Viral Orphanage C117
by MarineTLChapter 117: A Small Incident in the Mountains
“A Deer’s Safe Journey”: No worries, Young Master Huang, go ahead and start your farm~
Huang He: Then I’ll go ahead and choose a location.
Mo Chenjing: @Huang He, are you really going to start a farm? If you have that kind of money, wouldn’t it be better to invest in venture capital?
Mo Chenjing: I followed Brother Shen in a few investments before, and they all made money. Brother Shen has a great eye for these things.
Feng Xiao: Hahaha, Fatty Huang, did I hear you right? Are you really going into farming? What are you going to raise? Pigs?
Feng Xiao: Imagine when you go to a matchmaking meeting1, and the woman sees you looking dignified and hears about your good family background. She asks you modestly, “Young Master Huang, what do you do?”
Feng Xiao: And you say, “Oh, nothing much, I just raise pigs at home.”
Feng Xiao: What do you think the woman would think…
Xu Ming: Young Master Huang is a pig farmer? Oh my, it’s the first time I’ve met a CEO who raises pigs. Young Master Huang is truly different from others, so unique, so extraordinary, so full of personality. I love it~
Feng Xiao: Xu Ming, you…
Xu Ming: What’s wrong? Is my reaction off? According to novel tropes, the plot should go like this.
Feng Xiao: Ah, right, right, Old Xu, you’re so talented, you might as well go write a novel…
Xu Ming: Actually, I think I might give it a try.
Feng Xiao: ………
Huang He: What do you guys know? Small animals are super cute, okay?
Huang He: I’m planning to lease a mountain planted with bamboo and raise some Bamboo Forest Chickens and Bamboo Forest Rabbits there.
Huang He: Anyone who wants to taste authentic Bamboo Forest Chicken and Rabbit can pre-order from me.
Huang He: The price is 369 each.
Huang He: For those who pre-order, we’ll attach special name tags to their chickens or rabbits.
Huang He: Later, I’ll arrange for someone to regularly send videos of their chickens or rabbits’ growth and daily activities.
Huang He: Maybe we’ll do some live streaming from time to time, letting people who bought chickens and rabbits see them online, focusing on a cloud farming experience2.
Huang He: If people have time, they can also visit the mountain I leased and experience the joy of feeding small animals themselves.
Huang He: If many people come, I’ll also develop an artificial pond in the mountain, raise some fish and shrimp, and attract fishing enthusiasts to come and fish.
Huang He: Or later on, we could set up a farm stay3 on the mountain, to escape the summer heat, drink tea, and enjoy some wild game.
Feng Xiao: Wow, Fatty Huang, when did you grow a brain?
Huang He: Hehe, leasing the mountain and starting a farm was my idea, but the other suggestions came from Brother Shen and Little Sister Lu.
Huang He: @Lu Jianshen, Brother Shen, do you want to invest?
Huang He: @Feng Xiao @Xu Ming @Zhou Sicong @Mo Chenjing @A Deer’s Safe Journey, what about you guys, want to invest?
Lu Jianshen: I’m in.
Feng Xiao: If Brother Shen is in, I’m in too.
Xu Ming: Count me in +1.
Zhou Sicong: +2.
Mo Chenjing: +3.
Whether it succeeds or not, even if they lose money, this small amount doesn’t really count as money to them.
Moreover, even if they lose, they’ll still get authentic Bamboo Forest Chicken and Rabbit.
This deal sounds like a win-win.
Lu Jianshen: @Huang He, my mother likes cherries. My suggestion is to plant some premium cherry varieties.
Huang He: Got it. Anyone else? Anything you’d like to eat?
Mo Chenjing: My mom likes durian.
Feng Xiao: My mom likes oranges.
Zhou Sicong: My mom likes apples.
Xu Ming: My stepmother likes… poop.
Huang He: …
Old Xu, you’re something else.
Huang He: @A Deer’s Safe Journey, Little Sister Lu, why aren’t you saying anything? Are you busy?
Huang He: Your silence makes me a bit uneasy.
Lu Jianshen: Stop calling her. My sister is busy. I’ll cover her investment.
Huang He: Got it, Brother Shen, mwah.
Lu Jianshen: Get lost.
Zhou Sicong: Brother Shen, mwah ( ￣3)(e￣ )
Lu Jianshen: You get lost too.
Feng Xiao: Hahaha, Young Master, what are you expecting?
Zhou Sicong: Go die somewhere, hmph ╭(╯^╰)╮
……
Just as Lu Jianshen said, Lu Qingqiang was indeed busy.
After dinner, she was sitting there watching everyone chat in the group, enjoying it, when her phone suddenly rang.
The caller was Zhang Haiping.
He said there was a small incident in the mountains, and he and his wife didn’t know how to handle it, so they wanted Lu Qingqiang to come up and take a look.
