Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

Watching Jia Dongxu lead the small fish into a lake in the village.

Liu Shengli couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, this lake is quite big."

"Of course not. When we dig and clear land, we have to remind the adults not to let the children fall into the dirt. Otherwise, it will be a big trouble."

Liu Shengli saw people drawing water from the lake and said, "This lake has solved the problem of water supply."

"Well, this lake is made by using a small ditch to draw water from the river where we were fishing just now. It is specially used to solve the drinking water problem. Now the water for the whole village comes from here.

There will be several more lakes like this. Once they are built, we can solve the water problem here and raise fish. We can also provide fish here, which can be regarded as generating income.

Do you see the large fields in the village? There were many stones there before, but after the soil was taken and covered, they became large fields, so that they could be plowed by cattle.

The other piece of land has been cleared and is now planted with spinach. After the crops are harvested, we will plant rapeseed and soybeans. We can count on them to produce oil next year."

"Are you planning to promote this strategy around here?" Liu Shengli took note of it and wrote it down in his diary when he returned.

Jia Dongxu nodded, "Yes, I want to build an oil mill here to squeeze oil for everyone, and then supply it to the steel mill."

"After so much time, the villages in this area should have reclaimed a lot of wasteland. Once all this is done, we can become much richer."

"We can lend them the pigs from the pig farm later, and then they can raise pigs, chickens, and farm to make money."

“Haha, so, isn’t this exactly what you wrote in your article about how to get rid of poverty?” Liu Shengli said with a smile.

"I made the right decision to come to Jia Village this time. It gave me a good experience. It's really nice."

Jia Dongxu couldn't help curling his lips after hearing this, "If you want to praise me, you might as well help me support the school so that I don't have to worry about this."

"I'm not going to be complimented by anyone now."

Liu Shengli was confused. "Uh, what are you thinking about again?"

Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "I was wondering how many brothers and sisters you have. Should I bring them all over to be my school teachers?"

"You are so greedy. It's not enough for you to have me help you!" Liu Shengli looked at the vibrant land, a large green area full of wheat seedlings.

"Will we be able to eat whole wheat flour here next year?"

"You can, don't mistake them for leeks!" Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "Forget about eating white flour, we'll make it into three-grain noodles. When the time comes, we'll interplant corn, soybeans, or sweet potatoes in the wheat fields. Sweet potatoes are good, with high yields, and you can eat them from head to toe. If you don't eat them, you can save them for raising pigs."

"So there are really quite a lot here." Liu Shengli exclaimed.

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "What's not a lot? The per capita land here is not small. It's just that this piece looks big when connected together, but it's actually just that much. After paying taxes, there won't be much left. But starting next year, life should be better."

"Tomorrow, my second uncle and I will go to other villages to see if there are any problems that need to be solved and to see how they will deal with their problems next year. We can't have one village be rich while the others are poor."

"Um, can I go along and see?"

Liu Shengli thought about it and said to Jia Dongxu, "I am quite interested in what you said."

"Go ahead, and take a look at the family conditions in those villages to lay a foundation for your future as a principal. Don't make a fool of yourself by not knowing the family conditions of your students.

Jia Dongxu also wanted to know what the current situation in these villages was.

The two of them carried the fish all the way to Jia Zhenye's house. Uncle Jia was plucking a chicken and thought he hadn't caught any fish. He said cheerfully, "Dongxu, you can't catch any fish now, right?"

"Haha, uncle, you can wait for the fish tonight. You caught a big fish!"

"Oh, they killed the chicken! We can have a good meal today, a chicken and a fish."

Jia Dongxu said happily, "Old Liu, it's time for you to come. I've never had this delicious food since I came here."

"What good food did I not give you last time? Eat it and go to work for me!"

At this time, Jia Zhenye came out of the house holding a bowl and talking with a smile.

"Why did you come back so late to eat? It's just two steps away." Jia Dongxu said with a smile, "Is the problem solved?"

"Yes, it's solved, all solved! Thanks to that person, we now know what to do. We really didn't understand it before!"

"Second uncle, I'm going to add a burden to you." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

Jia Zhenye ate noodles and said, "What? Give me a promotion? Let me guess, are you going to let me be in charge of other villages?"

"I'll give you a deputy district chief to oversee their efforts to reclaim wasteland and plant crops, and also to build greenhouses. There are still many people in the city who don't have enough vegetables to eat."

"Okay, this is my job when you're not here. Now all the work in the village can be left to Dahe alone."

Jia Zhenye said, looking at Jia Dongxu, "Is the factory handed over to Master Lei?"

"Well, leave it to him. If you don't have enough people, arrange volunteers to do the work." Jia Dongxu said.

Pointing to a large open space in front, he said, "I plan to build a house in front for people coming from the city. Before the house is built, they can stay at the homes of those who work the night shift here."

"If you want your family to settle down here, we can divide some land and arrange for someone to work in the greenhouse, how about that?"

Jia Zhenye held up the empty bowl and asked, "Are people willing to settle here?"

Jia Dongxu thought about it and said, "Whether they are willing or not is up to us. We have to give them a policy and provide them with convenience. Who knows, maybe they will be willing someday."

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Er, tell Master Lei that when you two are arranging the factory, you can help build the school when you have time."

Then he pointed at Liu Shengli and said, "This is the principal I invited. The school will be handed over to him from now on."

After the two men met, Jia Dongxu took the fish out of the bucket and said, "How is the fish our principal caught? Is it big enough?"

The two were stunned. How could they catch such a big fish?

"I've already thought about it. Steam the fish head, fry half, stew half, and make fish jelly with the fish scales."

"Okay, okay. There was originally a big bowl of small fish. I put them in the lake. This way, we will have fish to eat in the future."

Jia Zhenye shook his head regretfully. The fried fish were gone. What a waste of money.

"Uh, Dongxu, you are wasting your time. Are you afraid there won't be fish in the water coming from the river?"

"Let's continue fishing tomorrow!" Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"What the hell do you want? If I don't keep an eye on you, you'll be lazy!"

Yu Yan's voice came from outside the house.