Just as Wang Zhenzhen was leading the two people to the farm, Chen Ling was surrounded by a group of snot-nosed children in the village, their faces full of anxiety and anticipation.
"Uncle Fugui, have you done the math? Do we have enough money to buy a car?"
Chen Ling counted the last little kid's change and weighed it. He smacked his lips with two handfuls of coins and said, "It's basically enough to buy a big car. If I want to buy a small car like your little aunt, it's not enough. I have to save more."
At this time, it's already. It's almost the turn of the millennium.
People’s living standards have improved.
Various products have also become more diverse, and the emphasis is no longer on practicality, but on fashion.
Wang Zhenzhen’s new style of small bicycle is much more expensive than the Erba Dabang.
The money saved by these snot-nosed babies is not enough.
"Isn't it enough? We have saved much more money this year than in previous years."
Liu Nier squatted at Chen Ling's feet, holding her cheeks with both hands, sniffing at the same time While saying.
"That's not enough. Only the lucky ones among you can buy it, and you have to save up for the rest."
Chen Ling said with a smile.
Xizi, this poor little girl, has had her share of hardships this year.
Chen Baoshuan knew it was better to treat his adopted daughter.
Chen Sangui is naturally not to mention.
The two of them were reluctant to take away the pocket money saved by their children like those parents in the village.
So even though Xizi didn’t make as much money as Liu Nier and other boys who hunted cicada shells and caught scorpions, they still managed to save a lot of money.
Xizi was just helping Chen Ling count money for the kids. Then he raised his head and said, "Uncle Fugui, I don't want to buy a car. I save money for grandpa and uncles and aunts." Use it.”
“It’s okay if you don’t buy it. I’ll carry you when the time comes.”
“I can carry you too. If I buy it, I can let you ride on it.”
"..."
Chen Ling saw them shouting and said, "So, you are going to buy a big bar?"
Liu Nier looked at a group of little kids. Partner, nodded heavily: "Yes, I will buy a big bar."
"However, Uncle Fugui has to go to our house to intercede, otherwise my mother-in-law will definitely not let me spend money to buy this. . ”
“…Intercession is a trivial matter.”
Chen Ling looked at them: "You have finally saved so much money. If you spend it like this, it will be difficult to ride a big bar. If you want to save money to buy a small car in the future, it will not be so easy.
< br>How about...
Uncle, give each of you some?”
Six Nier and others were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other again, and shook their heads firmly: " No, uncle, we can’t spend your money.
We want to use our own money to buy a car.”
"Yes, we have to spend our own money to buy our own cars. After buying them, I will let whoever rides them. If I am not happy, I will not even think about riding my car."
"Uncle Fugui, in your words, I have the final say on my car."
Chen Ling was speechless, thinking how could you be so rebellious despite how young you are?
However, I have to say that these little monkeys are quite capable. In just over two years, they have saved a lot of money.
In addition to catching scorpions and selling cicada shells for money, and exchanging prey for money, they also made a lot of pocket money from outsiders who came to play before.
I don’t know who came up with the idea, but I saved all the money.
If their parents hadn’t collected a portion each time, there would have been more.
"Okay, I will go to your house tomorrow and talk to your family... Later I will ask your Uncle Dahai to ask about the situation and ask if we can buy so many cars at a cheaper price. .
Maybe we can buy that little bicycle too.”
Chen Ling thought for a while, it’s not bad for the dolls to have this intention.
It would be better if Ruirui could be influenced by them in the future and become sensible and independent early on.
"This...Uncle Fugui, do we still need to buy these cars from the city? Aren't they available in the county? There are also in the bastard city."
"Yes, let me see The big bar bought by the new bald man in the village is not bad.”
This is Chen Xiaoer.
"It's not bad, but he only wants to buy one. There are so many of you and everyone wants to buy it. Of course we have to find some discounts."
Chen Ling said with a smile.
This is indeed the case at this time. The prices in two adjacent counties will be very different.
After all, prices are not as transparent as they were during the Internet era.
When Zhao Dahai and the others were setting up wires, they traveled all over the city's counties. They knew many people, and they would know where the bargains were by just asking around.
