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With everyone's careful care, the walnut trees in Cuigu Village finally bore fruit for the first time.

The green little walnuts hung on the branches. The villagers were so happy looking at them, as if they saw stacks of money and a brighter future for the village.

On that day, Wang Dashan and several villagers stood in the walnut forest, looking at the trees full of walnuts, their faces filled with proud smiles.

A young man said excitedly: "Uncle Dashan, our walnut trees have not been planted in vain. Look at the fruits. We can harvest them in a while and sell them for a good price."

Wang Dashan smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, but we still need to think carefully about how to sell the walnuts we have harvested and to whom. We can't just wait for others to come and collect them, we have to take the initiative to find a market."

Another villager said, "Uncle Dashan, do we have to go to the city to buy walnuts? But our walnuts are not very famous. Will the people in the city recognize them?"

Wang Dashan pondered for a while and said, "We have to find a way to spread the reputation of our Cuigu Village walnuts. I thought, we can first take some samples to the food processing factories and supply and marketing cooperatives in the city, let them taste the quality of our walnuts, if the quality is good, they will definitely be willing to buy them. Then, we can hold a small walnut tasting event in the village, invite people from surrounding villages to taste them, and let everyone help us promote them."

After hearing this, everyone thought that Wang Dashan’s idea was good, so they started to act separately.

Wang Dashan, along with a few villagers, carrying carefully selected walnut samples, set off for the city again.

When they arrived in the city, they first found a relatively large food processing factory.

Wang Dashan walked into the factory director's office and said to him with a big smile, "Hello, Director. We are from Cuigu Village. We grow a lot of walnuts in our village. Here are the samples we brought. Please try them. The quality is very good. They are all natural and pollution-free. Can you buy some?"

The factory manager looked at them, took the walnut with some suspicion, peeled it and tasted one, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Wow, this walnut is quite fragrant, the kernel is plump, and the taste is not bad. But how much can you produce? Our factory uses a lot, and we can't make it if we can't supply it."

Wang Dashan said quickly, "Director, don't worry. We have just started to produce fruits, and the production will surely increase in the future. Moreover, our village is planting them carefully to ensure the quality. If you cooperate with us, it will be a great help to our village."

The factory manager thought for a moment and said, "How about this? You go back and collect the first batch of walnuts and send some to me. I'll have the factory test all the indicators. If everything is up to standard, we can talk about long-term cooperation."

When Wang Dashan heard this, he hurriedly thanked them and then went to several supply and marketing cooperatives to introduce the walnuts from Cuigu Village to them.

In the village, the walnut tasting party was also very lively.

Villagers from surrounding villages came one after another, and everyone tasted the walnuts from Cui Gu Village and praised them highly.

"Oh, the walnuts from Cuigu Village are delicious. They are much more fragrant than the ones we grow at home."

An old lady from a neighboring village said with a smile.

"That's right, the kernel is big and plump, really good."

Others echoed.

At the tasting session, Wang Dashan took the opportunity to introduce everyone to the walnut planting process in Cuigu Village. He also said that he hoped everyone would help promote the product and that anyone who wanted to buy could contact the village.

Not long after, the first batch of walnuts was harvested, and Wang Dashan sent a batch of samples in accordance with the agreement with the director of the food processing plant.

After testing, all indicators were qualified, and the food processing factory decided to sign a purchase contract with Cuigu Village, which made the villagers very happy.

As the sales of walnuts opened up, Wang Dashan had a new idea.

He thought that the profit from just selling walnut raw materials was limited. If the walnuts could be processed further and made into products such as walnut oil and walnut powder, the added value would be much higher.

So Wang Dashan called together the backbone members of the village to discuss the matter.

A key member said: "Dashan, deep processing of walnuts is good, but our village does not have the technology or equipment. What can we do?"

Wang Dashan said, "We can learn more about the technology. As for the equipment, let's see if we can scrape together some money to buy some second-hand ones to try out. I heard that there is a young man in the neighboring village who came back from working outside and saw the deep processing of walnuts. I plan to invite him over to explain it to us, and then we can study it together."

Wang Dashan did what he said. He found the young man. After listening to Wang Dashan's idea, the young man was happy to help and followed Wang Dashan to the village.

The young man explained in detail the extraction process of walnut oil and the production process of walnut powder, and also helped the villagers plan a simple processing workshop.

Wang Dashan led the villagers to raise funds and purchase equipment. After some efforts, the village's walnut deep processing workshop was finally built.

When we first started processing, we encountered many problems, such as low oil yield and the walnut powder not having a delicate enough taste.

But everyone did not give up. They kept exploring and improving. After many experiments, they finally produced high-quality walnut oil and walnut powder with a delicate taste.

After these deep-processed products were put on the market, they were welcomed by consumers and their prices were much higher than those of pure walnuts. The village’s income increased significantly.

In the process of Cuigu Village's continuous development, Wang Dashan never forgets to pass on the village's culture and spirit.

He organized the elders in the village to compile the development story of Cuigu Village over the years into a booklet, and distributed it to the children in the village so that they could understand the village’s struggle and encourage them to study hard and contribute more to the construction of the village in the future.

At the same time, Wang Dashan also used the village's walnut forest to develop rural tourism projects. He built some facilities in the walnut forest for tourists to rest and play, and held activities such as the walnut picking festival, attracting many tourists to come for sightseeing and experience.

As time goes by, under the leadership of Wang Dashan, Cuigu Village has not only become more and more prosperous economically, but also has become more and more culturally profound. It has become a well-known wealthy and civilized village, attracting more people to learn from it. The story of Cuigu Village continues to write new glorious chapters on this land, inspiring generations of people to work tirelessly for rural revitalization.