Chapter 527 Return to the Village, Gratitude
After the two-day exam had ended, Luo Qiao said goodbye to Teacher Ge, her homeroom teacher, in advance for the New Year and mentioned she would not return to school to collect her report card, planning to go straight back to Capital City.
The next day, she and Stone took a bus back to Qingshan Village. Upon arriving at the village, she sent Stone off to play with his friends while she went down to the gardens at the foot of Daqing Mountain to check on the growth of the vegetables in the greenhouses and also caught a good number of fish by the pond there.
During winter, people would only start working in the gardens after 9:30 am due to the cold. Luo Qiao found a basket and filled it with quite a few fish, planning to drop by Auntie Gao’s later and ask her to distribute them among the villagers as a New Year’s benefit.
After leaving the gardens, Luo Qiao headed toward the village committee office. This year, with Huo Yuhao setting up a purchasing station in the village, every household had more money on hand. Seeing how much money Luo Qiao had made from growing vegetables that year, many families were planning to follow her lead and grow vegetables the next year.
Luo Qiao discussed next year’s vegetable growing plans with the village officials and reminded them about the unused mountain land at the foot of Daqing Mountain, suggesting they encourage the villagers to clear it and plant economic forests.
When leaving the committee office, Luo Qiao ran into Auntie Gao, who was on her way to the gardens. "Auntie, I was just on my way to your house," Luo Qiao said.
Auntie Gao replied with a smile, "I’m heading to the gardens now. Those vegetables are growing so well; I reckon we won’t have enough to sell. Boss Huo has said he’ll start picking vegetables from the 23rd of the last lunar month."
Luo Qiao smiled, "Auntie, I’ve just been to the gardens and saw the vegetables in the greenhouses. They’re being taken care of very well. I’m going to Grandma Lin’s house at the east end of the village first, and then I’ll head up to the gardens. It would be a good chance to hand out this month’s wages to everyone in advance so that we can all have a good New Year."