This morning, Gao Mingcheng had just returned from the mountains carrying two large bags of Camellia oleifera seeds. Halfway up the mountain, he saw a familiar old pickup truck parked in front of his home.
There are some citrus saplings piled in the bed of a pickup truck.
As soon as he saw this, Gao Mingcheng knew that it must be Xiao Jinfeng who sent him sugar orange saplings!
So the speed of his feet became a little faster, but when he arrived at the door of the house, he did not see Xiao Jinfeng, but Gao Mingwan.
Gao Mingwan was sitting on the bench, drinking water.
Duo Mei saw that he was back and immediately said with a smile: "Mingwan is back with a sugar orange sapling for you! Do you think we should plant it now? Do you want to call someone for help?"
Gao Mingwan also stood up and said: "This trip is to Guangdong with my boss. I was afraid that the oranges would be spoiled, so I drove day and night. I just arrived in the county this morning. But after breakfast, the boss pretended The goods of the car went to the provincial capital, and another car of goods was sold in the county. I will deliver these saplings to you, the second brother. Oh, in addition to the saplings, the boss also gave the second brother ten kilograms of oranges to eat. "
Gao Mingwan has been working in the transportation company for several months. He is hard-working and hard-working, and the masters in the transportation company are willing to teach him everything he can. Naturally, he learned to drive and repair cars early.
These days, the road conditions are not good and there are few car repair shops on the roadside, so drivers generally have to learn how to repair their cars. Before driving each time, they have to check and repair the vehicle to make sure that there is no problem before they can go on the road. Once something happens on the road, they still have to repair it. Have to fix it yourself.
Gao Mingwan is not able to repair the car alone, but it is still possible to drive with someone. For example, for such a long-distance run, in order to rush for time, he has to drive day and night, so Gao Mingwan drives during the day while his master drives. When driving at night, the two drivers take turns to rest, so that the goods can be transported to the destination as quickly as possible.
The business of a transportation company has two parts. One is to undertake the transportation of goods entrusted by others, and the other is to find goods and sales channels to sell by itself. Some goods have freshness requirements, so transportation time is very important.
Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Mingwan and felt that this third brother had gained more experience after working in the transportation company, and his whole temperament had changed a lot compared to before.
Of course, this is a good change.
He went to see the saplings piled on the pickup truck, and then said to Duomei: "Duomei, please call your brother to help!"
These saplings have been on the road for a few days. Although the roots of the trees are wrapped in soil and wrapped in wet straw to keep them moisturized, they must be planted as soon as possible.
Trees can be planted in autumn, but the survival rate in autumn is lower than in spring, and the tree must be planted before the temperature gets colder to allow the tree to take root.
Duo Mei responded and ran quickly towards her second sister's house.
Gao Mingcheng opened the bag that he had thrown on the ground, poured the tea seeds inside into the yard, and then prepared to plant trees.
Gao Mingwan looked at the tea seeds all over the yard, feeling envious.
How much tea oil can be extracted from so many tea seeds? His second brother is so capable!
"Mingwan, do you want to take a nap?" Gao Mingcheng asked.
Gao Mingwan shook his head and said, "I wasn't the one driving the car tonight. I'm not sleepy yet. My boss told me to give me a day off and let me go to the company tomorrow morning."
"Let me help my second brother with the planting. I will drive the car to the foot of Xiaofu Mountain first." Gao Mingwan said, got into the pickup truck, and then drove the car to the foot of Xiaofu Mountain.
This road was specially built by Gao Mingcheng later to facilitate traffic.
There is also a large flat open space on the roadside at the foot of the mountain, which is reserved for building a shed, storing tree planting tools and enjoying the shade.
"Mingwan, how many saplings are there in total? How much does it cost?" Gao Mingcheng asked as he moved the saplings down from the truck bed.
