Zhang Cong's face was filled with embarrassment and he smiled awkwardly.
After Mo Shengqi had mixed the dumpling fillings, Shen Chi also sat at the table and helped wrap them. Liu Yuzhe and the others also became playful and gathered around to help wrap them.
It's just that the dumplings they make can only be said to be pinched together, and the shape is more like the dumplings made by Zhang Cong, which are so weird that you can't tell they are dumplings at all.
Shen Chi took a look at the dumplings they made and said, "Whoever made the dumplings will eat it tonight." "No matter how beautiful the dumplings are, they will end up in the stomach." Zhang Cong said unconvinced. After hearing this, Liu Yuzhe and others quickly changed the dumplings. He sat down again far away from him.
"What do you mean? Why are you so far away from me?" Zhang Cong asked Liu Yuzhe and the others inexplicably.
"You are so stupid, we are afraid of being infected." Liu Yuzhe replied.
When Shen Chi heard this, he quickly moved away from them and was no longer with them. Seeing Liu Yuzhe and the others looking at them in confusion, Shen Chi also explained expressionlessly: "I'm afraid of being infected."
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Liu Yuzhe and the others were immediately choked and speechless.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the dumplings for nearly twenty people were finally wrapped. This was a big project. After placing the wrapped dumplings, everyone finished the work and put them into the pot.
Seeing that it was almost time, Chen Xiuhe and the others had the stove burning and there was no need for Mo Shengqi to make dumplings, so he rested in his room without coming out.
Shen Chi took the opportunity to throw the sweet potatoes dug at noon into the stove and roast them.
When everyone came back from work and heard about eating dumplings, they were all very happy. Someone even asked Zhang Cong: "Xiao Cong, are the dumplings you make filled with wheat sprouts?"
It seems that Zhang Cong's indiscriminate use of leeks and wheat seedlings has been reported on Leigongping. Zhang Cong glared at Shen Chi angrily.
Shen Chi just pretended not to see it. When the dumplings were cooked, everyone took their bowls to the kitchen to fill them up. "You guys save some room for roasted sweet potatoes later." Shen Chi said to Zhang Cong and the others.
"Don't worry, I can eat two big bowls of these dumplings." Zhang Cong said to Shen Chi.
Maybe it was because there were so many people in Lei Gongping, or maybe it was because he had contributed to the dumplings himself, Zhang Cong and others felt that today's dumplings tasted particularly delicious, so everyone ate two big bowls.
Everyone had almost finished eating, and as soon as they put down their bowls and chopsticks, two brothers, Yuan Jiaomin and Yuan Jiaoting, went to Leigongping to find Shen Chi.
Seeing the two of them, Mrs. Hu hurriedly asked: "This is the church, church members, have you eaten? If not, why don't you eat some dumplings?"
"Thank you, ma'am, we've eaten." The two brothers responded quickly. "What's the matter with you guys?" Mrs. Hu asked again.
"Let's come to Xiaochi to discuss something." Yuan Jiaomin said with a smile.
Just at this time, Shen Chi had finished eating and said to the two of them, "Let's chat in the small living room." After that, he took the two of them to the side hall.
"Xiao Chi, I have already found the person you want. You Chun will give birth to the two of them, and here comes Aunt Zhao and her family..." "
Yuan Jiaoting introduced one by one to Shen Chi, and Shen Chi listened carefully. These people were of good character. They also took good care of his family when they were in Yuanjia Village.
Maybe Yuan Jiaoting was also afraid of bringing back bad memories of Shen Chi, so he only found people who had a good relationship with his family before.
"Okay, you go back and tell them to wait for me at my bakery tomorrow so that I can arrange them together." Shen Chi said.
After talking about hiring people, Yuan Jiaomin took this opportunity to ask Shen Chi for advice: "Xiao Chi, our Yuanjia Village also plans to build a farm like your godfather and his friends, so that everyone's land can be consolidated. You Do you think it’s feasible?”
People in Yuanjia Village have gone out to work in recent years. Except for a small part of the family's fields that are used to grow food for their own consumption, most of them are deserted.
Although they are not a big village, they still have more than a hundred acres of good land. It would be a pity to have it left uncultivated.
If the land is unified and concentrated, not only is it easier to cultivate the land, but also a lot of cultivated land can be added by spreading mature soil in areas that were previously rocky beaches and sandy land.
Shen Chi has spiritual fertilizer in hand. It only takes two or three years to plant the soil to improve the sandy and hard soil into good soil, and then add a lot of good land.
There are also mountains and forests in Yuanjia Village. They also have hills. Like Sunying Farm, they can plant fruit seedlings and raise chickens, which will also increase their income a lot.
"Of course. I originally planned to develop your Yuanjia Village in the next book. Since you have already proposed it, I will simply tell you my plan. If you think it is feasible, just do as I say." Shen Chi said to the two Yuan brothers.
"You say." Yuan Jiaomin and the other two looked like they accepted it humbly.
"Every household in your village has registered its land and can jointly operate it like a joint farm. At the end of the year, dividends will be distributed based on the land area." Shen Chi suggested to Yuan Jiaoting.
Yuan Jiaoting listened very carefully. In fact, according to Shen Chi's original idea, he wanted to merge the surrounding villages into the joint farm.
However, after Wang Hu's incident, Shen Chi felt that he could not let the joint farm family dominate, at least until he could fully control them before he could implement the merger plan.
Now Shen Chi needs to keep Yuan Jiaoting and others, support them, and use Yuanjiacun to check and balance Wang Baocai and others when he does not have complete control over Wang Baocai and others.
Shen Chi also knew about the hilltops assigned to Yuanjia Village. A good hilltop covered five or six hundred acres. Planting fruit trees and raising chickens like the ones in Liujia Village could also increase a lot of income.
