A foreign city, dear you

Cao Xueqin did not answer. He walked over, stretched out his hand, hugged Ye Lian, gently lifted Ye Lian up, and said to Ye Lian: "Look, look, the weight has gone down, hasn't it?"

"Haha——" Ye Lian laughed, it turned out to be such a crooked way.

*

Ye Lian bought some meat and put it on the stove.

Cao Xueqin asked her to take down the meat grinder and wash it as he was going to use it to make minced meat.

Ye Lian opened the cupboard door. The meat grinder was in the innermost corner of the cupboard. Ye Lian could not reach it, so she stood on tiptoe, stretched out her hand, and tried hard to reach the meat grinder.

Cao Xueqin couldn't help laughing when he saw this. He still had flour in his hands, so he used his two arms to hold Ye Lian and lifted her up. Ye Lian finally reached the meat grinder.

Cao Xueqian sighed: "Alas, I told you to eat more to grow taller, but you refused to eat more and even wanted to lose weight. Now you're even shorter, right?"

"Haha——" Ye Lian laughed again.

*

After kneading the dough and making the filling, Ye Lian prepared to make dumplings.

Unexpectedly, Cao Xueqian said, "Let me take care of it. Don't you want to write your novel? You go ahead and write."

"Don't you know how to wrap it?" Ye Lian said.

"It will still be a bun no matter how you wrap it, and it won't affect its taste."

"Really? Are you so supportive of my writing a novel?"

"Of course, anything my wife does is a big deal and I must support her."

“But I can’t make any money.”

"What do you think of your husband? Does your husband only care about money? Do I support you because you make money? As long as it makes you happy, I will support you unconditionally."

"Then I won't cover it anymore? Are you really going to write a novel?"

"Go ahead, go ahead. It sounds like I'm being insincere."

Ye Lian smiled and left the task of making dumplings to Cao Xueqin, and went to the study to write novel.

Ye Lian now has time to write novels. In addition to wanting to sign a contract, she also wants to challenge herself to reach one million words.

After setting this goal, Ye Lian started writing whenever she had time. Perhaps Cao Xueqin supported her with all his strength because he saw how hard Ye Lian worked.

clap clap,

clap clap clap...

Ye Lian kept typing on the keyboard.

She types even faster now, and if she has enough time, she can type more than 4,000 words a day.

Fight, fight, fight.

Fight, fight, fight.

A thousand miles begins with a single step,

No matter how far the goal is, she will achieve it.

Undoubtedly, writing without readers is lonely.

Ye Lian has a deep understanding of this.

Every time this happened, she would think of the old man in "The Old Man and the Sea".

Who can imagine the loneliness of an old man like that, alone in the vast ocean, with no one to accompany him, no one to talk to, far away from the coast and far away from people, for days and nights?

Compared with that old man, how lonely am I?

Just like now, Qian is outside, how can I be lonely?

When Qian finishes making the buns, he will ask me to go out and eat the delicious buns. How can I be lonely?

Just work hard and it's over. Just type hard and it's over.

*

It’s time to eat the buns.

Cao Xueqin made a big pot of buns.

When Ye Lian saw the buns made by Cao Xueqin, she couldn't help but smile again.

He still couldn’t make the knotty shape at the mouth of the buns. The mouth of each bun was like a well without edges. It was weird and funny, but it did not affect the taste and it tasted just as good.

Ye Lian is just weird. Such a smart person, but why can’t he make that knot?

Ye Lian took a photo and sent it to the family group to make Cao Lanshan jealous. Cao Lanshan immediately replied with a drooling emoji and said, "I really want to eat the buns at home, but why are these buns different from the ones I had before?"

Ye Lian smiled and replied: In the past, the buns were made by my mother, but today they are made by my father.

Cao Lanshan sent a laughing emoji: Mom’s buns are good-looking, while Dad’s buns are substantial.

Haha.

Ye Lian also sent the photos to another family group, which included Ye Lian and Cao Xueqin, her two younger sisters Ye Lu and Ye Wei, and her two brothers-in-law Lin Shushen and Cai Song.

