Recaps

Customers praised Zhuxi’s improved vegetables online, while Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi discussed using ryegrass to restore soil and produce seeds. In mid-May, Qing Mengzhu’s staff helped transplant rice seedlings, and he shared practical growing advice with an expanding crowd.

• Customers discussed Zhuxi’s vivid, flavorful vegetables online and praised the company’s quality and fair prices.
• Zhao Hexi showed Qing Mengzhu the online praise and asked about planting another crop of ryegrass.
• Qing Mengzhu said the company would wait until winter and rely on orchard ryegrass for seeds, while continuing research into the soil-restoring plant.
• In mid-May, Qing Mengzhu arranged for company staff to transplant ten mu of rice grown from seeds harvested the previous year.
• As the staff worked in the paddies, Qing Mengzhu explained rice-growing practices, drawing more listeners to hear his advice.

Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi oversaw rice planting at their company’s two farms in Ye'erqingele before returning to Vine City for the Dragon Boat Festival preparations. After selling bamboo to Pei Guangjian's group, Qing Mengzhu discussed its improved quality and the bamboo growing on his mountain.

• Qing Mengzhu taught rice-growing techniques to a crowd, and Zhao Hexi asked him to help plant rice at their two frontier farms.
• Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi traveled to Ye'erqingele, where Ge Yutian reported that the vegetable crops were planted and the rice paddies were ready.
• Qing Mengzhu inspected the paddies and approved transplanting the rice seedlings with machinery.
• After three days, Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi flew back to Vine City, where Qing Mengzhu prepared bamboo for zongzi and bamboo vinegar.
• Pei Guangjian told Qing Mengzhu that the latest bamboo test showed better quality than the previous year's, and Qing Mengzhu said the mutated bamboo and space bamboo were still growing well.

Qing Mengzhu showed Duan Yu'ang the expanding bamboo grove and discussed a new supply contract, then led him to the mountaintop to see the transplanted mother bamboo. Qing Mengzhu realized the bamboo had reached Supreme Grade- quality, confirming that the Seed Gene Agent had worked.

• Duan Yu'ang asked Qing Mengzhu for more bamboo, and Qing Mengzhu agreed to discuss a new contract during a visit.
• Qing Mengzhu showed Duan Yu'ang the Space Bamboo, mutated bamboo, and thriving new shoots while explaining how the grove's waste was reused.
• Qing Mengzhu led Duan Yu'ang and his subordinates along the mountain road to see the transplanted mother bamboo.
• Qing Mengzhu noticed the mother bamboo had grown to seven or eight meters and reached Supreme Grade- quality.

Qing Mengzhu discovered that the mother bamboo on his mountain had reached Supreme Grade- quality and began brewing its leaves with tea. Zhao Hexi tried to find other bamboo leaves with the same fragrant qualities, but his experiments failed.

• Qing Mengzhu signed a contract to sell more bamboo to Duan Yu'ang and his people at a thirty percent higher price.
• Qing Mengzhu scanned leaves from the mother bamboo and confirmed they were Supreme Grade- with spiritual energy, then brewed them with Ming Chunxi.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi made a habit of sharing bamboo leaf tea, and Zhao Hexi was amazed by its fragrance.
• Zhao Hexi insisted on searching the mountain for more tea-worthy leaves, and Qing Mengzhu helped him pick some.
• Zhao Hexi tried brewing ordinary bamboo leaves in different ways, but none produced the distinctive fragrance of the mother bamboo leaves.

Qing Mengzhu oversaw bamboo vinegar spraying, harvested prawns and young lotus stems, and shared lunch with Ming Chunxi and their animals. He told Ming Chunxi they needed to visit Qiongwei City to check the durian trees, and Ming Chunxi agreed, suggesting they go to the seaside.

• Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi discussed protecting the tea-making bamboo as technicians sprayed the fields with bamboo vinegar solution.
• Qing Mengzhu harvested vegetables, freshwater prawns, and young lotus stems for lunch.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi cooked lunch and fed prawns to Dharma Protector and the other animals.
• Qing Mengzhu told Ming Chunxi that Ping Lin and the others needed help deciding whether to thin the durian flowers in Qiongwei City.
• Ming Chunxi agreed to go with Qing Mengzhu and asked whether they should visit the seaside.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi inspected the Qiongwei City orchard, replenished its reservoirs, and prepared the durian trees for fruiting. When powerful Typhoon Noel struck, they stayed to oversee the orchard and went out to inspect the residential area after the power failed.

• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi checked the orchard, found the durian trees needed nutrients, and arranged for fermented cow manure to be delivered.
• Qing Mengzhu confirmed the Spirit Pearl Dregs in the reservoirs had run out and added two packets to each reservoir.
• Qing Mengzhu thinned and pollinated the durian blossoms, then discussed having workers continue the pollination and attracting nocturnal pollinators.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi stayed at the orchard when Typhoon Noel approached, and Qing Mengzhu assured Zhao Hexi they were safe indoors.
• The power went out as the typhoon intensified, so Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi put on raincoats, took flashlights, and went to inspect the residential area.

After the typhoon passed, Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi found their orchard mostly unharmed, then visited Mi Yao’s damaged orchard to help save his fallen durian trees. Qing Mengzhu arranged treatments and began guiding Mi Yao and his workers through the recovery effort.

• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi sheltered together through the typhoon, then inspected their orchard and found little damage.
• Qing Mengzhu saw in the orchard owners’ group chat that other orchards had suffered worse damage, including Mi Yao’s fallen durian trees.
• Mi Yao invited Qing Mengzhu to assess his orchard, where Qing Mengzhu found that seventeen of the seventy-three fallen trees were severely damaged.
• Qing Mengzhu prepared a treatment list that included bamboo vinegar, and Mi Yao agreed to buy the supplies.
• Zhao Hexi arranged express delivery of the treatments, and Qing Mengzhu mixed them with Spirit Pearl Dregs water.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi helped Mi Yao and his workers clear damaged parts from the durian trees.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi helped Mi Yao treat his damaged durian trees, and Mi Yao showed them his lychee orchard while they waited for roast goose. Qing Mengzhu assessed the orchard and noticed several Kanyao durian trees among the Monthong trees.

• Qing Mengzhu had Mi Yao apply medicinal solution, bandage the durian trees, and secure them after replanting; the lychee trees also appeared livelier after treatment.
• Mi Yao treated Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi to lychee-wood-roasted goose and showed Qing Mengzhu how it was prepared.
• Mi Yao told Qing Mengzhu that an agricultural technician had declared the durian trees unsalvageable, but his workers had urged him to seek Qing Mengzhu's help.
• Mi Yao showed Qing Mengzhu his lychee trees and explained how they pruned them and managed the orchard.
• Qing Mengzhu noticed several Kanyao durian trees among Mi Yao's Monthong trees and asked whether Mi Yao had planted them deliberately.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi enjoyed Mi Yao’s roast goose and accepted a gift of lychee mushrooms. Mi Yao then invited them to join his friends on a sea-fishing trip, delaying their return to Vine City by a day.

• Mi Yao showed Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi the orchard’s durian trees and shared contacts for fruit growers before bringing them to eat.
• Qing Mengzhu praised Old Ma’s roast goose, and they agreed to exchange roast-goose techniques between their homes.
• Mi Yao saw Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi off and learned they planned to return to Vine City the day after next.
• The next morning, Mi Yao brought them freshly picked lychee mushrooms from his grove and explained that they grew after typhoons.
• Mi Yao invited Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi to fish for humpback grouper after the typhoon, and they agreed to meet his group at the dock with fishing rods and earthworms.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi joined Mi Yao and his friends for a sea-fishing trip, where their earthworms proved effective and they caught plenty of fish. They returned to the orchard for a feast, and Zhao Hexi called after seeing Qing Mengzhu’s photos.

• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi dug up earthworms and brought them to the dock for the fishing trip.
• Qing Mengzhu caught a red snapper, and Ming Chunxi later caught a humpback grouper.
• The anglers switched to Qing Mengzhu’s earthworms and began catching fish more quickly.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi ate freshly caught fish aboard the boat and planned to go fishing together again.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi brought their catch back to the orchard and shared a feast with everyone.
• Zhao Hexi saw Qing Mengzhu’s Moments photos and called to ask about the fishing haul.

After returning to Vine City, Qing Mengzhu checked the farms after heavy rain, caught wild fish and shrimp in his family’s rice paddy, and discussed a silk-clothing sales venture with Zhao Hexi. Zhao Hexi prepared to travel to Ye'erqingele to arrange tomato-sauce production, while Qing Mengzhu planned to visit the rice fields soon.

