【Chapter 223】 On the train
Liu Rui didn't have a clue about the camellia oil tree yet, so he could only hang it high for the time being, waiting for the conditions to be ripe in the future before making plans.
Perhaps it is because of Liu Rui's outstanding performance that Wang Huaguo, Zhang Zhenguang and others have inexplicable confidence in Liu Rui, and they unconsciously threw many questions at Liu Rui.
In this regard, Liu Rui was both happy and felt pressured.
Liu Rui is happy that the adults around him attach great importance to his suggestions, and feel that his status in the village is constantly improving, and he has won the respect of more people. People need this kind of satisfaction of being valued, not to mention a young man like Liu Rui, who is even happier.
However, as things increased, Liu Rui gradually felt that his knowledge, insight, etc. began to be unable to keep up with the situation, and the pressure also followed. Liu Rui is well aware of this, and knows that the disadvantages of not going to college have been gradually revealed.
Only in the third year of high school, Liu Rui, who has been to Qingzhou as far as the farthest, has a flexible brain, but his knowledge is somewhat limited. Even if he has read a lot of newspapers and magazines one after another, the growth rate is still a little unable to keep up with the development of the times.
Fortunately, Liu Rui has slowly discovered his weaknesses, and strives to adjust and improve, hoping not to fall behind.
Therefore, this time, in the face of his uncle's request, Liu Rui was very clever to slow down, waiting for him to understand the situation of the camellia oil tree before speaking.
Now, Liu Rui's main task is to take the villagers to Chengdu to visit and study with Ji Xiaojun.
Wang Huaguo and Zhang Zhenguang were busy leading the joint working group to survey and liquidate the woodlands and barren mountains around Liang Village, and they really couldn't be separated, so the village committee sent Wang Jun to follow the inspection team out, and the rest of the members were villagers who voluntarily signed up to go out in the village.
There is no direct train from Qingshan County to Chengdu, so the Liangcun farmhouse delegation first took a bus to the provincial capital, and then took a train from the provincial capital to Chengdu. As for airplanes, that's something that the delegation couldn't have imagined at all. Perhaps, in a few years, when the villagers of Liang Village become richer, they will have the opportunity to take a plane out.
In order to save money, all the people in the delegation bought hard-seat tickets, and nearly 40 people occupied half of the carriage. All of a sudden, the vernacular of Aoyama took over the green train car, leaving the attendants and other tourists a little sideways.
Unlike ordinary migrant workers who go out to work, the members of these inspection groups did not carry large bags or small bags, although they looked like farmers. It's no wonder that when I heard that I was going to go out to investigate this time, the mothers-in-law of the members of the delegation immediately took out all the new clothes that their heads wore during the Spring Festival, and some even bought new clothes before going out.
When the train started, everyone was still a little excited, lying down at the window and watching the scenery pass in front of them. The villagers of Liang Village have basically lived in Qingshan for most of their lives, and there are very few opportunities to go out!
Some of the villagers were even riding the train for the first time, and they sat in a completely different environment from the car, and the villagers could not hide their curiosity in their eyes. However, most of the villagers adhered to the cautious surname, and did not dare to move in their seats, and at most they talked to their companions.
Seeing that the train had finally started, Liu Rui was immediately relieved!
This time, with Ji Xiaojun and Wang Jun going out with more than 30 villagers, Liu Rui's pressure was not small.
Originally, Liu Rui thought that Wang Huaguo and Zhang Zhenguang would lead the team to set off, and he just had to follow him out for a long time, and there was no psychological pressure. However, things can always turn out to be a little unprepared.
Because they wanted to liquidate and inventory the woodland and barren mountains in the village, Wang Huaguo and Zhang Zhenguang had to split up, so Liu Rui and Wang Jun could only come forward and lead the group to set off.
Liu Rui has no experience at all, he has been to Qingzhou at the farthest, and he has not even taken a train. In the face of such a heavy responsibility, Liu Rui was really a little frightened, for fear of making a mistake.
Fortunately, there are still old rivers and lakes like Ji Xiaojun in the inspection team, and Wang Jun has also been in Guangdong for several years, so he finally didn't have a black eye when he came to the provincial capital. In addition, the members of the delegation were all adults, and everyone did not run away and get lost, and after some twists and turns, all the members finally boarded the train safely and went to Chengdu.
"How does it feel to go out for the first time?" Looking at Liu Rui's breathing a sigh of relief, Ji Xiaojun handed over a glass of water and said with a smile.
"It feels okay, but the air in the city is a little bad!" Taking a sip of the water cup, Liu Rui said helplessly.
Everything in the city is good, but the pollution from industrial exhaust and automobile exhaust is too serious, and after Liu Rui came to the city, he felt that the Shennong space could no longer absorb any aura. Fortunately, during this period of time, Shennong Space has absorbed a lot of spiritual energy in the countryside and stored it, so that there is no danger of lack of spiritual energy in the space.
