Chapter 39: Return to the Seed Shop

  Back in town, Chu Jiaqiang was about to send Ye Caiping back home. But Ye Caiping shook her head, today's plan had been ruined, so she came up with another idea and prepared to play at Chu Jiaqiang's house for a few days.

  "You don't want to go shopping again, do you?" Chu Jiaqiang asked in surprise.

  Ye Cai Ping rolled her eyes and said: "Alright, I'll go back and pack my things. I want to come over and play at your place for a few days, welcome?"

  "Hmm!" Chu Jiaqiang looked at Ye Caiping in disbelief, then shook his head and said: "No way, think about it! This is not a city, the idea is not so open-minded. A girl living with a man, how can this be? Later on, rumors will spread everywhere, our relationship will be tarnished beyond repair."

  But Ye Cai Ping just wants to further narrow the relationship between the two, and doesn't care about that much. She had already planned this out a long time ago and wouldn't give up easily: "I can move into your second uncle's house! Isn't that simple? So stupid!"

  Chu Jiaqiang thought for a moment, and indeed, this was also an unworkable solution.

  "Suit yourself! As long as you don't get bored, that's fine. There's no internet there, let's see what you do then." Chu Jiaqiang had to remind him, or else he'd blame me later.

  "No internet? How do you usually spend your time?" Ye Caiping was very surprised. Logically speaking, Chu Jiaqiang had also been outside for a few years and had already integrated into the information age outside. Without the internet, he would feel anxious, feeling like something was missing all of a sudden. This was definitely unavoidable, even someone who could tolerate loneliness would feel this way.

  "I'm using Wi-Fi."

  Ye Cai Ping let out a sigh of relief and said indifferently, "I'm also using wireless network, I'm not afraid of this. Hmm! You wait for me, I'll go back to pack my things. It's been a long time since I've gone into the mountains to play, this time you have to take me in to walk around."

  Ye Cai Ping remembered that when she was very young, her second uncle took her into the mountains once. The animals inside were really good-looking, especially those jumping squirrels, which looked extremely cute.

  Chu's family was strong and his horse's head was tight, thinking that trouble had come this time.

  When Deng Caiping went back to pack her things, Chu Jiaqiang wandered aimlessly on the street for a while. He saw an acquaintance in a pesticide store, who was Sheng Yishu. Since he had seen him, there was no reason not to greet him.

  "Uncle Shengyi? Isn't today a market day? Why are you also out for a stroll?"

  Chu Shengyi turned his head and saw that it was Chu Jiaqiang, and he immediately smiled: "You little guy didn't go to find fish seedlings? How did you come back so quickly? What do you think? Today I came out to buy two bottles of pesticides. The fruit trees at the foot of the mountain, I'm also going to manage them. At that time, Jiaqiang, you can teach me a few moves!"

  When he heard this, Chu Jiaqiang shook his head. He took a glance at the shop owner, seeing that he was busy attending to other customers and didn't notice them, so he said: "Uncle Shengyi, since you have a mind to manage, I advise you not to use pesticides. Our village of Chujiazhuang is originally quite isolated, with very few, or almost no fruit merchants willing to come into the village to buy fruits that have been sprayed with pesticides. So if you want to sell them out, don't use pesticides and fertilizers."

  Chu Shengyi suddenly remembered Tang Baozi's last few words of advice: Don't use fertilizers, don't use pesticides! He quickly put down the pesticide in his hand and thought to himself that it was a good thing he met Chu Jiaqiang. What they feared most was that when the time came, the fruit would not sell, and that would be the most fatal.

  Two people walked out of the pesticide store, and Chu Jiaqiang continued to say: "Not spending money on pesticides also has its benefits. At least your investment is not that large, and at most you just need to spend some time managing it. Even if it doesn't sell well in the end, you won't be too heartbroken."

  Chu Shengyi nodded in agreement, but then frowned and said: "In that case, the yield can't be guaranteed, and we'll have to worry about birds and insects all the time, how annoying!"

  Chu's family strongly smiled bitterly: "Is there a free lunch in this world? I hope that whoever wants to manage the fruit forest in our village will try not to use pesticides and fertilizers, and work together to create a green and harmless melon and fruit base. In fact, it is not necessary to use fertilizers and pesticides to guarantee production, there are many things to consider here, I'll tell you later."

  Hearing this, Chu Shengyi nodded slightly with a bit of relief.

  "I heard you're going to build a bridge at the reservoir the day after tomorrow? That's a big project!" Chu Shengyi suddenly changed the subject.

  "The day after tomorrow? Has Fifth Uncle set the date? Then we need to hurry up and prepare the materials. Hmm! That's right, is your car free these days?" Chu Jiaqiang asked, taken aback for a moment.

  "Got it! I've been idle for a while. If needed, can pull a car back now, anyway, it's an empty car. This way also earns some gas money, haha!" Chu Shengyi actually had someone contact him yesterday, but his father asked him to turn it down, and these days he has been helping Chu Jiaqiang move things.

  Chu Jiaqiang thought for a moment, and then followed Shengyi uncle to the end of the street.

  As they passed by the seed store, Chu Jiaqiang suddenly stopped and shouted to Sheng Yishu: "Sheng Yishu, wait for me, I'll go in and buy something."

  Chu Shengyi also knew that this guy had recently opened up a lot of land and bought some seeds, which was quite reasonable. He smiled and followed him in.

  This was the third time Chu Jiaqiang had entered this seed store, and each time he made a large purchase. The owner immediately recognized him and came over to greet him: "Young man, what kind of seeds are you looking for this time? Take a look around."

  "Boss, do you have strawberry seeds?" Chu Jiaqiang asked directly.

  "Strawberries? They're rarely grown in the countryside. I didn't even stock up this year, there's some leftover inventory in the store, but those are last year's seeds, I don't dare guarantee them. How about this? I'll bring them out for you to take a look, if you want them, I'll give them to you at half price." The boss said, and then headed inside.

  Chu Shengyi was surprised: "Jiaqiang, are you preparing to plant strawberries? That red bumpy thing looks good, it's expensive, is this the right time to plant it? I just saw someone selling strawberries on the street."

  Chu's family laughed and nodded, "With this preparation, our place can actually be planted all year round. In the north, they usually transplant from August to October, but it's more troublesome for them to manage because they need to prevent freezing. Of course, now they can also use greenhouses for four-season planting."

  Strawberry is also known as red berry, yangmei, and strawberry. It is a type of red fruit. Strawberry refers to the general term for plants in the genus Fragaria of the rose family, which are perennial herbaceous plants. The appearance of strawberries is heart-shaped, with bright red color, tender flesh, juicy pulp, and a special intense fruity aroma.

  This fruit is generally ripe in June and July, can be planted all over the country, not particular about the place, just climate factors may vary in planting time and maturity time.