Chapter 207

Su Xinghui asked Old Chen: "Master Chen, what is the thing you just sprinkled into the water? How can it attract the fish?"

Old Chen said: "This thing is a ball made of snail meat, small fish meat, gray flour, and sesame oil mixed together. Black carp are in the lower layer of the water, and they like to eat these things. As long as you sprinkle a few handfuls of this thing, they will definitely float to the water surface to grab it."

Gray flour is the dialect of Shangjun County, which means flour, and sesame oil is sesame oil. Then mixed with snail meat and small fish meat, that kind of fragrance must be very attractive to fish, but what comes to grab food is definitely not just black carp. It is still skillful as a god to accurately find a big black carp in so many splashes.

Seeing Old Chen's unique skill, this made Su Xinghui feel that this trip was not in vain.

Hu Jinshui pointed to the two big fish still jumping alive on the ground: "Director Su, the water in our reservoir is deep, and the fish are not caught all at once every year, so there are many big fish in the reservoir. There are many fish from fifteen jin to twenty jin. How many do you want?"

Su Xinghui asked: "What is the price of this kind of big fish?"

Hu Jinshui looked at Yan Junda and said: "This is a public-to-public matter, and it is Director Yan who brought you here, so the price is easy to talk about. How about one yuan and eight cents per jin?"

At this time, the market price of fish was about two yuan and five cents, and there were not such big ones, at most seven or eight jin, so this price was really not expensive.

Su Xinghui looked at Zeng Xianglin, and Zeng Xianglin nodded, so Su Xinghui said: "Alright, then this price, we want two thousand jin."

Hu Jinshui nodded readily: "Okay, then when do you want it?"

Su Xinghui said: "We are distributing welfare to employees for the New Year, and the time is too early now. How about this, we will come on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and we will pull the fish away on the day we catch them."

Hu Jinshui said: "That's good, then we will catch the fish on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month."

Su Xinghui asked: "Do you need to pay a deposit?"

Hu Jinshui said: "No need, you were brought by Director Yan, can I not believe you?"

Su Xinghui nodded: "Alright, then thank you, Director Hu, Director Yan, thank you too, we will go back first."

Hu Jinshui said: "How can that be? Eat before going back. If you come here and leave without eating, others will say that I, Old Hu, neglected the guests. Anyway, there is no other good hospitality, just eat fish."

Yan Junda also kept them: "Yes, Director Su, Old Zeng, just stay and eat before going back. It's almost eleven o'clock now, why leave at the time of lunch?"

The enthusiastic retention of Hu Jinshui and Yan Junda made Su Xinghui have to agree to stay for lunch.

Hu Jinshui asked Old Chen to take the two fish to the canteen for the master chef to handle, and then led Su Xinghui and others to the field department to sit and chat.

The name of this reservoir is Green Ridge Reservoir, with a water surface area of more than 8,000 mu. It is the largest mountain reservoir in Shangjun County, responsible for the irrigation and domestic water needs of tens of thousands of people in Green Ridge Township and the nearby Meng Hu Ling Township.

The scenery here is also very good. Can the scenery be bad in a place with mountains and water? There is also a huge secondary forest on the south side of the reservoir, and there is no industrial pollution here, which makes this place look more like green mountains and clear water.

Su Xinghui looked at this huge reservoir and sighed: "Director Yan, Director Hu, you are a treasure land here, the scenery is really good."

Hu Jinshui laughed: "I just took a fancy to this treasure land. Now whoever wants to transfer me, I won't leave."

Yan Junda said: "These townships on the west side of our county are all treasure lands, but they are too poor. It's still Director Su, you are powerful, you can make the economy of Meng Hu Ling start to develop. When will you give us some ideas for Green Ridge Township?"

Su Xinghui laughed: "Director Yan, don't praise me. I just have a little bit of good luck. Your natural conditions in Green Ridge Township are much better than ours in Meng Hu Ling Township. In the future, you will leave us behind as soon as you exert force."

