"You actually hit me?"
"What's wrong with me hitting you?"
"How dare you hit me!"
"I'm hitting you!"
Such conversations only exist in clichéd plots in TV dramas.
In reality, the young man who was slapped in the face just covered his face in a daze, looking at his teacher, the good brother of his father, the teacher whom he privately called Uncle Qi.
Professor Qi took a deep breath and looked at the young man in front of him. "Do you know why I slapped you?"
The young man shook his head.
Professor Qi sneered and rolled up his sleeves, "It seems you don't understand it!"
The young man quickly asked, "Because I slandered government officials?"
Professor Qi shook his head. "You are so conceited, but you don't even understand this little thing about yourself. I really don't know where your pride comes from. Is it because your grandfather and your father are both famous experts in agronomy, and they gave you a family background that can be called an academic tycoon?"
The young man remained silent.
Professor Qi lit a cigarette and said, "I am slapping you on behalf of your father. Your father sent you to my house and called me brother, so I have the obligation to slap you on his behalf!"
"Why? What did I do wrong?" The young man finally couldn't help asking, and then an idea came to his mind, "Because of that dirty kid today?"
"I hit you because you forgot your roots!"
After hearing what the young man said, Professor Qi was furious. "Look at you now. You are tall, well-dressed, have a rich family, and live in a big house in the city. Do you think you are superior to others? Bullshit!"
"Your present life is the result of your grandfather and your father rolling up their trouser legs, stepping on the yellow mud, mingling with the farmers, getting up early and going to bed late, working day after day in the countryside. Now that you have washed your hands and come ashore, you actually look down on the people in the countryside. Do you have any shame?"
Professor Qi's angry words made the young man's head buzz and he stood there in a daze.
After venting his anger, Professor Qi calmed down a bit. "The current rural areas are indeed not well developed, but why is that? It's because they shouldered the heavy burden of my country's industrial development in the past few decades. Under the regulation of the state, the income that should have belonged to the rural areas was continuously converted into the driving force for urban economic development. They were exploited and sucked dry, but the country and the government have not forgotten their contributions, and the rural people themselves have never given up on self-reliance, but no one has the right to look down on them on personality!"
"You think you are better than them because you have a good grandfather, a good father, and a good family. You have read more books, seen more of the world, eat better than them, dress better than them, and smoke one cigarette that costs as much as a pack of theirs, so you despise them. But apart from these things you were born with, are you really better than them? Xiao Wu, whom you have always looked down upon, scored 30 points more than you in the college entrance examination, and he chose this major just to give back to the village that raised him. What about you? Why did you choose this major? To inherit and consolidate the status of your agricultural family, right?"
"I'm not a pedantic old scholar. Your parents' hard work is your capital, and there's nothing wrong with that. But after you have all that, can you seriously do something for this vast land that you should do? Instead of just being a useless shell under a halo?"
"You said that Secretary Huo has no vision, but he is a good grassroots cadre who truly understands the countryside and sees things from the perspective of the rural people. The rural economy is fragile and cannot withstand any reckless tampering. Your grand plans are just empty talk. Once something goes wrong, it will be a disaster for countless families. Why does he insist on the industrial park? It's because he can control it! Seeing your smug look and listening to your shameless words, I really feel ashamed for you!"
"Go back now!" Professor Qi vented all the unhappiness that he had been holding in his heart for the whole day, and felt relieved. "If you feel that you can't bear it, go and complain to your father. If that doesn't work, you can call your grandfather. But remember to call him tomorrow. I can't afford to trouble the old man so late at night."
The young man opened his mouth to say something, but Professor Qi held his hand and said, "You'd better not say anything now."
Professor Qi watched the young man leave somewhat dejectedly, his proud head drooping. He remained silent until the door closed, then he sighed softly, "I hope you can take this strong medicine, otherwise you will have to let your father teach you himself."
He put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then suddenly smiled and said, "This tea is quite well brewed."
He then shook his head and sighed, picked up a pen and paper, and started to organize today's information.
After all the hard work, I must not let down the earnest expectations.
Thinking of the expectation, Professor Qi's hand paused. The first thing that came to his mind was that ordinary candy and those big clear, dark eyes.
.......
At the same time, Huo Qianli was also holding a pen, organizing the feedback from Professor Qi and others.
The issues raised by Professor Qi can be said to hit the nail on the head.
The development of the fruit tree industry will not produce results in the short term. Can the villagers afford to wait?
He was anxious, but in fact he already had the answer.
You definitely can't wait.
Unless the town’s finances can provide a steady stream of capital injections and allow villagers to have other ways to increase their income.
Moreover, the lack of a flagship product is also a big problem. Niujiao Village is destined to be able to operate in this snail shell of the industrial park.
It's like a stable but low-paying job, which is stable but lacks a future.
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