Chapter 731: Returning to Nature

"So, you're actually planning to go farming?" In the living room, Luo Ni asked with surprise after learning of her daughter's upcoming plans.

Miss Luo Quan shoveled a mouthful of egg-fried rice from her bowl and nodded: "Yeah, after all, no one is making videos in this pastoral style, and there are indeed people abroad who like to watch them. It feels quite promising."

"Also, Mom, go ask Grandpa and Grandma if our old hometown has been developed yet, and how much farmland is left to plant."

Miss Luo Quan's grandparents both came from the mountains; when they were in school, they had to walk two hours on mountain paths to attend school in the neighboring town.

Now, the scale of the town is growing larger and larger, but there is almost no one left in the mountains.

Because the mountain paths are difficult to walk and no one repairs them, the young people go out to work as soon as they grow up, and the old people in the mountains have remained in this land forever as time passed.

It was only during the New Year when she was a child that Miss Luo Quan would be taken by her grandparents to the mountains to worship their ancestors; otherwise, she really wouldn't remember that there was actually a large piece of land at home.

Land like this is actually not uncommon in Yuzhou. There are many mountains there, and people rely on the mountains to make a living. It's just that, by comparison, most young people still hope that when the government plans new buildings, their own land will be included.

Nowadays, the safest way to get rich overnight is probably through demolition compensation.

Hearing her daughter talk about serious business, Luo Ni took out her phone and started a video chat with her mother's house.

The video call connected, and it was Grandpa who answered at home.

Luo Ni and her daughter first exchanged some care and greetings, telling Grandpa that they would bring the two granddaughters back to visit the two elders soon.

Then they asked about the old home.

"The old home?" Grandpa thought for a moment and replied: "It's said that many young people have returned now, all doing live streaming in the mountains, on that Constable or whatever platform. The scale they've set up is quite large!"

"Then they didn't occupy our family's land, did they?"

"No. I went back with your grandma during the Qingming Festival. The earthen house of our home has collapsed, but the few fields behind it are still there. The trees and bamboo haven't been cut down either; they are all still fine."

"By the way, why are you asking about this?"

"Your granddaughter also wants to film videos and do live streaming, saying she wants to promote the landscape and pastoral culture of Huaxia." Luo Ni patted her daughter on the shoulder.

The old man shook his head upon hearing this: "Isn't it said that you are doing very well in music now? You're even an international star, so why are you getting into these things too?"

"Those 'spiritual youths' on Douyin and Constable are like idiots. Miss Luo Quan, you must not learn from them!"

"Grandpa, you've misunderstood." Miss Luo Quan was between laughter and tears, "My content is still a bit different from those on short video platforms. Those are all pretending to be crazy and stupid to attract attention; I am going to farm for real."

"You? Farming?" Grandpa grinned so wide he almost lost his teeth, "You don't look like you're farming at all. The hoe is so heavy, how many times can you swing it?"

Miss Luo Quan curled her lips: "Don't underestimate your granddaughter. My strength is greater than you imagine. As for farming, won't I learn it if I put in a little effort? You know how smart your granddaughter is."

"Fine, fine, fine." The old man nodded repeatedly, "Then go ahead and farm. I'll see what you can come up with."

With her daughter and granddaughter coming back, the old man was certainly quite happy. As for the farming, to be honest, he didn't take it to heart at all.

How many young people today know how to farm? Being able to cook a meal properly is already quite good, let alone farming. It's completely the life of a young lady with the heart of a maid.

The call ended, and Luo Ni looked at her daughter and chuckled: "It seems your grandpa doesn't think highly of your career."

"That's because they don't know their granddaughter's capabilities." Miss Luo Quan smiled triumphantly and continued eating the rice in her bowl.

The plan had been formulated, and the situation was understood well enough. Miss Luo Quan was also prepared to set off for her old home in Yuzhou immediately to start live streaming.

Going with her were her mother, her younger sister, and Seeing Wen Xia. Li Ang stayed in Night Shanghai to prepare for filming the show, while Mi Ya wanted to stroll around the capital and feel the atmosphere of the capital of Huaxia.

The next day, the four of them arrived in Yuzhou on the morning flight. It was July morning, and it was ridiculously hot.

Although she had lived here for over a decade, no matter how many times she experienced it, she still couldn't get used to it.

Moreover, compared to when she was a child, the summer in Yuzhou was getting hotter and hotter. Last year, there was even a period when it reached forty degrees, and the weather forecast directly issued a high-temperature red alert.

