Li Zhengguo patted his daughter's back, "Your mother doesn't care about these things; she wants you to be happy and uninhibited."
"You're all grown up now, so don't throw yourselves into men's arms so easily in the future."
Li Weili pulled out of her father's embrace, "Hmph! If any man has the charm to make me throw myself at him, I'll just kidnap him back."
"You, you." Li Zhengguo tapped his daughter's forehead and waved to his nephew and grandnephew, "Let's go, I'll take you guys rafting."
"Ah?" Li Weili was surprised, "Did you steal the old village chief's business?"
Li Weixin was truly impressed with his sister, "Sister, Cushan Village has merged with two other villages now. Do you know that?"
Li Weili shook her head; she didn't know.
Chen An and Li Weiyu didn't know either. They had been buried in their studies, how could they have time to care about village affairs?
"Wang'er Village and Lishi Village have been incorporated," Li Weiran was speechless towards these three bookworms, "You're fighting for the college entrance exam, but you can't be completely oblivious to the outside world, can you? They merged last October."
Li Weili had a reason, "Last October, we were in school."
Li Weixin asked again, "Then what about the exams for Village One and Village Two this January?"
Li Weili retorted, "Exams for Village One and Village Two? Did they come to our village to test?"
Li Weixin shook his head, "No."
Li Weili was still very reasonable, "Then that settles it. Why should we care about those Village One and Village Two?"
Is my sister like this okay? Li Weixin was very worried and grabbed his sister and two cousins to talk about the village merger from the beginning…
As soon as she heard that there was a long rafting route below the cave, Li Weili's focus shifted again, "Wang'er Village, uh, no, Village One's rafting, except for the section by the dam which is a bit fun, the rest is too boring. Let's go down quickly."
The long rafting trip took three to four hours before they entered the Ku River. Li Weili thought that selling the joint ticket for one hundred yuan was too much of a loss.
They should have sold them for 80 yuan and 120 yuan. For such a long rafting trip, how could they make a profit without selling it for forty to fifty yuan?
Chen An had no opinion, and Li Weiyu agreed with her cousin's opinion.
Li Zhengguo asked his younger son for his opinion.
Li Weixin shook his head, "Sister's consumption concept is from a big city like the capital. Cushan Village is still a mountain village."
Being refuted by her brother, Li Weili didn't get angry. She thought that the new century was about to begin, and if they didn't raise the prices now, it would be difficult to raise them later, "How about this, let's invite some classmates to try it out. After they try it, we'll ask them for their opinions."
Li Zhengguo agreed with his daughter's proposal; listening to outsiders' opinions was also good.
The five of them took the shuttle bus back home.
When they got home, the four siblings went to invite people separately.
After hearing her daughter's proposal from her husband, Tian Jing told her daughter's plan to her husband.
Li Zhengguo nodded, "My daughter is like me."
"Pah!" Tian Jing spat at him, "My daughter's temper is like mine."
Li Zhengguo nodded again, "You're right, very much so, especially when she was little."
Tian Jing raised her hand and lightly hit her husband, "Hurry up to the kitchen to eat, Mother has been waiting for a long time."
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After two and a half days of experience, the four siblings' best classmates all felt that the 120 yuan joint ticket was also worth it.
Village Chief Li busied himself calling the printing factory to change the price of the tickets.
At the entrance of the county town, at the junction of the rural roads of Zhonghe Village and Zhangshan Village, the advertisements for the three locations were changed.
After this change, the village committee's phones became too busy to handle.
They applied for two more landlines, dedicated a room as a reservation room, and hired two female receptionists.
Lin Duo'er sat in the reservation room, still feeling like she was dreaming.
She asked Yang Ke next to her, "Ke'er, are you, are you nervous?"
Actually, she wanted to ask Yang Ke if she had the same feelings as her, but as she spoke, she remembered Yang Ke's identity and changed her words.
Yang Ke, the daughter of Yang Lei, the great-granddaughter of Secretary Yang, was the same age as Lin Duo'er, both only 16 years old.
Because they were the same age, the two of them got along quite well. Due to Lin Duo'er's background, Yang Ke took good care of her.
Yang Ke understood Lin Duo'er's hesitation, "Duo'er, times have changed, and Cushan Village, led by Village Chief Li, is also different."
"You have to be strong, and believe that girls can hold up half the sky."
"Aunt Lexia is very good, and your granduncle is also very good. Accept their kindness with a calm heart. When you have the ability later, repay them. Don't be so timid."
"Mhm, mhm." Lin Duo'er nodded vigorously, "I just didn't expect to be selected. It was you who dragged me here. Thank you, Ke'er."
Yang Ke shook her head, "You've said it many times, and I've said you don't need to thank me. It's because your voice is very sweet. Let's practice first."
"Okay."
At the door, hearing the conversation in the reservation room, Lexia sighed. She had always been carefully observing Duo'er's emotional state, but she didn't expect Duo'er to be so self-conscious behind her back.
Especially after Hua'er got married, Duo'er became even more reluctant to speak.
She quietly left to find Tian Jing.
Tian Jing comforted her, "Once Duo'er gets familiar with this job and interacts with tourists of various temperaments, she will change."
"The more cautious you are, the more flustered she will become. Your caution will make her feel a distance, making her feel like she's not a part of this family."
Lexia was speechless. Had she been doing things wrong for the past ten years?
She shook her head, "Team Leader Tian, I came for another matter as well."
"You say."
"Zhicheng's college entrance exam results were very poor. I plan to have him repeat the year, but he refuses. He says he can't focus on studying."
"He wants to go to the capital to work. I, I want him to join your real estate company."
"No!" Tian Jing refused, "It's not that I don't want to give you face, but the company is currently lacking in high-end talent."
"Lili plans to take over the company. I can't just let anyone in casually."
"Unless Zhicheng is willing to work on construction sites, let his uncle guide him."
"He has no education, and at best, he'll be a project supervisor in the future, just like his uncle is now, with no further room for promotion."
Lexia didn't expect Tian Jing to refuse so outright, but she also understood that Tian Jing was right, "Can you help me persuade Zhicheng? He doesn't listen to me and always goes against me."
"Okay!"
Tian Jing readily agreed. From the time Lin Zhicheng was an embryo, she had put in effort, and in their later interactions, Zhicheng actually listened to her.
She would take advantage of her seniority and persuade him.
When Lin Zhicheng arrived at the courtyard, he asked about Li Weili and Li Weixin's future development plans.
Tian Jing shook her head, "Their future paths are different from yours. Ranran will follow the path of his elder brothers."
"Lili will definitely be admitted to university. Her goal is to take over the real estate company in the capital and become a strong woman."
Lin Zhicheng's face fell, "Aunt Tian, I don't want to study anymore. I know education is important, but I really can't understand it."
"I managed to persist until my third year of high school for my mother. I'm already eighteen, and I want to persist for myself."
Tian Jing agreed, "Persisting for yourself is fine. Then what kind of work do you think you can do if you go out to work?"
"Perhaps you won't earn as much working outside as you do at home. Xiao Fu lives very clearly; he knows what he wants."
"I know." Lin Zhicheng nodded, "I just want to go out and see what the world is like."
The child has grown up and become curious about the outside world, which is normal. Tian Jing no longer tried to persuade him.