System task completed

“Dong ge, what are you saying!”

Sun Shaoping looked at Zhao Dongchuan, a little at a loss, his face slightly flushed.

“I’m saying, you need to start working hard now, studying cultural knowledge, so you can use it in the future!” Zhao Dongchuan looked at Sun Shaoping with a serious expression.

He hoped that Sun Shaoping would be able to get into college in the future, which would be beneficial to the country and to him personally.

In the original work, Sun Shaoping also took the college entrance examination, but due to the school environment, his inner sensitivity from family poverty, and his greedy absorption of spiritual solace from novels, he did not study cultural knowledge well, leading to his failure in the college entrance examination.

Looking at Sun Shaoping’s life, he was actually just a confused teenager. Having read many books and learned about the colorful world outside, he was no longer content to stay in Shuangshui Village.

He wanted to achieve something in the new world, but the reality forced him to endure some heavy hardships.

Sun Shaoping had actually always been learning, but he wasn’t learning cultural knowledge; rather, he was learning human qualities and spiritual core from society and books.

This is actually the difference between 'Dao' and 'Shu'. From the perspective of 'Dao', Sun Shaoping would ultimately gain something no matter what hardships he experienced, and 'Shu' would derive from it. However, due to the lack of 'Shu' in the early stages, he experienced many unnecessary trials.

Sun Shaoping looked at Zhao Dongchuan with slightly bewildered eyes.

He couldn’t quite grasp Dong ge’s meaning, but that didn’t prevent him from feeling Dong ge’s care for him.

He was like a soldier facing a general, solemnly accepting a glorious mission, while a sense of inexplicable reverence arose within him.

“Thank you, Dong ge, I will definitely study hard!” Sun Shaoping took the satchel and said earnestly.

“Hahaha, keep it up, I’m really looking forward to your future!” Zhao Dongchuan patted Shaoping’s shoulder encouragingly.

On the day of the Yuanxi County revolutionary story-telling, Zhao Dongchan, Jia Bing, and the Cultural Center Director sat in the audience, watching the spirited Sun Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia passionately recount the heroic deeds of revolutionary predecessors, and couldn't help but smile with relief.

In the end, Yuanxi County won first place in the competition, making their County Cultural Center Director beam with joy. Jia Bing was also extremely happy about this, as if he had won first place himself.

Zhao Dongchuan knew they would win an award in the original work, so he wasn't that excited. What surprised him was that he remembered Shaoping and Xiaoxia should have gotten second place, but he didn't expect that with his involvement, they now got first place.

To celebrate their success, the Yuanxi County Cultural Center Director, for once, “splurged” and treated their group to a grand meal at the state-run restaurant in Huangyuan City.

Sun Shaoping, his eyes opened wide, happily returned to the county town with countless new impressions, a 5-yuan bonus, a certificate of merit, and a set of selected works of mao zedong along with Tian Xiaoxia.

When he left, besides Shaoping buying gifts for his family with his bonus, Zhao Dongchuan also had Shaoping bring some gifts he had bought.

After seeing Sun Shaoping and Tian Xiaoxia off, Zhao Dongchuan returned to his peaceful life.

It had been a week since he last visited Li Huiying and Cao Yuan. It was time to go see them and complete the task.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dongchuan began to get excited again.

That day, after breakfast, Zhao Dongchuan rode his bicycle to Li Huiying’s house.

“Xiao Zhao, you’re here, please come in!” Li Huiying was sweeping the yard at this time and greeted Zhao Dongchuan warmly when he arrived.

“Aunt Li, how is it? Has Cao Yuan’s schooling been settled?”

“It’s settled, she’s already in the village elementary school, in fifth grade. She was originally supposed to be in junior high, but I was afraid she couldn’t keep up, so I had her repeat a grade.”

“Mhm, that’s good. Children still need to read more and study cultural knowledge more.”

“Xiao Zhao, can I start selling goods now? I haven’t been working for the past two days, and I’m so bored, I can only clean the house over and over again.” Li Huiying looked at Zhao Dongchuan expectantly.

“Of course, you can go today. Just be careful.”

“Alright, I’ll go get ready now!” Li Huiying happily walked into the house to get herself tidied up.

Zhao Dongchuan left two more watches and explained the situation to Li Huiying, then rode his bicycle to work.

At the office, Zhao Dongchuan continued to refine his novel, “yellow earth.” These days, due to the revolutionary story-telling, he had fallen behind quite a bit, and he planned to catch up on all the lost time.

As he wrote, making revisions, a poem suddenly popped into Zhao Dongchuan’s mind, a poem that had been buried in his memory. The entire poem had only one line, but it was thought-provoking. (Can you guess which poem this is?)

He hesitated repeatedly but still decided to submit it later. This time of year was not suitable.

After work, Zhao Dongchuan, with an excited mood, arrived at Li Huiying’s house.

From the outside, it looked like no one was inside. Zhao Dongchuan saw that the door was unlocked, so he knocked and walked in.

“Aunt Li?”

“Xiao Zhao, I’m cooking, you rest first!” Li Huiying’s voice came from the kitchen. After a while, Li Huiying came out with a plate of food.

“What’s going on today, so much meat!” Zhao Dongchuan said in surprise, looking at the full plate of pork belly.

“I’m happy today!” Li Huiying said with a smile.

“It seems business was good today. How many watches did you sell?”

Li Huiying arranged the dishes, also took out a bottle of wine, and motioned for Zhao Dongchuan to sit.

“I sold four watches today, they’re all sold out!”

“You didn’t see, as soon as I got there, so many people gathered around. At first, I was so flustered, but then I realized it was because those who wanted to buy watches before couldn’t find anyone these past few days, and they were afraid I would disappear again, so they bought them directly from me today!” Li Huiying said with lingering fear.

“Isn’t this just hunger marketing??? Lei Jun’s classic move!” Zhao Dongchuan complained inwardly.

He didn't expect that an unintentional act would lead to a pleasant surprise; this was the comfort of a seller's market.

“Some people didn’t get to buy any, and they all asked me to prioritize them, even if the price was a little higher!”

Saying this, Li Huiying pulled out a cloth bag from under the bedding on the kang and took out a stack of 'Big Unity' banknotes.

“A total of 680 yuan was sold.”

“Good, excellent!!!” Zhao Dongchuan said happily.

Zhao Dongchuan took the money, didn’t count it, and directly pulled out six 'Big Unity' banknotes and handed them to Li Huiying.

“This is your commission!”

“Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission, you have received 5 chances to draw a prize. The host can start the draw at any time!!”

The crisp system prompt sounded in Zhao Dongchuan’s mind.

At this moment, he only felt that this sound was incredibly beautiful, like hearing celestial music.

“Xiao Zhao… Xiao Zhao… what are you thinking about???”

Li Huiying’s voice woke Zhao Dongchuan, who was lost in fantasy.

“Nothing… nothing… I’m just happy, today we should celebrate properly!”

“Come, come, cheers!!!”

After dinner, Zhao Dongchuan told Li Huiying that he would bring a few more watches tomorrow, then rushed back to his dormitory.

He wanted to start the prize draw immediately to see what color treasure chest he could open and what treasures he could get from it!!!