"Ideals and Youth" - It turns out I also had a youth (sixteen...)

Children grow up very quickly. Ye Xiqing hadn't even finished her college entrance exams in her original world, but in this small world, she had already raised a college student.

After Bao Xiangchun finished the college entrance examination, she still had to apply for universities first, and then the cut-off scores and results would be released. There was a considerable period of anxiety after the exam, and Bao Xiangchun was very anxious every day.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief when the results came out: I passed! I passed! I passed the score requirement for my first choice!

In their small town, even if someone gets into university, they won't know how to choose their major. Ye Xiqing didn't really want to get too involved in other people's affairs, but she couldn't help but subtly mention that computers might have a bright future.

In the isolated village, they didn't even know what a computer was. Ye Xiqing could only explain something similar to television, something she had seen advertised on TV.

The small television was the newest thing Bao Xiangchun had ever encountered in her secluded life, and she became interested as soon as she heard about it.

Among the densely packed list of majors in the "Application Guide," I chose a computer science major at Capital University as my first choice.

The admission scores for Capital University are very high. Applying during the blind application period was extremely risky, but Ye Xiqing said it was fine. If she didn't get into her desired university, she could just repeat a year. "Your sister is a millionaire," she said, "I can afford it."

Bao Xiangchun: ...

Ye Xiqing's wealth left everyone speechless, but Bao Xiangchun's mental burden was indeed greatly reduced, and she gritted her teeth and applied for the program.

I waited anxiously for the results. Although I only exceeded the passing score by two points, I barely made it!

If it were just a few points less than the passing score or a score much higher, it would be fine, but it drove Bao Xiangchun crazy, making her check the notification letter every day to see when it would arrive.

Could the school have entered the wrong cut-off scores? Could she have filled out the wrong application? Could someone else have taken her spot?

I've heard about those unscrupulous people who buy other people's university spots and take their place in college. I hope she doesn't encounter that kind of thing!

Bao Xiangchun nags about it every morning, driving the whole family crazy.

Fearing that someone else would take her place, she rode her bicycle to the school every day to check. After waiting for who knows how long, she finally heard from her teacher that there was an email for her. When she opened it, it was the acceptance letter she had been longing for!

The moment Bao Xiangchun received her acceptance letter, she was overjoyed. On her way home, she stood up and started pedaling her bicycle: she was going to university!

Her family, who had been obsessed with her for so long, were finally happy, and they were going to throw a big celebration for her graduation!

Bao Xiangchun's admission to the Capital University was a major event for the entire village. Township and university leaders came to visit, and various subsidies and commendations were given. At this time, it was truly a glorious achievement!

Ye Xiqing benefited from the occasion, and her graduation banquet lasted for three days, with the entire village invited to a feast. It was even more extravagant than a wedding, and the whole village came to congratulate her and gave her a lot of money as gifts, all of which came from Bao Xiangchun. The gift accounts were given to her as a token of gratitude from her neighbors.

The Bao family was overjoyed for several days, but when it was time for school to start, it was Bao Xiangchun's first time traveling far from home. Old Mrs. Wang specially asked Ye Xiqing to take her to school.

This is something we still have to do. Ye Xiqing will also bring Xiao Ying along so that she can experience the prosperity of a big city in advance and be more motivated to study abroad in the future.

The three of them bought three sleeper tickets. Bao Xiangchun felt terrible looking at the ticket prices. This train ticket alone cost several hundred yuan. "Second sister, you don't earn money easily by working in the greenhouse. Don't spend so much!"

That train journey would take a whole day and night; it would be a wonder if Ye Xiqing could endure that. She also told Bao Xiangchun not to worry about the money, as it would be easier for her to earn money in the future.

Stay in hotels if you need to, buy sleeper berths if you need to, ask your family for money if you don't have enough, studying hard is the most important thing, don't think too much about money.

Bao Xiangchun: ...

So, second sister, how will you make easy money in the future?

