Chapter 1202

Hu Jinshui laughed happily. Although this income was all public funds, the reservoir management office was performing well, and their benefits were getting better and better, so how could he not be happy?

While they were talking, Old Chen helped Su Xinghui catch a red-tailed shiner. This red-tailed shiner weighed five or six jin. Su Wenjun and Guo Suhua were amazed after seeing Old Chen's divine skill, feeling that it was a real eye-opener.

Su Xinghui had the staff weigh it, paid the price, and then handed the fish to Hu Jinshui, saying, "Director Hu, please have this fish prepared for me at noon, and arrange a few other dishes. We will be eating here at noon."

Hu Jinshui nodded and said, "No problem, I will arrange it for you."

Su Xinghui then drove his parents and Lu Xiaoya to the foot of Qingfeng Mountain. This area had already been developed; the mountain path had been renovated, and wider stone steps had been built, making it much easier to climb the mountain.

The group went up the mountain, looked at the precious ornamental trees on the mountain, sat for a while in Wangjiang Pavilion, and looked at the Luling Reservoir and the Changjiang River at the foot of the mountain. On the flat areas of the mountainside, some pavilions and halls had been built. It was much cooler here than at the foot of the mountain, allowing tourists to escape the heat. Some units even came here for training or to hold meetings.

Afterwards, the group went to Shi Quan Mountain on the east side of the reservoir, climbed up to see Shi Quan Zen Temple, and drank a cup of tea in Master Guangming's hermitage. Only then did they bid farewell to Master Guangming, return to the reservoir management office, and have a full-fish feast at Hu Jinshui's place.

After lunch, Su Xinghui drove his parents and Lu Xiaoya back to the county seat and returned home.

Over the past two days, they had climbed quite a few mountains and were indeed quite tired. However, Su Wenjun and Guo Suhua were in very high spirits. They were very happy that their son and future daughter-in-law could take them out for such a trip.

Seeing his parents' happy appearance, Su Xinghui also felt comforted in his heart. He felt that this weekend, he had done something most meaningful.

Su Xinghui let his parents rest and had Lu Xiaoya sleep in Su Xingyun's room. He then divided the fruits he had brought back into several portions. He first drove to the County Committee compound and delivered a portion each to Zhang Kaishan and Chen Hongfu. When they heard that these were the first-pick new fruits from Meng Hu Ling, they were very happy to accept them.

Afterwards, Su Xinghui went to Zhuangyuan Lane and delivered a portion of fruit each to Hou Guangbi and Hou Dali. He said they were the first-pick new fruits from Meng Hu Ling, and both of them naturally accepted them gladly.

Next, he delivered a portion each to Su Xingyun's family and several classmates' families. Finally, when returning the car to Xu Xiaoguang, he gave a portion of fruit to the Xu family.

September in Pengjiawanzhen was another busy season, and also a joyful one. At this time, the rice was already filling its grains and nearing maturity, while pumpkins and winter melons had also reached the harvest period. The winter field vegetables were also at the seedling stage, just waiting for the large tracts of land to be cleared so the well-nurtured seedlings could be transplanted.

This year in Pengjiawanzhen, except for a very small number of families who still planted one or two mu of rapeseed because they wanted to press some oil for themselves, no one planted wheat anymore. Basically, everyone planted vegetables. Last year, vegetables had brought everyone a relatively generous income; who wouldn't want to earn more money?

Wheat planted south of the Changjiang River had a short growth period, so its quality could not compare to northern wheat at all. It had a low flour extraction rate and basically could not be milled into flour; it could only be used as animal feed, so it couldn't fetch a good price. Who would still plant wheat this year? Wouldn't that be foolish?

This year, not only would all the existing good land be used for vegetables, but the town also rented out the river beach land outside the embankment to several large-scale farmers, letting them plant vegetables.

Now that the flood season had passed and autumn was about to begin, the Changjiang River was in its dry season during the autumn and winter months. Large areas of river beach land outside the main embankment were exposed. This river beach land was very fertile, and anything planted there would yield a bumper harvest. However, in the past, if one planted food crops, the risk was relatively high; if it were flooded, there would be no harvest at all, so the common people wouldn't plant anything on this land.

But this piece of land was not small, totaling two or three thousand mu. Therefore, there were large-scale farmers willing to rent this land to plant early-maturing vegetables. They would plant in October and harvest between February and March. At that time, the spring flood had not yet arrived, just in time to avoid the flood season.

