Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 251 Honey is upgraded to honey lemon tea

"boom!"

"No, I have to go find them, I have to get them back!"

Suddenly, Sha Zhu slammed the table with his hand and spoke excitedly.

After saying that, he stood up from the chair and ran to the bedside table to search for a while.

After a while, he dug out a passbook and wanted to run out in a hurry.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Sha Zhu, then asked in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhu, what are you doing?"

"Let me go. I want to find them both."

Sha Zhu struggled hard, then shouted loudly.

"Don't you know what's going on outside? Where are you going to find them?"

Li Guoqiang frowned, then asked in a somewhat unpleasant tone.

"I"

Sha Zhu opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but after thinking it over, he ended up saying nothing.

After all, he really didn't know where to find Lou Xiao'e and his son.

What's more, even if he knew Lou Xiao'e's address, with his identity and ability, there was no way for him to go to Hong Kong.

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang saw that Sha Zhu had gradually calmed down, and hurriedly advised: "Uncle Zhu, since Aunt Xiao'e wrote to you, it proves that she has you in her heart, but she can't come back to find you because the situation outside is complicated now.

As long as you can wait patiently, I believe she will come back one day."

"Can?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu suddenly looked up at Li Guoqiang, and then asked expectantly, "Can I really wait until they come back?"

"Yes! It certainly can!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded affirmatively and answered without even thinking.

After all, it was already said in the original drama that Lou Xiao'e would bring the child back to find Sha Zhu. Even if he couldn't wait for Lou Xiao'e to come back because of the butterfly effect, the worst that could happen was that he would personally take Sha Zhu to Hong Kong to find Lou Xiao'e.

"Ok!"

Sha Zhu looked at Li Guoqiang's confident expression and felt a little relieved. Then he sat down on the chair somewhat dejectedly, staring blankly at the piece of letter paper that exuded a hint of fragrance, as if he had returned to that unforgettable night between him and Lou Xiao'e.

Then, he thought that he had only aimed once and hit the target, and he won a jackpot. Suddenly, he couldn't help grinning and laughed.

Li Guoqiang: “.”

[Fuck! Could this idiot be going crazy? Why is he suddenly grinning like an idiot? ]

Soon, Sha Zhu noticed Li Guoqiang's strange look, and quickly stopped laughing. Then he straightened his expression and said, "Um, Qiangzi, do you have anything else to say?"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang immediately remembered the business, and then hurriedly said, "Well, tonight, I want to ask you to come over and cook a few meals to entertain the guests. I also want to thank you for lending me the house. Do you have time?"

"available!"

When Sha Zhu heard that Li Guoqiang wanted to treat him to a meal, his eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded quickly and said, "I'm free all day today. Go prepare the dishes first, and I'll be there in a while."

"Got it!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly happy to see Sha Zhu being so enthusiastic, then he nodded in agreement quickly and turned around to go back home.

At this moment, Xu Yuchang, Xu Laosan and others were in the room chatting and bragging with Li Dawei.

Since they all regarded Li Guoqiang as the great benefactor of their village, they praised Li Dawei in words and deeds, which made Li Dawei's face always glow, as if he was several years younger.

After making the beds, Pan Qiaoyan and others immediately returned to Li Guoqiang's kitchen to help Yao Meilan and Luo Huijuan cook.

When Li Guoqiang saw this, he hurried into the kitchen and told them that he had invited the chef Sha Zhu to cook, and asked them to stop working for the time being.

Then, just as he was about to go out for a stroll and get some ingredients from his little world, he happened to meet Luo Guofu who was riding his bicycle back from get off work.

So, he immediately asked for the bicycle, and then asked Luo Guofu to invite Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, three uncles, to come to their house for dinner on behalf of their family.

Although he didn't like these three uncles very much, but since they lived in the same yard in this world, he still had to observe the necessary social etiquette.

Just like what Zhang Dashuai once said to Zhang Shaoshuai, what is the Jianghu? Jianghu is the human relationships and worldly affairs.

Also, the elders once said that we should make more friends and fewer enemies.

Therefore, as a young junior, what reason does Li Guoqiang have not to follow suit? !
Not long after, he rode his bicycle around the streets and alleys outside, and took the opportunity to enjoy the city of Beijing under the sunset.

It's so comfortable to face the breeze, look at the streets and alleys, and see all kinds of life.

When the time was almost up, he rode his bike directly into a relatively secluded alley, and then took out a large box of various vegetables and fruits from his small world, including watermelon, honeydew melon, bananas, cucumbers, eggplants, spinach, lettuce, beans, green peppers, etc.

Then he took two big capons, two big white ducks, a big-headed goose, two big carps, three pounds of big river shrimps, a big pork elbow and ten pounds of pork belly, and filled a large basket.

After more than half a year of operation, the small world has expanded to more than 4,000 square meters, which is equivalent to about ten basketball courts.

At the same time, the animals and plants inside were harvested one after another, almost filling up more than half of the storage space of the small world.

Not to mention letting him eat alone, even if everyone in the entire courtyard eats together, they can at least eat to their heart's content for three to five years.

There is no other way, because according to the calculation that one can get an additional ten times reward for each farming and breeding, these more than 4,000 square meters of land are equivalent to more than 40,000 square meters, which is about 70 to 80 acres.

Just by planting crops such as rice and wheat, nearly 5 kilograms can be harvested in one quarter.

Under normal circumstances, a person can only eat about 100 to 200 kilograms of food a year, which is enough to feed 200 to 300 people.

Not to mention, it can be used to grow high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Therefore, he could take advantage of the opportunity of working in Sijiu City to have people collect a variety of high-quality animals and plants, and then turn this small world into his private treasure estate.

