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After May [-]st, Niuwang Village became much colder than before, and the weather began to heat up. The bright sun scorched the earth day after day, but there was never a drop of rain.

The reservoir contracted by Xiao Shulin has already filled enough water, and the downstream will no longer cut off the water, but because the weather is too dry, the spring water flowing down from the mountain can flow along the valley to Buffalo Town after continuous consumption along the way. Already very few.

Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin sell vegetables in the town every day, and they often hear people say that the water plant will start to close the gates and stop water regularly after a while. Boss Xiao and Aunt Ayun may move back to the blacksmith shop in time, after all, blacksmiths There is also a well in the courtyard.

The price of vegetables in the vegetable market has risen again, and the price of Luo Meng’s vegetables has also increased accordingly. It is faster to make money, but the workload of watering every day is also greater. Looking at the sad faces on everyone’s faces and the bright lights outside Sun, no one's heart can be happy.

There is no news about the fanciers Li Hailiang mentioned before. After all, pigeons are extremely home-loving animals. Especially for those who keep pigeons free-range, moving is definitely a big project.

At noon on this day, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin went back to their hut to take a nap. When they came out, they saw Ma Congrong coming to Niuwangzhuang, and brought a middle-aged man with a strange face, sitting in the courtyard with Martin Liang. say.

"Why don't you call me here?" Romon greeted them with a smile.

"You said you were taking a nap. We're not in a hurry anyway, so we'll just wait." Ma Congrong smiled and asked Luo Meng, "When will the three hundred catties of flower buds be handed in? You're still more than 100 catties short of me. "

"Let's talk about it. The weather is hot recently, and there are even fewer people who are willing to go up to the mountains to bask in the sun. If you really can't afford it this year, I'll give it to you next year." Anyway, there is no contract, and Ma Congrong can't demand liquidated damages from him. He simply played foolishly. It wasn't that he didn't want to do this, but that he couldn't do anything about it. For the matter of the flower buds, Manager Chen even went to the town to recruit people, but when he heard that he was going to go up to the mountain to bask in the sun, he didn't know what to do. A few people are willing to do it.

"Hey, let's put the matter of Hua Lei aside for now. I came to you today to talk about other things." Nowadays, there are labor problems everywhere. Ma Congrong doesn't blame Luo Meng for this matter. The material life is rich, and you can do any kind of work without worrying about food and clothing. Naturally, no one wants to do the hard work. This is also a characteristic of the times.

"What's the matter?" Luo Meng looked at the middle-aged man who came with him. He had a very ordinary appearance, dark skin, a little bald, and a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. Needless to say, Ma Congrong today The thing to say must be related to this person.

"This is Professor Cheng, who has a lot of research on freshwater freshwater fish. I heard that there are many groupers in your reservoir two days ago, so I asked him to see if artificial breeding in your place can be realized. .” Ma Congrong introduced this middle-aged man to Luo Meng.

"Oh, thank you for your hard work, Professor Cheng." The visitor is a guest. Although Luo Meng was a little dissatisfied with Ma Congrong for pulling people to do research with him without saying hello, there was no need to say anything in front of Professor Cheng. What.

"Hey, hey, yes, yes." Professor Cheng was very polite: "The grouper we're talking about, the scientific name is light-lipped fish, is a native species of our country, and it lives in the streams where mountain springs gather. , It was very common in the past, but due to overfishing and pollution these years, it has become very rare, so we must protect it!"

"That is, that is." Romon and others nodded in agreement.

"I see that the environment here is very good. If you want to breed this kind of grouper, you have a great chance of success." Professor Cheng said again.

"Hey, Professor Cheng, you also know that this kind of fish and turtle fur is very difficult to raise. It has high requirements on the environment and the density should not be too high. Although the price of this thing is good, the prospect of breeding is not very optimistic."

Romon and Xiao Shulin have already made up their minds to breed grouper in the section of water from the waterfall next to their house to the shoal upstream of the reservoir, and since Romon has a spiritual spring in his hand, it shouldn't be a big problem.But for Professor Cheng and Ma Congrong, he didn't need to talk so full at the beginning, he first listened to what they had to say.

"The problem you mentioned is also the biggest problem for us to develop grouper farming. The breeding conditions are harsh and the cost of farming cannot be reduced. Although the current market price is good, it is not yet able to form a driving force, so the price aspect , I think it can be mentioned above." Professor Cheng's words are true.

"Listen." Luo Meng said to Ma Congrong: "I know you plan to get grouper from me again this time, tell me, what do you think?"

