The fish had been fished and it was getting late, so Zhang Zhenyu took Wenyuan and his group toward his home.

Because my parents have entered the city, there is no one in the Zhang family's house at this moment. My two brother-in-law are busy arranging workers to weed in the lotus fields.

The lotus root has been planted for more than a month, and the lotus leaves have grown very tall at this moment, but a lot of weeds such as duck tongue grass, scissors grass, pig nostrils (not Houttuynia cordata) in the field have also grown a lot.

Because lotus root seedlings are very sensitive to herbicides and have to plan to apply for green food certification, herbicides must not be used, they can only be artificial weeding.

After removing this round of weeds, it was time to apply the second round of lotus fertilizer. So during this period, both brother-in-law were very busy. The eldest brother-in-law supervised the workers' weeding in the lotus field, while the second brother-in-law was busy preparing lotus fertilizer.

Because there are many guests, Zhang Zhenyu has to accompany the guests, so after he brought Wenyuan and his group back home, he went to the next yard to invite two aunts to help make lunch.

Because I just caught three big fish and an old turtle, the main dish for this lunch is fish. As for other dishes, there are also them at home. After all, both brother-in-law live at home, and parents and two sisters will go home every now and then.

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While the two aunts were busy preparing lunch in the kitchen, Zhang Zhenyu accompanied Wenyuan and the others to talk in the living room.

Wen Yuan asked Zhang Zhenyu why he came back this time. After all, for a college student, even during the May Day holiday, he rarely went home. Instead, he took the opportunity to play in other places. Especially the school where Zhang Zhenyu was studying was thousands of miles away from Dongjiang City, which was very inconvenient to go home.

Zhang Zhenyu told Wen Yuan about the fact that she was preparing to apply for green food certification. Now it was Wen Yuan's turn to be surprised. Although she also agreed with the Zhang family's development of industries in her hometown, Hua Wenao just mentioned that Dongling Township may not be suitable for the development of lotus roots. Although this old thing is not reliable, it is considered an old Dongling native after all, and what he said cannot be completely unfounded. The so-called groundlessness may not be without seals. Maybe Dongling Township is really not suitable for growing lotus roots?

As far as Wen Yuan knows, lotus roots like warmth, and only by planting lotus roots above 15℃ can germinate. During the peak growth period, the temperature required is 20-30℃ and the water temperature is 21-25℃. Therefore, the places where lotus roots are abundant in China are plains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Dongling Township is in a mountainous area, especially the location of Dongling Community, with a high altitude and generally higher than 800 meters, which is very different from the climate and environment of the plains in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In addition, there are few people growing lotus roots in the entire Dongjiang area in history, which also proves from the other side that Dongling Community may really not be suitable for growing lotus roots, so Wen Yuan is quite worried about Zhang Zhenyu.

Zhang Zhenyu smiled and said, "Senior Sister, I understand your worries, but please don't worry, I won't do things that I'm not sure about. After all, our family has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in for this matter. You may have also learned about our family's situation. It's not rich, so I won't waste my money on it."

Wen Yuan still did not answer her doubts, but she could see that Zhang Zhenyu was really confident, but she didn't understand where Zhang Zhenyu's confidence came from. She could not have thought that Zhang Zhenyu had the memories of her previous life and had already had successful experience at that time, so he had a full grasp of success.

Of course, Zhang Zhenyu also examined the environmental conditions of his hometown. For lotus roots, they are not actually suitable for too high temperature environments, but rather for the climate environment that is more suitable for people to live in, that is, the temperature range of 20-30℃.

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The temperature required for lotus roots is also high in the early stage to facilitate the expansion of the lotus root body. In the later stage, the temperature difference between day and night is required, about 25℃ during the day and around 15℃ at night to facilitate the accumulation of nutrients and the enrichment of the lotus root body. The dormant period is required to maintain above 5℃ and below 5℃, so that the lotus root is easily frozen.

The temperature changes in Dongling Community in the year are just in line with this requirement. There are areas where paddy fields are distributed here, which are generally located in an area of ​​800-1,000 meters. The temperature will only rise above 10℃ after April every year, so lotus roots usually sprout after April, which is a little later than the conventional production area of ​​lotus roots. However, the temperature in lotus roots is too high during the lotus roots. Even in July and August, the hottest July and August of the year, the temperature in Dongling Community is about 30℃, which is still very suitable for lotus roots to be piled up.

What’s even more rare is that because of the high altitude, the temperature in Dongling Community will drop very low at night, usually between 15 and 18℃. The large temperature difference in one day is suitable for the accumulation of lotus root nutrients and the enrichment of lotus root body.