Su Xinghui naturally wouldn't be like those young boys who didn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth when others praised him, and wanted to point out the country for others. That would only cause resentment.

Of course, if the cadres of Green Ridge Township really wanted to learn their experience and go to Meng Hu Ling to learn from them, he wouldn't hide his experience.

Yan Junda also just laughed. He naturally knew the propriety in this. Su Xinghui's low-key made him have a good impression of Su Xinghui. He didn't talk about this topic anymore. The few people chatted casually for a while, and the master chef of the canteen came to call them to eat.

It was indeed eating fish on the reservoir. The master chef made all dishes related to fish. The fish offal of the two big fish was fried with oil, and then combined with tofu, which was a delicacy. The most tender belly of the grass carp was scalded with water, which was so fresh that people's tongues were about to fall off.

The fish meat of the black carp was tight and elastic, which was a good material for making fish balls. The master chef made a pot of snow-white fish balls. The soup was a high soup boiled from fish skeletons. Without other seasonings, only green onions, ginger, and garlic were used. The fish balls were tender and smooth, and the fish soup was also very delicious.

In addition, the master chef cut the grass carp meat into thin slices and ate them in the fish ball hot pot, dipped in some local special sauces, which was also a delicacy.

Hu Jinshui took a pot of grain liquor brewed by the local winery from his home. The taste of this liquor was also mellow and long.

There were not many varieties of dishes, but the portion was absolutely sufficient. Hu Jinshui laughed: "There is no good hospitality, but there is enough wine and food, don't be polite!"

Su Xinghui laughed: "With such good wine and food, what else is there to say?"

Zeng Xianglin said: "Director Yan, Director Hu, next time you come to our Meng Hu Ling Township, we will also have good hospitality!"

Yan Junda nodded: "Alright, then next time we will go to Meng Hu Ling to have a good drink."

The few people were full of wine and food here before returning. Su Xinghui's pleasure in drinking made Yan Junda and Hu Jinshui have a very good impression of him. For grassroots cadres, wine quality is character, which means that this college student Su Xinghui looks up to people.

They agreed to come to pull fish on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and sent Yan Junda back to the Green Ridge Township government. Su Xinghui and his party returned to Meng Hu Ling Township and reported the process of buying fish on this trip to Chen Hongfu and Dong Jianshu. Both were very satisfied.

Both of them had heard of the fish in Green Ridge Reservoir. The fish in the big reservoir were much more delicious than those raised in small fish ponds, and they were big, which was very suitable for making balls. And the most important dish for the New Year in Shangjun County was balls.

Hearing Su Xinghui say that the fish in Green Ridge Reservoir were generally above fifteen jin, the two decided to distribute three fish to each employee, about fifty jin. It didn't matter who had a little more or a little less. At that time, they would all be packed in snake-skin bags and decided by drawing lots.

Of course, some particularly big fish had to be kept to pay New Year's greetings to county leaders during the New Year. In this era, when the township pays New Year's greetings to county leaders, it is not popular to use red envelopes, but to use physical objects such as fish and meat. Every New Year, this is a very important thing.

In addition to these fish, Su Xinghui also had to contact some pork and fruits to distribute to employees, about two hundred yuan of materials per person.

Su Xinghui brought Zeng Xianglin every time. Zeng Xianglin was a local person, familiar with the situation, and had high efficiency in handling affairs. The most important thing was that two people were for public, and he didn't scrape any oil and water from it, but two people also had a witness, right?

He was the deputy director, and there would be many such things in the future. He must pay attention to these small details.

The two contacted a pig farmer and agreed to kill three pigs on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month to distribute more than ten jin of meat to each employee. As for what part of the meat, try to match fat and thin, which was also decided by drawing lots. Whoever drew the worse one could only blame their own bad luck. ===== CHAPTER 209 =====