45. Such sales
"Hmm, it's delicious! I really didn't expect our orchard to have such good feng shui. Could it be that the heavens are taking pity on us two?"
Bai Wengui was eating and speaking out the doubts in his heart, Geng Mei didn't care about that set, "What's the point of caring, if we have food to eat, we'll eat, after eating our fill, we still have to work, haven't you heard that phrase 'Heaven rewards diligence', this is the heavens helping us."
Bai Wengui thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case. Before, he had never figured it out, now he's even more confused. He might as well learn from Geng Mei's approach and just go with the flow.
"You few just know it yourself, especially you two, don't tell outsiders, if someone finds out and comes to steal our family's apples, you won't have money to buy snacks in the future."
Bai Wengui saw that the two children nodded, but he was still worried and threw down the hoe in his hand to go back and see if there were any other fruit trees like this.
Fortunately, after patrolling around in a circle, he didn't find any other abnormalities, so he finally felt at ease. Otherwise, if the whole orchard had such a situation, he would have no way to explain it to outsiders.
As the weather gets hotter and hotter, the apples are getting riper and riper. Bai Wenli has to stay overnight in the orchard to prevent someone from coming over to steal apples or cause trouble.
At night, Geng Mei took care of the two children at home, so that the couple could take turns taking care of the house and the orchard.
By mid-to-late June, the apples in their house had fully ripened. At this time, the apples were not as durable as those in autumn and could not be stored for a long time without frost.
So every day at dawn, the couple would pick apples and Bai Wenli would drive a horse-drawn carriage to sell them around.
Fortunately, the apples from the Bai family came out earlier than others and can be considered as taking the lead in the market.
In addition, Bai Wenli is a clever person who is not stingy. As long as someone wants to buy, he will definitely let them taste it first. Originally, the apples from their house had a special texture, and now even more people want to buy them.
Yu Tong and Bai Haoran have been following him everywhere to sell fruit for the past two days, at first Bai Wenli was reluctant to let the two children follow him around.
Every day, the sun beats down on him, and even he can't bear it. So, he is even more reluctant to let his two children suffer with him. However, Yu Tong insists on following him out to take a look, and also takes Bai Haoran away, so that the little guy can know how hard it is to make money.
"Selling apples..."
The brother and sister duo shouted in their high-pitched voices while sitting on the cart to help with the sales. The horse-drawn carriage had two good-looking kids, whose clear and crisp voices naturally attracted more attention, especially from those aunties and young wives who loved children. At first, everyone was watching out of curiosity.
But Baimen Li wasn't giving it away for free, "Everyone, buy some apples to take home for the kids to eat. You see how smart my kid is? It's all because of eating apples! Ah Niang, recite a poem for Uncle and Auntie to hear."
Yu Xuan couldn't help but admire her father's quick thinking, even their two little ones could be used to advertise for him, however, in order to sell the apples, she also made a sacrifice.
A clear and crisp childlike voice with a hint of milkiness rang out, reciting a poem to the crowd. Bai Haoran also took it upon himself to do so.
"Dad, I can too! I also want to recite poems for everyone."
The two siblings finished reciting it by themselves, and the onlookers were thoroughly conquered by the two children.
Now they seem to be buying not apples but smart pills for their children at home.
Everyone hopes that after eating this apple, their children will be like other people's kids, reciting poems is not expected, at least they should know some arithmetic.
"Uncle and auntie, try some, our apples are really delicious, I guarantee you won't regret buying them, they're so sweet, my brother and I eat them every day."
It's not that Old Wang brags about her melons, but their family's apples are indeed better than others, and even Old Lu next door can't help but admit this.
There were two clever kids helping out, Bai Wenli's apples today didn't worry about selling at all, after walking around in a circle, there were only a few left.
Yu Tong and Bai Haoran lay in the carriage, gazing up at the blue sky and white clouds above their heads. Fortunately, Geng Mei had brought them an umbrella, so they wouldn't be scorched by the intense sunlight.
Bai Wengui sat in the carriage, slowly driving the horse cart. "Dad, tomorrow you go to the minority area to sell, and take the vegetables from our family's orchard with you. They don't grow vegetables, so it's a good opportunity to sell them all."
Bai Wengui was taken aback and turned to look at his daughter, who was sitting with her legs crossed, "Girl, how did you think of going there to sell them?"
What he didn't say was that Xiaoyuan's thoughts coincided with his, although he didn't have much contact with ethnic minorities in daily life, but he understood some of what they needed. The Kazakhs on their side were basically a nation on horseback, and vegetables generally relied on purchases or exchanges.
Yu Tong smiled and looked at the distant scenery, saying in a low voice: "Dad, during the time you went out to work, I had nothing to do, so I would go to the side of the main road to watch them herd sheep, so I know something about their situation."
Bai Wengu's heart skipped a beat, two years had passed and he still missed the child's most important growth period. Without parents around, this little girl was somewhat precocious after all. Alas, he felt a bit guilty towards this daughter, not just because of family reasons, but more importantly, he felt that this child had never received his good care since birth.
"After the rain, Dad won't go out to work anymore. He'll stay at home with you and your brother. Our whole family will take care of the orchard and live a good life."
Listening to Bai Wenli's almost whispering tone, Yu Xi smiled and somewhat understood his father's mood.
My brother and I drove a horse cart with the remaining apples to deliver them to Old Man Bai's family first. They have been busy selling for several days, so they didn't even have time to send some back home.
Bai Ziqi saw her great-grandson coming and hurriedly welcomed him, "The great-grandson has arrived."
Yu Sai pouted on the side, every time it's like this, and didn't know to consider her as a little kid, even if she was young, after all, she still had some pride, but Old Master was too obvious.
Bai Wenli smiled and hugged his daughter as he came down. "Dad, I've been busy the past two days, just managed to bring you some apples. How's everything at home? It's all good?"
The old man nodded, "Not bad." Then there was nothing more to say.
Bai Wengu knew his father's words were precious, so he didn't say much either. He picked up all the apples in the car and put them into the house.
"Dad, you and mom eat these for now, after finishing them, let third brother take them to our home."
There's still something at home, so Bai Wenguang can't stay here for long. However, Old Man Bai spoke up, "Eldest son, let your grandson stay with me for two days, and after a few days, I'll have your younger brother send him back."
The old man has spoken, and it's not good for Bai Wenhui to say anything more. Besides, the son is close to his grandfather, so there's no problem with him being here either.