Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 194 Continuation of Emotion

Liu Qimeng started writing online novels in his sophomore year, using his spare time and winter and summer vacations.On youth campus subjects, I wrote intermittently. I wrote for more than a year and wrote more than 30 words.

During the winter vacation of her junior year, Qimeng began to upload her first online novel on a novel website.Her parents, elder brother Hu Liwen, Fang Shujun, and her classmates from high school and university are all her loyal readers.

Liu Xiaonan was attracted by this novel way of writing, and uploaded a chapter every day, similar to the serialization of novels in newspapers and the continuous broadcast of novels in semiconductor radios.What's more unique is that it can interact with readers and exchange ideas with each other, which was not possible in the past paper media.

Every night, Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang would stay in front of the computer, admiring their daughter's masterpiece.Liu Xiaonan is very pleased that her daughter's writing level is much higher than her own at the same age, and it is a long novel from the very beginning, both in terms of writing skills and structure, it is commendable.

Although there is still a little lack of depth, there is an aura revealed in the text, and if you stick to it, you will surely succeed.

Liu Xiaonan has been admiring silently, without writing a single word of comment.After reading the comments written by young readers for his daughter, he didn't understand many online languages. He felt that he was outdated, and it would be inappropriate to write comments for his daughter.

He could only tell Meng Xiangxiang about his praise: "I used to be stupid in writing novels, and I didn't have the talent of our daughter. Now I am attracted by my daughter's online novels, eager to try, and determined to pick up the pen again, but Feel powerless."

Meng Xiangxiang comforted him: "You are already very successful, don't always make things difficult for yourself. Your main task in the future is to focus on your son and daughter. When they all graduate and get married, you should have grandchildren."

Liu Xiaonan was not convinced: "When the farm contract expires, I must try to write online novels."

The response to the first online novel was not bad, and the number of clicks was quite high.After receiving the first manuscript fee, Qimeng invited Fang Shujun to go out alone on weekends.The two went out to the countryside for an outing, watched the peach blossoms blooming all over the mountains and plains, and stayed in the farmyard for one night.

Sitting in the car on the return journey, Fang Shujun said to his dream: "Actually, the scenery of Longwangtang is not as good as your father's. Now is the time when the cherries are blooming. The scenery must be pleasant. When I was a freshman, I mentioned it to your father. Suggestion to build a place for leisure and entertainment, but your father didn't accept it."

Qi Meng smiled and said, "My dad tortured you and inspected you, but you still miss his farm? Haven't you suffered enough?"

Fang Shujun said: "It can't be said that I have suffered a lot. During the winter and summer vacations, I followed your father in your father's farm and learned a lot. At first, I accepted your father's test for you, but now I am willing to learn. Go do something."

"The junior year is coming to an end, do you have any specific plans?"

"I'm going to take the postgraduate entrance examination. If I pass the postgraduate entrance examination, we will graduate together and work together. If I fail the postgraduate entrance examination, I will go to your father's farm for a year's internship, find a job early, and then wait for you to graduate."

"Shujun, I don't care about your education. I don't think my dad will care too much either. You can relax."

"I know, your father is testing whether I can take on the responsibility of a man. The postgraduate entrance examination is a goal I set for myself."

During the summer vacation, Fang Shujun followed Liu Xiaonan's family and also lived in the Longwangtang Farm, where he concentrated on studying and preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination.If you don't understand something, you can ask Meng Xiangxiang, or Liu Qiyu, Hu Liwen, and Qimeng anytime and anywhere.

Meng Xiangxiang is not like Liu Xiaonan, who always gives Fang Shujun problems.In the past few years, she has watched the child mature and grow up a little bit, and she can see that the child is devoted to his dream, even though he and his dream have not yet made a public relationship.As a mother, she certainly understands her daughter's concerns, and she will also think about problems from her daughter's perspective.

Based on her own experience, she carefully prepared complete review materials for Fang Shujun.When Fang Shujun asks for advice face to face, she will explain it patiently and meticulously just like she would treat her own children.

As soon as his son was on vacation, he stayed at Liu Xiaonan's house, and Gu Yu was both happy and disappointed.She called Liu Xiaonan and complained: "Liu Xiaonan, you are really good. The son I worked so hard to raise is now a member of your family. I am a mother, but I am an outsider."

Liu Xiaonan was very proud: "That can't be helped, who made our family have an irresistible attraction. Surrounded by four children, it can be as lively as it is, as lively as it is, as happy as it is. You have to reflect on it. Your family , Is there something missing, I can't even keep my own son."

"Just be angry with me. I'll also tell you, don't put gold on your face. My son didn't want to prove himself in front of you because he was worried that you would hinder his relationship with his dream. In the past few years, you Is it not enough for my son to suffer?"