In this way, no matter what time it is in the future, he can enjoy all the delicacies in the world without leaving his house. Just thinking about that kind of low-key and luxurious life can make people yearn for it!
Soon, he used a shoulder pole and rope to tie the two large baskets tightly on the back seat of the bicycle, and then covered them with oil paper to prevent people from seeing these good things on the road and causing unnecessary trouble.

Then he rode his bicycle back home.

At this time, Sha Zhu had already come and was waiting.

When he saw Li Guoqiang pushing a bicycle with two large baskets coming back, he couldn't help but walk forward with some curiosity, wanting to see what kind of dishes Li Guoqiang had brought back.

As a result, when he reached out, lifted the oil paper and looked into the basket, he was immediately shocked by the basket full of chicken, duck, fish and meat.

"you"

"Where did you get all these good stuff?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was amused when he saw Sha Zhu's dumbfounded expression, and then he laughed and joked, "Uncle Zhu, you are a chef after all, so this shouldn't be a big deal to you, right?"

"You know nothing!"

Sha Zhu came back to his senses after hearing what he said, then he glared and said angrily, "It's true that I'm a chef, but don't you know what the situation has been like these years? Even the guys at the steel mill don't eat ingredients as good as the ones you bring back."

At this point, he reached out and grabbed the five-pound piece of pork belly, looked at it carefully, and even leaned forward to smell it. Then, with a look of surprise on his face, he asked, "Tell me the truth, kid, where did you get these things?"

"What? Is there a problem?"

When Li Guoqiang heard Sha Zhu's question, he raised his eyebrows and asked instead of answering.

"Didn't I just say that?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu rolled his eyes, then explained in a somewhat unpleasant tone, "These ingredients of yours are better than what the director of the steel mill canteen has found everywhere, not to mention the ordinary ones sold in the vegetable market.

If these ingredients were seen by people who knew the value of the goods, they could at least raise the price by 30% compared to the market price. Do you think this is a problem?"

"That's it!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said indifferently: "It's okay. Since it's used to entertain guests, it's a good thing to have better ingredients."

"you"

When Sha Zhu saw that Li Guoqiang was still pretending to be confused, he was so angry that he was speechless.

Afterwards, he didn't say much to Li Guoqiang. He just reached out and took down the two large baskets, then carried the baskets into the kitchen with a treasured look on his face.

As a cook who has been dealing with ingredients since childhood, seeing these good ingredients is like LSP seeing a beautiful woman. Not only does my heart feel itchy, but even my hands feel itchy.

The reason why he kept asking about the origins of these ingredients was not only because he wanted to find a good source of ingredients, but also because he was excited to see the prey.

But Li Guoqiang refused to reveal it, and he had no way to deal with Li Guoqiang. He could only wait until dinner time and think of a way to try to get the information out of Li Guoqiang's mouth.

Soon, under his arrangement, Luo Huijuan and Pan Qiaoyan all got busy with their own work.

Li Guoqiang took people to the gatehouse, moved the table left by Wei Guangliang, and set it up in the yard.

Then he went back into the house and invited everyone out. He took some honey, tea leaves and lemon from his small room and made a large pot of simple honey lemon tea, intending to let everyone taste it.

At the beginning, everyone was a little hesitant to drink this pot of slightly strange tea.

However, when they took the first bite, they couldn't stop eating it. They were all conquered by the sweet, delicious and rich taste that was a mixture of honey, black tea and lemon.

"How is it? Does it taste good?"

Li Guoqiang saw everyone finishing a big bowl of lemon tea in gulps, and hurriedly asked with a smile.

“Delicious!”

“So delicious!”

"Hey, Qiangzi, give me another bowl. I drank it too fast just now and didn't get to taste what it tasted like!"

"Me too!"

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Hearing everyone's answers and seeing their eager looks, Li Guoqiang felt a little happy. He then poured everyone another bowl of lemon tea and asked with a smile, "What do you think? If we make tea with the honey we brought here, can we sell it at a higher price?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes were stunned, and then they all looked at Li Guoqiang in surprise.

They didn't expect that Li Guoqiang would come up with such a good idea.

Any normal person knows that selling raw materials is definitely not as valuable as processing them into commodities.

Moreover, except for honey, which is more valuable, the others, whether lemon or tea, are relatively easy to get, not to mention the least valuable boiled water.

Based on the calculation that one pound of honey can make ten pounds of lemon tea, the profit hidden in it can at least double or triple.

Therefore, Li Guoqiang wanted to give it a try to see if he could create a beverage brand in this era by leveraging the collective enterprise identity of Jinshanbao.

If this is really possible, then when the reform and opening up comes, we will be able to use it to compete with Western beverage brands and avoid letting most of the beverage market fall into the hands of the West.

What's more, the benefits that a beverage company can bring are not comparable to those of a honey sales office.

To put it in an exaggerated way, it can even turn the entire Jinshan Fort into the people of Sijiu City, thus becoming the object of envy of everyone in the future generations.

The only troublesome problem is whether I can buy enough lemons and black tea in the market.

After all, this is the time to plan and allocate supplies.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to conceal the fact that he took out lemon and black tea from his little world.

Just as he was thinking about finishing the office building in a few days and then going to investigate the situation with the letter of introduction, everyone gradually realized the great benefits that this honey lemon tea could bring, and then they all looked at the pot of tea in Li Guoqiang's hand with shining eyes.

Among them, Xu Yuchang, Xu Laosan and others were just somewhat amazed at Li Guoqiang's brilliant ideas.

However, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui thought of more.

If Li Guoqiang could really set up a honey lemon tea processing factory in this old city, then could they get a few recruitment quotas from Li Guoqiang and transfer those young people in their hospital who had gone to the countryside back to the city through recruitment?
(End of this chapter)