In that kind of weather, if you fainted from heatstroke on the road, you could really be cooked.

However, the situation this year seemed to be slightly better than last year; the temperature was about two degrees lower than the same period last year, so it wasn't as scorching.

But even in the coolest morning and dusk, it was still over thirty degrees, and you couldn't survive without turning on the air conditioning.

Fortunately, Miss Luo Quan had previously obtained a bottle of Ice Muscle Jade Bone Cream from the system. Applying it once a day for ten days would permanently improve skin quality and accelerate the skin's heat dissipation function.

This was also the reason why Seeing Wen Xia said her body felt both icy and smooth when touched.

She had originally thought this was a useless ointment, but now it seemed she had been too hasty.

In the scorching weather of Yuzhou, accelerated skin heat dissipation was truly comfortable. Although it didn't make her feel like she was in an air-conditioned room, it at least prevented her from being drenched in sweat just by sitting still.

After a ride of nearly twenty minutes, Luo Ni and her two daughters returned to the residential area where the two elders lived.

The two elders were cooling off and chatting under a tree with a group of old friends. Because they were facing away, they didn't see their daughter and granddaughters returning.

"Grandpa, Grandma." Miss Luo Quan gently patted the old man's shoulder and called out.

"Oh my, Quanquan, you're finally back!" Grandma grabbed Miss Luo Quan's arm with surprise, her face full of smiles.

"Is this Miss Luo Quan? My god, she's grown so big." A group of old neighbors also looked at Miss Luo Quan with surprise.

Miss Luo Quan had lived in this residential area since she was born, and these neighbors had moved in even longer than she had; it could be said they watched her grow up.

When Miss Luo Quan was playing in the residential area back then, the neighbors all said this girl was definitely a beauty in the making, and they didn't know what she would look like when she grew up.

Time flew by, six or seven years passed, and the little girl had indeed grown into a graceful and stunning beauty.

"Hello, Grandma Wang. Hello, Grandma Liu." Miss Luo Quan clearly remembered these old people and greeted them enthusiastically.

"It's incredible, Quanquan. I haven't seen you for a few years, and you're so beautiful now. It's truly 'ten girls, eight changes'!" Grandma Wang looked at Miss Luo Quan and shook her head, sighing repeatedly.

Grandma Liu asked with a smile: "Let me calculate, Quanquan, you're twenty-one this year, right? Do you have a boyfriend?"

Sure enough, as soon as you return to your hometown, the topic of a partner is the one thing the gossiping aunts care about most, without exception.

And for such a great beauty as Miss Luo Quan, whether she has a partner is even more concerning, because these retired aunts love to play the role of matchmaker most.

"Not yet." Regarding this question, Miss Luo Quan could only smile and shake her head.

Grandma Liu looked earnest: "You can start dating now. If you can't even find one in college, it will be even harder to find one after entering society."

"What are you talking about?" Grandma Wang directly interrupted her old friend's words, "With Quanquan's conditions, what kind of person can't she find?"

"That's true. You two are truly enjoying blessings now." A group of neighbors looked at Miss Luo Quan's grandparents and laughed.

Having such an outstanding granddaughter is probably the greatest happy event in the two elders' later years.

For the first ten years or so, Luo Ni, this daughter, gave them no shortage of worries.

Fortunately, Miss Luo Quan was truly a credit to them. She had been obedient and sensible since she was a child, and as she grew up, she earned them no end of face.

Some time ago, Yuzhou TV station often came to interview them. It wasn't for anything else, but because they were Miss Luo Quan's grandparents. Everyone wanted to know how they cultivated Miss Luo Quan since she was a child, allowing her to grow into the international great musician she is today.

Besides that, the neighborhood committee also came to give them gifts and condolences during every festival.

Although they weren't lacking in this now, this enthusiasm was truly something that made people happy.

And all of this was brought about by their granddaughter.

Now, whenever others mentioned Miss Luo Quan's name, the two elders couldn't be more proud.

"Grandma Wang, Grandma Liu, we're holding a banquet in two days. Everyone must come then." After the pleasantries, Miss Luo Quan greeted the neighbors before everyone went back to their homes.

"Good, we'll definitely come." Everyone nodded with smiles.

After returning home, Grandpa asked curiously: "What kind of banquet are you holding? How come we haven't heard anything about it?"

"It's for Yaomei. We didn't hold one for her full month, hundred days, or half-year. Since we're back in Yuzhou, we have to make up for it all at once."

