Chapter 10: Li Gui, Economic Applicability and Momentary Karmic Ties

  Zhao Yang pushed an empty cart in front and Zhao Bingxing followed behind.

  His face was flushed, as if he had drunk fine wine. A cigarette was sometimes placed in his mouth, and sometimes held in his hand, walking and stopping, thinking that someone was still calling out the reserved seat when he was about to leave, feeling like a dream! But touching the 1850 yuan in his pocket told him it was real!

  As they approached the village entrance, Zhao Bingxing suddenly coughed and stopped Zhao Yang, saying: "Xiao Yang, go back and tell your mom that our family's peaches totaled 430 catties... If not, just say it was all covered by the public, sold at 3.8 yuan per catty, after deducting some miscellaneous expenses, a total of 450 catties were sold!"

  Zhao Yang smiled and nodded, saying: "Alright! However, Dad, if Mom doesn't give you money, you can come to me for it!"

  Zhao Bingxing smoked with relish and said: "You don't understand!"

  Zhao Yang: "......"

  Sun Zhenxiang did not expect that you two would sell the peaches so quickly, and even more unexpectedly at such a high price!

  "How much? Three dollars and eighty cents! Oh my goodness, this... you two aren't fooling me, are you?"

  Zhao Bingxing took out a thick stack of money and slapped it in his hand, "There's 1710 yuan in total! This money won't cheat you, will it... Just give me this 10 yuan as pocket money!"

  Sun Zhenxiang snatched it over and scolded: "You're not buying cigarettes now, what do you want pocket money for?"

  Zhao Bingxian stared at Zhao Yang with blinking eyes, making Zhao Yang unable to help but laugh.

  Having sold so much money, Sun Zhenxiang was naturally very happy. He filled a table with dishes to treat his grandfather and personally poured wine for Zhao Bingxing, which was a treatment that had not been seen in many years!

  Peaches are almost changing every day when they are about to mature and go on the market. At this time last year, Zhao Bingxing was worried about finding people to collect them everywhere, fearing that they would not be sold at a good price. But it's different this year, he is leisurely following behind the car, and the two big baskets of peaches in his eyes have all turned into money!

  The peaches were sold out before 10 o'clock after being pushed to the town.

  By the time it was lunchtime, a few more people had come over with Xianxian.

  When she saw that there were only half a basket left, Xianxian let out a loud cry and said: "My peaches!"

  Zhao Yang couldn't help but laugh and said: "You guys bought so much yesterday, how can you finish it all so quickly? That's impossible, right?"

  She shot him a glance and sighed, "Too many wolves and too little meat! My grandfather's house, my grandmother's house, my uncle's house, my younger aunt's house, and even my sister who is in high school, all together they sent six of them! Six of them, I only spent 50 yuan on!"

  She was picking peaches while scolding, suddenly thought of something and said: "Right, I saw you cured Niu Niu's illness by just patting and pinching yesterday, are you skilled in medicine?"

  Zhao Yang nodded and said, "I understand a bit!"

  "Still so humble!"

  She pulled over that smallest girl and said: "This is my sister Tang Jing, who has been uncomfortable recently. Can you help take a look?"

  Zhao Yang took a glance at her and knew the reason. He asked Tang Jing to stretch out her hand, gave it a squeeze, and casually asked, "Are you married?"

  Xianxian pffft laughed and said: "Why are you asking this? Do you have a crush on Tang Jing?"

  Tang Jing somewhat uncomfortably said: "No."

  Zhao Yang loosened his grip and said in a relaxed tone: "It's nothing serious! Just go to the hospital for a check-up, get plenty of rest and you'll be fine!"

  Two baskets of peaches were sold out in less than an hour, Zhao Yang called home and several people including Shang Nianjun had already picked two more baskets, he could take them directly to the town.

  In the evening, he invited several young people who helped pick peaches to his home for a drink. Shang Nianjun and others were embarrassed, saying that they had only picked two baskets of peaches and came to mix food to eat, making people laugh.

  Zhao Bingxing said magnanimously: "Uncle is happy, you all stay here and drink with Uncle!"

  Peaches are selling so well? The news quickly spread to other fruit farmers.

  At noon, Xian was about to call her sisters to buy peaches when a thin girl named Zhang Lan stopped her and said: "I heard that on the street behind us, there are also people selling pesticide-free peaches for only three yuan. Let's go buy some there!"

  Xian Xian suddenly said: "Nonsense! Zhao Yang's family orchard is at the foot of the mountain, and the insects are what he lured birds to catch. How did they get theirs?"

  Zhao Yang has already spoken out that fruit trees are all dependent on birds catching insects. The specific method was not mentioned, only vaguely saying that it is the mountain bird that is introduced.

  Now Zhao Yang's orchard has basically no insects, but every day there are still birds coming to visit, and occasionally a few "insects" that escaped the net, late-born insect species and insects from outside also can't escape the bird's claws!

  And some birds even settled down in the walnut and poplar trees planted under the eaves and behind Zhao Yang's house. The two swallows that settled down under the eaves are not worth mentioning. But as for the trees behind the house, only a few of them can settle down, and it all depends on who has the real strength!

  Those first few days, chirping and chattering non-stop, Xiao Hei also followed under the tree barking in harmony, almost driving Zhao Yang crazy.

  The walnut tree is relatively short, and finally settled on seven nests of the local "long-tailed" bird, while the remaining four tall poplar trees with a height of five or six meters were occupied by magpies, forming a phenomenon of multiple nests in one tree, known as an "economically viable nest".

  Zhao Yang said this, they still didn't believe it, and laughed saying that when they had time, they must go to the scene to take a look.

  Zhang Lan heard Xianxian objecting and looked at her with some surprise, saying: "You're so protective of Zhao Yang, aren't you interested in him?"

