"Fourth Aunt, are you busy?"
"Ah, Qinglan is here. Sit down first. After I'm done mixing this feed, I'll pour you some tea.”
"No need, I'll help you.”
"No need, no need. There are still a few more spades to mix. It's not worth it to get dirty.”As she spoke, she finished her work. She washed her hands and poured a cup of tea for Zheng Qinglan.
"Where is my uncle?"
"He went to the village for a meeting. He said that the higher-ups are coming to inspect and accept some rich leader project. Didn't our family be selected as a model household to become rich? Just today's meeting and tomorrow's inspection all came up, which delayed a lot of our time.”
"I won't waste your time. There must be preferential policies.”
"There are some preferential policies. This pigsty was built with the help of the village's labor. The credit union can still take loans, but who dares to take loans? I've lived for most of my life, but I never knew where the credit union's door opened. In the past few years, I've had some savings and saved them in the credit union, but I've never taken a loan. "Oh my god, we can borrow a few thousand yuan at once. That's our net income for a few years. If we screw it up, we can forget about having a peaceful life for the rest of our lives. Just thinking about it is scary.”
"With the support of the higher-ups, how can you lose money? Don't worry.”
"Your uncle also said that in this day and age, those who are brave will die from over-exertion, and those who are timid will starve to death. Let's just give it a try. Perhaps we can make a name for ourselves. At worst, we can live a poor life like before. Sometimes, I was also enlightened by his words, but when I calmed down and thought about it, a cold wind blew behind my spine. There were thousands of them, and it was not a joke.”
"Fourth Aunt, my uncle is right. Either we don't do it, or we do it on a large scale.”
"Who doesn't want to be rich? We've long been afraid of the days when we lacked food and clothing in the past. We can't just rely on words. Pigs and chickens are all things that can vent their anger. Once they get sick, they'll disappear. We don't have any skills. If the village organized us to learn some skills, it would be more like it. We'll just make some useless things to deal with the inspection from the higher-ups. If I don't learn this technique well, I won't be confident. I don't dare to take the risk of bringing a little piglet into my house.”
"Then the pigsty that you invested money to build must not be idle there.”
"That's right. The bricks and tiles used to build the pigsty were bought by me with every penny I saved. If I don't use them, I'll lose all my money.”
"Do you know where the leader came from to conduct the inspection this time?”
"I heard that there are people from both the county and the town. What was there to check? It was just a pretense. He would go down for a walk, put on an act, and then sit in the restaurant to eat, drink, and have fun. Fortunately, our village has a canteen. Otherwise, if a group of people from above were to be lured into the restaurant, it would be strange if the village did not collapse. Forget it, let's not talk about whether they want to eat or not. Let's talk about what we want to eat for lunch. I've already caught a chicken and prepared it there. I'm just waiting for you to come and kill the chicken. As for the fish, when your uncle comes back later, take the fishing net and scatter it. As for the pork, it's cured meat. I'll fry it and get a few side dishes from the vegetable garden. What do you think?”
"Enough, enough, enough."
"If you're not satisfied, just say it. I'm not an outsider. Whether I have money or not, I can take care of you for two meals.”
"Fourth Aunt, it's already very good.”
"Then let's not be polite. I'll get Tong Qing to come over and accompany you. You're classmates.”
"Oh, yes. We were classmates in junior high school and we were very close. However, we haven't contacted each other since we graduated from junior high school.”
"Not really. He likes to mess around and always wants to do something new, but he doesn't do anything well and owes a lot of money.”
"He's a little older than me. It's time for him to get married, right?”
"No, I've talked to a lot of people, but they all broke up after a period of time.”
"Why?"
"He's a b * stard. He wants to take advantage of a girl just because he's in a relationship with her. Once he takes advantage of her, he doesn't want her. If he can't, she won't keep in touch with him. After that, his reputation will be ruined. No one will introduce him to her anymore. He can't even talk about himself. I don't like this guy. If he didn't have the same surname as your uncle, I wouldn't have bothered with him. His character is very bad.”
