Chapter 147 New Employee

"Dear, could you buy a few more mats and send them over? Your sister and her family came the day before yesterday. They really like the mats and want to take them to the city. As you know, the country has been experiencing high temperatures this year. It's already very hot on the farm, and the city is even hotter."

On the other end of the phone, Anne's mother Heather kept talking. Perhaps all mothers in the world talk a lot. Even though Anne has grown up, she still has to listen to her mother's nagging patiently.

Heather then talked about the high temperatures in China, the high cost of living in her sister's family, and how they couldn't afford air conditioning, so the children were staying at a farm. It was also very hot on the farm, and the mat Annie sent back saved their lives.

It’s not that there are no cool mats abroad. This kind of thing has been around for a long time, but for some reason, the cool mat Annie sent is particularly cool and more convenient to use than ordinary cool mats.

There was also the jam she sent back. There were a lot of berries and fruits on the farm at home, and they could also make jam, but they had never made such delicious jam.

Anne's father John was very curious about where his daughter worked. He wanted to see this mysterious farm, so he asked Heather to tell his daughter so much, which was just to pave the way for this matter.

Annie finally had enough of her mother's nagging and said to her, "When you have time, if I'm still here, I'll invite you to visit China."

Heather was very surprised. John's old face appeared on the other end of the video: "Really?"

"We have time now."

"Yes, dear Annie, your father is ready. Do you really invite us to visit China?"

Anne's eyes went dark, and she finally realized that she had fallen into a trap.

She was in a dilemma, mainly because she was working now, not on vacation. Although her employer was easy to talk to, if he had any dissatisfaction, Anne might be fired and sent back home at any time, and then she might be dismissed.

Anne desperately needs her current high-paying job to pay off the rest of her student loans.

In her country, the better the major a student studies and the better the school he or she attends, the more expensive the tuition will be.

Even though her parents gave her a lot of money when she was studying, she couldn't pay for it all and had to borrow money and pay it back slowly after she got a job.

In her country, many college students from ordinary families have to continue to repay student loans for many years. Even the president was reported to be still paying off his student loans after becoming president.

Anne couldn't afford to lose this high-paying job. There were only two sisters in her family. Her parents treated her very well when she was a child. When Anne saw her parents' hair had turned white, the words of refusal were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't say them.

Finally, she decided to test Ji Yunzhou's opinion first.

"Mr. Ji, they just want to come to China to play and visit me. If you find it inconvenient, I will immediately refuse them..."

"Sure, Annie, you do a great job. I won't ask you to hang around me like a robot after work. After all, I also need private space to spend time with my girlfriend."

Ji Yunzhou was unexpectedly very easy to talk to, even a little humorous and playful. He had become more and more lively since he had been with Xia Wu.

Annie couldn't contain her excitement. She thanked Ji Yunzhou again and again, then told her family and booked a B&B for them in Xia Wu.

The B&B has been built for some time and the formaldehyde has almost dissipated. After all, environmentally friendly building materials were used at the beginning. Although the cost was high, the safety was also high.

After the formaldehyde test was passed, the homestay was opened.

Many people have come to Haotang and Yanggou villages for tourism during this period. Some smart villagers have discovered business opportunities and followed Xia Wu's example to renovate homestays. However, some of them cannot afford so much money for the time being. The so-called homestays are just homestays. No matter in terms of safety or comfort, they cannot be compared with the homestays renovated by Xia Wu.

"We're here. Yanggou Village is just ahead. How many days do you plan to stay? Do you have a place to stay? If not, there's a B&B in Haotang Village, also owned by Xiao Wu. It looks great!"

A middle-aged couple was sitting on the ox cart.

The man is a little overweight and bald, and looks like an ordinary uncle. The woman is thin and looks a little tired, but from the appearance alone, she is much better than the man.

They didn't bring much with them, just a big backpack and two suitcases. Compared to other tourists who came to visit, it seemed like they brought a lot.

But it is normal, there are tourists who come to Yanggou Village to live permanently.

With just a few hundred yuan, you can find a nice family in the village, rent a house, and live there for a month or two.

Although most people come here to play for a day or two and then leave, there are also some weirdos who rent houses here to live long-term.

