Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 353 Customized Services, Greenhouse Strawberries

Fang Wei doesn't care about so-called investment. Just as he refuses to form joint ventures with foreign companies, he is also unwilling to accept investment from Hong Kong.

There's nothing else to it; he simply doesn't want to be controlled by capital.

"Congratulations, Secretary Fang! I knew you were destined for great things."

The two sat and chatted for an hour before the man got up to say goodbye.

Later, through other channels, he learned of the existence of the electrical appliance group and even helped it secure many overseas orders. Of course, that's a story for another time.

After the guests left, Fang Wei couldn't help but shake his head.

Sometimes, life's encounters are quite miraculous. Just like that person from earlier, who escaped a disaster, and their life became vastly different.

Fang Wei was actually quite happy. He could tell whether the other party was sincere or not. He didn't expect that the person who was still thinking about the place where people cut in line was actually the guy who had been punished.

Of course, Fang Wei punished that kid back then in order to protect him.

When he got home that evening, he told Pan Lianhua about it. Pan Lianhua was also deeply moved; so many educated youths had left and disappeared without a trace, but she never expected that guy would actually come back to visit.

"Third Brother, it seems your charm has faded. The female educated youth who was so infatuated with you back then, after she left, didn't even say she'd come back to see you."

Pan Lianhua suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Fang Wei rolled his eyes at his wife; of course he knew who she was talking about.

However, in all honesty and integrity, he has never had any ambiguous relationships with other women over the years.

The lotus flower was just a joke; everyone laughed it off and that was the end of it.

"By the way, Lotus, how's your driving practice going?"

Fang Wei changed the subject at the right time and asked about Pan Lianhua's driving practice.

He's been quite busy lately and hasn't had time to think about her, but he suddenly remembered her and asked her.

"It's a piece of cake. My driver's license is all set up and I'll have it in the next couple of days."

Pan Lianhua smiled smugly. She learned things very quickly, and after just a few days, she was able to drive around in the open space.

the next day.

Fang Wei took advantage of the time he was delivering a lotus flower to work in the morning to let the other party drive it for a while. He felt that the other party drove it quite well and there were no problems.

For the next period of time, he often accompanied his wife to drive to the county town to deliver food to their son. Pan Lianhua would drive while he sat beside her and watched.

After making a few trips, Pan Lianhua became quite skilled and basically no longer needed his help to pick her up and drop her off.

“Secretary, the weather this year is really bad. With so little rain this month, I wonder if there will be a drought. I have already asked all the brigades to prepare drought relief measures. Dozens of large water pumps are ready to be put into full operation at any time for irrigation.”

morning.

Zhao Jinsheng went to Fang Wei's office and talked about climate change.

Following the extremely cold weather last spring, there are signs of drought again this spring and summer. Not every year is blessed with favorable weather; problems arise and are addressed, so the organization has already prepared contingency plans in advance.

Fang Wei had nothing to say; the other party had considered things very thoroughly, and all he needed to do was execute the plan properly.

Currently, the entire cooperative's land area has abundant groundwater resources. In the past two years, the county has also invested in a new thermal power plant, completely solving the county's electricity problem.

Therefore, the cooperative still has sufficient confidence in the face of the drought.

Agricultural production faces many problems, such as drought, floods, pests and diseases, and temperature. Throughout the year, we are constantly fighting against these unfavorable factors.

Next, after the water level in the irrigation canal decreased, the village began pumping water for irrigation.

Today, Xinlin County's drought resistance capacity has greatly improved, but it still relies on the water conservancy facilities built in previous years. The widespread use of deep wells in the later stages of the commune is the most beneficial aspect, preventing the county from suffering the severe damage seen during the three years of natural disasters.

Of course, this also depends on the severity of the drought. If a once-in-a-century drought occurs, relying solely on groundwater irrigation will certainly not be enough.

Fortunately, a couple of rain showers followed, which alleviated the drought somewhat.

Fang Wei and the entire council focused their efforts on drought relief, dividing up the work into sections and providing guidance to each team. The council members only returned once the drought situation had eased somewhat.

"Based on the current situation, this year's drought will not have a significant impact on agricultural production."

