During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the second nephew and his family were taking care of the children in the city, and the second sister finally made time to go home to cut garlic and sell garlic.
Last week, she finished garlic, put the garlic on the second floor of the bungalow ventilation, drying, these days are hot, fresh garlic fold (she) scale is powerful, sold out early, garlic in the field interplanted corn, this year's garlic season is busy.
The second brother-in-law originally wanted to go back with him to "help", but the second sister thought he was in the way, so she asked him to take advantage of the holiday to work overtime, go home two days late, and not delay drinking and eating meat.
As soon as the second brother-in-law settles the accounts, it is appropriate to work overtime, and the money for meat and wine is available.
When the second sister got home, she was busy, she slept for two hours the night before, peeled 800 catties of garlic by herself, pulled it to the street and sold it for 3,100 yuan, and the price was 3.76 yuan a catty, and the price was okay.
The garlic collection point in my hometown is becoming more and more formal, and the garlic industry in Pizhou has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a pillar industry, with many employees, collecting garlic, selling garlic, and deep processing, which is more standardized;
Second, there are many competitors, and under the market mechanism, garlic farmers have benefited, and the price of garlic has gradually stabilized in recent years.
The second sister came back from selling garlic and posted me this year's garlic prices: 6.5 cm (4.93), 6.0 cm (4.33), 5.5 cm (3.83), 5.0 cm (3.33), 4.5 cm (2.83), 4.0 cm (2.33).
The price of garlic is determined according to the size of the garlic, the moisture and the quality, mainly the size of the garlic;
In fact, the size of garlic does not affect the taste, nutrients, and intrinsic value of garlic.
But the goods are sold for a skin, just like apples, what is particular about appearance, and consumers also default to the large garlic and high price.
The second sister's family has nearly 4 acres of garlic, deducting garlic seeds, plastic film, garlic workers, pesticides, fertilizers and other expenses, it is estimated that it can net 15,000 yuan, and the human etiquette is enough all year round.
The second sister and eldest sister are now like two migratory birds, going back and forth between the city and their hometown for about a month, busy with the land at home, you help me, I help you, just like fighting guerrillas, the grandchildren in the city take turns and help lead.
They gradually adapted to life in the city, and the fields in the countryside were not willing to be mixed (thrown), so they had to go home to take care of them, dig in the soil, and earn some pocket money, otherwise they would be embarrassed to open their mouths to their children again and again.
The eldest sister and the second sister are still farmers in their bones, they still like farming, they are free, they are busy all day, and they sleep well after being tired, but their sons and daughters-in-law have to go to work, so they can only go back to help take care of the children.
The two brothers-in-law are now 60 years old, and they are still working in the city, at this age, they can't do it for a few years.
The second sister planted garlic every year, set aside two points of land, used garlic seeds, organic fertilizer, and more delicate labor, and planted some garlic for her family to eat, which is still the case this year.
Two points of land to collect four or five hundred catties, but the opposite is not as good as the field, the reason is very simple, there is no pesticide, chemical fertilizer, the fertility of the farmhouse fertilizer is not good, and the garlic is naturally small.
But such a farmhouse garlic taste, fresh and spicy, there is a fragrance in it, the second brother-in-law and the eldest brother-in-law can eat it, but I can't eat it.
The two points of land were cleared out little by little by the two brothers-in-law last time, and the farmer's manure was also dragged to the ground one by one, and the two of them were troublesome at the time, so they still covered their noses and finished it.
In the past, when the fourth uncle was there, others planted hybrid rice with high yield, and he loved to plant weeding and laborious, low yield, but delicious "Wuqi rice" (also called japonica rice, sticky rice, wrapped dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, fried fruits during the Spring Festival);
"Five-seven rice" because of the special, have to separate seedlings, planting and harvesting, very troublesome, the fourth uncle is a fine person, it is really hard to get a grain of grain, an acre of land to harvest not much seven or eight bags of new rice, this to send a point, that to send a point, their own not much, just to eat their own benefits.
The second sister is also such a person, giving up her small family, taking care of everyone, planting some sesame seeds, mung beans, broad beans, and organic garlic in her own field, and then taking the trouble to collect them one by one.
The fourth sister said that the five and a half (5.5 cm) in Cangnan supermarket cost 9.9 yuan a catty, and I looked at the vegetable market in Shanghai, and it cost 7 yuan a catty.
Coco said, "My fourth aunt, you bought field garlic in the supermarket, and used chemical fertilizers and pesticides several times; My mother grows organic garlic and uses farmhouse fertilizer, which is expensive. It's not enough money, the garlic is small, but it's hard and delicious. ”
Yes, the second sister is good at making garlic fried fish, that is, to use the small garlic head of organic garlic to make it taste, the garlic is also very delicious, I don't like to eat garlic very much, I can also eat a leftover, I like to eat more than fish.
Pizhou, the hometown, has been dominated by agriculture for many years, and its development is not easy; In recent years, through the garlic industry, it can be regarded as finding a combination of agriculture and commerce, and the economic help is obvious.
Garlic in my hometown, I have seen too much at home, and I never used to be good, but now "garlic you are ruthless" has become a way for parents and villagers to increase their income, which is gratifying.
Although my mother is gone, I can still feel strong family affection and nostalgia in the garlic sent by my second sister every year.
However, this time I only asked my second sister to send 15 catties of garlic, which was too much to eat;
The second sister mailed 30 catties to the fourth sister, she said that she wanted to eat pickled vinegar and garlic, and mailed her small fish, pancakes, and vermicelli from her hometown.......
When the Dragon Boat Festival arrived, I thought of the fourth uncle and the second sister, which are all the inheritance of family affection.
In the future, a family will have a child, and this kind of family affection will become weaker and weaker, and it is a pity to think about it.
(Thanks for reading)
(I had a reader friend before, leaving a message to ask for garlic from my hometown, I can't find the message information, if you want, contact me in private chat, and let the second sister send some from my hometown, [作揖].] ）
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