When Xiaohua heard from Assistant Li that Zhou Musheng had been waiting for her there for more than two hours, she immediately felt apologetic and guilty.
What have I done to deserve that such a busy person like him wastes more than two precious hours of my time?
"Mr. Zhou, what can I do for you?"
She's willing to waste over two hours waiting for me here, so she must have something to ask me.
“I went back to Germany a while ago and didn’t have a chance to visit your school. I happen to be free tonight, and as an investor, I think it’s okay for me to visit your school.”
Xiao Hua heard the smiling face and said loudly, "Great, that's perfect! I was just thinking of finding some time to report the progress to the big boss."
Zhou Musheng shook his head helplessly.
"You're such a smooth talker, girl. I'm not your big boss; you're the big boss yourself."
Xiaohua smiled shyly: "I haven't even started yet, and I haven't succeeded, so I'm not a big boss yet, but I will be a big boss in the future."
Zhou Musheng thought she was really confident, and he liked that kind of flamboyant confidence.
Xiao Hua got into Zhou Musheng's car, told Assistant Li the address, and the car headed towards her school.
After getting off the bus, Xiaohua introduced her plans for the school to Zhou Musheng.
Zhou Musheng listened attentively to her, occasionally asking questions or offering suggestions.
Xiaohua mentioned the matter of recruiting teachers, which is currently quite difficult, as suitable teachers are not easy to find.
"Mr. Zhou, you are an overseas Chinese, so you must know many overseas Chinese who speak multiple languages. Do you have any resources in this regard?"
Xiaohua didn't want to bother Zhou Musheng again unless absolutely necessary, but now Zhou Musheng had asked her about the biggest problem she was facing.
Xiaohua then asked the question.
Zhou Musheng thought for a moment and then suggested, "Go to the School of Foreign Languages and post some job advertisements. Conduct several rounds of interviews, and do the interviews yourself. Offer higher salaries for teachers, and you should be able to find suitable candidates."
Xiaohua thought so too, but wouldn't it be better to find teachers who grew up abroad?
Zhou Musheng seemed to have read her mind.
"It's not that people who grew up abroad are more suitable than students from foreign language colleges. You have to understand that people who grew up abroad may only be able to speak Chinese, but not understand its meaning."
"But I think Mr. Zhou, your Chinese is excellent."
Xiaohua wasn't trying to flatter him; Zhoumosheng's Chinese is indeed very good.
Zhou Musheng smiled and said, "That's because my parents value my Chinese education. But as far as I know, most of us Chinese who grew up abroad don't speak Chinese very well. We can only speak it. Many of us don't know how to read or write. So I think it would be more appropriate to find outstanding students from foreign language colleges to be our teachers."
Xiao Hua nodded. She was the kind of person who listened to advice and was happy to take it. Zhou Musheng genuinely hoped that she could succeed in her business, and he was right.
"careful!"
Zhou Musheng reacted quickly, placing his hands on Xiaohua's waist to steady her and prevent her from falling. The school was under renovation, with construction materials everywhere and uneven, unfinished ground. Xiaohua had just slipped on a pothole. Looking at his hands on Xiaohua's waist, Zhou Musheng's only feeling was how slender and supple her waist was, and his heart suddenly began to pound rapidly.
Thanks!"
Xiaohua blushed and naturally moved her body forward a little.
Looking at his empty hands, Zhou Musheng said apologetically, "I didn't mean to take advantage of you. I was just worried you might fall, so I offended you in my haste. I'm sorry!"
He is a gentleman.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Xiaohua hesitated for a few seconds before generously saying, "Ah... I should be thanking Mr. Zhou. Without your help just now, I would most likely have fallen flat on my face."
After Xiaohua finished speaking, she burst into laughter and told him that she had actually fallen flat on her face in the countryside before. There were many chickens, ducks and geese at home, and her face ended up on a pile of chicken droppings. She then made a disgusted face.
Seeing how generous and uninhibited she was, Zhou Musheng felt a little disappointed. Her honesty and composure seemed to tell him that she had no feelings for him.
In fact, he had always known that Xiaohua was a girl with very clear goals. He knew that Xiaohua was now focused on her studies and entrepreneurship, and had no other thoughts or time to do other things, especially romantic relationships and romantic matters, which he thought would only waste her precious time.
Zhou Musheng wondered why he admired her, or even liked her.
Isn't it precisely because of this quality she possesses? This quality of striving for goals and ideals and seizing every opportunity deeply attracted him.
He thought that physical intimacy would only ruin the girl and their simple, pure relationship. It would be better to support and admire her from behind, and watch her become a better version of herself step by step.
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou! Are you listening to me? Am I disgusting you?"
Xiao Hua also realized that she was being so indiscriminate in her speech, saying all sorts of things to Zhou Musheng. Zhou Musheng was born into a wealthy family in Germany and had never seen anything as disgusting as chicken manure. She really didn't watch her words at all.
Zhou Musheng shook his head: "No, I think your life is really interesting, Xiaohua. If there is a chance in the future, I wonder if we could go back to your hometown together so that I can experience rural life."
People who have never been to the countryside, especially in the northwest, imagine it to be a peaceful and idyllic life with gentle breezes, willows swaying in the wind, and tranquil days.
What is rural life really like? During spring planting, people stay up all night, tending to the small irrigation canal to irrigate their own farmland.
Why do we have to keep watch at night? Because water resources are scarce and limited. Each production brigade has a large pond to irrigate all the farmland in that brigade. If the production brigade doesn't allow the water to be released, every household will secretly release water at night.
During the day, the men plowed the fields, while the women planted rice seedlings in the paddy fields. As soon as the children got out of school, they would take off their cloth shoes, roll up their trousers, and go to the fields to plant rice seedlings. Some children were only seven or eight years old and were already able to follow their mothers to plant rice seedlings back and forth.
After spring planting, field management of the rice paddies is required. Men, women, and children all have to go into the fields to pull weeds to prevent the weeds from eating the rice seedlings. In the event of a prolonged drought, every household secretly digs ditches to flood their own farmland. Sometimes, two families even fight over this issue with shovels.
In the eyes of poets, autumn harvest is a season of harvest and happiness. But in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a harvest that takes place day and night, racing against the weather. If there is heavy rain, the ripe rice that cannot be harvested may be soaked in the fields and rot and sprout, and then a year's hard work will be in vain.
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