After returning to the room, I had a good night's sleep.

I have to say that the air in Hezibao is really relaxing and comfortable. Obviously a strange place, Xu An, who is used to getting up early to send Xu Kang and Xu Le to school on weekdays, actually slept until ten o'clock before getting up.

Although he is now here as a boss, it is a bit outrageous to wake up so late.

Yawned contentedly, lifted the quilt on his body, Xu An picked up the toothpaste and toothbrush placed on the bedside and went downstairs with his slippers, and the snapping sound made by the slippers hitting the ground was unusually loud.

Hah-ahhh————h

Halfway through the second yawn, he was frightened back by the scene in front of him.

When I came here last night, there were only a few broken tree stumps in the open space in front of the village branch office, and nothing else, but today, a bright and dazzling banner was pulled on the open space so brightly.

【Welcome Xu's Catering to Hezibao for inspection】

What the hell is Xu's catering

Although Xu An deliberately wanted to merge his two brands under one company, this was only an idea that existed in his mind and was not implemented.

Now that he suddenly saw it, Xu An actually felt a trace of shame and embarrassment. And a little bit of snickering.

It's a pretty name!

When I returned to Haishi, I went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to go through the procedures, so that Xu's fast food restaurant and Xu's lo-mei restaurant could be combined into one, becoming two brands under the name of Xu's catering!

Xu An walked down while admiring the banner, and when his right foot fit perfectly into the solid ground, and his left foot took a step into the space outside the stairs, he heard cheers, and he saw a group of people standing up from the corners of the walls on both sides of the stairs like mushrooms after a rain

With his hair messy like a bird's nest, tears from secretions and yawning in the corners of his eyes, a white vest on his upper body, a pair of red shorts on his lower body, and slippers on his feet, Xu An officially met with the fathers and villagers of Hezibao with such a 'down-to-earth' image.

"Hehe, this boss doesn't look much like my kid!"

"This young man is the boss, it should be the older one who is the boss, right?"

“.”

Following Xu An, before he appeared in front of everyone, a big question mark appeared on the head of the 'older' Xu Dongliang.

"Haha, good morning, everyone! Haha, the weather is pretty good today, have you had breakfast? You're going to go to the market."

Xu An didn't finish the last sentence, because he saw that the villagers were all placed next to a basket, and there was a lush green plant in the basket. Xu An didn't recognize this green plant, but Xu An was very familiar with the fruit on the green plant, and that was the purpose of his trip - shabu shabu!

"It's." Xu An's right hand was raised involuntarily, and the toothbrush in his hand pointed straight to the nearest green plant.

"That's right!" The man pointed at by Xu An slapped his head suddenly, and hurriedly picked up the back basket on the ground and handed it to Xu An's eyes, with a mixture of apprehension and expectation on his face: "Boss Xu, take a look, is this the chili pepper you want?" ”

As the plant approached, the overwhelming spiciness hit him, which made Xu An take a step back.

With this breath alone, Xu An dared to assert that this was the shabu he wanted!

After seeing Xu An nodding, the others immediately became excited, and handed the plants in their baskets to Xu An's eyes so that Xu An could distinguish them.

Resisting the spicy sensation that was so strong that it was almost substantial, Xu An looked at all the plants in the baskets on the field, and in the end, except for the unknown red fruit plant dug up by one person, the other plants were all shabu-shabu!

It seems that there are really a lot of spicy plants on the mountain here!

Just when Xu An sighed, he suddenly heard a villager say something in awkwardly Mandarin, half embarrassed and half ostentatious.

"Hey, yes, yes! I went into the mountain early yesterday, ran four times, and dug up sixteen trees, hehe! None of you dig more than me, right? ”

This man's ostentatious appearance made the other villagers not to be outdone.

"I've dug up twelve, and that's four less than you!"

"Hahaha, I'm a little more than you, I've dug seventeen! One more than you! ”

“.”

Listening to the words of the villagers, the smile on Xu An's face froze, his eyes were dark, his brain was blank, he almost didn't catch his breath, and he died on the spot when he performed for everyone.

Before this, Xu An thought that the villagers were not sure whether the chili peppers on the mountain were shabu or not, so they specially dug one up and came over to identify it. Although one tree per person is a bit much, Xu An really didn't expect that the villagers would walk all over the mountains and fields and dig up all the shabu as far as the eye could see back to their homes.

Shabu shabu is rare in the market, one reason is that the market demand is not high, the second is that it is difficult to plant, the soil, moisture, climate, etc. are extremely high, and it is extremely easy to encounter various pests and diseases, and the mortality rate is extremely high.

The shabu shabu that was dug up, and the survival rate of surviving one-third is considered to be high. If they continue to grow in the mountains, it is only mid-September, and at least two waves can be harvested, and three waves are not impossible if the weather is good

Looking at the energetic and discussing appearance of the villagers in front of him, Xu Anxin's thousands of words finally turned into a sigh and disappeared in the morning breeze in the mountains.

At this point, it is useless to say anything, and it only adds to the troubles.

In the final analysis, I didn't think comprehensively enough, if I heard Li Yanfu say that there is shabu shabu in the mountains, I would have specially reminded me that this shabu shabu is difficult to transplant and plant, and the scene in front of me would not have happened.

Despite this, Xu An still felt that his heart was so painful.

After the villagers got a definite answer from Xu An, they all happily said goodbye and returned to the village, discussing with each other where to plant the dug up shabu-shabu as they walked.