Miss Luo Quan's words reminded the two elders that it wasn't just Miss Luo Quan who had returned this time.

Mainly, they hadn't held Luo Xi yet and had only seen her in videos before, so they had ignored her.

"Oh my, I almost forgot about you." Grandma held the little granddaughter in her arms and teased her.

"Ya ya." Luo Xi grinned happily, not being shy at all.

Sure enough, it's the affection between generations. When Miss Luo Quan first held her younger sister, she didn't receive such good treatment.

"Speaking of which, isn't holding a banquet something rich families do? Wouldn't it be too extravagant and wasteful for us to do this?" Grandpa had always been low-key and simple. He had attended many banquets before, but he hadn't hosted many himself.

"We are a rich family now." Miss Luo Quan sat on the sofa, not knowing how to explain to the two elders just how rich she was.

Not to mention the industries on her father's side, the money in her own hands was already enough to enter the rich list.

Originally, she had planned to let her grandparents move to a better new residential area to enjoy life, but the two elders were reluctant to leave the old neighbors here, so they didn't move.

Perhaps they had lived a plain life for too long, and the two elders had never realized to what extent they could be wealthy.

As the saying goes, to be wealthy and not return to one's hometown is like wearing silk in the dark.

In the past, when relatives hosted banquets, there was never a time to reciprocate.

Now that they were successful, it was reasonable to host one.

Of course, although rural flowing banquets were good, there was no open space near the residential area that could accommodate them, so Miss Luo Quan planned to hold the banquet at a hotel.

It wasn't down-to-earth enough, but at least it was grand enough.

"Then I'll pick an auspicious day." Grandma said, looking for a date suitable for a banquet on the multi-functional paper calendar issued by the community.

"No need to look. I've already checked; it's the day after tomorrow." Although Miss Luo Quan wanted to say that as long as the mindset is good, every day is an auspicious day.

However, the old people believed in this, so she had researched it in advance. The day after tomorrow was suitable for travel and banquets.

"It really is." Grandma nodded and turned to look at her husband: "You go call those relatives and tell them to come the day after tomorrow."

Grandpa took out his reading glasses from the drawer and put them on: "How many should we invite? Can a 'one-stop' service fit in the residential area?"

"What 'one-stop' service?" Miss Luo Quan waved her hand, "We'll eat at the hotel. Invite as many as we know. As long as the relationship is good, they can all come. I'm not afraid of not having enough seats; I'm only afraid they won't come."

"You've earned a little money, and now your tone is different. No matter how rich you are, you have to be frugal." Grandpa started lecturing her when he heard his granddaughter acting so flighty.

"We only host one once in a while, so we definitely need more people to make it lively." Miss Luo Quan quickly explained: "I'm actually very frugal when I spend money myself; I'm not as extravagant as you imagine."

"If that's the case, that's best. Remember, no matter how much money you earn, you must not forget your roots." Although Grandpa hadn't taught school, he was a college student after all, and he definitely understood life principles better than Miss Luo Quan. This lecture was quite resonant.

As for Grandma, she felt that being extravagant occasionally wasn't a bad thing.

Now that her granddaughter was capable, hosting a banquet to celebrate wasn't a bad thing.

"I didn't say I wouldn't invite them." Grandpa took out the list of relatives' phone numbers written in his notebook, "If we invite everyone, that's one or two hundred people. Plus those neighbors, that's thirty tables. And we're eating at a hotel. This will cost tens of thousands."

Miss Luo Quan smiled and didn't speak.

If it were an ordinary hotel, it would indeed be tens of thousands.

However, she had booked a five-star hotel. At 4,000 per table, the consumption was estimated to be over 100,000.

These things certainly couldn't be told to the old people. If she said it, she would probably be criticized again.

Although this amount of money was nothing to her, to the two elders, this was a huge sum that they might not be able to save even after several years of pension.

So, facing Grandpa's complaints, Miss Luo Quan quickly comforted him: "People will give gift money when they come to the banquet. It won't cost much in the end."

"Most of them are poor relatives. How much can we collect? A hundred or two hundred yuan per family is just a gesture." Grandpa spoke of the market price for the older generation in Yuzhou.

For banquets, the gifts were basically that much.

If the relationship was good, or if it was an important event, it could be raised a bit, but at most it was one or two thousand. He basically hadn't seen higher amounts.

However, remembering that his daughter and granddaughter were not short of money now, he didn't dwell on it anymore and started inviting guests one by one according to the records in the notebook. ===== CHAPTER 732 =====