Chapter 384 380. High Emotional Intelligence: The Village in Memory
Tongzi County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, is located in the mountainous area of ​​northern Guizhou, at the junction of the Sichuan Basin. It is full of high mountain peaks and numerous canyons.

The natural environment is far worse than that of Ping'angou.

Ping'angou is located on the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains. Although it is a mountainous area, it is mostly flat. There are even thousands of acres of flat land in the valleys like in Ping'angou.

It’s different in Tongzi. There are many dangerous mountains and the scenery is really beautiful, but life is not so good.

Luo Yihang drove with Ling Tongjie on the winding mountain road. The road was so full of twists and turns that it was extremely exciting.

This time they went to visit Yang Bingcheng's home as agreed.

What you say is one thing, but whether it is true or not, you have to see it with your own eyes to know.

As for Ling Tongjie, it is because we need a professional person to look at the topography, soil, climate and so on. If these conditions are not up to standard, everything will be in vain.

So the poor junior brother was sent out on a business trip again.

Following the navigation, we arrived at the brigade of Yang Bingcheng's village.

The cement road ends here, but the destination has not yet been reached.

There is only dirt road ahead.

Yang Bingcheng was leaning on a broken bicycle, waiting at the dirt intersection, looking forward to it.

Luo Yihang stopped the car, rolled down the window, and asked, "Student Yang?"

Yang Bingcheng stood up straight and nodded quickly, "Yes, it's me, I'm Yang Bingcheng, may I ask who you are..."

He didn't know what to call him for a moment.

Luo Yihang got out of the car, walked up to Yang Bingcheng, extended his hand, and introduced himself: "Qingyin Agriculture, that is, the boss of Maomaotou, Luo Yihang, I'm older than you, just call me Brother Luo."

"Hey, hey, okay, hello Brother Luo, I'm Yang Bingcheng." Yang Bingcheng introduced himself again, wiped his hands on his pants, and shook hands with Luo Yihang carefully.

There was a flush of excitement on her face.

Luo Yihang thought to himself, am I already so popular?
Take another closer look at the young man in front of you.

He is not very old, probably in his early twenties. He is not tall, about 1.7 meters, and very thin. You could say he is short and thin.

His skin is relatively fair, not like a mountain kid. Maybe it’s the result of his good skin condition over the past two years.

He didn't look very well, had huge dark circles under his eyes, and his face looked pale.

It is rarely seen in young people nowadays.

This is a serious case of physical overdraw. If you go to the hospital for a check-up, you will definitely find that you are malnourished.

After they met, Luo Yihang pointed ahead and said, "Your home is in front, right? How do I get there?"

Yang Bingcheng finally realized what was happening and responded repeatedly, "It's in front, the road is not easy to walk on, follow me. I'll take you there on my bike."

"Let's go, let's talk about it at your house."

Luo Yihang was driving.

Follow Yang Bingcheng's bicycle and slowly move forward.

After walking more than a kilometer along the dirt road, we entered a mountain village.

Layers of terraces, winding paths, and high slopes.

There is also a courtyard built by shoveling out a piece of flat land along the path.

Yang Bingcheng's home is on the middle floor of this village.

After parking the car, Luo Yihang followed Yang Bingcheng into his home.

When Luo Yihang saw the word "house", he felt nostalgic.

The red brick house has not been decorated, and the gaps in the brick walls are still filled with loess, which has already peeled off in many places.

A roof with gray tiles, adobe walls, and a mud yard.

There were a few broken bamboo baskets placed at the corner of the courtyard wall.

Raise a few chickens.

This is definitely the old Luo family from the 1990s.

When Luo Yihang was a child, he lived in a house that was almost exactly the same as this one.

The environment of the village is similar.

It’s just that Luo Yihang’s house was rebuilt more than ten years ago.

And this side has been preserved until now.

Enter the courtyard.

Yang Bingcheng shouted, "Dad, the guests are here."

As soon as he finished speaking, an old man came out from the house.

He should be an old man, but I don’t think so.

