Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan looked at each other. They were surprised that Gu Zheng heard their conversation just now, but they still nodded in unison.
This can be regarded as an unexpected gain. Although it is not certain yet, at least it is a source of information. It is even more delicious than the small shop just now. Gu Zheng already wants to try it.
In fact, the taste of the small shop just now is not particularly bad, but the ingredients limit their taste. Without good ingredients, it is not easy to be the most delicious of the same type. Although this type of snacks is not like those century-old brands, there is no ordinary level.
It’s hard to surpass the ingredients, but at least it has to be second-rate.
Ordinary-level ingredients are difficult to find, but inferior ingredients can still be found. There have been more than one inferior ingredients in snack festivals in ancient times. In the last Hangzhou Food Competition, there were many inferior ingredients.
This shows that the use of inferior ingredients is still very widespread. In the first test of Gu Zheng, all ingredients were required to be above inferior, but he successfully completed it.
Gu Zheng had a smile on his face. If he had a clue, he would try it. There was no punishment for this test, but there was still a time limit. If he couldn't complete it within the time limit, he would also fail the test.
And no matter what, if you can make noodles that are more delicious than the snack bar just now, it's worth a trip to Guzheng.
"Can you two please tell me the specific location of this Lejia snack? I really want to try it." Gu Zheng didn't mince words and explained his intention straightforwardly.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Pingchuan's eyes lit up.
Qisong County is to the east of Huancheng, and Zeqiu County is to the west of Huancheng. If Gu Zheng wanted to go to Qisong County, he had to pass through Huancheng, and it was getting dark now, so he rushed to Qisong without stopping.
In Song County, it was also midnight.
It was a good opportunity to invite Gu Zheng to their home. I have to say that after watching Gu Zheng’s live broadcast at the Hangzhou Food Competition, brothers Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan were fascinated by the delicious food Gu Zheng made.
not only.
Whether it's the extremely fragrant chicken blood soup or the incredible golden dragon flying egg fried rice, just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm full of gluttons.
Of course, Zhao Pingchuan was not willing to miss such a good opportunity. He quickly nodded to Gu Zheng and said: "Of course, my hometown is Qisong County, and I am very familiar with it. If Master Gu Zheng wants to go, I can take the responsibility."
The one who leads the way.”
"There's no need to bother. I've hired a car and you can go there by yourself."
Gu Zheng thought for a moment and felt that this would disturb them a bit, so he refused.
"No trouble, no trouble. We came here by car, and we happened to have to go back to Huancheng, so we were on the way. Besides, Qisong County is a small place, and the location of Lejia Snacks is also very remote. Most people can't even touch it if they go there.
where."
Zhao Pingchuan said again, and at the same time kept winking at his brother, asking him to follow suit and persuade Gu Zheng.
Zhao Pingshan noticed his brother's eyes, and then he came back to his senses, understood his brother's intention, and quickly said: "Yes, Master Gu Zheng, my brother is right, if you go alone, you will have to wait a long time just to find him."
It’s only half a day, why don’t you take us with you to save you from traveling in vain.”
Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment. What their brothers said was right, but they had just rejected their invitation before, and now they were asked to lead the way. Gu Zheng was also a little embarrassed.
Seeing Gu Zheng's hesitation, Zhao Pingchuan didn't care at all, and then encouraged: "Master Gu Zheng, you don't know, in addition to noodles and flat food, that Lejia snack also has several other snacks that are also very authentic, but we
We know it’s delicious, but we don’t know where to eat it. You can take us with you so that you can give us a review of the delicious food at Lejia Snacks, which can also help us gain some knowledge.”
Seeing that the two brothers spoke so sincerely, Gu Zheng stopped refusing and went back to settle the money with the chartered driver before following the Zhao Pingchuan brothers to where they parked their car.
Even though they were wearing ordinary clothes, the car they drove was really not cheap. It was a silver-white Jaguar J, which cost at least 700,000 to 800,000 yuan in China. It was considered a luxury car.
On the way to Huancheng, Gu Zheng learned that the two brothers opened a car dealership together, and the main dealer was Jaguar cars. It can be said that all the Jaguar cars in Huancheng were bought from their 4S store.
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Because the car dealership is now managed by professional managers, the two of them have a lot of free time. They often travel to surrounding cities and taste delicious food everywhere. They are also pure foodies and have eaten a lot of delicious food.
