Framed at the beginning: Female educated youth forced to marry disabled military officer

I don’t know if it’s because I often eat things in the space, but my foot hurt faster than expected, but I can already walk normally. Every time she went to the market to buy vegetables, as long as they were grown in the space, she would secretly replace them with things in the space.

Gu Mengjie said that this is the reason why the simplest vegetables she stir-fries are delicious.

Thinking of this, Meng Xiaoman suddenly discovered that there were so many tropical fruits on the island, but she didn't even plant them in the space. So, she went to the market to look for fruit sellers and asked if there was any place selling fruit seedlings.

Old man Chen, who was selling fruit, asked her why she was buying fruit seedlings. Meng Xiaoman said she wanted to grow it and eat it herself.

"If you can't grow it yourself, you have to water and fertilize, prune branches, and catch insects. It takes so much effort, why not just spend a little money to buy the fruit and eat it." This little girl is white and tender, and you can see it at first sight. Not a working person. I think the fruit is delicious, but this kind of fruit tree also requires energy.

Meng Xiaoman knew that he was probably afraid that others would buy saplings and his fruit would be difficult to sell. "It doesn't matter, I will try planting it. If it doesn't work well, I will give up. Besides, it will take several years for this fruit tree to bear fruit. This In the meantime, I will still buy fruit frequently. If you sell me fruit trees, you can still earn two cents."

Old man Chen thought for a moment, and he realized that, like a mango tree, it takes three to seven years to bear fruit, assuming it can still be planted. So he agreed to take her to the orchard.

The orchard is on the other side of the island, which is mostly mountainous. There are large orchards of mango, longan, lemon, papaya, mangosteen, lychee, etc., as well as patches of dragon fruit trees and pineapple fields.

This was the first time Meng Xiaoman saw a dragon fruit tree. It looked like an oversized cactus and was covered with red dragon fruits.

Fishing and planting fruit trees are the two main sources of income for the islanders. Like seafood, most of the fruits here are shipped to Lushi for sale.

"What is this? Longan? There are a lot of them." There are strings of longan-like things on the tree, and there are a lot of them. There are even strings of fruits hanging on the branches.

Meng Xiaoman couldn't help but wonder if the whole tree would be packed with fruits if transplanted into a space. Just thinking about that scene makes me feel satisfied.

Old man Chen took a look at the tree and said, "This is a wood milk fruit. It's more delicious than longan." He picked a few for Meng Xiaoman to taste.

Sweet and sour, the flesh is plump and juicy, and has a richer taste than longan.

"Well, that's right. I want one of these fruit saplings too."

At this time, many fruit trees were ripe, and old man Chen was not stingy. When he saw which one she was interested in, he picked one for her to try. Therefore, before even shopping around, Meng Xiaoman was full from just eating the fruit.

As the two walked and chatted, Meng Xiaoman finally learned that Old Man Chen was the previous party secretary of the Yushan Brigade. He resigned because of his age and poor health, but he was not used to being idle at home, so he went out to set up a stall. , selling fruits at the market.

"The young people have to go out to sea to fish, and the women have to take care of the fruit trees. I am old, so I can only set up a stall and help the team sell fruits."

This orchard is the collective property of the team, and the money from the sale is the collective income.

"How's your income from selling fruits?" Meng Xiaoman took a look and saw that the people working in the fields were all wearing homespun cloth. I don't know whether it was because of the convenience of working or because of poor economic conditions.

"It depends on the weather. When the fruit is harvested, if the weather is good, you can harvest more. If there is a typhoon, the ripe fruits, no matter how good they are, will just fall to the ground and rot. Even if you finally harvest, When transported to the supply and marketing cooperative or processing factory, there will be a lot of damage on the road. Being a fruit farmer is difficult."

Old Chen sighed. When he said this, deep wrinkles gathered on his dark face. Meng Xiaoman suddenly thought of the period of drought in the Qinghe Brigade. The old man in the team also had the same look on his face.

Meng Xiaoman's heart was touched.

"When you shipped it, didn't you store it?" With the later packaging technology, fruits can be transported over long distances.

"Why didn't I wrap it up properly? I put it in a bamboo basket with hay inside. The fruit is just delicate. When it was squeezed on the road, everything underneath was broken." Old man Chen looked distressed. They were all members of the team. What I picked by hand ended up being broken and had to be thrown into the sea.

There is no such foam and inflatable plastic as in later generations, but Meng Xiaoman thought of another idea, which is the egg tray for later generations.

The materials used for the egg tray are very simple, and the production process is not difficult. It is just broken up sawdust, straw, waste paper, sugarcane bagasse, etc., mixed into a slurry of a certain concentration, and pressed with a mold.

Although she thought of this method, Meng Xiaoman didn't say it immediately. She wanted to go back and try it out, so as not to make Old Man Chen happy. If it could be done, making these molds the size of fruits and using them to hold fruits would definitely avoid transportation. Damage during the process.

Meng Xiaoman bought almost all the fruit trees in the orchard, and some even bought two. Although Old Man Chen was happy to be able to sell a lot of money, he was also worried that she would not be able to plant it. Also, now is not the best time to plant fruit trees.

"It's okay, I plan to plant these on the hillside near my home, so that it will be easier to eat fruits in the future."

The soil on wild hillsides is poor, and fruit trees may not grow well. Even though their orchards are also on mountains, these lands have been transformed by fertilization. But when Meng Xiaoman insisted, he didn't say much. He just sighed in his heart. After all, he was young and didn't know how to live. If he was too playful, he would waste money. In other words, men in the army can make money and can afford to support themselves.

If this was his daughter-in-law, he would have to say something. Old Chen shook his head and asked someone to dig fruit saplings for her.

Meng Xiaoman was wandering around in the orchard.

While wandering, I suddenly noticed a sapling that looked familiar, so I called a man digging the sapling, "Is this a durian tree?"

The man shook his head and said, "That thing can only be found on Nanhai Island. Even if we plant it here, it won't bear fruit."

After they left, Meng Xiaoman took another closer look. In her previous life, she traveled to Southeast Asia and saw a durian tree that looked very similar to this one. After thinking about it, she called Old Man Chen over to add the tree to the tree. .

"This tree? It's not from our garden." Meng Xiaoman took a look and found that it did grow outside the garden, but she didn't notice it.

"Besides, this is not a fruit tree. Judging from the age of the tree, it has been several years and I have never seen it bear fruit. It was originally going to be cut down. Since you want it, I will give it to you."

Old man Chen saw that it was difficult for a woman to buy so many trees for her family, so he asked someone to take them home for her. Meng Xiaoman didn't really want to plant all the trees on the mountain. He was afraid of being discovered, so he didn't send them to the place. He sent them to a remote place halfway, saying that someone would come to pick them up, and sent them back.

After everyone had left, she collected the saplings into the space.

After returning home, she made a simple meal. After eating, Meng Xiaoman took her straw hat and shovel to the hillside behind the family area. Now that I’ve said that, I still have to plant a few trees to show off.

She took out two saplings from each space and started digging holes.

"What are you doing?"

Meng Xiaoman was digging a hole when he suddenly heard a woman ask.

She looks demure, speaks softly and softly, and has a pair of big eyes, especially watery. When she looks at people, she is particularly charming.

"Plant some fruit trees." Meng Xiaoman stopped what she was doing and talked to her.