Cheng Yue: "???"
Cheng Yue could hardly believe what she was hearing; cell phones are expensive!
My classmates told me that theirs cost over a thousand yuan, and it's just a music phone.
It costs over a thousand yuan; their family will need it for a very, very long time.
"Grandma, no need. I don't need a cell phone. The school has a phone, so I can make a call whenever I want."
The school has telephones, landlines, that cost 70 cents a minute, and you can make calls as long as you pay.
Cheng Yue used to have five yuan a month as pocket money, which was a lot for her. She was reluctant to make phone calls unless necessary, and even answering the phone cost money.
It costs one cent per minute.
After all, they won't let you answer the phone for free.
"It's alright. You're the most important person. Grandma will feel at ease knowing your news at any time. Turn your phone off during the day, turn it on after school, and turn it off again when you go to sleep at night. That should be fine." Mo Yan was worried that the school might cause trouble later.
However, there are other ways. Mo Yan thought of buying a house in the county town so that the mother and daughter could live there. She could also give them money to find something to do. That would be fine.
She can arrange things in the village, but that takes time; she's still waiting for that ungrateful wretch.
So I still need to buy a phone.
"Grandma, really, you don't need to."
Mo Yan spoke with Cheng Yue for a long time before leaving the school. She also asked her homeroom teacher and the policeman to keep an eye on things for her, as she was going to the Agricultural University.
Mo Yan personally went to see the professor and told him about her plan to plant strawberries and loquats. The professor affirmed her idea and told her that now is the best time to plant strawberries in winter, and if she plants them this year, she can start to harvest them next year.
The place where Mo Yan and the others are located is perfect for winter strawberries, especially cream strawberries and chocolate strawberries.
[P.S. It's strawberry season here right now. A big bowl costs 50 yuan. I've already asked about the growing season.]
"Now is the best time to plant them. We can provide strawberry seedlings, but they need to be grown in greenhouses and have suitable climate conditions. We'll accompany you to investigate, and we'll also help you see if we can apply for technical support. But we'll need to study the strawberries ourselves, is that alright?"
"Why not?" Mo Yan readily agreed. "Okay, thank you, Professor. Of course I'm willing. I was just afraid you'd be scared."
professor:"???"
“Where we live, we rely on cable cars for transportation. Many people have left their hometowns, leaving only some elderly people and children.”
However, Sichuan and Chongqing [this is just my imagination, please don't take it personally] is a very beautiful place. The climate there is great, with plenty of sunshine, making it very suitable for fruit cultivation.
Loquats, pomegranates, strawberries—I believe that with everyone's efforts, this place will be able to earn money in the future, so that those children won't have to wait day and night for the New Year.
It's not because there's delicious food during the Lunar New Year, but simply because it's a time to return home.
The children here only get to see their parents during the Lunar New Year.
The elderly here can only see their children during the Chinese New Year, simply because the place is so harsh and poor that many people need to leave to earn money elsewhere.
Everyone wants to spend time with their children, but life must come first.
Yes, it can be tough, but we can't just stop living, right?
Living expenses, tuition fees, medical expenses—none of these are free.
They can suffer their whole lives, but do they expect their children to stay there forever?
They just want to earn some money to give their child at least a slightly better future. Even just a little bit better would be enough.
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