Chapter 238 Returning to the Hometown to Collect Corn
In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon, and Lin Mai had already brushed a whole set of papers. Everything else was fine, except that he kept his head down for a long time and his neck was slightly sore.
She twisted her neck and went downstairs to make lunch.
Fang Zhuoran didn't come to dinner, and she had no interest in cooking.
I only steamed a bowl of soda pork for Doudou, fried two vegetables, and added a tofu and egg soup, but there was no other dish.
During lunch, Doudou sat in front of the coffee table, looked at the dishes and sighed: "Alas! Uncle Professor, please come back soon."
Lin Mai picked up a piece of amaranth with chopsticks and put it in the bowl, and said funnyly: "You just like Uncle Professor so much. If you don't see him for a day, you miss him."
Little Mengdou scooped up the soda meat with a small spoon, blew a few puffs, and carefully put it into his mouth.
"I don't think so. Only when my uncle is here can my mother cook so many delicious dishes. If my uncle is not around, what will we eat?"
Only then did Lin Mai understand that the little guy was making such a big circle to complain that today's lunch dish was not good.
She pretended to be angry and said, "No picky eaters!"
The little cute bean giggled, picked up some cabbage and started eating.
It was okay not to mention Fang Zhuoran. As soon as he mentioned him, Lin Mai felt sorry for him because he had been having such a hard time and didn't know if he had eaten well while on a business trip.
At this time, an editorial on the radio attracted her attention.
What this editorial said was that although farmers' enthusiasm for production has increased since the fields were contracted to households, the unsaleability of agricultural products has become a big problem.
The central government calls on local governments to do everything possible to invigorate the rural commodity economy and solve the major problems of farmers.
Lin Mai wondered, could he take advantage of this opportunity to help the farmers in Simei Town get rich?
After lunch, Lin Mai took a half-hour nap and then got up and continued to work on the questions.
The high school entrance examination was coming up in less than ten days, and she wanted to get good grades in order to make sure the hard work the teachers at the High School Affiliated to Tongji Medical University put into her was not in vain.
Before a set of test papers was finished, several colleagues from the same street came to her snack bar and handed Lin Mai their list of corn reservations, the quantity and money.
A neighbor asked: "When will you help us invite the master who customizes the grill to come over and talk to us?"
Lin Mai said: "Let's go in two days. I'm too busy these two days."
Master Zhang was working in the small western-style building opposite her. With such a close distance, no matter how busy she was, she could still spare five minutes to call Master Zhang.
But she said that deliberately, just to warn the neighbors that although she was easy to talk to, she would not be able to talk if they pissed her off.
The neighbors didn't say much, so they laughed and told Lin Mai to take their matters to heart and left.
Thinking of the cakes made last time, both Fang Zhuoran and Doudou said they were delicious. When making dinner, Lin Mai made three large cakes and a lot of soft and fluffy bread.
Divide these cakes and bread into three parts, one for the little cute baby, one for Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang, and one for Grandma Tian and her grandson.
But the little cute baby's portion is the least. If she wants to eat it, Lin Mai can make it for her at any time.
When he went to set up the stall in the evening, Lin Mai cut a small piece of Doudou's big cake and took two pieces of bread to Xiaoman to eat.
Xiaoman happily ate the snacks she brought, praising her delicious snacks and suggesting that she open a pastry shop, which would definitely be a good business.
Although Lin Mai can make a lot of snacks, they taste pretty good.
But in her previous life, she only made snacks for her own leisure and had nothing to do, and she had never tried to open a shop.
The main reason is that there were too many pastry shops in the past life, and the pastries made by those pastry shops were much more delicious than hers. Her pastries were not competitive at all in the previous life.
But it’s hard to say in this age. The materials in this age are not as rich as in the previous life. You can give it a try.
Let’s wait until the high school entrance examination is over.
When she closed the stall and went home in the evening, Lin Mai looked back and saw that Chen Feng's younger brother was still following behind silently, escorting her and Li Mingcheng home, and then left quietly.
