Are you really stars?
"The medical infrastructure is not perfect, and it is difficult for people to see a doctor." Li Xuran said thoughtfully: "It is because of the backward economy. When you are poor, everything is backward, including education, medical care, culture, and ideology. The other day I heard Aunt Haiyuan say that her daughter will graduate from junior high school next semester, and she doesn't plan to let her daughter continue to study."
Li Xuran sighed regretfully and continued, "Later, on weekends, her daughter also came to help spread the fertilizer. I asked about her grades. She was always in the top five in the class. There was no problem for her to get into a key high school, but the key high school was in the county. The girl said that her family had two younger brothers who needed to go to school and might not be able to support her. Her mother told her that it was useless for a girl to study more because she would have to marry into another family in the future. When she said this, her eyes were full of tears, which made me feel so distressed."
Pei Xu looked helpless. "Don't be afraid of you laughing at me. The idea of favoring boys over girls is quite common and serious here. My grandfather once said these words to my sister. My sister wanted to go to a secondary normal school at that time, so my grandfather persuaded my father not to let my sister continue to go to school. Fortunately, my father had his own opinion, and my mother had a big quarrel with my grandfather, so my sister was able to continue her studies."
Jiang Lin rolled his eyes, his voice was not loud but strongly condemned: "Praise boys over girls is a decadent idea. Girls in our north are so precious. The girl holds her in her hands and hurts her heart. The boy beat her up unhappily. The proportion of only children is high. I can't understand this idea. Isn't the girl his own child? Or is it like the online saying that there is inheritance of the throne at home?"
"The only things left to inherit are the stainless steel pots, pans and bowls." Pei Xu commented sharply, "But this is something that cannot be changed for the time being. If the economic level improves a bit and the family can afford the cost of schooling, some girls will not become victims of the family."
The sky finally cleared up, and earthworms crawled out of the soil to the surface, frightening Cheng Enyue so much that he took a few steps back in horror. "Oh my God! This earthworm is as thick as my little finger! Who are you trying to scare to death?"
Xiang Chuzhe said with a smile: "It's not hot yet. If it gets hot, snakes will come out of their holes. Wouldn't you fly away on the spot?"
Cheng Enyue said calmly: "Then I will die right here. I'm not kidding."
The villagers spontaneously laid the ground film together with the teenagers, and gradually, the vast brown and yellow land was covered with black.
Pei Xu hung up the phone and everyone in the room fell silent.
Three hundred thousand rose seedlings, people and dogs were silent.
Pei Xu sighed in worry, as he had to move 300,000 rose seedlings to his waist.
Fortunately, technology has changed our lives, and Pei Xu came up with a solution.
Under the big banyan tree, the villagers watched the truck-mounted crane slowly drive into the village, disrupting their way of working and instilling the new era's general trend of technology helping agriculture.
More than ten heavy trucks also drove into the village road one after another. It was the first time that the villagers saw such a big scene. A door on the side of the car slowly opened upwards, and they had a real sense of the career of these young people.
Bundles of dark red rose seedlings were stacked on the cart, with brown trunks of medium thickness, short branches, and a few green leaves.
The villagers came closer to the car and exclaimed, "So many seedlings!"
Aunt Xu asked excitedly: "Xiao Xu, is this the dark red rose seedling you mentioned?"
Pei Xu was also shocked. These dark red rose seedlings carrying their hopes and visions finally arrived. He said excitedly: "Yes, if we plant them now, they will bloom in May."
Aunt Song said in amazement: "This seedling is still thick, it looks good."
"These are seedlings that are several years old. They are in a dormant period now. If you plant them now, they will bloom in May."
Jiang Lin put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Boss Pei, start unloading the goods."
A young man with tattoos from the next village came over on his electric bike with a few other young people to watch.
The master of the truck-mounted crane happily began to operate the machine. The crane slowly descended. After the big hook was settled, the teenagers worked together to hang the hook into the bundled dark red rose seedlings.
The crane slowly rose and moved towards the ground.
The villagers who were waiting for the crops to be unloaded in the fields looked up and followed the movement of the crane.
The boy with tattoos approached the other boys and casually glanced at the dark red rose seedlings in the carriage, full of curiosity. Their village had been paying attention to the progress since Pei Xu started carrying quicklime, and at one point they thought it was just the production crew making a fuss for the sake of filming, just like those public projects that were stopped and abandoned halfway.
But at this moment, the vibrant dark red rose seedlings really appeared before their eyes. The villagers in the fields cheered, welcomed them with joyful smiles, and divided the work to plant the dark red rose seedlings.
The tattooed boy said awkwardly: "The water in the field has receded. We recently checked the potato seedlings and found no damage."
Jiang Lin was standing closest to him on the carriage and said, "That's good. I'm looking forward to your great harvest."
The young man with tattoos suddenly introduced himself: "My name is Liu Huabao. You have such a big party. I want to know the flowers you grow. How much is a bouquet? Is it very expensive?"
While waiting for the crane to be lowered, Jiang Lin squatted down and said, "The rose variety we grow is edible rose. Have you ever tried Yunnan flower cake?"
