Chapter 227: Bending over and wielding sickles to collect grain
Li Xiang also used his own social media account to repost the video of the herd of white elephants entering the country and sent an emoji of welcome and encouragement.
Luo Feifei immediately liked and forwarded the post. She had also seen the little white elephant and liked it very much.
Jiang Caier couldn't help but frown when she saw Luo Feifei forwarded it immediately. However, she was now attending the wedding of Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou in the banquet hall of the Provincial People's Congress Hall with Li Xiang.
The seat Xu Xuan arranged for him was very special. He actually sat with a group of old men and women.
And without asking, Li Xiang knew who these people were, because many of them were "familiar faces" that often appeared in the news. Xu Xuan's grandfather was naturally among them.
Li Xiang was a guest, so he sat wherever others arranged for him to sit.
Although Li Xiang is not good at dancing and is not smooth-talking, he is quite eloquent. Jiang Caier, needless to say, is full of talent and knowledge, and there are few people in the country who can compare with her. The most important thing is that both of them are confident, without any special performance, nor any flattery, and without the slightest sense of arrogance. They also look like a first-class golden boy and a jade girl. They just sit there so calmly, emitting a special aura that makes people want to get close to them and talk to them.
Xu Xuan's grandfather knew Li Xiang, but he didn't expect that the girl Li Xiang brought today was also well-read and her speech and behavior were quite elegant.
Li Xiang and Jiang Caier, together with the elders of the two families at the table, were talking and laughing. They were able to keep up with everyone, and they were very decent and showed their good knowledge. Especially Jiang Caier, who was well-known in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. Not only did she surprise the elders of the Xu and Zhang families present, but also surprised some other guests in the banquet hall. Many people secretly asked who the young man and woman were and how they could sit at that table? Moreover, they were actually having a great time talking with the big guys? "I know that man. He seems to be a friend of Mr. Xu. He is an Internet celebrity in the province with a decent number of fans. He is not the top one, but probably in the top 20."
"I checked, and there are only over 30 million fans."
"Then how can he sit at that table?" Some people were puzzled. He was just a small internet celebrity and was not worthy of being at the table.
"It seems that he is still the major shareholder of Jiuselu Jade, and is doing business with Master Xu. Moreover, it is said that Master Xu only holds 20% of the shares in the jade business."
"Is this true?" The man took a deep breath and couldn't help asking, "Really have no background?"
"Really? I'm just a country bumpkin."
"Impossible. Who is Young Master Xu? I have tens of billions of assets and wanted to cooperate with him in business, but he refused me. Later, I finally got in touch with him through connections. How can a country bumpkin do this? Or does he take the majority and Young Master Xu takes the minority?"
"That's unclear. Maybe there are some reasons behind it that we don't know about. Otherwise, the leaders of the Xu and Zhang families wouldn't be so polite to them."
This wedding was grand, yet simple. It was grand because there were many heavyweights present. Not to mention those in the officialdom, there were almost no people in the business world with a net worth of less than 10 billion.
It is said to be simple because the banquet and the decoration are quite simple, and the wedding ceremony is also very simple. It looks like a wedding held in an ordinary citizen's home.
At the table, the white wine is only about 200 yuan a bottle, the red wine is no more than 300 yuan, and the cigarettes are ordinary cigarettes at 20 to 30 yuan a pack, which can even be said to be a bit shabby. Because the wine and cigarettes used by the slightly better-off families at their weddings are more expensive than this.
The dishes are estimated to cost no more than two thousand yuan per table.
As for gifts, none of them will be accepted.
Li Xiang and Jiang Caier had received Xu Xuan's instructions in advance, so they just sent a bouquet of flowers.
The emcee was not a TV host or a well-known star, but an unknown host who was said to be a relative of the woman.
Jiang Caier privately asked Li Xiang whether they should keep their wedding simple in the future.
Li Xiang shook his head and said, "What is their family background? What is our family background? Even if we can reach the sky, no one can control us."
"That's true." Jiang Caier nodded, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou. It was such a simple wedding.
After the wedding banquet, Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou said goodbye to the guests, holding Li Xiang's hand and whispering, "We can't help it. It was requested by the elders of the two families. We didn't hold a big party. Please forgive us for the poor hospitality. Please stay for two more days and we will have fun with you."