"Although he's a little older than me, he's not much older. How did he make so many friends?”
"We started talking about it early. We started talking about it a few days after we returned from school. It's been a few years now. Speaking of this child, I watched him grow up. It turned out that he was a good child who didn't know how to behave. When he saw him, he would smile and greet him from afar. He didn't say anything if he didn't call people. I didn't expect him to become a hooligan after mixing in society for a few years. What a pity. However, he couldn't be blamed for this. He heard from others that the first partner he mentioned was someone else who didn't want him. He was angry and wanted to use this method to take revenge on others. In fact, how could he take revenge on others? It was the girls who were his friends who suffered.”
"Then you don't have to ask him to come over for dinner. I don't like to deal with such people.”
"If he knew that you came to my place and didn't call him, he wouldn't blame me.”
"It's okay. If he says it, just say that I want to visit him personally.”Actually, he had no intention of visiting Tong Qing at all. He could not wait to hide from such a person. Why would he take the initiative to visit him?
"Back to the city on Sunday?"
"Yes, I went back on Saturday afternoon and came back on Monday morning.”
"I heard from Lan Guiying that you found a girl in the city. Did you see her when you went back this time? What was that girl called again? I heard Lan Guiying mention it, but I forgot."
"Her name is Fu Qian."
"How did it go? When are you getting married?”
"It's still early. There's no hurry."
"You might not be anxious, but your parents are. The last time I went to your place, your mother insisted that I introduce you to a partner. I said that it's the trend to make friends by yourself now, so you don't need anyone to introduce you to anyone outside. I stayed in the countryside all day, and the girls I introduced would definitely not be to your liking. After that, your mother didn't talk about you anymore. She said that someone was introducing you to your sister.”
"I'm going back."
"Why did I call you back? Is someone introducing you?”
"Yes, but I didn't agree. I wanted to talk to him myself.”
"Yes, we should talk about it ourselves. Your uncle and I talked about it ourselves. Although we didn't live well in the past, we chose it ourselves and lived quite comfortably.”
"Fourth Aunt, your thinking is quite advanced. In your era, you didn't talk much.”
"Haha, at that time, although we were talking about free love, there were really not many people who were truly free to love. Later on, your uncle asked for a matchmaker when he came to my house to propose marriage. It was just a messenger between the two elders. How did you meet Fu Qian? Did you have a matchmaker?”
"Um, no…no."
"Then how did you guys meet? You're not in the same unit?”
Zheng Qinglan didn't say anything. Subconsciously, she felt that it was meaningless to say such words.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you guys having a disagreement? The two of them had just started to argue. How were they going to live in the future? If you ask me, as a man, if it's a small problem, just let it go. Don't fuss about it. If it's a big problem, just say it. Don't hold it in and make yourself uncomfortable.”
"Fourth Aunt, I know."
"It's good that you know. I won't be long-winded. "Eh, what's wrong with your uncle today? Before I left, I told him clearly that you might come today and asked him to come back early. Why hasn't he come back yet? In the past, he would only come back after a while."”
"Fourth Aunt, don't be anxious. He might be back soon. Look, isn't that the person riding a bicycle on the road over there?”
"It's true, it's really him. Haha, my incantation is quite effective, I can return with a single thought. I'll go kill the chicken and boil the water. You two go and fish. Don't worry, I have to ask, what took you so long?”After waiting for two minutes, the bicycle arrived at the door. Zheng Qinglan greeted her uncle and Fourth Aunt said,""Didn't I tell you before I left this morning that Qinglan was coming and that you should come back earlier? Why did you only come back now?”After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Aunt, what are you talking about? Isn't your nephew my nephew? Qinglan, don't listen to your aunt's nonsense. She just likes to joke around. When I heard that you were coming, I wished I could have come back earlier, but I had no choice. The secretary went to deal with other people's household affairs and asked us to wait for a while. I couldn't be heartless. After all, he was a secretary branch. Besides, we still had to rely on him to help us with many things in the pig farm.”
