Pan Xiaolian breathed a sigh of relief after Li Qingfeng left for town.
Fortunately, she had thought of this matter suddenly. If she had tried to handle it tomorrow, everything would likely have been too late.
"Rumble rumble!"
"Rumble rumble..."
Li Qingfeng drove the tractor, emitting bursts of black smoke along the way. Listening to the tractor's sputtering sound, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but cover his head.
He thought, "Is this thing broken?"
"It absolutely cannot be! I haven't even reached my destination yet!"
He arrived at a fork in the road where the path was very narrow, only wide enough for one vehicle to pass.
Just then, a four-wheeled vehicle came from the opposite direction.
Seeing the familiar license plate, Li Qingfeng stopped immediately and yielded the road. He recognized the license plate very well.
As expected, after seeing him stop, the four-wheeled vehicle from the opposite side drove over and stopped next to him.
As the window of the four-wheeled vehicle rolled down, the familiar face of Uncle Xu Wu appeared.
"It's Xiao Feng! Are you going to town?"
Xu Wu asked curiously.
Recently, Xu Wu had been experiencing a streak of good luck. Not to mention anything else, ever since Li Qingfeng had cured the fruit trees in his orchard, some of the fruits had inexplicably begun to grow rapidly.
By the time the fruit trees were ready for harvest, the fruits were several times larger than usual.
He had thought of them as merely small apples, but they had grown into large apples and tasted exceptionally good!
Sweet, delicious, with abundant juice, and a crisp, sweet bite with every mouthful.
Therefore, the orchard's harvest was very good this year, and he made a lot of money. Xu Wu decisively bought a new four-wheeled vehicle, but he kept the old license plate.
This was why Li Qingfeng could recognize him immediately. If he had changed the license plate, even Li Qingfeng wouldn't have been able to stop him directly.
Xu Wu looked at Li Qingfeng in front of him and asked curiously, "Xiao Feng! What are you planning to do recently? Tell Uncle Wu, I heard you've contracted dozens of mu of barren mountains!"
"Uncle Wu reminds you, those barren mountains have no fertility left; nothing grows well there!"
Xu Wu said with certainty. After all, he had been planting in the orchard for years and knew the land on the barren mountains of Mopan Gou Village very well.
In fact, he had also considered this matter back then and wanted to lease the land on the barren mountains of Mopan Gou Village. He had even gone to the village committee for it.
At that time, Shan Feiyang's price was not high, only 800 yuan per mu. It was nothing like the current price of 2,500 yuan per mu!
However, even 800 yuan back then was not a small sum. Xu Wu had surveyed the barren mountains for a long time and finally gave up the idea.
Because he eventually discovered that on the barren mountains, the soil had almost completely disappeared, leaving only patches of stones, mostly river pebbles, making it impossible to plant anything.
Therefore, he couldn't help but remind his junior, Li Qingfeng.
Regardless of any connections, he did not want Li Qingfeng to be taken advantage of.
Listening to Uncle Wu's reminder from across the way, Li Qingfeng felt very touched.
He explained, "Uncle Wu, don't worry, I'm not foolish. Actually, I have a better use for these mu of land!"
"What use? Are you sure things can grow there?"
Xu Wu still held the same idea. After all, what could one grow on a stretch of river pebbles?
"It's like this, Uncle Wu! I have a very mature idea."
"In the northwest and northern regions, there is a type of Chinese medicinal herb here with extremely strong vitality and extremely high medicinal value. Its price is also very expensive."
"That is Cistanche!"
"Cistanche? You plan to grow this medicinal herb?"
Hearing Li Qingfeng's words, Xu Wu seemed exceptionally shocked. He immediately asked.
"Yes, Uncle Wu!"
"What's wrong, Uncle Wu? Have you heard of this medicinal material?"
Seeing Xu Wu's surprised reaction, Li Qingfeng asked directly. He felt that Xu Wu might know what Cistanche was!
As expected, things unfolded as he had predicted.
Xu Wu from the opposite side nodded and confirmed Li Qingfeng's question, saying, "Actually, I have grown this Cistanche before because the price is so high, it can sell for hundreds or even thousands of yuan per jin!"
"The profit is there, so Uncle Wu decided to grow quite a bit."
Looking at Li Qingfeng, Xu Wu nodded and slowly recounted his experience.
He explained that the Cistanche he had planted was on the barren mountains. However, there was not even soil there. The growth period for Cistanche was about 2 to 3 years.
But the Cistanche didn't even survive the first year before it disappeared, all dead!
"Such a high mortality rate?"
Looking at Uncle Wu, Li Qingfeng asked in surprise.
Xu Wu nodded, agreeing with him.
Suddenly, Li Qingfeng fell into a daze. However, soon, he remembered that he still had a miraculous trump card: the spiritual liquid!
"If the Cistanche dies, Li Qingfeng can just use the spiritual liquid to save them all."
With this thought, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but thank Xu Wu.
"Uncle Wu, thank you for your reminder. I'll buy a little less Cistanche seedlings and use it as an experiment!"
"Yes, that's safer. Perhaps Cistanche can be grown here now!"
Xu Wu looked at Li Qingfeng and said.
After all, several years had passed since he last planted Cistanche. He didn't know if the varieties had developed to be more drought-resistant and disaster-tolerant.
"What are you going to town for? If it's to buy seedlings, you don't need to go. There are no Cistanche seedlings here!"
Xu Wu spoke again.
Hearing his words, Li Qingfeng smiled mysteriously.
He replied directly, "Uncle Wu, the main reason is that I need to develop those ten mu of barren mountains, so I've hired over ten villagers. Starting tomorrow noon, I'll be providing meals, and I need to buy ingredients!"
Hearing Li Qingfeng's words, Xu Wu looked at him in shock.
"You've already started hiring people, is the funding sufficient?"
"If it's not enough, tell Uncle Wu, and I'll lend you some!"
Xu Wu's words were very sincere.
"No need, Uncle Wu, all the startup capital has been prepared long ago."
"Everything is ready now, just waiting for the right moment!"
Li Qingfeng said happily.
"Then Uncle Wu wishes you prosperity in your business and success in your endeavors in advance!"
"Thank you so much, Uncle Wu!"
The two began to chat casually, no longer discussing these matters.