Thinking of the strange smell in the air he breathed, Liu Rui really had a feeling of palpitations. Such a city, no matter how convenient and wonderful life is, is not suitable for you. If he lived in the city for a while, not only would the Shennong space likely collapse, but Liu Rui would also feel uncomfortable.
"That's why we're starting a farmhouse!" Ji Xiaojun is very dedicated, and even at this time, he did not forget to popularize knowledge for Liu Rui.
In modern society, with the deepening of industrialization and modernization, the pollution in the city has increased and the pace of work and life has also accelerated. Under such circumstances, the people in the city who have already solved the problem of food and clothing will have a better life pursuit.
After getting tired of eating, drinking, singing and dancing in the city, the city people turned their attention to the countryside.
Influenced by the international trend of returning to nature, many large cities in China have also begun to show a tourism trend of going to the countryside and going to the countryside to get close to nature.
Nowadays, many farmhouses in the suburbs of cities have started to rise in response to this trend, and have begun to become an important part of weekend travel.
In the short two or three days of weekends and holidays, urban citizens can drive or take various public transportation to the countryside to experience the comfort and leisure that they have never enjoyed in the city. Citizens can eat and live in the farmhouse, can experience some simple farm work, can also fish and touch shrimp, can also pick fruits and vegetables, and can taste the real farm food.
In the era of extremely fast work rhythm and great work pressure, you can completely relax your spirit in a green mountain and green water, eat vegetables without pesticides, pork and poultry without feed, which is a great enjoyment for many urban white-collar workers.
Nowadays, Liangcun can take advantage of the opening of Xiaoqingshan Scenic Area and the upcoming opening of the expressway to vigorously develop the form of rural tourism such as farmhouse entertainment and form a brand as soon as possible.
For a person like Ji Xiaojun, who has been up and down in the business world for several years, it is quite accurate to look at the problem.
In fact, the so-called farmhouses are almost the same, there is no substantial difference, the area where the farmhouse is carried out is at most because of different regions, different climates, some vegetation, crop changes, but the use of the essence of the countryside to let urban tourists relax the core has not changed.
In the case of homogenization of service content, if each region wants to form an advantage in the competition, it has become a top priority to explore the characteristics of the region. Of course, it is also very important to form a scale as soon as possible and form a good brand in the minds of consumers.
These two questions are the two main goals that this delegation needs to learn and gain when they go out!
As one of the best areas for farmhouse tourism in the country, the suburbs of Chengdu have a considerable level in terms of service level, brand awareness and characteristic construction, and are the number one object of Liangcun learning.
During this period of time, Liu Rui has also obtained a lot of information through various channels, and has conducted corresponding learning and analysis of Chengdu's farmhouse industry. However, I haven't seen the real situation yet, and Liu Ruizhi is still a little unsure. For Liu Rui, it is best to be able to go to Chengdu and make corresponding adjustments only after the experience.
"Our village still has to find its own characteristics!" After listening to what Ji Xiaojun said, Liu Rui's brows furrowed a little.
The conditions in Liangcun are not as good as those in the suburbs of Chengdu, and there are indeed more difficulties to overcome if you want to develop a farmhouse.
Chengdu, as the largest sub-provincial city in southwest China, sits on the granary of the western Sichuan Plain, and has never been invaded by war even during the Anti-Japanese War. In particular, since the beginning of reform and opening up, Chengdu, as the political, economic, and cultural center of the southwest region, has made rapid changes in all aspects of construction.
Liu Rui learned from the newspaper that Chengdu has formed an urban pattern of the third ring road, and the highways extending in all directions have run through the surrounding suburbs and rural areas, laying a solid foundation for the development of farmhouses.
After work on Fridays, citizens can quickly drive to the countryside on the outskirts of the countryside to have dinner and enjoy the starry sky of the countryside by car or public transport.
Convenient and fast transportation is only one advantage of Chengdu's suburbs, and another important reason is that Chengdu, as a city that has been developed for decades, has a large proportion of wealthy people, and this part of the population is also the main force of farmhouse consumption.
In contrast, the geographical location of Liangcun is a bit less good!
Liangcun is still 60 kilometers away from Qingzhou, 160 kilometers away from the provincial capital of western Guangxi, and 220 kilometers away from Chuncheng, the provincial capital of western Yunnan.
Even if the expressway is opened to traffic at the end of the year, it is really not easy for citizens in these places to come to Liangcun for the weekend if they don't have a car.
For the villagers of Liang Village, the only opportunity to develop the tourism model of farmhouse entertainment is the development of Xiaoqingshan Scenic Area.
If the development of Xiaoqingshan Scenic Area is smooth, it can quickly open up its popularity in the national tourism market and attract a large number of tourists to come to play, and Liangcun will also get extremely high benefits from it. Once Xiaoqingshan's tourism development is in trouble, I am afraid that relying on the efforts of Liangcun alone, the development of farmhouse tourism is just a flower in the mirror.
Of course, it's still a bit early to say this, and now the important task of the delegation is to study seriously and see how people do it.
