Chapter 15 Picking Grapes
This group purchase order is for delivery on August 13th. In order to ensure freshness, the grapes are picked half a day in advance.
Guang Shen Qiuqiu's family of four must be a little busy.
As the old saying goes: distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and close neighbors are not as good as door-to-door. This sentence is more intuitive in rural areas.
In Qinghe Village, neighbors are very enthusiastic when meeting each other. If any family has any difficulties, people from the same village will go to help;
When the farming season is busy, it is common for everyone to help each other.
Grandpa Shen stood on the roof of his house and said hello, and Wang Weidong and his wife next door changed into clothes and straw hats and came over.
In the lush vineyard, Mr. and Mrs. Wang Weidong, Grandpa Shen, and Grandma Shen are responsible for picking grapes;
Shen Qiuqiu and Shen Jiashu are responsible for inspection and packing.
Checking this step is very important. There may be rotten or bad fruits on a bunch of grapes, so you need to use scissors to carefully pick them out;
It also depends on the quality of the fruit. If the fruit bunches are too loose, the fruit is too small, or there are patterns or patches on the fruit, don’t accept them.
This group purchase is basically from relatives and friends, or relatives and friends of relatives and friends. Everyone buys out of trust.
Shen Qiuqiu also wants to do her best and live up to this trust.
I was busy from noon until the sun was about to set, and I finally finished the more than 700 kilograms of grapes purchased in the group.
All the gift boxes have been put into cartons, and the scattered items have also been put into special foam boxes for fruits.
In addition, the bamboo basket also contained a large basket of unqualified grapes.
I don’t want these good grapes anymore. Grandma Shen felt a little distressed when she saw them. She picked a grape and put it in her mouth. It was fragrant and sweet.
She couldn't help but said: "Xiaohua, these grapes don't look good, they all taste the same, why can't they be sold?
There must be forty or fifty kilograms here. We can't finish it ourselves. It's a pity.
How about I take it to the market tomorrow morning and have a look, maybe someone will buy it."
Elderly people hate to see their food being wasted. Shen Qiuqiu has been exposed to it since he was a child, so naturally he won't do it either.
She smiled and said: "Grandma, these grapes are not in good quality and cannot be sold at a good price. Why don't we keep them to make wine for ourselves?
I remember that a few years ago, you and your grandfather went to the mountains to pick mountain grapes and made wine. They were particularly delicious, with a bit of sourness in the sweetness, and a strong fruity aroma.
The wine made from Sunshine Rose will definitely taste better."
In the early years, there was a field of mountain grapes on Laodong Mountain.
Grandpa Shen would go into the mountains every year to collect grapes and make wine. Later, the land was contracted to plant trees, and all the grapes were destroyed.
The family has not made wine in these years, but talking about the taste is still endless.
Seeing the greedy look on her face, Grandma Shen couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, take it back and make some wine so that our little flowers can drink enough."
After dinner, Shen Qiuqiu went to bed early.
She was really tired these days, so she fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes while lying on the bed.
At three o'clock in the morning, Shen Qiuqiu, who was sleeping deeply, was woken up by the alarm clock.
She lay on the bed, stretched out, and got up from the bed sleepily.
The night is hazy and the sky is filled with stars.
Shen Qiuqiu yawned and came out of the room, only to see that the lights had been turned on in the kitchen and smoke was drifting from the chimney on the roof.
Under the dim light in the kitchen, Grandma Shen was busy in front of the stove.
Grandma Shen knew that they had to get up early to deliver goods today, so she got up early and made breakfast for the siblings.
A simple bowl of tomato and egg noodles, full of grandma's deep love.
After eating the loving breakfast prepared by grandma, Shen Qiuqiu and Shen Jiashu set off.
The night is getting dark.
It was quiet everywhere, and a silver pickup truck was driving on the winding mountain road.
Shen Qiuqiu concentrated on driving. Shen Jiashu didn't dare to sleep in the passenger seat. He kept looking intently ahead and helping to check the road conditions.
After all, it was the first time to drive a truck on the road. Shen Qiuqiu did not dare to be careless. He took the national highway and did not dare to get on the expressway.
She also drove relatively slowly, covering more than 200 kilometers in three hours.
It was past six o'clock, it was just dawn, and Shen Qiuqiu couldn't help but yawn.
"I suddenly feel sleepy. Please give me some music to wake me up."
The stereo in Wang Lijun's second-hand minivan has been broken for a long time and has never been repaired.
Shen Jiashu took out his mobile phone and turned on the music player.
"I once dreamed of traveling to the end of the world with my sword,
Take a look at the prosperity of the world,
The young mind is always a little frivolous,
Now you are at home all over the world..."
Xu Wei's deep and hoarse voice came from the phone.
Listening to his songs, you will feel inexplicably moved, with a vast, quiet and warm feeling.
As they listened, the siblings couldn't help but started humming along.
As she sang, Shen Qiuqiu smiled.
Some things are suddenly relieved, and there is a feeling of enlightenment.
There is no wasted road in life, every step is experience, every step is growth...
You can't remonstrate the past, but you can still pursue the past, and things will get better and better in the future.
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Because we rested for a while on the way, it was already 9 o'clock in the morning when we arrived at Yunchuan.
When Shen Jiashu was at home, he had already planned a route based on the customer's address.
After entering the city, I turned on the navigation system and started delivering goods one by one in an orderly manner.
I missed the morning rush hour and the roads in the city were not too congested.
The siblings rushed to deliver all the grapes before nine o'clock in the evening.
The process went quite smoothly, but there was a little hiccup in the middle.
Because there was no pre-sale deposit for this group purchase, one person regretted not wanting to buy it, which resulted in an extra 10 kilograms of grapes.
It's not too much, not too little. If you set up a roadside stall, you may not be able to sell it, and it will also waste time.
Shen Qiuqiu thought for a while and suddenly had an idea.
She opened the map on her mobile phone and began to search for nearby fruit shops, and then went door-to-door to sell them.
Parking the car in front of a fruit shop called "Youle Fresh Fruit", Shen Qiuqiu put a bunch of grapes in a paper bag and went in.
It was a bit late at this time, and there were not many customers in the store, so as soon as she entered the store, the little girl in the store greeted her warmly.
Shen Qiuqiu asked with a smile: "Do you have Sunshine Rose grapes in your store? How much does it cost per pound?"
This kind of grape is a high-priced fruit, and one order can sell for at least a hundred yuan. The smile on the little girl's face became a little more enthusiastic.
"Yes, here, the super-grade fruit is 78 per pound, and the first-grade fruit is 68 per pound. Which one do you want?"
Shen Qiuqiu looked in the direction of her finger.
There is actually not much difference between the so-called super fruits and first-class fruits, it’s just that one fruit is bigger and the other is smaller.
But the two types sold in the store were not as good as the bunch she was holding.
With this comparison, she felt a little more confident.
"Excuse me, is your boss or store manager here?"
The little girl looked at her confused. Why did she ask the boss to buy some grapes?
Chapter completed!