They all felt that fate was a wonderful and magical thing.
Unexpectedly, people who are completely unrelated not only look alike, but also became acquaintances.
Wen Moxue didn't think much of it. There were many similar people in later generations, and there were plenty of people on the internet who looked like celebrities.
Lu Yuan, however, always felt a connection in his heart, which he attributed to the fact that the two looked alike and their surnames were also related.
Gao Weishan also marveled at the wonder of fate, while Xiao Biyun, while feeling regretful, also felt a special closeness to Lu Yuan, and her heart softened completely whenever she saw him.
I kept talking to him, asking about his family and his childhood.
After hearing his story, and learning that he lost his mother at a young age and that his stepmother treated him badly, Xiao Biyun couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
Lu Yuan felt a sudden pang of sadness, even though he wasn't usually a sentimental person.
"Aunt Xiao, it's all in the past. I'm doing very well now."
Xiao Biyun nodded, "Yes, you are capable, and you have married such a beautiful and capable wife. It can be said that your hardships have finally come to an end."
She paused for a moment and then said, "If you're willing, we can become godparents, and you can call me godmother from now on."
After she finished speaking, her phoenix eyes, which were just like Lu Yuan's, were full of hope.
Gao Weishan looked at Lu Yuan eagerly, "Little Lu, are you willing?"
Lu Yuan agreed without hesitation, "I couldn't be happier. With you two as my godparents, I won't need to use my eyes to look at people anymore; I can just point my nose at them."
Hehehehe~~~~
"Ha ha ha ha--"
His words made the two of them burst into laughter.
Lu Yuan took the adoption of godparents very seriously, and in the presence of Grandpa Liu, he kowtowed and offered tea.
Although Gao Weishan and his wife brought quite a few things today, they felt that none of them were suitable as gifts for the formal recognition of godparents. So they each gave a red envelope first, planning to give gifts later.
Lu Yuan didn't care. He didn't accept this godparent relationship because of the gifts, but because he genuinely thought the couple were good people.
The dinner was quite lavish, consisting of six dishes: braised pork ribs with potatoes, twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, cucumber salad, dry-fried green beans, and stir-fried vegetables. All of these were prepared by Wen Moxue, with Xiao Biyun helping out.
After finishing the meal, Xiao Biyun didn't want to leave. She usually ate one bowl of rice per meal, but today she ate two bowls and still wasn't satisfied. She realized after living for more than forty years that she was also a person who had a strong appetite.
“If Godmother likes it, she can stay a few more days, and I’ll cook for you every day,” Wen Muxue said.
“Now that you’re pregnant, it’s more appropriate for me to cook for you,” Xiao Biyun said gently.
"That won't do. You're not in good health either, and you can't work so hard every day. Let me cook for you instead," Lu Yuan said with a smile.
Since giving birth, Xiao Biyun suffered a severe hemorrhage and narrowly escaped death. Her health has been very weak, and she has not been able to conceive again in recent years. In addition, she lost her child shortly after birth, which caused her great distress and made her health even worse. She has been recuperating at home for the past few years.
If it weren't for the fact that all the branches of her family were making a fuss about giving the child to them, which was too annoying, she wouldn't have come here despite her illness.
I never expected that coming here would be the right decision. After arriving, I found a godson, which made me feel much better and physically more comfortable.
"Can you cook?" she asked.
Lu Yuan chuckled, "I don't know how, but I'm willing to learn for my wife and godmother."
Xiao Biyun smiled and teased, "Better than your godfather. Your godfather has been studying salt for decades and still can't put it in the right place."
Gao Weishan was embarrassed, "That salt isn't medicine."
"You don't know anything except medicine."
Watching the two bicker, Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue covered their mouths and chuckled. It was clear that the two were very much in love.
They wondered if they would continue to support each other like this when they got old.
Xiao Biyun did not stay that night.
"I'll go back first today to pack some clean clothes, and then come back tomorrow to stay for a few more days."
That's one thing. Secondly, we also need to prepare new gifts for the young couple, and make up for the missing godparent gifts.
Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue nodded in agreement. This way, they could make more preparations, such as arranging the rooms in advance and taking out items that were inconvenient to bring out.
As soon as the couple left, the young couple began tidying up the next room, taking out new bedding from their storage space and spreading it on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Just as they were setting up the kang (a heated brick bed), Lu Guoan's voice rang out from outside the door.
The young couple went outside upon hearing the noise and saw Lu Guoan and his two sons standing in the courtyard waiting for them.
Lu Yuan hurriedly invited the three of them into the house to talk, but Lu Guoan waved his hand, saying, "Let's talk in the yard."
"Then I'll go get a few stools."
"I'll go."
"I'll go too."
Before Lu Yuan could even turn around, Lu Jiefang and Lu Yuanchao dashed into the main room to fetch stools.
The group sat down to talk. Lu Guoan took out the plan that Lu Yuan had given him earlier, sighed softly, and got straight to the point.
"Ah Yuan, no way."
Lu Yuan frowned and asked, "What's wrong with it?"
Logically speaking, his plan was entirely beneficial to the people and the village, and the commune leaders had no reason not to agree to it.
"The pig farm needs piglets from the commune, but the leaders said that the commune is short of funds and cannot allocate funds to buy piglets."
"There's also the matter of building a pig farm, but the leaders said the commune doesn't have the money to build one."
Lu Yuan understood immediately: the commune simply didn't want to contribute money.
He asked, "Did the leaders promise that if we can solve these problems ourselves, they will agree to let our brigade set up a pig farm and a livestock farm?"
Lu Guoan nodded. "That's what the commune leaders said. If we really want to set up a factory, all the problems will be solved by our own production brigade. The commune can't set a precedent like this. There are so many production brigades in the commune, and they all need to allocate funds to set up factories. They simply can't manage it all."
Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He had expected it; there was probably no hope of getting the commune to pay him.
But as long as the commune leaders allow their village to set up a factory, that's enough.
"Uncle, it's alright. As long as the commune leaders don't object to us setting up the factory, we can get it up and running in the future."
Lu Guoan's eyes lit up. "You have a plan?"
Lu Yuan nodded, "Yes, but this can't be rushed; we have to take it one step at a time."
Pig farms require a lot of capital. Even if the villagers build the pig farm themselves by making adobe bricks, it won't cost much. But buying piglets costs a lot of money. Even if each piglet costs ten yuan, hundreds of piglets would cost thousands of yuan. The brigade doesn't have that much money right now and simply can't afford it.
If you can't do something with a lot of capital right now, then do something with little or no capital first.
"Uncle, let's set up a breeding farm first, raising rabbits or chickens. I suggest raising rabbits first, because raising rabbits doesn't require any capital, and I can catch a whole litter just by going up the mountain."
"Moreover, rabbits reproduce quickly, breeding once every two months, usually with 6 to 8 offspring, sometimes more than a dozen, which makes it easy to scale up production."
"Even if rabbit meat isn't as valuable as pork, a wild rabbit can still sell for about two to three yuan. Once you have more rabbits, you can make a lot of money."
"Of course, once you have the money, you can buy chicks and raise chickens."
"After a year or two, once we've made money raising rabbits, we'll build a pig farm, buy a few hundred piglets, and raise them to adulthood so we can make even more money."
Lu Yuan spoke eloquently.
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