Song Tan's Notes

Secretary Zhu thought to himself: Sooner or later I'll have to persuade them to replace this red bucket.

The king used this bucket back then, and now the princess uses this bucket too. Why can't each dog have its own bucket?

Moreover, standing right next to this peach grove, surrounded by plenty of clear water, isn't this just deliberately designed to cause misunderstandings?

With a peach in her mouth, she chattered on and on as she sent the message to Song Tan.

Song Tan, picking peaches in the distance: ...

The big red bucket isn't broken, why do we need to replace it?
Moreover, there is a dog guarding the peach grove every day. You can't expect them to carry your bucket while they are guarding it, can you?
Finally, why is this bucket standing here?

Because this place is close to the intersection where you can ride a bike, you can just put a big bucket on your bike and carry it down when you need to refill your water bottle.

Let's look at Secretary Zhu: He sends out a lot of opinions on his phone, but in reality, isn't he still sitting next to the leader, munching on a peach?

She had no choice but to bite! Secretary Zhu thought to herself that she couldn't be entirely blamed; she just couldn't get enough of the food and didn't care about the little details.

Let's just assume she's a dog lover and her mouth was licked by a dog!

The princesses don't eat excrement.

The leader and Secretary Wang were utterly astonished.

Their province is a major agricultural province, and agricultural matters are an unavoidable topic when taking up a post in various places. The leaders have tasted and are familiar with all kinds of agricultural products and crops.

But none of them can bring out the flavor to this extent—clear, sweet, crisp, and fragrant…

It feels like all the wonderful flavors unique to crisp peaches are contained in this one peach.

Especially when you eat the part near the pit, the flesh there will have a slightly sour taste, just like the wild peaches you picked from the tree when you were a child.

Unlike his superiors, Secretary Wang had never eaten wild peaches as a child. He only felt: These peaches are truly delicious!
Then I heard the leader ask:

Are there any difficulties in transporting this?

After thinking for a moment, Secretary Zhu said, "This is relatively easy to transport. However, before they ship it out, they have to take it to a cold storage in the mountains to cool it down. Otherwise, in the high temperature, the peaches will soften quickly during the shipping process and won't taste fresh."

The leader nodded, then asked:

“I know they have unique methods for growing peaches, but the original variety of this peach tree must be quite good as well—what about the branches? Can it be propagated by cuttings or grafting?”

"Can you guarantee the same quality? Or even a slightly lower quality would be acceptable."

This really put Secretary Zhu in a difficult position.

She swallowed the peach in her mouth and said sincerely:
"This peach tree was planted last spring and only underwent simple pruning in the fall and winter, so it doesn't quite meet the requirements for cutting propagation."

This is only the second year, and even if cuttings are taken, they won't bear fruit.

If grafting...

"We can't expect farmers to lose their own land and damage such good seedlings to provide us with data, can we? That's why I didn't mention it."

Agricultural development relies on just these few directions.

If we have good varieties, we should strengthen breeding efforts and expand their reputation and production as much as possible. Only in this way can we fully drive the economy of a region or even the entire province or city.

It is perfectly reasonable for the leader to ask this question.

Village Party Secretary Xiao Zhu also replied very seriously:
"However, the agricultural students on the mountain are doing this seriously."

They live here, and their work involves comparing a lot of seeds or seedlings of saplings, fruits, and vegetables.

"Currently, the only crop that has been successfully grown in large quantities and has a good taste is strawberries."

"However, we still do not recommend promoting it for the time being."

Because the strawberry seedlings were dug directly from Song Tan's land, the price couldn't be low. Large-scale planting would require farmers to invest too much upfront, making it difficult to guarantee profits.

After all, strawberries spoil quickly once they ripen, and high costs mean high prices.

If the products are not sold in the short term, the farmers may suffer significant losses... Tian Tian's data is the only successful experimental data, but with sales already pre-ordered, Secretary Zhu prefers to proceed cautiously for another two years rather than take a risk.

The leaders are understanding.

Crop planting and harvesting both depend on climatic conditions.

It's not time yet, nothing can be done.

He silently added another instruction to Wang Qing:
"We are paying close attention to this matter..."

But Secretary Zhu wouldn't miss this opportunity!
He quickly added, "However, you can come back and visit again at the end of the year, sir."

She does have a plan, but she lacks the data and hasn't written the report yet.

"This autumn, I plan to encourage the villagers to buy the high-priced strawberry seedlings from the Song family. Because they sell vegetables and grow vegetables, they have cleared out their wasteland, so they have plenty of space."

We can build a small shed to grow these strawberries while we're at it; that would be perfect.

During the holidays, people's willingness to spend money will be at an all-time high, and the number of people coming to the village to buy vegetables every weekend will probably be even greater than it is now.

Village Party Secretary Xiao Zhu gave an example: "In May, the reputation of selling vegetables here was just established, and the strawberry farmers who transplanted the plants also set up stalls here to sell their produce."

She held up four fingers, and her tone became more forceful:
"At a price of 40 yuan per kilogram, it can basically sell out in two hours."

This shocked even the leaders.

—May?

May and June are the peak season for strawberries.

At this time of year, strawberries grow extremely fast, but they also rot extremely fast.

Many strawberry farms have greenhouses where people can pick strawberries at this time of year. If you're not careful, a large area will be overripe, and the price has dropped from 20 or 30 yuan per kilogram during the holidays to 10 yuan for 3 kilograms.

Even the better quality ones are no more than ten yuan more expensive.

And even against this economic backdrop, the high price of forty yuan per kilogram still managed to sell so quickly...

The leader carefully noted: "If you follow up on this matter promptly, I will come again at the end of the year to personally taste these strawberries."

Party Secretary Xiao Zhu nodded repeatedly, while Secretary Wang opened his memo and quickly wrote it down.

……

Meanwhile, in Qiaoqiao's live stream...

Once again, everyone was enthusiastic and passionate, sending comments on the screen. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't actually climb into the computer, everyone would probably be crowding at the front and rolling around on the screen.

I don't care, I don't care, I just want this peach!

[If I could buy ten pounds of peaches today, I would gladly eat a balanced diet of meat and vegetables for the rest of my life.]

[I've already taken out a 1000 yuan loan from the bank, why aren't you putting the peaches on the shelves yet?]

[You're really bold, buddy. I'm different. I asked my parents for a 500 yuan fruit subsidy.]

[Link up, link up, link up!]

Oh, stop introducing yourself, let me buy it first!

When Song Tan took a break and opened the live stream, she was amused to see the screen filled with comments waiting for the link.

However, it's already nine o'clock. We can only work for another half hour at most before everyone has to pack up and go home.

And how efficient were these people at picking the peaches...?

In short, the main force right now is still college students. But with this small amount of content, trying to link it would only anger the fans. (End of Chapter)