Iron Bull Legend

Chapter 1436: The Wise Man’s Plan

"Even if we have so many, it is not enough. Just think about what these people will be like in the future if we use the current funds to train them well? It's almost the same as one hundred. They can be directly employed quickly at home and abroad. There is no need for training at all." Tie Niu smiled.

"Are you really able to settle all the children? Are they going to become mercenaries like you?"

"No, I did some operations during this trip to the Middle East. I estimate that there will be a lot of oil mines and other resources in the near future, so a lot of manpower will be needed to work there. Just think about how many people will be needed. These professional brothers are easier to arrange than ordinary workers. They obey orders and are more efficient. They save me a lot of trouble," Tie Niu introduced.

"Well, this arrangement is good. But, what if someone doesn't want to go abroad? After all, our army can't control those retired children. Some of them don't want to be too far away from home," said Mr. Xu softly.

"That's fine. I have invested in Jiuji Technology in Beijing, and we need a large number of people here to provide security, property management, and other services. If things don't work out here, I'm going to set up a construction company. In the future, my own layout alone will be a huge project, and construction across the country will require hundreds of thousands of people."

"What do you want to do, kid? These people are the treasures of the country. Don't think that you can arm them again after they retire from the army. That's not possible." Old Master Xu heard Tie Niu say this, but he still felt a little uneasy in his heart. After all, so much construction is needed there.

"Grandpa, you are thinking the wrong way. Don't you know that I will set up cooperative R&D laboratories in colleges and universities across the country. Have you ever thought about how many people are needed for such a construction? In addition to this, I will also build branches of Jiuji Technology across the country, because it is impossible for all talents in the country to gather in Beijing. This will not only waste time but also require a lot of expenses. So, how many people do you think are needed for the research laboratories, security and logistics support services of the branches?"

"That's good." When Mr. Xu saw Li Xiaocao and a few others standing there waiting, he called out to them, "Children, hurry up and come up. We are just chatting, nothing serious."

A group of people got on the helicopter. There were ten people when they came, and the number had increased to more than thirty when they arrived in Ice City. Four helicopters rushed directly into the sky with the roar of the engines and sped away into the distance. After a while, a few small black dots gradually disappeared from people's sight.

Tie Niu was sitting in the helicopter and introducing some things about his home to Li Xiaocao and others. From time to time, he pointed to the place names below, which were also the approximate locations in Tie Niu's memory.

"This is the market town where we first came out of the mountains to sell herbs. I didn't expect it to have grown so big now. Today..." Tie Niu calculated the date. Today is the 18th day of the lunar calendar, which is the day when people give thanks.

"There are so many people here, what are they selling?" Li Xiaocao leaned over and lay on Tie Niu's thighs, looking at the dark crowd below. This was her first time seeing the market here.

"There is everything, mainly things from the villagers' homes, such as the chickens and ducks raised at home, the vegetables grown, the millet and soybeans in the fields, and also the mountain products that we mountain people pick, there are a lot of them, including medicinal herbs and wild vegetables. By the way, this season is when the wild vegetables are harvested, but it's still a little early. In ten days or so, there will be a lot more." Tie Niu said with a smile.

Feeling the strange reaction brought to him by Li Xiaocao's plump body, as well as the virgin body fragrance emanating from the girl, Tie Niu's brain was a little overwhelmed. His big hand gradually touched Xiaocao's back, and his face felt like it was burning.

"Why is there steam over there? Is there a fire?" Li Xiaocao pointed to one end of the market and asked Tie Niu, because that place looked like the steam coming out of a kitchen at home in winter.

"Those are snacks, such as wontons and noodles. It's noon now, and you see there are so many people sitting over there." Because, looking down from above, it is really difficult to see what the people below are doing, so I just made a guess.

"Is noodle soup delicious? Can we make it at home?" Li Xiaocao's next question popped up.

"It's delicious. When we get to the small mountain village, I'll ask Grandma Chu to cook it for me. I loved eating this kind of whole grain when I was a child. You don't know, when I was a child, I remember that every household had whole grains, so everyone thought of various ways to process it. This is also the wisdom of the people in the mountains."

"You know so much. It's been over so quickly. It would be great if we could go down and take a look. Forget it, take us there when you come back." Li Xiaocao regretted what she said as soon as she finished speaking, because she knew how Tieniu felt when he was anxious to go back to his hometown.

