Chapter 70 The heroine’s cannon fodder sister (22)
"By the way, this is for you. Happy New Year in advance!"
The Chinese New Year was only seven or eight days away. Jiang Lai took out a cloth tiger from his pocket and handed it to Cheng Lie.
"When I saw this little tiger, I thought he looked like you. He has thick eyebrows and is a bit fierce when he doesn't smile."
Cheng Lie took the cloth tiger and then smiled.
"In the next few years, I will be missing something to keep me company."
Jiang Lai climbed into the back seat, grabbed the corner of his clothes, and drove towards the familiar road.
But this time Cheng Lie took a road he had never walked before, a spacious and lively commercial street. There were shops on both sides of the street, and there were many stalls. Clothes, shoes, socks, hair flowers, jewelry, and perfume were all available, coming and going. The crowd was bustling. Cheng Lie pushed his bicycle and led Jiang Lai forward. Many street shop owners greeted him along the way.
"Hello, Brother Lie, who is Brother Lie bringing here?"
"Fuck sister."
"Hey, where did I meet such a beautiful god-sister! Little sister, come here and get some braised vegetables to eat!"
Jiang Lai didn't want it, but the boss even carried a bag of braised beef and handed it to her with an overly enthusiastic smile.
"Take it, brother lie and sister are my sisters. If you want to eat from now on, just come and get it!"
Next, the cloth shop, candy shop, and even the watch shop that passed by all wanted to send Jiang a watch strap.
Even a thick-skinned person like Jiang Lai was a little flattered.
At the end, my hands were full of things.
It was obvious that these people were here for Cheng Lie, and Jiang Lai never had a moment to relax after taking advantage of him.
Finally, he arrived at a stall selling chestnuts. Cheng Lie went in and bought a pack of chestnuts and a roasted sweet potato. When he paid, he gave the old man a dollar directly so that he didn't have to change.
"Is this...is this little girl a romantic partner?"
The old man spoke more directly. He grabbed a handful of fried melon seeds and stuffed them into Jiang Lai's hand.
"Eat, eat melon seeds, eat more. I don't have much good stuff here. Let's take some back to eat during the New Year."
"No, Grandpa, you have given me enough!"
With that said, Jiang Lai hid behind Cheng Lie and asked him to help him deal with it.
The man was just smiling, as he had been just now. He didn't stop others from stuffing things in, and just let Jiang Lai fill his pockets with candies.
"Grandpa, there's no need to pretend anymore..."
"Cheng Lie is a good person. You and your partner will not suffer. Come on, come on, have more children."
"Grandpa, I am not his partner."
"Not the right partner? Then who are you? I've never seen a young girl by his side before. When I saw him for the first time, I really thought that this guy finally got the idea..."
Cheng Lie, who had been standing by silently, finally spoke.
"Just sell your chestnuts, we are leaving."
"It's almost Chinese New Year, I have to give you the stall fees this year."
As he spoke, the old man lowered his head to pick up the iron box and took out the clean big unity sheet inside.
"Give..."
"I've eaten so many chestnuts of yours for nothing this year. Forget it. Give me some peanuts and melon seeds at the end of the year. I'll just take them back and share them with my brothers."
"What are some melon seeds and peanuts worth? If you don't ask for them every year, I will be embarrassed to put them here next year."
Cheng Lie still didn't ask for it, and took another small sweet potato from around the stove. He pulled Jiang Lai's sleeve and greeted him as he walked.
"Let's go."
The old man couldn't catch up, so he could only keep waving his hands.
“Bring your partner to eat next time!”
Cheng Lie's ears turned red and he asked Jiang Lai not to mind.
"He is so confused. He already said he is not a match."
Jiang Lai pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes bright and curved, like the crescent moon in the sky.
"Why are those people stuffing things into me?"
"Because you are beautiful."
“I haven’t seen them give me anything when I go shopping elsewhere.”
Cheng Lie pushed the car forward, but his eyes stayed on Jiang Lai from time to time. Looking down from a high position, he saw that the little girl's eyelashes were curled and the tip of her pink and white nose was also very delicate.
He wasn't going to hide it from her.
"Because they rent my shop, they should give you things to curry favor with me."
"Yours?"
Jiang Huihuang turned his head and looked at the commercial street that was a thousand meters long that he had just walked through. Then he looked at Cheng Lie in front of him, and instantly felt that his whole body was glowing with golden light.
"It's all yours?!"
Cheng Lie nodded.
"Yeah."
"Wow!"
Good guy, there are hundreds of shops here, located in the most prosperous area of the county. There are three-story buildings above the shops, and all of them actually belong to Cheng Lie!
If this were to be considered in modern times, wouldn't Cheng Lie be a real charterer?
Jiang Lai's eyes lit up.
Little Pudding sighed.
"What's even more amazing, do you know? Your county is about to be classified as a prefecture-level city. This street will be demolished in five years. The compensation for the demolition will be more than Cheng Lie can spend in ten lifetimes."< br>
"Don't worry, I will help him spend it together."
Cheng Lie looked at Jiang Lai, who was not hiding his emotions at all, and smiled helplessly.
"You are too rich!"
"I accidentally discovered it by you."
"Where can you find so many houses at such a young age?"
Jiang Lai sat on his bicycle and asked curiously.
Cheng Lie didn't hide it either.
"My parents left it behind."
"Then where did your parents come from so many houses?"
"Inherited from my grandfather."
The unreasonable thing about rich people is that they have a good life.
"Why do you still want to live in the countryside when you have so many houses?"
Cheng Lie was silent for a while and then replied to her.
"Living in the countryside is comfortable and the air is good."
"Then why don't you buy a motorcycle for transportation? Isn't it easier than a bicycle?"
Cheng Lie looked back at her.
"What? Want to ride a motorcycle?"
"Never sat down."
"Well, I'll give you a try next time."
After seeing Jiang back home, Cheng Lie turned around and rode for four hours back to the county seat.
At the Longfeng Gold Store in the county center, the clerk hurried forward to say hello as soon as he saw Cheng Lie.
"Mr. Cheng, why are you here free?"
"Where's Zhang Qiang?"
"Mr. Zhang is in the office. I will take you there right now."
In the office on the second floor, Zhang Qiang saw Cheng Lie and quickly took his legs off the boss's desk, stood up and gave up his seat.
"Why are you back? It's not busy in the north anymore?"
"Well, school is on holiday, so I just went over to take a look."
"Hey, I said you are still going to school. If you have the time, you might as well go to Shenzhen and run around more. Don't you think the prospects there are good?"
“I’ll go and have a look after the Chinese New Year and buy a few pieces of land to try.”
After speaking, Cheng Lie opened the drawer of his desk and took out a key.
Zhang Qiang took a look and asked casually.
"What, finally remembered that I am a rich man who can afford a motorcycle and a car?"
"Why is there so much nonsense? Go down and look at the store."
"I'm not watching every day. The gold can't escape down there. Where are you going?"
"Go back to the village." (End of Chapter)