PFC Chapter 194 Chinese New Year (1)
Chapter 194 Chinese New Year (1)
From then on, a farm was officially established on Qiongzhou Island, requiring a fixed group of people to take care of these crops in the long term.
Su Jinru personally selected the people who were in charge of managing these crops.
Su Jinru selected candidates through a process of voluntary application followed by screening.
Most of those who signed up were military dependents, because they wanted to increase their income through work.
Moreover, the farm needs long-term, stable staff who may eventually become government employees.
This is a long-term job, and military dependents usually plan to stay here for life, so there is little turnover, making it easy for Su Jinru to manage them.
Su Jinru then selected fifty people to manage the rice paddies, including weeding, irrigation, and fertilization.
There are also fifty people managing the potatoes and sweet potatoes.
There were a total of 120 people.
Most of them are military dependents, and some are soldiers themselves. They are responsible for some physically demanding jobs.
Su Jinru said to the soldiers, "Don't think that coming to the army is like farming at home and you haven't learned any skills. You're wrong to think that way. Farming here is different from farming at home. Here, you can learn scientific planting methods. Whether it's growing vegetables, rice, potatoes, or sweet potatoes, as long as you want to learn, I can teach you without reservation. When you go home, use the methods I teach you to farm, and you will definitely grow high-quality and high-yield crops. After you are discharged from the army, I can give you some high-quality seeds from here for free so you can take them home."
Those who weren't selected to work on the farm, after hearing Su Jinru's words, also made up their minds; they wanted to come and learn scientific farming techniques as well.
In this way, after returning home, they can not only learn scientific farming skills, but also bring back some high-quality seeds, and become skilled farmers, making their time in the army worthwhile.
Su Jinru welcomes all who come. As long as they are willing to learn planting techniques from her, regardless of whether they have been selected to work on the farm, she is willing to teach them. Moreover, if they ever return home after their military service and want to take some high-quality seeds with them, Su Jinru will also let them take them with them.
Once the vegetables are planted, it will be Chinese New Year.
Yuan Wenjie had told his adoptive parents in advance that he would bring Su Jinru and the child home to visit them during the Chinese New Year.
Because Su Jinru was pregnant, Yuan Wenjie was worried about the journey and wanted to cancel his plans to go home. He advised Su Jinru that it would be fine to visit her again next year.
Su Jinru smiled and said, "It's okay. It's been more than three months now, and the baby is firmly planted in my belly. I don't have any adverse reactions myself. Let's go back and see them."
"After all, they raised you and treated you well. You also promised them you would come home for the New Year. If you don't go, it will make us, the younger generation, seem like we don't know how to behave."
"Moreover, I prepared so many New Year's goods and dried so much kelp, seaweed and dried fish."
"Alright, alright, I'll take you back, and while I'm at it, I'll take you to see the snow in the north."
An Xin and An Ran, who had almost never seen snow before, excitedly asked, "Dad, is it snowing over there? If we go, can we play in the snow?"
"Yes! Everything is covered in white, all snow. I'm worried that you won't be able to stand the cold there. Don't cry then."
An Xin: "Before we leave, let's buy some warm clothes so we won't be cold."
In the end, Yuan Wenjie was still worried that Su Jinru would be uncomfortable on the way, so he asked someone to buy her a plane ticket.
Taking a plane is faster, it only takes three hours, while taking a train takes thirty-eight hours.
After booking the plane tickets, Su Jinru learned that Yuan Wenjie's adoptive parents lived in Kyoto.
She only knew it was in the north, but hadn't asked about the specific city.
No wonder he said he couldn't buy thick and nice clothes here, so everyone set off wearing a military overcoat.
Yuan Wenjie said that once they got to Beijing, they would buy a few nicer clothes.
Su Jinru said, "I knew the clothes you bought for us before were of the best quality and style. You couldn't buy them in our small town. It turns out you bought them in a big city like Beijing."
Yuan Wenjie: "The clothes I bought for you before were all suitable for wearing in the south. I didn't buy any warm clothes for wearing in the north. Now that we're back, we'll go and buy them right away after we get off the plane."
Because of the long distance and the fact that pets are not allowed on airplanes, I didn't bring Heizi with me this time.
Hei Zi was entrusted to Li Guixiang's family for feeding.
This made Niu Guodong extremely happy. He had long coveted Hei Zi, the dog belonging to Teacher An Xin. Every time An Xin and An Ran took Hei Zi out for a walk and ran into Niu Guodong, he would follow Hei Zi all the way.
That's why Su Jinru had seen it all along, which is why she entrusted Hei Zi to their family.
The Li Guixiang family of three are all honest and simple people, trustworthy. Su Jinru felt at ease entrusting Hei Zi to them.
The ferry transported the jeep and Yuan Wenjie's family to land, and Li Jianguo drove them to their plane.
On the plane, An Xin and An Ran were excited and curious, constantly whispering to each other, completely lacking the composure they had as teachers on Qiongzhou Island.
Seeing them regain their childlike innocence, Su Jinru sighed, "After all, they're still just two children at their age!"
In later generations, people their age would still be nestled in their mothers' arms!
Su Jinru said to Yuan Wenjie, "After we arrive in the capital, let's stay at a guesthouse! I'm not used to staying at other people's homes."
"Okay, if you're happy to stay at the guesthouse, then we'll stay at the guesthouse. I'll explain to Mom and Dad about it."
"They have such a large family! Two older brothers, and their children, do they all live with their parents?"
"My parents are retired, so they take care of my three grandchildren and live with them. My eldest and second eldest brothers have their own houses and live separately, but they all live in the same military district's residential area."
"So let's go back and stay at Mom and Dad's place. If you feel it's inconvenient, then we can not stay together!"
Su Jinru: "I see! I thought there wouldn't be enough room. If we don't go back to live there, will they feel that we are deliberately distancing ourselves from them?"
"You don't need to consider other people's feelings, you only need to consider your own feelings. With me here, I won't let you suffer any grievances."
"Didn't you say they treat you very well, like their own child? Would they ever mistreat me? Or that they don't like me?"
"Don't overthink it. They are indeed very good to me, and they love what I love. They won't make you feel wronged, but that doesn't mean you can be completely at ease in front of them."
“They have been kind to me, and I will repay that kindness myself. I don’t need to involve you.”