Ye Xiqing never hides such things from children, and she doesn't even know why adults would hide them from children.

From a very young age, as far back as she can remember, she had a basic understanding of her family's situation. She understood what the adults were saying, and even the purpose behind their roundabout way of speaking.

I don't know if it's because children are different from each other, so adults' childhoods are different from hers, and I can't understand her childhood.

Adults are more likely to forget their roots. When they grow up, they forget what they were like when they were young. They even have to translate what children say into their own language, as if there is a language barrier between them and children.

Ye Xiqing was too lazy to translate, so she just told the child everything: "The province has issued a policy to fully support local industries. We're going to build a cattle market here soon."

Bao Xiangchun and Xiaoying both exclaimed "Oh!" immediately. Xiaoying looked up and asked, "Mom, are we going to raise cattle in the future?"

"Of course not, when has your mother ever raised anything alive?"

Xiaoying: ……

That's true, she's the only dog ​​in the house.

Bao Xiangchun chimed in, "So, Second Sister, what are you going to do?"

Ye Xiqing: "I want to open a feed mill."

Bao Xiangchun: ...

Bao Xiaoying...

oh!

I never thought of this approach before, but after thinking about it carefully, I suddenly realized that her family is indeed going to become rich!

That's the good thing about young people; they don't like to spoil the fun. They immediately forget everything else and focus on enjoying the trip, treating it like a vacation.

After accompanying Bao Xiangchun to the report, Ye Xiqing immediately found the biggest destination of the trip and bought each of them a Coca-Cola fried chicken set meal.

The two country kids, who had never eaten anything like this before, were shocked once again. They were amazed that chicken could taste like this!

When they got back, Xiaoying looked at the two bags of fried chicken and felt like ants were crawling all over her: "Mom, can I have one more bite...?"

"No, these are for your grandma and Aunt Gui. You'll get into a university in the capital like your aunt, and then you can eat as much as you want."

Bao Xiaoying: ...

Ah... how much longer, Mom? Can't you try harder and open a fried chicken shop?

Ye Xiqing: ...

You think highly of me.

...

After another day and night, the two of them had traveled a thousand miles to deliver fried chicken. By the time they arrived home, the fried chicken was no longer as crispy and tender as when it was fresh out of the fryer; they could only savor the aftertaste.

Grandma Wang and Wu Guiyun were still shocked and learned something new. They realized that there were all sorts of wonderful things outside!

We no longer care how much money she spends; everyone's used to Ye Xiqing's extravagant spending on food.

While eating the takeout that had been delivered from afar, Wu Guiyun carried a large basin of clothes to Ye Xiqing's house to wash them.

She and Ye Xiqing made money together. Actually, there was a difference in their earnings, but it shouldn't be too much of a difference. However, a complex population and a simple population are completely different.

For example, Ye Xiqing can only support one college student at most, but she has to find a wife and start a family for her growing son.

In order to get married, Ye Xiqing built a new house, which spent all the money. The subsequent facilities could not compare with those of the Ye family.

The most useful appliance in Ye Xiqing's house is the washing machine. At first, Wu Guiyun was a little embarrassed to use Ye Xiqing's washing machine, so she insisted on washing her clothes before coming to her house to spin them dry.

Ye Xiqing couldn't take it anymore. "Don't bother, just put those clothes in the tub and wash them, okay? You can give me 50 cents each time."

So Wu Guiyun felt that washing wasn't a waste of money, and that the 50 cents was worth it. She started to feel comfortable washing directly in the tub and always paid 50 cents. Xiao Ying was in charge of collecting the money and kept it, regardless of what Xiao Ying did with it.

When Wu Guiyun heard that she was going to sell her car and open a feed mill, she was extremely shocked: "She's doing so well with the greenhouses, why is she giving up?"

"Of course I'll do it, but I don't want to do it anymore. Greenhouse farming can only make money, not a lot of money. I want to switch to another industry."

"Then where will you get the money to set up a feed mill? That kind of thing costs more money than a greenhouse, right?"