Brother Yuan Jiaomin expressed his ideas and everyone was in favor.
"I'm planning to follow your example of transforming wild forests into fruit orchards, and your proposal touches my heart. It's just that transforming wild forests requires a lot of fertilizer. I wonder if the fertilizer from your fertilizer factory can be supplied in additional quantities every month. Ten thousand catties? "Yuan Jiaoting asked Shen Chi.
Yuanjiacun, like the joint farm, also has a limited supply every month.
"Ten thousand kilograms is unlikely. I can only give you an additional five thousand kilograms at most." Shen Chi replied.
He also upgraded the Han fertilizer pool in the reservoir, increasing the concentration of spiritual fertilizer by a small amount, and the water-to-water ratio reached 1:30.
Five thousand kilograms of medicated fertilizer is equivalent to fifteen thousand kilograms of fertilizer.
Yuan Jiaoting was also very satisfied that he could buy an extra five thousand pounds every month. He already regarded this as an unexpected blessing.
"There is also the newly built Leigong Lake. I suggest building an arch bridge at the water inlet and building a gate in the bridge hole, so that the entire lake can be used for farming.
Some duck houses can be built by the lake to raise ducks.
There is also the river connecting the town. Peach trees can be planted along the river, as well as on both sides of the lake embankment. Now a film crew has come to our place to shoot the scene. We will try our best to make our village more beautiful. Maybe in the future It can also develop a real film and television shooting base. "Shen Chi continued to discuss the use of Leigong Lake with Yuan Jiaoting and the others.
"Okay, we will build it according to your instructions when we get back. But what kind of fruit trees should we plant in the forest?" Yuan Jiaomin asked.
"Grow cherries, plant all cherries." Shen Chi said.
"This is a big project, we have to take action as soon as possible." Yuan Jiaoting responded.
Regarding the current development of Yuanjia Village, Shen Chi has already given suggestions. After talking about the matter, Yuan Jiaomin and the others should be able to leave, but they seem to still have something to say.
Seeing that they were hesitant to speak, Shen Chi asked directly: "Do you have anything else?" "It's not a big deal." Yuan Jiaoting smiled and continued: "It's just that our village originally planned to brew some rice wine. We sold it, but we gave up in the end because the water quality in our village was not good."
Yuan Jiaoting was very smart. He did not say that Sun Fuqiang, Shen Chi's godfather, had robbed their business. Shen Chi immediately understood what Yuan Jiaoting meant: "You want to use my water to continue this business." ?』
"Exactly." Yuan Jiaoting replied nervously.
Shen Chi thought about it and it was not impossible. The variety of goods in his farmers' supermarket was monotonous. The rice wine they brewed could also add a specialty to the supermarket.
"Okay, but I can't give you my water for free," Shen Chi said. "We can buy it with money." Yuan Jiaoting said hurriedly.
Since Yuan Jiaoting was so good, Shen Chi couldn't charge them more money, so he sold it to them at the price of normal tap water, which was more than 20 cents per square meter.
Rice wine brewing is an ancestral craft passed down by the villagers near Qishan Mountain, and almost every family has it.
If you can brew, if you develop this business well, it can become an industry.
After discussing all the matters to be discussed with Shen Chi, Yuan Jiaomin and the others also stood up and resigned. Shen Chi sent people to the entrance of the archway and went back in.
Before leaving, Yuan Jiaomin glanced at the archway with the words "At Wangshan Villa" engraved on the bluestone steps, and sighed in his heart: "If we had woken up earlier, we wouldn't have taken so many detours."
"Fortunately, it's still too late to make amends," Yuan Jiaoting said. After sighing, the two brothers turned around and headed down the mountain.
When Shen Chi returned to the main room, everyone gathered around the TV and watched TV. Zhang Cong and the others took out the sweet potatoes cooked in the stove and were eating them while watching.
The sweet potatoes were a bit hot, and several people gasped while eating them. Zhang Cong took a few deep breaths and swallowed the sweet potatoes in his mouth.
The sweet potatoes from Shen Chi's family are an old variety with a white heart. They are very starchy and taste pink and glutinous. Zhang Cong swallowed hard and it got stuck in his throat, making him roll his eyes.
Shen Chi quickly poured him a glass of water and said, "No one is going to compete with you, so eat slowly."
Zhang Cong drank a few sips of water and finally calmed down: "These sweet potatoes are much more delicious than those sold outside. I was in a hurry to eat them."
As he said that, he started peeling the sweet potatoes again.
The skin of the sweet potato burned like black carbon. Shen Chi couldn't help but laugh when he saw how many people ate it, with the corners of their hands and mouths covered in black, like tabby cats.
After moving to a table and sitting down to watch TV with everyone, Liu Yuzhe handed a sweet potato to Shen Chi: "This is for you."
"Eat it, I'm tired of it." Shen Chi shook his head and said, "If you don't want to eat it, give it to me." Zhang Cong quickly grabbed it.
"The food here is so delicious, we don't want to leave even if we stay here." Wang Meng said while breaking the sweet potatoes.
"Then stay a few more days and wait until school starts before leaving." Mrs. Hu said with a smile.
"We just had this idea, and we're afraid that if we live here for a long time, grandma, you will dislike us." Zhang Cong's mouth was so sweet that it made Mrs. Hu very happy to hear it.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how long you stay." Mrs. Hu said with a smile on her face.
"Why don't you just take them all in and treat them as your grandchildren?" the workers watching TV on the side shouted.
"My old lady is not so lucky to have so many lovely grandchildren." Mrs. Hu looked at Zhang Cong and others and said with a kind smile.