After the drought was completely relieved, Fang Wei assessed the disaster situation and concluded that it would not affect the cooperative. As for other townships, due to insufficient information, it was difficult to make an effective assessment, but it was estimated that there would be no major problems.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the cooperative's operations returned to normal.

Fang Wei then walked back to his office, and as soon as he entered, he heard the phone ringing. He went over, picked up the receiver, and heard that it was Fang Tingting calling.

Tingting has graduated and stayed in Beijing with her boyfriend. They plan to get married this summer, and she specifically called to invite her uncle to her wedding.

"Have the parents met with you?"

"I've met him. He and his family went to the provincial capital before the Spring Festival, and they were the ones who decided on the wedding at that time."

"Okay, I understand. Congratulations, Tingting. I will definitely attend your wedding."

The two chatted for a few minutes on the phone before Fang Tingting hung up.

The moment Fang Wei hung up the phone, he wondered if he was getting old. His nephew and niece were both married, and he could still often recall the scene of the two little kids following behind him. In the blink of an eye, everything had changed.

That evening, he told Pan Lianhua about it, and Pan Lianhua also said that she would attend Tingting's wedding.

"August is summer vacation, so we'll take Binbin and Xiaojie to the provincial capital and take the two kids out for a trip."

Fang Wei nodded, and that was the end of it.

the next day.

Fang Wei began inspecting the various production brigades, mainly checking the growth of different crops. Finding no problems at the cooperative, he then went to the breeding center, the Yao village, and finally the Tianjia Cooperative.

"Third brother, drought resistance is relatively easy here. Cultivating vegetable seeds does not require as much water as cultivating rice seeds, so it has not been affected much."

"By the way, I have something to tell you. Recently, several groups of customers from other places have come wanting to buy vegetable seeds, but our production is limited. We've been supplying vegetable growers in the surrounding area, and there's simply no surplus."

Tian Bingyi first introduced the previous drought relief work, and then mentioned the vegetable seeds.

Now, the high-yield vegetable seeds produced by their families have gained a reputation, and more and more customers are coming to them wanting to buy seeds. Tian Bingyi's side can't expand production, so he thinks the Yaoling Cooperative should make some adjustments. Fang Wei nodded, planning to discuss the situation with Zhao Jinsheng and the others when he got back.

The cooperative has been cultivating vegetable seeds, but the yield is not large. However, this year's situation is special because the cultivation of soybean and peanut seeds has been suspended and the planting varieties have been temporarily adjusted, so there are still two seasons to choose from.

"Brother-in-law, you go ahead with your work, I'll be going now."

Fang Wei and Tian Bingyi toured the Tian family cooperative, and then he drove back to the cooperative.

Then, Zhao Jinsheng was called over and asked to contact the customer who wanted to purchase vegetable seeds. If the customer needed a large enough quantity, a supply and sales contract could be signed to produce a batch of high-yield vegetable seeds.

The cooperative does not cultivate vegetable seeds specifically because there are many varieties of vegetables, which is quite troublesome.

However, this year happens to be a window of opportunity for cultivating cash crops, so Fang Wei, Zhao Jinsheng, and others discussed it and decided to first learn more about the situation.

After the cooperative released the news, many customers came to their door.

Zhao Jinsheng and others held an order meeting with them, producing vegetable seeds according to the quantity required by each customer, but they had to collect a deposit of 30% of the total price in advance.

This was the first time the cooperative had produced according to orders, because it was impossible to find the goods on the market. The customers reluctantly signed the agreements and paid the deposits.

Fortunately, the production cycle is not long, so these customers are not too worried.

There's really nothing to worry about. The cooperative has an excellent track record of integrity, so there's no possibility of them taking the deposit and not delivering the goods. The main issue is that they haven't dealt with the cooperative before; once they've had some experience, they'll become more familiar with it, and there shouldn't be any problems in the future.

The cooperative's 3.5 mu of dryland fields were initially used to cultivate high-yield soybean seeds, which are now ready for harvest. The original plan was to cultivate high-resistance, high-yield wheat seeds in the first season, but this has been temporarily changed to cultivate high-yield vegetable seeds.

All the cultivated soybean seeds have been stored in the warehouse. The seed company purchased a small portion, while the rest were temporarily stored.

This year is a transitional period. Fang Wei didn't expect to sell out the soybean and wheat seeds all at once. Now that he has made a temporary adjustment, the economic benefits will definitely be better.