Like Yang Bingcheng, he was short and thin, with a slightly bent back that could hardly be straightened. He had gray hair, dark skin, a weathered face, and a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

She looked a bit like she was in her 40s or 50s, but also a bit like she was in her 60s. When she saw Luo Yihang, she pulled up the corners of her mouth woodenly, smiled, and whispered, "Hey, here I come."

Yang Bingcheng introduced both parties.

Luo Yihang also introduced Ling Tongjie.

Yang Bingcheng's father, Old Man Yang, still had no expression on his face. He made way for Luo Yihang and the others to enter the house.

After entering the house, Luo Yihang thought that his family was poor, but he didn't expect them to be so poor.

The house is really bare, there is no furniture at all.

There was only a table, four chairs and a bed left in the room.

The bed was still a raised bed board.

There are traces of furniture on the ground.

An old woman was leaning against the bed.

Yang Bingcheng introduced her as his mother.

Yang's mother was very polite. She apologized for not being able to stand up, offered to sit down, and asked for water.

Luo Yihang took a look and found that Yang's mother looked the same as old man Yang, and it was impossible to tell their age.

He looked like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness, his face was sick and he spoke with shortness of breath.

Her real age should be about the same as Luo's mother, maybe even younger, but her complexion is not as good as Luo Yihang's grandmother.

After sitting for a few minutes, Luo Yihang felt uncomfortable.

So he suggested going to the fields first to take a look.

I followed Yang Bingcheng and his son to his family’s fields.

His family has two terraced fields.

The total area is about seven acres but less than eight acres.

Almost three acres of it are planted with leafy vegetables, and the rest are potatoes.

The leafy vegetables are planted very densely but are not growing well. This is obviously due to a lack of fertilizer and the daily management is not in place.

The reason is obvious.

Green leafy vegetables grow the fastest and have the shortest time from planting to harvesting and selling.

The seeds are so dense, firstly because there is no time to thin out the seedlings, and secondly, it is probably intentional. They want to plant them denser so that they can grow more and sell more.

Lack of fertilizer and poor management.

No money and no one.

Growing vegetables is a very labor-intensive job. Old man Yang is alone and has to take care of his sick wife and young daughter, and also go out to do odd jobs. How can he have the energy to take care of the vegetable garden?

The land here looks very barren, and growing vegetables depends entirely on fertilizer. Old man Yang has no money to buy fertilizer.

The vegetables will naturally not grow well, and if they don’t grow well, they can’t be sold at a high price.

Anyway, it's a chain reaction, a vicious cycle.

But this is also a good thing. It will be easier to grow peas instead.

Arrived at the end of the field.

Ling Tongjie started to get busy.

He carried a simple soil testing equipment with him and measured the soil pH, organic matter content, water content, etc. on the field.

I also checked the meteorological data here in recent years.

Ling Tongjie at work.

Yang Bingcheng and his son subconsciously stood still where they were, not daring to breathe loudly, staring eagerly.

Waited for a long time.

Ling Tongjie stood up, nodded at Luo Yihang, and then shook his head.

Following his actions, Yang Bingcheng, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, immediately raised his voice again and asked hurriedly, "Teacher Ling, how is it?"

Ling Tongjie first glanced at Luo Yihang, then turned to Yang Bingcheng and said, "The land is relatively poor, between the second and third category fields. Generally speaking, this type of field can only grow some crops that are resistant to poor quality. The main purpose is to restore and improve the ecology and encourage villagers to transform and develop other industries. In addition, the soil in your field has a high water content and poor drainage. The soil is very compacted."

After hearing what Ling Tongjie said, Yang Bingcheng's heart sank.

The whole person seemed to collapse and swayed twice on the spot.

Luo Yihang quickly took a big step over and reached out to support him.

He turned around and asked Ling Tongjie, "Can Xiaoman No. 1 be planted?"

Ling Tongjie immediately replied, "Yes, it can be grown. But..."

"Okay." Luo Yihang interrupted him, "No buts!"

(End of this chapter)