Li Xiang smiled and said, "It's already very good. I wish you a happy marriage and a baby soon. I won't let you stay because it's going to snow heavily soon and I have some things to do at home."
"Okay, we'll come to see you in a few days." Xu Xuan said.
Zhang Youyou also nodded repeatedly, looking forward to it.
Because everyone had agreed before that if it snowed heavily again this year, they would team up to go hunting in the wild. Recalling last year's "no acquaintance without fighting", Xu Xuan felt that he really didn't recognize the great man at that time.
Only after he and Zhang Youyou became first-level transcendents did they realize how unfathomable Li Xiang was.
Last year, Li Xiang snatched his bow and arrow barehanded. At that time, in just a few breaths, Li Xiang pounced on him like a tiger rushing down the mountain, unstoppable. At that time, he felt that even if he had a hot weapon, he might not be able to stop Li Xiang. He just felt that looking at Li Xiang was like a frog in a well seeing the bright moon in the sky.
He had never seen someone as amazing as Li Xiang, so he wanted to make friends with Li Xiang. Whenever Li Xiang was live, he would come to give gifts to show his support. Later, he finally moved Li Xiang with his "sincerity" and got the opportunity.
Not long ago, he condensed the first spiritual power vortex, and then when he looked at Li Xiang, he felt that he was no longer a frog in a well looking at the bright moon in the sky, but... a floating particle looking at the blue sky. It felt like they were not in the same dimension at all.
Li Xiang's spiritual body had made some progress, and any inspiration that occasionally leaked out always shocked Xu Xuan deeply.
Li Xiang's relationship with Xu Xuan was just an attempt, which might work or not. I didn't expect Xu Xuan to be such a good person. He was indeed from a noble family, very particular, and he made great efforts in the matter of cashing in jadeite.
Li Xiang has no foundation, no business connections or channels, and is not good at doing business. The most he can do is sell goods through live streaming, and for the rest he is basically a hands-off boss.
The Xu family was the leader of the Southwest Underground City in the previous life, and Li Xiang built a base in Lijia Village, which is only more than 200 kilometers away from the Southwest Underground City. In the spirit of uniting all forces that can be united, they will help each other and fight the difficulties together in the end times. This is laid in advance.
After all, relationships between people are mutual and require reciprocity, which will only be useful at critical moments.
It’s like borrowing money. If you haven’t contacted someone in your life for a long time and you suddenly call to ask for money, who would lend you the money?
Li Xiang alone can protect at most 100,000 people. Even with Luo Feifei's help, the number can only be doubled to 200,000. If Jiang Caier is added, he is confident that he can protect 300,000 people.
However, there are 1.4 billion people in China, and no matter how capable he is, he cannot take care of them all.
Therefore, forming an alliance with other forces becomes the first choice.
Li Xiang planned that when the opportunity arose, he would travel to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to meet the leader of the underground city there. However, although they knew each other in his previous life, in this life, the leader might not even give him a chance for an interview.
Anyway, it’s still a long way from the end of the world, so there’s no need to rush.
The most important thing is that this is just a trial plan. If the result is not good, he can do it alone. Three hundred thousand people are three hundred thousand people. If these three hundred thousand people are preserved, human beings can reproduce healthily.
These 300,000 "sparks" are equivalent to the basic base, and the rest are just doing their best, doing their part, and leaving the rest to fate.
In order to save more people and make life better for mankind in the future, he put aside his pride and made friends with some future leading families. This little "grievance" was not a big deal.
However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and doing well in the present is the most important thing.
This year's heavy snow will come early, and grain production will decrease.
In previous years, most of the late rice was harvested in mid-October, and some were even harvested in late October and early November. Only a small part was harvested in early October. However, no matter how early it was, it was never as early as this year. On October 2nd, everyone took action and began the hurried harvesting work.
A lot of rice has not fully matured, but if it is not harvested now, it will be too late to harvest when the heavy snow comes.
When heavy snow falls and the weather is extremely cold, the rice will stop growing and freeze to death, and the unripe rice will never mature again.
After harvesting, it takes a few days to dry the fruits. It is cloudy every day now, and there is no sunshine, but fortunately the wind is strong, so maybe the fruits can be dried.
Because the rice is harvested early, it is likely that not only will the yield be reduced, but the overall quality of the rice will also be affected, increasing the difficulty of harvesting and processing.
