Starting from selling lunch boxes at the construction site

Chapter 252 Good Guy, So You Were Waiting Here!
After returning to the room, I had a good night's dream.

I have to say that the air in Hezibao is really relaxing and comfortable.It was obviously a strange place, and Xu An, who was used to getting up early to send Xu Kang and Xu Le to school, unexpectedly slept until ten o'clock.

Although he is now here as the boss to investigate, it is a bit outrageous for him to sleep so late and wake up.

Yawning in satisfaction, Xu An lifted the quilt from his body, picked up the toothpaste and toothbrush on the head of the bed, and went downstairs with his slippers.

Ha-ah-ah-ah?

Halfway through the second yawn, he was frightened back by the scene in front of him.

When I came here last night, there were only a few broken tree stumps on the open space in front of the village branch office, and there was nothing else, but today, a bright and dazzling banner was so brightly pulled on the open space.

【Welcome Xu's Catering to visit Hezibao】

What the hell is Xu's Catering
Although Xu An intends to combine his two brands under one company, this is only an idea in his mind and has not been implemented.

Seeing it suddenly now, Xu An actually felt a little shame and embarrassment, and even a little bit of joy.
The name still looks pretty good!

After returning to Haishi, go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to complete the formalities, so that Xu's fast food restaurant and Xu's Lo-mei restaurant will be combined into one, becoming two brands under the name Xu's Catering!
Xu An walked down while admiring the banner. When his right foot was in perfect contact with the solid ground and his left foot took a step towards the space outside the stairs, he heard cheers and saw a group of people springing up like mushrooms after rain. Stand up from the corners on both sides of the stairs
With hair as messy as a bird's nest, secretions and yawning tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, wearing a white vest on his upper body, a pair of red shorts on his lower body, and slippers on his feet, Xu An followed with such a 'down-to-earth' image. The fathers and villagers of Hezibao formally met.

"Hey, this boss doesn't look much different from my child!"

"This young one is the boss, should the older one be the boss?"

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Following behind Xu An, before appearing in front of everyone, the 'older' Xu Dongliang had a big question mark on his head.

"Haha, good morning everyone! Haha, the weather is pretty good today. Have you had breakfast yet? Are you planning to go to the market?"

Xu An didn't finish the last sentence, because he saw that the villagers put a basket next to them, and there was a lush green plant in the basket.Xu An doesn't quite recognize this green plant, but Xu An is very familiar with the fruit that bears on the green plant. That's the purpose of his trip - shabu shabu!

"This is." Xu An raised his right hand involuntarily, and the toothbrush in his hand pointed directly at the green plant closest to him.

"That's right!" The person pointed at by Xu An slapped his head suddenly, quickly picked up the backpack on the ground, and handed it to Xu An, with a look of anxiety and expectation on his face: "Boss Xu, what do you want?" Look, is this the pepper you want?"

As the plant approached, the overwhelming hotness hit his face, which made Xu An take a step back involuntarily.

Based on this breath alone, Xu An dared to assert that this is the shabu-shabu he wanted!

After seeing Xu An nodding, the others immediately became excited, and handed the plants in their own baskets to Xu An's eyes for Xu An to distinguish.

Resisting the intense hotness that was almost substantive, Xu An looked at all the plants in the baskets of everyone on the field. In the end, except for one person who dug up an unknown red fruit plant, the other plants were all shabu-shabu. hot!
It seems that there are really many shabu-shabu spicy plants on the mountain here!
Just when Xu An was feeling emotional, he suddenly heard a villager say a word in awkwardly pronounced Mandarin, which was half flattering and half ostentatious.

"Hey, it's good, it's good! I went into the mountain early yesterday, ran four times, and dug sixteen trees, hey! None of you dig more than me, right?"

The man's flamboyant appearance made the other villagers compare him not to be outdone.

"I dug twelve trees, four less than you!"

"Hahaha, I have more than you guys, I dug seventeen! One more than you!"

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Listening to the words of the villagers, the smile on Xu An's face froze, his eyes were dark, his mind was blank, he almost lost his breath, and performed for everyone to die on the spot.

Before this, Xu An thought that the villagers were not sure whether the peppers on the mountain were shabu-shabu or not, so he dug one out for him to identify.Although one person and one tree are a bit much, Xu An really didn't expect that the villagers would go all over the mountains and fields, and dig up all the shabu they could see and bring them back to their homes.
Shabu shabu is rare in the market, one reason is that the market demand is not high, and the second is that it is difficult to grow, it has high requirements on soil, moisture, climate, etc., and it is extremely easy to encounter various diseases and insect pests, and the mortality rate is extremely high.
The shabu shabu that has been dug back has a high survival rate if one-third of them can survive.If they continue to grow on the mountain, it is only mid-September, and at least two waves can be harvested. If the weather is good, three waves are not out of the question.
Looking at the lively discussion of the villagers in front of him, the thousands of words in Xu An's heart finally turned into a sigh, and disappeared in the morning wind in the mountains.

Things have come to this point, no matter what you say is useless, it will only increase your troubles.

In the final analysis, I still didn’t think comprehensively enough. If I heard Li Yanfu say that there are shabu-shabu in the mountains, I would specifically remind the problem that the shabu-shabu is difficult to transplant and plant, and the scene in front of me would not have happened.

Even so, Xu An still felt his heart hurt.

After the villagers got the exact answer from Xu An, they all said goodbye happily and went back to the village. While walking, they discussed with each other where to plant the shabu-shabu they dug back.

