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At 11:30 noon, the sun was shining outside, and in a certain community in Yongqing Town, a family was still playing mahjong.

"Grandma, I'm hungry." A tiger-headed girl tugged on her grandma's shorts and shouted that she was hungry.

"Are you hungry? What do you want for lunch? Grandma will make it for you later." The 60-year-old lady raised her gold-rimmed glasses, and at this time the other party offered a pair of cards, and she quickly shouted, "Touch."

"I don't know." The little girl shook her head in distress. Although it's already September, the weather is still hot. It's so hot that both adults and children have no appetite.

"It's already twelve o'clock, let's rest after this lap." Another old lady said.

"What are you doing back home, watching TV? If there is something interesting, let's continue to play, anyway, I don't know what to eat, so order a takeaway, and I'll be here today." The girl's grandmother said.These few people in their community usually visit each other frequently, and she also takes her granddaughter to eat with others, so it's okay to invite her once in a while.

"No, no, no, I have to go back quickly. My ancestor will be back from school soon." Another younger woman said.

"Can't you call him to my house? Just have a bite together. It's a hot day, what are you cooking for?"

"Forget it, my family's ancestor has a tricky mouth." The young woman shook her head again and again.

"Hey, with your skill, I really can't blame your son for being tricky." An old man sitting opposite the old lady spoke.

"By the way, my son brought me back a takeaway order a few days ago, saying that the food from that store is pretty good, why don't we call in to try it today?"

The old lady's son and daughter-in-law are both working, and she has a pension, so she is living a relatively well-off life. Now that her granddaughter is so old, if there is any shortage in this life, it is that their old man died too much. morning.Fortunately, these neighbors are not bad, they often walk around on weekdays, play mahjong together and go to the park or something, and the time is pretty good.

When the takeaway order was taken out, the people on the table were stunned: "What kind of fast food is this? A plate of green vegetables costs 12 yuan, which is too dark. The restaurant at our intersection only costs [-] yuan for freshly fried vegetables." .”

"My son said it was good, so let's try it once. If it doesn't taste good, we'll throw this piece of paper into the trash can in a while."

"Look, meat dishes are not too expensive."

"Look at this chicken, why is it not expensive?"

"If it's really a local chicken from the countryside, it's not expensive."

"..."

The four of them were chattering away, and they didn't order anything too expensive. Finally, they called and ordered two meat and three vegetables, and then played cards while waiting for food.

After a while, the young woman's son also came back. When the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy saw his mother playing mahjong again, his face immediately fell down. The woman laughed a few times and didn't take him seriously. Her son Now is the rebellious period, basically as long as she doesn't cause trouble, she, the mother, will let him go.

Just after twelve o'clock, the family's doorbell rang again. A young man in short-sleeved shorts and a red peaked cap with the words Dawan Village embroidered on it came. Needless to say, he was here to deliver food. that's it.

"Why so fast?" The old lady quickly opened the door to let him in.

"This is a fast food restaurant, and everything is cooked in advance, so it's fast." The young man neatly put the thermos box on the coffee table in the living room, opened the lid, and took out the food one by one. "Your consumption amount this time is 120 yuan. The store has just launched a new activity. If you spend over [-] yuan, you will get a free crystal tofu."

"That's it?" The old lady picked up one of the fast food bowls, lifted the lid and looked at it, and the corner of her mouth was almost pulled down to her chin: "Is this enough for two or three taels?"

"Hey, ma'am, your eyes are really good. The store brings fifty catties of water-ground tofu every day. Our boss insists that the kitchen master make two hundred cents of crystal tofu. After doing the math, one serving is only two and a half. If you add these seasonings, it will definitely be enough." Not only did the young man not defend the fast food restaurant where he worked, but he also joked about this crystal tofu, and the old and young in the house felt quite happy after hearing his words. Funny very strange.

"I've never seen such a stingy boss." The old lady smiled, and paid the money readily. It was only once that she was really fooled. There is no need to embarrass a young man who is working because of this.

