In the 1970s, the fake daughter was spoiled by the real master every night

Chapter 37 Vegetable Garden

Xiang Jianming said to the villagers: "Everyone should do what they should do. Go to work as usual. Just leave someone at home. We will take care of the vegetable fields."

That's what they said, but who would have the heart to go to work right now? Now that I have met the president of the supply and marketing cooperative and the reporters from the county, they all know that the cooperation must be true.

Now I hope that the vegetables from Shuangshui Brigade will be favored by the supply and marketing cooperative so that the family can have some income.

Apart from going to work, the villagers usually take wild products and vegetables to the black market to exchange for some money. In the past few years, the inspections were strict and those who engaged in speculation were arrested and sent to labor camps or forced to eat peanuts.

The management has been a little more relaxed in the past two years, but if you are caught or reported, you will still be sent to a farm.

So the villagers of Shuangshui Village now see hope of making money, and they all look at Su Qingyue and the others eagerly, hoping that the village can cooperate with the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Xiang Jianming and Su Qingyue took President Zhang and reporter Chen to visit the vegetable garden, followed not far behind by a large group of villagers.

Following the captain's lead, the first house we went to was the Su family.

Su Qingyue smiled brightly, "President Zhang, Reporter Chen, this is my family's vegetable garden, take a look."

Zhang Dongfeng's eyes suddenly lit up. The vegetable garden in the Su family's backyard was more than one acre in size and was neatly divided according to vegetable varieties.

The cucumbers are tender, the green beans are in large pieces, the cowpeas are like long noodles, the tomatoes are juicy and hanging on the branches, the spinach and rapeseed are green, the eggplants are dense, the peppers are red and green, and the pumpkin and loofah are each one as big as the other!

Not to mention Zhang Dongfeng, even the people in his own village didn't dare to say that their vegetable fields were as good as those managed by the Su family.

At first glance, you can see that it is watered every day, weeded and fertilized regularly.

Chen Yanfeng quickly took out a small black box from his bag, with a large round lens on it.

When he raised his SLR camera to take pictures, the villagers gathered around curiously. Su Zhuangzhuang opened his eyes wide and asked, "Uncle, what is this?"

Chen Yanfeng smiled and explained: "This is a camera. It can take pictures of your vegetable garden."

With a 'click' sound, the photo was taken.

The villagers who had never taken photos before became excited. They found out that this is how taking photos with a camera works.

Zhang Dongfeng looked at the abundant vegetable garden and smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on his face. "Oh, how many people are there in your family? I'm afraid you can't finish all the vegetables, right?"

Su Qingyue introduced her family members to President Zhang and reporter Chen one by one. "There are six people in our family, and we really can't finish all the vegetables. My sister-in-law will dry the leftover vegetables into dried vegetables and make kimchi."

Zhang Dongfeng asked Captain Xiang again, "How many vegetable gardens like this are there in our village?"

"Shuangshui Brigade has 130 households. Many of them grow vegetables in their backyards, private plots and fields. In previous years, they were worried about having no vegetables to eat in winter, so they dried the vegetables to survive the winter."

Zhang Dongfeng had a rough idea in his mind, "Our county has a population of 400,000, and these numbers are far from enough to supply the county."

Everyone's heart skipped a beat when they heard this.

Su Qingyue had thought of this a long time ago. She handed the freshly washed cucumbers and tomatoes to President Zhang and Chen Yanfeng, and said slowly, "Don't worry, President. Shuangshui Brigade is just the first village in our experiment. We will try a small amount of vegetables first. If the effect is good, we will promote it to Shuangqiao Commune and other communes!"

Li Zilan and Su Qingxi both looked at Su Qingyue with admiration, and felt that she seemed to be glowing when she talked.