"What family matters are you dealing with now?"
"What family matters? It's nothing more than husband and wife quarreling, brothers splitting up, and supporting the elderly.”
"You've said so much. What exactly is it?”
"Du Jingui from Group 3 didn't feed the elderly. The elderly were so hungry that they couldn't even walk.”
"I think it's also a matter of retirement. This couple quarreled and went to look for Secretary Pei to resolve it. He really couldn't open his mouth. He often quarreled with his wife, and his wife hasn't returned yet. You guys go fish, I'll go do my thing.”
Zheng Qinglan remembered the dispute that she had encountered a few days ago and asked her uncle,""Uncle, I accidentally encountered a dispute about retirement a few days ago. I was talking to the same person, right?”
"Where did you meet him?"
Zheng Qinglan described the specific location of the house and the situation at that time. Her uncle said with certainty,""No, you met Zhou Mingzu from Group Eight. I was talking about Du Jingui from Group Three. Du Jingui was the only son. When he was young, he was spoiled by his parents. Now that his parents were old, he despised them. He hated them for not being able to do anything and dragging him down. He wished that the two old fellows would die immediately.”
"If you want to say that life is many times better than before, why are there so many things that don't take care of the elderly? I've never heard of such a thing before.”
" What are the reasons? I've summarized two reasons. One is that people forget righteousness for the sake of profit. When people are young, they can do things, so naturally, no one will dislike them. When people are old, they can't do things anymore. Sometimes, they have to spend money to take medicine when they are sick and have people to serve them. Those unfilial children will naturally despise them. Another reason is that they are lax in their management. Things have nothing to do with them and they are held high. Ordinary people only talk behind their backs. No one wants to offend others. The village officials also turn a blind eye to it. Unless it was absolutely necessary, no one would care.”
"Fortunately, there are very few such people. Otherwise, it would really be a mess.”
" Well, you watch from the shore. I'll go to the boat to cast the net. I'll pull the net in a while. There are many fish in this pond. If there are too many, we won't be able to finish them all. There's no place to put them either. I want to build a small fish pond in the courtyard. We can just put three to five fish. If you want to eat them, you can catch one. It's so troublesome to take the net and enter the water again.”
Zheng Qinglan found a place to sit down. Her uncle's words reminded her of the relationship between the material and the spirit. Although he didn't have any in-depth research in this area, he had known the saying for many years. Nowadays, there weren't many people who knew propriety and righteousness in wealth, but there were many people who thought of debauchery when they were full and warm. With his social experience and education, he did not know what the reason was. Perhaps it was just as his uncle had explained. He just felt that it was too scary.
"Qinglan, how are your fish? Hurry up and bring them back!”Fourth Aunt urged.
Zheng Qinglan turned around to look at the fish pond. Her uncle was already pulling in the net. He shouted happily as he pulled in the net,"Haha, you're lucky today. There's a lot of fish. There must be big fish. Look, this one is at least seven to eight pounds.”
"Quanlin, you haven't told me what you said at the meeting today. Tell me while Qinglan is here. Let Qinglan take it as a reference. After all, he's in the city and has more access to information.”
"Fourth Aunt, what I do is very far away from you getting rich. I'm afraid that my advice won't work.”Zheng Qinglan suddenly thought of the words material and spiritual. Wasn't it material wealth for Fourth Aunt's family to get rich? Wasn't he creating spiritual wealth by going to the countryside to collect materials to prepare for his future creation? Those who created material wealth did not create spiritual wealth, and those who created spiritual wealth did not create material wealth. Was this called social division of labor? However, those who created spiritual wealth could easily enjoy material wealth, while those who created material wealth might not be able to easily enjoy spiritual wealth.
