"Boss Cao, what price are you going to sell it for?" Zuo Le was very curious.

Cao Shujie smiled and said nothing.

In a buying and selling transaction, it is easy for the seller to become passive if he bids first. How could he make such a stupid mistake?

Zuo Le also guessed what Cao Shujie was thinking, so he didn't bid.

The strawberries are not ripe yet, so there is no rush.

As for the final bid, Zuo Le had an idea, as long as the strawberries grown by Cao Shujie were delicious, otherwise nothing would happen.

The two people crossed the strawberry planting area and continued north. Zuo Le saw the cattle raised by Cao Shujie and a group of calves running back and forth in the fence. He was surprised: "Boss Cao still raises so many cows?"

When I came here last time, I saw Cao Shujie raising cattle, but there were only a few dozen cattle, but the group in front of me had at least 100 cattle. These are two different concepts.

Cao Shujie said: "I happen to have a place and time, so I'll keep it and play with it."

He said it very casually, as if he was just planting an orchard and raising a few cows at the same time.

Zuo Le didn't know much about cattle, and he didn't express an opinion.

I sniffed carefully with my nose, and there was a little smell, but it was okay and didn't affect me.

"Boss Cao is really good at playing." Zuo Le was truly envious.

But Cao Shujie said with a smile: "What's going on now? You can watch it when the fruits over there mature. It will be more lively then."

Cao Shujie took the initiative to bring up this matter, and Zuo Le was also looking forward to it. He asked: "Will it take another two years?"

"If it's fast, it will bear fruit next year, if it's slow, it will be the year after that. But even if it starts to bear fruit next year, the overall output will definitely not be too high." Cao Shujie said a bit perfunctorily.

But Zuo Le didn't care. He thought that he would come over early next year to see the situation, and then discuss the purchase of fruit with Boss Cao.

When coming down from the mountain, Cao Shujie happened to see his grandfather and Mengmeng riding a children's bicycle coming from the west. Grandpa was holding a red cloth rope in his hand, and the other end of the rope was tied to the handlebar of Mengmeng's children's bicycle.

On the pillar.

"Grandpa, I'm so tired." Mengmeng held the handlebars with both hands, put her feet on the pedals, and played with them backwards, as if listening to the "squeaking" sound of the chain transmission. She just relied on Cao Zhenghu to pull the rope.

Pull her forward.

Cao Zhenghu said to her with a smile: "Mengmeng, who told you to ride so fast just now? Now you know you feel uncomfortable."

But for Mengmeng, there is no discomfort. She is still very proud: "Grandpa, I am so happy."

"What are you happy about?"

"They all brought me delicious food and toys, and I changed to bicycles to ride on, hehe!" Mengmeng chuckled, a bit like a conspiracy had succeeded.

Hearing what his great-granddaughter said, Cao Zhenghu burst into laughter.

In order to be able to ride their bikes for a while, those little guys brought out all the snacks bought for them at home for Mengmeng to eat and toys for Mengmeng to play with. He wanted to laugh just thinking about it.

Mengmeng now doesn't have to pedal, so she has free time to look around.

When she turned to look up the mountain, she happened to find her father walking down the slope road from the mountain. There was a fat man next to him. She waved happily and shouted: "Dad!"

Cao Zhenghu turned around and saw his great-grandson's daughter with both hands on the handlebars. He was frightened: "Little ancestor, please take it easy."

Fearing that Mengmeng would fall off the bicycle, he quickly walked to Mengmeng and watched her.

Mengmeng pointed to the sloping road up the mountain and shouted: "Grandpa, look, daddy, that's daddy."

Cao Zhenghu had already seen his grandson now. Looking at the strangers around him, he knew without even thinking that his grandson was busy with something.

"Grandpa, Mengmeng." Cao Shujie walked towards them.

Zuo Le was a few years older than Cao Shujie. When he saw Cao Zhenghu, he also called him grandpa.

"Hello, go sit at home and have a cup of tea." Cao Zhenghu said to Zuo Le.

As soon as Cao Shujie walked up to him, Mengmeng stretched out his hands: "Dad, give me a hug!"

He picked up his daughter from the children's bicycle and asked, "Grandpa, where are you going?"

"Where else can we go? Let's go to where we lived before. There are a few children of the same age there who don't go to school. Mengmeng had to ride a bicycle to play with them." Cao Zhenghu looked at his great-granddaughter with a face full of doting.

drown.

After Cao Shujie introduced Zuo Le, he said to his daughter: "Mengmeng, please call me uncle."

"Uncle." Mengmeng shouted obediently.

This uncle made Zuo Le so happy that he couldn't help but say, "Mengmeng, do you remember uncle? I bought you milk and a lot of delicious food."

"Wow!" Mengmeng smiled happily.

What could such a smart person like Mengmeng say? She nodded: "Remember."

The word "remember" made Zuo Le very happy.

They returned home together, and Cheng Xiaolin was preparing to wash Mengmeng's clothes. When she saw them coming back, she put all the clothes in the basin into the washing machine and set it to automatic cleaning.

After Mengmeng saw her mother, she ran over directly: "Mom, let me tell you, I am amazing today, and I..."

