Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

Chapter 233

Just entering the early summer season, the small hill contracted by Gu Mingdong became lively.

The loquat tree has always been emerald green, and the small blue fruits are hidden among the green leaves of the "loquat". It is not until April and May that the golden fruits show their true bodies.

This batch of loquat trees is not too tall, and Gu Mingdong can easily pick the highest loquats while standing.

Each loquat is the size of an egg. I took it off and wiped it with my hands. With a light tear, the ultra-thin skin was pulled away, revealing the golden flesh inside.

Looking at it under the sun, the golden flesh is somewhat crystal clear, like a fine gemstone, which makes people reluctant to destroy it.

Gu Mingdong didn't think so, he took a sip, and the rich juice of the loquat burst in his mouth, and the unique fragrance permeated the whole mouth, with endless aftertaste.

Different from other fruits, loquats are golden-yellow when ripe, and feel heavy to the touch, but in fact, the taste is soft after one bite.

The fruit saplings given by Professor Hong were of high quality. The loquat meat was multi-core and small. Gu Mingdong picked another one, peeled it and stuffed it directly into his mouth. Eating it this way was even more enjoyable.

No wonder the ancients regarded loquat as a golden pill, which is really excellent from shape to taste.

After eating three in a row, Gu Mingdong turned around and saw several pairs of big eyes: "See what I do, eat and watch."

Gu Liangchen smiled and asked: "Dad, let's really eat it, why don't we pick it off and sell it first?"

"In the first year, there were only a few. They are delicious. Let's keep them for ourselves." Gu Mingdong said, setting an example and starting to eat again.

Upon hearing this, the three children couldn't bear it anymore, and reached out to pick the big and round ones on the top of the tree to eat.

After peeling the loquat in a similar manner, Gu Liangxing exclaimed, "It's so sweet, so delicious, and not sour at all."

"This variety is good." Gu Liangchen explained.

There are also wild loquat trees here, but the fruits produced by those loquat trees are sour, the skin will stick to the pulp, and the pulp is small and the core is large, so it can only be tasted.

It was also Gu Mingdong who was willing to do so. In the spring, when he saw that there were too many fruits on the loquat tree, he knocked down half of them generously, so that the remaining loquats could grow to such a large size.

A few people became interested in eating, and simply sat cross-legged on the grass, chatting while eating.

When Gu Sanshu went up the mountain with his hands behind his back, what he saw was this scene. The loquat trees around the four people were all eaten up, the ground was full of fruit pits, and even the corners of the mouths of the four dogs had deliberate traces of juice.

"The third uncle is here, let's have a bite." Gu Mingdong greeted.

Uncle Gu couldn't help persuading: "What a good loquat, you can sell it for money, and your family can taste it. Why do you still eat it?"

Gu Mingdong smiled and gave him one: "I've only gotten acquainted this year, so it doesn't take much effort."

The main reason is that he wants to eat it himself. There are really not many fruits that he can eat these years, and he has finally grown them at home. Wouldn't it be a pity for himself not to eat his fill first.

Uncle Gu peeled it off and tasted it, and said in surprise: "It's really sweet, and it will definitely sell for a good price."

"The skin of the loquat is thin, and it will break if you touch it a little bit, so I don't grow much. I originally planned to eat it at home."

Loquat is indeed a good thing and tastes good, but it is difficult to preserve after ripening. It is a fruit with a very short ripening season. It is either immature or matures together. If it is slightly bumped during transportation, the skin will turn black when it is taken out. , but you can eat it, but the price can't go up.

Gu Mingdong felt that with the current transportation conditions, it would not be worth the loss to sell the loquats by himself, and it would be better to make his family cheaper.

Uncle Gu smiled helplessly: "I've never seen you like this."

Gu Mingdong explained with a smile: "Forget about the loquats, and sell them when the pears and oranges are ripe. These can be stored well, and they are not afraid of being bumped."

At the end, he even picked a basket: "Third Uncle, take some home to eat."

"No, no, I'll take a look, how can you eat and take at the same time, you still have to do business."

Gu Mingdong smiled and said: "I really don't plan to sell loquats anymore, you take them back and let Third Aunt and Tingting try them too."

After Gu Sanshu left, Gu Liangxing raised his hand and asked, "Dad, are you really not going to sell it?"

"Do you want to go?" Gu Mingdong looked at him and said with a smile, "If you want to go, I have no objection, and we have a [-]-[-] split."

Gu Liangxing rubbed his hands with a smile: "How embarrassing, you need money for fertilizer for fruit saplings."

"It's a father and son anyway, I'll give you a father and son price." Gu Mingdong looked at the fruit tree, and felt that it was indeed difficult for his own family to eat it all.

However, it is difficult to sell these delicate fruits. Gu Mingdong plans to wait until the cold chain is developed in the future to ensure the taste of fresh fruits to the greatest extent before developing this area.

But since Gu Liangxing was interested, he didn't object.

Gu Liangxing stood up and said, "It doesn't cost five or five cents, I'll give you seven, I'll save enough for our own food first, and I'll sell the rest, so as not to save the birds on the mountain by staying in the trees."

There are many mountains and trees in Shanghe Village, and there are also many birds. When the fruit trees are ripe, flocks of birds go into the fruit trees, and their eating looks are particularly ugly.

Gu Liangxing saw it just now, half of the good fruit was pecked by the birds, and the remaining half could only rot on the tree. The worst thing was that they came over one after another, and it was useless to put the scarecrow.

Seeing his son full of fighting spirit, Gu Mingdong smiled and decided to lie down.