Speaking of Lejia snacks in Qisong County, it was a surprise that they found this snack bar.
That time, Zhao Pingchuan had to go back to his hometown because of something urgent, but when he arrived in Qisong County, his car suddenly broke down. While waiting for the tow truck to arrive, he went to a snack bar on the roadside to sit and rest, and ordered a bowl of noodles by the way.
Who would have thought that that seemingly ordinary bowl of noodles would seem to be full of magic when he took it into his mouth, calming him down who was extremely anxious because his car broke down.
That bowl of noodles was the best noodles he felt he had ever eaten in his life.
After that, every time he returned to his hometown in Qisong County, he would go to this snack bar and order a bowl of noodles. Along with this, his younger brother Zhao Pingshan also became one of the regular customers of this snack bar.
But Qisong County is a poor place after all. The location of this Lejia snack bar is also remote. No matter how good the taste is, it has no reputation. Every time the brothers go to eat, there are basically no people in the store, except for the nearby villagers.
It is true that Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan rushed to Zeqiu County after seeing Deep Sea Mad Shark's review of the noodles and flat food at the snack bar in Zeqiu County, but this was partly because of their dissatisfaction.
Haikuangsha's description in that food review said that only this snack bar in Zeqiu County can make delicious food that is better than the authentic Shaxian snacks with noodles and flat food. But in their opinion, the Lejia Snack Bar in Qisong County can do it better.
The mixed noodles and flat dishes are the delicacies that truly surpass the authentic Shaxian snacks.
Seeing that the two brothers were full of praise for the Lejia snacks in Qisong County, their interest in Guzheng became more and more intense.
Gu Zheng is not worried about his cooking skills. He just wants to find out what ingredients the owner of Lejia Snack Bar uses to make noodles that are even more delicious than the snack bar in Zeqiu County.
"By the way, since you often go there to eat, have you ever asked the owner of that store what ingredients they use?" Sitting in the car, Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan shook their heads together. They had often gone to eat before, but they had never asked such questions.
Gu Zheng saw that they didn't know, so he didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, when he found the Lejia Snack Shop in Qisong County and tasted it, he knew everything.
That night, Gu Zheng fulfilled the wish of brothers Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan and stayed at their house.
The two of them really wanted to taste Gu Zheng's egg fried rice, and they were willing to pay a lot of money just for Gu Zheng to satisfy their foodie wishes. In the past few months, Gu Zheng had stored part of the fairy rice and cooked them a real egg meal.
The Fried Rice Golden Dragon is in the sky, so I would like to thank them for the information they provided.
Early the next morning, Gu Zheng, led by Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan, finally arrived in Qisong County and found the Lejia Snack Shop they mentioned.
"Lao Hu, we are here again, the same old rules, three bowls of noodles and flat food!"
When Zhao Pingchuan saw that he was a regular customer here, he started shouting loudly before entering the store.
"okay!"
After a while, a dark-skinned young man walked out of the store. He looked a little shy, he was in his twenties at most. He carried three bowls of noodles and flat food and placed them on the table in front of Zhao Pingchuan and Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng quickly took a bite first, then frowned and could no longer move his chopsticks.
“Noodles, self-grown grains, traditional stone grinding and flour sticking techniques, inferior ingredients”
"Bianshi, pork fed from self-grown grain, inferior ingredients."
After just one bite, Gu Zheng already learned from Qi Ling the grade of ingredients in this bowl of noodles.
This small shop looks unprepossessing, but the quality of ingredients available is much higher than that of the snack bar in Zeqiu County.
Qi Ling also directly gave the origin of the ingredients this time. Unexpectedly, this restaurant was also a sub-seed. Gu Zheng found that many inferior ingredients were grown by themselves, or were cultivated and cultivated by people around them. Due to their special characteristics, inferior ingredients cannot be grown as
Ordinary food materials can also be cultivated and cultivated on a large scale, almost all in a small scale.
This is true for the eggs and sesame oil that Gu Zheng bought, the rice cakes he ate, and the Xiaosong Noodle House in Hangzhou, and this place is no exception.
Although this bowl of mixed noodles does not use the best alpine wheat or Iberian black pork, the texture of the ingredients is extraordinary, which surprised Gu Zheng, but it is just the taste of the ingredients.
The wheat they grow themselves and the noodles and dough they make through traditional stone milling are very different from the noodles and dough made by grinding the best alpine wheat, and in this pork, you can even taste it.