• Qing Mengzhu agreed to bring Zhao Hexi a bucket of orchard earthworms when they returned to Vine City.
• After the sea-fishing trip, Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi returned to Vine City, where Qing Mengzhu inspected the cattle, hazel grouse, mother bamboo, and fields after the rain.
• Qing Mengzhu caught small fish and shrimp in his family’s rice paddy and shared them with the employees, who recalled catching fish in their childhood.
• Zhao Hexi brought Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi silk clothes made from local spring-silkworm silk, and Qing Mengzhu agreed that the company should explore selling selected agricultural products under a separate brand.
• Zhao Hexi said he would travel to Ye'erqingele to arrange tomato-sauce production, and Qing Mengzhu planned to visit the rice fields in a few days.

Qing Mengzhu inspected the rice and other crops before agreeing with Zhao Hexi to buy and lease a neighboring oilseed sunflower farm. He stayed in the frontier region for half a month to manage the new crop, while production of their tomato and pepper products began in Ye'erqingele.

• Zhao Hexi told Qing Mengzhu that an oilseed sunflower farm owner had offered to sell them his crop, and Qing Mengzhu agreed to inspect it.
• Qing Mengzhu checked the rice and other crops, adjusting the paddy water and planning when to dry and fertilize the fields.
• Qing Mengzhu inspected the sunflower fields and decided to buy the crop and lease the farm, while Zhao Hexi negotiated the deal.
• Qing Mengzhu arranged for the new farm to keep bees for pollination and took his team to care for the sunflowers and soil.
• Qing Mengzhu stayed in the frontier region for half a month, and Ming Chunxi visited him for a few days.
• Zhao Hexi sent the Ye'erqingele vegetables to a contract manufacturer, where production of tomato sauce, tomato paste, and dried peppers began.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi sampled Zhou Yan’s new dishes, which featured ingredients from their farm and orchard. Just as they finished, Zhao Hexi called to say Qing Mengzhu’s cow seemed to be going into labor.

• Qing Mengzhu returned to Vine City with tomato products and invited Zhou Yan to get together after he finished developing new dishes.
• Zhou Yan served Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi Sichuan pepper conch, meat-stuffed peppers, and bird’s nest and lotus seed soup, explaining the ingredients and flavors.
• Qing Mengzhu praised the dishes and suggested that Zhou Yan offer the soup hot or cold and sell the dishes as a set.
• Zhao Hexi called Qing Mengzhu and reported that his cow was calling urgently and seemed about to give birth.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi watched as all twenty-eight cows gave birth safely, then learned to milk them and collect colostrum. They brought the first milk to Zhou Yan, who remarked that it looked different from what he had seen before.

• Qing Mengzhu, Ming Chunxi, and the vet prepared the cows for delivery and waited through the night.
• All twenty-eight cows gave birth to healthy calves without complications by the following morning.
• The vet examined the cows and calves, advised Qing Mengzhu to milk the cows as their colostrum increased, and offered to teach him.
• On the third day, the vet taught Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi how to milk the cows and explained that the yellow milk was colostrum.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi brought colostrum to Zhou Yan, who said it looked different from what he had seen before.

Qing Mengzhu and Zhou Yan tasted the farm’s rich, naturally sweet cow colostrum and discussed making dairy products and desserts with the fresh milk. As the cows began producing steadily, the farm’s yogurt and other dairy dishes became popular, and customers soon asked about coffee.

• Zhou Yan slowly pasteurized Qing Mengzhu’s colostrum while the group drank tea and discussed the cows’ milk supply.
• Zhou Yan served the colostrum, and Qing Mengzhu, Zhao Hexi, Ming Chunxi, and the others found it unusually rich, sweet, and delicious.
• Zhou Yan agreed to make butter, cheese, yogurt, double-skin milk, and desserts with the cows’ milk, and Qing Mengzhu offered to order dairy treats for his company.
• The farm began using its steady supply of fresh milk in cakes, baked dishes, and yogurt, which became popular and often sold out early.
• Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi discussed the dairy products’ popularity, and Zhao Hexi said people online had begun asking about coffee.

Qing Mengzhu and his crew harvested their second year's rice crop by hand, while Academician Bai Wenru and Professor Cheng Yizheng examined its unusual strength and quality. Bai and Cheng joined Qing Mengzhu at the farm to discuss business, leaving the conversation poised to turn to collaboration.

