Su Ling put down the hoe, walked up to Lin Zhou, who had his mouth wide open, and waved his hand in front of him.
"Hello, come back to your senses, be careful of flies flying into your mouth."
Lin Zhou closed his mouth, walked around Su Ling, and said with a sigh, "Stylish, stylish, very stylish! Xiao Ling, you are not really farming in the countryside, are you?"
Lidya Su raised his delicate eyebrows and asked, "Didn't you say that you're just sitting around doing nothing and you're just planting flowers when you're bored?"
Lin Zhou was speechless: "I just said it casually that day."
Su Ling was born into a wealthy family and had a lot of money. He had been a pampered nobleman since he was a child. Lin Zhou could not imagine him going to farm, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he had to believe that life can indeed change a person.
"Why did you come to deliver the equipment in person?" Su Ling asked.
"I missed you!" Lin Zhou put his arm around his shoulders and said ambiguously, "How about it, am I nice enough? I flew back to China overnight. Are you touched?"
Su Ling's response was to give him an elbow.
"Ugh!" Lin Zhou quickly jumped away, dodging the attack and complained, "We haven't seen each other for over a month, and you're treating your friend like this?"
Su Ling smiled and said, "No need to be polite to you."
Lin Zhou spread his hands, looking helpless. Looking at the bright smile on Su Ling's face, he couldn't help but sigh. The countryside is indeed a great place to recuperate. After not seeing Su Ling for a while, he looked completely different. He was filled with a relaxed and happy aura, full of vitality.
While the two were joking with each other, three people got off the truck. The man in the lead was in his forties, wearing a silver-gray plaid suit, and walked over with a serious expression.
Lin Zhou introduced Chen Yi to Su Ling: "Chen Yi, the chief engineer of our technical department, is responsible for installing electronic equipment. He will be your exclusive customer service representative from now on. If you have any questions, you can contact him directly."
Su Ling smiled and extended his hand: "Hello, Mr. Chen, I'm Su Ling."
Chen Yi shook hands with him politely: "Hello, Mr. Su, just call me Chen Yi. It's my pleasure to serve you."
Normally, such a small order wouldn't require his presence, but Mr. Lin valued this customer so much that he not only assigned him full responsibility but also personally delivered the goods. This made him feel strange and puzzled, but now, seeing the interaction between Mr. Lin and Mr. Su, he finally understood that the two were good friends.
So Chen Yi didn't dare to be careless and immediately got to work. "Where will Mr. Su install the equipment?"
Su Ling didn't waste any time and led them directly to the tea mountain.
Two hours later, four office workers who had been sitting in the office all year round sat in the living room of Su Ling's house drinking tea with sore bodies.
Lin Zhou pinched his calf and looked at Su Ling in shock. "You haven't felt tired after climbing for two hours?"
Su Ling changed into home clothes and elegantly poured tea for them with a teapot. When he heard Lin Zhou's question, he said, "If you climb the mountain three times a week like me, you'll get used to it."
Lin Zhou exclaimed in disbelief, "Climbing the mountain three times a week, two hours each time? You're amazing! That's amazing!"
Su Ling handed him the poured tea and sighed, "There's nothing I can do. Life forces me to do that."
Lin Zhou's mouth twitched as he pointed at the furnishings in the living room and asked, "A bunch of antiques, worth tens of millions, and you're telling me you're struggling to make ends meet?"
antique?
Chen Yi and his two assistants' eyes flashed with surprise. They'd thought these were imitations, but who knew they were genuine antiques? Antiques worth tens of millions displayed in the living room as decorations—aren't they afraid of them getting stolen?
Su Ling shrugged and said, "These are treasures left by our ancestors. How dare I sell them?"
Lin Zhou picked up the white porcelain cup and asked while drinking tea: "Tell me, how much of the 10 million in your card is left now?"
Su Ling thought for a moment and said, "Two or three million, probably?"
"Cough cough cough——" Lin Zhou almost choked on his tea.
"Mr. Lin, are you okay?" an assistant asked worriedly.
Lin Zhou waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay."
Putting down the teacup, he glared at Su Ling with dismay: "You've only been in the countryside for over a month, how come you've already spent seven or eight million?"
The other three office workers all looked at Su Ling with astonishment. What did Mr. Lin say? This Mr. Su spent seven or eight million in just over a month?
Staring at by four pairs of eyes, Su Ling calmly counted on his fingers: "Five million was donated for road construction, one and a half million was spent on electronic equipment for your family, two hundred thousand was spent on buying land at the foot of the mountain, about five hundred thousand was spent on hiring workers to build a bungalow, over four hundred thousand was spent on furniture and appliances, seven hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand was spent on paying salaries to tea farmers, and other miscellaneous items added up to about one hundred and fifty thousand. That's about it."
There was silence in the living room for a moment. Lin Zhou stroked his forehead and asked, "All of this adds up to over 8.5 million, right?"
Lidya Su raised his chin slightly and said proudly: "The tea grown by Second Grandpa was sold for more than one million."
Lin Zhou looked at his upturned mouth and couldn't bear to criticize him. With such an imbalance between income and expenditure, what was there to be proud of?
Su Ling also knew that he was spending money like water, so he tried to cover it up by picking up the little tabby cat at his feet and stroking it. "You guys sit down, I'll make lunch."
"Meow~" Perhaps after hearing the word "food", the little tabby cat pricked up its ears and called out coquettishly. It's hungry~
"Woo--Woof--" The neglected little dog squatted on the ground, wagging its tail continuously.