"Keep borrowing loans. Now that there are assets to enforce against mortgaged houses, it's easier to borrow."

Wu Guiyun: ...

So you're building a new house so it's easier to get a mortgage for!

Ye Xiqing couldn't help but laugh. "Well, what else can we do? We have to plan ahead for everything, including taking out a loan."

Because she had borrowed and repaid from banks several times before, the lenders were familiar with her, so this time she borrowed a large sum.

Wu Guiyun: ...

Ye Xiqing was determined to run a feed mill. He continued to cover the greenhouses, but he was no longer as enthusiastic about finding sales channels as before; he just focused on planting.

Running a feed mill requires frequent hauling of grain and feed, necessitating larger transport vehicles. So she bought a new four-wheeled vehicle and sold her secondhand tricycle.

Since she wasn't pulling the cart, someone new had to fill in, so Ye Xiqing brought Wu Guiyun over.

After the initial shock, Wu Guiyun was overjoyed.

Ye Xiqing's used car was being sold at a reasonable price. Her husband had been wanting to buy a car for a long time, and now that he was taking over the tricycle that Ye Xiqing had replaced, it was just right.

She was excited and wanted to go back and discuss it with her husband, but Ye Xiqing grabbed her arm and said, "I'm asking you, do you want it or not?"

Wu Guiyun was taken aback: Her?

She was about to say that this was a man's job.

He looked up and found a woman in front of him, and the words he wanted to say were instantly swallowed back down his throat.

When Ye Xiqing was delivering vegetables, Wu Guiyun followed her around, watching and running around every day.

Actually, there are no secrets or barriers for her; it's just that something is blocking her mind, preventing her from thinking in this direction.

When Ye Xiqing said that, she felt a little lost: "If I do it, who will take care of the child and who will wash the clothes?"

Ye Xiqing: ...

Whoever's clothes get starched, they wash them; whoever is hungry, they cook; whoever needs children, they take care of them.

Labor without social value theoretically does not exist. If you can do less, do less; if you can avoid doing it, do not do it. Who would do it voluntarily?

If you give the valuable work to your husband, guess how many times a week he'll wash his feet?

Wu Guiyun: Hmm?

Nothing was more impactful than the last sentence. Wu Guiyun immediately got up to learn to drive and take the driving test.

She felt that delivering and collecting vegetables was not difficult at all, and her husband should just stay in the greenhouse and grow vegetables!

The vegetable transportation chain was transferred to Wu Guiyun, and Ye Xiqing let Bao Xiangqiao's sister-in-law, who used to work at the Zhou family, manage the greenhouse.

It's hard to say how well the three daughters-in-law got along when they were in the Zhou family, but after Ye Xiqing's divorce, they were able to get along well.

Even Zhou's eldest sister-in-law was quite proud of her previous relationship with Ye Xiqing, feeling that she was closer to Ye Xiqing than the other employees. So Ye Xiqing entrusted her with the management of the shed, making her a minor official with a higher salary than ordinary workers.

Zhou's eldest sister-in-law was overjoyed and happily helped her manage the greenhouse. After arranging things at the greenhouse, Ye Xiqing began to focus all her efforts on building the feed mill.

She doesn't have enough money to build a large factory yet, but fortunately, a very large factory isn't needed right now, and the scalper market is still under construction.

Entering the 1990s, economic development began to accelerate, and the market demand for meat increased day by day. More and more people were raising pigs, but large-scale farms had not yet started, and the concept of feed was not popular.

For people in remote rural areas, feeding pigs is still just feeding them whatever is available. Spending money to buy special feed for pigs is too extravagant, resulting in a huge gap in the supply chain.

She started planting corn on the newly allocated few acres of land, and she plans to return to the grain business in the future.

However, among all the knowledge about running a factory, the first thing Ye Xiqing learned was the 1001 little-known facts about keeping pigs healthy in body and mind.

After all, every feed seller needs to be a good veterinarian; to sell something, you need to understand your real customers.