“Uncle Fugui is still smart, but if it were An Da, he would never be able to come up with this idea in his life.”
A little kid said with a look of disgust: "Uncle, let me tell you the truth, if our family didn't let us follow you, we wouldn't buy a car.
We want to be like you. , raise chickens, ducks and fish.”
“Yes, we can also make a lot of money”
Everyone screamed with excitement.
Chen Ling was speechless and collapsed.
I couldn't help but think of the time they dug holes in the cemetery to secretly raise wild boars.
It’s really a toss-up.
"Okay, okay, it's getting dark. Take your money and go home to eat quickly, otherwise you will be punished again when you go back later."
A crowd. The little kid ran away laughing and sniffing.
Chen Ling went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
The lights in the atrium of the wooden building behind are on. Shen Jiayi's family likes the big fish tank very much. They often spend most of the day looking at it.
Especially Shen Jiayi, her mental state became better and better after guarding the fish tank.
Father Shen and Mother Shen felt a lot more relieved in the past two days, and they were also willing to help Chen Ling take care of Ruirui so that their family could do some farm work.
"Jiayi, I'm calling for people to come back for dinner."
Chen Ling said hello, and Shen Jiayi responded crisply and ran out to call for people in the orchard.
Wang Qingzhong and his wife took Wu Fei and others to pick pears and make honeycombs in the orchard this afternoon, and they were very excited.
But Shen Jiayi had just gone out when Wang Qingzhong and the others came back.
There are Wang Zhenzhen and two strangers behind.
Wang Zhenzhen ran over and gave Shen Jiayi some food, while he ran home carelessly and shouted: "Brother-in-law, your pen pal is here, come out and see, he is actually a little devil."
The little girl had an excited and curious tone, as if she had discovered a new species of monkey.
Li Zhongyi and Miyoko Chishima had stiff smiles on their faces and didn't know what to express.
As soon as they arrived here, the little girl named Wang Zhenzhen yelled at her family, saying that they were little devils.
Only then did they realize that this little girl was actually the same family as Chen Ling.
It’s really cunning and cunning, and very bad.
"Little devil? Japanese?"
Chen Ling had just brought dinner to the table and felt very strange when he heard this.
"...No, there are foreigners among my pen pals?"
I have to say that the pen pals he found really gave him a big surprise.
Forget about Chen Xiaoer who performed in the sketch, there are actually foreigners.
It was out of boredom that he saw Zhenzhen writing letters to others, so he randomly sent messages to the crowd.
Those letters were all in the same mold. The sentences were changed and they were sent to people.
It is the first letter after all.
Then if there is a response, we will slowly share some practical information.
When people first meet each other, they are always polite to each other.
Communicate more and get familiar with each other before you can have a deeper understanding.
I'm afraid there must have been more than a hundred letters sent out at the beginning, and there were only a dozen or so pen pals that I could recommend to contact later.
But writing letters at this time is not about chatting on WeChat for future generations. You can’t hold your phone and chat every day.
Although it is more sincere than chatting online, it is impossible to understand everyone in depth.
"A man and a woman, do they also have to live in the village? These are little devils."
"Shh, you can't shout in front of people even if you are a little devil, what a waste. Polite.”
Chen Ling said and followed the little girl out.
"Brother Chen, I am Li Zhongyi, and I finally meet you in person."
As soon as Chen Ling went out, Li Zhongyi stepped forward excitedly.
This man is in a suit and leather tie. He looks good. He is tall and thin, with a humble smile and some deliberate politeness.
When Chen Ling saw this man's smile, he said to himself, it is indeed a small day.
Although the people in my childhood were all Asian and yellow, they could be easily distinguished by their facial expressions, even if they didn't speak.
It can only be said that the cultural environment really affects people.
The temperament of my childhood is engraved in my bones.
The woman next to Li Zhongyi is even more obvious.
"Welcome, brother Zhongyi is a talented man. I didn't expect him to be a foreigner." Chen Ling shook hands with him with a smile on his face.
He was influenced by Zhou Weijun, and he also liked to call each other brothers and sisters in his letters.
"Haha, Brother Chen misunderstood, I am actually not a native Japanese..."