Standing at the back of the crowd, Li Sixin, the village party secretary who had been silently watching the play and eating melons, seemed to find that Xu An's expression was a little wrong, and his heart suddenly tightened, and he came over with a pretending to be casual: "Boss Xu, what's wrong?" What's wrong with those ghosts just now? ”

"It's not." Xu An shook his head and sighed again: "This ghost is difficult to grow and survive."

Xu An told all the news related to shabu shabu in one go, and in the end, he couldn't help but sigh again.

"It's really uncommon to see this ghost, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to plant." After listening to Xu An's words, Li Sixin did not fall into a mood of disappointment and regret, but muttered to himself: "If there is professional guidance, the probability of successful planting should be improved, right?" ”

Li Sixin's muttering voice was urgent, hurried and soft, Xu An only heard the words 'professional' and 'success', and when he wanted to listen carefully to what Li Sixin was saying, Li Sixin changed the topic.

"Boss Xu, I heard Yanfu say that you are very interested in mushrooms in the mountains, do you want to go into the mountains and take a look. The conditions of our Hezibao are a little worse, but the natural scenery is very good, especially when you go to the top of the mountain and look down, the scenery is absolutely amazing! ”

Subsequently, listening to Li Sixin talking about the interesting story of picking mushrooms in the mountains, coupled with Li Yanfu praising him on the side, this made Xu An, who grew up by the sea, feel three points of interest out of thin air.

Now it has been determined that the shabu is produced in the mountains here, and the ones planted by Li Yanfu's family will not run away with long legs, and there will be little difference between early and late. So, Xu An readily agreed to Li Sixin's proposal to pick mushrooms.

Li Sixin agreed when he saw Xu An so cheerfully, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and began to pack his things non-stop, and walked towards the mountains with Xu An and the others.

However, he took Xu An not on the road into the mountains, which the villagers often walked, but along a path almost covered with dense vegetation into the mountains.

On the right hand side of the path are terraced fields, which are overgrown with weeds, and they look barren, which makes Xu An feel a little strange, so he stopped and asked: "Secretary Li, are the terraces here deserted, why are they full of weeds and uncared for?" ”

"Haha, Boss Xu, take a serious look?" Li Sixin reminded with a smile: "There are cash crops planted here. ”

Is there a cash crop in a half-man's tall weed?

Xu An picked up a dead branch from the ground, gently cut through the weeds in front of him, and searched carefully for a while, but found nothing. Just when he wondered if Li Sixin was joking with himself, Xu Dongliang found out.

"This is" Xu Dongliang seemed to grasp something in his hand and sniffed it under his nose before giving the answer: "This is planted with peppercorns, right?" ”

Looking in the direction where Xu Dongliang was, Xu An really saw a pepper tree as high as his chest, and the layers of leaves covered the dense peppercorns tightly.

Lifting the dead branch in his hand and moving it around this pepper tree twice, he found the second and third pepper trees, which are really planting cash crops!

Xu An then took a small handful of peppercorns from the pepper tree and put them in his hand, the green peppercorns were full and round, and with a slight pinch of his fingers, he pinched them into two petals, and the transparent green liquid seeped out of them, and the strong aroma of citrus mixed with lemon emanated.

"All the green peppercorns planted in this large field are planted with green peppercorns, and after planting, they are born and raised, and the growth is quite gratifying. Many of us here use this green pepper to cook lo-mei, which tastes unique! ”

The focus between Li Sixin's words was on the second half of the sentence, Xu An, who was carefully studying the pepper, did not notice the change in tone, but Xu Dongliang on the side noticed it, glanced at Li Sixin vaguely and quickly withdrew his gaze.

"With so many green peppercorns, it looks very good, at least it can be rated medium." Xu An threw away the peppercorns in his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that the villagers of Hezibao can have a good year this year!" ”

I don't know when, an old woman walked near the location of the four people, went straight down to the ground, took out a pair of scissors from the back basket, and cut a few from the green pepper tree and put them in the back basket.

The movements were smooth and smooth in one go, and when he saw Li Sixin, he even said hello with a grin: "Secretary Li, you are here!" These two look at the faces, are they the big bosses from the sea market? ”

"Eh, yes, these two are big bosses from Haishi, I'll take them around for a walk." Li Sixin responded very normally: "Do you pick peppercorns and go back to cook or cook braised mith?" ”

"Cook lo-mei, boil some potatoes and peanuts, I harvested a lot in the field not long ago, and I can't win by eating it!"

“.”

Xu An listened and suddenly found something wrong, this Secretary Li is from Hezibao, and this grandmother is also from Hezibao, why are they not speaking in the local dialect, but in Mandarin? Is this deliberately said to yourself?

Just as Xu An was thinking about this question, the greeting between the two ended, and Li Sixin continued to take Xu An to the mountain, explaining to Xu An as he walked, interrupting Xu An's thinking.

"These green peppercorns are a poverty alleviation project in the past, planted for four or five years, planted every year, and lost every year, this year everyone doesn't want to serve, and it grows like this."

"This green pepper is in good condition, and the amount is also large, why is it still a loss?"

"Yes, it's all pretty good, but the big companies don't want to accept it because it's remote here, and the small companies don't have the volume to eat, so they join several companies to collect it together, but because of the freight and the purchase price, they quarreled and almost went to the public security bureau."

As he spoke, Li Sixin's words changed: "Boss Xu, I heard Yanfu say that you have a store that is doing lo-mei business, the sales are very good, and there are a lot of green peppercorns used, do you want to consider purchasing from our Hezibao?" ”

Well? Well!

Good guy, I was waiting for myself here!

I didn't expect such a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, wearing glasses, and Svenwen to actually hold back a bad stomach!

(End of chapter)