"That's right, Dad. What if they learn the technology and then come to steal our business?" another voice echoed.
Shen Qiqi and Lu Qing looked at each other, gently opened the door and walked in.
In the room, several children of the owner of Li Guoyuan were surrounding the bed, expressing their objections in a flurry of voices. The atmosphere was so tense that it seemed as if a string would break at any moment.
There was a strong sense of distrust in the air, as if Shen Qiqi and the others were robbers who came to rob their family heirlooms.
"Uncle Li, that's not what we meant..." Shen Qiqi tried to explain, but was rudely interrupted by the son of the owner of Li Orchard, "Stop talking! You must be trying to steal our technology!"
Shen Qiqi took a deep breath and tried to keep her voice calm: "Uncle, don't worry, we just want to learn the technology of reclaiming the mountains and forests. It will not affect your orchard business, let alone take your job." Her eyes were firm and her tone was neither humble nor arrogant, which made everyone present stunned.
She continued, "Besides, I'm just helping you take care of the orchard temporarily. When you recover, you can take it back anytime. Do you think this is okay?"
Boss Li Guoyuan looked at Shen Qiqi. Although this little girl was young, the determination and confidence in her eyes made him look at her with new eyes.
He coughed twice and said with difficulty: "Okay, stop arguing and just do as she says." With this final word, the room suddenly became quiet.
In the following days, Shen Qiqi began her daily routine of "stealing skills".
She followed the owner of Li Orchard every day, watching his every move without blinking, with her ears erect like two antennas, for fear of missing any details.
She was like a sponge, absorbing knowledge about fruit tree cultivation crazily.
At first, Boss Li Guoyuan still had a sense of superiority that "this little girl will definitely not understand it", but after a few days, he was surprised to find that Shen Qiqi not only had an amazing learning ability, but also could always ask some questions that he had never expected.
Sometimes, those questions could even enlighten him, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly: This little girl is really a natural farming expert!
Seeing Shen Qiqi's increasingly skilled operation, Lu Qing was delighted. His wife was simply a cheat, and could learn anything quickly.
He walked to Shen Qiqi and handed her a glass of water, his eyes full of pride.
"Qiqi, you are awesome!" he praised sincerely.
Shen Qiqi wiped the sweat from her forehead, her eyebrows curved in a smile, and a sense of accomplishment burst out in her heart.
She looked at the fruits of her hard work and her heart was filled with hope.
As the sun sets, Shen Qiqi and Lu Qing prepare to go home.
She walked to the bedside of Mr. Li Guoyuan's boss and said with a smile, "Uncle Li, that's all for today. Have a good rest."
The boss of Li Orchard originally squinted his eyes, thinking secretly in his heart: "Little girl, even if you hang around under my nose, you can't learn any real skills!" He thought that Shen Qiqi would at most learn the basics, but he didn't expect that this girl was like a cheat. After a few days, she not only mastered the techniques of pruning and grafting fruit trees, but also could draw inferences from one example and raise some questions that gave him a lot of enlightenment.
Once, when the owner of Li Orchard was demonstrating how to identify fruit tree diseases and pests, Shen Qiqi suddenly pointed at a leaf and asked, "Uncle Li, the edge of this leaf is yellowing. Is it a potassium deficiency? I read in a book that the edges of leaves with potassium deficiency will first turn yellow and then slowly wither."
When Mr. Li, the boss of the orchard, heard this, his eyes widened like copper bells, and he thought to himself: "Wow, this girl is really capable!" He touched his chin and nodded in praise: "Qiqi, you observe very carefully! Yes, this is indeed a symptom of potassium deficiency." Surprise showed in his eyes, and admiration surged like a spring.
The surrounding fruit farmers were also stunned and gave Shen Qiqi a thumbs up.
"The daughter-in-law of the Lu family is really good!" "That's right, she is smart and hardworking, she is really a good daughter-in-law!" The atmosphere of appreciation spread like the fragrance of flowers in the orchard.
Shen Qiqi smiled modestly, but her heart was filled with joy.
She knew that she was one step closer to her goal of leaving the mountains and reclaiming forests!
She was full of energy, like a chicken with blood injected, and she was eager to learn all the life skills of the boss Li Guoyuan.
In the evening, as the sun set, Shen Qiqi and Lu Qing prepared to go home.
The boss of Li Guoyuan looked at Shen Qiqi's back and said meaningfully: "Little girl, you are more powerful than I thought..."
After returning home, Shen Qiqi couldn't wait to take out her notes and carefully organize the knowledge she learned today.
She hummed a little tune as she wrote, feeling as happy as a little bear who had stolen some honey.
Suddenly, the village chief ran over in a hurry, panting, "Qiqi, this is bad! There's movement over there in the forest again!"
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