Chapter 1583

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Zhang Ruoshui put on a beautiful dress and looked at herself in the mirror.

She felt the person in the mirror didn't resemble her at all.

Because she never dared imagine she could be this beautiful with such natural grace.

"This white long dress, I think it suits you perfectly — elegant and pretty, not overly flashy or tacky."

Du Xiaojuan said with a smile from the side.

But Zhang Ruoshui's face showed hesitation:

"But, Xiao Juan, this dress, it's so expensive..."

Du Xiaojuan patted her shoulder:

"No problem, I'll pay, you don't need to spend a cent!"

Zhang Ruoshui's face was full of embarrassment:

"That's not quite right..."

But Du Xiaojuan said:

"What's wrong with it? I already treat you as a sister-in-law, you've got to make me proud, hurry up and win over Wang Xiaohua, lest the night bring unforeseen complications!"

Zhang Ruoshui's face flushed with shyness, she nodded:

"Okay Xiao Juan, I'll work hard."

Du Xiaojuan went to pay, then took Zhang Ruoshui to a wedding planning shop, and had the shop's makeup artist do an exquisite makeup for her.

The reason for going to a wedding planning shop for makeup was because in this small county town, Du Xiaojuan couldn't find a dedicated makeup shop; only wedding planning shops had makeup artists who would take this kind of business.

After the makeup was done, Du Xiaojuan looked at it — actually not too satisfied; to tell the truth this makeup artist's skill wasn't great, the makeup was too heavy, completely failing to bring out Zhang Ruoshui's features.

But things had come to this, there was no choice, because it wasn't early anymore, she still had to rush down to Guangzhou, and Zhang Ruoshui also had to rush back to town to see Wang Xiaohua.

So she paid, came out of the shop, then first dropped Zhang Ruoshui off in town, then drove to Guangzhou alone.

"Ruoshui, I'll leave you here, you go find Wang Xiaohua yourself, do you know the way?"

Du Xiaojuan dropped Zhang Ruoshui at the town's street entrance.

Zhang Ruoshui nodded:

"I know the way, Xiao Juan don't worry, I've gone to find Xiaohua Ge several times myself, I won't get lost!"

Du Xiaojuan then said:

"Then I'm off, you go for it! Remember, a woman chasing a man only has a veil between them, be more proactive!"

Zhang Ruoshui nodded again:

"Remembered, Xiao Juan!"

Du Xiaojuan drove away, Zhang Ruoshui watched the taillights recede into the distance.

She turned and walked toward the town government.

Before long she arrived at the town government.

She didn't come empty-handed; she had a backpack filled with local specialties she'd bought in various cities while on the self-driving tour with Du Xiaojuan.

This backpack was extraordinarily heavy, and with the white long dress she wore, it looked very mismatched, even a bit comical.

"Xiaohua Ge, I came to town to find you, when do you get off work?"

Zhang Ruoshui sent Wang Xiaohua a WeChat message.

Wang Xiaohua replied before long:

"I'm out visiting poor households, won't be back until at least after six."

Zhang Ruoshui hurriedly replied:

"No problem, then I'll wait for you!"

Then she set down the backpack and squatted not far from the town government entrance, waiting patiently just like that.

And Wang Xiaohua, at this time, was carrying some oil and grain, visiting that female university student Wu Jihong who had fallen into poverty in Sanlian Village.

This Wu Jihong, back when Liu Yumeng was still at the Poverty Alleviation Office, Wang Xiaohua had visited her together with Liu Yumeng, and understood her specific situation.

From that time on, Wang Xiaohua had been thinking, how could Wu Jihong be helped out of her current predicament?

Making her go labor was obviously unrealistic.

A single woman with five children, the youngest only four years old, the oldest only in sixth grade; she spends massive time every day just caring for the children's food, clothing, housing, and transport — even if she went to labor, she couldn't farm much land.

So the solution must combine her actual circumstances to find a way to solve the problem.

"Ms. Wu, I know raising five kids alone is hard, but you can't keep relying on poverty subsidies forever; you have to think of the children, change the status quo."

Wang Xiaohua felt Wu Jihong still had a good chance to escape poverty, but the premise was she herself had to be willing to change, not let the current predicament drag her into a downward spiral.

Wu Jihong accepted the grain and oil Wang Xiaohua brought, feeling immense gratitude inside, but her face showed a bitter smile:

"Thank you all, thank the Party, thank the Country; but how else can I change? Every day I open my eyes it's the five children's food, clothing, housing, transport — just these I can barely keep up with; a while ago you gave some other poor households passion fruit seedlings, I wanted to plant them too, but then thought better of it, simply no time to manage them! So in the end I didn't go claim those seedlings!"

This was Wu Jihong's honest truth; caring for children takes massive time, let alone five!

Even free-range style — actually it's already free-range, not much education — but just the eating and wearing alone are enough to keep Wu Jihong busy half the day.

Besides a broken electric fan, there were no other appliances at home; cooking takes lots of time, laundry takes lots of time, plus feeding the livestock they raise, then managing the vegetable garden — more than half the day is already gone!

She simply can't find any way to change the status quo! Let alone earn money!

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Ms. Wu, short videos have taken off lately — have you ever thought about posting short videos to earn money?"

"Post short videos to earn money?"

Wu Jihong was stunned.

Xiao Hua said, "Like Douyin, Kuaishou, Volcano Video — those platforms. You record daily life, edit it, post it, and when people watch, you get a certain amount of revenue!"

Xiao Hua also got the idea from Du Xiaojuan. Since Du Xiaojuan could turn his mom — an uneducated old village woman — into a travel blogger and earn a decent income, then Wu Jihong, a female university student, as long as she's willing to put her mind to it, will definitely be able to achieve a certain degree of success on the path of making short videos.

After all, Wu Jihong's education is so high; although the knowledge she learned before may have already been forgotten, her learning ability is definitely still there — writing copy and such, she'll definitely be able to write something of good quality.

Most importantly, while taking care of the child, she can just set up the camera angle and shoot records on the side, and it won't affect her daily work at all.

"I've never done any of this — can it really work?"

Wu Jihong had no confidence in herself.

In fact, the reason she ended up in her current situation is precisely because of that lack of confidence.

If only she'd had a bit more confidence when she first graduated, she wouldn't have failed a few interviews and then chosen to return to the village, marry, and have children.

Xiao Hua encouraged her:

"You can definitely do it — this doesn't require dealing with people face-to-face! This work is perfect for people with social anxiety!"

Then he also said:

"If you're willing to do it, I can sponsor you a set of filming equipment. This set includes a new mobile phone, a phone stent, a batch of short video reference materials, and then once you get your account going, I'll have you do live streaming sales, selling our Shangang Town's local specialties!"