  "You're talking nonsense! Watch me tear your mouth!"

  Zhang Lan dodged the slender claws of Lù Shān, laughing: "Just kidding... Alright, alright, I was wrong! And also said: "Hey, I'm still thinking for our sake? For that set of cosmetics, I can save a penny is a penny!"

  Her words were endorsed by other colleagues, and Xianxian had no choice but to follow them to buy a few back.

  The peaches from this house are bigger than Zhao Yang's, and the color is exceptionally red. However, the unique fruit flavor of the peach is very light, and when eaten, it feels like the skin is thick and the flesh is not as crispy and sweet as Zhao Liang's. In short, there is no "pure taste" that Zhao Yang mentioned!

  If they had eaten this kind of peach from the beginning, they wouldn't have minded so much. But now that there's Zhao Yang's peaches to compare with, it's like drinking mountain spring water and then drinking tap water - you can clearly feel the difference!

  Xian Xian stopped after taking two bites, she looked over at Chen Lan, who also furrowed her brow and looked back, both of them asked in unison: "This peach doesn't taste right, does it?"

  Other colleagues in the office also said: "Yes, the taste is not as good as that family's!"

  "Yang Mi, you go ask your sister to help take a look, is this peach the kind that hasn't been sprayed with pesticides?"

  "Yang Mi" raised the document in her hand and said, "Sisters, I still have work to do..." But seeing several people looking over with unpleasant expressions, she immediately changed her tone and said, "Fine, I'll go! I'll go! To serve sisters, it's my duty!"

  When "Yang Mi" brought the preliminary test results to them, Xianxian and others gritted their teeth and asked: "Your sister means that pesticides were used, right?"

  "Yang Mi" said: "That's right, disease prevention and pest control, growth promotion and coloring, none of them are inferior!"

  This time the peach was proposed by Zhang Lan to buy, she was so angry that her eyebrows were upside down, and she immediately picked up the phone and dialed: "Ran Bing, I'm almost poisoned to death, do you care or not? Someone is cheating under your nose, don't you ask anything?"

  ……

  Zhao Yang didn't know about the story that happened on another street. Today, his two baskets of peaches in the morning and two baskets in the afternoon were all sold out.

  In fact, today there are already several fruit farmers who have pulled peaches to the town to sell, and the price is only 1.5 yuan, but it's just not as fast-selling as Zhao Yang's peaches!

  On the fourth day at noon, Xianxian and the others came before Zhao Yang again, hand in hand.

  Zhang Lan first picked up one and sniffed it deeply under her nose, saying in a daze: "This is the most authentic fragrance of peaches!"

  "You look like this, how can I quote a price?"

  Zhang Lan looked at the peach in her hand and said, "This time it's smaller, should be cheaper, right?"

  Zhao Yang smiled and said: "You don't understand this! Don't look at its small size, but the longer it stays on the tree, the more transparent it becomes. Try some if you don't believe me!"

  Zhang Lan took a bite and nodded in agreement: "Mmm, delicious!"

  Weakly said: "Don't expect to buy cheap good things with you!"

  Zhang Lan first disposed of the peach and then said: "I ate this for free, isn't that equivalent to getting a discount?"

  Xian Xian also picked one up and said: "Try before you buy, I want to try it too!"

  She ate peaches while asking: "Hey, can you help Zhang Lan again? She's a bit uncomfortable today!"

  Zhao Yang glanced at him and said lightly: "You've eaten too many peaches!"

  Apart from Zhang Lan, Xianxian and the others burst out laughing.

  Zhang Lan looked at several unscrupulous sisters with anger and hatred, finished calling the peach and hurriedly escaped back.

  Xian Xian was the last to leave, she leaned in close to Zhao Yang and asked in a low voice: "Tang Jing that girl really took a leave of absence to rest at home, did you find out what illness she has? Don't worry, sister won't tell anyone!"

  Xian Xian herself is of average appearance, but her temperament is gentle and generous, making it easy for people to have a good impression. However, Zhao Yang remembered the words of Xiao Yaozi: "A doctor doesn't talk about people's illnesses", and said: "If there's no illness, then we should nourish the body!"

  Sparkling eyes behind the glasses, "no illness" and "tonic", plus some messages she overheard, an answer was about to come out! She turned her eyes and said: "Tell me the truth! Jingjing is our good sister, we'll visit her on weekends and buy some tonics!"

  Zhao Yang smiled and said: "How good it is for you to ask her yourself!"

  She hummed a soft tune, carrying the fruit like a proud swan walking back and forth. Although Zhao Yang didn't say it out loud, she had already confirmed the answer in her heart!

  And the more Zhao Yang didn't say anything, the happier she became!

  This respect for others, combined with Zhao Yang's calm and gentle demeanor over the past few days, left a deep impression on Xian Xian.

  Zhao Yang is about 1.7 meters tall, with clear eyes and a decent appearance, especially that kind of masculine yet calm temperament, always making people want to get close to him and be intimate with him!

  "Tomorrow, tomorrow..."

  Her face was as red as rouge, she walked to the gate and turned her head back, saw Zhao Yang weighing peaches for the guests, smiled and quickly returned to the office.

  However, Zhao Yang did not show up for the next three days.

  On the eighth day when Zhao Yang came to town to sell peaches, the special location for selling peaches at Zhao Yang's home was empty.

  Xian Xian stood there, as if she could still smell the pure scent of peaches, while Zhao Yang seemed to be smiling with a row of neat teeth.

  At a loss

  There are always moments in life that make your heart skip a beat or stir your soul. If you seize them, they might turn into a special bond, but if you hesitate for just a moment, even if you meet again in the future, the feeling will be gone.