After the matter of contracting the barren mountain was decided, Chen Qingdong did not directly talk to Zhao Ping'an about the matter, but he first called Xu Wei, who was far away in Longwan, and told her that the willow artemisia and purple rape on the side of Shuangshan had grown, and she could come here to visit and investigate.

When she went to Longwan after the year, Xu Wei had already finalized the matter of coming to Shuangshan to inspect in person, one was to inspect the products of the Green Field Farm, and the other was to see the willow artemisia and purple rape here.

Although Xu Wei didn't say it explicitly, Chen Qingdong could still see that what Xu Wei really liked was actually willow artemisia and purple rape, two wild vegetables that were originally plain in Chen Qingdong's eyes.

In addition, when he told Xu Wei that Shuangshan Town is rich in willow artemisia and purple rape, Xu Wei also asked very strangely, "Is it edible", which made Chen Qingdong very concerned.

He guessed that the plain willow artemisia and purple rape in his eyes were very valuable things in Xu Wei's eyes, and they could even be said to be very valuable things. Otherwise, with Xu Wei's arrogant eyes, there would never be such a reaction.

After returning with this question, Chen Qingdong found a time to conduct a special visit and inquiry activity.

First, he came to Shuangshan Town and visited the villagers who lived near the two barren mountains, because the vicinity of these two barren mountains was the place where the willow artemisia grew the most.

From the mouths of those villagers, they learned that the willow artemisia growing in this vicinity is indeed edible, and after the willow artemisia grows every spring, they often pick the willow artemisia to stir-fry vegetables and make soup. In addition, they collect a lot of willow artemisia in the spring, either dry it or pickle it and eat it slowly later.

However, purple rape can only be eaten fresh from time to time, and once the latter is dried and pickled, the taste will be very poor, and it is simply inedible.

Sometimes, they will also take some of the fresh willow artemisia and purple rape they pick more to the county seat to sell, but the business is not too good, and they can't sell it at a high price, so they just change their pocket money.

These situations are similar to what Chen Qingdong understands.

However, through this visit, Chen Qingdong also learned another thing that surprised him, and I don't know if it was a coincidence, that is, most of the villagers who often eat willow artemisia are some villagers whose family conditions are not very good, and most of these villagers live a long life! There are two elderly people who eat willow artemisia all year round, and the life expectancy is more than 90 years old!

Because Artemisia annua is a wild vegetable after all, those with better family conditions generally only pick some to taste in the spring when Artemisia is most luxuriant, and will not collect a large amount of Artemisia annua to dry or pickle it for long-term use. And those families with poor families, because they can't afford to buy fresh vegetables, will store up the willow artemisia that they don't need money to eat.

According to those villagers, the villagers at the foot of Baihu Mountain and Qingniu Mountain have been eating willow artemisia for many years, and most of the people in the vicinity live a long life, and there is a famous longevity village in the county.

This result made Chen Qingdong very excited, and he faintly felt that the longevity of the villagers in this vicinity was likely to be related to the perennial consumption of willow artemisia!

In order to verify his idea, Chen Qingdong also planned to go to other towns and villages rich in willow artemisia to do research and comparison.

As a result, Chen Qingdong walked around several nearby towns and asked many people, only to learn that willow artemisia is only abundant in the mountains near Baihu Mountain and Qingniu Mountain in Shuangshan Township, and although willow artemisia grows occasionally in other places, the low yield is not comparable at all.

Chen Qingdong guessed that perhaps it was the two barren mountains of Baihu Mountain and Qingniu Mountain that caused the special geographical environment of this large wasteland at the foot of their mountains, and this environment is indeed the most suitable environment for the growth of willow artemisia, so it is rich in willow artemisia here, but not in other places.

After that, Chen Qingdong went to some restaurants in the county town to visit around, but found that there were almost no dishes made of willow artemisia in the restaurants in the county!

Chen Qingdong, who was unwilling, went to Cheng Xiaodong again, but he had never heard of what "willow artemisia" was, and then Cheng Xiaodong asked about the hotel's purchase, and then told Chen Qingdong that they had not purchased willow artemisia in the hotel.

Chen Qingdong, who was determined to break the casserole and ask to the end, found a Chinese medicine shop, found an old Chinese medicine doctor and asked, this old Chinese medicine doctor has some understanding of willow artemisia, he told Chen Qingdong that willow artemisia is a kind of wild vegetable that is used both medicine and food, and it has been recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that willow artemisia has a cold taste, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, lowering lipids and lowering blood pressure.

After learning this information from the old Chinese medicine doctor, Chen Qingdong became more confident in Liu Hao!

It seems that willow artemisia is indeed a good thing, but Liulin County is too closed to know the benefits of this wild vegetable. After all, Xu Wei is well-informed and knows that willow artemisia has great value, so she wants to come here for a field inspection.

Chen Qingdong called Xu Wei again, telling her that the willow artemisia had grown all over the mountains and fields, and she was welcome to come for inspection.

This time, Xu Wei seemed very happy, and immediately told Chen Qingdong that this Saturday, she would come to Shuangshan for a trip!

After confirming this matter with Xu Wei, Chen Qingdong thought about it, and called Xu Yuanyuan again, asking her if she had time on the weekend and if she would like to go back to Shuangshan as well.

