From the preparation to the establishment of the plant research institute, Lu Lingxi didn't worry much, it was all arranged by Yan Yue. In fact, in the gardening circle of Fengcheng, this matter did not cause any big splash, except that the name of the institution was added to the website description of Lvxuan Gardening. Xue Yongtong originally wanted to publicize it, but was suppressed by Yan Yue. Seeing that Yan Yue didn't want to be too high-profile, Xue Yongtong had no choice but to compromise.
After the establishment of the plant research institute, Yan Yue and Xue Yongtong talked about the mutant Vallisneria. Xue Yongtong was keenly aware of the economic and environmental value of this, but his energy was now focused on the cooperation with Gao Yongliang, and he really couldn't spare any extra energy to study the mutant Vallisneria, so he had to decline Yan Yue's kindness. Yan Yue didn't care about this. The so-called cooperation was just for Lu Lingxi's cover. It didn't matter whether Xue Yongtong participated in the research in the middle, as long as the sign of Lvxuan Gardening was hung in the end. However, he took the initiative to mention this matter to Xue Yongtong, and Xue Yongtong had to accept his favor anyway.
Two days later, Xue Yongtong gave Yan Yue two black pagoda bonsai. Yan Yue placed one in 301 and one in 202. Lu Lingxi found it interesting. This kind of bonsai is different from the large green plants cultivated by micro-gardening. It is a specially cultivated ornamental bonsai, which is much more valuable than his green plants. However, Lu Lingxi didn't understand why Xue Yongtong suddenly thought of giving Yan Yue a gift.
Yan Yue did not mention the twists and turns behind the scenes, but simply said: "Xue Yongtong heard that I moved next door to Xiaoxi, and sent me a housewarming gift."
"oh."
Lu Lingxi had no doubts about this statement. Yan Yue and Xue Yongtong had been in contact a lot recently, and they had also jointly set up a plant research institute. Giving two bonsai as housewarming gifts was completely reasonable. After looking at the bonsai for a while, Lu Lingxi's attention was focused on the plants in the backyard.
His life has been very regular recently. He goes to work at Micro Gardening every day, and takes care of the plants in the backyard at night. In addition to Vallisneria and Victoria amazonica, he also keeps the Rubessia rubescens that he secretly separated from Su Lang at home. These plants are growing well. Although neither the mutant Vallisneria nor the mutant Rubessia rubescens show signs of evolution, Lu Lingxi is not in a hurry. He waters, fertilizes, and records their growth status as usual.
In addition to taking care of these plants, Lu Lingxi had one more thing to do every day after returning from the flower garden. He insisted on calling the city's Environmental Protection Bureau to report the Songjiazhuang plastic processing factory for discharging toxic wastewater. Seeing that he was serious, Yan Yue privately mentioned this matter to Ye Cheng.
Since the new mayor of Fengcheng took office, the main policy agenda has been environmental protection. Although a plastic processing factory far away from the city is insignificant, it has been caught in the crossfire and barely made it into the scope of the crackdown. Although Ye Cheng has a lot of things to do, he still took note of the small factory mentioned by Yan Yue and gave a special instruction to his subordinates.
With Ye Cheng's intervention, Yan Yue no longer took the matter seriously. Both he and Ye Cheng felt that the plastic factory was almost certain to be shut down for rectification. But until the end of October, the plastic factory was still operating well and still discharged wastewater into the Lingshui River every day.
Lu Lingxi still insisted on making a phone call every day. Finally, after he called again, the Environmental Protection Bureau gave feedback that they had sent people to Songjiazhuang to investigate the situation. If Lu Lingxi's report was true, the plastic factory would be required to suspend business and rectify as soon as possible. Lu Lingxi was very happy. After hanging up the phone, he told Yan Yue about it. Yan Yue smiled in front of him, praised Lu Lingxi for a long time, but turned around and frowned slightly.
It has been almost half a month since Ye Cheng ordered to deal with this matter, and the Environmental Protection Bureau only gave feedback today. After half a month of shirking responsibility, it can be seen that the new mayor's environmental protection policy has not been progressing smoothly in Fengcheng. But on second thought, this is normal. The new mayor wants political achievements, and the people below want benefits. Fengcheng is originally a heavy industrial city, with steel mills, plastic processing plants, and porcelain factories everywhere around the city. If all these are rectified, Fengcheng's economy is estimated to plummet.
Lu Lingxi didn't think as much as Yan Yue did. He simply thought that after the plastic processing factory was shut down for rectification, there would be no wastewater discharge, and the toxic substances in the Lingshui River would be reduced. As long as the speed of soil purification exceeded the speed of pollution, the purified land would continue to expand towards the Lingshui River and would not stagnate.
Three days after receiving the feedback from the Environmental Protection Bureau, Lu Lingxi received a call from Grandpa Li. He said that he didn't know who reported it, and the plastic processing factory upstream seemed to have stopped working. Grandpa Li was very happy on the phone. Although Lingshui River is still a "black water river", as long as the plastic processing factory no longer discharges wastewater, Lingshui River will be clear again one day. But there is still a troublesome thing. The people in Songjiazhuang suspected that it was their village that reported it, and they gathered a group of people and ran to their village to make trouble.
"Are you okay?" Lu Lingxi asked quickly.
"It's alright." Grandpa Li said proudly, "A bunch of little brats came to cause trouble, but they were blocked by villagers at the entrance of the village. Later, Song Lao San came, made amends and apologized, and the matter was over."
Song Laosan was talking about Song Wancai, the village chief of Songjiazhuang. Compared with Li Dayong, the village chief of Lingshui Village, Song Wancai was much more enterprising. Otherwise, he would not have opened a plastic factory in the village.
Songjiazhuang, Lingshui Village, and Shigouhe are three villages that are in a line and not very far from each other. Among them, Shigouhe is the farthest from the city, but it has the best development. Because there are large tracts of wasteland outside Shigouhe and there are not many people, Qiu Tian and Xue Yongtong took a fancy to it and contracted to build a flower garden, which also solved the employment problem of nearby villagers. Lingshui Village is sandwiched between Shigouhe and Songjiazhuang. There are few people and little land. The village chief Li Dayong has no ambitions, so he lives a mediocre life. Songjiazhuang is the closest to the city, and the village chief Song Wancai is the most active. He has been tossing around and set up a plastic processing factory in the village.
Don't underestimate this factory. Although it is small in scale, it has almost solved all the employment problems in Songjiazhuang. Since the opening of this factory, the men in Songjiazhuang have an extra job. Every day, they drive tricycles to the surrounding villages and towns to collect discarded plastic bottles. They collect one cent each and sell them to the factory. If they are diligent, they can earn nearly 100 yuan a day. The women in the village all went to work in the factory, cutting bottles, washing bottles, and they could earn 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month. In this way, the income of the entire village has increased. Song Wancai was happy and didn't care about the pollution of Lingshui River.
Li Dayong had approached Song Wancai several times to deal with the wastewater discharge, but Song Wancai either avoided him or complained to Li Dayong about his poverty. Which is more important, Lingshui River or the lives of the villagers? Without money, how can children go to school? Who pays for the vegetables, rice and noodles? Do I have to pay for medicine if I have a headache or fever? Seeing that everyone in the village is living a good life, what does Li Dayong mean by coming to him? Isn't it just a river? Without it, Lingshui Village can't survive?
Li Dayong couldn't win over Song Wancai, and he always came back feeling aggrieved. But no matter what, he never thought of reporting him. They were all locals, and he didn't want to break up. This time, the plastic factory stopped working. Li Dayong was happy, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, which bastard reported it?
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