The rent for this land could also bring the town hundreds of thousands in income, which was not a small figure.

Including this land, the vegetable planting area in Pengjiawanzhen this year would reach one hundred thousand mu.

This year, several townships surrounding Pengjiawanzhen were also vigorously promoting vegetable planting, and progress was relatively smooth. Because people there were not independent existences; many common people in Pengjiawanzhen had relatives in the surrounding townships. They could see what kind of changes had taken place in the lives of the people in Pengjiawanzhen after they started planting vegetables.

Therefore, basically without the township cadres having to spend too much effort, their common people spontaneously started planting vegetables. All the township cadres had to do was count the planting area and distribute subsidies.

It was estimated that the vegetable planting area in Shangjun County this year could reach at least about three hundred thousand mu.

These days, Su Xinghui was busy again. There was no way around it; there were simply too many things in the town now. This was still because Su Xinghui had intentionally cultivated some young people in the town, letting them grow relatively quickly. And his several deputies, except for Yang Huakai, were all quite capable. Otherwise, even if he were made of iron, he wouldn't be able to drive many nails.

This day, Su Xinghui was in Dongtang Village looking at the rice grain-filling situation when suddenly, his pager went off. He picked up the pager and saw it was a phone number from Jiangcheng. Before he could even put the pager down, it rang again, ringing three times in a row, all from the same number.

This must be someone looking for him with an urgent matter. He went to the office of the Special Steel Factory and borrowed a phone from Bao Wenting to call back. While dialing, he thought to himself that this was really too inconvenient. It seemed he had to buy a mobile phone. However, buying a mobile phone now was still too conspicuous; he should wait another two years.

Once the call was dialed, it was answered after only one ring. The person on the other end seemed very anxious.

"Is that Xinghui? It's Zhang Bin!"

"Zhang Bin?" Su Xinghui was somewhat surprised. "It's you. Why did you page me so many times? Is there something urgent?"

Bao Wenting was sitting to the side, and upon hearing the name Zhang Bin, he couldn't help but look at Su Xinghui.

"Xinghui, there really is something urgent!" Zhang Bin said. "Senior Brother Jiang has been arrested!"

Jiang Zhaoyang had been arrested? Su Xinghui couldn't help but be shocked. "Zhang Bin, don't be anxious, speak slowly. What exactly happened? Who arrested Senior Brother Jiang?"

Zhang Bin then began to explain in detail. It turned out that Jiang Zhaoyang had gone to Qingxi County in Qingyang City about half a month ago for an interview. Yesterday, news came that Jiang Zhaoyang had been detained by the public security department of Qingxi County for prostitution.

Zhang Bin said, "Xinghui, Senior Brother Jiang is not that kind of person. He couldn't have engaged in prostitution. This must be a frame-up!"

Upon hearing this, Su Xinghui smelled a conspiracy. Why did it sound so similar to some of the methods he had heard about in his previous life? Reporters touched upon the secrets of the local government, and the local government used such methods to frame the reporters so that their interviews could not continue.

He knew Jiang Zhaoyang very well; Jiang Zhaoyang was an upright person, and he absolutely could not have done something like prostitution.

Su Xinghui then asked, "Zhang Bin, what was Senior Brother Jiang interviewing in Qingxi County?"

Zhang Bin said, "I'm not too sure either. I've been quite busy these days and haven't had time to ask him about these things. Now the leaders at the agency aren't very active about this matter either, saying that since Senior Brother Jiang violated the public security regulations, he should be detained. I had no choice but to page you."

Because Jiang Zhaoyang was too arrogant, he indeed didn't win much favor from the leaders at their newspaper office. It was expected that the leaders wouldn't be willing to put in effort for this matter. Among the people Zhang Bin knew, Su Xinghui had the most influence, so he could only page Su Xinghui for help.

Su Xinghui pondered for a long time. Of course, he had to help Jiang Zhaoyang. Jiang Zhaoyang was his senior brother and had helped him a lot in the past. He himself had no background and wasn't favored by the leaders at his unit. If no one helped him, and if Su Xinghui didn't help him either, he would likely suffer a great loss this time.

Su Xinghui then said to Zhang Bin, "How about this, Zhang Bin, come to Pengjiawanzhen. Let's meet in person, sort this matter out properly, and see what methods we can think of. We must save Senior Brother Jiang." ===== CHAPTER 1204 =====