There was little to say about early summer in a county town in the eighties. Fruit had yet to reach the market in large quantities, and the weather had already turned hot, but there were no watermelons to quench thirst and cool people down. Those annoying mosquitoes and flies showed Li Long no special consideration just because he had been reborn, either.
So sitting outside the yard to cool off in the evening could be quite a nuisance.
Li Long knew the common trick of using mugwort to repel mosquitoes, but honestly, it did not work very well here. Mainly, Gu Xiaoxia could not stand strong smoke, so they could not burn it. Simply leaving it there and relying on the mugwort's own scent did little good.
After staying outside for a while, Gu Boyuan returned to the small courtyard, while Li Long and Gu Xiaoxia went indoors.
After their meal earlier, Gu Boyuan had also talked about his farm supply store. From late March to early May, in just over a month, he had earned enough to buy several bicycles.
Those really were enormous profits!
Gu Boyuan marveled at it, but Li Long knew it was not merely because this was currently a seller's market, or because the household responsibility system had given each family its own land, boosting their enthusiasm for farming and creating a huge demand for agricultural supplies.
Another very important reason was that Gu Boyuan could tailor his sales recommendations to farmers' needs, rather than simply leaving them to choose for themselves.
As a university graduate, even though he had not majored in agriculture, his ability to learn was far stronger than most people's when it came to gaining a little professional knowledge.
According to Gu Boyuan, his was not the only new farm supply