"Our boss can't do anything about it. This tofu is rare. It only costs fifty catties a day. He doesn't want to buy more. Now, the first [-] customers with full [-] will get gifts every day, one hundred at noon and one hundred in the afternoon, and later I don’t have any.” The young man found some money, took out a few takeaway orders from his satchel, and handed them out to the other people in the house: “If you feel good after eating, you can order from us next time.”

The young man who delivered the food left with his lunch box. The old lady sent him out and closed the door again. She shook her head and sighed: "Hey, it's not easy for young people nowadays. The sun is so bright outside."

"It was easy when we were young?" The old man who played mahjong with them today spoke again.

"It's not easy." The old lady called the others to sit down. The dining table was occupied by mahjong, and they continued to play for a while, so they didn't clean up. They moved a few stools for everyone to eat around the tea table.

"He said this tofu is quite strange, I'll try it first." The younger daughter took the lead in digging a small spoonful of tofu into her mouth. "Hmm! It's delicious! You can try it too." As she spoke, she dug another spoonful into her son's bowl. Her son frowned unhappily at first, and since it was at someone else's house, he ate the spoonful of tofu without saying a word. up.

"How is it, does it taste good?" His mother asked.

"Yeah." The young man took a mouthful of the rice in a muffled voice. The tofu was indeed delicious. The bean was rich in aroma, smooth and tender, and well cooked. He fell in love with it immediately after taking one bite.

"It's really so delicious?" Nanan's grandma also took a sip. After taking a small sip, she didn't want to eat any more. Instead, she dug a spoonful and fed it to her granddaughter: "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious." The tiger-headed girl nodded, her eyes were fixed on the small bowl of tofu. The child was protecting the food, but her father said that one should not be too stingy, so she didn't make a fuss and just stared at it. watch.

"There are only a few mouthfuls left, we don't need to taste it anymore, let Nannan eat it." Another old lady said quickly when she saw her like this.

"If we want to eat, we can order it another day," the old man said.

"Shall we eat this tonight too? I'll call earlier then." The young woman glanced at her son and said.

"En." Her son responded obediently, and the woman was satisfied.

Before four o'clock in the afternoon, the phone in Luo Hanrong's shop was ringing non-stop. After a while, the [-] copies of tofu as a gift were all in demand. As for the customers behind, naturally, they had to be honest. Tell them that there is no more tofu, and you must hear a complaint.

Luo Hanrong was doing very well in Yongqing, and his younger brother Luo Hanliang was not far behind. He had discussed with Luo Meng the day before about swapping sweet potatoes and vines for pigs, and the next day he called the pig farm on the outskirts of the county to start another round. Called ten piglets.

When the piglets were delivered, Luo Meng and Old Man Luo were already waiting at Xiaotupo, and they gave the money to the delivery master on the spot. The pig farm valued Luo Hanliang as a potential customer, so they didn't charge any delivery fee.

"How are the piglets?" Romon asked his father.

"It's done, they are all good seedlings that can grow fat." Old man Luo knocked on the tobacco pipe, looking at the ten little piglets chaotically bumping around in the brick house. It's not bad to buy two piglets, but now it's good, ten piglets will come at once, and when the ten piglets are slaughtered, how much meat should there be!

"Han Liang, you raise so many pigs at once, how can you do it without asking a few people to help?" Old man Luo asked Luo Hanliang who was cutting sweet potato vines aside.

When Luo Meng came over just now, he brought him a tricycle of sweet potato vines along the way, and Luo Hanliang turned on the hay cutter to cut them into small pieces.In the past, people in the village used kitchen knives to cut sweet potato vines, cutting and chopping. It took a long time to chop a pot of pig food. Now with this machine, it can save a lot of effort.

"My brother said he would help me find an honest and willing outsider in the county." Luo Hanliang raised his head and smiled at them.

"It's time to find someone to help." Old Man Luo said.

