Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

December 2, 1983, which is the 28th day of the tenth lunar month, is an auspicious day for: getting married, visiting relatives and friends, traveling, cleaning the house, and getting engaged or married.

In other words, today is a good day.

In fact, a great many people are getting married today.

In Niudongping Village, Yunlan City, three couples got married on this day, including Zhou Xiaoqing and Zhu Qinmei.

Unlike Zhou Datong and Zhou Da'an, Zhou Xiaoqing and Zhu Qinmei were, to some extent, married because Zhou was pregnant.

Although the wedding date of December 2nd was set at the end of October, the news that Zhou Xiaoqing and Zhu Qinmei had found out she was pregnant yesterday still made them extremely happy.

Therefore, the two quickly went to get their marriage certificate, and after the wedding banquet, they could go to receive the newborn reward.

Before the baby is born, the new parents can receive a small reward, which is only $800 per month.

If anything happens to the child during this process, they will not be required to pay compensation, but they must recover their health and try their best to continue having children.

That's the policy—it urges newlyweds to have children as soon as possible.

Today is the big day for Zhou Xiaoqing and her husband. All the villagers of Niudongping Village have come out together to hold the wedding in the village's sports field.

In fact, according to Hou Xiaoqiang's suggestion, the banquet should have been held at a hotel in the satellite city.

But Zhou Xiaoqing, Zhou Da'an, and Zhou Datong were all reluctant to spend so much money, feeling that they should save money when it came to spending it.

So holding a banquet in the village is the same.

Moreover, it's quite rare for three people to host a banquet together.

On this day, Niudongping Village was filled with the sounds of gongs and drums, and firecrackers, creating a very lively scene.

In other parts of Yunlan City, many people are getting married today, because it is an auspicious day.

Not long after Zhou Xiaoqing and her husband got married, Yunlan City launched a new project: a greening project in the Saudi Empire.

Do you want to participate?

Hou Xiaoqiang came over to promote the idea, and Zhou Xiaoqing and the others were all very excited, especially their parents and the older generation, who were eager to try it out.

The reason is simple: this project is very profitable, much more so than doing farm work at home.

For Zhou Xiaoqing and her group, if they could earn more money, especially if they could do so based on their planting experience, they would undoubtedly be making a fortune.

"Of course, we'll participate!"

Even though they were newlyweds, Zhou Xiaoqing and her husband were still very happy to participate in such projects.

Zhou Xiaoqing, in particular, was warned because his wife, Zhu Qinmei, was pregnant and they couldn't have sex for the first three months.

Otherwise, it can easily lead to unexpected situations such as miscarriage.

The couple was very nervous about the child, and of course, the child was their top priority. Moreover, it was their first time together, and they had no experience.

Therefore, in order to have a smooth delivery, they both decided to abstain from sexual intercourse.

Since we can't have sex, let's just focus on making money.

Zhou Xiaoqing didn't want to miss this opportunity, and neither did anyone else.

Unfortunately, this time, although the Saudi Empire's project is very large and requires a lot of people, the competition is also very fierce.

Unlike before, this time it is a desert land greening project covering 10,000 square kilometers, which requires the participation of more than 1,000 people.

However, the number of new immigrants in Yunlan City now reaches hundreds of thousands or even millions.

Unfortunately, these people are all from farming backgrounds, so it is very difficult for them to compete for this position.

At this point, everyone needs to use their best skills to see who can get the position.

"Then you need to register. Then someone from above will come to test you. Use this time to prepare."

"But be prepared, we have a large number of immigrants now, so the competition will be relatively fierce, and you may not be selected."

Hearing Hou Xiaoqiang's words, Zhou Xiaoqing and the others were a little confused. So many people were competing?

"Not necessarily, it depends on the number of applicants and whether you're lucky."

Hou Xiaoqiang was right, because this time was different from the past.

Yunlan City has already received over a million new immigrants, most of whom are farmers, having migrated from the Three Gorges area or other parts of China.