" It's still the same old routine. They introduce the situation outside and compare it with their own reality. They also want us to be bold, get into position, and make a good start. They want us to strive to stir up everyone's interest. When I heard the village cadre introduce which family had built a 10,000-head pig farm and which family had an annual net income of more than one million, I was so excited that my heart skipped a beat. More than one million, how much money is that? Our family's annual net income is only three or four thousand yuan now, and they are equivalent to us for more than 200 years. I really don't know how they did it and how they spent so much money.”
"You just want to see them earn money. We can take the risk. Don't let them not earn money and end up in debt for a few lifetimes.”
"Can you stop saying such depressing words? Can you say something nice?”
"Is my pleasant words of praise enough? If it was useful, why would I set up a pig farm and feed the pigs? I would have just said that I wanted a few million.”
"Uncle, what Fourth Aunt said makes sense. There is indeed a risk in running a pig farm, and it is very high. Large-scale pig farms are not like us who raise one or two pigs in each household. It is easy to get infectious diseases. Therefore, the technology to prevent and treat diseases has to be mastered at home. Although there are veterinarians in the village, they will not stay here all the time. With the technology, they can observe anytime and anywhere. They can find and treat them in time to reduce the risk. Also, you have to master the fattening technique and strive to get out of the market as soon as possible. You can suggest to the village to organize a professional like you to go out to study and inspect.”
"This is really a good idea. You can prevent and treat diseases yourself. With security, at least you won't lose a lot of money. If you master the fattening technology and speed up the slaughter, it's equivalent to increasing your income. Qinglan, didn't you say that your work has nothing to do with us getting rich? Why did you say it so accurately?”
"When I was in high school, there was a town that borrowed our school's classroom to hold an agricultural technology training class. They invited a professor from the Agricultural University to teach. When I had nothing to do on Sunday, I also attended a few classes. I was very interested in these things. If I didn't work at the cultural center, I might have become a professional pig farmer like you.”
"No wonder. After dinner, I went to look for a few other professional households. We joined forces to make suggestions to the village and asked them to help us find a large-scale pig farm.”
"You guys contact them first. If it doesn't work, I'll go to the county agricultural bureau to see if there's such a learning opportunity.”
"That's great. Otherwise, everyone would have gone out. It's really different outside. We're exposed to more things and have a wide range of connections. We're staying in the countryside. Come, Qinglan, thank you for your good idea. I'll pour you another cup.”
"Uncle, no, I can't drink anymore. If I drink too much, I won't be able to do anything in the afternoon.”
"If you can't do it, you can rest. You're alone anyway, and no one's watching you.”
"That won't do. I can't lie to my leader, nor can I lie to myself.”
"Quanlin, it's fine if you don't want Qinglan. Besides, you have something to do in the afternoon. Come, I'll get rice for the two of you."
After dinner, the three of them talked about raising pigs for a while. Zheng Qinglan looked at her watch and said that it was almost two o'clock. Fourth Aunt handed a snakeskin bag to Zheng Qinglan and said,""There are two fish, a piece of bacon, and a few side dishes. Take them back and cook them. Treat your neighbors to a meal and build a good relationship with them.”
"Fourth Aunt, do you sell the fish you raise to others?”
"Sell it, how can we eat so much?”
"The mine often has extra meals, at least once a week. When I go back, I'll introduce them to you.”
"Okay, this saves us the trouble of selling it elsewhere. It can save us a lot of time and do a lot more things. You just came.”
"I'm familiar with the people in the mine and have a good relationship with the captain. I'll talk to them.”
"That's great. Qinglan, I'm going to contact a few other professionals anyway. I'll bring you back while I'm at it.”
"I originally had something to trouble you with. You have something to do in the afternoon, so forget about it today. I'll come to you for help in the future.”
"You should have told me earlier. Otherwise, I wouldn't have looked for them this afternoon and would have done what you said first.”
"No, your matter is more important. The sooner you do it, the sooner you will see the benefits. It doesn't matter if I delay my matter by a day or two. Uncle, let's go. Fourth Aunt, you're busy. I'm leaving.”
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