Not only Luo Hanliang and the others are looking for someone, but Luo Meng and his family also have to look for someone now. Now that brothers Luo Hanliang and Luo Hanrong are back, the family is busy, and Cao Fenglian will not be able to continue to help Luo Meng's family in the future. And Zhao Xiaping, Now that Zhao Xiaping and Luo Xingyou's online shop is doing well, Luo Meng and his family will quit their jobs sooner or later.

Luo Hongfeng is also looking for candidates in the town recently. She has opened a shop in Buffalo Town for so long, and she knows almost half of the people in Buffalo Town. Instead of posting the little red paper, he asked the people he liked one by one.

This time, Luo Hongfeng plans to recruit ten people, three of whom will help Liu Chunlan steam the buns every morning and knead the noodles in the afternoon, and the remaining seven will stay in her shop, starting with doing chores and learning slowly.

In addition, she plans to transfer three people from the store to Niuwang Village, who will specialize in making side dishes and picking the vegetables needed for the daily buffalo dairy products. In this way, the people in the store will not have to run twice a day.Then, if there are any remaining side dishes, she plans to pack them and sell them in the store.

Soon, the ten people were determined. The three people who were assigned to help Liu Chunlan make steamed buns were a little more gentle, not that smart, and they were not bad at their work.Luo Hongfeng also deliberately chose good-natured people to arrange at home, mainly because Liu Chunlan led others to make steamed buns every morning, so she was too strong for fear that her mother would not be able to control her.

The three people who were sent to Niuwangzhuang to make side dishes can be regarded as old employees. Among the three people, there is an older woman called Aunt Xiang. A group of old employees are good at cooking small dishes and are upright. Luo Hongfeng trusts her more. This time, she asked her to bring two people to Niuwangzhuang, and her salary was also raised a little.

The other two people didn't get a salary increase. This time they came to Niuwangzhuang, the treatment was better than that of the store. The store only included breakfast, but Niuwangzhuang included breakfast, lunch and dinner. A little more, but relatively less busy. Luo Hongfeng asked the people in the store who wanted to go to Niuwangzhuang with Aunt Xiang, and they signed up by themselves.

When the three women went to Niuwangzhuang, Luo Meng didn't have to worry about it. His sister had already arranged everything else, so Luo Meng allocated them a hut for them to take a nap. In case of bad weather or other reasons Those who don't go home can also live there.

When they came here, there were more pots and pans in the courtyard. Fortunately, when Romeng built the house, he built it big. Now there are still several warehouses that are not stored, so they took out one for them to put the pickle jars.

In addition, the decoration foreman of the courtyard has come to an end. On this day, Luo Meng finally paid them a salary, and these carpenters and plasterers left Niuwangzhuang.

Master Gan asked Luo Meng to come to him again when he had work, and Luo Meng agreed. He had to build a two-story building here in winter, and he would have to ask Master Gan for help. The work is also unambiguous, and it is very worry-free to cooperate with him.

Without the cost of renovating the house, Luo Meng’s wallet quickly became full. This day, Luo Meng was settling accounts, and Lin Kuo came to find him. Since he came to Niuwangzhuang, Lin Kuo has been out early and late every day. After returning home, he ran up the mountain all day long, and Luo Meng only occasionally met him face to face.

It didn't take long before Lin Kuo became dark and thin again. If he had an artist's temperament before, he now has a wandering artist's temperament.This person doesn't talk much, but he is very popular, especially popular with girls, there is no way, some things are born with him, and he can't envy him.

"What do you want from me?" In order not to put pressure on him, Romon rarely took the initiative to talk to him. After all, it is not so easy to start from scratch. This person can come to him today. Romon thinks that it is probably a good thing .

"This is the first batch of herbs I'm going to plant for trial." After speaking, Lin Kuo handed a list to Romon.

Luo Meng took the list, and started to read according to it: "Polyporus, thorn rose, Codonopsis pilosula, Polygonum multiflorum, Pinellia pinellia, Hedyotis diffusa...and stone frog?" Are stone frogs herbs?