"If you really think so, it can be seen that you don't understand your son. Have you ever thought about why your son wants to prove himself in front of me, is it just because of emotional matters? The hardships I let your son suffer, It will become his valuable life experience. I educated my son for you, but instead of thanking you, you even complained about me."

"You don't come here. You took my son away. Why should I thank you?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "You don't need to thank me, and I don't need your thanks. But you have to thank Meng Xiangxiang, who is now wholeheartedly helping your son prepare for the exam."

Gu Yu said: "Meng Xiangxiang is more humane than you, so I can rest assured. Whether you are grateful or not is a matter between us two sisters."

Liu Xiaonan hung up the phone hastily, he was running around selling.In the past few years, with the expansion of the scale of sea cucumber artificial cultivation along the coast, the sales price of sea cucumbers has dropped sharply, prompting him to start deep processing of sea cucumbers—to make instant sea cucumbers.

The sales in the first two years were not bad, but this year it will be unsalable.The market for ready-to-eat sea cucumbers is becoming saturated, and the competition is becoming increasingly fierce. There are still tens of thousands of catties of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers that have not been sold in several large freezers in the farms.He went all over the large supermarkets and seafood specialty stores in Bincheng City to promote his products, but the sales situation was not optimistic.

After running for a day, only a small part was sold.Back at the farm, he sat in his office, thinking about countermeasures.In the past, I just waited for merchants to come to my door, but now I have to go to the market by myself.

Just as he was thinking hard, Fang Shujun knocked on the door and came in. He said to Liu Xiaonan, "Uncle Liu, I found that the freezer is full. Is this year's ready-to-eat sea cucumbers not selling well?"

Liu Xiaonan asked Fang Shujun to sit down, and he said: "The local market is getting saturated, so I plan to go to other places. It's a pity that you have to study for the postgraduate entrance examination, otherwise, I will take you to go to other places. Or, what better do you have?" suggestion."

Fang Shujun said without hesitation: "I'm about to make a suggestion to you. Uncle Liu, you should try online sales."

"Online sales?" Liu Xiaonan pondered: "Is it what you young people call opening an online store, online shopping, and engaging in online direct sales?"

"That's right!" Fang Shujun became excited: "You can build an online store for seafood direct sales. There is no middleman, and the products reach users directly. Now that smart phones have just become popular, online stores and express delivery industries have just emerged, and it is time to enter the market." Great timing."

"I have heard a little about this kind of sales method. The question is whether the safety and reliability are guaranteed, and how big is the market size."

"The market scale is infinite. In school, we often shop online. Uncle Liu, you told me that you can't follow others in whatever you do. That way you will always be a laggard. Online store direct selling is a new industry. It just solves the marketing problem of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers. With a good reputation, big cherries and river crabs can be directly sold in this way.”

Liu Xiaonan looked at Fang Shujun: "My sea cucumbers are purely wild, which is quite different from artificially farmed ones. Build an online store to promote the nutritional value of wild ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, introduce the geographical characteristics of Longwangtang, ensure product quality, and win Good word of mouth has pushed the products to all parts of the country.”

Fang Shujun asked: "Uncle Liu, did you take my suggestion?"

Liu Xiaonan said: "If you solve the problem of selling instant sea cucumbers, uncle will definitely reward you well."

Fang Shujun's plan was unanimously approved by the other three children.Liu Qiyu and Hu Liwen are in charge of building the online store and giving their father the necessary technical support; Fang Shujun and Qi Meng are in charge of copywriting and selling products.

Orders have been received one after another, and the taste and quality of instant sea cucumbers have received unanimous praise, and sales have begun to increase significantly.After receiving the order and delivering the goods, the Longwangtang Farm started to become lively again.

Liu Qiyu suggested to his father that another employee should be recruited to be responsible for the order delivery of the online store.When the summer vacation is over, they return to school and their mother goes to work. Especially during the peak sales season, father alone cannot keep busy.

Hiring newcomers may not be honest and reliable. Besides, young people nowadays may not be willing to work in farms far away from urban areas.Liu Xiaonan thought of Sun Yuxiu, the nanny at home.

In the past three years, Sun Yuxiu has been well-behaved, diligent and sensible, and has become an indispensable member of the family.Both Liu Xiaonan and Meng Xiangxiang secretly lamented that it was an unfair fate for Sun Yuxiu to drop out of school and only work as a nanny at the same age as her own children.