It brings out the fragrance of alpine wheat, making the mixed taste of flat food fillings and noodles more unified.
If Gu Zheng guessed correctly, the pork used for stuffing is not only the domestic pigs raised by the owner of the snack bar, but also the feed fed to the domestic pigs only uses wheat grown by himself, without adulteration.
Things are what make this pork stuffing ingredients reach such a level.
The ingredients of the noodles and noodles are of very high quality and meet the test requirements, but... the overall taste of this bowl of noodles and noodles is even worse than that snack bar in Zeqiu County.
First of all, the ratio of peanut butter and chili sauce is not quite right, causing the flavor of the ingredients to overwhelm the aroma of the noodles. Secondly, the heat is not controlled well when cooking the noodles, which results in uneven heating of each noodle.
Some of the noodles are a bit undercooked and some are a bit undercooked. Taking one bite of the noodles seriously affects the taste.
The last thing is this flat food. If you pinch it with chopsticks a little harder, the dough will break. This means that the flat food has been cooked for too long, causing the dough to be a little chewy.
Relying on the advantages of the ingredients, the taste of this bowl of noodles can be considered acceptable, but for a person like Gu Zheng who strives for perfection, this bowl of noodles can at best be regarded as a food to fill the stomach, and it cannot be considered at all.
Zuo is a delicacy.
This kind of taste is not even comparable to the noodles made by the snack bar in Zeqiu County. It is very different from what brothers Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan had previously boasted.
If Brother Zhao Pingchuan hadn't lied to him before, it could only mean that the noodles they had eaten before and the noodles they had today were not made by the same person at all.
Gu Zheng raised his head and looked at Zhao Pingchuan and his two brothers. The two of them were still eating, but their expressions were not right while they were eating. They did not have the sense of enjoyment of having their taste buds satisfied. Instead, they frowned slightly.
It seemed that even they could taste that this bowl of noodles was not the same as what they had eaten before. After sighing, Gu Zheng knew that he must have guessed it right.
Putting the grade of the ingredients here, even ordinary chefs would not be so bad, so Gu Zheng guessed that there was something wrong with the portions they wanted. He was not the original chef, but probably a novice, or not very good at cooking.
Made by people.
After all, this Lejia snack is just a roadside snack shop in Qisong County. It is very simple. It is normal for the chef to switch to another one. Let alone theirs, it is the chicken blood soup shop in Guzheng. If Gao Changhe is really in trouble, others will too.
On top of that, Gao Changhe is not an iron man. He is here 365 days a year, so he also needs to rest.
"Master Gu Zheng, why don't you eat?"
Zhao Pingshan took two more bites. From the corner of his eye, he noticed that Gu Zheng put down his chopsticks after taking only one bite, and couldn't help but stop.
"Did the noodles you used to eat at this snack bar always taste like this?" Gu Zheng asked rhetorically.
"It seems a little different from before. It's not as delicious as when I came here before." Zhao Pingshan nodded and put down his chopsticks involuntarily.
"It tastes different!"
When Zhao Pingchuan next to him heard this, he picked up another pair of chopsticks and tasted the noodles carefully. The more he ate, the more he felt something was wrong.
He had praised the noodle dishes at this snack bar to the sky before. It was because of this that Gu Zheng changed his mind and came to Huancheng with them, but now the taste is not worthy of their previous praise.
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"Master Gu Zheng, please wait a moment while I go to ask about the situation."
Afraid that Gu Zheng might misunderstand him and think he was lying to him, Zhao Pingchuan quickly looked at the young man who served them the noodles just now and asked: "What's going on with your dad today? The noodles he made don't taste right."
, go, help me call him out."
"My, my dad isn't here. It's just me and my mom in the store."
The dark-skinned young man had a relaxed look on his face before, but it was obvious that Gu Zheng and Zhao Pingchuan didn't even eat at all. They suddenly became nervous and stammered when speaking.
"Your father isn't here? Then this side..."
"My mother did it."
Zhao Pingchuan was stunned for a moment, and then found out the reason why the noodles had an unusual taste. He quickly turned around and explained to Gu Zheng: "Master Gu Zheng, this is not the noodles we had when we came here before.
The owner of this snack bar made it himself, that is, this boy's father. I don't know what happened today, but he is not in the store."
Gu Zheng had already guessed that this might be the reason, and shook his head, indicating that he didn't care.
