Chapter 402 New Year, New Outlook
Xiangyang was a little surprised: "Dried fruit?? Is it made from dried fruit?"
Chen Huazheng: "Yes, it is made from various fresh fruits. One for each of you."
"Thank you, Master Shen."
"Thank you, Master Shen."
Everyone in the Shanglin Office was surprised and hurried to thank Chen Huazheng.
Dried fruits made from fresh fruits sound delicious.
Besides, the dried sweet potatoes I tasted last time were delicious.
These dried fruits should taste pretty good too.
Xuan Xing collected all the gifts given to Chen Huazheng by his colleagues, and Chen Huazheng returned to his office.
As soon as she sat down at her desk, she took out a nine-grid snack box, with different food in each grid.
There are melon seeds and nuts, sweet and sour candied fruits, and pastries of various flavors.
He took out another food box, which was filled with some dried fruits.
In fact, I just come to the Forestry Office to clock in, and the real business will be to go to Sinong Temple for a meeting later.
While there is still some time, eat something to wake you up.
Otherwise you will not be able to concentrate during the meeting later.
Shen Huazheng picked up a licorice olive from the food box and put it into her mouth.
Green olives taste a bit sour, with a hint of sweetness and aftertaste.
It is precisely because of the sourness of the first taste that the sweetness that follows seems particularly obvious and precious.
But compared to green olives, Shen Huazheng prefers the sweet and crisp licorice olives.
Although licorice olives also have the function of soothing the throat, the taste is completely different from green olives.
The sweetness of licorice and the astringency of olives combine perfectly to create a unique taste.
Every bite is full of surprises, and you can’t stop eating it.
Shen Huazheng chewed the licorice olive in her mouth carefully and couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly.
The licorice flavor is refreshing and pleasant, while the olive has a slightly bitter taste.
This taste of sweet and bitter, bitter and sweet, is simply irresistible.
Really delicious.
Licorice olives will be available on the market after the New Year, and can then be brought to the northwest.
People over there will probably like it too.
As soon as Chen Huazheng left, everyone in the Shanglin Office put away their share of dried fruits and started to get busy.
If it were in the past, they would definitely have to procrastinate for a while.
Lord Yu couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips slightly. It was really rare.
Ever since Lord Shen came to the Shanglin Office, everyone has become more active.
My hands and feet became more nimble and I was more energetic when working.
In previous years, every time after coming back from spring break, these guys looked listless, and it was obvious that they had not yet recovered from the laziness of the holiday.
As expected, the new year brings new atmosphere, and it seems that many changes are happening quietly.
Not only did the attitudes of colleagues change, but the Shanglin Office also became a popular office from a marginal one.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Huazheng rushed to Sinong Temple without stopping to attend the meeting with colleagues from other government offices.
In fact, before the Spring Festival holiday, Shanglin Office and other government offices wrote annual summaries and plans for this year.
The purpose of this meeting at Sinong Temple was just to summarize these plans and make some appropriate deletions.
Shen Huazheng was already very familiar with these contents, and there was nothing special about them.
If I had to say what I gained, it would be that during the meeting, I met a legendary figure - Lord Zuo from the Hook and Shield Bureau.
Because of the responsibilities of her job, Shen Huazheng had to go to the Royal Hot Spring Manor from time to time to check on the vegetables and fruits in the fields.
After a few visits, she became familiar with Wenquan Jiancheng Tang.
Later, Shen Huazheng found out that Wenquan Tang Jiancheng was simply the know-it-all in Sinong Temple.
In other words, he is a little gossip expert.
There was nothing in all the government offices in the Sinong Temple that Wenquan Tang Jiancheng didn't know.
It was also because of him that Shen Huazheng came to know the extraordinary talents of some of his colleagues in Sinong Temple.
For example, Mr. Yuan from the Taicang Office was a very good writer. At the end of each year, his writings would always be borrowed by other departments, and sometimes even fought over by several departments.
Whenever I want to write something in Sinong Temple, I will think of him first.
Anyway, no matter which government office he is in, Lord Yuan is very popular.
Mr. Zhan from Wenquan Tangjian is an expert at growing bamboo and is also good at painting bamboo.
It was because of these two skills that Mr. Zhan was noticed by Wenquan Tangjian Cheng and was recruited to Wenquan Tangjian.
Not only that, he was also in charge of the bamboo forests in several gardens.
The last time we had a dinner at Sinong Temple, the bamboos that Chen Huazheng used to make bamboo tube rice were all planted by Lord Zhan.
He selected them himself.
There are many talented people like this, which makes Shen Huazheng realize that there are so many talents in Sinong Temple.
But among these people, the one who impressed Shen Huazheng the most was Lord Zuo from the Hook and Shield Bureau.
It is said that he is agile, has a good foundation in martial arts, can run fast, and is good at chasing various small animals.
Even the flock of geese are no match for Lord Zuo.