Li Zhongyi thought to himself, it is better to be a pen friend.
That little girl is so rude to these villagers.
So he introduced his situation to Chen Ling.
Even Miyoko Chishima introduced it in detail.
It turns out that Li Zhongyi is a descendant of the Japanese invaders from Northeast China.
It’s just that his father’s generation does not accept that he is a descendant of a little devil, and they are not willing to ‘acknowledge their ancestors’ after knowing their origins.
I will say that I am Chinese until my death.
But it is a pity that the issue of life experience became a knot in my heart and I did not live long.
Li Zhongyi’s father died when he was very young, and he was left alone. Later, he had no choice but to go back to Japan with a family reunion group when he was in his teens.
He returned to the country after the country’s minds opened up.
As for Miyoko Chishima, she claimed to be his fiancée and yearned for Chinese culture. Knowing that she had lived in China since she was a child, she wanted to settle here with them.
"Uh, this..."
After listening to Li Zhongyi's story, the others had different expressions, as if they didn't expect this person to have such a story.
Chen Lingze looked a little surprised and said: "Brother Zhongyi, your situation is a bit special. If you want to settle here, you have to go to our village committee to report.
If the village collective has no objection, you can find a place to build a house and settle down.”
The words just finished.
A voice came from outside the farm gate: "No need to report, we will never allow little devils to live in the village."
But it was Wang Laishun who strode over with a sullen face, his hands behind his back, followed by a large group of men, women and children.
Liu Nier and the others also left and returned while waiting for the little boy, and the boxes and bottles containing the money had not yet been put home.
"Fugui, you can't let the little devil enter the village. As long as I am still the party secretary, I will never allow it."
"Yes, Fugui, your fifth uncle is right, the little devil The worst, haven't you seen the movie? How did they harm us?"
"..."
Chen Lingxin said, I didn't ask them to live in the village.
I didn’t expect that the folks would react so violently.
Even the little kids howled along.
"Uncle, grandpa, we cannot let little devils live in our village."
"Yes, uncle Fugui, strip off their clothes and throw them out."
Li Zhongyi and Chishima Miyoko also turned pale when they saw this, and opened their mouths, not knowing what to say.
In this situation, there was nothing they could do if they asked Chen Ling for help.
No matter how you say it, Li Zhongyi grew up in the Northeast and knows the conditions of villages in China.
"Professor Zhao and Professor Zhong are here, let them say a few words."
"..."
"Ahem, since the folks asked us to talk, let me say a few words. In fact, our country is still very generous. If they can come back to the country, they can come to the village to play. But, again, they are not allowed to visit the village. Settled in the village."
"Professor Zhao, you are just as kind-hearted as Uncle Fugui. If it were us, we wouldn't even let them enter the village, just in case they were spies."
< br>"It's just that I don't like them."
"..."
"Ahem, Fugui, come here, Party Secretary Wang, come."
Zhao Yubao called Chen Ling and Wang Laishun outside the gate and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Chen Ling raised his brows and was greatly surprised: "Han Ninggui actually reminded me, and the police also believed that the previous group of tomb robbers had colluded with foreign countries."
Wang Laishun did not What a surprise, after all, little devils are not good at all.
Although Chen Ling was not that extreme, and there were good people in his childhood, such as the Japanese Communist Party back then, but Li Zhongyi did feel that something was wrong with him.
Don’t explain the situation in advance before coming.
Don’t tell until you arrive.
It’s not a big deal if Chen Xiaoer doesn’t explain his profession. Their situation is too special.
"Professor Zhao means that they will not be allowed to settle in the village, but they will be allowed to come to the village to play and see if they can show off their skills?"
Wang Laishun suddenly became energetic. .
“Yes, as long as we give you money, treat us as international friends first.”
Zhao Yubao winked.
Wang Laishun suddenly understood and thought that his family was disliked by tourists this year. Everyone came to stay and buy specialties and made no money. He could attack these two little devils.
"Okay, the rich and noble are busy with things, let me keep an eye on them."
......
Li Zhongyi and the two saw the excitement in the crowd and thought that today I will be driven out of the village at night.
Unexpectedly, Chen Ling and the others didn't know what they said in the end, but they actually let them stay.
