The longed-for village system

Chapter 352 ends, back to the village.
Although there was a powerful figure like Chen Qing, the disaster was indeed quite severe. Moreover, Dali is not a small town, and many injured people who Chen Qing could not attend to died as a result.

Besides these, there were many other touching scenes in the disaster. When a mother's body was found, rescuers discovered a newborn baby under her body, which was being held tightly by its mother.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt a lump in their throat. Chen Qing also marveled at the greatness of this young woman, who used her frail body to build a fortress of life for her child.

Similarly, touching and tear-jerking scenes appeared from time to time in other places, and at this moment, the brilliance of humanity was shown to the whole country through the lens, showing the kind side of human nature.

That's why, even though the golden 48 hours had passed, the soldiers were still working hard to save lives.

On the sixth day after their arrival, the search and rescue operation came to an end. Teacher He, Teacher Huang, and others left the disaster area on the fifth day due to work reasons. However, by then the operation was almost over, so their departure had no impact on the area. It can be said that they retired successfully.

Chen Qing had originally planned to leave with them, but Lin Weizhong found him and hoped that he could stay for two more days. According to past search and rescue experience, some people with strong willpower could still hold on for the sixth or seventh day. With Chen Qing there, the probability of being rescued would be greater.

After careful consideration, Chen Qing agreed to leave at noon on the seventh day. The journey back to Manyuan Village would take seven or eight hours, and he needed to free up that time; otherwise, not only would he be unable to rescue anyone, but even his other skills would be reclaimed by the system.

Seeing that Chen Qing was no longer insistent, although he didn't know why Chen Qing was in such a hurry to go back, he knew that people were free to leave, and the situation here was coming to an end, so he had no reason to keep Chen Qing here any longer. What happened next was a matter for them, the soldiers.

The next day at noon, Chen Qing had lunch at the camp and boarded a helicopter arranged by the military region to fly directly to Manyuan Village. Chen Qing did not refuse their kindness, after all, who would bother driving when there is a plane to ride in!

An hour later, the helicopter carrying Chen Qing landed on the grassy area near the Mushroom House. After thanking the people on board, Chen Qing walked towards the Mushroom House. Not far away on the main road, Zhao Xiaogu saw Chen Qing return and smiled happily.

"You're back! You've worked hard." Zhao Xiaogu stepped forward and said softly to Chen Qing.

"Yes! You're home. You must be tired too. I hope there are no problems in the village!" Chen Qing gently hugged Zhao Xiaogu and asked.

"It's nothing, there are just a lot of people waiting for you to come back! Especially the village chief and the others, if they hadn't seen you on TV treating the wounded in the disaster area, they would have called you."

"Really? Sigh! I feel sorry for them." Chen Qing couldn't help but sigh.

Last time he left, he could roughly see the extent of the disaster in the village from the car, but he didn't get any further details because he left in a hurry. Just now, looking down from the helicopter, he was shocked to find that the disaster in the village was far more serious than he had imagined.

The houses, which were originally arranged in a neat and orderly fashion, have mostly collapsed. Even those that haven't collapsed will need to be repaired later. The village has suffered a great loss this time, and it won't be easy for everyone to recover.

Chen Qing was unaware that those capitalists were practically scrambling to throw money at him. The village secretary and chief weren't worried about raising funds; their real concern was when Chen Qing would return so they could check on him. Such a significant matter naturally required their input on Chen Qing's situation. Those capitalists were calling them daily to inquire about the progress. Seeing the helicopter arrive and land near the Mushroom House today, they assumed Chen Qing had returned. After all, Chen Qing was probably the only one in their village to receive such treatment. Of course, they now understood why those capitalists had invested hundreds of millions in their village's land; they truly hadn't expected Chen Qing's medical skills to be so remarkable.

So, just as Chen Qing and Zhao Xiaogu returned to the Mushroom House and put away their luggage, a group of people came in and called out to the inner room, "Xiaogu's niece-in-law, is it Xiao Chen who's back?"

Hearing the noise inside, Chen Qing and the old man came out. The old man was not surprised at all by their arrival. He tactfully led Lao Zhu to sit down under the shed next door to drink tea and rest. He had originally come to ask Chen Qing about the situation in the disaster area and to express his gratitude, since he had asked Chen Qing to go to the disaster area in the first place.

"Uncles and elders, you've all worked hard these past few days. May I ask what brings you here? Is there anything my wife and I can do to help you?"

Because Zhao Xiaogu hadn't told Chen Qing about the capitalists' donations, Chen Qing assumed they were there to solicit donations from him. After all, he and his wife were the only wealthy people in the village now, and he wouldn't refuse a donation, since the village had nurtured this body for over a decade.

"Huh? No, didn't Xiao Gu tell you?" Chen Qing was taken aback by the question. Seeing Chen Qing's confused look, she explained, "Normally, we should have talked to you and your husband about the funding for rebuilding the village. However, after those capitalists saw your news report, they each spent a huge sum of money to rebuild the village."

"Oh! How much did they spend? What were their requirements?"

Chen Qing wasn't surprised; he would have found it strange if these capitalists hadn't acted despite the signs of trouble! He was just curious about how much money these capitalists were investing and how much they wanted to gain.

"No, no, no, this time they can be said to be very sincere and not shady at all. Major companies such as Ali, SF Express, JD.com, and Tencent have donated 100 million yuan to our village. Their only request is that our village use one or two acres of land to build houses and settle down."

"Oh, is it so?"

Chen Qing hadn't expected this outcome. After all, given the habits of those capitalists, how could they not take advantage of a bargain? They could buy all the land in their village for 100 million yuan, but now they were only asking for one or two acres of land. When did these capitalists change their nature?

Don't they want to? They dream about this all the time. If they win this project, their group will make at least hundreds of billions in profit. But do they dare to do it?

Putting aside the fact that the government wouldn't agree, if they bought up all the land in the village, where would the villagers live? And once they moved, who could guarantee that Chen Qing wouldn't move? And if Chen Qing moved, all their investments would be wasted.

To put it bluntly, it's not that the land in Manyuan Village is expensive, but that Chen Qing himself is valuable. Wherever Chen Qing lives, even the most desolate place can become a prime location.

(End of this chapter)