• Qing Mengzhu, Ming Chunxi, Zhao Hexi, and the harvesting crew began cutting the ripe rice by hand and found loaches in the dried paddies.
• Gu Benshu alerted Qing Mengzhu that Academician Bai Wenru and Professor Cheng Yizheng had arrived to inspect the fields.
• Bai Wenru and Cheng Yizheng praised the rice's lodging resistance, sturdy stalks, low rate of empty grains, and insect resistance.
• Qing Mengzhu invited Bai Wenru and Cheng Yizheng to the farm to talk, while they left their students to help harvest the rice.
• Bai Wenru began reminiscing about his early work on hybrid rice breeding as he and Qing Mengzhu sat down to discuss business.

Qing Mengzhu agreed to cooperate with research laboratories on rice studies and harvested his family’s improved crop, which yielded 1,237 jin per mu. He then oversaw the first rice harvest at the company’s large Ye'erqingele farm, where the grain was sent for drying.

• Qing Mengzhu agreed to detailed partnership talks with Cheng Yizheng and Bai Wenru’s laboratories, and Zhao Hexi prepared to negotiate the terms.
• Qing Mengzhu’s family harvested ten mu of rice, averaging 1,237 jin per mu, and Zhou Yan cooked the fragrant new crop for them to try.
• Qing Mengzhu refused to sell the family’s rice, reserving it for seed, family, and friends, while Zhao Hexi discussed promoting the company’s upcoming rice.
• Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi traveled to Ye'erqingele and arranged for Ge Yutian’s crew to harvest the company’s 178-hectare farm with seven harvesters.
• Qing Mengzhu planned to plow the rice straw into the fields and sow ryegrass, then inspected the large drying plant receiving the harvest.

Qing Mengzhu and his companions rushed to Qiongwei City after Ping Lin reported that their durians had ripened on the trees. They gathered at the orchard at night to inspect the fruit and prepare for their first harvest, but had not yet tasted any.

• Ping Lin told Qing Mengzhu that some durians had ripened and split open on the trees, so Qing Mengzhu booked a flight to Qiongwei City.
• Qing Mengzhu invited Zhao Hexi, Zhou Yan, and Chu Yanhuan to join him, while Ming Lexin declined and asked them to bring her good durians.
• Ming Chunxi picked up Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi, and the group drove to the orchard while discussing their past disappointments with store-bought durians.
• At the orchard, Chu Yanhuan and Ping Lin waited for Qing Mengzhu so they could taste the first tree-ripened durians together.
• Qing Mengzhu inspected the fruit and its clear fragrance under the starry sky, while Zhao Hexi asked where they could find a ladder.

Ping Lin guided Zhao Hexi, Chu Yanhuan, Qing Mengzhu, Zhou Yan, and Ming Chunxi through the orchard to pick ripe durians, and they discovered that each fruit had a distinct flavor. After tasting four durians, they compared the surprising aromas and learned that wild durians could all taste different.

• Ping Lin pointed out ripe durians, and Zhao Hexi climbed a ladder to pick the first one despite being startled by animals in the tree.
• Ping Lin opened the durian, and everyone shared its silky, sweet flesh and eagerly decided to pick another.
• Zhao Hexi and Chu Yanhuan helped carry the ladder to a nearby tree, where they picked a second durian with a richer, mellower flavor.
• Qing Mengzhu, Zhou Yan, and Ming Chunxi compared the second durian's complex taste with the first and asked to try a third.
• Ping Lin picked a third durian with a nutty aroma, and the group continued tasting a fourth with yet another distinct flavor.
• Qing Mengzhu likened picking durians to opening blind boxes, and Ping Lin explained that wild durians could each have a different flavor.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi hosted Mi Yao and his friends, who sampled their premium durians and offered to connect them with clients. The orchard welcomed its first customers that afternoon, and the durians sold well at high prices.

• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi ate mung bean soup for breakfast before Qing Mengzhu invited Mi Yao and his friends to visit.
• Qing Mengzhu said he expected to wholesale the durians for 1,600 yuan per kilogram and retail them for 900 yuan per jin, then took the group to taste one.
• Mi Yao and his friends praised the durian’s rich fragrance and silky texture and offered to introduce potential clients.
• Qing Mengzhu guided the clients who arrived that afternoon through the orchard and helped them pick ripe durians.
• The clients bought at least three durians per family, and Qing Mengzhu gave the customer who bought twenty-six the wholesale price.

