In her previous life, her eldest brother died early, her second sister went blind due to illness, her third brother became autistic, and she herself lived a life of poverty and hardship, scavenging...
Ling Ran, who was accompanying her to light the fire, thought for a moment after hearing her words and said, "Perhaps, their potential doesn't lie in themselves, but can only be realized when they meet their master. Just like treasure-hunting rats, would they spend the treasures they find themselves? They can only belong to their masters."
"How crooked!"
"Then explain it to me."
"Luck, our luck plus their potential. Although I think this way, I still agree with your idea. Perhaps, without a master family, they really would not be destined to make a fortune, or if they did not have a master family, their potential would not even appear."
Ling Ran pulled out the firewood from under the stove and said, "Okay, stop overthinking. As long as it's good for us, that's fine!"
"Okay! You're right."
Ling Ran went to call the tree planter back for dinner. The fish soup was served in a large soup bowl, and the fish bones and fish balls were also served in large bowls. The other dishes were served in ordinary large bowls.
Before the meal started, Ling Ran warned Xia Fei and the others, "There's still a large pot of soup on the stove. If you start fighting over food again, you'll be banned from eating at the Zhou family's house."
"yes!"
"yes!"
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Then, they put down their bowls, went to the kitchen and each took a large bowl, uh!, and lined up to get fish soup from the pot on the stove. Each person got a bowl, and they definitely wouldn't fight over it.
Seeing this, Ling Ran wanted to hold his forehead with his hands. Fortunately, he had the foresight to prepare two bowls of fish soup.
Father Zhou laughed, "It's fun to watch them fight over food."
Xie Ling laughed out loud when he heard this. Fighting for food? Zhou Quan wouldn't treat these people as piglets, right?
Master Zheng also smiled slightly, watching these young men eat, and his appetite also whetted.
Master Zheng's apprentice, Xiao Ding, is a quiet young man. He picks up his bowl and eats seriously. Mm! The stir-fried fish offal is delicious.
Ling Ran quickly picked up a few pieces of food for Zhou Xiang. It turned out that those who don't like to talk are the ones who are the best at grabbing food.
Xiao Ding took the plate of food and went to the kitchen to add a bowl of rice. He mixed the rice with the oil at the bottom of the plate, ate it, and burped.
Master Zheng picked up the bowl awkwardly and buried his head in eating.
Father Zhou and Xie Lin both raised their glasses and clinked them together in a toast.
After the 120 willow trees were planted, the park seemed to have been elevated to a higher level.
A breeze blew, and the long willow branches hanging over the lake stirred the calm surface of the lake, startling the fish sleeping under the shade of the trees and causing them to swim around.
The golden sunset slanted in from the top of the antique building on the west side of the fork in the road. The golden color and emerald green color intertwined, making the lake surface look like a dream.
Xie Lin stood outside the fence and sighed to Zhou Quan beside him, "A dilapidated river has now become a beautiful sight for the whole town. Alas! Money is a good thing! But you have to know how to spend it!"
Zhou Quan looked at the completed park. He had seen every change in the lake, but it still seemed unreal. This was how things turned from decay into magic, right?
The two were watching from outside the park. Xia Fei and the others were standing on the suspension bridge and watching. They had arrived when the suspension bridge was being installed. At that time, the park was a semi-finished product, but now it is a finished product, a beautiful one. They also participated in it and felt a sense of pride!
Ling Ran asked Zhou Xiang the name of the park.
Zhou Xiang frowned, "I hate naming."
Ling Ran thought for a moment and said, "This park is a lake. All we need to do is give it a name."
Zhou thought for a long time before saying, “This lake was originally a river. This river was originally built to prevent rainy seasons, so it was called Rain Lake.”
"good!"
Ling Ran called Xia Fei to customize the plaque on the park gate and the entrance instructions.
Xia Fei took the piece of paper given by the boss and went to do the work.
Xie Ling separated the east side of the office facing the park and opened another small window as a ticket counter.
Then a row of counters were placed in the remaining two offices, and there were all kinds of things on the counters, including food, drinks and entertainment.
Of course, fishing rods are indispensable. Fishing lines, floats, hooks and fishing rods are all sold separately. He even put a bundle of thin bamboo rods next to them. His reason was: what if the children are willing to make country-style fishing rods?
He bought very little bait. He asked someone to dig earthworms and sell them at 20 cents each. If you bought five, you would get a can and the mud inside for free.
Zhou thought that no matter how her cousin tried, once the Yuhu Park sign was hung up and all the staff at various posts were present, she would order the park to be opened for business. She had no time to bother with choosing an auspicious date.
Xie Ling asked Xia Fei to set off a string of firecrackers before opening the park gate to receive the guests.
There is more than a week left before school starts. I heard that the park I have been looking forward to for a long time has opened, and the children who have finished their summer homework all come to play.
Tickets for adults are 30 cents, and for children under 12 years old or under 1.2 meters tall, they are 20 cents.
The children held the two cents in their pockets, hesitated for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to ask the ticket office why it was not 15 cents.
The ticket office told them, "If an adult brings a child under 1.2 meters tall, the child can get a free ticket."
Someone with quick thinking then asked, "How old does one have to be to be considered an adult?"
"Above 18."
The children ran away and went home to call their brothers, uncles and fathers to come and play with them.
Those who call me brother will come quickly.
Those who called out for Dad were scolded by him: "What's so fun about a broken river? All you think about is playing every day. Have you finished your homework?"
"I'm done, I'm done. Dad, take your fishing rod and go fishing. I heard a big fish weighing dozens of kilograms was caught in that lake a few days ago. All the fish caught will be sold at the market price. Even the biggest ones will be sold at the normal price."
"So I paid for a ticket to go fishing, but I have to pay for the fish I catch? No way."
"Go! Go! If you go with me, I can do it for free. If it's not worth it, I won't go next time, okay?"
"Okay! Take out your two cents. If it's worth it, I'll give you the two cents back and take you there next time. If it's not worth it, I'll forfeit the two cents."
"Okay, okay, here you go."
Finally, my father agreed and I considered the two cents as buying his own ticket.
There's already a long line at the park's ticket booth. Everyone buying a ticket has to read the park's admission instructions before entering. Can't read? No problem, someone will explain it to you.
The children in the queue looked at their friends who were already playing on the suspension bridge and jumped up and down. They read the book to their fathers themselves.
When the fathers heard about so many rules, they wanted to back out. However, when they saw the scenery inside the fence and the suspension bridge, they were reluctant to leave and decided to give it a try.
What? The boat ride costs money? 50 cents an hour? If you don't want to play, just buy the ticket.
Finally, the long queue entered the park, and Xie Ling was guarding the gate with a scale in his hand.
Looking at the fishing enthusiasts squatting at intervals in the park, I hope they don’t catch any super-large fish! Otherwise, it would be a big loss.
Fish weighing five or six kilograms are already priced at 1.5 yuan per kilogram in the market, but Zhou Xiang said that all big fish are priced at 1.5 yuan per kilogram. What a spendthrift!
The fishing enthusiasts lost their patience with the noise coming from the suspension bridge, so they put away their fishing rods and went to try it out. What's so fun about it? You guys are playing and shouting at the same time, and you're scaring the fish away.
Then, the adults and children on the suspension bridge screamed, and the fish in the lake jumped around.