The train soon left the provincial capital and began to weave through the sugarcane forests and banana fields in the hilly terrain, allowing the members of the delegation to see through the windows the development of other rural areas.
Many of the villagers were going out for the first time, so what they saw through the car window caused them to exclaim and have a lively discussion.
For them, although they are just walking around the train and glimpsing the scenery, it is still an eye-opener for the villagers. Only when you come out can you see what the outside world is like? Usually through the lead words on the TV screen and the newspaper, the villagers really lack a real sense.
However, even if it is a good topic, the villagers are a little interested in talking for a while. After all, they were watching from a distance through the glass window, and the villagers didn't know what the real situation of these scenes in front of them was, so they could only guess.
Slowly, the novelty of taking the train to the villagers disappeared, and the villagers began to get bored, feeling that the train was indeed a bit slow.
However, this is only the beginning, and there is still a long way to go to reach the destination.
Whenever the train stops at the small stations along the way, the villagers lie on the window and look at the appearance of those stations, and then look at the people who get on the train halfway, which is also an extra kind of fun.
In short, the train ride is actually a bit boring, but passengers need to find their own fun in order for time to pass quickly.
The train departs at around 3 p.m., and Chengdu is in the north of Guixi Province, so the train needs to travel from south to north.
Sitting on the edge of the car window, watching the sunset on the left slowly set the western horizon, Liu Rui felt a strange emotion rushing out from the depths of his heart. In the past, when he watched the sunset, Liu Rui was still, watching the sunset slowly fall between the mountains of Xiaoqingshan, and the feeling was completely different from now.
The wheels of the train rhythmically hit the junction of the rails, making a 'clang' sound, the train was constantly shaking, and everything in front of Liu Rui's eyes was constantly changing.
Sitting on the train, the telephone poles in front of you, the smoke of the village cooking, and the fields of crops form a picture that is constantly changing. And the red sunset near the horizon is like a dye, rendering everything on the earth, adding a bit of color to them.
Soon, the setting sun set over the horizon, and only the afterglow of the setting appeared in the western sky, showing another kind of beauty.
In the dim light of the day, the mountains, plains, villages, and fields to the west are like sketches drawn with a carbon pen, simple but still beautiful.
However, this beauty did not last long, and soon the world outside the window turned into darkness.
Through the glass window, Liu Rui saw that the outside world was pitch black, and occasionally he could see one or two lights flashing in the distance, and finally disappeared into the darkness.
From the provincial capital of western Guizhou to Chengdu, most of the areas to be passed along the way are rural, and there are few towns and cities along the way, and the darkness that Liu Rui sees in front of him is also very normal.
Liu Rui's first meal on the train was a bucket of instant noodles, with hot water and thick seasonings, which gave Liu Rui a sense of novelty.
Although Ji Xiaojun invited Liu Rui to eat in the dining car, Liu Rui thought that he still wanted to be treated the same as the members of the delegation, so he did not agree.
Because before getting on the train, I heard Ji Xiaojun and Wang Jun say that the quality of the meals provided on the train was not good, and the charges were very high, so the whole delegation had made various preparations before entering the station.
Liu Rui took the members of the delegation to sweep around the largest supermarket in the provincial capital and bought a lot of convenience food to get on the bus.
From the provincial capital to Chengdu, it takes two nights and a day, a full forty hours, if you don't prepare a little more food, it will be troublesome.
Soon, amid the sound of the train's 'clang', the whole carriage began to fill the whole carriage with the enticing aroma of instant noodles.
For those who are well-versed in fine food, simple instant noodles are really not a good thing. But for the villagers who are usually quite thrifty, three yuan a bucket of instant noodles, if it were not provided by the public funds of the inspection team, they would be reluctant to eat it!
If you follow the villagers' ideas, buy some steamed buns at the Henan steamed bun shop next to the train station, or simply bring some pancakes from home, and you can pass it with the free boiling water on the bus.
However, since they have chosen to be a hard seat and save money, Liu Rui and Ji Xiaojun will not save money on food.
In addition to instant noodles, Liu Rui and Ji Xiaojun also purchased a large amount of dry food, salted eggs, lo-mei, etc., and when they were first moved into the car, they even made the flight attendants feel as if they were going to wholesale with food.
Seeing the villagers happily eating a unique dinner, Liu Rui was also quite happy in his heart.
After dinner, everyone chatted for a while, and then began to draw out the playing cards.
Wang Jun told Liu Rui that the best way to pass the time on the train was to play poker, which was almost the only form of entertainment.
No, the villagers played poker in groups of three or five, and the time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was ten o'clock in the evening, and everyone was still a little unsatisfied.
However, at this time, flight attendants began to come to remind everyone not to make loud noises, so as not to affect the rest of other passengers.
In desperation, everyone can only stop and clean up and rest.
Leaning on the hard seat, listening to the rhythmic 'clang' sound in his ears, and looking at the passengers stumbling in the carriage, Liu Rui felt that taking the train was also a very enjoyable experience!
(To be continued)