Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1827 Big changes

Other villages could not take care of all of them, but if we just collected the quilts, padding and sheets that were no longer needed by recent graduates from several universities, it would be enough for every household in Lianhe Township to have a bed.

Zhou Zhi believed that Feng Xueshan was even more thoughtful than himself in not buying new ones directly. If he bought them himself, it would be difficult to form a "long-term mechanism" and it would easily lead to over-dependence among the villagers, which would ultimately be detrimental to the overall development of the mountain village.

"'Turning waste into treasure' is much better. There is no financial connection between the local officials and the donors I contacted. Although there are transportation costs, it is much easier than purchasing with funds from the company's public account." Zhou Zhi said to Wu Renzhong: "So don't despise these used ones. My friend was very careful when selecting them, and he even sent them for cleaning..."

"How dare you despise me? That means you don't know how to be grateful." Old Chi Ri said, "Count the number first. Where's Ah Zi? Ask her to make a register. When people come to collect them, they will have to sign and seal."

Wu Renzhong laughed and said, "It's really a good deal to transform this Land Rover into a pickup truck. It can haul anything!"

Then he said to Lao Chi Ri: "A Zi went to listen to music, I will make this book later."

After that, he shouted to everyone: "Here, here, put it all over here..."

"Renzhong is starting to look like the head of the family now." Zhou Zhi praised, "Uncle Tu, are you feeling a little relieved?"

"What's the point of relaxing..." Tu Liangzhi sighed when he talked about this: "I was exhausted from coordinating the road construction. Your old method was good. I thought that the laborers of our Lianhe Township could not be left behind in this job, so I went to make trouble. What's the word? 'Work-for-relief'! Hehehe, even the director of the Transportation Bureau was shocked. I didn't expect that this word would come out of my mouth!"

"Uncle Tu, you are wrong. It's fine for us to say this word among ourselves, but it's not so appropriate to show it off in front of the superiors." Zhou Zhi didn't expect that the word he casually said when he was building a chicken farm and repairing a pigpen and toilet for a family in the village who agreed to plant fruit trees would be used by Tu Liangzhi to fool his superiors. He couldn't help but laugh and cry: "Some cadres can't stand the word 'relief' appearing in their jurisdiction. The so-called 'soldiers should be served, and the hungry people should be relieved', this word is used for disaster victims and hungry people."

"Then I am a hungry victim!" Tu Liangzhi's face was flushed and he looked righteous.

"Uncle Tu, you don't look like that now..."

"Hehehe, the Torch Festival just ended, so everyone is inviting guests to dinner," Tu Liangzhi said with a smile, "The harvest this year is different. I'm not talking about the crops, but the wages from the work. Every household is much more relaxed."

Then he became annoyed again: "Next time you bring these things home, you should inform your uncle first. If I had known that there were so many clothes to wear, I would have asked the villagers not to buy them for the child!"

"I didn't think it through." Zhou Zhi said, "I didn't even think about it, and I didn't expect that the person who thought about it could do it so well!"

"Elbow!" Gillette waved the spoon at Zhou Zhi, "The soy milk is ready. I'll have some tofu pudding later!"

"Okay, auntie!" Zhou Zhi agreed quickly. Usually, when the grain station served tofu pudding, if Zhou Zhi was there, it would be his job. Gillette Abi was more familiar with making vegetable tofu pudding with sour water and chopped vegetable leaves, and he was not very proficient in making Sichuan tender tofu pudding. He always felt that Zhou Zhi's was tastier than his own.

It was a busy process. After everything was packed up, Zhou Zhi had made the tofu pudding, and the children had been given candies, school bags, stationery and other rewards, it was time to eat.

"Lianhe Township has changed a lot. I was away for two months and even the roads were paved," Zhou Zhi said. "It's mainly because the central government gave enough money," Wu Renzhong said, "The province allocated money in a timely manner and the supervision was in place. The autonomous region attaches great importance to it. Otherwise, it would take months to argue about the proportion of funds withheld. Do you believe it?"

After that, he smiled slyly and whispered, "I heard that someone in the autonomous region proposed to move some of these funds to the development of the Anning River Valley industry, but they were severely criticized. My brother-in-law took out the official document from the province and said that it was clearly written on it that the funds were earmarked for special purposes, in a special account, and for special purposes."

"The Academy of Agricultural Sciences arrived quickly." Zhou Zhi said, "Brother Liang, Brother Liu, although this place is a little remote, there are many good things here. It won't take long for you to find out that living here with a salary from the capital is extremely comfortable."

"That's right. For example, this chicken soup, and the fried potato chips that the girls love so much!" Liang Guangping said, "Auntie, do you have any potato chips left? I'll bring some back for my classmates later."

"There's plenty of potato chips!" Gillette said with a smile, "Potato chips are the most abundant thing here."

"Speaking of purple potatoes," Liu Hongtao said, holding the steamed black potatoes in his hands, "they have thin skin, tender texture, special patterns, and a unique and fragrant taste. They are simply the best of potatoes. Why haven't I seen them promoted before?"

"This is the responsibility of your Academy of Agricultural Sciences." Zhou Zhi seized the opportunity to promote local specialties: "The Zhenlong pomelo and black-bone chicken from my hometown are also very good and high-quality varieties, but I haven't seen you promote them. Now it's the county agricultural bureau that's doing the hard work."

"We are currently focusing on projects with high yields, wide impacts and easy promotion of planting." Liang Guangping said, "For example, hybrid rice, high-yield sweet potatoes, corn, and fruits such as citrus, apples, pears, peaches, grapes and watermelons are important projects."

"When it comes to food, we mainly pursue production, and taste is secondary." Liu Hongtao said: "After all..."

"After all, we still have 80 million people whose food and clothing problems have not been solved. I understand." Zhou Zhi finally understood the heavy weight of the four words "comprehensive catch-up."

"But I have to write a few papers." Liu Hongtao said: "The quality of this purple potato is really excellent. It is much better than other potatoes in all aspects."

"Well...except for production." Liang Guangping reminded.

"The yield is indeed a little low." Zhou Zhi said, "But the black potato has another advantage, which is that it is resistant to storage and cold weather, and is suitable for high-altitude planting. The yield is much higher than that of highland barley and buckwheat. This advantage is not available in other varieties."

"Also, the purple patterns in the black potatoes, could they be anthocyanins? I've heard from Japanese people that anthocyanins are antioxidants and can fight cancer?"

Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao looked at each other in bewilderment. Liang Guangping said, "Anthocyanins do seem to have health benefits such as reducing enzyme activity and resisting mutation. Studies have indeed shown that extracts with a certain anthocyanin concentration can effectively prevent cancer at different stages, but the individual effects of anthocyanins are uncertain, and anthocyanins are also easily degraded. Even if the purple color in this potato is anthocyanins, after food processing, its effect on the human body is limited."

Zhou Zhi was speechless. It was tiring to talk to scientists or quasi-scientists. Am I looking for the scientific properties of anthocyanins? What I want is a marketing gimmick: "Just tell me how to judge whether it is anthocyanins!"