The conditions of the county guest house are pretty good, otherwise Qu Jiacheng wouldn't be able to arrange Xu Shiyan's family here.
Xu Shiyan asked for two rooms, Xu Chenghou and his wife took their two boys, and Xu Shiyan and his wife took their two daughters. It was more reasonable to live like this.
Everyone got up early and went up the mountain. They wandered around Qingshan Valley for a long time and drove for such a long time in the afternoon. They were really tired.
Lying in bed, I really don't think much about it.
At around 5:30, Qu Jiacheng and Gao Mingyuan came to the county guest house.
Also coming with us were other cadres from the county, as well as people from the Agriculture Bureau and the Commerce Bureau sent by the city.
The director of the Agriculture Bureau first met Xu Shiyan at the Fusong Ginseng Festival.
Last year, Xu Shiyan bought a lot of marine fish, prawns, etc. from the Dandong coast through him. They also gave Xu Shiyan frozen crabs and some dried seafood.
This time when he heard that Xu Shiyan was coming, the other party took the initiative to ask for orders to come and pick up Xu Shiyan.
I just wanted to catch up with Xu Shiyan and ask if we can collaborate again this year.
When everyone met, Qu Jiacheng introduced each other, and Xu Shiyan shook hands with each other one by one.
Over there, I also bought some things for Xu Chenghou, his wife, and their four children.
It was hard for Xu Shiyan to say no, because people said it was for the elderly and children.
I have no choice but to accept it and return the gift when I have the opportunity in the future.
"Everyone, it's getting late, so that's it. Let's go down to eat and chat while we eat."
Qu Jiacheng took a look and found that the room was not big and the room was quite crowded. How about sitting down and chatting in the restaurant downstairs?
"Yes, yes, you see, I am so happy to see Mr. Xu.
Come on, let’s go downstairs to eat, there’s nothing good about the place, just don’t dislike it, Mr. Xu.”
Secretary Yan, the top official in the county, laughed when he heard Qu Jiacheng's words.
In this way, a group of people went downstairs to the restaurant of the guest house.
They specially ordered two tables of food, one for Zhou Guilan, Su Anying's mother-in-law and their children.
Xu Chenghou was supposed to be sitting with Xu Shiyan and Qu Jiacheng and others.
Xu Chenghou felt that he was too old, didn't drink, and couldn't talk to those cadres, so he excused himself and sat at another table.
The food is quite sumptuous, not to mention the delicacies of mountains and seas, but it's pretty good.
There are several kinds of fish alone, such as Aohua, double-lipped, and thin-scaled, all of which are famous local freshwater fish.
There is also a kind of small fish stewed in sauce.
Zhou Guilan saw it and said, "That's called Red Lady. It's a unique fish here in Kuandian. It tastes best when stewed in sauce."
Needless to say, I used to eat it a lot when I was living in a big house.
At that time, Xu Shiyan met Guo Shouye through the thin-scaled fish and earned living expenses.
Aohua is one of the three flowers and five flowers. The meat is tender and plump, especially the steamed aohua is extremely delicious.
Those heavy lips are called Chong Chong in Xu Chenghou and others' dialect.
The mouth of the insect fish is the most delicious, and this fish has a nourishing effect.
In addition to fish, there are also tree chickens, which are also known as flying dragon birds.
The dragon meat that is called dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the earth is this thing.
Feilong stew soup is delicious without any seasoning.
In addition, there are beef, mutton, etc., which can be said to be flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground.
Although most of these things are available at home, they are carefully prepared, and you can tell at a glance that they have been carefully prepared.
"Look, isn't this causing trouble for Brother Yan and Brother Qu again?
This table of dishes costs a lot of money." Xu Shiyan said politely.
"Then why bother? The main reason is that I don't know what uncles and aunts like to eat. These are the foods that our locals like to eat.
I just thought that my uncle and aunt had been away from home for so many years, and they must have been thinking about it, just to have a taste of our hometown.
It is a pity that there are no tussahs at this time.
If there is such a thing, I would have to make a whole plate and let my uncle and aunt try it, it is a good thing."
The tussah silkworm mentioned by Qu Jiacheng is also called mountain silkworm.
When you eat the leaves of the oak tree, the ribbons spit out are naturally yellow.
There used to be many farmers in Kuandian who raised tussah silkworms. Before Zhou Guilan married into the Xu family, she also raised tussah silkworms in her natal family.
The meat of this tussah silkworm is relatively firm and tastes particularly fragrant.
Usually, we wait for the tussah silkworms to grow up and catch some before they spin silk and form cocoons.
Holding the silkworm in one hand, push the silkworm's head back hard with the index finger of the other hand, and the green intestines will come out.
This process is also called by some people.
The castrated tussah silkworms are scalded with hot water and can be fried and eaten directly, wrapped in noodles and fried, or minced to make dumplings. They are all very fragrant.
Moreover, tussah silkworms have high nutritional value and are very good for children.
Spring silkworms spin cocoons in late June, and it's already mid-July, so there really aren't any.
"Oh, don't bother with that.
Although I have never seen tussah silkworms, I heard from my mother that they were raised at home before.
It's not easy to raise this thing, it's quite expensive." When Xu Shiyan heard this, he waved his hand quickly.
Breeding tussah silkworms is different from mulberry silkworms.
Silkworms are raised at home, and a separate room is set aside, and the mulberry leaves are picked and fed back, so the silkworms are also called domestic silkworms.
Tussah silkworms are called mountain silkworms and need to be raised in the forest.
In the large oak forest, silkworms are released from the time when the oak trees are young leaves, until they are harvested after cocoons are formed in late June.
Tussah silkworms are plump and delicious, and are the favorite of many birds.
Therefore, when raising tussah silkworms, you must pay attention to driving away birds, otherwise, it is easy for the entire mountain farm to be destroyed by birds.
Xu Shiyan heard from Zhou Guilan that it was very hard to raise silkworms in the past. He had to release silkworms every morning to drive away birds.
Some people keep guns specially. When they see a flock of birds coming, they will fire two guns to scare the birds away.
If you don't have a gun, you can only shoot with a slingshot. After a hard work for a season, you can harvest silkworm cocoons and sell them for some money.
"Yes, there are not many people raising silkworms here now. They are all too tired and they don't make any money." Qu Jiacheng sighed with emotion.
In its glory days, Kuandian's tussah silkworms could be supplied to many cities in the Northeast and even sold to the capital.
Nowadays, it’s no longer possible. Most people are thinking about going to work in factories. Who is willing to wake up early and spend all the time raising tussah silkworms?
"Brother Xu, I heard that the ginseng you sell is very good and very profitable.
In fact, we also have ginseng here.
For example, in Shizhu Village, there is Shizhu Ginseng that is famous throughout the country.
Common garden ginseng is also grown, but the area is not that large.
I'm thinking about discussing it with you. How about I buy some ginseng seeds from you in the fall and vigorously develop ginseng here?"
Yan Shaoqing asked Xu Shiyan tentatively.
Kuan and Huan also produce ginseng, but due to terrain restrictions, the ginseng yield here is low and the planting area is not large, so the ginseng industry has never been able to develop.
These cadres in the county think that ginseng is quite profitable.
If the county increases its support, provides more preferential policies, learns from Fusong and develops industries, it will help the local area become rich.
They have this idea but are not sure how to implement it.
I happened to meet Xu Shiyan today. I knew that Xu Shiyan was an expert in ginseng production-related industries, so I asked Xu Shiyan for advice.