Chapter 133: Colorful Stone
"Okay! I'll start thinking about it now."
When An Qinghe started his career, he looked like a completely different person.
"You have a rare commodity here. I have to show my sincerity and come up with a complete plan."
"Because later, someone else might find this hidden gem and come and snatch it from me!"
Gu Xixi sighed, "You really love to use idioms."
An Qinghe rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "I might as well stay here for two more days. I'll discuss it with you anytime."
"No!" Gu Xixi and Shitou said in unison.
Shitou looked at Gu Xixi happily, "Sister Xixi, you don't want him to live here either!"
An Qinghe was startled, and immediately covered his chest with his hands, feeling heartbroken, "Xixi said that she treated me as a good friend, and Xiao Shitou said that he liked me to play with him, but you two, you two!"
He pointed at the two people with shaking hands, "Aren't you two falling out too quickly? You are breaking your promises and destroying your bridges!"
"Stop!" Gu Xixi interrupted An Qinghe calmly. "Just act for a while."
"You stayed at my house and didn't go back. Let's not talk about whether my house is spacious enough for you to stay at. I wonder if you forgot that you haven't finished what you promised me."
An Qinghe's crying came to an abrupt end.
He smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you that this trip was all arranged in advance?"
Seeing Gu Xixi's stern face, An Qinghe quickly changed his tone, "I know. I'll go back tomorrow morning to help you keep an eye on the saplings and rootstocks you want. I'll be with you throughout the entire process, from picking up and loading them, to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
Gu Xixi was satisfied, "Then I'll trouble you, Brother An."
"When my orchard is planted, Brother An is welcome to come visit and stay for a while. I will show my hospitality and show my gratitude to you."
An Qinghe was immediately coaxed into submission, grinning, "Sooner or later, we will be in the same group, so there's no need to thank me. A short stay is fine, but the longer the better!"
Shitou rolled his eyes at the arrogant man and said, "The more the better."
"I told you there's no room for more people at home!"
Everyone was flattered by An Qinghe, even Mr. Chen never returned.
Only the big man Shi Tou held on to his final sanity!
An Qinghe picked up something from under the table like a magic trick.
It is cylindrical in shape, about seven inches long, with red lacquer and silver foil lion hydrangea patterns. One end is hollow and covered with perforated crystal glass, and the workmanship is extremely delicate.
An Qinghe smiled and said, "I bought some gifts before I left. I was so happy to see Xixi during the day that I didn't even have time to unpack my bag."
He handed the cylinder to Shitou and said, "Here, you can play with it."
Shitou pretended to be uninterested and said, "I appreciate your kindness."
Gu Xixi took it and took a look at it, then said with a smile, "It turns out to be a kaleidoscope. It's quite a rare thing."
"Shitou, face the light and look inside from this side. Try it."
An Qinghe was surprised and said, "I bought this thing from a peddler in Yeliang Country. How could you recognize it?"
Kaleidoscope is definitely a rare item in Daye, and few people have seen it.
Although Gu Xixi knew that she had said something wrong, she was not panicked at all. "Oh, when I went into the city before, I saw someone else holding a similar thing."
Fortunately, kaleidoscope is called the same name here.
Shitou looked at the kaleidoscope according to what Gu Xixi had said.
The colors inside were ever-changing and bizarre, as if I was in a strange world I had never seen before.
Shitou exclaimed, "Fun! This is fun!"
An Qinghe asked with a smile, "Do you like it?"
Shitou couldn't let it go. He continued to fiddle with the kaleidoscope and said excitedly, "I like it, I like it very much! Thank you, Brother An!"
The macho boy Shitou only had toys in his eyes at this moment and forgot about his own persistence.
An Qinghe continued to take out gifts one by one.
A box of Cistanche deserticola for the old doctor.
A piece of Western Region Dolo cloth for Aunt Zhang.
Two wolf-hair brushes, for Mr. Chen, the man who lives in Xixi's house.
What Gu Xixi received was a stone.
An Qinghe opened a square brocade box, which contained only a round stone about the size of a woman's palm. It was dark blue in color and looked no different from the pebbles in the creek.
Gu Xixi naturally wouldn't think that an ordinary stone was worthy of being hit in such a gorgeous box.
She leaned forward to take a look and asked, "What is this?"
An Qinghe said solemnly, "This thing is called Fantasy Color Stone, also known as Weather Stone."
"Before a rainy day, the surface will become moist, before a snowy day, it will turn dark black, and on a sunny day, everything will remain the same."
Gu Xixi stared in astonishment, "Weather forecast stone?!"
An Qinghe understood what Gu Xixi meant and nodded, "It has the effect of forecasting and predicting."
Gu Xixi sat up straight and declined politely, "No, such a rare item must be very valuable. I can't accept it."
An Qinghe pushed the box towards her and said with a smile, "This is not just my idea."
"Everyone in the Chamber of Commerce has been taken care of by you. Although there has been no results yet, business requires give and take, so they are discussing what gift to give you."
"Hotan Jade or Gobi Emerald, but since I saw that you don't like hairpin jewelry, I thought of this Colorful Stone."
"It can predict the weather and is most useful in farming."
Gu Xixi thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll accept it. Please thank the bosses for me."
The reason why she was not polite was because she was sure that the idea she gave to the Seedling Chamber of Commerce would bring future benefits that would far exceed the value of this piece of fantasy stone.
Ten days passed after An Qinghe returned.
One after another, horse-drawn trucks entered Huachidu Village.
Gu Xixi started to get busy.
Her family's two acres of land was converted into a grafting operation field and surrounded by fences so that those curious people in the village could not see anything.
A few days later, when the women and children had finished digging the first batch of wild shepherd's purse, the tree planting activity in the village officially began.
Mrs. Qin’s family uses the intercropping method of Pinellia oleifera trees and medicinal herbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Qian chose a mixed approach of raising fruit trees and chickens and ducks.
Several other companies also adapted to local conditions and chose the most suitable one according to their own situations.
The six families worked hard and created something that the villagers had never seen before and could not understand.
Those who were waiting to watch the fun were secretly anxious, but no matter how they said sarcastic words, the six families held together tightly and would not be provoked or shaken.
That day, Mr. Gu couldn't sit still at home, so he ran to Mr. Gu's house.
"Brother, I see those families have almost finished planting their trees."
"Aren't all the saplings that Gu Xixi ordered unused? Why did they bring other trees from somewhere else? They look like peach trees, pear trees, or something like that."
Uncle Gu said with a dark face, "You ask me, how should I know?"
"If you have the ability, go ask her!"
Master Gu touched his nose and stopped talking.
He doesn't have this ability. Looking around the whole village, who has this ability?
Master Gu said cowardly, "Then what do you say we should do? I don't think she is panicking at all. What if she returns the extra saplings? How can we force her to hand over the secret recipe?"
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