Zhao Jinsheng personally oversaw the development of various vegetable seeds. The biggest advantage of this customized production was that there was no worry about sales; as long as the goods were in good condition, customers could simply be notified to pick them up.

Fang Wei made appropriate adjustments to the attribute values, shortening the cultivation time of the vegetable seeds. This batch of seeds will be delivered within 45 to 80 days.

morning.

Fang Wei went to the office after breakfast, brewed a pot of tea, and then sat down to look at the documents.

After reading a few documents and then a newspaper for a while, he planned to visit the chili sauce factory later.

Cadres who spend a lot of time in rural areas all have one thing in common: they believe in "seeing is believing" and like to wander around whenever they have a chance. They can't accept the kind of work style where they sit in a room all day looking at reports.

Fang Wei is like that; he spends half of his working time on patrols.

"Secretary Fang, getting ready to go out? These strawberries just arrived from the greenhouse. Try them and see how they taste."

But before he could leave the office, Zhao Jinsheng walked in carrying a basket of strawberries.

The person in charge of the vegetable greenhouse is Wang Xiangdong. He is quite good at handling things. He had some strawberries delivered early in the morning so that the directors could taste them and give their opinions.

"It looks pretty good, I'll try it."

The basket of strawberries had been washed clean. Fang Wei grabbed a few and tasted them. They were sweet and sour, with a rich fruity aroma. They weren't the kind of strawberries that looked shiny but tasted bland.

He couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and even found it hard to believe that such a delicious strawberry was grown in his own greenhouse.

Wang Xiangdong is quite resourceful. Since there isn't much profit to be made from growing vegetables this season, he introduced strawberries, which were available before strawberries from other regions.

Some were sold in the county town, but most were ordered by customers in the provincial capital.

"That's good. Xiang Dong is a good kid. This batch of strawberries is quite profitable."

Zhao Jinsheng then turned and left. He was always busy with something, but he enjoyed it nonetheless.

Fang Wei then took the strawberries home first before going to the chili sauce factory.

Zhang Chu was directing everyone to debug the equipment in the new factory building. This was a newly expanded bottling line, and the previous output could obviously no longer meet the actual demand.

When the other person saw Fang Wei, they intended to stop, but Fang Wei waved his hand, indicating that the other person should continue with their own business. He said he would just wander around and check on the work in each department before leaving on his own.

Fang Wei's level of attention to the chili sauce factory actually exceeded many people's expectations.

Although the factory's revenue is not as high as that of the electrical appliance group and its profits are not as high as those of breeding, the factory involves the interests of thousands of households.

Those farmers who grow chili peppers are now closely tied to the chili sauce factory. Any disturbance to the factory would definitely affect the income of many people.

Currently, the chili sauce factory appears to be thriving, with its products sold throughout the country, giving it a firm grip on the market.

At noon, Fang Wei ate lunch with Zhang Chu and others in the factory canteen, and listened to their work reports. This was actually a pragmatic work style; there was no need to make them put down their work to accommodate him.

After finishing his meal, Fang Wei left the chili sauce factory and returned home.

Time flies.

The first batch of vegetable seeds produced by the cooperative has been delivered. After strict inspection, the customers who came to pick up the seeds were very satisfied with their quality.

Of course, more detailed data will only be available after planting, but there shouldn't be any problems.

This morning.

Several customers from Northeast China came to the cooperative.

Zhao Jinsheng greeted the other party, who had come for soybean seeds. It was unclear how they had obtained the information.

"We would like to meet with the technical head of the breeding program. To be honest, if we can reach an agreement, the amount of soybean seeds we need will be an unimaginable amount."

The visitor spoke with great confidence, and you could tell from their conversation that they were definitely an expert.

Zhao Jinsheng dared not delay and immediately went to invite Fang Wei over.

In terms of breeding technology alone, Fang Wei is undoubtedly the best in the company; with him around, nothing is a problem.

"Everyone, this is Comrade Fang Wei, the chairman of our cooperative."

Zhao Jinsheng introduced both parties and then handed over the initiative.

After Fang Wei sat down, he gave a detailed introduction to the soybean varieties he had cultivated, including their various resistances, yields, oil extraction rates, and so on.

(End of this chapter)