"This time I want a long-term and stable supply." Ma Congrong said directly what he wanted.

"How much?" Romon asked him.

"Ten catties a day, the contract, let's sign it for five years first, you can rest assured about the price, we have cooperated for so long, and I have never disappointed you in terms of price." Ma Congrong said quite forcefully.

"Ten catties? Do you think it's loach from the field?" Ten catties a day means three hundred catties a month. Even at the current lowest market price of 60 yuan a catty, that's [-] yuan. , if this kind of brook grouper can be raised so easily, the old farmers in the valley would have become millionaires long ago!

"Don't worry, we took a look at it just now, and it is estimated that ten catties a day should not be a problem." Professor Cheng reassured.

"Why isn't it a problem?" Romon asked him.

"That's it, look, haven't you built a lot of ditches on this mountain, and you have intercepted the water flow section by section, forming puddles of various sizes. I took a look at these puddles, and the big ones can be as big as three." Four squares, the small ones are almost one square, the main reason is that the water flow is very active, and then some stones will be laid on the bottom of the ditch, which will be suitable for the life of the light-lipped fish." Professor Cheng said his idea.

"Can this be done?" Romon really didn't think about it.

"It shouldn't be a problem. If you put the fish fry in a high pool, they should follow the water flow in the ditch and go downstream to look for food and find a place suitable for their own survival. This kind of fish lives in streams all year round and is not afraid of rapids. , even going upstream is possible, without being trapped to death by small pools.” Professor Cheng also has his reasons.

"Then what about feeding? It's too scattered." It's rare for an expert to explain his doubts, so it was natural for Romon to ask questions that he didn't understand.

"This is indeed a problem, but don't underestimate our brook grouper. This kind of fish has not been fully domesticated, and it's wild, and its vitality is also very strong. It probably won't die if you don't feed it for three to five days. What's more, you These ditches spread all over the hills and pass through many fields. There are insects, ants, and flies in the fields. If you go to the ditches to drink water, the grouper will prey on their own, and some flies and mosquitoes like to live in the water. Laying eggs is a good food for juvenile fish." Professor Cheng is relatively optimistic about the grouper breeding in Niuwangzhuang.

"Is this really possible?" Romon was still a little skeptical.

"Of course, in order to provide enough food for fish schools and make them grow faster, it is also necessary to feed them in moderation. It would be even better if you can plant some aquatic plants on both sides of the ditch. Plant some moss on the wall of the ditch, and these small fish also like to eat moss and algae." Professor Cheng gave him some suggestions.

"Then what kind of food is suitable for feeding?" Romon asked again.

"If you want to save trouble, you can just buy some feed that is specially fed to prawns. If you want to improve it, feed some chopped small miscellaneous fish or something, but this kind of fish doesn't like to eat feed that sinks to the bottom, so when feeding , that has to be done slowly." Professor Cheng said with a chuckle.

"That's unrealistic! How long is the total length of the ditches on my mountain? I have to feed them slowly? Then I have to feed them until the year of the monkey?" Romon scratched his head a little.

"Well, it's never that easy to start a career." Professor Cheng comforted him.

"Is it okay to feed the loach?" There are no miscellaneous fish, but there are a lot of loach. The loach in the lotus fields grows well, and the crabs in the rice fields have eaten them recently.

"It's okay, you can feed the earthworms even if they are chopped up." Professor Cheng said.

"Well, let's take care of it, but if it's ten catties a day, I'm afraid it won't be guaranteed." It's good to sell as much as you can, Luo Meng doesn't like to put shackles on himself.

"It's only ten catties a day, and I didn't ask you for more. You have such a big place here." Ma Congrong's big hotel, ten catties a day is not enough. If you reduce it, what is it enough for?

"To tell you the truth, we ate this grouper a few days ago, and we started thinking about raising this small fish. I checked it with Xiao Shulin on the Internet. It is a few kilometers long stream. It produces seven or eight hundred catties, look how big our place is in total?" Luo Meng told him the facts and reasoned.

"Then if you really can't supply so much goods, I can still kill you alive? The contract is the dead man is alive." If Luo Meng really died, Ma Congrong might be more sad, this guy It's a cash cow for him.

"Then don't sign the contract. If I want the goods, I must think of you first. Don't you worry about that?" In the end, Luo Meng just refused to sign the contract with him, and he didn't worry about selling his own things. He is not stupid, to sign some kind of supply contract with someone.

"Then you can count on what you say. If there are so many fish at that time, you have to think about me first." I was in a hurry, and I had to make concessions when it was time to make concessions.

