Chapter 1743

Qiaoqiao is very eager to learn.

At this moment, having memorized those words from the proprietress, he earnestly tries to apply them to various scenarios in his mind, and finally discovers—

"That doesn't work at my house."

Huh?

Now it's the proprietress's turn to be surprised: "Is the social atmosphere in your village that good?"

Qiaoqiao thinks for a moment: "Everyone is too busy! They don't have time for these things."

As he speaks, he counts them off: "In winter, we have to be busy planting cabbage, radishes, cilantro, and many other vegetables. The better they grow, the more money we sell them for."

"After the New Year, the mountains and fields at my house need a new round of winter fertilizer; it takes both the villagers and the machines working together to be enough."

Not only do we need to prepare fertilizer, but while deep-plowing and ridging, we also have to pick out and throw away the endless grass roots and stems.

When the temperature rises in spring, it's time to start sowing again.

The wages range from tens to hundreds of yuan, and everyone can't bear not to earn them.

Everyone is envious.

Although he only spoke of the slack winter and spring seasons, the proprietress and the leaders are already listening with eyes shining—

After all, in the countryside, this is the slack farming season.

Even during the slack season, there is so much work; the remaining summer and autumn are naturally the harvest seasons, so does that even need to be said?

The leader next to him sighs:

"Every household in Bai Yu County also has land. After finishing with the grapes in summer, they go out to work in autumn. Actually, they aren't idle either..."

Qiaoqiao knows this question: "I know, I know, Teacher Tang taught me!"

"Those with constant property have constant hearts; a stable income can soothe a person's spirit!"

Huh?

The proprietress feels a bit dizzy hearing this, but the leaders' eyes light up.

【Those with constant property have constant hearts】; since ancient times, national governance has followed this path.

It's just unexpected that Qiaoqiao, who looks so childish, is so exceptionally earnest when saying this.

Their surprise and thirst for knowledge encourage Qiaoqiao, so much so that after a moment of thought, he recalls it and answers with great excitement:

"Teacher Tang said it when she came to my house last year. She said that too many people in our village go out to work, which proves that the land can't keep people."

Teacher Tang, who works in economics, didn't just teach Qiaoqiao the usual piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

As for those things, if the child is interested, he can learn them and have a slight grasp; whether he specializes in them or not depends entirely on his interest.

But besides that, they always felt he was young and ignorant when teaching him how to behave and learn, thus ignoring the subtle influence of the bigger picture—Teacher Tang had quite a few complaints about this.

Fortunately, Qiaoqiao has a well-behaved nature and is like a blank sheet of paper; he learns whatever he is taught.

His brain is also sharp, and sometimes he has flashes of insight that even surprise Teacher Tang.

Therefore, this refined little old lady gets along quite well with him, and she really has said quite a lot, whether it should have been said or not.

It's just that the family is busy, and he studies alone in his room, so Song Tan only found out today that Teacher Tang had told him this!

No wonder she kept mentioning last year that he should lead rural development.

Even Lu Chuan is somewhat shocked watching Qiaoqiao talk eloquently.

Look, Qiaoqiao's sentences are fluent, and although his words are straightforward, the meaning is quite profound.

"So, as long as we still want to take root in the village, we should still develop our hometown if we have the conditions, so that they are all slowly willing to come back."

"Because when people are drifting outside, their hearts are unsettled and their spirits are scattered, making them very easily swayed by outside influences. When they come back and see their hometown like this, they will develop feelings of resentment."

"Resentment means being afraid that others are doing well, and also being afraid that others are doing better than one's own family."

What a great 【afraid that others are doing well, and also afraid that others are doing better than one's own family】. Isn't the mentality often talked about in the village, 【laughing at others' lack and hating others' possession】, exactly this?

The leaders' eyes shine.

They aren't shocked by this grand principle, but hearing such words spoken so earnestly from Qiaoqiao's mouth really does have a profound sense of imagery.

And that Teacher Tang—don't look at it as just straightforward words; people with a lower level of understanding couldn't even bring it up.

Looking again at this family with god-like appearances, being able to invite this unknown big shot to cultivate a child—the vision of this family is truly grand!

Song Tan, who has a grand vision, silently ponders:

Summer vacation is coming soon. Professor Song said he would come this year, but he has repeatedly delayed it due to his schedule.

What about Professor Tang?

It should be fine for Professor Tang to come and stay for a while first, right?

And Lu Chuan also listens earnestly, deciding to have a good chat with Qiaoqiao later—some truths sound simple, but precisely because they are simple, they are universally applicable and can be used anywhere.

"... Plus, if there is a lot of leisure time and no work to do, and no money to be earned, the environment will become restless and breed trouble..."

Qiaoqiao used to hear these words, which sound like principles but also not quite, and only half-understood them.

But with this year's training, plus the various situations in Bai Yu County, he suddenly understood them completely for some reason.

Speaking them out now, the impression is even deeper, and he is exceptionally articulate.

The proprietress of the family-style canteen listens to Qiaoqiao say these things, almost dumbfounded.

After the guests leave, she goes into the back kitchen and says to her husband, who is busy cleaning up:

"I've been thinking, it's probably not going to work for many people in our village to organize their own live-streaming and sales."

"Why?" the boss asks, a bit curious.

Haven't many of them hung their names on the anchor's links? That's better than live-streaming without any foundation, right?