He came here just to find delicious food, and the quality of the ingredients here was beyond his expectation. Since the real chef was not here, he could wait until the chef came back.
Seeing that Gu Zheng was not angry, Zhao Pingchuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked the young man: "Then where is your father and when will he come back?"
"I don't know either, my father didn't tell me." The young man shook his head, he didn't know either.
"It's Boss Zhao who came to patronize our business again."
At this time, a middle-aged woman wearing an apron came out of the snack bar and took the initiative to say hello to Zhao Pingchuan.
Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan were both old customers of their family. Every time they came back, they would come here for a bowl of noodles. They were quite familiar with each other, but Gu Zheng was a lot stranger and she had never seen him before.
Zhao Pingchuan would occasionally bring a few friends to their small shop for dinner, so the proprietress didn't pay too much attention to the ancient dispute. When she saw that the noodles and flat food on the table in front of them had not been touched, she immediately understood what was going on.
He smiled sheepishly and said with a hint of apology: "I'm really sorry, our old man is not here today, and I'm not as delicious as our old man's cooking. Please ask the bosses to make do with it."
"If this is normal, we would just make do with it, but today we are not the only two brothers here." Zhao Pingchuan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "We don't care, but the master who came with us today
But he is a very amazing gourmet, and he came here specifically to taste your old man’s cooking. Where has he gone? Please call him back quickly!”
"Yes, sister-in-law, my brother didn't lie to you. This is Master Gu Zheng. He just won the first place in the Hangzhou Food Competition some time ago!" Zhao Pingshan also started shouting, and he was still afraid of this.
The landlady snubbed Gu Zheng and said specifically: "You are not always complaining about the lack of money in opening this shop, but as long as the things you make can catch the eyes of this master Gu Zheng, and I can give you some compliments, your business will be better."
, even people from as far away as Kyoto will come."
"so smart!"
The proprietress was shocked. She had no idea that Gu Zheng, who had been ignored by her, could be so powerful. Moreover, judging from the attitudes of brothers Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan, it seemed that Gu Zheng was bigger than them.
"It may be an exaggeration to say Kyoto, but there should be many people around the city, such as Shanghai, to taste it." Gu Zheng said casually. He is not only a powerful chef, but also a food critic. He wrote
Food reviews are read by more people in Shanghai.
Moreover, after the Hangzhou Food Competition ended, the number of clicks on the Internet for all Guzheng’s food review articles has been very high. There are netizens from all over the world who love food. Maybe there are people like Brother Zhao Pingchuan. See
After reading the food review article, I couldn’t help but rush over to try it.
"This is really great." The landlady was a little happy and said immediately: "It's okay. If you are not in a hurry, just wait for a while. Someone came to buy our land today. My old man went back to discuss the price with them. I guess tonight
He will come back soon, and I will ask him to make a few bowls for you."
"Selling land? What land are you selling?" Zhao Pingchuan was stunned for a moment and asked curiously.
"It's not the dozen acres of land we have." When talking about this, the landlady also frowned and sighed.
"What are you doing selling land?" Zhao Pingshan was also curious. He still remembered that he had heard the owner of this shop talk about it before. Their family had more than ten acres of land, which was not big, but it had been passed down from generation to generation.
, it can be said that the rice and noodles their family eats all depend on the harvest of that land.
"It's not because of this kid in our family." The landlady sighed, glanced at the young man standing next to her, and then said: "When he was in school in Shanghai, he fell in love with a partner, and now he is also talking about it.
When the marriage was discussed, the girl was from the city and was unwilling to marry in a remote place like ours in Qisong County, so she put forward a condition that she must pay at least a down payment to buy a house in Shencheng.
Marry. We, the old couple, figured it out. The house prices in Shanghai are so expensive. Even if we just pay the down payment, we can’t come up with it. There is really no other way. My old man thought, if it doesn’t work, we will sell the land.
This way the down payment is almost collected.”
"Mom, stop talking." The young man lowered his head when he heard this, obviously not wanting to talk about this matter anymore.
"Okay, kid, don't be burdened. You are the only one in our family. You just need to get along well with the girl and live your own life. Don't talk about selling the land. If it's not enough, we will pay for this small shop.
." The landlady looked at the young man with doting eyes, and even went over and touched his head to tell him not to be too burdened.
Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite. Seeing that this is the reason, Zhao Pingchuan didn't say much. He chatted with the proprietress for a few more words, then turned to look at Gu Zheng and asked, "Master Gu Zheng, who is the master of this store?"
The boss will only come back in the evening, why don't we come over again in the evening, since Huancheng is close to here anyway. Why don't we take you to other places in Huancheng during this afternoon?"
Knowing that someone else was busy, Gu Zheng had no choice but to wait until night to come back.
But just as the brothers Gu Zheng and Zhao Pingchuan were about to leave, the sound of a tractor roared from the distance, and along with a puff of black smoke, an old-fashioned tractor stopped in front of the shop.
On the tractor, a dark, middle-aged man with a wrinkled face jumped down in a hurry. He was about to enter the store when he saw Zhao Pingchuan and the others.
"Isn't this Boss Zhao? You came to my house to eat noodles again." He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I'm really sorry, I have something to do today. I will make noodles for you myself another day.
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After saying that, he ran into the shop without waiting for Zhao Pingchuan to reply.
"this person!"
Zhao Pingchuan was dumbfounded. He turned around and introduced to Gu Zheng: "This man is the owner of this Lejia snack bar. His surname is Hu. We all call him Old Man Hu. The noodles and flat food we had before are from him.
Made by my own hands.”
"Did something happen to him in such a hurry?" Gu Zheng nodded and looked curiously into the shop.
"I don't know either. I'll ask him later when he comes out." Zhao Pingchuan was familiar with Old Man Hu and planned to ask him later.
Not only them, but even the landlady was very surprised to see Old Man Hu back: "Are you back at this time? Is the land sold out?"
"How can I sign a contract to sell the land if I don't have my ID card? I'll come back quickly to get my ID card." Old man Hu entered the shop and rummaged through the cabinets to find it. It turned out that he had come back specially to get his ID card.
"Tell me about you, for such a big deal as selling land, you still don't bring your ID card. The ID card is behind the photo frame of our business license. I'll get it for you right now." The landlady quickly helped him find out his identity.
I didn't even complain about him.
"Hey, I've never sold land before." Waiting for his wife to get her ID card, Old Man Hu finally had time to take a breath.
"Here you go." The landlady found her ID card, handed it to Old Man Hu, and asked casually: "How much can the land of more than ten acres be sold for? Is it enough to pay our Xiaole a down payment in Shanghai?"
"It's really strange. Today, that group of people followed me to our land to see it. They only bought the wheat grown in our land and didn't want anything else. The price was the same as buying the land."
"how so?"
The landlady's eyes suddenly widened, she couldn't believe that such a thing existed in the world.
Old Man Hu couldn't figure out what that group of people wanted to do, but in a flash, he suddenly thought of Zhao Pingchuan, whom he had just met outside the store. He slapped his thigh suddenly, took his ID card and ran out of the store.
Gu Zheng was still talking to Zhao Pingchuan when he saw old man Hu running out with sweat on his head. He opened his mouth and asked: "Boss Zhao, you are from a big city and have seen the world. Let me ask you something."
I’m asking, have you ever seen someone buy the crops grown on the land without paying for it?”
The reaction of brothers Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan was similar to that of the boss lady. When they first heard about this, they were incredulous.
But when Gu Zheng on the side heard this, he couldn't help but frown.
"Old Man Hu, it's not like you don't know what kind of gold is growing in your land, right?" Zhao Pingchuan teased Old Man Hu.
"My family's land has been growing the same kind of wheat since my grandfather's generation. It has never changed. How can it be possible to grow gold? I'm afraid of being fooled, so I thought of asking you."
Old Man Hu shook his head repeatedly. In his entire life, this was the first time he saw someone spending money to buy land and only buying the crops grown on the land. This thing was so weird. He was also afraid of meeting a scammer, so he came out specifically.
Ask the Zhao Pingchuan brothers.
"We have never encountered anything like this. When you trade with them later, be careful about the money. Anyway, as long as the money is transferred to your card in the end, they will have nothing to deceive you."
Seeing that Old Man Hu still valued this matter, Zhao Pingchuan stopped teasing him and gave him a very pertinent suggestion.
"That's the truth, but I just feel a little uneasy. If you say our land is worth hundreds of thousands, I believe it. But the crops grown on the land can be sold for hundreds of thousands. What do I think?
I feel unsafe." Old Man Hu is an honest man, and this kind of pie-in-the-sky thing doesn't make him feel very happy.
