Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 574 - Chapter 574 574. Fruit Tree Arrangement_1

Chapter 574: 574. Fruit Tree Arrangement_1 Chapter 574: 574. Fruit Tree Arrangement_1 After hanging up the phone, Wu Jun stared at the bank transfer with mixed feelings of amusement and helplessness, and had no choice but to return it–over just a kilo’s worth of business, he had previously talked about sending Professor Song two kilos to try, and the latter only wanted one kilo and even paid for it…

How much had he received free planting advice from the other party in the beginning?

Yet, no matter what, it was only a kilo. He sent out quite a few samples this year, and there had been some repurchases, most of them a kilo or half a kilo. As for the larger orders…

Best not to mention them!

He sat in the courtyard, his heart still somewhat adrift.

Could it be… that he really had to go back to selling barbecued skewers and crawfish?

He couldn’t understand, the Sichuan peppers were so good, how come there was no market for them? A wholesale price of 30 per kilo, that truly was rock bottom, and the ones sold for seventy or eighty in the market couldn’t compare to his in flavor!

He opened the online store backend to take another look–well, with no promotion and no paid top placement, not a single order had been sold in a whole month; doing business on the web is tough these days!

But that search ad placement, it was too expensive! The conversion rate for a new store wouldn’t be ideal either…

Pondering all sorts of things, he didn’t know how much time had passed when his phone lit up again–a Yun City number, probably a marketing call. But he hesitated, remembering that the address Professor Song had just given was in Yun City, and in the end, he answered the call.

On the phone, a voice that sounded particularly hearty spoke, “Hello, is this Boss Wu? I was referred by Professor Song–I mean, how do you sell your Sichuan peppers? I’ll start with five kilos!”

Huh?

Wu Jun was stunned, “I am… Five kilos, right? Okay, okay, okay, I’ll send them tomorrow, ship them fast, by air, they’ll arrive the day after tomorrow!”

Now, it was Zhang Yanping’s turn to be dumbfounded–were business people so generous these days? He didn’t even mention the price!

…

That evening, Zhang Yanping contacted and recorded several spice vendors introduced by Professor Song. Now, everything was ready; all that was left was to wait for the goods to arrive!

The group chatted into the night, somehow more enthusiastic than during the day. For instance, Professor Song had already quickly planned out the cultivation of star anise, bay leaves, and Sichuan peppers.

“Star anise thrives vigorously; with a few more years, reaching over ten meters is no problem.”

“Bay leaves, that’s what laurel is, aren’t they? Tough, easy to grow, they don’t mind the sun or the cold, with no pressure for planting them here. It’s just that they grow slowly, a seven or eight-year-old seedling might not even reach seventy centimeters… but the leaves don’t weigh much when dried, a small patch is enough.”

Zhang Yanping looked at the pictures given by Professor Song, and couldn’t help but sigh, “I should have bought a few trees at the start of spring. I just ordered spices, and bay leaves were the most expensive, over a hundred per kilo!”

Fortunately, when paired with the others, three or five kilos each, only one kilo of bay leaves was needed.

Professor Song chuckled, some things just aren’t obvious to those outside the field, and it’s normal for most people not to think about it.

“There’s also cinnamon, commonly used, but this one doesn’t pose much difficulty in cultivation, it just requires someone skilled in peeling the bark… I see that no one around here grows it, nor do we produce yellow cedar… No one has this skill, so my suggestion is to purchase it if needed.”

Song Tan nodded vehemently; she couldn’t even find someone now, let alone a specialized professional… Better to save trouble where possible.

If calculated like this, the land area for planting spices really didn’t need much at all to meet sales needs… It was doable!

Professor Song was detailed and also had photos when discussing these topics, not only were Song Tan and a few others listening, but Qiaoqiao, Seventh Uncle, Wu Lan, and Song Sancheng didn’t want to miss out either, all concentrating hard.

With many listeners, Professor Song felt even more validated. It was a different feeling from teaching students, and so he became even more enthusiastic:

“I’ve also roughly thought of a few types of fruit trees, one is winter jujube, two is apple, three is pomegranate–all are resistant to storage and transportation. It’s just that, taking care of an orchard is exhausting.”

He sighed, “Didn’t you plant peaches? To get peaches to grow evenly, it’s a year-round task… weeding, pest control, fruit thinning, protection from rain, plus bagging them, it’s not easy!”

Huh?

Lao Song’s family looked at each other in dismay: Is planting peach trees tiring?

Well, picking peaches for those few days is indeed quite exhausting.

As for weeding… Wu Lan embarrassedly smiled, “Our family didn’t do much weeding this year, you know, Yanping found quite a few people to come fishing, and whoever caught the least for the day had to weed the fields… It went on for about two or three months.”

It’s true, the men might not be very nimble with their work, but they were all quite serious about it.

Nonstop for two or three months, there was hardly a chance for weeds to grow in the garden, the roots were all pulled out…

As for thinning the fruits…

Once Song Sancheng heard it, his mouth started to water: “Back then we hired people to do it, didn’t do much ourselves, just that salt-water green peach, really tasty!”

“The ones preserved in sugar are even tastier, like those licorice plums in the supermarkets, but harder and crisper.”

Talking about this, everyone’s mouths uncontrollably started to water, and for a moment they all wished the peaches would come back again for another season.

As for rain protection… the rainfall was quite good this year, their family didn’t bother with it at all!

And bagging the fruits… wasn’t there a net strung up above? Although it cost quite a bit of money, it saved the effort of bagging the fruits, how convenient!

Professor Song: …

What now, his agricultural experience is wasted again?

He silently gathered his composure and regained his confidence, “Domestic apples have been hard to sell these past two years, but your family…”

He paused, then changed the angle, “Apple trees are moisture-tolerant, and some older trees grow quite tall. If you sacrifice a bit of the lower branches, you can perfectly interplant them with grassy fruits. I think it’s very suitable for your family’s situation.”

“Pomegranates too, there are a variety of species, you could first do some research, and then we can consider planting–best if you can plant in the autumn, get accustomed to the environment this year, appropriately fertilize and rest in winter, so next year the yield will be good.”

“I don’t even need to mention winter dates, right? The prices have been quite good in the past few years, and I see there are also wild date trees on the mountain; many households have pomegranates at their doors, and the climate is very suitable.”

“Okay, okay, okay! That works, that works, that works!” Song Tan nodded like pecking rice, she found each one delicious! She liked them all!

Now the question is…

“Professor Song, do you have these fruit trees?”

Professor Song: …

Although he had initially considered introducing her to channels, her question was really too direct!

He said gruffly, “I do, but you’ll still need to consider what specific size of seedlings you want!”

Song Tan tossed out the tough question, feeling utterly unconcerned at the moment, “What’s there to consider! I just want the kind that can bear fruit right away, mature trees are fine too!”

Like those apple trees used for interplanting, they definitely couldn’t start with tiny, stumpy seedlings, right?

Professor Song was speechless, “Mature trees will cost more… Not to mention the higher difficulty of planting, the transportation costs are also higher.”

“No matter,” Song Tan was confident, “Won’t the profits next year make up for it?”

And even if this sum of over a million isn’t enough, next month when the pruned tea leaves grow back, the stored tea and the autumn tea will be ready for sale again!

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