"Hey, don't worry, when will my words not count?" Satisfied, Romon smiled and said to them: "However, I just happened to have something on my side. I thought of it a while ago, but I was too embarrassed to speak up." .”

"What's the matter? Let's talk about it first." Ma Congrong, a monkey spirit, naturally couldn't tell him: there is nothing to be embarrassed about, and we have no friendship, just say it.

"It's like this. Here I have a child with a good character and a good mind, but his life is not very good. Isn't he working for me now? I thought, if Professor Ma can take him Let him learn some knowledge of botany, maybe he will be successful in the future." Luo Meng was so busy during this time that he almost forgot about it.

"You mean the boy who herds the cow?" Martin's conscience already understood the general idea. He has stayed in Niuwangzhuang for so long, and he is quite familiar with the people in this yard.

"It's him, Luo Jinxi." Luo Meng said.

"Is that the child who can't speak?" Ma Congrong asked.

"It's him, and if he can't speak, it won't affect his studies, right? Although I don't think there is anything wrong with farming and raising cattle, as a young man, you have to give him some hope and let him have a direction, right?" Seeing that Martin Liang had no expression on his face, Luo Meng immediately said again: "You don't need to teach him at the moment, you just tell him roughly what foundations to lay down, what books to read, and tell him to study hard by himself for a few years first. In the future, if you see that his aptitude is still good, then consider whether to take it or not."

"Grandpa." Ma Congrong looked at Ma Dingliang, it depends on his own opinion.

"I know that kid. He is a down-to-earth boy. When he comes back from the mountain at night, I'll talk to them first." Ma Dingliang lived in Niuwangzhuang for such a period of time, and he still has a good impression of Luo Quangui and Luo Jinxi. Not bad, plus Romon is the supplier they are most eager to seize at present in Jiweilou. Establishing an additional layer of contact with him will naturally benefit and not harm them.

"Then, hehehe, why not do this, I will be the host at night, let's eat and drink, and then call the father and son over and ask them what they mean. I haven't talked to them about this yet. I mentioned it." Martin Liangneng let go, and Luo Meng was quite happy for Luo Jin.

"Then what, give us a whole plate of grouper to taste." Ma Congrong is a fine guy, and he is still a foodie in essence.

"What's the problem? I'll ask Hou Jun to kill a little rooster later, fry a plate of loach, and prepare a few more appetizers..." Luo Meng called Chen Jianhua over with a smile and asked him to greet him. Xiao Shulin went to the reservoir, and the grouper was still in the water, so he had to catch it.

The dinner in the evening was a joy for both the host and the guests, but the guests at the dinner table kept talking non-stop, saying that the loach was used to feed crabs and so on.Ma Congrong added the item of Liloach from Niuwangzhuang's purchase content, but the current loach is still too small, and it will be almost ready to sell in about two or three months.

Luo Quangui was very excited when he heard that Martin Liang was willing to teach his son botany. He had been like this in his own life, but his son was still young after all. Which father would not expect his son to be successful?

Luo Jinxi is a child, because he was disabled since he was a child, and his personality is particularly introverted and sensitive. Last year, the story of him running to beg on the train with others was spread again, and he was even more embarrassed in the village, so he always stayed in Niuwangzhuang. Meng asked him to go up the mountain to graze cattle, and he himself was quite willing.Now that Professor Ma asked him if he would like to study botany, he immediately remembered that Romon asked him whether he was better at science or liberal arts.

"If you make up your mind, then lay the foundation first. Anyway, it's okay to herd cattle on the mountain, so just read more books. If you don't understand anything, ask someone boldly. Don't underestimate those who come to us to do it. Among the living city people, there are quite a few high-achieving students, yes, there is also Chen Guanshi, of course, you can ask me, I was also a high-achieving student back then, and everyone in the village knows about it." Luo Meng said haha laugh it out.

"Luo Meng! Uncle, I really don't know how to thank you!" After the banquet was over, Luo Quangui said to Luo Meng.

"Thank you, how much work have you father and son done for me?" Luo Meng smiled, the other party was an elder after all, and he also felt a little awkward talking to him like this.

"Thank you! It's not easy for Jinxi to find a way to go." Luo Quangui was already a little choked up.

"Uncle, don't think too much about it." Luo Meng comforted him and said, "You are a real person following Jinxi. I can see how many things you have done for me. You don't have to think too much about it. Needless to say, I will not let you suffer, so you can work here with peace of mind in the future."