Without understanding the reason, he couldn't calm down.
"That's right, Master Gu Zheng, what do you think?" Zhao Pingchuan couldn't figure out the key, so he could only look at Gu Zheng, but he didn't have much insight.
Gu Zheng frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe what Old Man Hu's family is growing is actually gold."
"Master Gu Zheng, please stop making fun of me."
Zhao Pingchuan thought Gu Zheng was making fun of him and laughed bitterly.
"I'm not kidding. If it's more than ten acres of alpine wheat, let alone the price of more than ten acres of land, even if it's ten times more, it's completely justified."
Gu Zheng shook his head, he was not joking anymore.
In fact, at the beginning, Gu Zheng didn't think much about it when he heard that the family wanted to buy land. But when Old Man Hu told the person who bought the land, he realized that the crops grown in Old Man Hu's land were absolutely useless.
Extraordinary crops.
If you think about it carefully, you will know that the reason why the noodles in the Lejia snack bar opened by Old Man Hu are so delicious is that in addition to the superb cooking skills, the most important thing is the ingredients. And Qi Ling has also identified them before.
The ingredients are all noodles and noodles that are grown and processed by himself. Needless to say, the raw materials for processing and supporting the noodles are the wheat grown in his own land.
The grinding and processing tools in Old Man Hu's home are definitely not too fine, but even in this way, he can make noodles and dough that reach the level of second-class ingredients. It is conceivable that the crops grown in his land are not ordinary.
If it is really a very rare crop, the price will certainly not be cheap. Maybe just using the money to buy the land to buy these crops will still make a profit for that person.
"You can't guess anything just by guessing here. Why don't we go over to Old Man Hu's farm and have a look? Maybe we'll know why those people only buy crops and not the land."
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng took the initiative to make a suggestion.
Zhao Pingshan and Zhao Pingchuan were very curious themselves. Seeing the ancient dispute, they also proposed to go and have a look together. Of course, they had no objections.
"Who is this?"
Old Man Hu knows the Zhao Pingchuan brothers, but not Gu Zheng. The Zhao Pingchuan brothers are well-known big bosses around the city, and it is certainly not easy for them to treat people with such respect. Therefore, Old Hu is also very polite to Gu Zheng.
He asked cautiously: "Who is this?"
"This is Master Gu Zheng and the first winner of the Hangzhou Food Competition. He came here to taste the noodles we recommended you to make. Master Gu Zheng knows a lot more than us.
Maybe he knows why the person who bought your land only wants the crops but not the land."
Zhao Pingchuan had forgotten that Old Hu didn't know Gu Zheng yet, so he quickly introduced Gu Zheng's identity.
"It turns out to be Master Gu Zheng."
When Old Man Hu heard this, he immediately showed an expression of envy on his face. Although he was just a snack bar owner, when he was working outside when he was young, he also dreamed of participating in a food competition. Unfortunately, his talent was limited and he could not make a snack.
It's okay, but if you really want to make a big meal, it will be completely unbearable.
Knowing Gu Zheng's identity, Old Man Hu felt relieved. In his opinion, Gu Zheng, as a top professional chef, must be well-informed. If he takes him with him, he might be able to know who only buys crops but not land.
reason.
In his eyes, the person who wins the first place in the Hangzhou Food Competition is already a top professional and someone he looks up to.
"Then let's go together on my tractor. It's difficult to walk in the fields, but the tractor is faster."
After letting the Zhao Pingchuan brothers and Gu Zheng get on their tractors, Old Man Hu stopped wasting time and drove towards his more than ten acres of farmland.
Old Man Hu's land is on the edge of Qisong County, close to Qisong Mountain. Within two or three miles of walking north along his shop, you can see these dozen acres of land.
Their land is actually easy to identify, because the edge of the land is an inland river, and the course of the inland river happens to be a "U"-shaped bend. Within the bend is the dozen acres of his family's land.
When they arrived, there were more than a dozen people surrounding the long line at the edge of the field. Most of these people were wearing gray robes, pointing at the crops in the field, with very excited expressions on their faces.
Behind this group of people, there was only a middle-aged man in a black suit, probably in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looked very energetic.
He didn't care much about the crops in the field. Instead, he kept staring at the road. Only when he saw Old Man Hu's tractor did he smile a little more.
The rumble of the tractor was heard all the way, and Old Man Hu almost stopped in front of them.
