Under the scorching sun at noon, Huo Qianli ran madly towards the village chief's house.
Amid the surprised looks of Gu Daqiang and his wife, he rushed into his room, pulled away the chair in front of the desk, and first found the information given to him by the Organization Department at that time. Sure enough, in a long paragraph, it mentioned that there were many local people's habits of growing medicinal herbs, but he did not pay attention to it.
He immediately took out his cell phone, opened the cover and pressed a number, then took out a notebook and a pen.
"Hey! Are you at school? Turn on your computer and help me check something!"
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“Promote the cultivation of medicinal herbs?”
The next morning, in the village committee office, Gu Daqiang looked at him puzzledly after listening to Huo Qianli's story.
"Yes!" Huo Qianli stood opposite and nodded heavily.
He leaned forward, propped up the table with one hand, and waved a finger with the other hand. "If a village wants to develop, it must find a way out that suits itself. Hushan Village does not have other conditions, but it has conditions suitable for the growth of medicinal materials, which can serve as a support for the development of Hushan Village."
"Medicinal herbs are considered cash crops, and they are not within the scope of the country's restrictions on crops planted on basic farmland. While ensuring the basic grain area, switching to planting medicinal herbs will definitely significantly increase the villagers' income!"
Huo Qianli waved his fist and looked at Gu Daqiang with burning eyes.
He was just a newly arrived village cadre. If he really wanted to get things done, he had to rely on the village chief who was very prestigious in Hushan Village.
Looking at Huo Qianli's excited expression, Gu Daqiang silently lit a cigarette, and the smoke instantly filled the air with a melancholy atmosphere.
"We have tried this before."
He spoke calmly, and what he said made Huo Qianli stunned, "Have you tried it?"
Gu Daqiang nodded. "Poor peasants would like to make every penny count. If there is a way to make money right in front of them, wouldn't they try to make money?"
He leaned back in his chair, as if he was a little tired by the past. "We tried it twice. The first time was in the 1990s. We tried it ourselves. The first year we caught a good market and a few households had good harvests of medicinal herbs. Everyone was jealous and started to grow them. As a result, we couldn't sell them the second year. The drug dealers not only gave us a low price, but also picked and chose the products."
Gu Daqiang took a deep puff of smoke and exhaled a long stream of thick mist. "My eldest son was still in high school at that time. He told me about the text he was learning. It was called Duo... Duo... Duo What?"
"I collected three or five more buckets." Huo Qianli said softly.
"That's right! We only harvested a few more bushels!" Gu Daqiang sighed. "In 2000, that university student cadre encouraged everyone to do it again, but we still suffered a huge loss. Since then, no one has thought about it anymore. Each family grows a little bit of rice in front of or behind the house, and sells it in town to supplement their family income."
He looked at Huo Qianli and said, "So, this really can't work."
The expected frustration did not appear on Huo Qianli's face, which surprised Gu Daqiang. He raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't lie to you."
Huo Qianli suddenly smiled and said, "Of course I know that my brother won't lie to me."
He pulled out a stool and sat down with a smile, "Brother, have you ever thought about how big our village is? Even if we plant all the herbs, how much can we harvest in a year? Low grain prices hurt farmers because the whole area has a bumper harvest, which changes the relationship between supply and demand. How can we have so much that we can't sell it at a lower price?"
Gu Daqiang frowned and thought for a while, then blew out two streams of smoke in hatred, "It's all because of those damn drug dealers who are evil and greedy (a derogatory term)!"
"Yes! It's because of those drug dealers!" Huo Qianli knocked on the table. "They have lived in towns for a long time and are very familiar with the conditions of each village and township. Seeing that we have a good harvest here, they must be deliberately taking advantage of us!"
"Will it not fall into their hands if we plant more crops?"
"Who said that!" Huo Qianli suddenly smiled, "There are more than just a few people collecting medicinal herbs in this world."
He took out a piece of paper from his trouser pocket and spread it out in front of Gu Daqiang. "Yesterday, I asked my friend who is still in Jincheng to help me find out. This is the price they found out about some drug dealers buying Danshen. It is much higher than what the drug dealers in Qianfu Town charge. At the same time, the Jincheng medicinal materials market itself is one of the top ten Chinese medicinal materials markets in the country. Those big drug dealers target the national market. Our quantity can be consumed by a big drug dealer!"
After saying this, a confident smile appeared on his face as he waited for Gu Daqiang's answer.
Gu Daqiang picked up the paper on the table expressionlessly, then put it down expressionlessly, looked at Huo Qianli, and shook his head again, "It won't work."
Huo Qianli's smile froze, "Why?"
"Take it, don't bother."
Gu Daqiang did not explain, but pushed the paper in front of Huo Qianli, stood up and walked out of the house.
This attitude immediately aroused a nameless anger in Huo Qianli's heart.
His anger grew, and his words became sharp. He said coldly, "As the head of a village, shouldn't you try to lead the villagers to prosperity? How can you just muddle through every day?"
Gu Daqiang paused, his tall figure stopped in place, and the atmosphere suddenly became oppressive in silence.
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