Lin Mai got up before dawn the next day.
Zhou Caiyun had already cooked her a bowl of noodles with poached eggs and put it on the table, watching her hesitate to speak.
Lin Mai was eating noodles and looked up at her: "If you have anything to say, just say it. Do you and I still want to be polite?"
"I...I just want you to harvest our corn when you go back to the countryside to harvest corn, okay?"
"Why not? It's only a few feet away."
When Li Mingcheng heard this, he really wanted Lin Mai to harvest his corn.
But when I think about it, their home is not as close to Simei Town as Zhou Caiyun's home.
Not only was their home far away from Simei Town, it was also a mountain road, and a tractor couldn't drive in, so they had to give up the idea.
When Lin Mai returned to his hometown this time, he wanted to collect 8,000 corn cobs at one time. The villagers were so happy that they rushed to sign up to sell corn.
The rural areas in this area mainly grow rice and wheat. Each household only grows a small amount of corn, only one and a half acres.
Eight thousand corn stalks can be used to harvest corn from more than a dozen households, but there are still many farmers who cannot harvest corn from their corn stands.
When Lin Mai saw the villagers fighting to sell corn to her, they almost started fighting.
He hurriedly said loudly: "Don't worry, folks, as long as your corn is of good quality, I will harvest it, but I have to harvest it again and again."
Many villagers worry: "But if the corn grows old, you won't want it, right?"
Lin Mai was asked.
She forgot that corn also has a growing period. When it gets older, it cannot be roasted and sold.
When roasting corn, you must choose corn that is neither old nor tender, so that it will be the most fragrant and delicious when roasted.
She could only promise: "Then I will try my best to harvest all your corn before it gets old."
The villagers also knew that she tried her best and no one made things difficult for her.
Zhou Caiyun promised Zhou Caiyun to harvest the corn from her parents' house. Although she had already harvested eight thousand corns, Lin Mai kept her promise and went to her parents' house to collect all the corn from her parents' house.
Fortunately, her previous estimate was wrong and she thought her tractor could only load up to 8,000 corns at a time.
I didn't expect that it could hold more than 10,000 corns, otherwise I wouldn't be able to harvest Zhou Caiyun's family's corn.
Zhou Caiyun's parents were so grateful to Lin Mai that they insisted on catching a little hen and giving it to her.
After harvesting the corn, Lin Mai cut a large piece of meat, brought a chicken cake she made herself and some bread, and went to visit Grandma Tian and her grandson.
Seeing that they were all well, she felt relieved.
Grandma Tian asked kindly: "Didn't you always say that you would send someone to learn how to make chili sauce and shrimp paste with me? When will you send someone over?"
It is definitely not possible to send Zhou Caiyun over during this period. At least, we have to wait until the new store opens and the business is on track before we can send her to learn.
Lin Mai said: "It will take two months."
Grandma Tian wanted to keep her at home for lunch, but Lin Mai was thinking about Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang waiting for her to go back for lunch, so she didn't dare to agree.
Grandma Tian had no choice but to take her grandson and send her away.
As soon as the group of people left the house, a woman ran over holding two dirty children of about eight or nine years old. When she saw Lin Mai, she pounced on her.
Lin Mai was wearing a dress that Fang Zhuoran bought for her in Guangzhou, and it was also a light color.
If you are attacked by these two children, why don't you get dirty?
She quickly got out of the way.
The woman and the two children were all thrown away, leaving a hungry dog to grab its shit.
The woman sat down on the ground and howled: "Oh, my two babies haven't eaten for two days, and they fell down. What a disaster!"
The two children also cried loudly.
Grandma Tian glanced at the mother and daughter on the ground with disgust, and whispered in Lin Mai's ear: "Ignore her mother, they are the professional porcelain dealers in our village. Many people in the village have been raped."
Lin Mai nodded, climbed onto the tractor and wanted to leave.