Cai Song is the chef. When he saw the appearance of the buns, he made a grimace and said: I don’t know about the taste, but it doesn’t look that good.

Haha, this bun without a knot is really disgusting.

Ye Lian explained that the taste was excellent and much better than the buns sold outside.

As they chatted, Ye Lu also showed up in the group.

Ye Lu called Ye Wei in the group: Sister, I was approved to work overtime during the National Day holiday, I’m so happy.

Ye Wei came out and replied: Second sister is awesome, she applied for overtime on her own initiative.

Ye Lian was also happy for Ye Lu.

I am happy for Ye Lu because she can get triple pay for overtime work during the National Day holiday. Also, Ye Lu did not ask Ye Wei for help, but fought for the overtime opportunity on her own, which shows her growth in ability.

While feeling happy for Ye Lu, Ye Lian was also inexplicably moved.

This sister is not happy because of what she plays, eats or anything else, but she is happy because of working overtime.

For so many years, she has been supporting their family day after day, year after year, without complaining or being discouraged. She is always optimistic and brave enough to move forward in the face of difficulties.

Lin Shushen also came out and posted a picture: a spotted cow was lying weakly and sickly in the cowshed, with a newborn calf huddled beside it.

Lin Shushen said with regret that the cow could not be saved.

Ye Lian thought, this is not good, could it be a plague? The most feared thing in animal husbandry is plague. A plague can kill all the livestock, and the loss and blow will undoubtedly be huge, even fatal.

Ye Lian hurriedly asked what was going on?

Lin Shushen said that the spotted cow had just given birth and became paralyzed after giving birth. It could not be saved even after two days of rescue.

That’s not so bad, the cow may have to be killed, and although there will be losses, they won’t be large-scale.

Ye Lian felt relieved.

Lin Shushen opened a cattle farm. Ye Lian was worried about him from thousands of miles away, fearing that something might happen to him and all her efforts would go to waste, and all the money she had invested would be lost.

Ye Lian wants to know the current situation of Lin Shushen Cattle Farm.

Ye Lian asked Lin Shushen in private: Shushen, how many cows do you have now?

Lin Shushen: Twenty-seven now. I expanded my herd slowly through breeding with cows.

Ye Lian: Not bad, not bad. Will you continue to expand next year?

Lin Shushen: We will start selling cattle next year because all the bulls born this year have to be sold, a total of ten.

Ye Lian: Can ten heads be sold for more than 200,000 yuan?

Lin Shushen: I should have 200,000 yuan. Apart from living expenses, I can earn about 100,000 yuan anyway, and then I can slowly pay you back. But it depends on luck. There was a man who raised cattle with me, and there was a plague, and all the cattle died. As for me, I manage it well, and my cattle are all fine.

Although they were chatting on WeChat and Ye Lian couldn't see Lin Shushen in person, she could still feel the pride in Lin Shushen's tone.

Ye Lian was of course very happy and continued to ask Lin Shushen: How do you manage it?

Lin Shushen: I was on high alert every day. If I saw that the situation was not right, I would guard the cowshed day and night and call a veterinarian at any time. I also learned how to diagnose the condition of the cows.

Ye Lian was so happy that Lin Shushen had really found his own way out. She used to think that pulling a tricycle was his only way out, but she didn't expect that he would be forced to find another way out. But the hardships that Lin Shushen had gone through were unimaginable to ordinary people.

With just one hand, he built the cowshed, raised cattle, managed cattle, and expanded the ranch step by step... It is really hard to imagine how he did all this.

It was during the Spring Festival two years ago that Ye Lian met Lin Shushen once. He was not yet forty years old, but the wrinkles on his forehead were already as deep as knife cuts. But in each wrinkle, there was a confident and happy smile, which was the calm and composed smile of a man who could take his destiny into his own hands.

He laughed about his cows and how strong his only hand was…

……

Ye Lian asked Lin Shushen again: Is Yaya already in high school?