Su Qingyue smiled and continued, "As long as we can establish cooperation between the countryside and the county, our supply and marketing cooperative will have more other agricultural and sideline products in addition to fresh vegetables. For example, Qingshan Brigade is good at making tofu, Yunxi Brigade has a pig farm, and Pingshu Brigade has a high grain output;

In addition to the good growth of vegetables in our village, there are also many mountain products in the mountains, such as black fungus and wild mushrooms, and chestnuts, walnuts and hawthorns in autumn and winter."

Chen Yanfeng ate a tomato, nodded, and wrote something in a notebook.

Zhang Dongfeng chewed on the crisp cucumber. The more he listened, the more he thought this cooperation was promising. He decided to bring a truckload of vegetables back to the city to try it out.
Su Qingyue talked endlessly about the advantages of Shuangshui Brigade, and the captain and all the villagers were moved. Although Su Qingyue was an employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, she was speaking well of the village in every word.

Xiang Jianming took President Zhang and Chen Yanfeng to visit several vegetable fields. Finally, President Zhang shook Xiang Jianming's hand and announced in public, "Captain Xiang, we have to work together!"

Xiang Jianming's eyes were red with excitement. "Let's go to the brigade office and sit down to discuss the details of the cooperation."

He winked at his youngest son, and Xiang Shishui immediately served tea and water. The village head's wife Du Ruoying called a few women to help cook.

"Zilan, come here. You are a good cook. You can be the chef for this meal and cook all our fresh vegetables."

Wang Juqin usually envied Li Zilan's delicious cooking, but now this meal was related to the livelihood of the whole village, so she dared not complain and just helped quickly.

Liu Chunxing was also very excited, helping to light the fire and fetch water.

Pei Huaimei was also helping to cut vegetables today, and she kept praising Li Zilan for being lucky to have such a capable sister-in-law.

The brigade’s office was actually an earthen house with a large table in the main room.

When the prices were being finalized, Su Qingyue kicked Captain Xiang under the table, and Xiang Jianming immediately changed his words, "Cucumbers and tomatoes are three cents, spinach is five cents, and rapeseed is six and a half cents."

The price of vegetables in the county town is high. For example, the supply and marketing cooperatives sell cucumbers and tomatoes for only five or six cents per pound.

Xiang Jianming thought that the supply and marketing cooperative could still make a profit if they offered this price, so Zhang Dongfeng thought for a moment and immediately agreed.

Su Qingyue smiled happily and hurriedly recorded the prices. This way, the commune could make money, the team could make money too, and she and the team leader would even have room for profit.

After deciding on the price, the group agreed to try sending 500 kilograms of vegetables to the county town tomorrow.

Su Qingyue checked the promotional draft with reporter Chen several times, "President, please take a look at the draft. If there is no problem, reporter Chen will publish the promotion in the newspaper tomorrow."

After reading it, Zhang Dongfeng nodded with satisfaction. Chen Yanfeng was very professional and anxious to publish the newspaper. He left without even having a meal. After borrowing a bicycle from the team leader, Chen Yanfeng hurried back to the newspaper office with the manuscript.

The food was served, a total of eight vegetarian dishes, cold cucumber shreds, tomatoes sprinkled with sugar, Chinese cabbage stewed with tofu, stir-fried eggplant with green peppers, stir-fried beans, steamed pumpkin, loofah soup, and stir-fried sour cowpeas.

Xiang Jianming was originally worried that the all-vegetarian banquet would be difficult to present, but he didn't expect that Zhang Dongfeng never stopped picking up dishes with his chopsticks, and kept praising the freshness of the vegetables and the cooking skills of the chef.

Su Qingyue smiled and said, "President Zhang, this dish was made by my sister-in-law. It tastes good, right?"

“Not only good, but delicious!”

Su Qingyue was busy praising her sister-in-law for her ability to handle both housework and cooking. Zhang Dongfeng wiped his mouth and said, "Qingyue, call your sister-in-law and ask Captain Xiang to find some people to quickly harvest the vegetables. I have to go back to the supply and marketing cooperative to arrange the supply for tomorrow morning."

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