Without hesitation, Lu Qingqiang called Master Zhao to go to the mountain with her.
As for the canteen, it was left in Liu Xiang’s care.
Since the infrastructure at the orphanage was nearly complete, including the back door and the road behind it, everything was accessible.
Now, if they wanted to go to the mountain, they didn’t need to drive around a long way.
They could simply exit through the orphanage’s back door and walk for about fifteen to twenty minutes to reach the mountain.
Or they could drive out from the back door and reach the foot of the mountain in about five minutes.
Because the situation in the mountains was urgent, Lu Qingqiang chose to drive.
Halfway there, Master Zhao asked worriedly, “Director, what’s going on? Why the rush?”
“Could it be the small animals are running wild and have chewed the fruit trees bare?”
“Or is there a sick animal?”
“No, Master Zhao, don’t worry, it’s nothing bad,” Lu Qingqiang reassured him.
“Then what is it? I’m dying of curiosity here.”
“Could it be that one of the animals is pregnant?”
“But I don’t know how to deliver animals.”
“…Master Zhao, why don’t you take some time to learn veterinary skills?” Lu Qingqiang joked.
“Ah, is there really an animal about to give birth? But my expertise doesn’t match.”
“Though it’s not impossible, aside from researching dishes, I don’t have much else to do.”
“I think studying veterinary medicine is a good idea.”
“That way, when I retire, I can still go out and help treat other people’s pets. Not bad, not bad.”
“Principal, that’s a great suggestion.”
“Master Zhao, are you taking this seriously? I was just joking,” Lu Qingqiang quickly said.
“Joking? Principal, I actually think your suggestion is quite good.”
“At the very least, I could start by learning some animal anatomy.”
“In the past, I only knew how to slaughter chickens, fish, and ducks, as well as geese.”
“I’ve never slaughtered pigs, cows, or sheep.”
“The meat from these animals is usually delivered already butchered, and I just handle the cooking.”
“I was thinking, since we have quite a few pigs, cows, and sheep on our hill, I might as well practice the relevant skills.”
“When the animals on the hill mature, I can handle them directly.”
“Wasn’t there an idiom before, something about ‘Butcher Ding dissects an ox4‘?”
“In the future, our orphanage will have ‘Master Zhao dissects an ox.'”
“Hehe, Principal, what do you think?”
“I think it’s fantastic, Master Zhao. You have great ideas, not bad at all!” Lu Qingqiang praised repeatedly.
She really liked employees with ideas like this.
“So, Principal…”
“What’s up, Master Zhao?”
“I saw a video while browsing short clips online. There’s a kindergarten where all the kids know how to cook.”
“They can steam buns, make dumplings, stir-fry dishes, and make meatballs, all of it.”
“Netizens jokingly call it the ‘Xinzheku Kindergarten5.'”
“I was thinking, maybe when we have time, we could let the kids at our orphanage try it too?”
“At that time, Xiangzi and I can teach everyone.”
“Sure, you can talk to Teacher Yuan about it. Just let her know, and she can take the kids to learn.”
“Alright!” Master Zhao was immediately interested.
Soon, they arrived at the hill.
Lu Qingqiang parked the car at the foot of the hill, and after they got out, they started walking up.
The mountain had changed since the last time they visited.
The path up the hill had been paved with bluestone slabs by people Lu Qingqiang had arranged, making it much easier to walk.
As soon as they reached the top, Lu Qingqiang and Master Zhao saw Liu Shufen standing there, waiting for them.
“Principal, Master Zhao, you’re finally here. Old Zhang is over there keeping watch. Let’s hurry over.”
Translator’s Notes
- matchmaking meeting: In Chinese culture, ‘matchmaking meetings’ (相亲, xiangqin) are arranged events, often set up by family or friends, where unmarried people meet potential marriage partners, reflecting the traditional emphasis on family involvement in marriage. ↩
- cloud farming experience: ‘Cloud farming’ is a modern Chinese trend where customers sponsor or purchase livestock or crops online and remotely follow their growth via videos or live streams, combining e-commerce with interactive agricultural experiences. ↩
- farm stay: ‘Farm stay’ translates local Chinese concepts like 农家乐 (nongjiale), where urban visitors experience rural life by staying on a working farm, participating in activities like tea-drinking, fishing, or harvesting. ↩
- Butcher Ding dissects an ox: Refers to a famous story from the ancient Chinese text Zhuangzi, where a butcher named Ding achieves such mastery in his craft that he can dissect an ox effortlessly, without dulling his knife. It symbolizes achieving perfect skill through understanding the natural order of things. ↩
- Xinzheku Kindergarten: ‘Xinzheku’ (辛折苦) is a play on words meaning ‘hard work and suffering.’ Xinzheku Kindergarten is an internet meme referencing a viral kindergarten where children are taught cooking and chores, parodying the idea of overly industrious childhoods. ↩
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