"Grandpa, when I went to rescue my second cousin, I promised Xia Village to help them. Otherwise, given the conflict between the two villages, I might not let you in! What exactly is the conflict?"

Second Grandfather continued, "I know about this. One year during a drought, we relied solely on lake water. Xia Village wanted to fetch water, but we refused to give it to them. That was the beginning of a conflict, and then there was friction between the villagers, and the conflicts only grew."

Zhou Xiang didn't expect it to be just like this, but no one was wrong. Xia Village needed water to save lives, and Zhoujia Village needed water to maintain life, all for their own villagers.

"Let's just forget about this matter. Let's try to get along with each other in the future! If I help them, they will definitely look at Zhoujia Village differently.

So, don't push your luck, each take a step back, and warn the villagers that it's better to resolve a feud than to create one."

“Think about it, are you trying to help them get out of poverty and become rich?”

Zhou Xiang nodded. "That village chief is quite good, a smart man, and his words and actions are extraordinary. The villagers of Xia Village are very convinced of his way of doing things, which proves that he has a way of doing things. I owe him a favor for rescuing my second cousin safely, and I must repay him!"

Several old men sighed, but they couldn't stop Zhou Xiang from doing that.

Zhou Xiang understood their thoughts and said, "I won't release the improved species easily. This improved species can't be cultivated easily."

The old men then smiled. It’s good that they won’t steal their business!

"I'm going to Xia Village now, and I have to rush back this afternoon! Send someone to hire me a car, a four-wheeled one that doesn't shake. I'll leave as soon as I get back, and the fare is whatever they want."

"well!"

When Zhou thought of Xia Village, he was surrounded and escorted into the village.

Village chief Xia had been sending people to stay at the intersection, looking in the direction of Zhoujia Village. When he saw a little girl coming, he immediately returned to the village to report.

So, Village Chief Xia brought people to greet them.

"Hurry up, go home and eat first, and then we can talk."

Zhou Xiang couldn't help but admire the village chief. He was really smart and always seemed to be prepared for any eventuality.

At the village chief's house, the old lady had already prepared food, ordinary farm dishes, including meat and fish, which was a very good standard of hospitality.

Zhou Xiang smiled and said, "Village Chief, aren't you afraid that I won't keep my word and won't come over?"

The village chief shook his head, "You won't. The way you command the villagers is only the way a man of his word would be."

"This hat is a bit high. Can I wear it steadily?"

The village chief and his entourage all laughed, thinking that Zhou had quite a sense of humor.

Everyone sat down together, Zhou Xiang sat on the right side of the village chief, and the accompanying people behind him sat down separately.

Zhou Xiang pushed the cup in front of him away and said, "I'll just eat."

"Okay, okay! Let's eat! We don't drink either. Drinking will cause trouble!"

The old lady served Zhou Xiang some rice, and then served everyone else some rice one after another.

Zhou Xiang only ate special dishes unique to the countryside and forbade the village chief to serve her any food.

"No, I just want to eat these. I can eat meat, fish, etc. These special dishes are very delicious!"

Seeing that she did not seem to be lying, the village chief stopped greeting her and let her eat whatever she wanted.

"Auntie's cooking skills are quite good. If she opens a shop, she will definitely be flocking to the market."

The village chief sighed, "These are all small paths. What we want is for the villagers to work together and bring everyone along."

"That's easy! You just don't have the guts. Zhoujia Village was built because I lent them the capital, and they took a gamble. I don't know if they can really develop the entire village in the future. It depends on their own efforts."

"Then tell me, what can we do?"

"There is a lot that can be developed in rural areas, such as raising pigs. When life gets better, we can eat meat every meal, and raising pigs is very profitable.

Plant fruit trees and raise chickens among the fruit trees. However, the breeding industry needs to allow some educated young people to go out and learn scientific breeding, so that they can come back and start pig farms and chicken farms.

If you want the greenhouses in Zhoujia Village, I will inform them and let you go there to learn the technology. Forget about the previous conflicts! Working together to get rich is the only way forward."

The village chief glanced at the guests and said, "We just want to learn how to grow crops. After all, that's all we know."

"Village chief, I have something to say in advance: you can learn how to build greenhouses, you can learn how to grow vegetables in greenhouses, and you can even learn how to grow watermelons.

However, there are no good varieties of watermelons, as they are extremely rare. I got some from others and used them to grow some in my hometown.

If you learn to grow watermelons, you can only grow ordinary watermelons. Even if you go to Zhoujia Village and buy the watermelon seeds they grow, that is, the second-generation watermelon seeds, they taste much better than ordinary watermelons.

If you release your watermelons before or after regular watermelons, they'll sell very well. When you sell them, cut one into small pieces and give them to people to taste. Let them get to know the taste of the watermelon, and they'll be more willing to buy it!

This is the most basic tasting method for selling food. If you don't let others taste your food and just keep saying your food is delicious, who will believe you?

The village chief and his men went off to discuss matters, and finally decided to go to Zhoujia Village to learn how to plant crops. Farmers still had confidence in their land.

Zhou Xiang nodded and said, "I have one request. You are not allowed to grow the same vegetables as Zhoujia Village, and you are not allowed to deliberately lower the price."

The village chief nodded. "Of course we're going to plant the same variety, so we can't sell it! Are you trying to lower the price? So will Zhoujia Village still give us the second-generation watermelon seeds?"

Zhou Xiang gave a thumbs up and said, "If you were the village chief of Zhoujia Village, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."

The village chief laughed heartily. "I also wish you were from our Xia Village. What a pity! The ancestral graves of Xia Village are not smoking!"

"I'm going back. You can arrange for someone to go over and learn the technology, but it would be better for you to go and discuss it with Zhou Yidong first.

The weather will be hot soon, and after you finish learning, you can start planting vegetables for autumn and winter."

"Well, can I go with you now? It won't be so awkward if we go together!"

"Okay! Together."

After leaving the main room, Zhou Xiang shouted to the kitchen: "Auntie, I'm leaving now. Thank you, the food you cook is delicious."

The aunt came out of the kitchen and said with a smile: "Next time you come back, come to my house again and I will cook for you."

"Okay!"

The village chief took two people and followed Zhou Xiang back to Zhoujia Village.

Zhou Yidong was looking at his uncle! When he saw Village Chief Xia, his face was a little stiff, but then he relaxed, "Village Chief Xia, welcome!"

Just now, in the inner room, my uncle and my father also told Zhou Xiang about his decision. He also felt that the incident happened a long time ago and was usually just a minor friction. It would be nice to turn hostility into friendship.

However, after hearing that Xia Cun planned to learn greenhouse cultivation, including watermelon cultivation, he could no longer maintain his expression and pulled Zhou Xiang aside.

“Think about it, should we teach them how to grow watermelons too?”