"Okay, I'll come here and take a look when I come back. At that time, Grandpa Guo, Jinlan Jinzhu and I walked for a long time before we got out of the mountains. We stayed in a hotel here. The proprietress of the hotel was very nice. She let Grandpa and I have dinner at her house..." Tie Niu thought of the fat woman and wondered if her store was still open. He also remembered the embarrassment of Chu Hansheng when he was fooled by him.

"We didn't have so much fun when we were young. We were forced to learn this and that in the big yard every day. We didn't know the use of what we learned. Whenever there was an activity, it was like we were wearing a mask, saying insincere compliments, listening to the same old faces, listening to music that made our ears numb, and eating disgusting caviar. I really don't know what the adults were thinking at that time..." Li Xiaocao talked about her childhood life, her childhood events and experiences.

"Be content. When you smile, you can eat well and wear warm clothes. However, in our small mountain village, every household can't even get a full meal. They don't even dare to think about going hungry at night. Especially the adults, they don't even want to talk. Their eyes are dizzy from hunger. Winter is even more difficult to endure."

"Is it really as hard as you say? Then why don't you grow more food? Is there no place to plant it or are you short of seeds? Why don't you go buy some?" Li Xiaocao blinked her big eyes curiously, and Tie Niu really wanted to kiss her on the face. She was really silly and cute.

"At that time, every family was so poor that they could barely make ends meet. They had no money to buy supplies. It was nothing like now, when we can eat whatever we want. However, in the mountains here, there are still many children and adults who can't get enough food. So, you know why I work so hard to help everyone get rich."

"No wonder those classmates who go to school still dress so simply, it turns out their families have no money." When Li Xiaocao heard that there are still so many people in the mountains here who don't have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, he suddenly felt uneasy.

When the helicopter flew over a mountain, they saw smoke rising from the valley. Li Xiaocao noticed it immediately as well. She pointed with her little hands, checked the small houses in the valley, and asked questions all the time.

"Chu Hansheng's home is right here. The low thatched house over there is it. The house at the intersection here is where my grandfather and I stayed. The people there were very hospitable and cooked eggs for us, which was the only thing in the house. He also had a big yellow dog. I wonder if he still remembers me after all these years."

"The big yellow dog will definitely not remember you. How old were you then? Now..."

"Yes, it's been more than ten years, and I still have it at home..." The helicopter roared through the valley and climbed up another mountain. Back then, Mr. Guo and the two sisters Jinlan and Jinzhu had to climb mountains and wade through water for two days and one night before they could get to the market to sell things.

Now, riding on a helicopter, they were almost at the small mountain village in just half a day. They were about to reach his hometown, the hometown where he was born and raised. He didn't know how his hometown looked like now, whether it was still as shabby as before, and whether there were still so many children with runny noses.

Is the bird's nest on the poplar tree at the entrance of the village still there? Are the pair of birds still laying eggs in the nest and hatching their little birds? Also, is the water in the clear stream and the pond at the entrance of the village still as clear as before, and are there still so many of those tempting aquatic plants in them?

Mountains are connected to mountains, surrounded by green mountains, stretching far away, water surrounds water, and long rivers stretch into the distance. The leaves on the trees stretch out to block the path out of the mountain. However, the original path is now obviously much wider.

It forms a belt around the mountain, just like a belt tied halfway up the mountain, surrounding the mountain and extending outside the mountain. The helicopter follows the belt to find the small mountain village and Tie Niu's childhood.

Charleslon, Anfei'er, Irina and Li Xiaocao kept pointing and praising the beauty of the northern mountains. They were all attracted by the beauty of nature. The green filled their eyes.

Tie Niu just watched quietly, trying to figure out where the road turned, and following his memory to find the way home. However, the speed of the helicopter had already swept away his memory in a flash, and his next memory rose up again in an instant.

The pond in his memory is still as clear as ever, and the big poplar trees near the pond, the big poplar trees where the birds built their nests, still appear at the entrance of the village, but the bird's nest that he could touch with his hand is no longer visible.

Suddenly, Tie Niu saw his home, the thatched house. The people coming in and out of the yard seemed particularly busy today. Yes, that was the home he remembered in his dreams, the home he thought about countless times in his dreams, the home that called out of his childhood memories in his dreams, the place he missed all the time.

Tears flowed from his eyes unconsciously. The two towering poplar trees at the door were still standing there. He just wondered if they would remember that he was the little kid back then.

Also, there were more sheep in the sheepfold in the yard, no longer just two, but a group. Yes, a group, at least more than ten. Tie Niu's eyes were not enough, and his eyes were covered with tears. A small hand reached out and wiped away his tears with a handkerchief.