silent farm

Chapter 166 Seeds of Ambition
The first rain of the new rainy season has lasted for a whole week.But the rainfall is not too much.It was a rainy Christmas in the Amazon jungle.

In this world-wide joyous festival, Li Sheng and Tia nestled in the villa and handed out mushrooms.Li Sheng is not very interested in this festival, and he is not a religious believer. To him, when someone was born, the only meaning is the origin of the AD.Many Americans and Brazilians on the farm called him to wish him a merry Christmas.But this continuous rain, how can he not be happy.

As for Tia?She may not really know what Christmas is.

Tia is already on vacation, and she will lose her job when school starts next year.The children of the Jilolo tribe can already hear a lot of Portuguese.It cannot but be said that her teaching ability is still very strong.Now she is learning Chinese by watching the video that Li Sheng asked Chen Bo to send over.

Li Sheng was sitting on the side, with a big saucer in front of him, which contained some black powder.He held a piece of thick silk in one hand and wiped a palm-sized emerald green jade ring in the other hand.

Because of the heavy rain for several days, he couldn't go out, so he picked up the jade carving tutorial set by Fang Yingying's grandfather when he returned to China last time.This will be practiced on the side when you are idle and bored.

It has to be said that he still has a bit of potential for jade carving.At least his hands are steady and relatively strong.Of course, his skills are still too weak.

The jade stones he took out now are all leftovers from cutting and pulverizing.Jadeite is different from precious metals. No matter how big a piece of gold is, the price is calculated according to its weight. For gemstones, it also depends on its size and appearance.So these leftovers are not of very good quality and are not of much value, just for him to practice carving.

Today's jadeite is carved with a special drill, although it can also be polished by a machine.But it is said that polishing is better by hand.He was concentrating on polishing his first not-so-successful work, leaving Tia, who was sitting by the side, to study Chinese absent-mindedly.The two maintained this situation for a while, and Tia finally realized that she had no intention of studying, and couldn't help but ask, "Li, who is this gift for?"

Li Sheng raised his head, looked at the semi-finished four-shaped image in his hand for a day, and said with a smile: "I'm just practicing carving."

Tia was disappointed again, but felt relieved.It wasn't a gift for her, but fortunately it wasn't a gift for anyone else either.

Li Sheng saw that she had watched the video for several hours, and said, "Is there anything you don't understand?" He still remembered that he was her Chinese teacher.

Tia rolled her eyes, took a copybook and sat beside him and said, "These characters are so difficult to write, teach me!"

Her whole body was leaning on Li Sheng's body, and the warmth made Li Sheng feel a little uncomfortable.

He sat upright and said: "Chinese characters need to be practiced slowly. For example, learn to write strokes and various radicals first. After that, write more new characters every day, and gradually accumulate."

Tia took back her calligraphy practice book and let out an 'oh'.However, he still leaned on Li Sheng and leaned on him, saying, "But it's really difficult!"

Hearing what she said, Li Sheng couldn't help thinking of the materials he had read by accident before, and said: "Chinese characters are not the most difficult to learn. If it is difficult to learn, it should be the only script in Indian civilization. If you want to write Mayan script , it is as difficult as painting.”

Speaking of which, Indians are not without words.The Aztecs in Mexico created a language with the help of Spanish priests.But it is a language that is almost completely divorced from Indian traditional culture.In addition, there is another kind of [independently] created by an illiterate American, which seems to be called Luo script.But he remembered that the person who created this kind of writing was called Sequia.That kind of writing is still used by tens of thousands of people.There might be other Indian scripts, but he didn't know that.

A civilization without written words has no inheritance. If it only relies on word of mouth from generation to generation, it will die out one day.

He smiled and said, "I think you seem to have a talent for language. How about you create a language that can be recognized by all Indians."

When Tia heard this, she seemed to be frightened. She nodded and said, "Then I can't do it."

Li Sheng laughed and said, "I'm just kidding you. If you really want to do something like that, it won't be possible for a generation to do it."

Tia also seemed to have recovered from the shock, and said with a smile: "Then I will create a Jiluoluo script in the future."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I have ambition." He said with a slight sigh. "In fact, we yellow people have been weak compared to white people for hundreds of years. But we asked for it ourselves. We Chinese are fighting fiercely. You Indians are not united. Now China is still better. And you."

He shook his head and said, "The civilization of the entire population will be completely assimilated."

He also sent this because of the weather problem.But what he said may not be wrong.

Although Indians originated from a wrong name, whether it was because some megalomaniac thought he was in India or because the conqueror misheard "Yin Shang", it was a wrong name anyway.

It later became a slur.Later, it became synonymous with a weak population.Now in the United States, even this title will be deprived.Indians in the United States will not be called Indians in the future, but Native Americans.They are all Americans.

Tia disagreed with him a bit: "You mean it's not good for us Ji Luoluo to move out? But now we don't have to worry about being hungry, and everyone is happy."

Li Sheng didn't expect her to have such low requirements for the word "happy", just that she doesn't need to be hungry.But can he say that he was the lucky one they encountered?If it is other farmers, it is not bad to tolerate them still living in the forest.