He subdued all the geese in the Hook and Shield Department.
After Shen Huazheng heard about this, she couldn't help but respect him.
It takes more than an ordinary person to deal with a flock of geese.
At least much better than her.
When there was a dinner party at Sinong Temple a few years ago, Lord Zuo did not come due to some matters.
Shen Huazheng had only met a few other legendary figures, but at this meeting, she finally met him.
In Shen Huazheng's opinion, the person who could subdue the flock of geese must be a master and must be very strong.
In her imagination, Lord Zuo must be dark, strong, tall and mighty.
Who knew that when she saw him today, he looked completely different from what Shen Huazheng had imagined.
He is quite tall, but not the tall and strong type.
But he is tall and thin.
Besides, Lord Zuo is not evil.
On the contrary, he has a very fair complexion and looks very delicate.
He is the type of pale-faced scholar.
This contrast... is really big.
Judging from his appearance, it is really hard to imagine that he can subdue a flock of geese.
Chen Huazheng looked like she was attending a meeting seriously, but in her heart she was lamenting that one cannot judge a person by his appearance.
After finally waiting for the meeting to end, Shen Huazheng said hello to Mr. Huang and set off back to the Shanglin Office.
After the meeting, it's almost time for lunch.
Mr. Huang originally wanted to keep Chen Huazheng at Sinong Temple for lunch before leaving, but she declined.
The meeting is over, but there is still a lot to do today.
Since Shen Huazheng came to the government office today, he naturally had to get everything done.
She had already discussed it with Mr. Huang and decided to set up a few more experimental fields in the spring.
They plan to change their breeding methods to see if they can double the harvest.
Mr. Huang also said that they have improved the fertilizer and will try it this year.
In the afternoon, I have to go to the gardens outside Beijing to investigate and see which plots of land are suitable for use as experimental fields.
I also need to see what kinds of crops are suitable for those lands. After returning, I will compile all of this into a report and submit it to Mr. Huang.
Besides, the content of the meeting needs to be conveyed to colleagues in the Shanglin Bureau.
If we have lunch at Sinong Temple, it will inevitably take some time.
It would be better to go back to the Forestry Bureau as planned and complete the work step by step.
On the first day of work after the New Year, she just wanted to get off work on time and didn't want to work overtime.
As early as the holiday, Shen Huazheng had already roughly thought out the entire work flow for today.
As long as I can follow the original plan, I can go home earlier today.
Seeing that Shen Huazheng was determined to go back to work, Mr. Huang did not try to keep her. Instead, he became more and more appreciative of this smart and motivated young man.
When Shen Huazheng left, she also took away some grapes given by Mr. Huang.
These grapes are all grown by themselves and are sweeter than those grown elsewhere.
It was originally intended for the royal family, but Emperor Jingning allowed them to keep a portion for themselves.
The grapes given to Shen Huazheng were taken out of Mr. Huang's own share.
Normally he would be reluctant to give it away.
In Mr. Huang's opinion, Shen Huazheng is not only his capable subordinate, but also a promising junior.
Naturally worthy of his grapes.
When Shen Huazheng returned to Shanglin Office, she happened to meet the servants of the Shen family delivering food boxes.
She excitedly opened the lid of the food box and took out a large porcelain bowl from it.
The bowl contained steaming hot noodles with shredded cucumber on top.
Unlike before, the lunch sent by the Shen family this time was not a blind box for Shen Huazheng.
Because she had already decided what to eat today.
I have egg and milk Hass and sandwiches in the morning and noodles with soybean paste at noon.
Shen Huazheng took out the fragrant fried sauce from the food box and poured it into the bowl.
As she moved, the fried sauce covered the white and tender noodles, and then slowly seeped down along the top noodles.
Shen Huazheng smelled the aroma lingering around her nose, picked up the chopsticks, and began to stir.
The fried sauce was quickly spread and gradually soaked into more noodles in the bowl.
For a moment, the fragrance filled the air.
Shen Huazheng couldn't help it, so she picked up a handful of noodles with chopsticks, brought it to her mouth, blew it gently, and started eating.
Each noodle is covered with sauce, smooth and delicate, soft yet slightly chewy.
The fried sauce and diced meat have long been integrated, and you can only distinguish them by tasting carefully.
As you chew it, the aroma of sauce, meat and noodles intertwine and linger between your lips and teeth.
Suddenly your mouth is filled with rich fragrance and salty and fresh taste.
Shen Huazheng swallowed the noodles in her mouth, picked up some cucumber shreds with chopsticks and tasted it.
The cucumber has a slightly crisp texture and the juice overflows when you bite it.
The unique fragrance of cucumber suddenly leaps onto the tip of the tongue, and the fresh taste offsets the greasiness brought by the sauce and meat.
Shen Huazheng ate the noodles with soybean paste mouthful by mouthful, with her eyebrows slightly curved.
It turns out that you not only have to eat enough, but you also have to eat well to have the mind to work.
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