"Manager, twenty yuan is really too much. You know the situation in the mountains," Wang Tianxiao said, looking troubled and his smile faltering slightly. He laughed awkwardly.
"Although it's called mountainous land, many places are actually unsuitable for planting. In many other places, the trees are too dense, absorbing or blocking nutrients, water, and sunlight, so nothing can be grown. Therefore, a considerable portion of the land is unusable."
As Wang Tianxiao was speaking, Dai Yuanyuan suddenly nudged her father. Dai Zhixin quickly realized what was happening and laughed, "Let's eat and talk at the same time, or the food will get cold."
"Eh."
Wang Tianxiao picked up the chopsticks but didn't rush to use them. He waited until Dai Zhixin picked up some food before taking a bite of the food in front of him.
The flavor is slightly sweet, and it's not a very traditional northern taste anymore.
It is evident that after several years away from home, Dai Yuanyuan had been influenced by the lifestyle of the South, and her tastes had changed without her realizing it.
Dai Zhixin took a bite of food but said nothing.
Wang Tianxiao paused for a moment, then looked at Dai Yuanyuan. Dai Yuanyuan immediately understood his meaning and gently shook her head.
Wang Tianxiao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Dai Zhixin is a very jealous person, probably inherited from his hometown in Shanxi. He is known for his intense jealousy.
When eating noodles, others would just add a little vinegar, but he would pour in half a bowl, leaving a lot of vinegar at the bottom of the bowl after he finished eating the noodles.
Therefore, the station's canteen always made Dai Zhixin's dishes with a sour flavor, otherwise he wouldn't like it.
However, the dish had almost no sour taste today, yet he seemed not to taste it, which indicated that there was something wrong with his sense of taste. Wang Tianxiao remembered that in his previous life, he seemed to have died from some kind of illness.
Wang Tianxiao felt a pang of pain in his heart as a senior who had cared for and loved him was irrevocably heading towards his final end.
Looking at the kind old man in front of him, he could no longer afford to play tricks on him.
He decided to be honest.
This was completely different from what he had thought five minutes earlier, but he felt that perhaps being able to adjust one's behavior and thinking at any time and place, without being rigid and dogmatic, was what made a mature person.
"Manager, to be honest with you, I want to make a name for myself there, but I don't have much ability right now, and I'm worried that if the farm takes back the land I'm growing, all my efforts will be wasted. So, you have to help me so that I can do this without any worries."
Dai Zhixin swallowed a mouthful of radish greens, chewed a few times, and nodded slightly. "Now that you put it that way, I understand everything."
"Yes, that's what I mean."
Wang Tianxiao has been completely honest with him; now it's up to Dai Zhixin to decide what to do next.
This can be considered a form of gambling.
But he had too few chips, so he could only try to win big with a small investment.
She relied on Dai Zhixin's care for her and his open-minded and gentle personality.
"Wang Tianxiao, do you really want to grow something in the mountains?"
While Dai Zhixin was thinking, Dai Yuanyuan broke the awkward silence and turned to ask Wang Tianxiao.
"Hmm, it's a bit difficult, but we can give it a try. The mountains are currently overgrown with weeds, and many of these weeds are absorbing nutrients, which is preventing the nearby trees from growing properly. If we can plant some medicinal herbs or cash crops according to the actual conditions of the land, we can not only make good use of the mountain land, but also solve the problem of the trees being deprived of nutrients."
"That's a good idea! You mean you want to grow medicinal herbs?"
"Um."
"How do you know all this? Do you have experience? I find this a bit unreliable."
"You can only say that you have to try. Everything is difficult at the beginning, but if you don't do it, you'll never have started, right?"
Wang Tianxiao chatted gently with Dai Yuanyuan.
He didn't press Dai Zhixin to make a decision right away, as that might only make him resentful.
Although Dai Zhixin is not clear about how much can be grown in the entire mountain, he has a general idea of the mountain. He is definitely going to be cautious about suddenly contracting it out, which makes sense.
“That’s a very interesting idea,” Dai Yuanyuan patted Wang Tianxiao on the shoulder, then turned to her father and said, “Dad, I think we should support Wang Tianxiao’s idea. You’ve always been very interested in our field of traditional Chinese medicine, and now Wang Tianxiao isn’t doing anything else but planting herbs. Why are you hesitating?”
"Ah..." Dai Zhixin snapped out of his thoughts and said with a smile, "Tianxiao, I need to think about this for a bit. You're not in a hurry to go back to Yangziling today, are you?"
"Yeah, I might stay here for a few days, have meals and drinks with former colleagues and stuff."
“That’s good. No rush. This is a big matter, and I need to report it to the bureau,” Dai Zhixin nodded and said after a moment of thought, “But don’t worry, since you have this idea, I will definitely support you. I think your conditions are good, but it depends on how the bureau leaders view this matter.”
"Then we'll have to rely on you for everything," Wang Tianxiao said gratefully.
"Don't mention it. I'm happy that you're so energetic. I can make the decision for most things, but since you're involved in a contract that's been running for many years, it's best to have the bureau's official seal to confirm it, just in case there are any unnecessary disputes later."
"Yes, Manager, you've thought of everything."
"Alright then, let's eat first. If we keep talking, the food will get really cold."
"Yes, let's eat. Miss Yuanyuan, let's eat."
Dai Yuanyuan smiled, patted Wang Tianxiao on the shoulder, and didn't say anything more.
Only by patting Dai Yuanyuan on the shoulder could Wang Tianxiao recall what Dai Yuanyuan used to look like.
A girl with short hair, who likes to wear a plaid shirt, shorts, and white strappy sandals, skipped across the mountain stream to the other side and stood outside laughing non-stop.
Well, Dai Yuanyuan is actually a beautiful and energetic girl, but she's not Wang Tianxiao's type.
Wang Tianxiao was ultimately a conservative man; he still preferred women like his wife, gentle and tender. Any troubles he had vanished the moment he saw his wife, like a sharp weapon dissolved in water.
Seeing Dai Yuanyuan, a lively and bright girl like the spring sunshine, warmed his heart. It was like an old man sitting on a stool against the south wall in winter, comfortably basking in the sun.
Every girl in the world is wonderful.
But the one I love most is always the warm light in my heart.
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