Chapter 68 A Profound Dream
"Expand production?!"
As soon as Tu Chaoxi stepped out of the room, he was stopped by Tu Yao and her family. He looked at the girl in front of him with a shocked expression, then at Xu Chi, who still looked sickly, and Xu Bai, who looked extremely listless, behind him.
"What happened?"
Tu Yao chuckled and pulled out a basket of freshly picked button mushrooms.
"Brother! Look, isn't he very good-looking!"
Tu Chaoxi picked up one with a complicated expression. It was plump and white, and looked quite good.
Tu Yao continued to chuckle and pulled out another plate of stir-fried button mushrooms.
"Brother! You have to try it!"
Tu Chaoxi picked up a piece with her chopsticks; it tasted delicious and was indeed quite tasty.
Tu Yao chuckled and turned around to bring out a large bowl of mushroom and sliced meat soup.
"Brother! If you keep going..."
"Wait, wait, wait!"
Tu Chaoxi repeatedly refused, saying, "Tu Xiaomao, how many dishes did you actually prepare???"
"That's all! Only two plates left!"
Tu Yao quickly took the chopsticks away and brought the topic back.
He said apologetically, "Didn't my second brother burn all the wheat straw for me before he left? My land is almost ready."
"Now that the button mushrooms are growing well, I thought I could expand production, so... I came to tell you."
...
Xu Bai was completely listless and couldn't muster any energy.
He was still thinking about what Xu Chi had just said, feeling ashamed and resentful.
How can you say he has no value?
Xu Bai sighed. His father had said that his uncle was a born genius and that no one should try to question his judgment or vision.
Although he was only three years younger than his uncle, their intelligence levels were worlds apart.
...So his life was of little value.
But there's a reason for that! He's been twenty years old and has never encountered anything that he finds valuable!
"Tu Xiaomao! Are you crazy?! We tell you to study, but you insist on farming; we tell you to study, but you insist on feeding pigs!"
Just then, a familiar curse came over.
Xu Bai was startled and quickly looked up, only to see Tu Chaoxi looking for a stick again.
Tu Yao skillfully ran around the room.
Xu Bai was speechless... Why does this woman always seem to be asking for a beating?
He put down his phone and rushed over to mediate the fight.
"Hey, big sister, you didn't do anything wrong, why are you hitting people again!"
Outside the courtyard, the production crew was setting up their cameras, preparing to broadcast live.
The timing was perfect, as they happened to stumble upon Tu Yao being beaten.
The director immediately burst out laughing.
"Quick, quick! My little sister got hit again! Go and write this down. Oh, and don't forget to stop Teacher Tu, or she might actually get hit!"
After saying that, the director gestured to the camera crew not to film Xu Chi, a lonely and sick patient, because if he appeared on the show, he would definitely be the subject of gossip.
Looking at the live stream data again, it immediately increased.
[Sigh, it's a regular occurrence in Crane Village that my sister and Fatty either get beaten up together or take turns.]
[What's going on? It sounds like she doesn't want to go to school? She wants to farm?]
[What's that my sister holding? A button mushroom? Did she really grow it?]
The staff quickly went to stop them as well.
Tu Chaoxi's face turned red with anger: "Don't stop me! Get out of my way! I'm going to beat her up today!"
He had already spoken with Nan Ke and said he would send her to school after the show was finished, but she was still thinking about farming!
Tu Yao had already hidden behind Xu Chi and said urgently, "I didn't say I wouldn't go to school! I just wanted to plant button mushrooms first!"
Tu Chaoxi cursed, "What kind of kid runs off to farm right after turning 18? You haven't been to school for two years, if you don't go back to school soon you'll go crazy!"
Tu Yao dodged again.
Xu Chi silently protected the person, lowered his eyes and stared for a while, then suddenly interrupted, "Teacher Tu."
The entire courtyard fell silent instantly.
Xu Chi, as the only sick person present, naturally exuded a sense of awe.
Tu Chaoxi said irritably, "What?!"
Xu Chi said calmly, "Listen to what she has to say first before you start criticizing her."
The group of staff members blocking Tu Chaoxi's way nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, yes! Teacher Tu, listen to what your sister is thinking, and first figure out why she wants to grow button mushrooms."
Xu Bai, bored out of his mind, chimed in, "Yeah, yeah."
[That's right, it's not too late to find out the reason before hitting them.]
Who is speaking?!
[That girl from Xiaochi, her voice is quite nice.]
Xu Chi turned to the girl behind him and said, "Come on, talk to them."
Tu Yao hesitated, "Do I really have to tell you?"
Xu Chi smiled and patiently taught her: "To expand production, you need to find people; during the planting process, you need to solve various unexpected problems; you need to set prices, transport goods, and find markets. Every step requires good eloquence. Just treat today as a rehearsal and go and persuade your brother first."
Tu Yao's expression gradually became serious, and after a few seconds, she nodded earnestly.
Tu Chaoxi frowned and let out a long breath: "...Then you tell me!"
Tu Yao emerged from behind Xu Chi, carrying the button mushrooms, and first organized her thoughts for a summary.
"...Because, because I want to find a stable way to make money for Crane Village, I don't want Crane Village to disappear."
Xu Chi lowered his eyes and curled the corners of his lips; he was a natural-born eloquent speaker.
Everyone was stunned!
Xu Bai was bored and continued to ponder the words Xu Chi had used to insult him when he heard this and was immediately jolted awake, looking up abruptly!
Tu Yao pursed her lips and continued, "Our village isn't actually poor, but it's also very difficult for us to become rich."
"Neither our Xianhe Village nor the other seven villages have reached the point of true poverty. Because as long as you have land, hardworking people will not starve."
She paused for a moment: "But the most fatal problem for these eight villages is that they only have farmland."
"Add to that the poor transportation, scattered villages, and inadequate medical care, and it's hard to retain young people. They will leave their hometowns one after another, just like..."
She turned to look at Xu Chi: "Just like Xiao Chi's father."
Tu Yao understands that as this generation of children grows up and the elderly pass away, these villages will slowly disappear.
"But I don't want them to disappear!"
At least... before she disappeared, she wanted to leave one more way for Crane Village, for the people of Crane Village, and for her good friend, Big Fatty.
But she couldn't bring herself to say the premise of that statement.
Tu Yao spoke carefully, word by word, and looked up to find the courtyard still silent.
Tu Yao paused for a moment, then whispered a reminder: "...I'm done."
But everyone still looked at her with gloomy eyes.
Tu Chaoxi, who was filming, suddenly couldn't help but wipe her eyes.
They filmed the program for nearly a month, traveling to every part of Xianhe Village, and learned about all the geographical disadvantages and population problems that Tu Yao mentioned.
We even chatted about it casually on several occasions.
They had always known that Tu Yao was collecting cow dung and growing button mushrooms, but everyone thought she was just joking and no one took it seriously.
After all, such a small mushroom house is no different from playing house.
But they never imagined that such a small mushroom house, less than two square meters in size, would actually carry Tu Yao's profound dream of changing Xianhe Village.
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