Rebirth Autumn Returns to the Countryside

When he got home in the afternoon, Master Wu was waiting for Leng Yanqiu with a sad face. He was reluctant to go home with the other workers.

"Xiao Leng, uncle hasn't picked the jasmine flowers yet. Your chicken has become a spirit. It won't bite anyone. It's really biting! Lai Song didn't believe it, so he got a small bite on the back of his hand!"

Leng Yanqiu was a little embarrassed: "I had a lot of homework at noon, so I didn't come back. I'll pick it for you right away! Have you treated Lai Song's injury? Do you need me to compensate you?"

Master Wu waved his hand and said, "What's the compensation? Everyone didn't let him have any free time, so he insisted on trying the power of this hen. Don't worry, it's been taken to the health center for treatment. It's wrapped up so it won't interfere with work. They said it just needs to stay out of water for a few days."

"Okay then." Leng Yanqiu parked the tricycle, washed his hands and went to pick jasmine flowers. He continued to walk in the flower field in a very arrogant manner, not like a pet that would pounce on its owner and ask for a hug when it saw him.

"Shall I pick a few more for you to drink?"

Master Wu waved his hands again: "I'm afraid they will wilt and lose their fragrance in my hands, so two flowers will be enough for now. But, Xiao Leng, it's time to pick the buds in these two rows. Only after you pick them all can you start the next round."

"Well, I'll take care of it later when I have some time. The gardener taught me how to do it."

It is not worth purchasing a drying machine for these two rows of jasmine flowers. The master said that they could be dried in an air fryer. Leng Yanqiu decided to put the purchase of household appliances on the agenda.

After all, the biggest security risk, Leng Zhiqiang, is unlikely to jump over and cause sabotage in the near future.

Not knowing whether Secretary Ma would help her buy the house, Leng Yanqiu had to go to his house to sound out the situation so that she could make preparations early.

Leng Yanqiu came to the house under the pretext of picking honeysuckle and mint. She felt embarrassed to go back empty-handed, so she picked up more than twenty eggs.

As a result, just when I started talking about the house with the secretary's wife, the sound of Secretary Ma's car engine came outside the door.

"I'm so angry!" Secretary Ma's footsteps were heavy, and he shouted into the house as he walked, "The Leng family is a bunch of bastards. If I weren't a village cadre, I would have given up on them long ago. I love you so much!"

There was a second of awkwardness, and he looked at each other with his wife and Leng Yanqiu who came to the door.

Leng Yanqiu looked indifferent, she ignored the scolding.

"What are you talking about!" The secretary's wife tried to smooth things over. "Xiao Qiu came here to pick mint, and now she's asking about the house. I've already told you that the house should be sold a long time ago, so don't be so ridiculous!"

"Oh, the house?" Secretary Ma's face turned red. He walked into the house, sat down, stood up again, and raised his hand to his wife, "Give me something to eat first. My legs are so thin from running all day, and I'm angry. I only had lunch at noon."

The secretary's wife agreed and went out of the house: "Xiao Qiu just brought some eggs. I'll fry two poached eggs for you first. You don't know, the eggs laid by Xiao Qiu's chickens are very expensive in this town, and they are hard to get, so they are all sent to big cities."

"Why are you sending me eggs? It's not easy for you, kid, to live on your own." Secretary Ma's voice softened. This is how gifts are. At least it represents an attitude.

Leng Yanqiu smiled and said, "How much is the house I rented?"

The current self-built houses in rural areas are different from commercial houses in cities, and do not have independent property certificates. The earlier homesteads were also allocated by the team, so it is impossible to calculate the ownership in detail.

Secretary Ma groaned, "Xiao Qiu, Ma San did ask me to sell the house, but they want cash. It's not worth the hassle, so it's better to leave it alone."

"I'll pay in cash." Leng Yanqiu's expression calmed down again. "As long as the price is not outrageous, I'll find a way to make up the difference."

Everyone knows that this little girl has 50,000 yuan in her hand, otherwise the old couple and Leng Zhiqiang would not have made such a fuss.

