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During the busy and joyous Chinese New Year, I was finally able to relax on the tenth day of the lunar new year. The sun was just right, and the wind stopped. Sitting in the sun, squinting your eyes to feel the warmth of winter, the whole person His soul was about to fly away lightly.

In the small courtyard of the Qin family, a small square table was placed not far from the saponin tree. Four people sat on a deck of cards. Grandpa Qin, old man Chen, Qin Mancang, and Qin Jiu sat on one side, fighting the landlord.On the table is a large plate of unshelled walnuts, which is the winner.

But it's not that simple. Every time a game is lost, the loser has to give three walnuts to each of the other three parties, which have to be peeled.So the four people on the table all have helpers. Because there are not enough people, old man Chen specially called Grandpa Kong over to help him.

Peeling walnuts is troublesome enough, and everyone racks their brains to win so that their partners don't have to shell the walnuts.

Qin Mancang won this round immediately, he held two aces in his hand, and it happened to be his turn to take the next card, Qin Jiu obviously didn't want him to win so easily, so he gave Grandpa Qin a wink, Grandpa Qin coughed and coughed twice after receiving the hint, and said casually: "The storehouse is full, this year is coming to an end, what are you planning to do this year?"

Qin Mancang, who was about to play his cards, was silent for a while when he heard this. He has been thinking about this problem recently, but he has not come up with any solution. Their place is not rich, and their ancestors have been farming for generations. Tian still eats the crops in the field, but there is no money left from farming, and he is worried about going out to work, and he does not want to work after thinking about it.Now that he heard this, he forgot to play the cards, so he could only reply: "I haven't thought about it yet."

As soon as the words fell, the old man Chen shouted: "2, come here, we won, peel the walnuts quickly." After speaking, he burst out laughing.

Qin Mancang looked down, only to realize that his hand had loosened for some reason just now, and he had missed a card. He immediately realized that he was being bullied by United. Just as he was about to make a theory, old man Chen stopped him his mouth.

"Let me make a note for you kid. Let's go to the market tomorrow. I'll take you with me. If it doesn't work then, I'll peel a pound of walnuts for you."

Qin Mancang couldn't really let him peel a catty of walnut kernels out. The old man had a good idea and a smart head. If he dared to say that, it meant that he had already figured out a way out.

The others also became curious, stopped playing cards, and chased the old man to ask questions. When he was annoyed by the question, the old man said, "Oh, you will know in two days, and you have to wait and see if it succeeds or not."

The next day, Qin Mancang followed old man Chen to their largest market. Qin Mancang's legs and feet were not good yet, and he couldn't walk fast. It happened that old man Chen was also limping, and the two walked together just now. Well, we walked slowly all the way to the market.

At this time, Qin Mancang didn't know why he was called here. The fifteenth day was not over yet, and there were not many people going out to work. The market was very lively, there were many things for sale, and there were many people. The two walked from the south side of the street to the north side, old man Chen asked him: "What did you see?"

"There are many people, but there are also many things." Qin Mancang said what he saw.

"Think again."

Frowning and thinking about the purpose of coming today, he hesitated: "Do you mean to let me come here to set up a stall? But there are only a lot of people these few days. After the end of the year, the servants are gone, who else are you going to sell to?"

Old man Chen shook his head, and asked Qin Mancang to buy a catty of bamboo shoots, a catty of green vegetables, a catty of tomatoes, and a catty of cucumbers.

Although he hadn't figured out what the old man meant, Qin Mancang followed suit, and returned from the crowded crowd with these few things in 10 minutes.

Before the people arrived, the voice came, "This dish is getting more and more expensive, and it couldn't be sold before. Who doesn't grow some by themselves, don't tell me it's not easy to eat tomatoes and cucumbers now." Qin Mancang held his hand Put the vegetables in the pot on the stone pier by the side of the road, took out a tomato, wiped it and ate it.

Old man Chen was so angry that he wanted to hit him: "Have you figured it out?"

"I'm just kidding you, don't be angry, don't be angry, is this really okay? I don't know what to do." Qin Mancang got serious after putting away his joking thoughts.

"In the past two days, let's run around and see more, understand and understand, and you can make a decision."

After returning home, several people held a small meeting and talked about this matter.

"Growing greenhouse vegetables?" Grandpa Qin repeated.

