My 1995 Small Farm.

Chapter 723

The thing Wang Juxiang did was indeed something that someone like him would do.

If you really asked the villagers to ask for help, especially from strangers who come to the village from other places, most of them wouldn't be able to bring themselves to do it.

It's not good to be humble and ask for favors from strangers right away.

This is similar to the principle of not airing your dirty laundry in public. If you talk about your family's troubles, people may not be able to help you and may even laugh at you.

But Wang Juxiang and his daughter Liang Guizhen even dared to bring Japanese people home. Besides being mercenary, they also liked to curry favor with others.

It's perfectly normal to do things that everyone thinks are tasteless.

But this time...

He actually did the right thing.

Friends from Hong Kong and Taiwan not only went directly to the county to talk to people about this matter, but also managed to finalize the deal in one trip.

The county promised to build a temple and a memorial arch for the Turtle King, leaving the decision to the villagers of Chenwangzhuang.

Villagers are no longer forced to cut down trees or have their homesteads seized.

The old woman was already overjoyed to hear that these prominent compatriots were willing to stand up for them.

The matter has actually been settled.

This is enough to make the villagers faint with happiness.

The village had originally planned to organize a trip to the county in the next couple of days, but now they don't need to go.

Moreover, these two groups from Hong Kong and Taiwan are really quite magnanimous.

Perhaps they didn't think that the little thing they did for the villagers was a big deal.

They were still thinking about what Chen Ling had said yesterday about inviting them to dinner today, so after the representatives from both groups returned from the county, they came over together in a lively atmosphere.

Wang Laishun also came along.

With his worries finally resolved, Wang Laishun's face beamed with joy.

Even when he saw Erhei running around, his expression improved considerably. He even greeted Erhei, which was unusual for him, and teased the dog in charge.

Speaking of which, the return of Hong Kong Island to China this year is a major event, and we will definitely pay more attention to it when friends from Hong Kong Island visit.

Zheng Shaoqiu and his group made a special trip to Chenwangzhuang, and the county leaders were definitely going to receive them.

I never expected that those people would be playing around and stopping to look around on the way here, and even getting scammed and robbed. How could they possibly know when they arrived?

Moreover, he didn't show up in the county for two days and went straight to Chenwangzhuang.

There wasn't a single word from them.

I waited and waited, but no one came...

Their appearance caught them completely off guard.

The county leaders never expected that these people would come to them over such a trivial matter in the village. This was a loss of face in front of their compatriots from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they really lost face.

However, Chenwangzhuang is quite special, and can be said to be the focus of the entire county and even the entire city.

Moreover, they were accompanied by personnel sent from the province and the city.

Therefore, all of Wang Laishun's requests to the county were successfully adopted.

"We're not just making empty promises and acting like big shots; we do have conditions..."

Zheng Shaoqiu smiled and said, "After discussing it, our two sides decided to raise money to renovate the village primary school."

He meant that it wasn't because they went there that the county government agreed just because they were compatriots from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

After all, they weren't visiting undercover from their direct superiors, and the county leaders hadn't made any mistakes.

To put it bluntly, Chenwangzhuang is a place where political achievements can be made.

Friends from Hong Kong and Taiwan donate money to expand schools; that's a glorious achievement.

A positive exchange makes the county look good, and the villagers feel comfortable; it's a win-win situation for everyone.

Chen Ling suddenly realized.

Wang Lixian and the others were a little confused when they heard this.

Just as she was about to speak, Cen Yulian smiled and said, "We're late. Boss Chen, please give us some work to do, or we'll feel bad about eating."

It's already 6 PM.

It got dark.

Chen Ling waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's getting dark, it's time to eat. Let's go eat first. Besides, Qiu Guan, Sister Cen, and Old Wu, you not only solved the village's problems, but you also donated money to repair the school. These are two great things for us. I'm so grateful to you, how could I possibly give you any work to do?!"

"You need to work, you need to work. Working makes food taste better. I see your lights are on. Are you going to start work tonight?"