It's not that he boasted, but he knew that a few years ago, Brazil was occupied by indigenous people because the farm occupied the protected land of the indigenous people.It was very lively.

Li Sheng had never experienced starvation in his life.But he has seen it.I haven't seen it much in China, but I can imagine it.He remembered that when he was riding a bus, an old lady whose grade was supposed to be seventy was begging for money with a plastic mouthpiece.He ignored it because he had heard too many stories about fake beggars.

However, when he saw a passenger who was also waiting for the bus eat two mouthfuls of cantaloupe, he probably thought it was not sweet enough, so he threw it on the ground.As a result, the old woman staggered over and picked up the half of the cantaloupe, wiped off the sand, carefully packed it in a plastic film bag and put it in her pocket.

He blushed at the time, and took the initiative to put seven or eighty yuan in change from his wallet into the grandmother's mouth. (This is the real story of the author, who really had a fever on his face at the time.)
From that incident, he probably knew that there were still people in Huaxia who couldn't get enough to eat.And there are many people who can't eat enough in Brazil, especially the descendants of Indians who moved from the forest to the city.They are poorly educated and cannot find work.Can only live in slums.

When he heard Tia say that, he knew that she really didn't know much about the world. Maybe he should take her out more and let her see the world more.

However, he did not continue this topic, but said: "Last time I told you that a competition will be held. Your clan is also busy with farming, and I think it's time to prepare."

"But it's raining now."

"There are always times." Tia was also very interested in this matter, and asked quickly: "Then what kind of competition are you going to hold? Is it bow and arrow?" The only skill Ji Luoluo can show is bow and arrow.

Li Sheng nodded and said, "Bow and arrow is one kind, but I'm thinking about whether to add other competitions. I plan to let the farm workers also join." What he thought was how to make the people of Ji Luoluo tribe better and The people on the farm mingled together.Only in that way can the two parties get along harmoniously without causing trouble for him.

Tia knew nothing about sports.For sports, what she knows is running.Because Li Sheng said that she could grow taller by running, she would jog for more than half an hour every day.

She proposed a running event, and Li Sheng did not object, saying: "This event can be considered. You girls can participate."

But Li Sheng felt that such a game should be more interesting.He thought for a while and said, "We can let the workers form their own teams and hold football games or basketball games." This competition system will be relatively long. "In addition, you can also compete in sticklebacks and rowing boats. The villagers of Aurihimina are quite good at these events."

He didn't think too much, and finally said with a smile, "We'll decide after discussing with Thomas and the others."

Two days later, the rain stopped for a while, and Li Sheng went to the southern district to check the situation.When the farm is not particularly busy, everything seems neat and orderly, and he doesn't need to worry too much.It has been raining these days, and there are some troubles in product output. For example, the products are easily affected by moisture when transported inside the farm.But these can be corrected after lessons are learned.

The risk of air transportation is also greater than that of sunny days, but as long as you are careful, you will not encounter any accidents.

Li Sheng saw that everyone was in good order, so he said that he planned to hold a small sports meeting inside the farm.Let them think together what competitions could be organized.

Thomas had a big brain hole, and at the beginning he said that he would engage in fancy diving and open-air swimming.

Anthony proposes a horse race.Babur also said wrestling.

However, for these competitions, it is impossible for them to find professional referees, and the participants are not professional athletes.Li Sheng feels that the competition must be ranked, but it cannot be conducted completely according to internationally recognized rules.He thought for a while and said, "Then find some workers to formulate the rules together. Don't be too strict, focus on entertainment."

"We must also pay attention to safety." The last words were added by the seasoned Zhang Feng.

Thomas was refreshed by the two waves of tourists from China before the rainy season began, and now he thought about the work he was in charge of: "Li, I think this matter can be publicized."

Li Sheng was a little puzzled, he just wanted to have fun on the farm in this competition.What does propaganda mean?
Thomas seemed to understand what he was thinking, and explained: "The most important thing about our farm now is the products of the farm. The other is the existence of indigenous people. We are going to hold a sports meeting with the participation of indigenous people. I think there will still be A lot of people are paying attention."

The attention he mentioned refers to his followers on Facebook all over the world.When Li Sheng heard about it, he immediately nodded and said, "I leave this matter to you."

"No problem. But the publicity points are not enough, can you add some bonuses?"

At the beginning, Li Sheng only considered letting Ji Luoluo compete with bows and arrows, but later he thought about expanding the scope.So he only prepared some bows and arrows before.Listening to what Thomas said now, it really needs some bonuses.

He said: "Bonuses, the champion, runner-up and third place in ordinary events are [-], [-], and [-] reais respectively. Each participant will be given [-] reais. In team competitions, the top three will be doubled. The same goes for people."

However, since it was approaching, it was a bit unreasonable to think about rewarding the Ji Luoluo people with bows and arrows.After thinking about it for a while, he finally gave the inner bow to Taklolo and let him distribute it.

(End of this chapter)