It can be said that China lacks everything except farmers.

And coincidentally, what Yunlan City needed were farmers as immigrants.

So the two sides hit it off immediately; otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many new immigrants.

Zhou Xiaoqing and the others were a little anxious, but they knew they couldn't rush things, so they could only stare helplessly.

What preparations can they make now?

Meanwhile, at a top-tier hospital outside Yunlan City, Long Ze Nanako and Hou Feifei were wheeled into the delivery room at almost the same time.

Zhao Mancang did not go in, but waited outside.

Although he is a top doctor, he is not suitable to go in.

As the top hospital in Yunlan City, Tonghe Hospital can be said to be the best hospital in Africa, without exception.

The reason why so many top-tier wealthy people come to Yunlan City to do business and even settle down here is not only because Yunlan City itself has been transformed into a very perfect place, but also because it has several top-tier hospitals such as Tonghe, Yunhe, and Jihe.

These top hospitals not only possess the world's most advanced medical equipment, but also the world's most outstanding medical teams.

After all, Zhao Mancang is a top-notch doctor, without exception.

Even though he is already forty-nine years old, who wouldn't mistake him for being only twenty-five or twenty-six?
Besides looking very young, Zhao Mancang is also in excellent health, definitely at his peak around eighteen years old.

As a top doctor, the most important thing is that your hands must be very steady during surgery, and Zhao Mancang can do that.

He had already been training and selecting such people from different regions, including Hong Kong Island and mainland China, for several years.

Moreover, Jiaolong School itself has cultivated many such top talents, some of whom are in China, while a small number have come to Yunlan City.

Jiaolong School was established in 1962 and has been in operation for over twenty years.

With such a long period of time, even though this school has a six-year training system, it has already cultivated a large number of talents.

Of course, after the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, Jiaolong School also underwent tremendous changes.

In other words, Jiaolong School was split into two: an affiliated middle school and a university.

The affiliated middle school can enroll junior high school and senior high school students, while the university enrolls students in the same way as top universities such as Tsinghua and Peking University.

Therefore, Yunlan City can still share some top talents from within China.

Although it wasn't much, it was enough to meet the needs of Yunlan City.

Zhao Mancang trusted the doctors in the delivery room. They were all his apprentices and grand-apprentices, and he knew their medical skills very well, having tested them on more than one occasion.

Wow!

With a baby's cry, Ryuzawa Nanako gave birth to a baby. Meanwhile, Hou Feifei gave birth to a child half an hour later.

Overall, both mother and child are safe and sound.

That's good.

For a woman, childbirth is like walking through the gates of hell.

It's rare to see people like Lin Wan and Liu Baochan who treat childbirth as simply as eating and drinking.

Zhao Mancang provided such good resources to Longze Nanako and the others, and also arranged for people to take good care of them during their pregnancies, so it was expected that they would be able to give birth smoothly.

Zhao Mancang would find it strange if something unexpected happened during their delivery.

Now that Ryuzawa Nanako and Hou Feifei have given birth, it's time for them to start their postpartum confinement period.

After seeing the children, Zhao Mancang named each of their children.

Nanako Ryuzawa's child is named Zhao Zilong. Originally, she wanted to name him Zhao Longze, but after thinking about it, she decided to go with Zhao Zilong.

Hou Feifei's child is named Zhao Zihou, which is a homophone, so it's quite nice.

After naming their child, both Ryuzawa Nanako and Hou Feifei were very happy.

It wasn't just because Zhao Mancang personally chose the names, but also because both of their children were sons.

Hou Feifei, in particular, knew very well that Zhao Mancang was a true Chinese. Although she didn't know exactly how old Zhao Mancang was, she knew that he was very rich.

He even has a close relationship with the financial backer behind Yunlan City.

In short, Hou Feifei knew that her son Zhao Zihou would never lack money in the future and would definitely be happy in this life.

If Zhao Mancang knew Hou Feifei's thoughts, he would probably laugh.

