Song Tan raised his eyebrows and looked over with a clear gaze. Zhang Yanping felt that this familiar good-tempered cousin in front of him had not only changed her personality, but even her eyes seemed to have insight.
But soon, Song Tan showed a very tolerant smile on his face:
"Brother Yanping, do you have any recommendations?"
Zhang Yanping felt a little unnatural.
There are many options for plants with thorns that can be used as protective walls. However, Zhang Yanping's comprehensive ranking first excluded a series of plants that can be found in most nurseries, such as wolfberry and sea buckthorn.
Of course, in terms of protective power alone, these plants are indeed not as good as golden cherry.
This thing looks completely unreasonable, with big and small thorns all over its body, and hairy thorns all over its body.
From leaves to fruits, nothing is innocent.
The most important thing is that its branches are flexible and long, the vines are entangled together, and the old branches are very strong. It is not short!
If it grows into a protective layer, it will be so high and thick that you can't even tear it apart with a pair of scissors.
If someone can get into this, he will be truly a warrior, and his recommendation is not random.
But now his little cousin seemed to understand everything, which made him feel a little embarrassed for being so shameless.
However, this did not affect his thoughts:
"You see, it's hard to find a golden rose nursery, right? But I, your humble cousin, just happen to know such a nursery."
When you get closer, Zhang Yanping's white and round face looks particularly sincere.
"But, Tantan, look, this is also a skill for me, your cousin, right? Don't be like my mom and think that I'm just fooling around."
"I am a relative of mine. I don't want your agency fee. Just ask me to stay in my hometown and enjoy good food and drink during this period of time - except for working in the fields."
Song Tan also smiled: "Brother Yan Ping, if it were normal times, I would definitely agree to you. But don't forget, you have returned to the village to be sent to labor reform."
"If you don't work, you won't be able to stay here for a few days, because Auntie will definitely think you are delaying our work."
Look at Brother Yanping, how strong he is! It is such a waste not to use the hoe.
Song Tan also patiently persuaded:
"Cousin, there is no heavy labor in our house right now, only menial tasks."
This is true. The next steps are to breed tea, pick vegetables, and dig ditches to pick tea.
Oh, I have to dig a hole to plant golden berries, feed the pigs, chickens and ducks, and educate the puppy.
Generally speaking, these jobs are much easier than digging mountains.
Song Tan mainly wants to proceed step by step.
Dig ditches in the fields today, plant golden berries in the mountains tomorrow, and then go to the fields to plant rice seedlings... It’s not too much, right
Her voice is even more alluring:
"You go home, and your aunt dislikes you every day. It's obvious that you found the channel for imported fruits at home, but she still thinks you are just eating for free. Do you feel wronged?"
It’s not that my aunt and uncle are harsh on their son. It’s mainly because people of their generation think that as long as you don’t work hard, your path is not right.
As for finding a channel to import fruits... What channel? The purchase price is so expensive! If the market was not so hot, the couple who are too honest would not dare to try it.
"But it's different here. My mother likes you, you just need a little help, and the treatment you receive at home is absolutely first-class!"
"Besides, you know how delicious the vegetables in my field are. If I move a little, I can get three bowls of delicious food like this. Isn't it worth it?"
Zhang Yanping opened his mouth, but ended up being speechless.
He knew in his heart that if he didn't work every day at his aunt's house, not only his own mother, but also his aunt's family would be unable to cope with it, after all, they were really busy.
After thinking for a long time, he said, "Qiao Qiao said there are some purslane buns at home. Heat two more for me. They are delicious. I will contact the nursery for you later."
After thinking for a while, he said, "Tan Tan, actually this thing can be propagated by cuttings, or you can sow seeds. It is very easy to grow. If you are not in a hurry to protect the forest, go to the wild in this weather and find a tree, propagate it by cuttings in sections, and it will be almost ready in two or three years."
Song Tan was also helpless - cuttings could work, but even if she used her spiritual energy to stimulate growth, it wouldn't be possible for the plants to grow fully all at once, right
"It's urgent. The chestnut forest is far away and the area is large, almost four acres, with more than 500 chestnut trees."
This is not considered big in the local area, because if you look around, there are many chestnut forests that are larger than this one on the rolling hills.
However, as time goes by, many farmers no longer rely on this for their livelihood, and everyone's attitude towards chestnuts has become more perfunctory.
Some were cut down, and some were left but not taken care of much.
In Song Tan's memory, when she was a child, whenever the chestnuts were about to mature, she would often go up the mountain to keep an eye on them to prevent anyone from stealing them.
But now, once you are mature, you are mature, and no one will take a second look at you.
If someone comes to the town to buy them, I'll pick some chestnuts to sell. If there's no one, that's fine.
After all, there are not many strong laborers in every household.
Many people who are able to work have already packed their bags and gone to work during the chestnut ripening season.
There is not even fertilizer in the forest. It is really difficult for farmers to make money and they are powerless.
"Now we don't have the manpower to take care of it day and night. Black fungus and white fungus only occupy a part of the forest. We will have to plant some other plants later. Who has the time to wait for the golden cherry to grow? Let's buy mature plants first."
Zhang Yanping frowned: "If it can grow in one year, it will probably take three to five years to grow into a large seedling - the price is not low."
"Especially if you want the original species with thorns, most of the species cultivated in large-scale planting are thornless."
"That's about fifteen dollars a tree. How many do you want?"
Song Tan thought about the boundary of the chestnut forest. With the spiritual energy, the mature plants could be planted more sparsely. There would be two layers of fence inside and outside, with one plant every two meters in each layer.
"Two hundred in total will be enough."
Zhang Yanping pondered for a while and said hesitantly: "Tan Tan, you have invested a lot in farming this time. Do you plan to continue doing it?"
He didn't believe Song Tan's trick to his mother, saying that he would rest at home for a while and plant some crops...
Song Tan nodded:
"Brother Yanping, don't worry about the money. I've been selling vegetables every day recently. The Chinese purple vetch you ate today is 20 yuan per pound."
All the money from selling wild vegetables was used to buy this pickup truck. I have been selling astragalus for several days and earned another ten or twenty thousand yuan.
Next, with the addition of out-of-town and bulk transactions, it will be no problem to continue to earn another 30,000 yuan.
Although Song Tan has a lot of things to arrange, his overall investment has actually been gradually paying off.
Not to mention tea! This season's spring tea is enough for their family to make money.
Zhang Yanping was not surprised by the twenty yuan vegetables, nor did he think Song Tan should not come back to farm. Instead, he nodded:
"It's worth the price. Just make a plan in mind."
Then he picked up the phone without hesitation: "I'll help you contact Miao Nursery now."
"By the way, please heat up two of those purslane buns for me."