The man pulling the ox cart chatted with Jian Feng and the others for a few words. Deng Hui was not a talkative person. They had lived in the city for a long time and were inevitably wary of strangers, so they didn't say much and didn't say they came here to work.

While riding in the car, Jian Feng asked the driver many questions, such as whether Yanggou Village was safe, what life was like there, and whether the welfare at Xia Wu's villa was really good.

All the answers he received were sincere. The driver sincerely praised Xia Wu's villa, saying that his daughter-in-law worked in the villa and earned more every month than his son who worked outside, and could also take care of the children. Although he and his wife were not formal employees of the villa, they could go to help when the mountain needed manpower, and could earn more than 100 yuan a day.

Compared to the previous time when the son was the only one who relied on working outside to support the whole family, they now live a much richer life.

When he is free, the old man will pull the ox cart back and forth between the town and Yanggou Village to pick up tourists. He can earn some money while walking the ox, which is more comfortable than sleeping at home.

This answer completely put Jian Feng's uneasy heart at ease.

A few days ago, he submitted a resume for his wife and successfully got the opportunity to join Taoyuan Villa. The two were very excited about this and thought it was an opportunity for a new life. They decided to move and live in seclusion in Yanggou Village.

After telling this news to relatives and friends, everyone felt that they had been cheated.

"Maybe it's a pyramid scheme. What good company would want Huihui? She's already so old!"

"That's right, there's no such thing as a free lunch. You better be careful and don't act impulsively!"

"Oh, why are you two so stubborn? How could such a good thing really happen to you? You've already been chosen!"

Words like these made Jian Feng and Deng Hui a little hesitant. They had been planning to pack up, but it delayed them for two days. Although society is said to be safe now, there are still some risks. Haven't you seen so many people being deceived and sent abroad to commit fraud?

Deng Hui told her daughter, who was still in college, about this. At first, her daughter was opposed to it. She felt that her mother should just stay at home and recuperate, and why should she go out to work.

Besides, many college graduates nowadays can’t find a good job with five social insurances and one housing fund and two days off a week. Is her mother, a middle-aged woman who has been unemployed at home for many years, better than many college graduates?

Deng Hui initially refuted her daughter and pushed Xia Xia's account to her, asking her to enter the forum. Later, after being told so many times by relatives, she began to waver.

In the end, it was her daughter who encouraged her, saying that Yanggou Village looked quite real. She had checked and found that it was a place where many people went for tourism, so it should not be a scammer's lair.

Besides, they are just sitting around at home doing nothing, so they might as well go and take a look. Even if they can't work there, it can help them relax.

That's why Jian Feng and Deng Hui regained their courage, packed up some things, and with the idea that they could go back even if they couldn't stay permanently, they first took a plane, then a high-speed rail, then a bus, and finally a ox cart, and were about to arrive at Yanggou Village.

As soon as I landed in Donghua Town, my first impression was that it was backward and not very pleasant. But when I left the town and headed towards the countryside, the surrounding scenery slowly unfolded before my eyes like a scroll painting.

The main theme of summer is green. The fields in the countryside are a variety of greens gathered together to form a green ocean, dark green, light green, pale green, light yellow green...

No matter how talented a painter is, he cannot paint such a complete range of colors. Only nature has the power of a creator to splash ink-like green on the earth.

After living in the city for so long, occasionally stepping into the wilderness brings a sense of peace and tranquility. Deng Hui, who has long struggled with mental illness, smiled genuinely at the sight of the surrounding scenery and said to her husband, "Even if this job isn't real, it's nice to stay in a place like this for a while."

Nothing is more important than Deng Hui's good mood. Jian Feng agreed with his wife. Seeing the rice fields and the mountains in the distance, his inspiration for painting continued to emerge.

Maybe, just maybe the work is real.

Just like the name of the company, Taoyuan Villa, it is like the Peach Blossom Spring described by Tao Yuanming, a dreamy yet real place.

"We're at the village entrance now. I won't take you there. Just ask anyone and they'll know where Guojun's house is."

Jian Feng and Deng Hui got off the ox cart and stood at the entrance of the village carrying their things, feeling a little at a loss. It seemed that there was construction going on in the village. Half of the road was occupied and the other half was blocked with iron sheets. It looked a little narrow and not so beautiful.

