Seeing Liu Yunxi's puzzled expression, Liu Ergou couldn't help but reach out and pinch his small cheek. "The people in our village aren't lazy at all," he explained. "If they were, why would they go out to find work?"
Liu Yunxi grew even more confused. If they weren't lazy, then why was so much land left barren?
Seeing that Liu Yunxi truly didn't understand, Liu Ergou shook his head helplessly. "Ah, Yun Xi, how can you be so clever one moment and so dense the next? Let me tell you, farming just isn't profitable anymore. You'd be lucky to make 1,000 yuan from an acre of land in an entire year!
"That might be bearable for a year or two, but who could stand it in the long term? That's why the land is all barren. Most people have gone out to find work. The only ones left are either too young and don't want to leave, or they're too old and can't work anymore."
