silent farm

Chapter 222 Unilateral Friendship

Time will not stand still because of anyone, no matter what happens in that corner of the world, time still passes day by day.Farm work also resumed in good order.

More than 20 days have passed, except that Thomas occasionally reported to him the progress of preparations for the trials in Rio and Sao Paulo, as well as the arrangements for the Chinese researchers who came to the farm, basically nothing happened. bother him.

But he still stays in the office every day, or just looks around.After all, he was idle in the villa.

This afternoon, Li Sheng was about to "get off work" and go home when there was a knock on the office door.

The person who came to him this time turned out to be Mariano.This was the first time he came to Li Sheng on his own initiative.

Li Sheng asked him to sit down first, and poured him a cup of tea before asking, "Mariano, what do you want from me?"

Mariano said a little awkwardly: "Mr. Li, er, are the potatoes on the farm sold?"

Li Sheng thought that he wanted to talk to him about training or life, but he heard him ask this question.He thought it was because his family didn't have enough food, so he planned to buy some potatoes from the farm.After all, the price of potatoes is relatively cheap.

However, he has investigated the situation of Mariano's family. There are parents, elder brother, younger brother and two younger sisters in the family.The population is indeed large, and it is understandable that there is not enough food.

He is still very optimistic about Mariano's future. He has spent a lot of money to train him now, and he doesn't care about sending a little food.So, he said: "Your family doesn't have enough food. Potatoes can't be eaten every day. How about this? I'll send [-] catties of rice, [-] catties of flour and [-] catties of potatoes to your house. You can train with peace of mind. If you have any problems at home, you can come to me, if I'm not here, you can find Thomas or Babur."

Hearing what he said, Mariano's face was full of gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Li. But my family still has enough food."

Li Sheng was taken aback, and asked, "Then where are you buying potatoes?"

"I went to the Jilolo tribe two days ago and saw them harvesting potatoes. I heard that the potatoes on the farm can be grown in the Amazon. I thought that if we Kaboclo people also grow some, we don't have to worry about food loss in the future." not enough."

Only then did Li Sheng realize that he wanted to buy potatoes for seeds.

The farm's potatoes, although the farm also planted a large number of them this time, it was only because there was no better planting object.After those mulberry trees are cultivated, potatoes will not be planted too much in the future.In fact, he didn't intend to use potatoes as a commodity on the farm. The main purpose of planting them was to use them for the farm's own consumption.

He also realized that Mariano's request was not so much made by him as by the Capoclo people who asked Mariano to come to him.But he didn't refuse: "You want to buy potatoes, of course there is no problem. But how much do you want to buy?"

"Then how much does Mr. Li sell for a kilogram?"

Li Sheng also didn't want to make money from the Caboclo people. He considered the cost, not counting the land, the production cost of one kilogram was only [-] reais.Instead of collecting this little money, it would be better for a good person to do it to the end.He said: "Don't say whether you can sell it or not. If you want to grow rice or wheat on the farm, I can't give it to you, because that is what I cooperate with other people. I don't think of potatoes as a business, but to grow some I ate it myself."

He paused and said, "If you want to plant, I can give you some to make seeds. This amount can't be too much, but after you plant the first crop, you can plant as much as you want in the future."

It's not that he's mean, it's that he can't leave a Silent Farm to the Kapokoro people where they can have whatever they want.The so-called Shengmi kindness fights Michou, he is not willing to work hard to create a white-eyed wolf.

Mariano stood up and thanked him repeatedly.

Li Sheng asked him to sit down and said, "However, you need to send some clever people to learn how to grow this kind of potatoes. Each household can only send [-] kilograms of potatoes. Is it enough?"

"That's enough. I heard that one mu of land only costs about [-] kilograms."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "It's enough. When the time comes, just let someone come to the farm to transport it away."

"Okay. I'll go first then."

Li Sheng stopped him: "Sit down first. I still have something to tell you." Li Sheng also suddenly remembered something.

Mariano sat down again: "Mr. Li, tell me."

"I heard that you're dating a girl from Giroloburo?" Marcelo once told him about this, and he only remembered it after hearing Mariano say that he went to the Girolo tribe.I heard that the object of this little guy is a 12-year-old girl.

Now the Jilolo people have finally realized that the men outside are not necessarily good at hunting to be men worthy of entrustment, and those children also understand some things after they go to school.Therefore, the Jiluoluo people do not object to the children in the tribe interacting with outsiders.

Mariano blushed. He was indeed dating a girl from the farm school.When Li Sheng mentioned it, he thought he was going to object and quickly said, "Mr. Li, I really like Gina."

Li Sheng smiled and said: "You don't have to promise me these words, I'm not your Gina or something. I just want to tell you that you can't relax your training when you are in love."

