"Director Cao, when you are free, let's eat some goose stewed in an iron pot together." Liu Furong asked him.

"There's no iron pot for stew in our town, right?" Cao Shujie wondered, he didn't remember there was one.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Furong said: "There is not one in the town. There is one just opened on the outskirts of the city. It is located in an orchard. It tastes pretty good and many people go there to eat."

"Isn't this just farmhouse entertainment? You have to try it. Today I'm inviting Secretary Liu and Mayor Luo." Cao Shujie said.

Liu Furong waved his hand: "I told you I would invite you, how could I let you come?"

After finishing speaking, Liu Furong took out a business card and started to make a call.

After waiting for the other party to get through, he said to make a reservation and order a big goose: "Madam boss, get some more ribs and stew them together. We will go there in a moment."

After putting down the phone, Liu Furong called Cao Shujie and said, "Director Cao, let's go."

"Let's go, I'll ask the driver to take us there." Cao Shujie began to call Song Baoming and asked him to come to the administrative building.

The GL8 he drove today has no problem at all with a few people.

Song Baoming drove towards the suburbs of the city with Cao Shujie, Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou.

The place is easy to find and the distance is not far. It took more than half an hour to reach the place.

When he got off the bus, Cao Shujie saw the orchard in front of him at first sight. It was surrounded by a fence. After entering through the gate, he realized that there was a cave inside.

The fruit trees are scattered in an orderly manner, and there is a bamboo pavilion at regular intervals. The bamboo pavilion is surrounded by kiwi fruit trees. The kiwi vines climb to the top of the bamboo pavilion, covering it tightly and completely isolating it.

The fierce sun.

In addition to kiwi fruit trees, Cao Shujie also discovered some pear trees and planted them at a distance from the kiwi fruit trees.

There are bamboo tables and chairs inside the bamboo pavilion. The table is octagonal, with a stove made of earth in the middle. There are stoves on one side, where wood is placed for firewood, and a large black iron pot is placed on top.

It was only June now, and neither the kiwi fruit trees nor the pear trees were ready to bear fruit. They could only look at the trees and imagine the fruitful scene.

Not long after I sat down, I was thinking about asking the waiter to bring some hot water. At this moment, a middle-aged woman came over with a smile.

When he saw Liu Furong, he sweetly called Secretary Liu.

"Madam boss, please stop slandering me. I just came to your place for a meal today. There are so many rules." Liu Furong waved his hand and refused to admit anything.

"What did Secretary Liu say? Let's sit down and rest for a while. The goose and ribs are ready and will be delivered shortly." As the boss lady spoke, she turned around and walked out again.

Not long after, a young man came over carrying a stainless steel basin.

When he put the basin on the table, Cao Shujie and the three of them saw that it was full of meat and soup.

There are ribs and small pieces of meat. This should be a big goose.

The ingredients have all been prepared and have obviously undergone preliminary processing, and the pot is still steaming.

The little brother also explained to them that it contained ribs and goose, which needed to be stewed in a large iron pot for another half hour.

After finishing speaking, the little brother poured all the goose and ribs in the stainless steel basin with the soup into the big pot, lit the fire, covered the pot lid, and then used a wet towel to wipe the place where the pot lid and the big pot contacted.

Press it down to prevent the heat inside from escaping.

Before leaving, he told Cao Shujie and the other three that he would come back later to put in other ingredients, and asked them not to touch the pot lid yet.

Cao Shujie and the three of them were not in a hurry. They chatted slowly and ate the boiled peanuts and pickles provided as gifts. Time passed quickly. It seemed that not long had passed. The young man just now came over again carrying a plastic basin.

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Cao Shujie took a glance and saw that there was mixed batter in the basin. It was golden yellow and looked like corn flour and millet flour mixed together.

Cao Shujie also asked the young man and found out that it was really corn flour and millet flour mixed together. He also asked the young man to put a few more pot stickers on it.

"Okay!" The young man was very happy. This thing is not valuable. Besides, the landlady also told me just now that he must be well served.

A circle was placed around the top of the big pot, and then the young man put the lid on the pot and pressed the towel on it.

He also told Cao Shujie and the others that he would come and lift the lid when the time came.

After the young man left, Cao Shujie and the three of them were left here.

Cao Shujie suddenly discovered that the privacy here was particularly good. The nearest bamboo pavilion was four meters away, and there were pear and kiwi fruit trees in the middle, so he really couldn't hear what was being said next door.

This is certainly not the first time Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou have come.

Luo Ningyou took the teapot, poured tea for Liu Furong and Cao Shujie, pointed outside and said, "Boss Cao, what do you think of this place?"

"Is it really good, or Secretary Liu can choose the place, otherwise I don't know." Cao Shujie said.