"Yes, it will definitely work when it is done in greenhouses. Our economy is still far behind. Selling vegetables in the south is a very common thing, but here we have only just started in the past two years. In winter, cabbage is the only thing we eat. Radishes, shallots and other vegetables.” Recalling what he saw when he returned to his hometown last year, old man Chen said what he was thinking, and pointed to the vegetables he had just bought on the table: “These kinds of things, last winter Have it?"

The others shook their heads.

"What's that for?"

"Then do it, but I have a question, why didn't you say it at the beginning, and let me go to buy vegetables before you say it?" Qin Mancang asked.

"I have to let you discover business opportunities by yourself, and it is necessary to understand the market situation, so that you can make a decision. In the next two days, let's go to a few nearby markets a few more times, that's all right, you guys think about it again. Think, I'll go to sleep first." After speaking, old man Chen walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Dad, I think it's okay. We order so many vegetables in the school cafeteria every day from the farmers' homes on the street. Only a lot of families will be enough." After thinking about the needs of the school, Qin Jiu supported this idea.

"Okay, let's make a decision like this first, and I'll look at it in a few days." Qin Mancang made a final decision.

"We two old people don't have much use for anything else, just growing vegetables can't trouble us. Our family has opened a greenhouse before, but it's just a small business. We just grow some seasonal eggplants and tomatoes for sale, and it doesn't bother us." It’s been against the season.” Grandma Qin thinks they can provide technical support.

Now, the idea is there, and the technical aspect is not a problem, and the rest has to be put into practice.

Things are always thought to be difficult, but when you have decided on the direction, it is also very fast.Qin Mancang went to the market a few more times, and even went to the vegetable market and supermarket in the city while checking his legs. The more he looked, the more determined he was to grow vegetables in greenhouses.

Now that we have decided to do it, there are more things to consider. First of all, we have to experiment first. The location is chosen in the field on the left side of the north-south dam in front of our house. There is a river next to it, which is close to the water source. The house is not far away, so watering and so on will be enough to pull the wires from the house.

The rest is to consider the materials needed to build the greenhouse. Just ask Dad about this. Qin Mancang ticked the back of this line, and the remaining vegetables are on the top. Since it is an out-of-season vegetable, eggplant , tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, and loofahs. These are normally harvested in June and July. Off-season planting can extend the harvest period.

Qin Mancang was full of energy, and wished he could carry the bamboo poles to build a greenhouse now, and was calmed down by what Ji Qingluo said.

In the past few days, Qin Mancang has been thinking about this matter. Ji Qingluo is happy to see that he is so caring, but it is a bit inappropriate to find someone to build a greenhouse now. The person at the table said: "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month hasn't passed yet, so you can wait until the end of the new year."

"Hey, I forgot about it when I got excited." After saying that, he closed his planner, got up and helped his wife move the quilt outside, and said, "We'll talk about it after the New Year."

The weather has been strong recently, and it will be warm when you take the quilt out to bask in the sun and fall asleep. Thinking that tomorrow will be the fifteenth day, Ji Qingluo reminded him: "Have you made lanterns for them?"

"As soon as you said it, I remembered another thing. The last time Yao Xiaonian met me, he said that he made some lanterns and sent them to us. I might as well ask Xiao Jiu and Zao'er to get them." After speaking, he shouted Two people came out and asked them to get the lantern.

The two of them got the task and set off. Before noon, when they went out, Qin Zao followed suit. Both of them put their hands into their sleeves to keep warm. They walked happily, laughing at each other for being such a little old man.

Qin Jiu didn't go to Uncle Yao's house very much in the past year, and it was usually Uncle Yao who came to their house, so he didn't know him very well.

There are many newly built houses along the way. Fortunately, the avenue has not changed. The poplar trees on both sides of the road are still like loyal guards, defending this avenue for an unknown number of years.

Qin Jiu stretched out his hand to grab Qin Jiu's hand, and when he was held by his brother and put it in his pocket, he asked, "Can we find a place?"

Just at this moment, when we got out of the boundary of the dam, Qin Jiu looked at the endless sidewalk in front of him, and pointed to the tall poplar trees on both sides of the road: "Follow their guidance and you will find it."

Following his brother's hand, Qin Zao looked over. The poplar trees on both sides of the road were bare, with straight and thick trunks. There was no wind today, and the branches did not move. With the warm winter sun, the branches radiated bright white light.

The two of them walked on the pavement with poplar trees under the gradually warming sunlight. The difference was that the two of them were holding hands firmly, even when they reached the destination they were going to.