Su Xiaotian received the foreign guests with sound reasoning, but she refused all unreasonable demands from the so-called foreign friends.
Fan Shufang was very satisfied with Su Xiaotian's performance.
Such a good child should go to the Translation Department.
Many young people in the Translation Department now worship foreign things, have little ability, weak translation skills, and only know how to please others.
People like Xiaotian, who have backbone, are the ones who should be placed in the Translation Department.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the tasks for Su Xiaotian and her group were all completed.
Fan Shufang was satisfied with Su Xiaotian's performance this time.
Everyone from the Translation Department who came was very satisfied.
Previously, they all felt that Fan Shufang doted on Su Xiaotian too much.
Unexpectedly, after seeing it with their own eyes this time, they realized that the young girl was indeed extraordinary and very capable.
Not only did she have backbone, but her professional ability was also very strong.
Although she was only responsible for French translation this time, it was rumored that the young girl also knew several foreign languages.
People like this have never been arrogant, so what is there for them to be proud of?
Fan Shufang was extremely satisfied with bringing Su Xiaotian to Chuncheng this time.
Not only did it solve the translation problem, but it also allowed the people from their Translation Department to see someone they should learn from.
Three days later, after seeing off the foreign guests, Fan Shufang's tasks were all completed.
This time, their reception was an unprecedented success, and they could report back.
If things went smoothly, they might even receive commendations.
Fan Shufang was free, and the train was at night, so there was still a day left.
Fan Shufang then asked Su Xiaotian if there were any other places she wanted to visit.
"Second Grandmother, there's nothing much to see in Chuncheng. It's still the New Year, and many places are celebrating, so it's boring."
Su Xiaotian had seen enough after going out for half a day.
"You child, you really don't act like a child!" Fan Shufang smiled indulgently, "You always act like an adult."
How could a child not be curious?
"What did Xiaotian do that was unlike a child? I heard that the little girl performed very well these past few days." Yang Liming asked curiously as he entered, overhearing this sentence.
"There are still a few hours left, and I suggested going out for a walk, but Xiaotian said it was boring!" Fan Shufang smiled and shook her head.
"Coincidentally, I came to invite you to the flower market. Our last inspection project today is Chuncheng's flower market."
Chuncheng's flower market had developed rapidly in the past two years, and even the national level had paid attention to it.
Her inspection trip this time also included a look at whether Chuncheng's economic model could be promoted.
If it could, promoting it in Beijing and even nationwide, allowing housewives to have income, would be the best.
In fact, not only did the leaders inspecting Chuncheng want to see the good development of Chuncheng's flower market, but Chuncheng's own leaders also wanted the leaders to see more.
In the past two days, Yang Liming had heard Chuncheng leaders repeatedly mention the windowsill economy, talking about how every household grew flowers to get rich.
Fan Shufang couldn't help but become more interested after Yang Liming introduced the flower market.
She asked Su Xiaotian and confirmed that Su Xiaotian also wanted to see the flowers before accepting Yang Liming's invitation to visit the flower market together.
Su Xiaotian did not expect such a good opportunity.
She had wanted to see more and buy a few high-quality flowers. Going to the flower market today was definitely a godsend.
In the past two days, Su Xiaotian had entrusted the young people at the flower market to help her acquire Clivias. She now had ten more Clivias that looked not in good condition but were of good variety.
In total, she now had more than forty Clivias.
Once these Clivias were revived, well-maintained, and sold, it would be a considerable income.
Although Su Xiaotian did not know about the period of Clivia economy in Chuncheng in her previous life, she could analyze it.
She was almost certain that the price of Clivias would double within a year, and selling them then would be a sure profit.
Chuncheng had been developing the Clivia economy for several years, so a flower market that Chuncheng leaders favored was naturally not an ordinary place.
The two groups converged again.
Many people in this group were actually not interested in flowers and plants, but when they heard that a flower could be sold for hundreds of yuan and people were still rushing to buy it, they became interested.
They wanted to see if these flowers had gilded edges.
Admittedly, Chuncheng's flower market was very good, with various flowers competing in beauty, from high-end products to flowers suitable for ordinary people to grow.
However, the most common were Clivias.
And these Clivias with high prices were not much different from ordinary flowers, at least they did not have gilded edges.
After seeing them, everyone had to admit that they were somewhat disappointed.
The flowers were nice, and buying them for a few yuan or ten yuan was acceptable, but hundreds of yuan was not worth it.
After watching for a while, Fan Shufang basically determined that only the price of Clivias in the entire flower market remained high.
"The price of Clivias is much higher than other flowers."
Yang Liming also nodded, "There is market demand! I heard that supply cannot meet demand!"
The person in charge knew that the people visiting this time were not ordinary people. As the person in charge of the flower market, he had already inquired about this group.
Hearing the two senior leaders speak, he quickly smiled and greeted them.
"Many people like Clivias now, even people from Hong Kong like them and are willing to buy our flowers. Scarcity makes them valuable. With more people liking them and the difficulty of cultivating Clivias, the price naturally goes up."
Fan Shufang nodded. It was no longer the planned economy era, and the old ways were no longer useful.
Developing a market economy was good, but she still felt that the price of Clivias had risen to a somewhat bizarre level.
This was basically speculative bubble economy, wasn't it?
She wondered if there would be any after-effects!
But she was not in charge of this area, so she naturally wouldn't worry about these issues.
She just thought about telling Old Dong about it when she got back to see what Old Dong thought.
What she remembered firmly now was that she was here today to accompany Su Xiaotian to see the flowers.
"Xiaotian, do you like these flowers?" Fan Shufang asked.
This child Xiaotian, she had discovered before that she liked reading books. When did she start liking flowers and plants?
However, the courtyard of the Su family's siheyuan also had quite a few flowers and plants. Although there weren't many precious varieties, they were pleasing to the eye when they bloomed.
"Second Grandmother, I like them. When I was in Nanling Village before, the mountains were full of flowers, how beautiful they were."
Fan Shufang said with a smile, "It's good that you like them, but these carefully cultivated flowers are not easy to grow, unlike the flowers on our mountains."
Fan Shufang was worried that the young girl might suddenly have a whim and want to buy these flowers.
Although Xiaotian had money, such prices were indeed too expensive, and she herself felt reluctant.
Su Xiaotian nodded solemnly, "Second Grandmother, I know. It's just that if I see something I truly like, spending some money to make myself happy is also worthwhile."
Su Xiaotian naturally felt embarrassed to say that she planned to take a gamble and see if she could make a small fortune.
She could only say that buying the flowers she liked could make one feel refreshed and happy.
Fan Shufang looked at the girl's gaze as she stared at the flowers and listened to her words. Suddenly, she felt that it would be nice to grow a few pots of flowers for leisure and self-cultivation.