My village can't be like this

Chapter 388 Xie Wentian

It was almost eleven o'clock when we came out of the wine cellar.

Zhang An looked at his home and saw that his parents were still on the mountain and had not returned.

This point is still on the mountain. It is estimated that Wang Fang is happy working with everyone and does not plan to come back for lunch.

Although I am going to have a housewarming party at Mr. Li Mingwu's house today, I will only go there in the afternoon.

You still have to prepare this lunch at home, otherwise Su Ying won't be able to eat it when she returns from school.

It doesn't matter whether Zhang An eats or not, but his wife and children must not go hungry.

Before washing rice and cooking, Zhang An went to the yard to take a look and found several big dogs at home.

So the pot for cooking rice was changed to a larger one, and a few more bowls of rice were scooped out.

This is the habit of Xiaohu and the others now. If they are at home before the meal, when it is about to cook, it means that they will eat at home today, so they need to cook a lot more.

And when cooking, they are not there, which means that they have gone to the mountains to find food on their own, so there is no need to cook for them.

This is a pattern that Wang Fang discovered, because she cooked a lot of rice every time before, and even prepared rations for the big dogs at home.

But there were times when she had cooked a meal, but all the big dogs at home went into the mountains to look for their own food.

Therefore, Zhang An's family had to eat the rice cooked by Wang Fang three or four times before they were finished.

This is because Zhang An is a big eater and eats more every time, otherwise he would have to eat more.

Because dogs naturally eat a lot, and Zhang An's dogs eat more than ordinary local dogs. The key is that there are more.

Not counting the leftover soup every time, a large bowl of rice would be enough to fill their stomachs.

After doing this several times, Wang Fang couldn't stand it anymore, and finally observed a pattern.

Every time before cooking, check to see if the family dog ​​is at home.

It's strange to say that Xiaohu and the others were not at home during meal time, so they really didn't come back until evening, and they really fed themselves in the mountains.

And they not only feed themselves, they also bring prey with them when they go home, probably because they are afraid that the owners of the family will be hungry.

The most outrageous thing is that even if they don't bring prey, they will come back with dry firewood, so the Gu family's dogs will be gone.

In comparison, the flower head upstairs looked like an unfilial son. Every time he went out, he only cared about eating enough for himself, and then he would sleep in his bed when he came back. He never thought of bringing any prey for Zhang An.

Therefore, all preferences in the world always have a reason, so tiger cubs are always favored more than other animals at home.

Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo also like them the most because they are like a part of the family.

"Hey, Zhang An, you are cooking. It seems that the old saying is true. It is better to arrive early than to arrive in time."

While Zhang An was busy in the kitchen, Fatty Lu's voice came out.

In fact, Zhang An knew about it when he arrived just now.

Because just now he heard the sound of parking in the yard.

Generally, there are only a few people who can drive directly into their yard. If a stranger wants to enter the yard, Xiaohu and the others will go crazy.

Chen Zedingyi hasn't said hello recently and said he was coming over. It couldn't be the two of them.

Thinking back to yesterday when Fatty Lu called, he said he would come over today, so Zhang An could basically guess that it was him who parked the car.

"Why are you here so early? It's not so fast to come from the provincial capital, right? You came here last night?"

It's not even noon yet, and there's no highway now, so it's impossible to get here so early.

Looking at them like this, they probably came here overnight last night.

"It was either last night or this morning when we set off at three or four o'clock in the morning. I was so sleepy that I had to catch up on my sleep after dinner."

As soon as he mentioned this, Fatty Lu immediately yawned, then pointed to the man next to him and introduced him to Zhang An.

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is the old Xie Wentian. It's because he was in a hurry to rush over and annoyed me so much. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten up in the early morning and started on the road."

Fatty Lu was still a little sad when he said this. When he came to pull fish by himself in the past, he was not so active. At most, the driver would drive here by himself.

But Zhang An could tell. Although there was some complaint in his tone, he could tell that the relationship between the two was unusual.

"Welcome, but actually there is no need to rush. I have arranged for twenty people to dig up the mountain today. The first batch will be dug out this evening."