"You've even learned to cook?" Lin Zhou was shocked. What kind of life was Xiao Ling leading in the countryside? Farming, selling tea, and even cooking for herself... Was this the Young Master Su he knew? Wow... So pitiful!
Lin Zhou couldn't help squeezing out two tears. Su Ling couldn't stand his exaggerated look, so he stuffed the little cat into his arms and went to the kitchen.
King followed his master happily, leaving Xiao Lihua and Lin Zhou staring at each other.
Chen Yi and others were feeling a little restless.
Is it a bit inappropriate to ask customers to make lunch for them?
Su Ling went to the vegetable garden in the backyard and picked some green vegetables, cucumbers, and green onions. He also dug out a white radish and took them back to the kitchen. He took out the frozen ribs, shrimp, and flounder from the refrigerator and soaked them in warm water to thaw.
Normally when I eat alone, it’s okay to keep it simple, but today there are guests at home, so I naturally can’t compromise.
He put on an apron, rolled up his sleeves, and started cooking.
Lin Zhou couldn't sit still in the living room. After stroking the little tabby cat, he put it on the ground, patted the cat fur on his body, got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Chen Yi and his two assistants were also busy, pulling out their tablets and using induction pens to sketch lines on the blueprints, designing the layout of the electronic equipment. Workaholics, they were all deep in work mode within minutes.
Lin Zhou came to the kitchen door, leaned against the door frame, did not disturb Su Ling, and watched him busy quietly.
Having known Su Ling for over a decade, Lin Zhou had never seen him so independent. Born into a wealthy family, Su Ling had never had to do any housework, enjoying exquisite food, clothing, and daily necessities, a certain pampered air about him. When his relationship with Lin Feng began to falter, he insisted on moving to the countryside. Lin Zhou had been a little concerned, fearing he wouldn't adapt to rural life, but now it seemed his fears were completely unfounded. Su Ling was doing well, managing everything except his spending spree.
Lin Zhou picked up his phone and took a photo of Su Ling.
Su Ling, who was washing vegetables, heard the "click" sound and turned to look at him: "Why are you taking pictures?"
Lin Zhou put away his phone, walked over and touched his head, comforting him like an older brother: "Thank you for your hard work."
Su Ling was puzzled and picked up a leaf to chase him away. "The kitchen is a restricted area, no one is allowed in!"
Lin Zhou took off his suit, rolled up his shirt sleeves, raised his eyebrows and said, "Am I a freeloader? Come on, let me help you—"
In the living room, the assistant raised his head and said hesitantly: "Mr. Chen..."
"Well, what?" Chen Yi, who was drawing the design, responded casually.
"Boss Lin seems to have entered the kitchen as well," the assistant said anxiously. "Is it really okay to let the boss and the client cook for us?"
Chen Yi: ...
The lunch was a feast, and everyone enjoyed it with gusto. The assistant finished two bowls of rice, still wanting more. Aren't the vegetables grown in the countryside so delicious? Tender, fresh, and refreshing. The sweet and sour spare ribs were fragrant, sweet, sour, and fat without being greasy. It was delicious! If he hadn't been so full, he could have had two more bowls of rice. As for the slight sense of guilt in his heart, it was completely forgotten in the presence of the delicious food.
After dinner, Chen Yi and two assistants went to the tea mountain to work, and Su Ling took Lin Zhou to see his family's ten acres of land.
"Wow!" Lin Zhou whistled at the sight of the thriving rice and three plastic greenhouses. "Don't tell me you planted all these ten acres yourself!"
Su Ling waved his hand. "How can I do it alone? Of course I have to hire someone to help me plant it."
The rice seedlings were planted in the paddy fields, and daily management was required, such as weeding, pest control, fertilization, irrigation, and draining. In addition, the vegetables were grown in three plastic greenhouses, and the workload was huge. Su Ling definitely could not handle it alone, so he hired a few regular villagers to help share the burden.
As he was getting paid, the villagers were happy to work for him and even helped him raise some fish in the paddy fields.
That’s right, it’s fish farming!
When Su Ling first learned about fish farming in paddy fields, he was surprised. It was not until the fish fry released by the villagers into the fields grew vigorously that he finally understood how rice fish came about.
After listening to Su Ling's experience in farming, Lin Zhou couldn't help but respect him.
If he came to live in the countryside alone, he would definitely not be able to live as successfully as Su Ling.
Entering the greenhouse where tomatoes were grown, Lin Zhou saw the tender green fruits and exclaimed in admiration, "Amazing, Xiao Ling, your wood-type skills are outstanding!"
Su Ling nodded without any modesty: "Thank you for the compliment."
Lin Zhou stroked his smooth chin, squinted his eyes and smiled, "But, you grow so many vegetables, can you eat them all by yourself?"
"Huh?" Su Ling was stunned. He had never really thought about this question. He had planted vegetables simply because he was afraid the land would be idle, and he had planted so many vegetables without realizing it.
"If you can't finish it, sell it!" he said.
"How do you sell it? Take it to the town's vegetable market?" Lin Zhou asked.
Su Ling suddenly remembered the last time he set up a street stall. Although he sold well at the beginning, he was chased by the urban management. It was shocking and dangerous, leaving him with unpleasant memories.
"Probably... selling vegetables live?" he said uncertainly.
"Live streaming of vegetables?" Lin Zhou blinked. "Do you need live streaming equipment?"
The author has something to say: Oh my god, I write so slowly, 55555~
Lingbao is finally going to livestream his vegetable sales! Preparations are complete!
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