Chen Zhaozhao walked all the way into the mountains.
After walking for about forty minutes, we finally stopped under a big tree.
This is a bayberry tree hidden in a mountain stream. It is about ten years old. The tree is full of small green fruits.
Generally, bayberries don’t ripen for another half a month, but some bayberries in the mountains may ripen earlier due to different varieties and sunshine.
Now some people have found bayberries in the mountains and eaten them, but they are just a little red and very sour.
In this era, there are very few fruits that people in the village can eat, and there is a shortage of food, so wild bayberry is definitely the most sought-after fruit.
In this era, no one in Lishan Village, including Huixi County, grew bayberries, so they had to go to the mountains to eat bayberries.
Nowadays, there are many bayberry trees in the mountains. Unlike in later generations, many bayberry trees were cut down and burned into charcoal. At that time, there were cultivated bayberries, but wild bayberries were too sour and few people picked them to eat.
Although there are many bayberries in the mountains, and some people will sell bayberries on the black market if they find them, Chen Zhaozhao is not afraid that his bayberries will not be sold.
Anything, as long as it tastes good, no matter how many there are on the market, she won't worry about not being able to sell hers.
Chen Zhaozhao pressed his hand on the trunk of the bayberry tree and performed some operations. After ten growth cycles, the bayberry tree was optimized. The sight of the dark red bayberries on the branches made people drool.
Because he had a plan to pick bayberry, Chen Zhaozhao came here carrying a big backpack.
She quickly climbed up the tree and picked bayberries while eating. After picking a basket full, she got down from the tree and manipulated the bayberries into the same state as she had just arrived.
When we got home, everyone was surprised to see a big basket of bayberries.
"Zhaozhao, how did you pick so many beautiful bayberries?" Chen Simei was very surprised.
She saw the bayberries picked by an aunt in the village yesterday. They were just red, and the pulp looked soft, with some juices squeezed out. It looked sour and dirty.
Of course, this is the norm when everyone comes back from picking bayberries in the mountains.
But Chen Zhaozhao's bayberry was so red that it turned black, and the pulp looked plump and moderate, with no juice squeezed out. It had a very fresh bayberry fragrance, and it smelled mostly sweet but slightly sour.
It makes people want to eat it when they look at it and smell it.
"I'm lucky, I found a new bayberry tree in a mountain stream." Chen Zhaozhao said excitedly in a low voice, "Quickly try it, pack some out, and take the rest to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow."
"Okay." Chen Simei agreed and quickly went to get a small basket to put it in.
Chen Damei wanted to eat sour food and couldn't wait to eat it.
"Hmm~ These bayberries are so delicious." Chen Damei was pleasantly surprised. She never knew that bayberries could be so delicious.
The other sisters also hurriedly tasted it, and they all marveled and praised it.
Chen Dawang and Zhang Genshan went to work. After planting the soybeans, it was time to transplant the rice seedlings.
They have to be busy for about ten days.
Just when everyone was eating bayberries happily, Lin Guohua and Lin Huiyao came.
They brought things with them, including wine, cans, candies, malted milk, and meat.
Chen Zhaozhao went to greet them, but he was a little afraid to accept so many things.
Lin Huiyao brought it in and put it directly on the table in the main room. Lin Guohua said with a smile: "Comrade Zhaozhao, our first batch of soybeans has been sold, and the response has been very good. I really want to thank you for your secret recipe~"
"So, are you here to express your gratitude?" Chen Zhaozhao glanced at the things on the table and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she was frightened to death if he came to kiss her.
"Of course, I decided to double the production of the second batch and sell it to more places." Lin Guohua was really excited. The sales of fried soybeans were even better than he expected.
"You don't know, the supply and marketing cooperatives in several nearby counties didn't want the goods when they heard they were from our food factory. As a result, all the soybeans they took were sold out in two days, and now they are urging me to get the soybeans."
"That's good." Chen Zhaozhao was also very happy. The better the soybeans sold, the bigger her year-end bonus would be. How could she be unhappy?
"Your tea was very good last time. What else can you make delicious?" Lin Guohua looked at Chen Zhaozhao with bright eyes, as if he were looking at a treasure.
"This is just the beginning, let's finish what we have on hand first," Chen Zhaozhao said with a smile.
"That's what I mean, but I want to talk to you first. I will be your priority for future cooperation."
"Okay." Chen Zhaozhao agreed happily.
Lin Guohua was even happier now. After chatting with Chen Zhaozhao, he said goodbye and left. He was very busy and took the time to thank Chen Zhaozhao before rushing back to work.
Chen Zhaozhao packed some bayberries and strawberries for them.
Strawberries have recently entered their peak ripening season. From two plots of land one and a half meters wide and five meters long, more than 60 kilograms of strawberries can be harvested every day, which is extremely productive.
Chen Zhaozhao has little land now, otherwise, she wouldn't know how much money she could make.
Of course, with the current social background, she can't be too high-profile. It's pretty much the same for now. There's endless money to be made anyway, so don't rush and make it slowly.
There are times when the bowl is full.
In the evening, Yu Jinggui came back with Liu Guihua.
Chen Xiaoni was very happy to see them. Since she left for a business trip last time, Yu Jinggui has not been back for nearly half a month, and Liu Guihua has not been back for more than ten days.
Just looking at the expressions of the two of them is not very good.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Chen Zhaozhao asked.
"The second batch of bean curd shipped out of the warehouse was all smelly, and many of the later bean curds were also smelly." Liu Guihua choked up as she spoke.
So much fermented bean curd was stinky, weighing nearly a thousand kilograms, and it was all because she didn't do her job well.
Nowadays, Chen Zhaozhao and the others provide the tofu used in the soy sauce factory to make fermented bean curd, which costs one hundred kilograms a day.
The soy sauce factory makes bean curd directly after collecting the tofu, because each process takes time, and now there are different levels of bean curd in the factory.
Except for the ones at the back that are still in their early stages, the ones that were packaged, sealed and marinated in the front are all smelly.
"It stinks? What went wrong?" Chen Zhaozhao frowned.
Liu Guihua shook her head and wiped her tears, "They are all done that way, and I don't know what's wrong."
So much fermented bean curd has been spoiled and such great collective interests have been harmed. It will be very troublesome for the authorities to pursue this matter.
Liu Guihua, the only technician who made bean curd, didn't know what was wrong, and Yu Jinggui and the factory leaders didn't know either.
"Mom, don't worry. I'll go take a look later and see what's wrong." Chen Zhaozhao comforted Liu Guihua and asked Yu Jinggui to go aside to talk alone.
"So much fermented bean curd has gone bad, it must have a great impact on you. What are you going to do?"
"Don't worry, I can solve it. You find the problem and leave the rest to me." Yu Jinggui said calmly.
Seeing that he was so calm, Chen Zhaozhao felt much more relaxed and asked: "Do you think this was accidental or someone did it on purpose? If so, who was it targeted on purpose?"
"It's all possible. This is a problem that was just discovered today. I have suppressed the situation and will wait to see the details after investigation."
Yu Jing went on a business trip and was not supposed to return until the day after tomorrow, but because there was a problem with the bean curd, he came back early.
He rushed to the soy sauce factory without stopping and had already made arrangements in the factory.
Because of this incident, the atmosphere at dinner was a bit solemn.
After dinner, Chen Zhaozhao went to the soy sauce factory with Yu Jinggui and Liu Guihua.