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"Where are your parents?" An inquiring voice came from the direction of the kitchen, and Lu Li turned his head to see Cole who was drinking water, "Are they okay?"

"Well, it's fine. But after all, I am still tired and need to rest and adjust. Lu Li also walked to the kitchen, put the kettle back on the gas stove, and prepared to make himself a cup of tea, "It turns out that hiking is so boring and so interesting. It seems that we should explore more in the future. ”

With such a contradictory description, Cole couldn't help but laugh.

"The forest behind us, where can we be connected to the farthest? You said before, it's in the direction of the Grand Canyon Park, right?" Lu Li asked curiously, "We were always walking in the forest yesterday, passing through a few small hills, but we didn't see any real mountains, and we didn't see any large animals. ”

"If it is at your speed, it is very likely that you have only walked ten kilometers, at most fifteen kilometers, and you are still in the peripheral stage, so you can't see it. Ke Er has now begun to get used to the aroma of Tieguanyin's tea, but he still refuses to taste it. Tea, he still prefers tea bags, and Lipton is very good.

Lu Li showed a surprised expression, "Then what if the hunter wants to go into the mountains and forests to hunt? ”

"Horseback riding, of course. This is the West. Cole's answer made Lu Li suddenly realize, "Otherwise, it's hiking." It is not uncommon for professional hunters to go hunting in the forest, often for weeks, or even months. ”

Lu Li threw a packet of Tieguanyin into the teacup, then poured the boiling water, looking at the appearance of the tea in full bloom, the bright green faded little by little, and there was a poetic feeling, "No wonder, I accidentally found a cave this time, which is a temporary shelter ......"

"Randy, Randy?" there was a call at the door, Lu Li and Cole turned their heads at the same time, Cole said, "It should be the supermarket's purchasing manager who has arrived." ”

Lu Li put down the teacup in his hand and walked out quickly, and then he saw a group of three people, not the suit and leather shoes in his impression, but the familiar shirt and jeans, all three denim. So people always joke that after entering Texas, people with face blindness should be confused, unable to tell who is who, and even unable to distinguish between occupations.

They are supposed to be the representatives of the H-E-B supermarket.

The U.S. system is unique, each state has its own legal and economic system, which leads to a slight difference in the living habits of each state. For example, the largest, most convenient, and most popular banks are different in different states, and the same is true for supermarkets.

Some supermarkets are located in all major states of the United States, such as Wal-Mart, which is widely known, but there are also supermarkets that are only available in a few states, such as H-E-B supermarkets. The supermarket is only available in Texas and northern Mexico, and it is not visible outside of those areas, but H-E-B is one of the most popular supermarkets in Texas, behind Sprouts-Farmers-Market in California and the large national supermarket chains.

Compared with those large supermarket chains in the United States, H-E-B has relatively limited products, and the main sign is "fresh food", just like Whole Foods supermarkets that have become popular all over the United States in the past two years, hoping to provide customers with the freshest, highest quality, and healthiest food. In Texas, H-E-B doesn't have the same market share as Whole Foods and California Countryside, but it has the highest customer loyalty.

At the same time, this is the fundamental reason why Yunding Ranch can be linked to H-E-B - they want all products to come from the local area, especially in the state. When he was in the flower market before, Andre once mentioned that Texans are particularly supportive of their products, and H-E-B is also a leader, and if they can, they give preference to vegetables that are always grown in their own state.

It is for this reason that under Sean's matchmaking, H-E-B is willing to give Cloud Peak Ranch a chance. Otherwise, Cloud Top Ranch is just a small private ranch, and the organic farm is only twenty acres - although it is said that it will be expanded to a hundred acres in the future, but that is a matter of the future, and a few thousand pounds of vegetables is not enough for the whole of Texas.

"Welcome to Cloud Peak Ranch, I'm Fourteen, the owner of the ranch, Randy is still at the organic farm, you are the representative of H-E-B, right?" Lu Li walked down the porch quickly and stretched out his right hand, "I'm having afternoon tea inside, do you want to join in?"

"Fourteen, Shaun and Randy have mentioned your name many times, and now we finally meet. The man at the head stepped forward quickly, holding Lu Li's right hand, his wrist was very strong and powerful, as if he was pinched by the crab's pincers, just a movement could show that he belonged to the Texan's brand, "Are you British?"

