The meeting ended successfully. Captain Luo hurriedly walked, his expression filled with sincerity and gratitude. He quietly found Secretary Jiang and said with a tone full of gratitude: "Secretary Jiang, you have worked so hard this time. It cost you a lot of money and effort. I really don't know how to thank you enough."
Jiang Tang wore a gentle smile on his face, waved his hand, and said in a relaxed tone: "Captain Luo, it's such a big mountain. We spent more than half a month to open up the wasteland. It's normal to spend some things. It's not a big deal."
"Although it's not a big deal, you can't pay for this. The old secretary and I have discussed it over and over again, and we plan to give you the money as compensation. But this money cannot be used for the time being. I'll give it to you in exchange for grain during the autumn harvest. What do you think?" Captain Luo looked serious, with a firm look in his eyes.
Jiang Tang waved his hand again, not dwelling on the money, but getting straight to the point: "Captain, let's not talk about this for now. What do you think of the proposal I made to you last time?"
Captain Luo's expression instantly became somewhat awkward. He frowned slightly and sighed, "It's not that we don't want to. Even if I agreed, the villagers wouldn't agree. Those are the fields that the older generation worked so hard to cultivate. They worked so hard to make the land fertile, and now they're just giving it away to Shaluo Village for free. Everyone is really unwilling to accept this."
"How can you say it's free? We are all thinking about the future of the villagers. Captain Luo, you certainly don't want your next generation to have to walk on such muddy roads that make it difficult to move every time it rains to go home, right?" Jiang Tang coaxed, looking at Captain Luo sincerely.
"Oh, who wants that? But Sun Maocheng is really going too far!" Captain Luo couldn't help but complain.
Jiang Tang understood the pros and cons of this matter. As a newcomer, she couldn't fully grasp the villagers' deep attachment to their land. It seemed this matter needed further consideration.
A few days ago, Jiang Tang helped the Lan family solve their rabbit's toileting problem, and the results were finally showing. Rabbit-raising families in the village soon followed suit, and Zhang Erhui, a straightforward man, readily accepted defeat. The next morning, he brought his wife to Jiang Tang's house to help tidy up the backyard.
Seeing this, Jiang Tang felt awkward and quickly rolled up her sleeves, ready to join the fight: "You're too polite. I just said it casually. I didn't expect you to really come."
Zhang Erhui smiled innocently, picked up the tools skillfully, and said, "Mr. Jiang, I can tell from the way you work that you don't do much work at home. Don't bother yourself, let us do it."
Erhui's wife also agreed with a smile: "Secretary Jiang, just focus on your own business. We promise to clean up the backyard work for you within two days."
"I, Zhang Erhui, always keep my word in the village. I will definitely do what I promised. My family also has two rabbits, and I am now teaching them to go to the toilet at a fixed place according to your method. Hey, you know what, now the rabbits all poop and pee in the same place, and the cages are much cleaner. By the way, the rabbit in Luo Laoer's family is pregnant. It gave birth to five rabbits yesterday!" Zhang Erhui enthusiastically shared the latest news in the village.
"So many!" Jiang Tang said in surprise.
"That's right. His family has taken turns watching over the rabbit cubs these past two nights, fearing that the mother rabbit would accidentally step on the little ones." Erhui's wife added.
Erhui's wife looked at the spacious backyard and couldn't help but say, "Secretary Jiang, your yard is so big, it's more than enough to raise a dozen rabbits."
Jiang Tang raised the corners of her mouth and smiled gently: "After you have raised them, we will consider this matter."
In the following period of time, Jiang Tang ran back and forth between the two villages, recording various things densely in the small notebook in his hand.
Meng Sining, on the other hand, had a much freer time, spending her days playing with the cat and taking care of the rabbit. Her days were leisurely and comfortable. The rabbit had grown a bit and started eating grass, so she no longer had to hold it and feed it all day. Because she always held the rabbit and played with it, it became very close to her and didn't resist any caressing.
The rabbit castle that Meng Si Ning had asked the old carpenter to build was also completed. When he moved it home yesterday, it attracted a lot of discussion from the aunties around him.
"The girl from the Meng family has been renovating the house and ordering custom furniture recently. What is she doing?" asked an aunt with a puzzled look on her face.
"The kid Siyun has been holding a little rabbit recently. I heard that the furniture of that little thing is a rabbit hutch." Another aunt continued.
"It's a nest for rabbits. It looks like a small house. I heard it cost a lot of money."
"I have plenty of money, so I can spend it however I want."
"You can't spend money so lavishly. People who come back from abroad tend to spend lavishly. When she gets married, no husband's family will tolerate her squandering money."
"She said she already has a boyfriend, and he's from another place."
"I don't think it's very reliable."
"I was originally thinking of introducing my cousin to her, but now I think I'll give up. My cousin can't afford to support such a spendthrift girl."
Of course, Meng Si Ning knew nothing about this. She and her younger brother had been busy decorating the rabbit's "room" at home for the past two days. Jiang Tang told her that rabbits like soft things, so she secretly bought soft cushions with plain patterns online, as well as a wooden straw rack and a plain white container. Jiang Tang taught her to use a "hamburger toilet" to keep the room odor-free, and the rabbit liked it, so she only had to change it once a week.
To conceal her secrets from Lin Xiaodi, Meng Si Ning went to great lengths. She took Lin Xiaodi to a lumberyard and asked for a load of sawdust. The next day, she secretly bought some rice husks from the mall, and on the third day, a bag of wheat straw. Aside from the sawdust from the first day, the rest was all purchased from the mall. Meng Si Ning even had a storage cabinet in her room, filled with rabbit supplies.
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