After Gao Mingwan parked the car, he jumped out of the car to help and said, "There aren't many, just over a hundred trees. No one is willing to sell saplings there, and it's this time, and there are even fewer saplings to be found." . There is no need to worry about selling sugar oranges. There are several producing areas where you can’t buy them if you want. Later, the boss drove to a village farther away. The roads there were not good, so there were few bosses to collect the goods. That’s why he decided to take care of the saplings. It was negotiated. As for how much it will cost, I don’t know.”
I learned from Gao Mingwan that these saplings were hard-won.
Gao Mingcheng felt more and more grateful to Xiao Jinfeng. If it weren't for getting these saplings for himself, he wouldn't have taken such a long way.
But what he was most concerned about was the quality of the sugar oranges, so he asked: "How are the sugar oranges in that village? Are they any worse than those from other places?"
Gao Mingwan said: "It's not too bad, the varieties are the same, but the village is in the mountains, there are no roads, it is difficult for trucks to get in, and it is not that convenient to load goods."
Gao Mingcheng was relieved when he heard that if the quality of the oranges was not good, then Xiao Jinfeng would not make much from this trip, and the saplings he got would not be good either.
The two brothers were talking and working. Gao Mingcheng asked Gao Mingwan to put the saplings into the pits they had dug long ago, placing one sapling in each pit.
He himself waved a hoe to fill in the soil.
When the filling was almost complete, Gao Mingwan supported the saplings, and then Gao Mingcheng used a hoe to compact the soil so that the saplings could take root more easily.
When they had just planted two trees, Duo Mei and Zhang Chengyuan also came over.
So they also joined the tree planting team. Their group consisted of many beautiful trees, while Zhang Chengyuan hoeed the soil.
Working in pairs, the tree planting speed is very fast, mainly because the pit has been dug in advance and the fertilizer has been mixed in advance. Now the soil in the pit is slightly loosened, and the saplings can be planted.
Gao Mingcheng counted while planting. There were one hundred and eight saplings in total.
Well, this number is quite auspicious. I hope every sapling can survive.
After planting the tree, you can't rest because you still have to water it.
It’s been dry this year, so when I plant trees at this time, the temperature is fine, but there’s a lack of water! Therefore, after the tree was planted, Gao Mingcheng had to water it every day.
Fortunately, there is a pond at the foot of the mountain, so water is relatively convenient.
Carrying water is a strenuous job. Gao Mingcheng did not let Du Mei do it, and Du Mei did not insist. Instead, he said: "I'm going back to cook. Brother Mingwan, you are all having dinner at my house today at noon."
Gao Mingwan and Zhang Chengyuan responded.
It is common for relatives to help out with things, and it is also normal for them to have meals at the house of whomever they work for.
When the three of them watered all the 108 saplings, it was already noon.
"Let's go home and eat." Gao Mingcheng greeted the two of them and went down the mountain together.
Gao Mingwan got into the pickup truck and was about to drive over. Gao Mingcheng and Zhang Chengyuan simply sat on the side of the truck to save walking.
This was Zhang Chengyuan's first time riding in a pickup truck, and he was cautious but excited.
Well, there’s no man who doesn’t like cars.
When I got home, Duo Mei had already cooked the rice. She worked very quickly. There were four dishes on the table. There were not many dishes, but the portions of each dish were okay. One was stir-fried rabbit, one was fried eggs with green pepper, One fried cabbage and one fried pumpkin.
"There is no good dish today, so just make do with it." Gao Mingcheng smiled and asked everyone to use their chopsticks. There was indeed no good dish. He had caught this rabbit in the morning. The other dishes were all vegetarian and they were all from home.
"Duomei, go get the ginseng wine and pour a glass each." Gao Mingcheng said to Duomei, Duomei responded and went to get the wine and pour the wine.
The ginseng wine is brewed from the ginseng I bought myself, and it was brewed last year. It is already very delicious.
So for this meal, the dishes were average, but the wine moistened the mouth.
(End of chapter)