Whether a person can be happy does not depend on what they possess.

Because anxiety is an emotion, although possessing something can often bring joy, it can also bring another kind of emotion.

Human greed is an inevitable part of life.

In ancient times, a poet wrote a poem that vividly exposed the true nature of humanity:

They toil all day for hunger, and once they've had a full meal, they crave clothes.

With both food and clothing in abundance, he also longs for his beautiful wife.

He married a wife and had a son, but lamented that he had no land and little foundation.

No matter how vast the fertile fields are, one still feels there are too few horses to ride when going out.

If the stable master has mules and horses, he fears he will be bullied if he has no official position.

He thought being a seventh-rank county official was too lowly, and he wanted to wear purple robes in the imperial court.

He was a first-rank official and prime minister, yet he still coveted the throne.

He was content to be the emperor, yet he also desired immortality.

Once you obtain the elixir of immortality, then you can challenge God to a duel.

As can be seen from the above verses, humans are indeed a species that can never be satisfied.

Therefore, whether one can be happy, emotionally stable, and free from anxiety has little to do with having a lot of wealth.

Being an emotionally stable person, maintaining a cheerful mood every day, having a regular diet and sleep schedule, and persisting in a certain amount of exercise every day—this is the true attitude towards life.

A few days later, in Niudongping Village, the testing officially began.

Zhou Xiaoqing, Zhou Datong, Zhou Da'an and others all came to participate, as did many elderly farmers.

From Hou Xiaoqiang, Zhou Xiaoqing and the others learned some bad news: the number of people who signed up this time was indeed very large.

To ensure fairness and impartiality, and to ensure that suitable candidates are recruited, this test will be conducted for a period of half a month.

All participants in the selection process will be sent to a secret testing area for testing, during which time they will remain in a closed environment.

However, there's no need to worry. Even if you're not selected, you'll still receive a consolation prize of $1,000.

In other words, during these past two weeks, no one has been working for free.

As a result, many people were assigned to various places.

For example, Zhou Xiaoqing was assigned to a greenhouse filled with flowers, where a large number of roses were grown.

Zhou Xiaoqing's test task was also very simple: to take good care of these roses. There were no specific standards; the key was that after the test, the roses should still be in full bloom as before.

Zhou Xiaoqing was completely dumbfounded when she heard the test details.

What kind of test is this?

Are we just going to stay here and not move?
Inside the greenhouse, there are many roses in full bloom, as well as many buds waiting to open.

As is well known, roses can be propagated by cuttings.

So, if Zhou Xiaoqing wants to ensure that these roses are still in full bloom after half a month, then the work he needs to do is quite simple.

But what seems simple is actually not easy at all.

If someone is unfamiliar with roses, they might notice that a large number of these roses will wither and die around the two-week mark.

Moreover, they also need to be familiar with the weather conditions in Yunlan City, as well as all the resources currently available in the greenhouse.

That's not easy.

How to do it?

Zhou Xiaoqing quickly got to work.

Zhou Xiaoqing worked incredibly hard to be selected.

Even though he had worked in a factory before, he still preferred farm work to factory work.

Of course, if he could participate in the greening project and earn a large sum of money, then when he returned to Yunlan City, he might be able to contract the mountains or farmland and become a landlord, which would be quite nice.

Many others share similar thoughts, such as Zhou Da'an.

He also married a beautiful wife and lived a very good life, which was the life he longed for.

Yunlan City allows the contracting of more farmland for cultivation, and the grain is purchased by the local state-owned grain company, which is very reliable.

Therefore, if Zhou Da'an can earn a large sum of money from the greening project, he will return to Yunlan City to contract a large amount of land and purchase mechanized equipment for farming.

Then, food can be produced continuously throughout the year.

There is a satellite city near Niudongping Village, where a farmer has already contracted 200 mu of rice paddies.

This farmer had previously participated in a greening project in the Date Empire, and brought back a large sum of money, which enabled him to contract 200 acres of fertile land. (End of Chapter)