While Lu Li is a distinctly Asian face, this is an era of globalization, and Asian-British are no surprise.

However, Lu Li was stunned, and only reacted half a second later-afternoon tea, which has become synonymous with the British; even in Asia, the impression of the tea ceremony in the West has always stayed in the scope of Japan, and as the origin of the tea ceremony, China/China is losing its influence.

"No, I'm Chinese. Lu Li explained with a smile, "You must know that China/China is the origin of tea culture, just like porcelain." ”

The man in the lead touched the mustache under his nose and shrugged his shoulders, not dwelling too much on the topic, "I'm Ferguson, this is my assistant, Paul, and this is our technician in the fresh food department, David." ”

Lu Li shook hands with the two of them separately, "If you are not interested in drinking tea, then let's get to the point now." "In the few words I just said, you can feel that Ferguson is a crisp, straightforward personality, and they are here today to trade, not to make friends. Therefore, Lu Li did not drag mud and water.

"Please lead the way. Ferguson put his hands on his waist and nodded.

Lu Li looked back at Cole, Cole walked down quickly, and took the initiative to introduce, "Cole." A simple name introduction, nodding to the three people respectively, the simplicity of the Texas style reached the extreme at this moment, and then he led the way in front, "Now the warehouse is being renovated, so the vegetables are temporarily placed in the hall on the first floor." However, the warehouses and cellars will soon be renovated, and the refrigeration system will be equipped to ensure the freshness of the vegetables. ”

These are Randy's jobs, but Cole knows a little bit about them, so a brief introduction is no problem.

Lu Li only noticed at this time that at the back of the cowboy villa, baskets of green vegetables were neatly stacked, and the large kale flowers were stacked together, not only filling the entire hall, but also almost stacking them on the ceiling, and the whole room was full of green vegetables, as if the green stream was overflowing, which was really spectacular.

Inexplicably, there is a feeling of entering Hayao Miyazaki's films.

Before, all the vegetables were planted in the land, and I couldn't feel it, it seemed to be just two or three hundred catties, but after all the vegetables were stacked at this time, I really felt the huge quantity, and the vegetables in front of me were at least calculated in thousands of catties - or, to be counted in ten thousand?

Lu Li has no experience, but he can also see the bumper harvest of this batch of kale!

It's no wonder that Randy has been urging the warehouse to be renovated, with the current warehouse, it is not a problem to accommodate all the vegetables, but other things can't be placed, let alone those planters, harvesters and other machinery, not to mention, as Cole just mentioned, the refrigeration system and exhaust system also need to be reset, and there are many supporting facilities for the operation of the organic farm to keep up.

The three of Ferguson also showed a look of surprise - because this is a villa, not a warehouse, and the vegetables actually stuff the entire villa, this scene is indeed rare; but at the same time, they also showed an expression of disapproval, if the vegetables are not properly preserved, after long-distance transportation, and then put on the shelves of the supermarket, the effect presented is not fresh enough.

This is also the reason for Cole's explanation just now, so he took the initiative to say, "These are all freshly picked and ready to be transferred to professional cargo trucks at any time." ”

Cole is hinting that if you load it right now, it can still keep it fresh, and if you continue to delay, it will be uncertain.

Ferguson nodded, and David and Paul walked forward and walked to the five baskets of kale stacked on the outermost level, and then David could be seen taking out a large pile of equipment from his backpack and starting to test it. Obviously, they had to test if it was organic, pesticides were the most basic part of the process, and after examining a kale, he nodded to Paul and began to walk into the villa, along the narrow passage and start taking random samples.

Paul picked up the kale, weighed it next to him, then weighed it four or five, and recorded the average, then picked up the first kale, carefully dismantled the petals one by one, examined each leaf and every link, and finally stuffed one leaf into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Seeing this scene, Lu Li couldn't help but be a little curious - because he had never tasted kale before, so he couldn't tell if the kale watered by the space spring would taste different, and the previous lettuce would be sweeter, not the sweetness of saccharin, but the kind of sweetness, which made the taste improved.

Paul didn't show any expression, and after chewing a leaf, he stuffed a second slice into his mouth, and then walked over to Ferguson and handed a slice over, "You taste it?"