Liu Xiaonan wanted to transfer Sun Yuxiu to the farm to be responsible for the daily delivery of orders for the online shop, and learn business and management from herself.In the future, I won't be a babysitter, and I will have a skill in society.After discussing with Meng Xiangxiang, Meng Xiangxiang completely agreed and asked Liu Xiaonan to talk to Sun Yuxiu by himself.

Sun Yuxiu was also on the farm, usually doing some odd jobs, and spending time with Liu Qiyu and the other college students in his free time, only to listen and not to interrupt.Although people don't discriminate against her, she feels inferior.As contemporaries, regardless of status and knowledge, the gap is very significant.

When Liu Xiaonan explained her thoughts to Sun Yuxiu, Sun Yuxiu of course accepted it happily. She said, "Thank you uncle for trusting me. Don't worry, I will work hard and the work at home will not be delayed."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I discussed it with your aunt. Once my children leave, there will only be the three of us left at home. Anyone can cook. As for cleaning, just hire a part-time worker."

Sun Yuxiu said: "Uncle, there is no need to hire a part-time worker. When I go home at night, I can still clean up the house in the evening."

Liu Xiaonan originally planned to let Sun Yuxiu live in the farm, but after hearing what she said, he couldn't be more reluctant.He said: "Okay then, you will suffer more, and uncle will give you double salary."

Liu Xiaonan replaced Sun Yuxiu with a new smartphone, and arranged for Liu Qiyu and Hu Liwen to guide Sun Yuxiu and teach him the basic operations of receiving orders and delivering goods.Sun Yuxiu is far smarter than he imagined, young people are quick to accept new things, and can operate alone after a few days.

At the end of the summer vacation, more than half of the backlog of ready-to-eat sea cucumbers has been sold out, and new ideas have created a new situation.On this day, Liu Xiaonan drove Fang Shujun back to the city to a car show and asked him to choose a car as a reward for his constructive proposal.

Fang Shujun was flattered, and declined, "Uncle Liu, that's what I said. I'm already very happy that you accepted my suggestion. It's too expensive to let you buy me a car."

Liu Xiaonan said: "What you said solved my big problem. If you agree to rewards, you must reward them heavily. Buying a car for you is not just for you. In the future, you and Qimeng will go home from school and go out. Traveling, it's easier to walk, and you don't have to drive your mother's car anymore."

Fang Shujun was ecstatic in his heart. Does this mean that Uncle Liu acquiesced in his love with his dream?He felt that it was necessary to confirm and explain all the questions: "Uncle Liu, I have always liked Qimeng. Qimeng made an appointment with me, and after graduating from undergraduate, he will officially fall in love. I don't know what uncle has any opinions."

Liu Xiaonan said flatly: "Shujun, you and Qimeng have grown up, and uncle will not interfere with your choice. I just hope that you can take on the responsibility of a man, no matter when, where and what happens."

Fang Shujun knew that what Uncle Liu valued most was a man's sense of responsibility. He said, "The most important thing I have learned from Uncle Liu in the past few years is the word responsibility."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Accepting uncle's gift means that your responsibility has increased."

I'm sorry Uncle Liu for not accepting it, Fang Shujun chose a domestic car worth 10,000+.Liu Xiaonan made the payment, Fang Shujun completed the relevant driving procedures, and the two of them drove back to the farm one by one.

Liu Xiaonan got out of the car to do his own business, Fang Shujun was honking the horn in the car, and Liu Qiyu, Hu Liwen and Qimeng walked over together.Fang Shujun patted the steering wheel, and said to the three people: "How about it, Uncle Liu bought me a new car. Qimeng, sit on it, and I'll take you around."

Qimeng sat in the co-pilot's seat, and Liu Qiyu and Hu Liwen also got into the car.Fang Shujun said: "You two don't come up here, you don't have any insight."

Fang Shujun drove the car directly to the small island, and the two got out of the car and stood side by side, looking at the sea.Fang Shujun said: "Qimeng, your father has made it clear that he will not interfere with our choice. The previous relationship between your father and my mother will not affect our future. Can we officially fall in love?"

Qi Meng smiled: "Aren't we talking all the time? You have to say the word "love" to be considered a relationship?"

Fang Shujun held Qimeng's hand: "Qimeng, I want to learn from your father and make a way by myself."

Qimeng held Fang Shujun's other hand: "Compared with our parents, we don't know how much luckier and happier we are. We have no reason not to rely on ourselves to fight. Shujun, I will always support you."

After the children left for school, Gu Yu called Liu Xiaonan: "You old bastard, I thought you would keep hindering the children's emotional development."

Liu Xiaonan said: "Sister, sometimes I think that the relationship between the two children may be a continuation of our childhood friendship."

Gu Yu said: "This is a sentence full of human touch. I am very pleased that you can think so."

(End of this chapter)