The reason why I called Xu Yuanyuan was because Chen Qingdong really missed Xu Yuanyuan a little, and more importantly, because he was worried that Xu Wei was used to staying in a big city, and he had studied abroad, and his personality was relatively arrogant.

And if Xu Yuanyuan can come over with Xu Wei, then with Xu Yuanyuan as a "lubricant" in the middle, it should be much more convenient to receive Xu Wei.

It's just that Chen Qingdong was disappointed that Xu Yuanyuan recently went to Zhejiang University for further study, and he didn't have time to come, so Chen Qingdong had to give up.

After determining the reception time, early Saturday morning, Chen Qingdong drove the Santana bought from the farm to the county boundary of Liulin County and went all the way to meet Xu Wei.

Although with Xu Wei's identity, Chen Qingdong didn't have to do this, at most he could wait for her in the county.

But through the last contact with Xu Wei, Chen Qingdong felt that Xu Wei was not only a person with an arrogant personality, but also a person who especially wanted to be recognized by others, or rather, her arrogant personality and her desire to be recognized by others were actually one.

Chen Qingdong believes that doing this will definitely make Xu Wei feel that she is respected, so next, if there is anything inconsiderate about her reception, Xu Wei should not mind too much, at least she understands that she actually respects her very much in her heart.

Moreover, after leaving this good impression on Xu Wei at the beginning, Chen Qingdong's next plan will be easier to implement.

This time, he didn't want to give the treasure to Xu Wei for nothing!

The weather on this day was also very good, the sun was shining, the wind was beautiful, due to a drizzle yesterday, the air quality was very fresh, and the temperature was not too high, it was really a good day for spring outing!

At around ten o'clock, Xu Wei's car came to the county boundary of Liulin County, which was about half an hour later than the time she had made an appointment with Chen Qingdong on the phone, but this was also expected by Chen Qingdong.

Girls, especially those with a haughty personality, are excused for being late.

This time, perhaps because of the long-distance running, Xu Wei did not drive her Blue Bird car, but changed to a muscular Mitsubishi Pajero off-road vehicle.

Moreover, in addition to Xu Wei, there was also a man about thirty years old with a very sturdy figure who came with him, and I don't know if he was the main driver or had other identities.

After Xu Wei got out of the car, she took the initiative to apologize to Chen Qingdong as soon as possible: "Qingdong, I'm sorry, the car had a little trouble on the road just now, and I told you to wait for a long time." ”

Chen Qingdong didn't know if what Xu Wei said was true or false, in fact, even if Xu Wei deliberately came late for a while, he wouldn't be angry. However, since Xu Wei took the initiative to apologize, he was naturally willing to accept it.

"It's okay." Chen Qingdong said with a smile, "The weather is so good today, I happen to be here to see the scenery." ”

Then, Chen Qingdong joked again: "Sister Wei, welcome to the countryside!" ”

"Thank you." Xu Wei also laughed, and then explained to Chen Qingdong, "Qingdong, let me introduce you, this is Zhao Changbin, and he is also the former marketing manager of our Longwan Red Star Department Store. Changbin, this is what I told you about Chen Qingdong. ”

Chen Qingdong thought to himself, how could Zhao Changbin be the former marketing manager of Longwan Red Star Department Store? Xu Wei doesn't introduce his current position? But he said very enthusiastically: "Manager Zhao, welcome to our Liulin!" At the same time, Chen Qingdong stretched out his right hand to Zhao Changbin.

Zhao Changbin also enthusiastically stretched out his right hand and shook it with Chen Qingdong, and said: "Qingdong, hello, I often hear Xiaowei and Yuanyuan talk about you, and when I see you today, you are indeed a young talent, haha...... Also, I'm not a manager now, you can just call me by my name. ”

From Zhao Changbin's handshake with him and what he said, Chen Qingdong captured at least a few points of information, first, Zhao Changbin's palm is very generous and powerful, and he speaks very heartily, he should be a refreshing person who is easy to socialize. Second, Zhao Changbin is very familiar with Xu Wei and Xu Yuanyuan, and in addition to work contact, they should also be very good friends in private. Third, Zhao Changbin may no longer work in the Red Star Department Store at this time.

In addition, there is another information that Chen Qingdong can't accurately judge, that is, Xu Wei and Zhao Changbin came here to investigate, do the two of them have any deeper relationship?

Chen Qingdong didn't want to leave a restrained impression in front of Zhao Changbin, so he followed Zhao Changbin's words and said: "Otherwise, how old are you and me, I will call you 'Brother Bin' just like 'Sister Wei'." ”

Zhao Changbin smiled heartily: "Cheng!" ”

Chen Qingdong asked Xu Wei again: "Sister Wei, let's go to the county seat to find a hotel for you to put down your things, take a rest, have a meal at noon, and then how about we go to Shuangshan again?" ”

Xu Wei said: "Qingdong, let's go to Shuangshan first, there is no rush to stay." ”

Chen Qingdong could hear that Xu Wei's words meant that if the effect of the investigation in Shuangshan Town was not good, they would return to Longwan today, and they would not need to stay in Liulin at all.

"It's fine." Chen Qingdong said, "Then I'll drive in front and lead the way." ”