when she became "he"

The work of the farmers is never finished. After harvesting the rice, they harvest peanuts. Some people even start a new round of planting shortly after harvesting the rice. They promised that they could not get it because they saw the villagers harvesting the rice. It is clear what season it is. In fact, the autumn harvest in city r is different from what most people think. This is an area close to the tropics, and the crops are grown three times a year.

Like now, the villagers harvest a season of spring rice in June and July, and immediately sow the seeds. In October and November, they can harvest another season of autumn rice. After the winter, they can plant some other crops after harvesting the rice. Crops that do not require so much temperature, such as potatoes, are potatoes, and they can be harvested before Qingming after they are planted.

During this period, fertilization, weeding, irrigation, and water release are too many odd jobs to count, so there is no free time throughout the year, and at most there are less busy times, which is commonly known as the "farming slack period".

Following Zhang Xiujuan picking peanuts under the shade of the tree, Xu Nuo looked at the lychees hanging down almost on the top of his head, and asked Zhang Xiujuan strangely: "Mum, why don't you sell the lychees at home if you can't finish them?"

He has seen lychees in supermarkets before, and there are ridiculously expensive hundreds of yuan a catty, and even ordinary ones cost at least a dozen or twenty yuan per catty. The lychees in this house are at least a few hundred catties when they are completely picked from the trees. That could sell for thousands of dollars.

"It costs three or two cents a catty, and it's not easy to sell. Whoever has the spare time to sell it there, can't do the work during the busy farming season, even if it sells for a few catties, it won't be worth it."

"Why is it so cheap?" Xu Nuo was shocked.

"What's so strange about this is that everyone has them in their homes. Who would spend money to buy them? Even if they don't grow them, there are many lychees here. There are more people selling lychees and fewer people buying them, so it is naturally cheaper. Now, isn't this what you told me last time, what is the demand for?" Zhang Xiujuan turned her head and asked him.

"Supply exceeds demand!" Xu Nuo replied subconsciously.

Zhang Xiujuan clapped her hands: "Yes, that's it! Our Dawen has read books, but we are different, and we speak different things."

Xu Nuo smiled, lowered his head, a little guilty, he knew that the word just now was said by Zhao Wenwen to Zhang Xiujuan, not him.

But Zhang Xiujuan's words also made him realize that he was still too naive, thinking that he could make money casually. Although he knew that this city was different from his previous city, he hadn't really realized the regional gap between the two. Just like this lychee, it is a rare item in their place, but here it is something that others can throw away at will without being reprimanded for wasting it.

Xu Nuo wanted to know more, so he continued to ask: "Mum, how much do these longan and bananas cost per catty?"

Sitting here is boring, Zhang Xiujuan is also willing to talk to her son more, and replied: "Longan is more expensive. It costs four or five yuan when it first came out, and it becomes cheaper later. It only costs one star anise. Bananas are all bought directly by others." Those who came to buy it only cost three to five cents a catty, and if there was a typhoon, they would not be able to get it back."

Xu Nuo was amazed at such a cheap price at first, and then couldn't help frowning when he heard that the bananas could not be recovered in a typhoon. He has seen how hard the farmers are in Zhaojia Village for more than half a month. It's too miserable to plant bananas so hard, not to mention how much you can earn, and you can't even get back the money.

These unscrupulous capitalists collected thirty or fifty cents here and headed north in one bus.The price difference is earned dozens of times. It is really a black-hearted businessman who exploits the surplus value of the working people.Xu Nuo couldn't help feeling grievances for the villagers in his heart, completely forgetting that he was also a member of the capitalists before, and he was a big capitalist at that.

In this way, there is no way to make money growing fruits here, unless there are fixed sales channels: "Mum, why don't you sell them directly in the city? I heard people say that the fruits in the city are very expensive. Even wholesale is a few dollars."

Zhang Xiujuan took all the picked peanuts out to dry, and then answered him when she came back: "What do you take? I don't have a car, and the road out of the village is difficult. Even if I go to the city and don't know anyone, who can I wholesale it to?" , I heard that car oil is very expensive, and the money sold later will not be enough to cover the fare.”

Hearing Zhang Xiujuan's words, Xu Nuo lowered his head in frustration. He really thought too simply, and the villagers are not idiots.

It is said that "to get rich, build roads first", the road in Zhaojia Village alone has hindered the development. Didn't the news say that every village in the country was connected as early as 20##?Why is there no sign of a road here?

What Zhang Xiujuan said is correct, even in the city, people have fixed sources of goods and supply channels, they can only be killed if they go rashly, so what is the difference from others buying at a low price!

Why is Dawen suddenly interested in these things?