Mengmeng began to talk about her great achievements.

Cao Shujie helped his grandfather into the living room and sat down. He took the pot and brewed a new pot of tea, drinking tea and chatting with his grandfather.

Zuo Le traveled all over the country and was well-informed. He talked about the different customs and customs in various regions and what he saw and heard along the way. Even Cao Shujie admired his ability to "travel thousands of miles" and envied him for being able to see so many different scenery.

After Cheng Xiaolin watched the washing machine run automatically, she went to the kitchen to cook. Cao Shujie also brought out the good wine at home to entertain Zuo Le.

While eating vegetables and drinking, Cao Shujie asked Zuo Le about the batch of apples he purchased last year.

"Boss Zuo, how are my batch of apples doing in the market?" Cao Shujie was curious. He wanted to see if anyone in the market would buy it.

As soon as Cao Shujie finished speaking, Zuo Le said: "Boss Cao, I took your batch of original apple boxes to the provincial capital, and then from the provincial capital to the capital city. Hey, guess what?"

"A big hit?" Cao Shujie guessed.

Looking at Zuo Le's expression, one knew that this answer was unnecessary.

Sure enough, Zuo Le stretched out a finger and said, "I'm going to sell an apple for 10 yuan."

Just after he finished speaking, he added: "Don't worry, Boss Cao, I didn't tear off the trademark paper affixed to Apple."

He then shook his head and sighed: "How should I put it? There are still a lot of rich people in this world. As long as your stuff is really good, even if it's a bit more expensive, there will be people willing to pay for it."

"You are like this strawberry. During the Chinese New Year, the better ones cost more than 20 yuan per catty. Now they cost 17 or 18 yuan. Is it expensive?" Zuo Le asked him. Before Cao Shujie could speak, he asked

Then he took the initiative and said: "It's very expensive, but no matter how expensive it is, people will buy it."

"The premise is that your stuff is really good." Zuo Le said.

Cao Shujie also understands this truth, but he cannot sell his products to anywhere in the country or even the world like Zuo Le, so for him, giving some of the products to Zuo Le to sell is not a good thing for him.

It has no impact, and it can also invisibly expand the popularity of his products.

Zuo Le continued: "Boss Cao, I can guarantee you that as long as your strawberries reach the standard level, I will definitely give you a satisfactory price."

Cao Shujie smiled and waved his hand, but did not answer.

It's already the end of February, and it's only about a month until the strawberries bear fruit, so some work can already be prepared in advance.

Zuo Le came suddenly and left quickly.

Cao Shujie originally wanted him to stay for two more days, but Zuo Le said that he had other things to do. Early the next morning, he sobered up, had some breakfast, and drove away.

Cao Shujie didn't know where he was going, but he knew that Zuo Le must have gone to dump the fruit.

At the end of February, Cao Shujie walked up the mountain with money in his black handbag.

After arriving here, he called Cao Shuchao, Zhu Shengliang and Zhuang Xuesong into the small house in the orchard. February was about to end. According to the usual rules, wages should be paid today.

Cao Shuchao, Zhu Shengliang and Zhuang Xuesong were all very excited.

Because for Cao Shuchao and Zhu Shengliang, their February wages were a lot more than before. They couldn't calculate the exact amount.

February 1st was the time when Cao Shujie purchased 136 calves. Starting from February 1st, Cao Shuchao and Zhu Shengliang worked the night shift. From this time on, their extra day and night shifts were counted as two days' wages. In addition, they also worked the night shift.

Additional 10 yuan night shift allowance.

Cao Shujie didn't care what they were thinking at this moment. He took out a piece of paper and started reading according to the data recorded on the paper.

"Cao Shuchao worked 29 days, 12 night shifts, with a total salary of 2,255 yuan, night shift subsidy of 120 yuan, bonus of 220 yuan, and actual income of 2,595 yuan."

After finishing reading, Cao Shujie started to count the money and was given exactly 2,595 yuan. He was not too ambitious to collect enough 2,600 yuan.

Regardless of where Cao Shuchao was in a daze, Cao Shujie continued to read: "Zhu Shengliang, worked 29 days, 11 night shifts, full salary of 2,200 yuan, night shift subsidy of 110 yuan, bonus of 220 yuan, actual income of 2,530 yuan."

Zhu Shengliang was a little confused. He still remembered that he came here on the last day of last month and received a salary of 55 yuan, but he never expected that his actual income this month would be 2,530 yuan.

Although not as much as Cao Shuchao, he was not jealous at all. He even thought about finding time to buy something and go to Cao Shuchao's house to sit there.

If it weren't for Cao Shuchao, he would never have had a chance at this job.

Overall, this income is still less than working outside, but the problem is that Zhu Shengliang knows very well that if he goes outside, he needs to pay for rent and food, and the actual money saved every month is not much different from this amount.

If you have a lot of entertainment or other needs for extra consumption, the remaining money may not be as much as this.

But now, excluding the night shift, he can go home and have a hot meal every day, and he can immediately help with anything at home, which is far beyond what he can do when he goes out to work.

At this moment, he really wanted to tell himself that he had no regrets!
To be continued...