Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

When we arrived, we discovered that Aunt Xie had prepared a whole table of food.

"Come, come, everyone, sit down! You've already come all this way, why did you bring things? Why are you all being so polite?" Aunt Xie looked at the things Su Wanqing and Zhou Yanshen were carrying and pretended to scold them.

Su Wanqing said with a smile, "These are all specialties from Xinjiang. Walnuts and almonds are especially good for your health. This chicken and rabbit are also raised on our own. They've been smoked, so we can eat them directly after the New Year in a few days."

Chen Xiuer also brought some local specialties and mushroom bags that were almost ready to be harvested, saying that she would be able to eat the ripe oyster mushrooms in a couple of days.

Aunt Xie found it very strange.

Commander Li took everything and put it aside, then urged everyone to sit down quickly: "Hurry up and eat something, everyone, eat while it's hot."

Actually, many of the dishes on this table were freshly ordered from state-run restaurants, including braised pork, chicken stew with mushrooms, and braised pig's trotters. Some of the remaining dishes were also made by Aunt Xie herself, such as cold wild vegetable salad and stir-fried seasonal vegetables stewed with tofu.

Aunt Xie's house was similar in layout to Su Wanqing's house, also with three rooms.

Aunt Xie occupies a room by herself, while Commander Li and his wife share another. Commander Li also has a daughter, but she is already married. Commander Li's wife hasn't returned either; she's currently staying with her mother to take care of the elderly woman.

Aunt Xie said from the side, "When I have time later, I'll introduce his family to everyone."

Commander Li also said, "From now on, we'll all be neighbors. If anything happens, just let me know, and I'll definitely help."

Aunt Xie chimed in, "If you really want to help them, go ask your cafeteria if they need any oyster mushrooms. Dr. Su and Xiu'er grow oyster mushrooms, and they even brought us some planting kits when they came. It's good to keep the good stuff within the family. Your three or four cafeterias usually don't have any good food. If you could introduce mushrooms, it would improve the cafeteria's meals."

Commander Li said from the side, "Mom, this is a big matter, and I don't handle this aspect. The canteen's purchases all require a contract with the supply and marketing cooperative, so I can only help by inquiring. If the canteen is interested, that would be even better."

Chen Xiuer and Guo Mingyuan exchanged a glance, secretly thinking that it would be easier to talk to people if they met them here.

With Commander Li making the connection, things should be easy from here on out.

At this moment, Guo Mingyuan raised a glass of baijiu and toasted Commander Li: "Commander Li, regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, we must thank you. Sometimes it's not that our products are bad, but that people don't know they have such good products. As long as you can put in a good word for us, our mushrooms are excellent and fresh, reasonably priced, and delivered to their door. I believe they will definitely need them."

Su Wanqing ate her meal slowly, enjoying the delicious food, and also brought a pot of leftover sweet soy milk, which she drank happily.

On one hand, I thought, "No wonder it's a powerful combination of a legendary businesswoman and a business elite."

She'd only been there a day, and before she could even give any orders, the other side had already figured out how to expand the market and had already started working.

She likes it this way.

The meal went very well. Everyone had been on the train for three days and three nights and was quite tired, so after the meal, they all went home and did their own things.

Guo Mingyuan immediately went out to look for a house.

Chen Xiuer and Aunt Wang couldn't stay still, so they simply started wandering around the neighborhood.

Chen Xiuer said, "Dr. Su, you two go ahead and get busy. My mom and I will take Nannan to look around. We mainly want to check the vegetable prices, then the prices of other goods, and also find out if there are any mushrooms, and what the price of oyster mushrooms is here."

Of course, Chen Xiuer also wanted to find out how many people were around.

They were in a military family compound. Besides this large compound, there was the military general hospital behind it. The surrounding area was a bustling downtown area.

Chen Xiuer and the others then headed that way.

Su Wanqing and Zhou Yanshen were also busy and immediately headed to the train station.

Uncle Ding wasn't idle either. Since he needed to go fetch the livestock, he definitely had to tidy up the backyard. The pigsty couldn't be built temporarily, so he could only use some wood to create a simple enclosure to separate the poultry.

Uncle Ding scratched his head: "I don't know if raising chickens or pigs is allowed here. I've looked at several places, and no one is raising them. Oh well, since they didn't say it's forbidden, it means it's allowed."

Freight platform at the train station.

The middle-aged man wearing glasses checked his time and asked, "Has Comrade Su arrived yet?"

Another man in work clothes shook his head: "The golden pheasants and livestock have arrived. Director Liu, everyone from the entire forestry bureau who could come today is here. Why don't we unload the goods and load them onto the truck first?"

There were more than thirty people standing behind him. Everyone from the Bincheng Forestry Bureau who could come today was there, except for a few who couldn't leave due to urgent matters. They all craned their necks to look inside, quite curious.

"Are there really more than fifty red-bellied pheasants? Is that true?"

"There are probably only a few hundred of these in the whole country, right? Hunting them has been strictly prohibited for a long time, and they're not easy to raise. Does anyone really have that many?"

"That's definitely right. As soon as the newspaper published it, experts across the country were in an uproar."

Director Liu glared at the young man who had spoken earlier: "Red-bellied pheasants are so precious, they could easily kill themselves with a little exertion. If you unload them and they all die, who's responsible? These things might recognize people, or they might not adapt to the environment. Have the veterinarians come? Have they brought all the medicine?"

"They're all here, and they brought everything."

Director Liu nodded: "The arrival of this red-bellied pheasant in our Bincheng is a momentous event, we must treat it with utmost care. Are the red banners and protective plaques ready? We need to send them over. Is the welcoming team ready?"

"Okay, everything's all done."

Just then, two young men looked around and came over, asking if they were from the Forestry Bureau.

Director Liu exclaimed with delight, "You must be Comrade Su Wanqing! Hello, hello, I'm Old Liu from the Forestry Bureau. Welcome back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than thirty people around him shouted in unison in a loud voice, and instantly unfurled a banner that read: "Warmly welcome Comrade Su Wanqing and her red-bellied pheasant to settle in Bincheng!"

A round of enthusiastic applause followed.

Su Wanqing: "..." Luckily, she doesn't have social anxiety, otherwise, she would have been so embarrassed by this welcoming ceremony in broad daylight that she could have dug a villa out of her toes.

Subsequently, Director Liu presented her with a certificate of "Honorary Contributor to the Protection of Wild Animals," as well as an honorary medal and a special letter of appointment for the protected area.

Zhou Yanshen's lips curled up slightly. Seeing how popular his little wife was, he felt very satisfied, even more proud than when he had won military merits.