After getting off the truck, Old Man Hu ignored the people in gray robes. After getting off the tractor, he quickly walked up to the man in the suit, rubbed his hands as usual, and said hello sheepishly: "It's really...
Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."
The man in the suit waved his hands, not paying attention to these trivial matters. His eyes stayed on Gu Zheng.
When Gu Zheng got out of the car, he paid no attention to anyone. He walked to the ridge of the field, squatted down and looked at the wheat grown in the field.
A gentle breeze blew by, rustling the ears of wheat, and a faint fragrance of rice came to my face with the breeze.
"Qi Ling, what kind of wheat is this?"
Gu Zheng couldn't tell what kind of wheat it was, so he simply left the identification task to Qi Ling.
Soon, the voice of the weapon spirit sounded in his heart.
"In ancient times, Champa wheat, a crop comparable to alpine wheat, has now become extinct."
"Are you lying to me? I know Champa wheat. Where did it become extinct?" Of course Gu Zheng knew about Champa wheat. This wheat product is also called Zhenla wheat. Its origin is in Champa, central and southern Vietnam today, so it is named after Champa wheat. The city is named after the city. The biggest characteristics of this wheat species are high yield, early maturity, drought resistance, strong adaptability, and short production cycle. Since it was introduced to my country in the Song Dynasty, it has been quickly promoted in many areas.
Champa is a very special place. Although it is located in the subtropical zone, both rice and wheat can be grown, and both are good. Champa rice is also a famous variety.
"I'm talking about ancient Champa wheat, not the kind of Champa wheat you know now. Today's Champa wheat is all new rice seeds cultivated by hybridization. It can no longer be called Champa wheat.
Already."
Seeing that Gu Zheng didn't believe his words, Qi Ling carefully explained to him the difference between the current Champa wheat and the ancient Champa wheat.
After a long period of development, people have continuously improved and replanted the current Champa wheat, making it more capable of taking advantage of its high yield, early maturity, drought tolerance, strong adaptability, short production cycle, etc. But at the same time, this
Improvements have also made Champa wheat no different from ordinary wheat varieties.
The real ancient Champa wheat has both the soft and waxy characteristics of Jiangbei wheat and the hard and sweet characteristics of Northeastern wheat. The color of the flour after grinding is yellowish. This is precisely because it contains a large amount of vitamin B and other nutrients. The grade of ingredients
Comparable to alpine wheat.
As for whether the alpine wheat, known as the gold of rice, is more suitable as a gourmet ingredient, or the ancient Champa wheat is more suitable, there is no conclusion yet.
Because now the ancient Champa wheat has disappeared, and only a small amount of alpine wheat is still cultivated.
After hearing Qi Ling's explanation, Gu Zheng was stunned for a few seconds, and then became shocked.
It turns out that there is such a big difference. No wonder someone would spend the price of land to buy rice seeds in this area.
These dozen acres of ancient Champa wheat, as long as they are transplanted properly, can be as inexhaustible as the immortal rice in the ancient space.
From this business, to be precise, that person made a lot of money.
Finally understanding the reason, Gu Zheng couldn't help but raise his head and look at the man in suit who was face to face with Old Man Hu.
Just as it happened, the man in a suit was also sizing up Gu Zheng. The two looked at each other and Gu Zheng nodded to him in a friendly manner.
In his heart, Gu Zheng still admired the other party. The reason why he could tell that the wheat seedlings planted in Old Man Hu's field were ancient Zhancheng wheat was also based on the identification ability of the weapon spirit, but the other party obviously discovered it by accident, and
Without saying a word, he bought all the ancient Champa wheat in the land.
However, Gu Zheng's friendly gestures did not make the man in the suit relax his vigilance. He still looked at Gu Zheng with guarded eyes.
"Master Gu Zheng, have you found out the reason why those people only buy the crops in this field and not the land?"
Zhao Pingchuan looked for a long time and didn't find any difference between the wheat in this field and ordinary wheat. He just saw that Gu Zheng seemed to be interested, so he asked curiously.
"Well, I probably know why they did that." Gu Zheng also looked away at Old Man Hu and the man in the suit, and nodded.
"Really, Master Gu Zheng, you can see it!"
Before Zhao Pingchuan could speak, Zhao Pingshan, who imitated Gu Zheng and squatted on the ridge of the field to carefully observe the wheat seedlings, exclaimed, stood up suddenly and looked at Gu Zheng and said: "What is so magical about this wheat?