Standing at the end of the crowd, Li Sixin, the village party secretary who had been watching the show silently, seemed to notice that there was something wrong with Xu An's expression. What's wrong with Jianchou?"

"No." Xu An shook his head, and sighed again: "It's hard for this ghost to grow and survive."

Xu An told all the news about shabu shabu that he knew in one breath, and he couldn't help but sighed again at the end.

"It's really not common to see ghosts. I didn't expect it to be so difficult to plant." After hearing Xu An's words, Li Sixin did not fall into disappointment and regret, but murmured to himself: "If there is If a professional guides it, the probability of successful planting should increase, right?"

Li Sixin's murmured voice was urgent, hasty and soft. Xu An only heard the words 'professional' and 'success', and when he was about to listen carefully to what Li Sixin was saying, Li Sixin changed the subject.

"Boss Xu, I heard from Yanfu that you are very interested in the mushrooms in the mountains. Would you like to go into the mountains and have a look? The conditions in Hezibao are a bit poor, but the natural scenery is very good, especially when you go to the top of the mountain. Take a look, the scenery is amazing!"

Afterwards, listening to Li Sixin's interesting story about picking mushrooms in the mountains, coupled with Li Yanfu's support, made Xu An, who grew up by the sea, a little bit interested out of thin air.

Now it has been confirmed that the spicy shabu shabu is produced in the mountains here, and the ones grown by Li Yanfu's family will not run away with long legs.Therefore, Xu An readily accepted Li Sixin's suggestion of picking mushrooms.

Seeing that Xu An agreed so readily, Li Sixin breathed a sigh of relief, started packing his things without stopping, and led Xu An and the two of them to the mountain.

However, what he took Xu An was not the avenue into the mountain that the villagers often take, but a path almost covered by dense vegetation into the mountain.

On the right hand side of the path are terraced fields. The fields are full of weeds, and it is barren. It's deserted, why is it full of weeds and no one takes care of it?"

"Haha, Boss Xu, can you take a closer look?" Li Sixin reminded with a smile, "There are cash crops planted here."

There are cash crops in the half-person-high weedy field?
Xu An picked up a dead branch from the ground, gently scratched the weeds in front of him, and searched for a while, but found nothing.Just when he wondered if Li Sixin was joking with him, Xu Dongliang discovered something.

"This is..." Xu Dongliang seemed to be holding something in his hand and sniffed it under his nose before giving the answer: "Is the pepper planted in this field?"

Looking in the direction of Xu Dongliang, Xu An saw a chest-high pepper tree, and the densely packed peppercorns were covered by layers of leaves.

Picking up the dead branch in my hand and flicking around the pepper tree twice, I found the second and third pepper trees, which are really cash crops!
Xu An then plucked a small handful of peppercorns from the pepper tree and put them in his hands. The green peppercorns were plump and round, and they were pinched into two petals with a light pinch of his fingers. A transparent green liquid oozes out of it, with a strong aroma of citrus mixed with lemon. radiated out.

"All the green peppercorns are planted in this large field. After they are planted, they will be naturally raised. The growth is quite gratifying. Many people here use this green peppercorns to cook braised meat. It tastes so special!"

The focus of Li Sixin's words was on the second half of the sentence. Xu An, who was studying the pepper seriously, didn't notice the change in tone, but Xu Dongliang, who was on the side, did notice it. He glanced at Li Sixin secretly and then quickly looked away. .

"There are so many green peppercorns, the quality looks good, at least it can be rated as medium." Xu An threw away the peppercorns in his hand, and said with a smile: "It seems that the villagers of Hezibao will have a good year this year!"

At some point, an old woman walked near where the four of them were, went straight down to the ground, took out a pair of scissors from the back basket, cut a few branches from the green pepper tree and put them in the back basket .

The movements were smooth and smooth, and when they saw Li Sixin, they even greeted Li Sixin carelessly: "Secretary Li, you are here! These two look familiar, are they the big bosses from Haishi?"

"Hey, yes, these two are big bosses from Haishi, I'll show them around." Li Sixin responded very normally: "Do you pick peppers and go back to cook or cook braised thiophene?"

"Cook lo mei, cook some potatoes and peanuts, the fields harvested a lot not long ago, you can't win!"

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As Xu An listened, he suddenly realized something was wrong. This Secretary Li is from Hezibao, and this old lady is also from Hezibao. Why do they communicate in Mandarin instead of the local dialect?Did you say this to yourself on purpose?

When Xu An was thinking about this question, the pleasantries between the two ended. Li Sixin continued to take Xu An into the mountains, explaining to Xu An while walking, interrupting Xu An's thinking.

"These green peppercorns were planted for a poverty alleviation project in the past. After four or five years of planting, they lost money every year. This year, everyone didn't want to serve them anymore, so they grew like this."

"The color of this green pepper is good, and the quantity is also large, so why are you still losing money?"

"Yeah, they're all pretty good, but the big companies don't want to accept it because they think it's remote, and the small companies don't have the size to take it in. They unite with several companies to collect it together, but because of the freight and purchase price, they quarreled and almost got into trouble with the police. Go inside."

As he was talking, Li Sixin changed his subject: "Boss Xu, I heard from Yanfu that you have a store that is in the business of lo-mei. The sales volume is very good, and you use a lot of green peppercorns. Do you want to consider buying from our Hezi store?" Purchasing from the Fort?"

Um?Um!
Good guy, it turned out that he was waiting for himself here!
I didn't expect such a guy with thick eyebrows, big eyes, glasses, and gentleness to be full of bad things!
(End of this chapter)