As for the village primary school, with so many teachers gone all at once, finding new teachers will take time, and the issue of salaries and benefits is particularly troublesome.
Obviously, the new teacher will not receive the same treatment as Mr. Du and his colleagues before.
This stumped Lu Mingfa, Captain Zhao, Accountant Wu, and the others.
Actually, there are people who want to teach at the village primary school, and it's not hard to find people, but ultimately it's because there's no money.
Families in the village with children attending primary school are also worried, fearing that their children will lose this hard-won opportunity to learn.
In the end, Ye Weiwei resolved the problem with a phone call and a remittance slip.
Ye Weiwei initially spent money to build a primary school in Daqingshan Village, partly to address the educational needs of the village's children, and partly to better settle Du Lao and others—a win-win situation.
Now that Elder Du and his colleagues have been exonerated ahead of schedule and are leaving, the primary school will naturally continue to operate.
Then we can hire teachers according to the salary and benefits of other primary schools. A teacher's monthly work points are given by the village, and the salary is only five to ten yuan per person per month, which is not much money for her.
However, although she could afford it, she didn't intend to continue paying for it herself.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. Now that the policy is about to change, she has to find a way to make money for Daqingshan Village, so that she can not only cover the expenses of the village primary school, but also benefit every household.
After much thought, Ye Weiwei decided to focus on the medicinal herbs needed for the plant nutrient solution formula.
Daqingshan is a treasure mountain, and she, who has basically explored all of Daqingshan, is the most qualified to say this.
This mountain is very suitable for planting. After all, even the immortal grass, which has extremely demanding environmental requirements, can survive on this mountain. Moreover, this mountain is not only suitable for planting medicinal herbs, but also for planting other fruit trees and mountain delicacies.
Right now, we're just planting medicinal herbs. But when the policies improve in the future, we can do planting and animal husbandry at the same time, and also develop tourism and agritourism. There are many ways to make money.
In short, it would be a huge waste if Daqingshan Village, which is backed by a treasure mountain, could not be developed and utilized.
Moreover, it would be easy for her to help make the connection, since she was the one who created the plant nutrient solution. If she offered to help Daqingshan Village, the higher-ups wouldn't refuse.
Without hesitation, Ye Weiwei quickly shared her idea with Dr. Zhao.
Because Dr. Zhao had previously sent someone to Daqingshan Mountain to find medicine for Elder Long, he highly recognized the medicinal effects of the herbs grown there, especially the Nourishing Spirit Tea, which also grew on Daqingshan Mountain. Therefore, he agreed to Ye Weiwei's suggestion to include Daqingshan Village in the pilot village for medicinal herb cultivation almost without thinking.
What Ye Weiwei didn't expect was that while Dr. Zhao had agreed, trouble arose in Daqingshan Village.
The villagers were very resistant to the idea of planting medicinal herbs on Daqing Mountain.
The reason is that Daqingshan Mountain is very dangerous. Wild boars and wolves often appear there, and in earlier years, tigers and bears even caused trouble. They only go deeper into the mountain when they go with the militia to raid it every year. Otherwise, they just dig for wild vegetables and collect firewood at the foot of the mountain and on the outer perimeter. They dare not go deep into the mountain at all.
Although Lu Mingfa and the others knew that Ye Weiwei was trying to help the village generate income, they couldn't persuade the villagers no matter how hard they talked. They were so anxious these past few days that they started arguing one after another.
"Weiwei, I think we should just let this go. It would be a waste of your good intentions."
In the end, Lu Mingfa had no choice but to call Ye Weiwei and tell her the truth.
Ye Weiwei was speechless.
She herself never expected it to turn out this way.
Hearing that she didn't speak, Lu Mingfa sighed and said, "The main problem is that the mountain is too dangerous. You don't know, last year when we were fighting in the mountains, without you and Qin Xiao leading the way, the militia encountered a pack of wolves and several people were injured. The one who was most seriously injured lost an arm."
He still felt lingering fear when he thought about the bloodied people carried down the mountain that day.
Ye Weiwei never expected this to have happened; no wonder the villagers were so resistant to planting on Daqingshan Mountain.
However, the wild animals on the mountain were not difficult for her to deal with.
"Uncle Village Chief, do you believe me?"
Without a second thought, Lu Mingfa replied, "Of course I believe you! You're the lucky star of our village. I don't believe anyone else but you!"
Ye Weiwei smiled and said, "Alright, as long as you trust me. Those wild beasts on the mountain are nothing to fear; I'll find a way to deal with them."
Lu Mingfa asked excitedly, "Weiwei, do you really have a way to deal with those wild beasts?"
Ye Weiwei's attitude was very certain: "There really is a way."
Lu Mingfa slapped his thigh excitedly: "This is great! As long as we can get rid of those beasts, I guarantee the villagers won't object to planting medicinal herbs on the mountain."
Ye Weiwei told Lu Mingfa not to rush to mobilize the villagers, but to observe secretly how many people supported them and were willing to follow them.
These people will definitely be given important responsibilities in the future.
In order to get this done as soon as possible, Ye Weiwei decided to go back to the village as soon as possible.
When she told her family about her plan, Liu Guilan and Old Man Huo immediately said they wanted to go back to the village with her.
They've been in Kyoto for so long, it would be a lie to say they don't miss their hometown. Although their children and grandchildren are all around them, and the whole family is together, it's still the place where they've lived for decades, their roots, and they always think about it during holidays.
So, Old Master Qin had someone buy sleeper tickets for the group to return home, and the date was set for the day after the welcome dinner for Old Master Du and his party.
As soon as Mr. Du and his group returned to Kyoto, Ye Weiwei and the others took them to one of Mr. Du's properties in Kyoto and settled them in.
This house is one of Mr. Du's many properties. After learning that Mr. Du and his family were coming back, Ye Weiwei and Grandpa Qin took the property deed and had the house vacated. They also had someone clean and tidy it up, removing all the messy things from the original house and adding a lot of useful furniture to ensure that they would have a place to rest and get a good night's sleep as soon as they returned.
As soon as Old Du stepped into the courtyard, he couldn't help but burst into tears upon seeing how dilapidated and changed the place had become.
During his years in Daqingshan Village, all he thought about every day was how to survive. He never dared to dream that he would ever be able to come back!
"Weiwei, Lao Qin, thank you for going to so much trouble!"
Grandpa Du wiped his face, his voice hoarse.
Ye Weiwei laughed and said, "What's the big deal about this? Talking about these things between us would make us feel distant."
Grandpa Du nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, there's no need for us to say these things!"
After saying that, Old Master Du took out a large handful of house deeds and land deeds from his luggage and stuffed them into Ye Weiwei's hands: "I heard that the higher-ups will return all the properties from back then. Don't you like big houses? These are all for you!"
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