Chapter 0041 Picking vegetables is not a simple matter
Wen Yanran did not stay in the Kuoshan Village for more. She refused Yin Liuliu's invitation to have dinner at the Kuoshan Township Government. She brought some samples picked at Kang Mingsong's vegetable base and drove away quickly.
She needs to bring these vegetable samples to customers to try and determine the market reaction. In addition, she sends them to the testing agency for testing to determine the quality of these vegetables.
The final vegetable purchase price signed by her Liuxian Pavilion and Kang Mingsong will be determined by these two results.
Wen Yanran returned to Guxing and left most of the products picked today in the restaurant. Then she prepared some samples of the three vegetables and sent them to Guxing Agricultural Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for quality inspection.
The process went smoothly. First, Wen Yanran had her own connections in the Agricultural Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, and second, Qian Qiang, a member of the work team stationed in Kuaishan Village, is the office director of the Guxing District Quality Supervision Bureau, the direct boss of the Agricultural Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center. After he said hello, the testing of these vegetables was naturally given priority.
The test results made Wen Yanran very satisfied. What Kang Mingsong said before was completely false.
For those tomatoes, the nutritional content is much higher than that of ordinary tomatoes. Organic acids such as malic acid and citric acid are 30% to 50% higher than ordinary tomatoes. The content of fruit acids that can help reduce cholesterol is nearly twice as high. In addition, vitamins a, vitamin c, vitamin b1, vitamin b2, carotene and calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and iodine also contain nutrients such as protein, sugar, organic acid, and cellulose, which are both twice to three times higher than ordinary tomatoes.
The peppers grown by Kang Mingsong contain a certain specific capsaicin content that is significantly higher than ordinary peppers. This capsaicin is considered to promote metabolism and achieve weight loss effects.
As for the cucumbers grown by Kang Mingsong, the cucumber enzyme content is several times that of ordinary cucumbers. Cucumber enzyme has strong biological activity and can effectively promote the body's metabolism, moisturize the skin and stretch wrinkles.
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After the restaurant put these three vegetables on trial, the guests' reaction was even more surprising.
As a high-end restaurant, the rich people who come to Liuxian Pavilion to have dinner, and each one has a particularly stingy appetite.
The three vegetables cultivated by Kang Mingsong are obviously more in line with the appetite of these guests who are not short of money.
Although the restaurant did not specifically explain the differences between these three vegetables, after trying them, guests said that when eating tomatoes, cucumbers and chili in the future, they would like tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, they would like to order these three kinds, and they would not have the rest.
Seeing this, Wen Yanran made a decision without hesitation that in the future, she only looked at Kang Mingsong's products when it comes to purchasing these three vegetables.
As for the price, the far-sighted Wen Yanran did not treat Kang Mingsong badly. Although it was purchased in large quantities, the price still rose significantly on the previous basis. Among them, cucumbers and tomatoes both rose to five yuan per pound, and because the output of peppers is small and there are many places used, it rose to ten yuan per pound directly.
Liuxian Pavilion’s business is not only limited to Guxing, but in fact it has already gone to the whole city. Outside Guxing, branches must be opened in four or five other districts and counties in the city.
Therefore, the tomatoes, cucumbers and chili produced in these acres of greenhouses in Kang Mingsong's family can be eaten completely.
Of course, Kang Mingsong did not sell all the products to Liuxiange, but instead set a certain amount of each type to supply it to the restaurants of his elder sister.
After all, the elder sister and her family helped him a lot when they could go out. Not only was they the first window to go out, but they even helped Wen Yanran to contact him. Kang Mingsong could not have broken the bridge across the river. Now that he is developing, he put them aside.
Of course, the more important reason is that this is his closest relative. Kang Mingsong has always attached great importance to family affection, so even if the number of products supplied to Liuxiange is appropriately reduced, the supply of the elder sister's restaurant must be ensured.
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As the three types of vegetables in the greenhouse began to mature, the workload also increased suddenly.
Although Kang Mingsong does not have to be responsible for product transportation, Liuxiange will send a car to Kuaishan Village to pick vegetables every morning, but the picking matters must be solved by Kang's family.
Originally, Kang Mingsong meant that when picking vegetables every morning, I could ask nearby villagers to help, and pay according to the hourly wages, which made it easy and enjoyable.
However, Kang Dazhi and Xiu Chengyan, who were used to being frugal, seriously rejected Kang Mingsong's decision. In their opinion, if they can do such a relaxed job as picking vegetables, their family can at most get up early in the morning and there is no need to give money to others to spend.
However, the facts have proved that Lao Kang and his wife thought things simple. Picking vegetables is indeed not a physical job, but when they have to pick thousands of kilograms of vegetables every morning, this job is not something that only three or two people can do, especially such a job must be completed in two or three hours. After all, the car that is driving vegetables at Liuxian Pavilion must leave on time.
Finally, when the time entered late November, when Kang Mingsong's vegetable greenhouse had to pick more than 800 kilograms of vegetables every morning, the family of three could not stand it.
It’s scary to think about it. The three of you have to get up at 3 a.m. every morning, and then within four hours, pick the ripe vegetables from the five acres of greenhouse, pack them and transport them to the side of the road, waiting for the cart sent by Liuxian Pavilion to transport them away at 7:30.
Kang Dazhi and Xiu Chengyan still wanted to persevere, but Kang Mingsong said he would not do anything. If he persisted for a few more days, he would definitely collapse.
He had to ask for help, otherwise he would give up, Kang Mingsong said.
The old couple saw Kang Mingsong's hard work during this period. Seeing that he was in a state of distraction all day, the old couple couldn't hold on any longer.
However, the rich water will not flow to outsiders' fields. The old couple has already made a decision about the people who invite them to help, that is Kang Mingsong's second sister Kang Minghui and his second brother-in-law Lin Zhengyong.
Compared to the eldest sister Kang Mingmin's family who runs a restaurant in the city and has a good income, the second sister Kang Minghui's family is much worse. They opened a waste recycling store on the streets of Qinghe Town, Lin Zhengyong's hometown, but the business is very average, which means they can barely maintain the life of a family of six.
Chapter completed!