Chapter 307 Jiang Jinzhou is Qi Shuanghua’s hero
I tidied up my messy hair and looked towards Xi Zhou, which was all mountains.
"What is this place?"
"In Hongjiapo, many people grow peppercorns here, and many businesses in the market get their peppercorns from here."
It is early February now, and the densely packed trees before us still have dead branches.
After Qi Shuanghua tidied her scarf, the two of them walked towards the village at the foot of the hill together.
As I walked and looked, I saw pepper trees and star anise trees everywhere on the roadside. It seems that the yield here is indeed quite large.
When the two men walked into the village, they saw an old man walking out with a hoe on his back.
Liang Xiulan stepped forward to stop the man and asked politely, "Excuse me... do you know who owns this pepper field?"
The old man looked at the two of them and asked in confusion, "What do you do?"
“I’m here to buy Sichuan peppercorns.”
The old man laughed when he heard it: "You want to buy peppercorns? Haha... How many kilograms do you want to buy? If it's only 10 or 8 kilograms, it's not worth it."
Judging from the tone of the old man, he should be a big producer.
Liang Xiulan began by saying, "I'm a raw material inspector for the seasoning factory. I heard that many people here grow peppercorns and star anise. I'd like to come and investigate. If possible, I'd like to place an order."
After hearing this, the old man looked at her straight in the eye and began to introduce him to the densely packed pepper trees and star anise trees in front of him.
"The twenty acres of land in front of me belongs to my eldest brother. Sichuan peppercorns are planted on the top and Sichuan peppercorns are planted on the bottom."
"That entire hilltop belongs to my family, and it's all planted with Sichuan peppercorns."
"The one below is mine, and I grow star anise there."
Then he turned around, pointed at the mountain behind them, and said, "Split it from here. This piece of mountaintop belongs to so-and-so. It was reserved by the end of last year."
"It's split open here on the right. It belongs to someone. You can go ask them later to see if they've finished it."
"These last layers, he has quite a lot of land, but there are many varieties. My home is a bit far from his, I wonder if he has any left at home."
Liang Xiulan: Oh my god... Other people who farm the land only have one mu of land per person, or at most one mu. But here people farm the land based on the hilltops.
Each family contracts a hill.
Such a big mountain was divided among three families. They are indeed the big producers.
Qi Shuanghua asked, "Sir, what about yours? Have you booked it yet?"
The old man laughed when he heard this: "It's mine. They were the first to place an order when we harvested it last year. They were all booked within three days after the harvest."
"Have you finished booking your relative's?"
The old man waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the people on the hill in front. Everything is gone. Go ask around in the village and see if anyone still has any left."
After saying that, he carried a hoe on his back and walked slowly towards his octagonal field.
Liang Xiulan sighed: "It seems we are still late."
She was thinking of coming to inspect it first and then buying the peppercorns when they were ripe, but she didn't know that they were all sold out in the first batch.
The two walked towards the village together. Every household here had a tall gate and a large courtyard, and there were bamboo baskets or winnowing baskets hanging at the door, which were full of seasonings.
The whole village smells like spices.
The two found a house that looked relatively well-off and knocked on the door.
An old lady was hanging quilts in the yard.
"Who is it?"
The door was ajar. Qi Shuanghua gently pushed it open and stood at the door to greet her: "Hello, Auntie..."
The old lady pulled up the quilt and walked towards the door: "What do you do?"
"Hello, we are from the Lin County Seasoning Factory. We heard that there are many peppercorns grown in our village, so we came to investigate and order a batch of seasonal peppercorns and star anise."
"Lin County? You came so far? Don't people grow these there?"
“We planted it, but the yield was too small.”
"Oh...then you guys come in first."
The old lady invited the two of them in and turned to shout into the house, "Master... come out, someone is coming home..."
While shouting, he moved chairs for the two people from under the eaves.
"Sit, sit, sit..."
"Thank you..." Qi Shuanghua politely took the small chair.
The old lady brought another one and handed it to Liang Xiulan: "Come, sit in the sun, it's warm!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Shuanghua took a small chair and went out into the sun to sit with Liang Xiulan.
After a while, a middle-aged man came out of the house, wearing a cotton jacket and holding a teacup, walking out casually.
"Who is it?"
"He's from Lin County, working for the seasoning factory. He said he's here for an inspection."
"Lin County? When did a spice factory open in Lin County? How come I didn't know about it?"
"I don't know either. You go talk to them. I'll go do the laundry."
The uncle took a sip of tea and looked at the two of them: "Are you two from Lin County?"
The two nodded: "Yes, from the Zhilan Seasoning Factory in Lin County."
Qi Shuanghua also took the opportunity to advertise the seasoning factory.
The uncle saw a chair at the kitchen door, strode over, pulled the chair over, and sat opposite the two of them.
He lazily leaned back in his chair, his thighs pressed against his legs, tilted his head back, basking in the sun, and asked, "When did the spice factory open in Lin County?"
"last year."
"Oh...it's newly opened. Which part of Lin County are you from?"
"Lin County South Development Zone..."
"Development Zone? Oh... I've heard of it. There was some kind of corporate consolidation last year, and it was quite a big deal... Oh... It's in the Development Zone... I was wondering why I hadn't heard of it."
He spoke slowly and began to chat with the two of them.
They talked about the development zone, the fertilizer plant, the garment factory, the cotton mill, and his time in Lin County when he was young.
Finally, we talked about Jiang Jinzhou.
A builder in Lin County Development Zone, a young man who dared to take on such a big project without any background.
Later, he cooperated in the fight against corruption, and I heard that he had been a hero who saved women before.
Even the heroic deeds were reported to the whole country.
The uncle talked about Jiang Jinzhou and was full of admiration. "This kid has a promising future and a strong character. He is a good man."
Liang Xiulan was proud of it, but she didn't say that he was her man.
Because she didn't want to show off with these empty titles.
When Qi Shuanghua heard the name Jiang Jinzhou, he also admired this man.
The heroic deeds of him and Hu Dabiao in saving the woman made him regard them as heroes for a time.
But he still didn't know that the hero in his mind was Liang Xiulan's useless boyfriend who had no house and no job.
The three of them chatted for a while, and the old lady had almost finished washing the clothes. She also poured hot tea for the two of them.
Then they talked about the purpose of their visit.
"Our local production is too small, and what we collect is scattered. We want to find a stable supplier."
"I see this is grown all over the mountains here, so I want to order some in advance."
The uncle nodded slowly: "Well... you guys are a little late. If you had come during the New Year, maybe there would be..."
Hearing this, both of them looked disappointed.
The uncle felt that he had a very good chat with the two people, so he wanted to try again for them.
So he stood up and said, "Well, you two wait here for a moment, I'll go see if there's anything left."
Stretch your legs and walk into the house.
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