"Chinese medicine is divided into herbal medicine, animal medicine and gold and stone medicine. Stone frog has high edible value and can also be used as medicine. It is cool and detoxifying, and it has no toxic side effects when eaten. I was walking on the mountain some time ago and saw a section upstream of our stream. In a valley with relatively gentle water flow, if I want to be there, the quality of the stone frogs raised will be very high." Speaking of this stone frog, Lin Kuo actually had a whim.

"It was raised in that place, how do you catch it back? Did it run away?" Of course, Romon also knew that the stone frog had a high economic value, but everyone knew that it was not easy to take care of.

"Anyway, this mountain is yours. As long as you don't let them escape to the downstream, you are afraid that they will run away. If you can't catch them, just keep them and multiply." It's almost the same: "I observed the valley, and it stands to reason that such an environment should be very suitable for the reproduction of stone frogs, but I have been there several times, but I have not seen any traces of stone frogs, which feels very strange,"

"There used to be." Romon laughed and said, "Then they were caught."

"Catch it?" Lin Kuo was stunned, how could this be possible?You're bound to miss a couple of them.

"When I was in middle school, this thing suddenly became valuable. At that time, I went up the mountain with them to grab it. This thing was well hidden, but they were all very stupid. I had to follow the sound and look for it with a flashlight." Look, this thing is stupid, it doesn’t know how to run, and it’s sure to catch it.” Luo Meng went to catch people a few times when he was in junior high school, but he lived in high school and had heavy schoolwork, so he never went again .

"Is that how you got caught?"

"Well, it became less and less. Gradually, I didn't hear the stone frog call anymore." Now, on summer nights, near Dawan Village, the only thing I can hear is the croaking frog and the deep cry of the stone frog. It's hard to hear already.

"If you want to raise the stone frog, you can do it, half breed and half release." Luo Meng thought for a while and said, he also had a share in catching the stone frog, and now it can be regarded as returning it to Dashan.

"Okay, I think there are quite a few insects of all kinds in this valley. If you put a small amount of seedling frogs down, you shouldn't need to feed them. If there are more in the future, you can use cow dung to raise some earthworms." Lin Kuo recently In the past half a month, in addition to running all over the mountains, I also checked a lot of information.

"You're going to plant a lot of herbs right now." Leaving aside the stone frog, Lin Kuo has more than 20 kinds of herbs to plant this time. With so many herbs, it's easy to plant, but it takes a lot of effort to take care of them. A variety of herbs are planted in more than 20 different terrains. It is not easy to see all these herbs just by looking at them.

"In the beginning, plant in small batches to see how these herbs adapt here. After the growth is stable, then decide which herb to plant in large quantities." Lin Kuo replied.

"What are the key points?" Romon asked.

"The focus is on Polyporus and Thorny Rose." Lin Kuo said: "Pork, the first one is naturally because of its high price, and it is unlikely to reduce the price in the next few years. In case of price reduction, we can let them be in the soil Continue to grow in the mountains, do not rush to dig. I have found a lot of information, Polyporus should be able to grow in Niuwang Mountain."

"As for rose thorns, there is basically no possibility that they will not live. The thorn rose fruit of thorn plum blossoms can be used as medicine. In addition, thorn rose flowers also flow honey. The thorn rose nectar collected by bees is also called wild rose honey. , the economic value is very good.”

"Since you've already made up your mind, let's go ahead and do it." Luo Meng nodded, thinking that Lin Kuo's plans were fairly reliable, and he couldn't pick out anything wrong, whether it would work or not, naturally he had to try it. Just known.

"I'm going out tomorrow, and I'll go to a Polyporus planting village in the north to study first, and I'll buy the strains of Polyporus spp. and Armillaria mellea, and then I'll go to a stone frog farm in the west to buy a batch of seedling frogs from them. It will take at least ten days and a half months to come back." Lin Kuo had already arranged his schedule.

"Well, how much will it cost at that time, you will reimburse me after you come back." This is not good as a boss.