Zhang An wiped his hands with his apron and shook hands with Xie Wentian.

"Hehe, actually I know that too, but sometimes I feel uneasy if I don't watch you. I have nothing to do at home, so I might as well come over and watch you to feel more at ease."

Zhang An didn't know how important this batch of plantains was to Xie Wentian.

To put it simply, as long as he got the batch of plantains that the pharmaceutical factory needed this time.

In the next few years, he would basically account for a portion of pharmaceutical companies' orders.

And if there are any medicinal materials in his hand that he can't pour out, others will help him when the time comes.

So Xie Wentian can't be too nervous.

"But I still have to thank you, brother Zhang An. Don't worry, you will definitely not suffer a loss on the price this time."

When Fatty Lu called Zhang An that day, he was right next to him.

He could tell at that time that Zhang An was not willing to go through any trouble.

It was only after Fatty Lu opened his mouth that he agreed.

From this alone, Xie Wentian can tell that Zhang An is a good friend and will really help if something happens.

Moreover, after Zhang An agreed to sell plantain, he did not raise the price.

If it had been anyone else, they might have started selling rare items at exorbitant prices.

When negotiating the price before, Xie Wentian had already planned that if Zhang An really had so many here, he would basically have to pay the premium.

But in the end, Zhang An didn't mention this matter, which also made him take a high look at Zhang An.

However, precisely because of this, the price that should be raised still needs to be raised.

Others may not mention it, but he himself cannot take it for granted.

On the one hand, I really need it. This season is not the season for digging a lot of plantains.

Even if he goes out to buy it at a high price, others won't get that much.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be in a hurry right now, so the volume of goods here in Zhang An is really important to him.

On the other hand, he really wanted to make friends with Zhang An. After all, multiple friends lead to many paths, especially a friend like Zhang An who was really good at taking action when something happened.

"Don't talk about these things, just come as usual. Then you guys go and sit and drink tea. I've packed up the lunch. After dinner in the afternoon, we will go to the mountains to see it. Don't worry, those plantains will definitely be good. satisfy you."

Zhang An knew about the medicinal value of plantain from the beginning, but never thought of making a lot of money from this plantain.

Even after Fatty Lu talked about it on the phone, he felt that these troublesome things could be kept to a minimum.But now that the sale has been agreed, the issue of high price will naturally not be raised.

After all, no matter how high the price is, it’s not much higher, so it’s better to leave it as a favor.

After all, debts and favors are the hardest things to repay in the world.

Zhang An just invited them to the yard, ignored the others and continued to cook.

Because Fatty Lu is now more in charge of this place than Zhang An, so Zhang An doesn't need to worry about the reception.

Moreover, Su Ying is about to finish school, so she must cook quickly.

"Hey, Zhang An, your rice is so delicious. Just smelling the steamed rice makes me hungry."

Before Fatty Lu came to Zhang An's house, he had something to eat with Xie Wentian in the county town.

But now I could smell the aroma of rice wafting from the steamer, and although my stomach wasn't pounding yet, my mouth was already drooling with displeasure.

"Hey, why is this rice red? This is the first time I've seen it. Did you add some blood and steam it together?"

Fatty Lu truly regarded this place as his second home. After Zhang An lifted the steamer down, he opened the steamer cover and took a look.

As a result, he was stunned by the blood-red rice inside, and he didn't even notice the hot steam rushing to his face.

It’s not his fault, after all, he’s grown so big that all the rice he’s ever seen is white rice.

Now that he saw this kind of ancient rice with different colors, his reserve of common sense was somewhat shattered.

The others were no better than him when they first met. Xie Wentian, who was standing next to him, was just like him, staring at the rice in the steamer with curiosity.

"This rice is steamed from blood rice. It looks like this. Blood rice is a rice that has been passed down for many generations here. It is considered one of the ancient rice because it is blood red from the plant leaves, to the rice husk, to the rice grains. That’s why it’s called blood rice.”

The last time Fatty Lu came here, although it was the end of the year, he had already gone back when Zhang An beat Xinguzi.

So I didn’t have the opportunity to taste Zhang An’s blood rice at that time.