He said seriously: "You know, I have invested a lot in you. I don't ask you to work hard, I just ask you to do your best. I also believe that as long as you can complete the training according to the coach's requirements, you will not let me down. And you and your little girlfriend are still young. There is no problem in dating. I know you Indians get married relatively early, but I hope you don't think about starting a family for a while. After all, you have no real source of income now. You know, I am right Your expectations are high. If the guys on this team don't live up to what I want, at worst I'll give them a job. But you can't. If you let me down, I won't keep you on the farm Work."

Li Sheng knew that he couldn't put too much pressure on a half-old child, but he couldn't relax completely either.Especially the child Mariano has a good mentality and is quite mature.So he felt that this little pressure would not overwhelm the other party, and it would be a motivation.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li. I will definitely train hard."

Li Sheng nodded and said: "I think you will. I don't want to interfere with your life. You should talk about love, but you should not be too addicted. And if you succeed, you will benefit the most. You also know that a successful Players, one year’s income is more than your lifetime working outside. If you really like your little girlfriend, you should also work hard to make her and your future children have a better life.”

Mariano lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.It took him a long time to raise his head, with a serious face: "Mr. Li, I understand what you mean. I will not let you down."

Li Sheng smiled and said: "Not only don't let me down, but also don't let yourself down. Marcelo said, you are the most talented young player he has ever seen, don't waste the gift that God gave you. "

The Kaboclo people are religious.Most of them lived along the river, and they were the first natives affected by the missionary activities of the colonists.Almost all Kapokoro people believe in indigenous Catholicism.So what Li Sheng said made Mariano more devout.

Li Sheng talked to him a few more words, walked out of the office with him, and said, "Okay, you can go back too."

Watching Mariano run away, Li Sheng smiled and shook his head. He did not agree with Mariano, who was only 15 years old, to fall in love.Because Mariano was too late for formal training, Mariano didn't have much time, and if he was distracted by a romantic relationship, it would definitely affect his achievements.But he didn't have the guts to say it.The fact that he likes a little girl is known all over the world, and it is too convincing to say that.If he said something like that, it would only disgust the little guy.

Of course, he is not someone from both parties, and he has no position to object.So he can only use that kind of rhetoric, hoping to make Mariano settle down and train well.

The next day, Sandro also came to the door.

Sandru also entered Li Sheng's office for the first time.The purpose of his visit was to thank Li Sheng for providing potato seeds to the Kaboclo people.

After hearing his intentions, Li Sheng said with a smile, "Our farm also hopes to have more friends. Friends help each other, don't they?"

"Many people are unwilling to be friends with us Indians now. So we Kaboclo people are very grateful to Mr. Li for helping us in this way."

Sandru's words are not diplomatic rhetoric. In fact, the Kapokoro people have very little formal education, and in order to survive, they usually relocate the entire tribe, so they have to occupy some public land.This will make the local government and residents quite disgusted.So the Indians became the only ethnic group in Brazil that received discrimination.

In modern times, most of the Kapokoro people will stay in the tribe, preferring to rely on Amazon forest tourism as a tour guide or making a living with strong ethnic handicrafts, rather than working outside.Now hundreds of Kaboclo people can work in Silent Farm, and the salary is not low.This made them quite fond of Li Sheng.

Li Sheng nodded with a smile and said: "If the Capoclo people have any difficulties, I will help as much as I can. But if you have anything to do, you can come to me directly. You also know that Mariano's most important thing is now Training. Don't let that distract him from now on."

A blush flashed across Sandro's tanned face, and he nodded, "I'll keep an eye on that in the future. I also really hope Mariano can become a football star. That would be a source of pride for all of us in Capoquero." .”

Li Sheng smiled and said, "That's my hope too."

He paused, and then said: "By the way, you should have heard that the farm is planning to hold a football match. This time the farm will form a team to participate in the competition. I also hope that you Kaboclo people can also form a team." The team will participate. But the number of participants cannot exceed. Have you selected the players now?"

"Yes, I heard Thomas said about it. I haven't thanked Mr. Lee for giving us the Capoclo people a chance. The team has been formed and is training now."

It turns out that in Li Sheng's plan, there are two fixed teams for the farm's football cup competition. The farm's football team is now mainly composed of Kapokoro people, and the other team is to select a team from among the Kapokoro people. youth team.

Sandru knew that each team could play seven games in this cup, and even if they didn't win one game, they would still get [-] reais as an appearance fee, and at least [-] ranking bonuses.That is already a lot of income for children who like to play football.He felt that Li Sheng was using the name of a football game to help the Kaboclo people.

But he didn't know that Li Sheng asked him to form a team, because Li Sheng hoped that the imprint of the Indians would always appear in this cup, because if this cup continues in the future, the farm team will eventually be dominated by children from football schools. Mainly.

(End of this chapter)