Professor Song looked at the plot of land next to him covered with vines and green leaves and asked, "Did you take care of this too?"
Song Tan nodded. "This is the land of Uncle Zhang who helps look after Taoyuan. I also signed a contract for it. But it hasn't been planned yet, so the kudzu roots in his land are still there. We will dig them out in autumn and winter and deal with them here. This was agreed upon at the time."
"Kuzu root..."
Professor Song touched the leaves, then squatted down to look at the roots. "The branches are so strong, the kudzu root must be growing well too. There must be something wrong with the water and soil here, otherwise you wouldn't be able to grow such beautiful plants. There must be other water sources on the mountain."
Song Tan looked around—she hadn't thought about this problem yet. After all, the unscientific experience of planting before was that if it was dry, it would be fine after some rain...
"As for planning, I suggest you hire a professional well driller to do some exploration first, so that we can make more accurate arrangements."
"And from the perspective of your later management, this is also very necessary. Otherwise, for such a large area, it is impossible to pump all the water from the pond below. Whether the electric pump can work is one thing, and the cost and subsequent water supply are another."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Song Tan listened attentively, and almost took out a small notebook to write down the key points one by one.
Professor Song paused and looked at the kudzu root growing next to him: "This kudzu root is actually considered wild kudzu root, right? It doesn't look like it was planted intentionally, so it probably hasn't been managed."
After all, the vines and weeds are crowded together, a mess, with random density. If there is someone managing it, it won't be like this.
He sincerely suggested: "If you want to enrich the variety, after digging in autumn and winter, I suggest you keep the smaller kudzu roots and just treat them as kudzu roots."
"Forget about Kudzu root."
Song Tan waved his hand: "This thing is too much effort to make, and it's not worth hiring someone to clean it up... and my family doesn't like to drink that kind of sticky stuff."
Yan Ran defended Pueraria root: "It's actually quite delicious."
"My senior sister from our institute gave me a box of it before, and I ate it all for breakfast."
"Let me tell you, her kudzu root powder is also made at home, with particles of different sizes. Every morning, scoop out a spoonful, add a little cold water and stir it slowly, then pour in the boiling water, and it will become a sticky paste!"
"Once it's mixed, you can pour in yogurt, oatmeal, nuts and preserved fruits. You can even put in meat floss and lean meat. It all depends on whether you like it sweet or salty."
"If you add a little chili oil... wow, this breakfast is so satisfying!"
What kind of devilish way of eating is this
Hearing this, Qi Lin quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, just add sugar. Cereals and preserved fruits are also acceptable. What is chili oil?"
Tang Xiaodong was not happy: "Why do you have such a monotonous taste? I eat both!"
Yan Ran chuckled: "I eat both - by the way, Boss Song, the kudzu root in your field looks great, will you sell it? I want to buy some."
Song Tan also laughed, feeling that Yan Ran would be a good match for his family's food.
"Just call me Song Tan."
"The kudzu root in this field will definitely be sold in the winter, but it still belongs to Uncle Zhang now. I'll tell you when he sells it. But the price may not be cheap..."
She pointed to the peach orchard next to her and said, "The products produced on my mountain are not cheap."
"It doesn't matter," Yan Ran thought of the peach he had eaten and then spit out, and his expression was full of longing at the moment: "Isn't it just 50 yuan per pound? I can afford it!"
It’s not like you eat it every day.
Song Tan: …
She coughed and said, "Well... 50 yuan is the price for renting the garden. The two bosses put the peaches in the boutique supermarket, 144 per pound."
Yan Ran: …
She immediately retracted her admiring expression and said solemnly:
"I thought about it and decided not to. Pueraria root is very troublesome to eat. It's fine to just cook noodles myself in the morning."
Song Tan couldn't help but laugh: "Don't worry, Uncle Zhang's Pueraria root has no quality control, so it's definitely worse than mine, so it won't be that expensive. When I sell it, I'll tell you, and you can decide based on your needs..."
Several people were chatting while watching the drone footage—
"How beautiful! Look at the river in front... It's so golden..."
Professor Song looked at the ground under his feet as he walked: "The soil here is obviously worse than yours - it seems that you have done a good job in improving the soil."
However, he turned around and asked Song Tan with a serious expression: "What's wrong with this mountain in your village? Didn't you say it was a barren mountain? Logically, there should be many big trees... Why are there so few trees?"
The rest are either medium-sized or shrubs.
He looked around again: "Although this place is a bit remote..."
It is indeed remote. Apart from the small path leading to Song Tan's house, there is only one dirt road that is not connected to any village and can barely be called a main road. When it rains, the ground is covered with mud.
Song Tan was helpless: "When I was a child, some people came to the mountains to collect trees. They paid a few hundred yuan for each tree, so the villagers came to cut them down secretly. Everyone knew it, and this land was ownerless wasteland... That's how it became."
"It was also during those years that people came to collect orchids and dujuan... the mountain was hollowed out."
Further ahead on this barren mountain is the bend of the Jin River. As this road is blocked, there are fewer and fewer people here.
As for Jinhe River, there is nothing special about it, and the water quality is neither high nor low. Originally, the city was hesitant about whether to designate it as a forest farm and water resource protection area, but it was not chosen.
It just ended there.
“But this river is so beautiful…”
Yanran looked at the drone shot of the river surface under the sunset, sparkling and shining with golden light... It was so beautiful.
Song Tan nodded and pointed to the invisible place in front: "There is a river bend at the foot of the mountain over there. The water quality has been pretty good in recent years. But there are a lot of aquatic plants and shallows, so only fishermen can occasionally touch that place - the deep water is too far away, and there are too many aquatic plants in the shallow water, so the lines are often tangled. Later, no one came."
"It shouldn't be..."
Professor Song frowned. "A place like a river bend has a slow flow, suitable wind speed, and a suitable climate. From an economic point of view, it is most suitable for enclosing it to raise fish and open a fish farm... Why do you seem to dislike it..."
"This is a shabby place." Song Tan smiled bitterly. "Professor Song, look at how few people there are in our village now? In the early years, someone in the village didn't even own a river bend, but just owned a fish pond. As a result, he had a quarrel with his neighbor, and the neighbor drugged all the fish in his pond in the middle of the night, and he lost everything."
"Besides, with the living standards in our village, who has the money to take risks?"
In fact, the water in the river bend over the hill is more beautiful, the scenery is better, and it is more suitable - but still no one wants it!