"Fifty thousand is definitely not enough. Besides, you have to spend a lot of money. You have to invest all the money in building the greenhouse, right? Uncle has to make it clear first. If you don't want to rent it, you can't tear down Ma Sanjia's house into a mess."

Secretary Ma kept beating around the subject, but Leng Yanqiu understood what he was saying.

"Fifty thousand to one?"

"You kid!" Secretary Ma felt that it was really not right to talk to the little girl. "Why do you keep talking about buying a house when you have no money? Can you go out and borrow 80,000 or 90,000 yuan?"

"Fifty-two thousand?"

"Uncle is hungry, don't make me angry like your grandfather did!"

"Fifty-three thousand?"

The screen door was opened, and the secretary's wife came in with a plate. There were three fragrant fried eggs on the plate, with two scallions and a few garlic cloves in the middle. Eat it!

He ate without saying a word.

The secretary's wife pulled Leng Yanqiu out and said, "Let's go dig mint first. It's easy to grow. Honeysuckle should be transplanted in the spring. If we dig it now, I'm not sure it will survive."

"It's okay, let's give it a try!" Leng Yanqiu took action and, under the guidance of the secretary's wife, dug up a bunch of mint and two honeysuckle vines with roots and cut ends.

In the room, the three fried eggs were finished long ago, but Secretary Ma still felt hungry. Just now, his wife said that the eggs were very expensive, but he didn't know how expensive they were, so he thought it was just a joke. But it turned out to be so delicious, so fragrant that he wanted to swallow his tongue into his stomach.

He wanted to shout and ask his wife to fry two more eggs to satisfy his craving, but because Leng Yanqiu was still there, Secretary Ma could only endure it.

It is this attitude that has become more amiable.

Leng Yanqiu was a persistent person. He wrapped the roots of mint and honeysuckle in plastic bags, washed his hands, went back to the house and continued bidding.

"Fifty-three thousand?"

Shouldn’t we start from 54,000?

Secretary Ma pushed the plate that had been licked until it was shiny and tried to cover it with a teacup.

"Fifty-four thousand?"

"Fifty-five thousand?"

Secretary Ma's hand was still stroking the edge of the plate.

Leng Yanqiu stood up and said, "Then don't buy it. The three-year lease period is enough for me to find a new house."

She simply walked out briskly: "Aunt, I'll come to play with you next time."

The secretary's wife secretly pointed her index finger at Secretary Ma, then followed behind Leng Yanqiu: "It's getting late, I'll see you off."

What are you giving me? Secretary Ma also stood up and asked after the door opened, "Will you buy it for 90,000 yuan?"

The secretary's wife immediately reached out and grabbed Leng Yanqiu's sleeve.

Leng Yanqiu didn't look back, and another round of bargaining began.

"Fifty-six thousand!"

"Little aunt!" Secretary Ma even lowered his generation and slapped the table.

"Fifty-seven thousand!"

"Fifty-eight thousand! This number is auspicious. If it doesn't work, I won't buy it."

The secretary's wife was so tired that her fingers were numb.

"Little aunt, you can't raise the price by ten thousand at a time, right?"

Leng Yanqiu: "Uncle, aunt, you know I have no money. I was able to get 58,000 yuan so that I could ask customers to pay for the dishes in advance. If I really want to get it all together, I will have to live a tight life for two or three years."

She suddenly recalled the strategy of "the army that must win by pitying its opponent" that Teacher Fu had used today, and she changed her tone of voice to one of melancholy: "I really want to buy that house and settle down, but forget it. It's a waste of your trouble. Alas, it's too expensive. Even if I were to tear myself apart, I still can't raise the money. Alas, thank you, uncle, thank you, aunt. I'll send you back when I save up some eggs. Even if I can't afford to buy a house, I'll remember your kindness..."

She is a junior high school student who has memorized nearly 100 full-mark essays. If she really wants to be sentimental, can't she do it easily? She has the basic skills to move the teacher who corrects the essays to tears. She is showing off her skills on the same stage with the village secretary and his wife, but she is worried that the Chinese teacher will say that she is bullying the country people!