The proprietress sighs: "That big anchor, although young and the brain is... but the education at home is not lacking at all!"

Don't look at the fact that he's not even 20 yet; that brain is so sharp that all their own children added together can't compare to him.

I used to think that since we run a family-style canteen, our children are influenced by what they see and hear, are observant, and know how to do things, so they could be considered capable of handling people and things.

Now it seems, it really is...

No comparison!

She mimics Qiaoqiao's set of words to her husband: "You didn't see it; he really has learned it thoroughly! From small matters of human relationships to those grand principles, he speaks them right out, and they are very easy to understand."

It's not like they just happened to be so successful by chance!

Who knows how much effort was put in behind the scenes.

"As for those in our village, either they can't even get three farts out of one stick, or they open their mouths with profanity..."

Others only know how to say nice things, but can't say anything that touches people's hearts.

What use is that?

She ponders, and at this moment discusses with her husband:

"Old Tao said he wants to reduce the production of grape seedlings next year. Our family-style canteen has decent profits, so why don't we reduce ours too?"

The boss doesn't know what Qiaoqiao said, but his wife is addicted to making money, and now that she's taking the initiative to say this, it seems live-streaming isn't something everyone can do.

That's true.

In the village where his wife's family lives, I heard that young people who live-stream and sell things at home only earn a few hundred yuan a month selling cleaning brushes, oil cleaners, and tissues.

It shows that no matter what you do, there are gains and losses.

So he nods:

"Don't reduce production; just ask if anyone wants to contract it? We'll keep two fen for ourselves to supply fruit for our guests here."

He adds thoughtfully: "We run a family-style canteen, and this year's grapes sold well. If we say we want to occupy everything, it seems a bit too greedy."

"Contract it out. In the future, if guests from other places come, we can also help the villagers promote their fruit. In the long run, we won't lose out on human favors."

The proprietress nods, remembering today's grand occasion, and at this moment, she doesn't know if it's a sigh or an emotion:

"Don't look at how we might all be losing money this year; once the sensation of live-streaming and sales starts, there will still be people contracting it next year."

And after eating and drinking to their fill, Yan Ran yawns and asks first:

"Boss, where are we staying tonight?"

Bai Yu County is not a wealthy county, so although it is located on a plain and villagers live in clusters, the town still cannot be considered prosperous.

Speaking of this, Tang Xiaodong sighs:

"I went to other counties with the teacher before, and their towns not only had Mixue Bingcheng but also Luckin Coffee. The brand-new hotels were also very luxurious, no different from mid-to-high-end hotels in the city. I thought all the county towns in the world were like this."

Until I came to Yunqiao Village.

There's no need to mention the village appearance of Yunqiao Village; just look at the big market in Qingxi Town—you know it's really lacking everything if you can walk back and forth in ten minutes!

Is this the difference between mountainous areas and plains?

Now looking at this Bai Yu County, it seems that's not the case either.

Because although this place is also quite flat, it still hasn't developed.

Song Tan says:

"The town leaders have already arranged this. We are lucky; their town does have a newly opened hotel. It's quite small, but it can be considered complete."

"We'll sleep there tonight, then set off at five tomorrow morning, have breakfast in town, and start broadcasting here again at five-thirty. Can you guys handle it?"

Their tasks have actually been completed, but because there aren't enough hands, they now have to join the army of reviewers.

And Qi Lin smiles: "It's no different from us being in the mountains, so what's there to handle or not handle?"

There's even an extra subsidy for field work.

Only Qiaoqiao stares blankly at the dark, vast plain in the distance that can no longer be seen clearly, and then says:

"Is this what Yang Zhengxin's family farm looks like? He said their place is also very, very flat, and large machines can harvest many acres of land in a day."

Unlike their house, where the small and exquisite agricultural machines sent over can't enter the fields if they are any bigger.

This is not Qiaoqiao's first time seeing a plain, but it is his first time coming into contact with the local customs and crops here on the plain.

Song Tan's heart moves:

"Is Yang Zhengxin back from abroad? Qiaoqiao, do you want to go to his house to play?"

Qiaoqiao is a bit dazed: "Like how he lived at our house, do I also live at his house?"

Regarding being a guest, Song Tan hasn't asked for Yang Zhengxin's opinion yet, but she guesses that little Yang shouldn't refuse.

At this moment, she nods: "I suppose so. Do you want to see their farm? If you do, you can ask."

Qiaoqiao's expression becomes excited: "I haven't been to a friend's house to stay yet!"

To be precise, before last year, he had no friends.

And in such a state, Wu Lan wouldn't even feel at ease letting him go to his uncle's or grandmother's house to stay.

Not feeling at ease isn't because she's afraid the adults can't watch the child, but because she's afraid the child will cause trouble for others like this.

Therefore, Qiaoqiao had never thought about this matter.

But now that Song Tan mentions it, he purses his lips, his eyes shining brightly under the dim car lights, and even his expression becomes lively:

"I want to go!"

But...

He is a bit lacking in confidence: "Officer Xiao Yang hasn't invited me yet."

?? Must break 4 million words this month! Milestone word count!!! I thought it could be finished at 200, then 300, and now I still haven't found that feeling of finishing...

? I will definitely write the Qin Shi next door tomorrow! Definitely tomorrow!