Chapter 336

Hu Chengwen said, "The name of this mountain peak is Immortal Peak, and the mountain spring on the mountain is called Immortal Spring. Legend has it that once the immortal Tieguaili traveled to our place, he was thirsty and asked the villagers here for a bowl of water to drink. He saw that the villagers here had to carry water to a very far place, so he paused on the mountain with his iron crutch, and a mountain spring flowed out."

Min Zhiqiang smiled, "This legend is good. The mountain spring created by the immortal's magic, this water must be good."

Hu Chengwen said, "This water is naturally good. It's sweet when you drink it. The paddy fields under the mountain are irrigated by this spring water, and the rice grown is delicious. We carry this water home to take a bath, and we don't even grow any scars on our bodies. Isn't it magical?"

Along a murmuring stream up the mountain, in the blink of an eye, they arrived at a pool on the hillside. Hu Chengwen squatted down, scooped up a handful of pool water and drank a mouthful, "You guys also taste it, this water is sweet, this is the water accumulated from the Immortal Spring on the top of the mountain."

Several people scooped up the pool water and tasted it. Sure enough, the sweet and clear pool water was refreshing as soon as it entered the mouth, making people feel refreshed.

Min Zhiqiang smiled, "No wonder the rice wine yesterday was so delicious. Just drinking this water makes people a bit drunk."

Min Tong also said, "Yes, Dad, I think the mineral water our family acts as an agent for doesn't seem as delicious as this Immortal Spring water. This water is really sweet."

Bao Wenting pointed to the bottom of the water, "There are fish in this water. Is the fish we ate yesterday grown here?"

Su Xinghui nodded, "Yes, it's grown here."

Hu Chengwen smiled, "Is this fish delicious? Eat in our village at noon, just eat this fish, I have already arranged it."

Min Tong said quickly, "Good, good, this fish is too delicious, I like to eat it."

Min Zhiqiang stared at his son, "You only know how to eat! Look at how fat you have become?"

Min Tong said aggrievedly, "I'm only 150 jin, is this considered very fat?"

Hu Chengwen said quickly, "Being fat now is a good thing, it shows that the family is rich. Then it's settled, eat fish here at noon."

Min Zhiqiang shook his head with a smile and stopped worrying about his son. He said to Su Xinghui, "The water here is indeed good. Next time I will help you find a friend who opens a beverage production factory to come and take a look, and let them test the water quality here. If it can meet the standard of bottled mineral water, he should be able to build a factory here."

Su Xinghui nodded happily, and he and Hu Chengwen took several people to climb to the top of the mountain. Climbing to the place near the top of the mountain, they saw a spring eye gushing out spring water. The spring water was clear to the bottom and flowed down the mountain along the mountain trend.

Looking down from afar, the spring water flowed to the hillside and accumulated into that pool. After the pool was full, it was divided into several streams, which flowed to the foot of the mountain, irrigating and nourishing the dozen acres of paddy fields at the foot of the mountain.

Min Zhiqiang nodded, "Good place, good place!"

Su Xinghui pointed to the hillside of a mountain opposite, "There are many good places here. Do you see that hillside? It has been opened up and planted with various fruit tree seedlings. It would be most suitable to set up a beverage factory here."

Min Zhiqiang said excitedly, "Let's go, let's go down the mountain and take a look."

Several people went down the mountain and walked to the hillside. Some villagers on the hillside were checking and maintaining those fruit tree seedlings. Seeing Su Xinghui coming, they all shouted respectfully "Township Head Su", and Su Xinghui also smiled and nodded to them, saying hello.

From this small detail, Min Zhiqiang knew that Su Xinghui was very popular among the common people, and he was definitely not the kind of cadre who only knew how to sit in the office. He must often go to the grassroots level, otherwise it would be impossible for a few ordinary common people to know Su Xinghui.

This discovery made Min Zhiqiang nod secretly. Investors want to invest in a place, they have to look at the investment environment. The investment environment not only includes the few things Su Xinghui said yesterday, but the administrative ability of local officials is also very important.

In this place of Meng Hu Ling, with a deputy township head in charge of the economy like Su Xinghui, Min Zhiqiang felt very satisfied.