"Why don't you send a message to Xia Xia first and tell her that we have arrived at the village entrance," Deng Hui suggested.

Jian Feng took out his cell phone and sent a message to Xia Wu. After waiting for two minutes, there was no reply.

However, Xia Wu had sent him a cell phone number. Jian Feng was just hesitating whether to call it when he saw a middle-aged man approaching him. "Hello, are you two here to play?"

"Hello, hello," Jian Feng hurriedly shook hands with Yang Guofeng, revealing his identity. "No, my wife applied for a job here some time ago and is here to work, but we..."

"Oh, it's Xiao Wu's company, right? She seemed to have told me that you two are Mr. Jian and Ms. Deng. Follow me into the village first. I'm the village secretary, Yang Guofeng."

Seeing that he was a decent man and was also the village secretary, Jian Feng looked at his wife and immediately felt relieved.

Yang Guofeng carried a suitcase in one hand and led them to the village, explaining, "The road in the village is too narrow and dilapidated. They're currently repairing it. It will be completed in a month at most. Until then, be careful when you go out. There's a smaller path out of the village. I'll take you there later and you'll see."

"Okay, thank you Secretary Yang."

"Well, our work..." Deng Hui looked anxious. Before things were settled, she was always more anxious than ordinary people and felt unsure.

Yang Guofeng smiled and said, "You are Ms. Deng, right? Xiao Wu told me a while ago that they hired a very talented accountant. If she knew you were here today, she would probably be very happy. Maybe she would make some delicious food and hold a welcome party tonight."

Deng Hui was praised for no reason, because what Yang Guofeng said was completely different from what her relatives said.

In the eyes of her relatives, she is a middle-aged woman who has accomplished nothing and it is better for her to give up hope of finding a job so as not to fall into the trap of a pyramid scheme.

But in Yang Guofeng's mouth, she became a very good accountant.

Deng Hui smiled embarrassedly, and was a little embarrassed to ask whether the salary offered by Xia Wu was true or not.

The roads in the village were built in sections. In order to build the roads, some people's rice fields were occupied, but the village gave compensation. Thinking that it was a contribution to the whole village, no one cared too much.

In order to get the road repaired and put into use as soon as possible, the village recruited a construction team and worked at full capacity, not sparing manpower and materials. The villagers would also go to the construction site to help when they had nothing to do after work.

So Yang Guofeng said that in at most one month, the roads in the village will be completely new.

Yang Guofeng took Deng Hui and Jian Feng directly to the courtyard with the well, went up the mountain and left the road construction section. Looking down at the mountain from the top, the scenery was different.

The people and things in the courtyard by the well are just as shown in Xia Wu's video. It turns out that there are really elderly people helping with the work here, and they bask in the sun when they have nothing to do. It looks particularly peaceful and tranquil.

Wang Yuexia was very happy to learn that Jian Feng and his wife were new accountants. She let them taste the freshly steamed buffalo milk buns and brought them two bowls of tofu pudding.

"Tonight we're making fish with tofu. The fish was caught by the children in the village, and we made the tofu ourselves. You guys can fill your stomachs first. Xiao Wu has gone to the top of the mountain and will be back soon."

Jian Feng and Deng Hui were flattered. They were indeed a little hungry after the long car ride, and the aroma of buffalo milk was tempting, so they washed their hands and started eating.

While eating and chatting, Deng Hui and Jian Feng quickly adapted to the warm atmosphere here. When Xia Wu came down from the mountain and saw them, Deng Hui had already joined the group of elderly people picking beans.

Xia Wu was very welcoming to the new employee. She had already arranged a room for the couple to live in this small courtyard with a well. The room had separate living facilities, which was very convenient.

I took Deng Hui to the room, which was about 60 square meters, with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. Although there were no large electrical appliances in the living room, the lighting was very good.

"There are relatively few outside employees in the village, and many things have not been purchased yet. You and your wife can look for what is needed and send it to Zhao Jing. She will be responsible for purchasing. If you think it is suitable, we can sign a work contract."

Deng Hui and Jian Feng looked at each other. Although they had only been here for less than two hours, the scenery and enthusiastic people here had already attracted them.

Thinking of this, Deng Hui nodded without hesitation: "I have no problem, let's sign the work contract today!"