Moreover, the paddy fields in Dongling Community have good soil and sufficient fertility. They have produced rice since ancient times. According to Zhang Zhenyu's previous experience, the lotus roots produced here, in addition to the extremely high yield, also have white lotus roots, crispy and delicious. It is precisely because of this characteristic that the Dongling lotus roots were able to defeat the influx of lotus roots from other places and occupy the market in Dongjiang.

Of course, Zhang Zhenyu couldn't tell Wenyuan that I had seen successful experiences, so I wanted to do this.

Wen Yuan saw Zhang Zhenyu's sure victory, although she was confused, she didn't bother with this problem. Anyway, it only takes another three or four months to wait until the lotus root is dug out, and the result will naturally be clear.

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Just as Zhang Zhenyu and Wenyuan and the others were talking, a loud voice came from the yard: "Oh, I'm cousin, what delicious food is there for your house? The fragrance is floating on my house, and my saliva is flowing. I can't help but come and take a look. Oh, it's you, I thought it was that boy Zhenyu. This dish is so rich, and the fourth aunt's house is coming to the guests?"

When Zhang Zhenyu heard this voice, he knew that it was Chen Jude, the director of the neighborhood committee, who had arrived, so he walked out of the inner room and greeted his cousin.

The neighborhood committee director who was just in his early forties was the cousin of Zhang Zhenyu's mother Chen Yanxiu. He was not as close as a five-dresser. However, he didn't usually go to Zhang Zhenyu's house, let alone come to the door with gifts, which must be to see the face of Wenyuan, the village head.

Zhang Zhenyu glanced at the gift in his hand. It turned out to be two bottles of Jian Nanchun, which were old wines from a few years ago. The trademark was already a little dark.

"It's De Ge, sitting in the room, and Township Mayor Wen is talking inside."

As he said that, Zhang Zhenyu took the gift, which was considered to be a gift for him. If you don’t accept it, you will look down on others.

"How many people are there? Is Deputy Township Chief Hua here?" Chen Jude asked in a low voice.

"The five people, in addition to Township Mayor Wen, also include Yin Zhouzhi, the director of the Party and Government Office, and the other three are Huan Xiangkai from the Finance Institute, as well as Pu Hui and Jing Zhou from the Agricultural Service Center. The one named Hua left." Zhang Zhenyu also said in a low voice.

"Let's go? It's good to leave! That guy's wine is not good. I'm afraid he will make a fuss in the village if he drinks too much! Oh... Why did the village chief come to your house? If I hadn't seen it when you came back from fishing, I wouldn't believe it." Chen Jude murmured a few more words.

Zhang Zhenyu thought to himself that this guy was indeed coming for Wen Yuan and the others, but when they all came, he couldn't drive the person away, so he had to take him into the door.

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Although she was a little unhappy with the arrival of the neighborhood committee director, Wenyuan also knew that the other party was very influential in the local area, and she was also a young and powerful person among the more than a dozen secretaries and directors of several villages and communities in Dongling Township. If she wanted to do a good job in Dongling Township, she would definitely deal with the other party, so she also spoke to him patiently.

Zhang Zhenyu was talking with several people, and an aunt came over to tell him that the lunch was ready, so Zhang Zhenyu called everyone out for dinner.

When he arrived at the dining room outside, Zhang Zhenyu saw that several wild vegetables were indeed out of the pot. He sauerkraut black fish, stewed turtle soup, and the red carp was afraid of being the same as other fish. After treating it with a squirrel flower knife, he patted the dried powder and fryed it, poured it on the blended tomato sauce, and made it into squirrel fish.

As for the sea bass, which was about two pounds, it was made of a sea bass soup.

Of course, the main dish cannot be really fish, there is also a portion of fried bacon with green peppers and a portion of sharp peppers and pig ears.

These are several main dishes. The side dishes are mainly farm vegetables, plus two wild vegetables, and they are made of ten dishes and two soups. They are full of color, fragrance and flavor, and are filled with large round tables.

"Wow, two aunts, your skills are amazing. It's a pity not to open a big hotel! This sea bass soup is so delicious...you can eat it too. Don't just look at me. Let's do it together to make it taste."

Faced with food, Wenyuan did not have the airs of being a mayor at all, and was no different from ordinary women, but she did not forget to invite everyone to dinner. After all, her status was there, and if she didn't take the initiative to speak, some people really couldn't let go.

Especially Zhang Zhenyu's two aunts, they were at the table at first, and Zhang Zhenyu was reluctant to go to the table. Although they sat at the table, they were trembling, fearing that something inappropriate would offend the distinguished guest, which made Zhang Zhenyu very helpless.

This is also impossible. There are many customs in Dongling Township, such as a banquet with distinguished guests, and women at home cannot serve the table.
Chapter completed!