought, this isn't that hard, so she just does it.
But there was another thing that aroused her curiosity.
"Qiao Qiao, what did you just say about mowing the lawn?"
Grandma was curious: "Are you going to the garden to weed in this hot weather?"
"No." Qiao Qiao shook her head. "There's a field in my sister's new land that's full of rushes. Grandpa said we can make money by hiring someone to cut the rushes and weave them into mats."
Ouch.
My grandma and grandpa were also very envious:
"Your grandpa is in really good spirits. I guess this can sell for quite a bit of money, right?"
Song Tan smiled and said, "I'm sure you can make some money."
"But grandma, don't worry, you and grandpa. Grandpa told me to bring two bundles of grass over. You can make a straw mat for yourself at home."
"If you still have time, you can help him weave. He hires people to weave straw mats, and he pays them for each mat they weave!"
"What salary do you want?"
Grandpa shook his head and said, "It's just a side job, it's not difficult."
"That won't do."
Song Tan quickly shook his head. If one wanted to do the work of weaving straw mats carefully, one could only weave one mat a day, which was not that easy.
But for my grandfather, this is the best job and he would not do it without money.
not to mention…
"It's estimated to be more than 10,000 kilograms of grass. There will be a lot after drying. Do you want money? Grandpa is embarrassed to pay others."
She whispered, "You guys do it first. If the sales are good, I will expand the scale next year. Then grandpa can earn money at home. How great!"
Oh my! Can it really be sold
Grandma and grandpa were both happy.
Just... The old couple has lived in the countryside all their lives, and their savings have been saved from every penny they have. Now their total pension money is only a few tens of thousands of yuan.
But nowadays, it costs a lot of money to go to the hospital when you are sick. It is not unheard of in the village that someone has a dispute over the hospitalization of the elderly...
Money is a person’s courage.
If they can earn and save money, and can no longer work in the future, would they still be afraid of causing trouble to their children
No need!
Besides, if someone works every day at home and does nothing here, he will feel uncomfortable. Instead, he will feel comfortable if he has some work to do.