Old Wu from Taiwan, with his gray hair combed back and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, spoke repeatedly.

Chen Ling said that no work would be done at night, and the lights would only be on for illumination since it was dark earlier.

The electric light was also installed by wires strung up in Wang Lixian's greenhouse, with two bulbs hanging on it, just for temporary illumination.

As Chen Ling spoke with Zheng Shaoqiu and Old Wu, the villagers gradually came to their senses.

Wow, it turns out these people not only helped the village solve the problem of building a temple for the Turtle King, but they also donated money to renovate the school.

The villagers were immediately excited.

I want to say something, but I'm afraid of being looked down upon if I startle people.

Suppressing their surprise, they gasped and went to the side, whispering among themselves.

After some discussion, the gist of it was that these people were from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and their situation was different from that of Professor Zhao and Professor Zhong, who bought large agricultural machinery for the village...

One of these places has just returned to China, and the other will return sooner or later. They still think the mainland is poor. We should be grateful, but we can't be servile or subservient and let them look down on us.

As for what to do next, let's leave it to Fugui to handle.

That's why they're looking for someone rich to work for and freeload off them.

After they finished discussing, Chen Ling waved and called out, "It's getting dark, folks, stop working and come home for dinner. Everyone's thinking about eating pig's head meat, right? I said there'd be plenty, so there's plenty. Everyone, eat as much as you can."

As soon as Chen Ling called for dinner, everyone immediately stopped talking and relaxed.

Many people voluntarily came to work hard, hoping for a bite of pig's head meat that evening.

Now that I'm about to eat, all I can think about is meat. My mind is filled with images of big, bright red pig heads, and I have no time to think about anything else.

He Jiawen's teachers, Zheng Shaoqiu's group, and Wu Lao's group were all eager to try it out and see what the pig's head meat, which the villagers had praised to the skies, tasted like.

"Eat meat, eat meat!"

The three little guys, Rui Rui and Rui Rui, each held a small stick and waved it while shouting on the donkey cart driven by Wang Laishun.

If it weren't for the large crowd at the greenhouse construction site today, and the presence of his friends, Rui Rui, who eats dinner at five o'clock every day, would have been starving by now. "Woof!"

At this moment, Erhei, who was at the back of the crowd, suddenly barked and led the pack of dogs forward.

"What's wrong? Why is the dog barking? Is a wild animal coming down the mountain? I heard that wolves and leopards come down at night..."

Zheng Shaoqiu and the others were puzzled and asked somewhat nervously.

Chen Ling shook his head: "Don't worry, it's okay. My two big dogs haven't barked yet."

The villagers all said that Erhei was the dog in charge, and it must have seen something again.

Some people say that perhaps the geese were attracted from the west side of the village, and the children might have caught them.

But we've just passed this pond; we're heading towards Chen Ling's house...

Two bright flashlights shone from afar, and in the light, Erhei and his companions, each carrying a basket of steamed buns, swung their tails and ran steadily towards them.

"Huh? They just discovered their owner was bringing over steamed buns and went to help? This... are these still dogs?" Zheng Shaoqiu and the others were utterly astonished.

"Hehe, what's the big deal? The rich family's dog knows a lot more than you think, you'll find out later!"

What the villagers loved to see most was how these wealthy outsiders were intimidated by Chen Ling's dog.

No matter how big your business is, or how much money you make in the city, when you come to our village, you still show this ignorant and uncultured attitude.

Then I talked to them about it again.

Many bosses come to Chen Ling to buy fish fry, loading them off by the truckload. At first, there were 8,000 fry, but now they are buying more and more, sometimes tens of thousands at a time.

Some people even buy eggs to hatch chicks.

Some people even came to Chen Ling to breed dogs, offering several thousand yuan each time, but Chen Ling refused.

The villagers exaggerated and said whatever came to mind.

They only enjoy boasting when they exaggerate to the extreme.