Gu Liangxing is also a freelancer. The college entrance examination is about to begin. Gu Liangchen and Gu Yun are both busy studying, but he is good. He pulls a car and runs around with a group of children all day long.

Gu Ting and Gu Bin like to run around with this cousin, because as long as they help with work, Gu Liangxing is very generous, whether it is a white fruit candy rabbit or a popsicle from the supply and marketing cooperative, Gu Liangxing will buy it.

Gu Liangxing classified the loquats at home into grades according to their fineness. The ones that were bigger without bumps were the most expensive, while those with bumps and bumps were jet-black but still edible were the cheapest.

Xiyuan Town is a small place, Gu Liangxing ran back and forth, and even sold loquats for a lot of money.

When Xie Nanshan heard the news, the old Gu's loquats were almost sold out.

"A Dong, your son is amazing, he was born to do business." He couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Gu Mingdong smiled and said, "Let him play by himself."

Xie Nanshan sighed again: "Your fruit trees are really competitive. This is the first year. I think the taste and yield are fine."

"I see there are still cherries on the mountain, don't you plan to sell them?"

There are two types of cherries that Gu Mingdong grows. One is a relatively small local cherry with a sour taste, and the other is much larger. But again, cherries can't be kept after they are ripe.

"A Xing is about to take the college entrance examination, he must not have time to sell cherries."

Gu Mingdong looked at him and asked, "Do you want it?"

Xie Nanshan immediately said: "I thought about packing it in the box of the production team, and it would be good to get it in those big factories as a welfare."

"The quantity is not enough, but the pears and apples in the back can keep up." Gu Mingdong shook his head.

Xie Nanshan felt the same when he heard it, but he still smiled and said: "I don't think it's not enough, it's because you want to keep it for yourself."

Gu Mingdong asked him, "Didn't you eat?"

"I ate it, and I ate a lot."

Xie Nanshan added: "I'll send Little Xie over later, she's thinking about coming here all day to play, so that she can go to the orchard to pick loquats and eat them."

"Then send it here, and simply leave it to me as a daughter."

"Fuck off, I'm thinking about other people's family when I'm not born."

In a few words and a few words, the two of them managed to arrange the whereabouts of the batch of fruits that ripened in autumn.

In the summer of this year, the old Gu's family was almost submerged in the fruit.

Eat loquats today, cherries tomorrow, mulberries the day after tomorrow, and watermelons, plums and peaches are also ripe.

Besides loquats, Gu Mingdong's favorite food is peaches.

He especially likes peaches. Ripe peaches are tender and tender, about the size of a grown man's fist. When he presses them down with his fingers and gently pulls them down, the skin of the peaches falls off.

This kind of peach is considered ripe, and it will be full of juice after a light bite. Gu Mingdong doubts that he can suck it up with a straw.

Everyone in the old Gu family loves to eat, even the youngest child, Gu Liangyue, can sit on the baby chair by himself, gnaw on the peaches hard, until the juice is all over his face, and he won't let go.

In addition to honey peaches, Gu Mingdong also planted yellow peaches, nectarines and flat peaches on the mountain, each with its own flavor.

The only pity is that they are hard to keep, especially juicy peaches. It is best to eat them immediately after picking them off. They will rot for you after a day. Even if you pick them earlier, you can only store them for two or three days at most. .

In order not to waste, except for Gu Liangxing's occasional small business, the rest went into the belly of the old Gu's family.

Not only the old Gu's family, but even Gu's third uncle's family and Gu Xiuxiu's family in the city got a bargain.

After eating for a while, Third Aunt Gu couldn't help but said: "It is said that peaches nourish people, look at Tingting's face is flushed after eating for a whole summer."

Gu Sanshu saw that it was true, and shook his head helplessly, "Ah Dong, I think he just likes to mess around. There is no kind of fruit tree that only picks the seeds that you like to eat. How will you make money from now on?"

Third Aunt Gu said, "Just worry about it. Ah Xing makes a lot of money going back and forth. The fruit is delicious, but I'm afraid it won't be sold. There are also many people from our production team who come to buy it."

Everyone in the production team knew that the fruits of Gu Mingdong's family were delicious, and they were all from the villagers. Occasionally, when the children in the family went to play, Gu Mingdong would invite them to have a bite, and as for more, there would be no more.

Occasionally, members of the commune are also greedy for this bite, so they come to buy some, and Gu Mingdong always sells them at the lowest price.

Like Li Tiezhu, because Qian Jinhua likes to eat peaches, he would buy a few every now and then in summer to satisfy his daughter-in-law's hunger. The price is not expensive, but he is willing to do so.

There are also those who are reluctant to eat and want to eat, so they come to the door with the cheek to grab a bite, but unfortunately Gu Mingdong will never spoil them.

The number of times was too high, and it was difficult for the production team to spread the words that Gu Mingdong was not good at talking, and that he was reluctant to give them a bite of the fruits all over the mountain.

Gu Mingdong didn't care, and the twins choked back when they heard it: "Now the production is contracted to the household, Uncle, the rice in your field is also good, why don't we share it with my family in autumn."

Block those sour words directly.

As for sneaking over to pick the fruit and eat it, how desperate would it be?

Who doesn't know that Gu Mingdong has raised four dogs, and now they have grown into big dogs. They look fat and strong like wolf dogs. I heard that they can catch rabbits when they go up the mountain, kill them and bring them back.

Usually when I meet these four dogs in the village, the big dogs don't growl or bark obediently, but the dogs that don't bark will bite people.