Chapter 602: A friend who helps in times of need
Wu Jiayu nodded happily.
If possible, she would really like to work here for the rest of her life because she likes the environment here.
Meng Jifan learned from the workers in the factory that Lin Zhiyu had rented all the land in the village, so he asked Gao Yuan to keep an eye on it at the processing factory and came to help himself.
I first went to the fruit base and walked around, but couldn't find anyone, so I turned around and went to the vegetable base.
He swore that he never intentionally eavesdropped on their conversation, it was just a coincidence.
Meng Jifan didn't expect that Wu Jiayu's family had such a hidden side.
That day, her parents and her brother sent her to the dormitory. The whole family seemed happy and happy. Meng Jifan thought her family atmosphere was good.
Sure enough, no matter people or things, we can't just take them at face value.
When Lin Zhiyu looked over, Meng Jifan looked like a normal person, as if he had just come over and didn't hear the conversation between them.
"Sister, I heard from people in the factory that you have rented all the land in the village. Why don't you say hello in advance so that I can come and help."
Meng Jifan lamented that Lin Zhiyu was too quick in doing things. He had just heard the letter and they had already rented the land and paid the rent in full.
On the way here, he also saw the villagers working at the fruit base harvesting corn at home, taking away the corn stalks as well.
The ground is clean now.
Meng Jifan is also well-informed and has a strong ability to accept new things, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to set up a processing factory in partnership with Lin Zhiyu.
Although he has never seen what Lin Zhiyu said the vegetable greenhouse looks like, he has seen the drawings and asked friends who used to do business together.
Simply put, he thinks this vegetable greenhouse is very feasible.
After the vegetable greenhouse is built, Lin Zhiyu will plant some old tomatoes, and then he can make tomato canned crucian carp.
Vegetables are in short supply in the winter. Except for Chinese cabbage and radishes, other vegetables are rare. Even those that are available are expensive, even as expensive as meat.
With that kind of money, I might as well buy a catty of pork.
In addition to cabbage, every household in the north will stock up on pickles and pickles. Before freezing in winter, they will stock up on hundreds of kilograms of Chinese cabbage or pickle a jar of pickles, in order to have vegetables to eat during the winter and next spring.
People in the village have no money, so most of them spend the winter like this.
People in the city have money, so at most their meals are richer than those in the village, but it's not much better. It's not because they can't afford fresh vegetables. If they can afford a meal, they can't buy everything.
It's too expensive. Even if there are a few half-grown children in the family, they can't afford it.
It’s okay to try fresh vegetables during the New Year and holidays, but no one would spend money to buy fresh vegetables for every meal.
This winter is different. They now mainly produce original canned crucian carp. If vegetables are grown in greenhouses, they can mass-produce canned crucian carp with tomatoes and canned spicy crucian carp. If there are enough tomatoes, they can even produce tomato sauce.
When vegetables are plentiful now, sales of canned food are particularly good. When winter comes and only Chinese cabbage is available for freezing, sales will definitely be even better.
Even if it costs a few cents more than the original canned food, it will still sell well.
Meng Jifan has eaten old tomatoes grown by Lin Zhiyu, and they taste particularly good. Ordinary tomatoes on the market are sour, with thick and hard skins.
But the old tomatoes grown by Lin Zhiyu are completely different.
The skin is thinner than paper. When it is ripe, make a small opening, grab a corner of the tomato skin with your hands, and gently peel off the entire tomato skin.
The flesh inside is all rusty.
The taste is sweet with a bit of sourness. The most valuable thing is that the tomato taste is very rich and very fragrant.
No matter whether it is eaten raw, stir-fried or made into tomato sauce, it is much better than the tomatoes on the market.
The most important reason why food sells well is that it must taste good. As long as it tastes good, people will pay for it no matter how expensive it is. On the contrary, if the product does not taste good, no matter how cheap it is, people will not even look at it.
