Chapter 108: Visiting Zhang's Hometown
I was going to see Mr. Zhang today, Xu Wenli attached great importance to it and wore a set of decent maternity clothes, and Mu Jianjun was wearing the clothes issued by the Armed Forces Department.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the two of them took the things prepared by Xu Wenli to Zhang's hometown.
Zhang Lao lives in a three-story building with a separate courtyard, and the door is guarded by soldiers.
The yard was quiet, and a lame middle-aged man was cleaning, and when they were about to reach the door, they saw a silver-haired old gentleman squatting in front of a vegetable patch.
Mu Jianjun and Xu Wenli walked up to look at the vegetable field together, the coriander and spinach in the field did not look very good, and the vegetables were buttoned with a layer of oilcloth, and they were all lifted at this time.
"Sir, are you worried about these dishes?" Xu Wenli asked softly.
"Yes, I loosen the soil in the vegetable patch every day, and I am afraid that the temperature will be low at night and cover it with a layer of oilcloth, but they just don't like to grow."
My wife is a southerner, so I like to eat green vegetables, and the family grows vegetables every winter, but they can't grow well.
"Let me make a little suggestion, you can listen to it!" Xu Wenli said.
Zhang Lao nodded like an obedient schoolboy: "Say it quickly!" ”
"According to my observations, one is that the seed is not good, it has degraded; second, the fertility of the land is insufficient; The tarpaulin is not transparent, the temperature in the shed is not high at night, and it is opened early in the morning. ”
Finally, someone who understood, Zhang Lao asked Xu Wenli what she should do to eat green vegetables in winter.
Xu Wenli frowned at the vegetable plot, such a place is not hard enough!
"This place is so small that if you have half an acre of land, you can build a greenhouse and eat fresh vegetables all winter."
This sentence went to Zhang Lao's heart, and he got up and led the way in front: "There is a vacant land behind the house, at least half an acre, you teach me how to get it, and then tell me what kind of vegetable seeds to buy." ”
There is a piece of turned over land behind the small building, and there is indeed half an acre of land, Xu Wenli measured it, and asked Zhang Lao to prepare three to five thousand old bricks, level the ground, and deduct other things needed for the greenhouse, and she will go out to find them, and the vegetable seedlings will also be prepared.
"Okay, Comrade Xiao Xu, if our greenhouse is built, I will cover the vegetables that your family eats in winter."
asked the guards to prepare things according to what Xu Wenli said, and he took the two of them into the house, and a gentle and generous old lady had already prepared tea and snacks.
"You and Xiao Mu like to stay outside and no one stops you, how can you let the girl blow the cold wind outside!"
"It's my negligence, but only Xiao Xu understands the matter of detaining the greenhouse, I must let her guide, you talk to Xiao Xu, I will go to the study with Jianjun."
It seems that his wife likes Xiao Xu's lover very much, and Zhang Lao feels that he has made the right move to let Mu Jianjun come to Kyoto to develop.
Zhang Lao's wife is called Cui Manlin, who was born in a scholarly family, and has a bookish atmosphere, even if she is old, she exudes the unique charm of poetry and books.
"Xiao Xu, I heard that your family has a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, why don't you bring them over!"
"My two children are naughty, someone has to watch them all, or the roof will be overturned."
Cui Manlin smiled and said that it was okay, and asked her to bring the children over for dinner in the afternoon: "I see this is morels, this kind of mushroom is rare." ”
It just so happened that Zhang Zhaoyan came back, and Xu Wenli got up and greeted: "Second brother, I brought some fungi today, you can see if the Fu is not eligible for foreign exchange earnings." ”
Seeing the monkey head, white fungus and morel mushrooms in the bag, Zhang Zhaoyan's eyes widened wider and wider: "Brother and sister, can these really be cultivated artificially?" ”
"It's okay, but the morel mushroom growth environment is relatively high, and the yield is also the lowest among these kinds, I think that the white fungus is easy to store and has a wide range of uses, or let's try it first, and the demand and recognition of foreign white fungus is also higher than the other two."
Zhang Zhaoyan called the secretary, and Xu Wenli listed the raw materials needed to make the fungus pack, as well as the requirements of the venue.
"Do you use tarpaulin to build greenhouses?"
"It's best to use plastic sheeting, steel rods or iron pipes for brackets, I've seen drawings that can be drawn, and the second brother will find someone to process them, but I have a condition......."
Xu Wenli showed two rows of little white teeth, not hiding her careful thoughts at all, but it made Cui Manlin look up to her a little higher.
Her desire for benefits is clear, and then think about other people's contributions, is it too much to ask for something?
"If my brother and sister have any requests, just mention them."
"I also want to get a few greenhouses, two larger ones, three small ones, and grow some seeds in them, and try how long those fungus packs can grow white fungus in the environment of Kyoto."
This is a normal request, and it is not too much at all, Zhang Zhaoyan immediately agreed.
Xu Wenli picked up a pen and paper to draw the shape of the steel pipe bracket of the greenhouse, the various buckles and connection sizes required, and the requirements for plastic sheeting.
That kind of steel pipe is not easy to find at first glance, Zhang Zhaoyan asked the secretary to find it first, but it really didn't work, he went to find a way to make steel pipes.
The conversation in the study was also over, Zhang Lao's face was indifferent, Mu Jianjun's face was expressionless, Cui Manlin whispered to Xu Wenli: "Are all those who have been soldiers like this!" ”
"I don't know about others, Mu Jianjun is like this at home."
"If it's okay in the future, you can come over and let's talk, otherwise I'm afraid I'll forget what I said after a long time." Cui Manlin and Zhang Lao have lived most of their lives, and those romantic little moods and thoughts have been smoothed out by life.
"I haven't seen you for an hour, the two of you have become New Year's friends, Xiao Xu will have nothing to do with the children in the future, and it is not interesting for Mr. Cui to be at home alone."
Cui Manlin used to be a professor, and her family also called her Teacher Cui.
"Okay."
After chatting for a few more words, Mu Jianjun and Xu Wenli said goodbye and prepared to go home, Zhang Lao told them not to forget to come over for dinner at night, Sister-in-law Liu took a day off for something today, and came back to help cook in the evening, which is also the reason why the Zhang family invited guests at night.
The little couple walked back from Zhang's house, Xu Wenli was thinking about what to cook when she went home, Mu Jianjun saw that she didn't ask what she meant, and took the initiative to speak: "Don't you want to know where Zhang Lao asked me to go to work?" ”
"If you need to keep the job confidential, you don't have to say it."
"There is no need to keep secrets, I am in charge of the inspection of goods at the airport and customs in Kyoto."
Wow, this job will definitely be popular in a few years, Xu Wenli guessed that Zhang Lao valued Mu Jianjun very much, but she didn't expect to arrange such an important job for him.
"Do you have a holiday? Do you want to live in a unit? ”
"Under normal circumstances, there will be one day off a week, and if you go on a business trip or perform a mission, you will have additional leave."
It is estimated that there will be danger in carrying out the task, Xu Wenli really doesn't want Mu Jianjun to take any more risks, thinking of the nature of his work, he hesitated for a long time and didn't have anything.