"Lu Qing, come here." Shen Qiqi's voice was not loud, but it seemed to carry some kind of magic, making Lu Qing, who was about to slip back into the house, stop obediently.
The setting sun cast a golden edge on her face, making her lively eyes look more solemn.
"What's wrong, wife? Look at your frown, it looks like you can pinch a fly to death." Lu Qing leaned over and gently smoothed her brows with his big hand.
Shen Qiqi sighed and pulled Lu Qing to the big tree at the entrance of the village. This was the base for the villagers to hold meetings and chat. At the moment, there was no one there and it seemed particularly quiet.
"Something big is going to happen in our village."
"What's the big deal?" Lu Qing's heart tightened. His wife was an optimist. If she could say the word "big deal", it must be no small matter.
Shen Qiqi didn't answer directly, but pointed to the village in the distance where smoke was curling up, and said in a heavy tone, "Haven't you noticed? Recently, the food, firewood, and tools in the village have been used up at a rapid pace, as if they were running at double speed!"
Lu Qing scratched his head. He usually didn't pay attention to these things when he was working. "It seems so. I have been working a little harder recently. But isn't this a good thing? It shows that our village is developing rapidly!"
"It's fast, but if the resources can't keep up, it'll become a 'fast lane rollover scene'!" Shen Qiqi slapped her thigh, "We need to quickly take inventory of our family assets and see how long we can hold out, otherwise we'll run out of inventory sooner or later!"
The two men acted quickly, turning the village warehouse upside down and making a list.
Shen Qiqi stared at the resource list, her brow furrowed tighter the more she looked at it.
"No, this won't work!" She paced back and forth anxiously. "It's like playing PUBG now. Resources are our 'guns.' Without them, we'll just die!"
Lu Qing was also infected by this atmosphere and frowned seriously, "What should we do? We can't let everyone starve, right?"
At the same time, the atmosphere in the village began to become weird.
Aunt Wang opened her voice at the top of her lungs and started using her "square loudspeaker" mode under the big locust tree in the village.
"Oh my goodness, you educated youth are too greedy, aren't you? The little things we have in our village can't withstand your waste!" Aunt Wang put her hands on her hips, spit flying. "You all eat our things and use our things, leaving us nothing!"
The villagers around them echoed each other, and their originally friendly attitude towards the educated youth began to turn hostile.
"That's right, we have to keep the little wealth in our village for our own use!"
"It's better to use the money to fill their stomachs than to give them cultural education!"
The anger spread like a plague, shrouding the entire village in a depressing atmosphere.
Mrs. Lu hid behind the crowd, a barely perceptible sneer on her lips.
At this time, Shen Qiqi and Lu Qing also felt the change in the atmosphere in the village. They looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.
"The situation doesn't seem good..." Lu Qing whispered.
Shen Qiqi narrowed her eyes, watching Aunt Wang's endless "speech", and suddenly sneered, "Oh, this old lady is trying to stir up trouble, does she really think I'm a vegetarian?"
Lu Qing saw the "troublemaking" expression on his wife's face and knew that something interesting was going to happen. He rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "Wife, what are you going to do next?"
Shen Qiqi didn't answer, but just smiled mysteriously, turned around, and walked towards the village committee...
As soon as Shen Qiqi stepped into the village committee, she frightened the gloomy-looking Village Chief Sun so much that he shuddered and almost jumped out of his chair.
"Oh, my third daughter-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Village chief, don't panic, I'm here to give you a 'lifeline'!" Shen Qiqi slapped a plan on the table with a playful smile. The crisp sound instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Village Chief Sun picked up the plan, his presbyopic eyes narrowed into slits, and he studied it for a long time before uttering, "What... is this?"
"This is our village's 'get-rich secret'!" Shen Qiqi said confidently, "I plan to apply for assistance from the town. We can't just sit back and enjoy our savings! We have to develop our village's 'potential stocks' and let our village have a 'comeback'!"
Lu Qing gave her a thumbs up and said, "Wife, your idea is absolutely amazing!"
"I'm not just 'drawing cakes to appease hunger'!" Shen Qiqi turned to the crowd and said, her eyes sparkling, "As long as the town is willing to give us a 'transfusion of blood', I guarantee that our village's GDP (gross domestic product) will soar like a rocket! By then, we will not only solve the problem of resource shortages, but also allow everyone to live a 'well-off life'!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the originally depressed atmosphere was instantly ignited. Even Captain Zhao Zhiqing couldn't help but show an expectant look, thinking, this third daughter-in-law of the Lu family is really capable!
Seeing this, Shen Qiqi struck while the iron was hot and continued, "My opinion alone won't count. We need everyone to supervise. How about this, Aunt Wang, you're knowledgeable and experienced. Let's go to the town together this time to check on the villagers!" She then looked at Zhao Zhiqing, "And Captain Zhao, you're familiar with the situation in the town, so you can come along and give us some advice!"
When Aunt Wang heard her name being called, she was stunned at first, then frowned. She was about to refuse, but Shen Qiqi took the lead and looked at her with a sincere smile, "Aunt Wang, I know you are thinking about our village. With you here, I feel at ease."
Captain Zhao Zhiqing hadn't expected to be named. After a moment of hesitation, he looked at Shen Qiqi's calm gaze, and the unhappiness in his heart dissipated.
The other people in the village looked at this strange combination with their eyes wide open. What on earth is the third daughter-in-law of the Lu family up to?
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