The tattooed boy scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I went out to work for two years, but it was too hard so I went home. I haven't been to Yunnan yet, and I haven't eaten rose cakes."
Jiang Lin invited him warmly: "Then we will make our own flower cakes when the time comes, and you are welcome to come and taste them."
Liu Huabao's perception was broken. They grew food for consumption and never thought of selling it to outside bosses. Instead, they planned to produce and sell it themselves.
"People with high education are different. I regret not listening to my family and studying more. In fact, people in our village are very interested in your project. If you can make money, can you bring our village with you?"
“We work hard!”
The young people were suddenly greatly encouraged, and it seemed that they had taken the first step towards their goals of points, lines and surfaces.
Liu Huabao brought a few young people to join the planting business, and earning a hundred yuan a day was still a profit.
Pei Xu said with relief: "It's been raining recently, and now that the seedlings are planted, we don't need to irrigate them to establish their roots."
As the crane arrived, money was burning, and Song Yifan suggested: "Brother Xu, I think we might as well solve the transportation work together, and the tea seedlings can also come."
"Okay, the crane is here."
Li Xuran asked: "How many days can these seedlings be left unplanted?"
Pei Xu said: "A week or so is fine. The air is humid now and the seedlings are covered with a small ball of soil."
Cheng Enyue said politely: "I think this time is not enough. With our current manpower, it is difficult to keep up with the progress. If the seedlings are not planted in time after they arrive, it will also cause losses."
Liu Huabao's busy figure in the field reminded Li Xuran, who suggested: "We can ask people from the neighboring village to help with the planting. This is also a great opportunity to expand publicity."
The brothers unanimously agreed with his suggestion. Li Xuran opened a cardboard box, cut out a piece of cardboard, drew a cute image of a farmer on it, and marked the labor price, one hundred yuan a day.
Liu Huabao drove Li Xuran back to the village. Li Xuran held a loudspeaker and shouted, "Recruiting workers, recruiting workers, jobs near home, lots of acquaintances, can chat and work at the same time, 100 per day, until all are filled."
Liu Huabao asked: "Brother, are you really stars?"
Li Xuran smiled as he looked at his outfit. His black rubber shoes and the clothes that were covered in mud and dirt that were often not washed clean gradually lost their original appearance. He joked to himself, "Don't I look like a male celebrity who is particularly fashionable? I look like the man who grows crops in the village?"
Liu Huabao said honestly, "It's true that you don't look like him, but your face is very white, unlike the people here who have tanned skin."
Li Xuran happily accepted this most truthful evaluation.
Liu Huabao took him door to door to advertise and recruit people. An aunt said skeptically: "One hundred yuan a day, just to grow flowers?"
"Now we plant roses, and then we plant tea trees. The seedlings are not big, so we don't need to spend a lot of effort to carry them."
"I still don't believe it. There is such a good thing. You are not those scammers reported in the news, who go to the village to cheat the middle-aged and elderly people with low education, gather us in one place to brainwash us, and cheat us of our money and the money of our relatives and friends."
Liu Huabao smiled bitterly and said, "Auntie, you don't trust people from other villages, so you don't trust me either?"
"It's hard to tell the villagers. You don't study anymore and stay in the village all day. Where are you going to get money? If you don't have money, you might have some bad ideas and it's easier to cheat acquaintances."
Auntie is very aware of fraud prevention. Li Xuran noticed that Liu Huabao's face instantly fell and said nothing more.
Li Xuran said: "You know Pei Qi and Pei Zongli, right?"
Auntie said cheerfully, "I know him."
Li Xuran suggested: "Auntie, how about this? You don't have to go with us. You can go to our village and find them. They are working in the fields. If you understand and think it's feasible, you can ask a few more sisters to go and earn some money for vegetables."
"Okay, I'll get someone to go check out your village."
Liu Huabao was in a very low mood, and Li Xuran asked tentatively: "Are you in a bad mood because of what Auntie said just now?"
Liu Huabao stared at the road ahead and said stubbornly, "I'm not in a bad mood. I've heard this a lot. Many people in the village are like this. The older people prefer the younger ones who are good at studying."
"You said today that you were not good at studying and that you quit working outside for two years because it was too hard. That must be a lie."
Liu Huabao took the direction, looked back at him quickly, and his expression changed.
"Are you curious about how I know this?"
Liu Huabao nodded.
"Last time we went to clear the canal, you took the initiative to join us and filled the mud bags together. You worked very hard. Your family grows a lot of potatoes, but my uncle's legs and feet are not very convenient, so I guess you have to take on most of the work. Today you brought people to join our planting team, which shows that you are a very hardworking person. I think farm work here is more tiring than working in the factory, or the labor intensity is about the same, and you can do it."
"Auntie is right." Liu Huabao said sadly: "I am not well educated. When I go out to work, I am often laughed at as a bumpkin who has never seen the world. My salary is also squeezed. Even when I want to resign, I am not paid. I want to seek justice for myself, but I don't know how to do it. I can only suffer the loss."
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