Zheng Shaoqiu, Wu Lao, and others listened with great interest. Wu Lao, an elderly man who was said to be a writer from Taiwan, listened with a smile and nodded repeatedly, saying, "I believe it! I believe it!"

Of course they believed it.

Others may not know who is behind Liang Yuemin's braised beef noodles, but they know it all too well.

They didn't just know Chen Ling from cartoons and Zhao Yubao's articles...

Before coming here, I inquired about the situation here through various channels.

When I first arrived, I was just looking forward to sightseeing, and then I verified everything I had heard about.

Then they discovered it.

The information I had gathered was already exaggerated, but what I actually saw in the village was even more exaggerated than what I had heard.

Now, the only thing I haven't tried yet is the food made by Chen Ling's family.

The women who came to deliver the steamed buns were Liu Yuzhi and Da Ni'er.

Chen Ling's family was stewing meat in a large pot, so they used spare pots from other households to steam buns.

Just then it got dark, and the women knew it was time to eat, so they picked out the steamed buns and delivered them to the women's homes.

They hadn't expected Erhei to come to pick them up with a pack of dogs.

However, Erhei often took charge of things, especially the village children. He would drag any child who went to the water's edge back, and they were all used to it.

So it wasn't strange at all; on the contrary, he talked to Erhei and the others along the way.

They would say things like, "Erhei looks good now," or "He's gotten stronger."

This surprised people even more.

Chen Ling and the others also went to help take the two baskets of steamed buns.

She then took her three children and went home ahead of them.

There's plenty of meat and steamed buns today.

In the village, things that require manpower and physical labor are different from weddings and funerals in that extra steamed buns must be prepared.

The men in the countryside put in the hard work, and with some fragrant meat and vegetables, three steamed buns were just the basics.

"Ah, I smell something delicious! It smells so good, so really good!"

As the group of people walking behind turned into the alley near Chen Ling's house, an elderly woman from Taiwan smelled the aroma of meat wafting out and reacted strongly.

"I smelled it too. It's no exaggeration to say that suddenly smelling this scent... this scent makes me want to cry..."

"I thought of the first time I ate meat when I was a child. The aroma was so enticing, I almost wanted to eat the whole bowl..."

The man from the Hong Kong triad said with a complicated expression.

Although he came from a poor background, he has now reached a point where he has tasted and seen countless delicacies.

It's hard to find food that makes him feel that craving for meat that he had as a child, when he couldn't have it and his mouth watered.

But in this small village in the mainland, just smelling the fragrance brought back that feeling for him.

"Stop talking nonsense, they've started catching meat in the yard, hurry up and line up, or you won't get any!"

In the courtyard, Chen Ling had already scooped all the steaming pig's head meat into a large basin. Each pig's head was a deep reddish-brown color. Because it had been fried in oil and stewed for a long time, the skin had developed a tiger-skin pattern and emitted a rich aroma.

Chen Ling placed the cutting board, picked up a steaming hot pig's head, threw it onto the board, and chopped it up with a knife.

Also, take out some of the tongue and ears and cut them up.

Fat, lean, tongue, and ears were each arranged into a separate bowl, and then quickly served to everyone.

Goodness, just looking at it makes my mouth water.

Zheng Shaoqiu and Wu Lao's group helped the village solve a problem today, and were therefore pushed to the forefront by the villagers.

They were incredibly excited when they saw the bowls of braised pig's head.

They jostled and pushed their way forward.

"I need more soup, Mr. Chen! I need more soup!"

"I want pig's ears added, please add a lot, please, pig's ears are very fragrant!"

"..."

Everyone picked up their bowls, not even bothering to grab the steamed buns, and started shoveling food into their mouths with their chopsticks.

The meat was finally in their mouths. The first impression was its deliciousness, followed by the scalding heat. Even though their eyes were filled with hot tears from the heat, they couldn't bear to spit it out. Instead, they slurped it up with 'hissing' sounds, rubbing it back and forth in their mouths.

"It's delicious, so delicious! From today onwards, this braised pig's head will be the most delicious thing in my heart."

(End of this chapter)