For example, some rice grains are not mature, and the sugar and starch content does not meet the standards. Even if they are dried, a large amount of broken rice will be formed during processing. They are not tasty and lack nutrition. They can only be ground into rice cakes or directly fed to pigs.
“Hu~” “Hu~”
The cold north wind was like a knife, and it felt like gusts of evil wind. Li Xiang's family only had two acres of late rice, but he, a seventh-level transcendent, finished the work in one day. Not only did he harvest all the rice, he also threshed it manually and dried it on the cement drying yard in the backyard.
Then, he went to help other families. As the village chief, he naturally had the responsibility to take care of the villagers, especially the elderly, the weak and the disabled.
The wind outside is so strong that some thin people, such as Sanpo, can't go out at all. Once they go out, they feel like they will be blown away easily.
Jiang Caier was very depressed. She wanted to go to the fields to help, but Jiang Jianguo and his wife naturally did not allow it and asked her to study at home.
She came to find Li Xiang, and Li Xiang also told her to listen to her parents and study at home, and at most help with cooking.
"Brother, do you think I'm a burden?" Jiang Caier was very depressed.
Li Xiang smiled and said, "You are a scientific researcher. You only need to be in charge of academics, technology, and knowledge inheritance. It is a waste to do manual labor."
The goddess of wisdom is not meant for rough work.
"But I really want to help you." Jiang Caier said with a pout.
Li Xiang touched her little face and said, "You don't have to do these things to help me. The best way is to use your expertise."
"Okay then." Jiang Caier had no choice but to go home.
Two days later, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui led the girls under their respective command, while Lei Jiaming led a group of security guards, all "returned to the team" and came to obey Li Xiang's command.
Because they had almost finished their work at home, and their family members urged them to come to work.
My family members said that you can get paid even if you don’t work. Do you really think such a good thing exists? Even if it does exist, it is because Li Xiang is generous and magnanimous. But we should not be ignorant. We should find work to do even if there is no work.
Although the words spoken by each household are slightly different, the general meaning is this.
Because the treatment is too good, if he is fired or Li Xiang’s business fails, everyone will suffer.
We and our families don't want to lose such a good job.
So, everyone reported in one after another.
"It's good that you're here. Let's harvest the rice fields in Lijia Village together first, and then go to help in each village one by one." Li Xiang said.
Everyone applauded loudly.
I get a salary every month, so it doesn't matter what kind of work I do. Besides, it's more meaningful to do these things with Li Xiang.
Li Xiang raised his arm and called for more than 50 people to follow him. They were all young men and women. They were very active and swept through many farmlands. In the aging rural areas, they were a breath of fresh air.
They helped the villagers from all over the country to harvest the crops, of course without asking for any money, and they didn't even have to worry about their meals. They were just helping out.
Moreover, it is not limited to late rice, but also includes corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans, peanuts, etc.
Whatever can be harvested, we will naturally help to harvest it as soon as possible. When the super heavy snow freezes the field, it is estimated that it will just rot in the field.
This harvesting team consists of five extraordinary people, Li Xiang, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, and Lei Jiaming. The other security guards are also very skilled, and the young girls are all nimble. They all come from rural areas, are good at farm work, and are extremely efficient. They harvest faster than machines, so they are like a spring breeze that blows all over the area.
Because it is located in a mountainous area, some fields are fragmented, and there are even terraces. Most of the terraces are 1.5 meters to 3 meters wide, and some are even less than 1.5 meters. It is inconvenient for machines to drive in or up, and even if they drive up, they cannot be used. Manpower is the only way.
In a word, they can do what machines can do, and they can do it better than machines. They can also do what machines cannot do.
Li Xiang and those village party secretaries are "good brothers". The village party secretaries also go to the town regularly for meetings or dinners. Although Li Xiang is always busy and does not go every time, he has participated in three or four times since taking office. With his means in two lives, he naturally gets along very well with these village party secretaries.
The news spread like wildfire, and several village party secretaries wrote letters of praise, which were delivered to the town, and then somehow spread to the county.
Then, reporters from the county TV station, carrying cameras and long guns, came to the fields, filmed videos of the harvesting teams, and conducted interviews.
Not only was Li Xiang interviewed, but also other members of the harvesting team, and in addition, the villagers who received assistance were interviewed.
(End of this chapter)
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