"Sure enough, the world is so big and full of wonders. Even the rice is blood red. I have learned a lot today. This rice smells so fragrant, and it must taste even more fragrant."

According to his understanding of Zhang An's family's food, basically nothing on their dinner table tastes bad.

So today's bloody rice must be a good thing. Thinking of this, Fatty Lu was full of expectations.

"This is because you have less places to go. For rice alone, in addition to blood rice, there is also black rice. The rice water after washing is also very black."

Although the vast southwest region is not a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, it is precisely this kind of place where these magical things grow.

Although the Internet has appeared now, like a baby, the dissemination and exchange of information is still very limited.

In future generations, even if you have never eaten these things, you can still see them online.

"It's true. The world is too big, but our knowledge is very small. But since you have cooked so much rice today, will the workers digging plantains also want to come over for dinner later?"

A large steamer full of rice is probably enough to feed twenty people.

Lu Jun didn't think Zhang An would cook so much because of their arrival.

"There is no one else, so we will eat by ourselves."

"But there's so much rice, we can't finish it."

"We can't finish it, but there are still some people lying outside. The rest is cooked for the dogs. Maybe this is not enough."

Zhang An didn't expect Fatty Lu and the others to arrive early, so he didn't include them when cooking.

Originally, the remaining food was only enough to feed a few big dogs, but with two more people, it was even less enough.

But Zhang An is not worried. There is not enough food anyway. They will go to the mountains to find food when they are hungry.

I usually can't get enough of them, and I can't get enough of them today.

"Guigui, you feed so much food to dogs. Your family is really willing to spend money on raising dogs. Dogs eat more than people. If it were in other people's homes, they might not be able to last more than a few meals."

Lu Jun was astonished. No wonder Zhang An's dogs were raised so well. He kept them like this every day. How could that be bad?

When Su Ying was out of school, Zhang An happened to be cooking. Xiaohu also ran up the mountain to call Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo back.

The first time Xie Wentian ate at Zhang An's house, he looked no different from when Fatty Lu came to visit.

And just now he was talking about plantains, but as soon as the food was in his mouth, he immediately forgot about it.

"Let's go to the fish pond. Don't you want to dig it again?"

While eating, Fatty Lu felt very uncomfortable sitting because he accidentally ate too much.

But I didn’t want to say that I was full, so I wanted to go out for a walk while looking at the fish pond.

"Nacheng, I just want to take you to see it, so that when you come to pull fish in the future, you will have an idea."

In the past, when there was only half an acre of fish pond at home, Fatty Lu would drive a fishery truck over.

Now that the fish pond has expanded so much, it is estimated that when bringing in fish, we will need to open more aquatic products, or visit more times.

"Look, it's great to make it bigger. I've suggested you make it bigger before, but you're just too lazy."

Looking at the four-acre fish pond with schools of fish swimming around, Fatty Lu couldn't stop smiling on his face.

Zhang An was right when he said that this fish pond is his life now.

Now that the fish pond has expanded so much from half an acre, it's as if his life has been extended.

"Well, I'll still be the same as before. I just come here and take a cart back every time, and then come back when everything is sold out."

Looking at the large number of fish, Lu Jun didn't think about how many fish he would take back at once.

Because what he has now is a high-end product.

Pulling back too much at one time will have an impact on the market and easily lower prices.

And if you come a few times, the water will flow steadily.

"By the way, Lao Xie, this is my secret base. Don't reveal it to others when you go back."

It is said that colleagues in the same trade are enemies. Fatty Lu had so many high-quality aquatic products in his hands that his colleagues in the provincial capital felt disgusted.

Whether overtly or covertly, I have been inquiring about his source of goods.

It's just that this thing has been hidden very well, and no one else has discovered it.

Today he brought Xie Wentian here, and it was the first time he revealed it to others, so Fatty Lu turned to tell Xie Wentian next to him.

He wasn't afraid that Xie Wentian would get involved, but he was afraid that when this guy went out to socialize with others, he wouldn't have a clue and would let it out in a careless manner.

But he is actually not too worried. With his current relationship with Zhang An, even if someone comes to ask for him, Zhang An will probably not pay attention to him.

(End of this chapter)