Is it worth the value of this land?”
"I wonder if you have heard of ancient Champa wheat?"
Gu Zheng smiled and asked a question.
The Zhao Pingchuan brothers shook their heads. If they were to find a car and ask them to identify the make and price of the car, they would be familiar with the car, but it would be difficult to ask them about the crops in the fields.
Gu Zheng didn't give in. Seeing them shaking their heads, Qi Ling repeated the appraisal results of Gu Zhancheng wheat just now.
"No way, even the Champa wheat that has been passed down from ancient times will not be sold at such an expensive price? Qisong County is not a developed county, and even the land in the county is not valuable. One acre only costs 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.
, is it equivalent to saying that this acre of wheat from Zhancheng is worth thirty to forty thousand?"
"This is not wheat seedlings, it is clearly gold!"
Even if you grow some cash crops, the price for an acre of land is not so high. Unless you are ruthless about garlic during the hype period, it is not so expensive. So the Zhao Pingchuan brothers immediately started shouting after hearing this. Both of them were a little afraid.
believe.
"Otherwise, why do you think the price of a dish in a really good hotel, such as a Michelin three-star hotel, is so expensive? The main cost is in invisible places, such as the selection of ingredients." Gu Zheng sighed softly.
He sighed and shrugged his shoulders.
Even if they don't believe it, it's the truth.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. The more delicious the ingredients are, the more difficult they are to obtain, and the price will continue to rise. As the saying goes, rare things are more valuable. At the beginning, alpine wheat was also very cheap, only cheaper than ordinary rice seeds.
A little more expensive. However, because alpine wheat is difficult to grow and has strict requirements on the growing environment and climate conditions, the output has decreased year by year, and the price has gradually increased, and finally it has been called the gold among rice.
Take the more than ten acres of ancient Champa wheat now as an example. If there were only these dozen acres of ancient Champa wheat in the world, once its value was discovered, the price would immediately rise. Let alone an acre of land at that time.
Even ten acres of land may not be able to exchange for one acre of ancient Champa wheat seeds at such a price.
But after all, ancient Champa wheat is not as delicate as alpine wheat. Its high yield, drought tolerance and strong adaptability make it easy to promote.
As long as you are willing to put in the manpower and financial resources, and have a suitable place, after a period of time, these dozen acres of ancient Champa wheat are likely to become a hundred acres, or even a thousand acres, but it will be difficult to do more, and inferior ingredients are not
It is so easy to take care of, but no matter how many there are, it is very likely that it will be difficult to manage. Moreover, if there are too many wheat seeds together, the quality of the ingredients may be reduced under the influence of various factors.
"That's true..."
Zhao Pingchuan and Zhao Pingshan looked at each other, and soon figured out the reason, and then put away their expressions of disbelief. Zhao Pingshan also glanced at Old Man Hu with envy, and a trace of jealousy arose in his heart.
, murmured: "Hey, Old Man Hu is really lucky. He has been guarding their land and finally found a treasure."
"It can't be said that in the hands of old man Hu, this Gu Zhancheng wheat is just an ordinary wheat, not worth a few dollars. But in the eyes of a knowledgeable person like Master Gu Zheng, it is worth tens of thousands of gold.
"
Zhao Pingchuan and his brother had different ideas. Although they envied Old Man Hu's luck, they were not jealous.
"Brother Zhao is right. Good things like this can only be of maximum value if they are placed in the hands of people who understand." Gu Zheng smiled and said to Zhao Pingshan: "In fact, for ordinary people, the greatest value is
The function is still to serve as food, that is, we all have better lives now and have a higher pursuit of delicious food, so these ingredients have become expensive."
Gu Zheng was talking to brother Zhao Pingchuan here. Over there, Old Man Hu was discussing the sale of land with the man in a suit, and something seemed to go wrong.
Old Man Hu, who had just been waiting for the signing of the sales contract with a smile on his face, was hesitant now, looking hesitant and undecided. He didn't know what was wrong. Xiao Xiaoyu said that the wheat planting time in Jiangbei was later than the actual time in the novel.
Some, for the sake of material, this conflict exists for the time being. Xiaoyu apologizes to everyone, and hopes that the novel will not be too serious. Thank you everyone. The 20,000-word update is completed today, and Xiaoyu will continue to update like this tomorrow!
