"Girl, what do you think of me wearing this dress?"
In the Wang family courtyard, Liu Ping was holding a bright red dress and trying it on.
Su Man smiled and nodded. "It looks good, but when meeting with the town leaders, we are dressed so conspicuously, right..."
Su Man didn't want to undermine Liu Ping's confidence, so she left the rest of her words unsaid.
But Wang Fengye, who was chopping wood nearby, blurted out, "It's not New Year's Day, why are you dressed so festively, Mom?"
Liu Ping was angry, "What do you know?"
She took Su Man's arm and walked into the house, "Come here, girl, help me see which clothes I should wear."
Ever since Liu Ping and her colleagues received a notice from the village chief saying that people from the town would come to inspect their greenhouse orchard in two months, Liu Ping has been extremely nervous.
Not only did he ask Wang Fugui and Wang Fengye to clean up the greenhouse, but he also became worried about his own image.
Su Man knew that Liu Ping had rarely traveled far and was nervous about meeting the town leaders for the first time.
As she helped Liu Ping pick out clothes, she said, "When meeting with leaders, a simple and elegant dress will do. I think this autumn green dress is very good. Paired with a pair of black pants, it will be decent and steady."
Liu Ping looked good in it, and she looked at herself in the mirror happily.
But soon she started to get nervous again, "Girl, do you think the town leader will approve the funds for us? What if he comes and thinks we can't do it?"
Su Man smiled and helped her hang up the clothes she didn't wear, and said casually, "If it doesn't work, we can just do it ourselves. We did it this way before."
Liu Ping was convinced and nodded repeatedly, "Of course, we did it ourselves even without any funding. If there is funding, that would be even better. If not, we can just do it ourselves. With so many people and so many hands, our lives will definitely get better and better."
“…”
Looking at Liu Ping's confident look, Su Man also smiled.
Over the past year, not only has the Wang family's living standards improved, but their thinking has also been improving.
She still remembered that when she first proposed growing peppers, the Wang family all opposed it, worrying about this and that.
Even when building the greenhouse, Liu Ping was so worried that she couldn't sleep, fearing that all the hard-earned money she had earned over the years would be lost.
But when she discussed with them about contracting the land in the back mountain, no one in the Wang family objected.
Unconsciously, their thinking has changed.
The fear of the unknown and the worry about change that their previous stable life brought them are gone, replaced by the confidence that as long as they are willing to work hard, there is nothing they cannot accomplish.
The Wang family will now move forward steadily even without her, and this is exactly what she wants to see most.
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Before the town leaders came, Suman and his team bought some fruit trees and planted them one by one in the land they had tilled.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, there is a lush green.
Just by looking at these trees, you can see what a bountiful orchard will look like in the future.
Suddenly, Wang Fugui pointed to a spot and said, "Sister-in-law, look over there, it seems that the trees around the forest area have been cut down."
Upon hearing this, Su Man walked over to take a look and found that it was indeed true.
Only stumps remain of the trees at the junction, and the rings of growth rings indicate that these are old trees.
"What should we do? Should we tell the village chief about this?" Wang Xuemei said.
Wang Fugui immediately retorted, "No, we're the only ones going up and down the mountain during this period. If the tree were lost, we would definitely be the first to suspect us."
"What should we do then?"
Even Liu Ping was panicking. "The town leaders will be here tomorrow afternoon."
Su Man thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry. These trees are quite large. Even if we steal them, someone will surely see us. Let's go back and ask if there is anyone else who has gone up the mountain besides us."
After that, she said to Wang Fugui, "Brother, look for clues on the mountain. We will meet again before the sun sets."
"Why."
...
Unauthorized felling is no small matter. As Wang Fugui said, they are the only ones carrying dead trees up and down the mountain recently. If a tree is lost, they can't explain it even if they have a mouth.
Su Man specifically told Liu Ping and Wang Xuemei not to let this matter leak out when they inquired about it, and only to ask if anyone had gone up the mountain recently.
After all, no matter who wants to transport these trees down the mountain, there will definitely be traces left.
But the strange thing is that after they asked around, they found out that no one had gone up the mountain to work in the past two days.
Not only that, villagers living at the foot of the mountain said that apart from the Wang family who recently cleared dead trees up and down the mountain, they had not seen anyone else moving anything down.
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"What should we do, girl? If no one goes up the mountain, then we will be blamed for this!"
Liu Ping's voice changed in tone due to her anxiety.
Su Man said gently, "Don't worry, Mom. The cut tree won't disappear out of thin air. It's possible that the tree thief hid the tree somewhere. Let's go look for it first."
The three of them decided to go up the mountain directly.
Needless to say, there are forest rangers patrolling the forest area and no one will hide there.
The orchard near Su Man's house can be seen to the end at a glance, but several people searched until they were sweating profusely but still couldn't find it.
Seeing the sun was about to set, Liu Ping wiped the sweat off her face and gritted her teeth, "Otherwise, I'll go tell the village chief that I stole it and it has nothing to do with you."
"Mom, you are so old and can't stand the hard work. I'd better go." Wang Xuemei said.
Wang Fugui naturally refused, "I'm a man, I'll go."
"I'll go."
"I'll go."
“…”
Su Man was helpless. "Our family goes up and down the mountain together every day. If we are really discovered, none of us can escape."
She looked around the orchard and suddenly saw a small cemetery halfway up the mountain.
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