In short, Meng Jifan was full of expectations for Lin Zhiyu's construction of a greenhouse to grow vegetables.
Lin Zhiyu spread her hands, "Originally I wasn't in such a hurry, but Uncle Li said that since we want to build it, we should start early. In about ten days, the weather will get colder, and by then we won't be able to plant vegetables in the fields.
He, Aunt Li and Baozhu stayed up all night, wrote two contracts, and went to the fruit base early in the morning with the contracts. They happened to meet Sister Jiayu and called her to help.
After struggling all morning, I finally got it done.”
Meng Jifan couldn't help but clicked his tongue, "Uncle Li is working so hard, even harder than us young people. I admire him."
Lin Zhiyu smiled, who said it wasn't the case?
While talking, Mother Lin came out with two large bowls of braised noodles, noodles soaked in cold water, tomato and egg braised, and shredded cucumbers.
The tomatoes currently used in the school are all picked from Lin Zhiyu’s experimental field. The sweet and sour tomatoes have a very rich flavor.
As for the eggs, Lin Zhiyu raised two old hens at home. The food they fed was mixed with space water. The eggs they laid were large and the yolks were particularly bright in color.
Ordinary eggs have a somewhat fishy smell.
But the eggs brought to Lin Zhiyu's house didn't have any fishy smell at all.
Crack the skin and put it in a bowl, stir it up with chopsticks, and then pour it into the oil pan. The yellow and orange eggs are condensed together, and are paired with red fried tomatoes and a sweet, sour and rich tomato soup.
The juice coats the bright egg pieces and soaks them, not to mention how fragrant it is.
Finally, add refreshing cucumber shreds and white, chewy noodles. This combination is very visually impactful.
Delicious food should be delicious, tasty and delicious. The noodles made by Mrs. Lin are very appetizing at first sight. Even the simplest braised noodles look more delicious than the big fish and meat outside.
Seeing that Meng Jifan was there, Mother Lin greeted her enthusiastically, "Jifan, there are a lot of noodles and braised noodles. Would you like a bowl too?"
"Okay, aunt, please excuse me." Meng Jifan was not polite. It happened to be noon, and the meal he had eaten in the morning had long been digested.
That serious look made Mother Lin laugh, "Why are you so polite? You kid is too outspoken."
Mother Lin turned around and went to the kitchen to bring him a bowl of braised noodles.
Meng Jifan was mixing the noodles with chopsticks when he suddenly remembered something serious, "Sister, when do you plan to start construction? Building greenhouses on so much land is a big project and it will cost a lot of money.
Do you have enough money? If not, I have a lot saved there. If you need money, please feel free to speak."
Lin Zhiyu felt very warm in her heart. Meng Jifan looked rough and informal on the outside, and even a little careless at times, but there was detail in the rough and he was never ambiguous on major matters.
He is really there for anything.
Friends who are the icing on the cake are not necessarily friends, they may be profitable, but friends who are the icing on the cake must be true friends.
Meng Jifan is a very warm existence.
In Lin Zhiyu's heart, Meng Jifan's feelings towards her were no different except for his different last name from Lin Guoqing and Lin Xiangqian.
They are all real, honest people.
The important thing is to be sincere and sincere, nothing false at all.
In short, Meng Jifan is a loyal and open-minded big brother to Lin Zhiyu.
Doing business with him makes me feel at ease.
Lin Zhiyu didn't hide it, and said whatever he wanted, "The amount of the project is too large. If we hand it over to the construction team, I'm afraid it will take half a year.
The weather is getting cold and freezing, and if you can't plant vegetables in time, the greenhouse will lose its meaning.
Moreover, building a greenhouse is not as troublesome as building a factory building. The process is very simple and does not require technical content.
So I decided to let the workers at the fruit base build a greenhouse, train a few dexterous ones, and then let them supervise the work.
There are so many people, and if everyone works together, the greenhouse can be built in just a few days.
Chapter completed!