Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts-Chapter 586 - 413. Today’s victory goes to Yu.

The May Fourth version of "Misaligned Time" had already been tested in its original era. Released at the significative juncture of both the National Day and the centenary of the Xinhai Revolution, it instantly blew up the internet.

Especially when paired with a specially edited video, showing ancestors sacrificing their lives and shedding their blood, generation after generation, all of which had led to today's peaceful and prosperous times.

Numerous remarks of "No regrets in this life for being a part of Huaxia" swamped the internet, bringing even more popularity to the song.

It wasn't until CCTV took the lead and all major official media began to relay the message, which happened three days later.

During these three days, Xu Qingfan was equally busy, juggling countless big and small decisions, and also mapping out the company's next steps.

Fortunately, all the efforts had paid off, with Haowei Cloud's download numbers breaking ten million in just a few days and simultaneously securing a top ten spot on both iOS and Android download charts.

As of September this year, the penetration rate of smartphones in the domestic market had already exceeded 10%. Thus, ten million downloads was considered a rather impressive achievement.

Especially for an app like a music player, which users depend on heavily, once they get used to one, very few would uninstall it to switch to another.

After all, just resetting the music playlist on a phone is a time-consuming and laborious task.

Xu Qingfan's first move in venturing into short videos had evidently been a huge success.

...

October fifth.

Xu Qingfan had promised to take five girls back to the countryside for a visit during the National Day holiday, and he finally managed to find some free time today.

However, the five of them did not express any dissatisfaction, knowing full well he was busy with important matters, and all behaved, not mentioning it at all.

At seven in the morning, Wu Lingyu first took a car back to Li City, picking up the five of them one after another, then drove non-stop towards Chuxi Village.

"Brother Qing Fan, are there still any lychees to pick?"

"Definitely not now, it's already October. There might still be some longan left, though."

"Then, Brother Qing Fan, do you still have wampees?"

"There're none on the trees definitely, but my grandmother must have preserved some wampees, you can soak them in water to drink!"

"Hehe~ then, Brother Qing Fan, do you still have sugarcane?"

All the way there, Lin Wanning was chattering endlessly, asking questions non-stop.

"There's plenty of sugarcane, October is just the time when it matures."

"I remember, I remember! We picked sugarcane during primary school too. But Brother Fan, you said it would kill us if we ate it, so we didn't." Xiao Ruawen's eyes sparkled, remembering her childhood clearly.

"I remember too! Ruawen stepped on a snake, and Brother Qing Fan chased the snake away!"

"And there were also kiln chickens to eat!" Zhang Yiyi squinted and smiled.

"Someone rode the tricycle even slower than the old lady who was carrying manure buckets!" Xia Xiaoxiao said.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone was laughing, except Wu Lingyu who was a bit confused, as she had missed that trip.

"Yu didn't come last time, this time we'll make up for all the things she missed." Xu Qingfan suddenly grabbed her hand.

Wu Lingyu felt her heart skip a beat, though the car's air conditioning was a bit cold, she suddenly burst into a spring-like smile.

"Okay!"

The four girls, seeing this, stopped reminiscing about the past and instead started discussing what fun activities they would do shortly.

"Next, we'll go to the creek to catch fish and grill them."

"And get some snails!"

"Snail chicken soup!"

"And we can dig up taro roots..."

The girls started calling out dishes, and though they had just had breakfast not long before, they were already feeling hungry.

...

At around ten in the morning, the car entered Chuxi Village. Returning to their old haunts, the five girls were stunned by the changes in the village.

Except for the arch at the entrance of the village which remained unchanged, every brick and tile inside was no longer as they remembered.

Fields that once were had now gone, replaced by small and large factories, with tall buildings visible everywhere.

The roads were lined with various restaurants and snack bars, and since it wasn't a rush hour, it appeared not too crowded.

Further inside was the entrance to the village, where one could see at least three and a half storied self-built houses, and imposing villas were everywhere, seemingly indicating that the villagers had made a good amount of money over the years.

As Xu Qingfan had just come back during Qingming festival, he felt relatively unaffected by the changes.

"Wow, it has changed so much!"

"Hehe~ the big banyan tree is still there." Lin Wanning pointed to the century-old banyan tree that shaded the entrance of the village and smiled.

"Everyone has made money, huh? Building such a villa from scratch in the village can be done with just over a hundred thousand." Xu Qingfan pointed at a three-storied building.

"That's all it takes, but over a hundred thousand is still a lot of money, you know." Xiao Ruawen playfully punched him.

"In the countryside, families with many siblings live together. They work in factories every year, save up a bit, and can save over a hundred thousand in a year. Plus, the village has bonuses during the New Year."

Xu Qingfan was well aware of the welfare schemes Yao Shulun was implementing; as the Haowei duck neck business flourished, after ensuring education and medical care, the surplus money at the year's end was distributed per capita.

Given that further incentivization for having three children looked likely, Chuxi Village was poised to be most supportive of the national call.

"It's so good, you're making me want to move to your village."

"That's not hard, just marry...Quick, look over there!" Xu Qingfan suddenly realized he was on thin ice, luckily his grandmother appeared in his line of sight just in time to save his bacon.

The five girls were all waiting for him to finish his sentence, especially Xia Xiaoxiao, who already guessed what this rascal was about to say; but suddenly seeing Lai Man Yao appearing disrupted their train of thought.

"Grandma!"

Xu Qingfan quickly opened the car door and ran toward his dear grandmother.