Qing Mengzhu and his staff sold their tree-ripened durians at the orchard and farm restaurant, where Cui Zhenzhen and her friends loved the new baked durian with cheese. Back home, Qing Mengzhu shared durian with the animals, then rode off with the rest to give some to Ming Chunxi before they could persuade him to feed them more.

• Qing Mengzhu and the orchard staff offered customers earthworms, ryegrass, or figs as gifts and sold durians locally, to longtime customers elsewhere, and on consignment at the farm restaurant.
• Cui Zhenzhen ordered the new baked durian with cheese, loved it with her friends, and got the last three portions before the restaurant ran out.
• The server gave Cui Zhenzhen and her friends bamboo leaf tea, which they enjoyed after their rich dessert.
• Qing Mengzhu returned home with durians, where Dharma Protector, Guard, the otter, and the red fox eagerly gathered around him.
• Qing Mengzhu gave each animal a small piece of durian, but left with the remaining half to share with Ming Chunxi before the animals could coax him into giving them more.

Liu Mo and his family tried Zhuxi Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.'s durian and praised its flavor and yield as the fruit became a national sensation. After a successful harvest and preparations for the next season, Qing Mengzhu left for Qiongwei City with bees to collect nectar from flowering coffee plants.

• Liu Mo bought a five-jin durian, opened it with his family, and posted a glowing review with photos.
• Qing Mengzhu and Zhao Hexi discussed the strong demand for durians and planned to fertilize and prune the trees after the harvest.
• Qing Mengzhu's company completed its durian harvest after October 15, then fertilized the trees and arranged for technicians to prune them.
• By the company's fourth year, its orchards were producing abundant fruit, and its durians had become famous at home and abroad.
• Qing Mengzhu prepared to fly to Qiongwei City with bees to collect nectar from flowering coffee plants while Ming Chunxi stayed behind to debug a product.

Qing Mengzhu brought bees to Qiongwei City to pollinate Ping Lin’s fragrant coffee blossoms and inspected the flowering grove and its water supply. The bees began gathering nectar, while Qing Mengzhu planned to leave the healthy coffee trees alone and continue checking the orchard.

• Ping Lin met Qing Mengzhu at the airport and reassured him that the coffee blossoms’ strong fragrance would help the bees gather nectar quickly.
• Qing Mengzhu arrived at the coffee grove, admired its dense, colorful blossoms, and told Lin Jinghan to spread out the hives because the flowers would not last long.
• Qing Mengzhu used the Mall Assistant to check the coffee trees and decided they needed only an appropriate amount of extra fertilizer.
• Lin Jinghan and the beekeeping team released the bees into the grove, and Qing Mengzhu shared photos of the bees and blossoms with Ming Chunxi.
• Qing Mengzhu checked the pond, found its Spirit Pearl Dregs still effective, and brought water back for the bees.
• Qing Mengzhu saw the orchard’s free-range chickens and recalled that more than fifty thousand chickens were being raised across the orchards for the farmstead.

Qing Mengzhu and his companions harvested their first crop of coffee cherries and sent them for natural, washed, and honey processing. When the fermentation neared completion, Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi visited the processing plant, where the master explained the methods and began showing them the honey-processed beans.

• Qing Mengzhu oversaw the harvest of the ripe coffee cherries with Ming Chunxi and Zhao Hexi, and Zhao Hexi discovered that the fruit tasted bitter and astringent.
• Qing Mengzhu arranged for the cherries to be divided among natural, washed, and honey processing at a plant in Qiongwei City.
• After the fermentation neared completion, the master invited Qing Mengzhu to inspect the beans.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi visited the plant, smelled the rich coffee aroma, and asked about the different processing methods.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi decided to look at the honey-processed coffee first.

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi toured a coffee workshop, sampled several coffees, and brought beans home. Qing Mengzhu invited his friends to share coffee in his garden, where they began brewing the honey-processed beans.

• The master showed Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi honey-processed, washed, and sun-dried coffee beans and explained how they were processed.
• The master ground and extracted several coffees for them to smell and taste, and they finished with lattes in his office.
• Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi asked the master for beans, and Qing Mengzhu showed that he had ordered a coffee machine for home.
• After returning from Qiongwei City, Qing Mengzhu invited Zhao Hexi and the others to his garden for coffee.
• Zhou Yan, Zhao Hexi, and Chu Yanhuan arrived, chose beans to try, and Qing Mengzhu began grinding the honey-processed beans.