My household registration is not in Wangjia Village, nor even in Qingquan Town or Qingcheng City.
Why are you bringing this up with me?
So he fell silent for the time being and could only offer a forced smile.
"Xiao Wang, tell me, isn't your success today inseparable from the earnest teachings of your teachers during your youth?"
"...Yes, that's right."
"Now that you've achieved some success, if you have the ability, why not give back to that place? For example, renovate the classrooms at your alma mater or repair the walls. This would allow the children to study with peace of mind and without danger, and it would also demonstrate your noble character of remembering those who helped you. Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?"
Wang Tianxiao was stunned.
So that's where they were waiting for me.
Just say so. Donating some things to the school, or even renovating the classrooms, is not a big deal.
There are only a few rooms in total, and rebuilding them all would probably only cost around ten thousand yuan.
It's not that he's unwilling.
Many of the children in the village are his juniors and descendants of his clan. He would naturally not be stingy to the point of being able to let the children study with peace of mind.
But this town mayor's roundabout way of doing things is really pointless.
It would be better to just say, "Xiao Wang, now that you're making money, give some of it back to the village or school, do some good deeds, and act like a wealthy person should."
That works, he completely agreed.
That's just being pretentious.
Everything has to be done in a roundabout way; it's not straightforward enough.
"No problem, Mayor Xu. It's my duty to benefit the village. Rest assured, I'll take care of this and give you a satisfactory answer."
"Haha, young people are so straightforward, not bad, really not bad."
Deputy Mayor Xu was naturally happy. Solving this problem was one of his achievements, and it didn't cost the government a single penny.
Now that the matter was resolved, Deputy Mayor Xu liked Wang Tianxiao much more.
He spoke with great interest to Wang Tianxiao about the development of medicinal herbs, and highly praised Wang Tianxiao's sense of mission and goals.
I don't know how many times I've said that the younger generation is truly formidable.
They also said that since Qingquan Town is very suitable for medicinal herb cultivation, it could be developed into a base for medicinal herb cultivation, breeding, and even research and development.
Adapting to local conditions can also be seen as an exploration of the future economy.
Wang Tianxiao generally approves of Deputy Mayor Xu's vision for such ambitious goals, given his position and broader perspective.
They had a very pleasant conversation about potential collaborations.
The two stood on a raised mound of earth. Deputy Mayor Xu looked at the vast wasteland in front of him and sighed, "The climate here is really too harsh. Take this land for example. Because it is close to the mountains, it is blocked from the sun and the soil's original nutrients are absorbed. No crops can be grown. It can only be left to grow weeds. It's such a pity."
"Yes, the main problem is the lack of water. Most places in the Northwest are short of water, but it's rare to see a place like Qingcheng where the water shortage is this severe. Water is the foundation of all crops, the source of life. Without water, nothing can grow properly. The water in this land has been absorbed by the trees on the mountains, so it's just that it's been abandoned here."
"Yes, it's very difficult, very difficult indeed."
Deputy Mayor Xu sighed, “You know, our people here are hardworking, capable, and willing to endure hardship, but it’s just that our natural conditions don’t allow it, which is why we’ve always had a hard life. You may not have been to the South, where many places have already industrialized, but many of our people still can’t get enough to eat.”
Wang Tianxiao looked at Deputy Mayor Xu's profile with some surprise.
He hadn't expected that this person actually cared about the people and wasn't the kind of person who only cared about his own political achievements and didn't care about anything else.
Perhaps he had the ambition to achieve political success, but deep down, he still cared about the people.
People really do have two sides.
Come to think of it, he only asked me to fix up the school and didn't make any other excessive demands. Besides, the school is just a place where children can study in peace.
The resentment in Wang Tianxiao's heart gradually subsided.
He thought for a moment, and then a thought suddenly popped into his head.
Since this land cannot be used for agriculture, what if it were developed into an industrial area?
He then remembered what he had discussed with Manager Meng.
Her younger brother wants to do some research on traditional Chinese medicine, so if we could get him to settle down here and use this place as a base, it might be a good thing.
This place is nestled against the mountains, with abundant medicinal herbs, making it suitable for practical research.
If it could really be done, wouldn't that be a truly respectable project?
After all, the breeding and planting he was involved in were only at the primitive stage of agriculture, while turning raw materials into traditional Chinese medicine was where the real value was created and profits increased.
"Mayor Xu, I have some immature thoughts, and I don't know if I should say them or not."
"Ah, go ahead and say it, aren't we speaking freely now?"
“Then I’ll speak,” Wang Tianxiao said after a moment’s thought, having roughly organized his thoughts. “Mayor Xu, in our Qingcheng, oh, let’s call it Qingquan Town, the natural disadvantages are beyond our control, aren’t they? So instead of complaining, we should try to adapt to local conditions and see what industries we can develop under our current circumstances.”
Although our environment here is generally not good, our civilization has still survived for thousands of years, right? Since the ancients could continue their civilization generation after generation even in more difficult circumstances, why can't we build on our past achievements and create new glories when our conditions are so much better now?
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