Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 967 - 949. To go or not to go

Chapter 967: 949. To go or not to go

The leader sighed: "Your mom really had an eye... cough, I mean, ask about the situation of the family that adopted the dog."

Seeing Zhu Xin about to speak, the leader quickly added: "Keep it brief, just a couple of sentences."

"Okay!" Zhu Xin was still obedient, now standing straight and looking ahead: "Then I’ll just say a couple of sentences..."

The leader suddenly felt this phrase sounded familiar and quickly interrupted before he could continue: "Wait a minute!"

Sighing, he remembered his own version of "just a couple of sentences" and quickly changed his words: "I mean, two sentences, describe it in less than 100 characters."

Zhu Xin opened his mouth, visibly disappointed: "Oh."

"In simple terms, the family feeds really well, and our dogs are also very well taken care of! If there are more dogs, I would want to send them over there."

Having said that, he looked eagerly at the leader:

"Our captain still has the videos sent before, have you seen them all? That fur color, that vitality, and that glossy look... Did you see the video of Duoduo jumping? It was jumping so high..."

The leader picked up his cup of water, now responding with vague affirmations, and then said: "Well... call your captain over, and you go back to your business."

"Yes!" Zhu Xin was used to it; the leaders always ended the conversations so abruptly. At this moment, he accepted it without any barriers and immediately went out to call someone.

And once he had left, the leader quickly set down the cup of water and let out a long sigh of relief.

With someone else coming in, the atmosphere normalized instantly. The person spoke clearly and to the point:

"It’s an application from the adopter Song Tan, saying that several dogs are living well over there, and she has not let us down."

"Therefore, she wants to invite the original owners of the dogs to the village for a pig-killing feast on January 10th, also known as Laba Festival—of course, she also mentioned that there would be friends from all over the country coming, so she told us not to feel burdened or think about paying."

"The pig-killing feast is originally their way of treating the people from the village."

The leader nodded, understanding the situation.

It’s not so much about the feast itself.

But because she adopted four dogs exceptionally and has plans for the future, she’s providing positive feedback to us and also reassuring everyone here.

Besides, going there and seeing for yourself is the only way to know if it’s true...

The leader’s mind was racing, and he could only sigh with admiration: "The girl is quite meticulous in her work... what about you guys? Do you have any specific thoughts?"

What thoughts could there be? Everyone knows that the most important thing about the pig-killing feast is the eating, just thinking about the tea eggs and cooling tea!

How could we refuse?

The only issue is that three of the dogs were from the police system, and this side was just the recuperation area that did well, so it was all arranged together. Now, well...

The person in charge immediately said: "I think we should go, and we ought to go, we must acknowledge it if the other side is doing well."

"And Song Tan is really good with training dogs, our dogs were withering away here, but at her place, it’s a different story... Leader, if possible, I would rather send our heroes to her if such a situation arises again."

"I can also make contact with the police side."

The leader pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Okay! Go and make contact! The tasks at year-end are massive, you all should return to your duties, and remember, discipline is key."

...

On this side, having hung up the phone, Song Tan looked at the sections of the road ahead that were still under construction, listening to Secretary Xiaozu instructing Qiaoqiao: "Take that small concrete path, it’s a bit uneven—Ouch! Keep going forward... right, right, turn a bit..."

Song Tan watched with a sour taste in his mouth: "You’ve become quite familiar with this road, haven’t you?"

For their family’s sake, Secretary Xiaozu had been frequently traveling even to the neighboring villages, such difficult roads they were to travel!

Yet Secretary Xiaozu, focusing ahead, said: "It’s quite easy to find, after all, this is the only path people take, I used navigation my first time coming here. You know, it’s pretty accurate!"

Having said that, he laughed: "Look, that house with the red roof up ahead, that’s the Village Department of Shitou Slope!"

The village of Shitou Slope was thus named, and Song Tan found it hard not to suspect it was because of the two plots she contracted that were entirely rocky slopes.

As for the standing of this village... let’s just say, considering poverty and aging, it was neck and neck with Yunqiao Village, each with their own hidden dragons and crouching tigers. However, in earlier years of tilling the fields, this place was closer to Jinhe, hence it had an irrigation advantage.

Nowadays, there were hardly any people left in the village, and when Song Tan arrived, the villagers were already waiting at the entrance of the Village Department—no hidden meanings, just that Shitou Slope’s six hundred-plus acres of land, some privately owned and some belonging to the village.

That place was neither arable nor valuable; but now someone wanted to contract it, and that someone was a college graduate returning to farm... The folks mulled over the contract money, feeling that there was still something to look forward to at the end of the year.

Everyone was so enthusiastic that even Qiaoqiao could feel it, and curiously asked at the moment: "Why don’t they raise sheep on Stone Mountain?"

They had not yet entered the yard when Secretary Xiaozu explained: "They don’t need to fence off a place for raising sheep!"

In the same village, even if you raise a flock of sheep, you just need to herd them back and forth each day; there’s no need to specifically contract land for anything.

Besides, the grass’s greenery on Shitou Slope can hardly grow dense, and sheep eat a lot, so the place didn’t appeal to anyone.

Now that Song Tan wanted to contract it, it was truly an unexpected joy for the villagers.

Their village’s Director Zhu even thought about stretching it out with the two privately-owned plots—after all, he was responsible, specifically inquiring about Song Tan, hearing that her return to the village for entrepreneurship was quite successful, and that her goods sold well...

He thought to himself that young people make money easily, so he might as well ask for a higher price, considering it as a subsidy for the villagers!

Little did he know that Secretary Xiaozu did not buy into the old-school idea of redistributing wealth—Who finds it easy to make money! With that Shitou Slope, they should thank their lucky stars that someone was interested! Forget about swindling their own villagers!

So this back and forth went, dragging on until now.

Now, having seen the other party, Secretary Xiaozu didn’t forget to add another word: "Well, there’s actually no rush with the contract; I feel it might be safer to wait and see next spring... With the price being not low, why go for Stone Mountain! It’s truly barren..."

The other party was about to sign the contract and receive money, so they weren’t angry at all, but instead cheerful: "It can be cultivated! It can be! Just that there are more stones, I’ll clear them up a bit, and the soil underneath is fertile too!"

Secretary Xiaozu, who had been haggling with them for two months, was now unreserved: "Of course, everyone knows that it can be made usable after clearing, so why hasn’t anyone cleared it yet?"

"Running an excavator for just a bit costs a thousand yuan, who has the funds to transform these six hundred and more acres..."

They wouldn’t dig even if they had the means!

Poor lands lie fallow, but once tilled, they invite envy. The villages around here really had plenty of good land! There was no need to spend effort here and draw envious stares.