Looking at her frustrated son with his head down, Zhang Xiujuan felt a little worried. Could it be that she was really hit by the college entrance examination, and she didn't want to study anymore, and wanted to learn how to do business like others?

Zhang Xiujuan was actually in a dilemma. She was not sure whether to let her son continue to study. After all, it was really a costly thing, but if Dawen was not allowed to study, it would be a waste of money for him to do business like others. work, their family couldn't come up with money for him to squander, thinking about it, a little more sadness appeared on her face.

Xu Nuo lowered his head to pick peanuts, completely unaware that Zhang Xiujuan's mind had changed a few times because of his few words, he just suddenly realized that no matter how many people praised him for being smart before, no matter whether he was able to finance at a young age Game, here he is a child who can't do anything, he can't even improve the life of the Zhao family in the simplest way. Just a rural teenager who failed the college entrance examination.

I don’t know Zhang Xiujuan’s thoughtful promise to pick peanuts seriously, and when it’s getting dark, she and Zhang Xiujuan will pack up the peanuts that have been dried during the day, and wait for the sun to come out tomorrow and continue to dry them. After making the promise, go back and feed the chickens Now there is not much millet for them to eat outside, so I still have to feed a little at night.

Zhang Xiujuan came back after picking the vegetables, and promised to help wash the vegetables, but she refused. There are two things Zhang Xiujuan usually does not let Xu promise to do in this house, one is washing clothes, and the other is washing vegetables and cooking. In her words, these things are done by women (girls). Apparently, Zhao Dazhu thinks so too. He promises that he has never encountered these two things in this family for so long, or that the village is full of In this way, he has seen many girls washing and cooking, and boys playing outside.

Xu Nuo didn't know how to evaluate this matter, and he couldn't say what about those parents. After all, this was the case for a hundred miles around, and even those girls didn't think there was anything wrong. Maybe they didn't want to at first, but after listening to many "You are a girl, you should (want to)...", it will become a habit after a long time.

Dinner is two green vegetables and a plate of fried eggs. Fried eggs are fried eggs and leeks. This is a relatively good meal in the Zhao family. Xu Nuo ate dinner quietly, but not long after, he found Zhao Dazhu and Zhang Xiujuan Always looked at him with complicated eyes from time to time.

There was a "thud" in his heart, was he recognized?

Xu Nuo remembered that she asked Zhang Xiujuan a lot of questions today. As Zhao Wenwen, he shouldn't be ignorant of those things. Could it be that she was suspicious?

Xu Nuo felt that the food in the bowl seemed to be tasteless, his heart was pounding, and cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead. If that was the case, what should he do?Do you want to tell them the truth?

"Dawen!" Zhao Dazhu said.

At this moment, Xu Nuo's heartbeat seemed to have stopped, his mind was empty, and he held his breath waiting for his next sentence.

"Do you still want to study?" Zhao Dazhu then asked.

call!

Xu Nuo let out a long breath, only then did he feel his heart beating again, he moved a bit, only then did he realize that the clothes on his back were all soaked.

At this time, Zhang Xiujuan also asked: "Yes, Dawen, I see that you have been asking about those things this afternoon, do you... Do you want to learn how to do business like others?"

What business?

Xu Nuo was dumbfounded by Zhang Xiujuan's question before he recovered from the shock just now.

However, Zhao Dazhu and the others thought his silence was tacit agreement.

Zhao Dazhu's simple and honest face flashed a trace of worry, but in the end he said to him: "If you really want to insist, Dad will not object, the family still has 3000 yuan in savings, and if you sell the millet and peanuts harvested this year, you can get 1000 yuan. A lot, I will find someone to borrow some more, and I should be able to make up about [-], but it is really impossible..."

"Wait!" Xu Nuo interrupted Zhao Dazhu, "Abba, what are you talking about?" He was confused.

Zhang Xiujuan explained the matter.

Xu Nuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this: "Mum, you're thinking too much, I didn't mean that, I just asked casually."

When Zhang Xiujuan heard that she had made a mistake, she smiled embarrassedly, but then she asked again: "Then Dawen, have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"

"Your mother is right. Even if you don't do business, you should think about what to do in the future. Dad doesn't know what to say, but after studying for so many years, you can no longer follow Dad to farm. Think of other ways out."

Promised to be silent.

What are you going to do next?

Yes, he always needs to find something to do. It is impossible to stay at home forever and let his two parents support him. He obviously can’t do farming. It’s okay to help, if he is like Zhao Dazhu and Zhang Xiujuan He couldn't stand being so tired every day.

But what can you do without farming?Where he is now, the most people around him are farming or working in Guangdong, but neither of them is what he wants.

After a long time, Xu Nuo raised his head.

"Father, I want to continue studying!"