Although it is better not to let them settle.
After this incident, the two of them worked very hard in the next few days to show themselves, trying to prove that they were harmless and different from those nasty little devils.
Not only did he help Chen Ling's family with farm work, but he also helped other villagers with their autumn harvest, and he didn't mind the dirty work.
Of course, they picked people who were easy to talk to.
Country people are kind and simple after all.
Slowly, many people’s reactions to these two people became less intense.
Some even help them with the work and then take care of their meals.
The two of them were no longer so nervous and trembling.
It’s just that Li Zhongyi’s wish to live in Chen Ling’s farm has never been realized because Miyoko Chishima is afraid of dogs. In addition to Erhei, Heiwa Xiaojin has also returned. These two dogs are more majestic and the bigger one Scary.
Miyoko Chishima had a guilty conscience, how could she dare to live in such an environment and guard such a group of ferocious dogs that were comparable to ferocious beasts.
Li Zhongyi felt that it was a pity that he could not experience such a wonderful place.
But Chen Ling's other two pen pals don't live in the farm either, so his heart is not so unbalanced.
"How are you so rich? Are there any problems between these two people?"
Wang Laishun rarely seizes an opportunity to interact with Chen Ling, and has been running here very diligently these days.
Came here early in the morning.
"I haven't found any problems yet. They look like a young couple who want to settle in the countryside. They work hard at the crops."
Chen Ling said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll let you Erhei is watching. "
Heiwa Xiaojin is back, and Erhei can be released.
“In this business, Erhei, a dog, is more caring than a human being, so I’ll be fine with him.”
Wang Laishun praised.
Everyone in the village knew that Heiwa's big boy was not good at hunting, but he was in charge of everything, more than the party secretary.
In the past, I only took care of Chen Ling’s family affairs.
Later, as Erhei grew up and his territory became larger, he would get involved in anything that happened in the village.
Guan TouTou is the Taoist.
In view of this, some people even jokingly called Erhei the ‘dog village chief’.
It was the barking of Dog Village Chief Dog and Party Secretary that made Wang Laishun very angry.
"By the way, I just went for a walk with the net and caught a nest of small quails and a few pigeons. Do you want them?"
Wang Laishun opened a corner of the lid of the bamboo basket and found the inside. The edge is ringing.
“Little quail? With such a big hole in the net, can it still stop these little things?”
"That's not true. Wild pigeons are from the Internet, and these little quails are from the grass. When I get up in the morning, I dig out a nest of sweet potatoes." Did you catch a wild pigeon? Wild pigeons are not easy to catch. They usually don’t fall to the ground.” Chen Ling was very happy when he heard this: “Then you can keep the wild pigeons. I don’t want the quails. There are a lot of them at home.”
“Wild pigeons? Are there any wild pigeons?”
Listening to their conversation, Shen Jiayi and Shen’s father and mother came over and said strangely, they couldn’t help but come to Wang Laishun. I glanced at the basket twice.
Sure enough, they were several blue-grey pigeons, with their wings and feet tied up, and they were huddled together bulgingly.
"Huh? What is this, a chicken? Why is it so small?"
The wild pigeons didn't see anything special about them, but they were covered in a few small ones in the basket. The black striped chicks attracted me.
“It’s not a chick, it’s a baby quail. This brood is a bit small. The baby quails we caught in the field were as big as fingers, but this brood is only as big as two fingernails. "
Wang Laishun smiled and finished talking to them. He saw Ruirui mumbling something and put the puppies in a pile under the steps, "Fugui, you don't want these quails, I'll take them with you. You won't be able to feed them if you go back, and you'll lose them in your quail coop. It's easy to eat and drink with the big quails.
When he gets older, he can let Ruirui play. "
"That's okay. Such a small number of quails. Look at how fragile they are. They should be the last litter of this year. They are a bit malnourished...I just want to get an earth tank to raise Ruirui. Li got it. ”
Han Chuang was very concerned about what he said. When he went to the glass factory to customize cans and bottles, he brought him two glass fish tank samples. They just didn’t look good, so he stopped raising fish and decorated them. Let's arrange the soil a little and use it as an earth jar to raise quails