Liu Furong shook his head: "This place has just opened not long ago. The person who planted the orchard before couldn't continue, so a boss from the city contracted this place. He put a lot of thought into it, and after a little renovation, it became

Nowadays, there are quite a lot of people coming to eat in the hotel.”

"I heard that many people in the city come here specifically to eat."

Cao Shujie listened to Liu Furong's introduction to the situation here. He turned around and looked carefully. There was no one there just now. Now there are people walking around in the orchard. There are also people talking next to them, but they can't hear clearly what they are saying.

"The things are actually the same things, it's just that they are tinkered with so much to make them look very stylish." Liu Furong said.

Cao Shujie nodded, that's actually what happened.

He said: "The main thing is packaging. Nowadays, life is better than in the past, and people also pay attention to experience."

"Director Cao is still able to summarize and hit the nail on the head." Liu Furong said.

Today I just went out to have a meal and chat. Unknowingly, a burst of heat came out of the wet towel, and the aroma of the meat in the pot came out along with the heat.

Cao Shujie pointed to the wet towels used for sealing around the big pot and said: "My family used to use big pots to steam buns, cook, and stew meat. In the past few years, I haven't used them anymore. I have always felt that I still cook in big pots."

fragrant."

"No, that's not the case among the three of us. Life is better, but we always feel that some things are not as good as before." Luo Ningyou also sighed.

Both of them are in their 40s and have richer experiences than Cao Shujie. At this age, they are more likely to be nostalgic.

About 20 minutes later, the young man came over again, opened the lid of the pot, and the accumulated water vapor turned into clouds and spread out, and the aroma of the meat came out.

The young man used a spatula to remove all the battered pot stickers from the side of the pot, then sprinkled the pot with chopped green onion and coriander leaves, and told Cao Shujie and the other three that the meat was done and ready to eat.

"Director Cao, try it quickly." Liu Furong had already picked up two pieces of meat with a colander and put them first in Cao Shujie's small bowl.

"Secretary Liu, I can do it myself." Cao Shujie subconsciously stretched out his arm to block him.

But the meat has already been put into the bowl.

Liu Furong said: "Director Cao, you are a hero of our Qingshi Town. What's wrong with scooping two pieces of meat for you? To be honest, the people of Qingshi Town really have to count on Director Cao in the future."

"Serious words!" Cao Shujie did not accept this responsibility, but he understood what Liu Furong meant.

Luo Ningyou added next to him: "Director Cao, we are ready to promote ordinary people to plant orchards in the whole town. The meeting has also been held. By then, the people in the town will really count on Xuemeng Food Factory."

I originally had this idea last year, but it was not yet mature.

If fruit trees are planted throughout the town, who will the fruits be sold to?

After Cao Shujie's Xuemeng Food Factory opened and the sales of the products were pretty good, the idea in the original plan came to fruition.

Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou discussed it again and again, and held three leadership team meetings in Qingshi Town, and finally decided to promote it comprehensively.

To put it bluntly, Xuemeng Food Factory is now their strong guarantee.

In particular, the construction of the Xuemeng Food Factory Phase 2 project gave them a shot in the arm.

Otherwise, they would be stupid and sell the land to Cao Shujie at such a cheap price.

Cao Shujie listened to Luo Ningyou telling the ins and outs of this incident. He finally picked up his wine glass and sighed: "Secretary Liu, Mayor Luo, the people of Qingshi Town are blessed, but it is not because of me, nor because of Xuemeng Food Factory, but because of you.

A good and responsible leader.”

Is there business blowing up each other? Who doesn’t do this?

Cao Shujie is still an expert in it.

However, these words were also sincere, and Cao Shujie really felt them.

Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou must have selfish motives in doing these things, but this situation is normal. As the old saying goes, if you don't do it for yourself, God will punish you.

No matter how you put it, at least Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou really work for the people, and the income from growing fruit trees is definitely higher than that from growing grain.

Eat meat, drink wine, and chat about their own ideas.

Cao Shujie is more direct. What he thinks about is how to develop Xuemeng Food Factory well.

Only when you make money can you think about other things. If you don't make money, everything is nonsense.

Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou also told Cao Shujie in detail, preparing to implement the town's fruit planting plan.

I also asked Cao Shujie, which fruit they promote is better?

The meaning of these words is even clearer. What kind of preserved fruits will Xuemeng Food Factory produce next? Qingshi Town will arrange for the people in the town to grow them.

It fully promotes the whole town to serve Xuemeng Food Factory, but on the other hand, it also really considers the people.

In this way, Xuemeng Food Factory will purchase these fruits for a long time without worrying about the fruits being grown not being sold.

Just like the kiwi fruit in previous years, there are times when it cannot be sold.

At this point, Cao Shujie was not polite and shared with Liu Furong and Luo Ningyou their company's next fruit purchasing plan and the company's new product development plan.

Luo Ningyou even took out the pen and paper he carried with him to take notes. This detail made Cao Shujie particularly emotional.
To be continued...