Walking to the hillside, Su Xinghui stopped and pointed to the seedlings on the hillside, "Uncle Min, look, more than 3,000 acres of fruit trees have been planted here this year, including citrus, yellow peach, orange, etc. This year, wasteland will be opened up to continue planting fruit trees. Besides Hujia'ao, seven or eight villages in Meng Hu Ling Township are planting fruit trees. The total planting area will reach 20,000 to 30,000 acres, and it will increase every year. It is expected that after three years, the output of various fruits will reach 10,000 to 20,000 tons."

Min Zhiqiang saw Su Xinghui's appearance of knowing the fruit tree planting situation here like the back of his hand. He nodded and asked again, "What is the quality of these fruit trees?"

Su Xinghui smiled, "Uncle Min, you can rest assured about this. In order to engage in this special planting, our Meng Hu Ling Township specifically invited experts from Jiangcheng Agricultural University to conduct an inspection. Which varieties of fruit trees are suitable for planting in the soil here are strictly executed, and the best quality seedlings are selected, with technical guidance from experts."

Min Zhiqiang said, "You also invited experts from Jiangcheng Agricultural University?"

Su Xinghui said, "That's of course. When we go to other villages later, we should be able to meet experts. They have discovered many rare plants in our Meng Hu Ling and are doing research here. In addition, they can also guide the villagers. The most important thing is to let the villagers avoid the breeding grounds of rare plants when reclaiming wasteland."

Hu Chengwen also said, "Yes, these experts were invited by Township Head Su. They are very responsible. When we planted fruit trees here, they came to guide us. Look, these saplings are growing very well."

Min Zhiqiang was even more surprised. He had never seen any local government officials who specifically asked experts to inspect and guide them when engaging in this kind of special planting. This is another place where Su Xinghui is different from ordinary officials.

With Su Xinghui as deputy township head here, Min Zhiqiang felt relatively confident about investing here.

After looking at the mountain spring water and the fruit tree forest, it was past 10:00 AM. Hu Chengwen said, "Let's go, go to our house to eat now, my wife should have finished cooking."

Min Tong said, "Why eat so early?"

Su Xinghui said, "In the villages here in Meng Hu Ling, they eat two meals a day, one after 10:00, and one after 4:00 in the afternoon."

Zhang Bin asked, "Don't you eat breakfast in the morning? That's not good for your health."

Hu Chengwen smiled, "Wasn't it poor before? There wasn't enough food, so they ate two meals a day at that time, and formed a habit."

Hu Chengwen's words made Bao Wenting and the others silent. They were all children who grew up in the city and couldn't imagine that there were some such poor villages where they only ate two meals a day. In their imagination, China should have solved the problem of eating long ago, right?

They followed behind Hu Chengwen and Su Xinghui. Suddenly, they felt they understood the significance of Su Xinghui working here, and also understood why Hu Chengwen was so enthusiastic about Su Xinghui and his guests.

In the past, no matter what, they couldn't understand why such a high-achieving student as Su Xinghui wanted to work in this poor and remote place of Meng Hu Ling. They felt that this was a waste of Su Xinghui's talent, but now they knew how significant Su Xinghui's work was.

Min Zhiqiang, of course, had suffered when he was a child. He knew that the rural areas in China were still far from getting rid of poverty. Therefore, after hearing Hu Chengwen's words, he didn't feel surprised at all.

He looked at Min Tong who was thinking, and smiled with relief. Min Tong grew up in the city and hadn't suffered much. Letting him understand the suffering of the people was very good for his maturity.

Arriving at Hu Chengwen's house, Hu Chengwen's wife had already finished cooking and put it on the dining table. Su Xinghui joked, "Director Hu, you and sister-in-law really have a tacit understanding. As soon as you come back, sister-in-law's food is all ready."

Hu Chengwen laughed loudly, "Husband and wife for more than ten years, it would be terrible if I couldn't grasp this point."

Hu Chengwen's wife was an ordinary rural woman in her thirties. She smiled at Su Xinghui, "Township Head Su is joking. There is nothing good to entertain you today, don't be polite, eat and drink well!"