Chapter 403
In another 5 days, Su Miao will start school. This period of time is the longest time she has stayed in Sujia Village.
Taking advantage of the remaining few days, they signed a land lease agreement with De Feige's family.
I rented the one acre of land connected to their papaya orchard for a period of ten years.
This one acre is medium-sized dry land. According to the current average rent price among villagers, the annual rent is 80 yuan.
Su Defei and An Cui now have stable, high-paying jobs and no longer have to take care of the many fields at home. Now that they can earn some money by renting out an acre, they have no complaints and signed the lease agreement very readily.
Su Defei pressed his red handprint and said with regret:
“When the family was divided, my father said that the three acres were all given to me, but I wanted to grow rice, so I only took one acre and exchanged the other two acres with my brother for paddy fields.
Later, my brother exchanged land with someone else, otherwise it would have been rented out to a garden to grow papayas."
Second uncle laughed and said, “In the past, we all loved paddy fields because we could grow as much food as possible to fill our stomachs. Who could have imagined what would happen now?
Don't worry, we will plant this one acre first and then expand it slowly."
After Su Miao proposed the idea of expanding the planting area, Erbo began to grow seedlings under the guidance of Team Leader Su.
Seedling cultivation began in November of the previous year, and mid-to-late February this year is the best time for planting.
The lease agreement has been signed and everyone has started to get busy, preparing the land, digging holes, applying fertilizer and planting.
Unfortunately, Su Miao was unable to personally participate in the subsequent planting process because school had started and she had to return to campus.
She felt that this year had been busy and fulfilling. She had accomplished several important things and helped her seventh uncle find a good job. Now she would not have to worry about not having roasted pork to eat when she returned home.
Compared to her radiant appearance, the other students seemed much more haggard.
Maybe I studied too hard and didn't enjoy the happy New Year time.
Su Miao gently poked Hu Xiaodie, who was lying on the desk in a daze, and asked curiously, "Why did you cut your hair? Don't you like your hair long the most? You even said you were going to get a perm after the college entrance examination."
Hu Xiaodie raised her head weakly and said helplessly, "My dad asked me to cut it. He said it would be a waste of time to wash hair that long. I might as well save that time to read."
Su Miao said with a smile: "How can it be so exaggerated? How much time can be wasted on washing your hair? Besides, you don't wash it every day."
"My mom said the same thing, and then my dad said she was always doing those useless hairstyles. They started arguing, and I was too lazy to listen to them, so I ran out and cut it off."
Uh...it's hard to comment. Different philosophies on children's education are indeed an important trigger for many couples' quarrels.
Su Miao comforted her: "It's okay, it's not too short. It will grow longer after the college entrance examination. You can still get a perm."
Hu Xiaodie instantly became excited at the thought of perming her hair.
"You don't know, I've been watching my mom get her hair done since I was little, and I envy her so much.
A big hood that's hot and smoking. When you put it on your head, your hair will curl up when you take it off, making it look like you have a lot of hair."
Su Miao knew the general steps of curling hair, but she had never tried it before. She said, "It must take a long time to perm your hair. Wouldn't it be boring to sit there for that long?"
Hu Xiaodie thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, my mom doesn't feel bored. She can chat with the aunt at the hair salon for an entire afternoon, and I can play with the dog on the side, and I won't feel bored either.
I had a classmate in junior high school who had naturally curly hair. I was so envious of her back then, because she never had to get a perm, saving her a lot of money.
"She has naturally curly hair, so maybe that's a problem for her. She might want to get it straightened. Isn't that what everyone wants to change?"
At this time, Meng Jiajia came over and squeezed on a stool with Su Miao, holding two bracelets in her hands.
"During the Chinese New Year, my aunt gave me a box of garnets, and I strung them together into bracelets. Let's wear them together!"
As she spoke, she stretched out her left wrist, showing the bracelet she was wearing, and gave one to Su Miao and one to Hu Xiaodie.
Su Miao took it and put it on her hand. The dark red garnet was polished into smooth and small beads, which made the girl's slender white wrist look even more delicate.
She thanked Meng Jiajia: "Jiajia, this bracelet is very beautiful, thank you."
"Don't be so polite. By the way, what were you discussing just now?"
Hu Xiaodie fiddled with the bracelet on her wrist and replied:
"I'm talking about my hair now. I wonder how long it will be by June. My mom promised me that after the college entrance exam, she would take me to get my hair curled so I can be a modern girl."
Meng Jiajia was very interested after hearing this and said, "I want to get curly hair too! Why don't we go together after the college entrance exam?"
Hu Xiaodie said happily: "Okay, okay! Let's go together, so we won't be bored!
Miaomiao, are you going? You're so beautiful, and with some styling, you can even shoot another commercial."
Everyone loves beauty, and girls find it hard to resist things that can make them more beautiful.
So Su Miao was also tempted: "Then... I want to go too? But I don't know if curly hair suits me."
"I think any hairstyle suits your face, but you've had straight hair for over a decade. Why don't you take advantage of this great opportunity to make a change?"
As Hu Xiaodie spoke, she reached out and pinched Su Miao's soft earlobe.
"You haven't had your ears pierced yet, right? I want to get them pierced again. Do you want to?"
Su Miao asked doubtfully, "Re-pierce? Do I need to pierce my ears again? Can't I wear earrings all the time after piercing them once?"
"Touch my earlobe."
Su Miao touched Hu Xiaodie's earlobe and felt a hard lump in it.
Hu Xiaodie said: "I had it pierced before, but then I stopped using the earrings, so they sealed themselves up. If I want to wear earrings, I have to pierce them again."
"It will be sealed... Will it hurt to pierce your ears?" Su Miao said hesitantly.
"Hmm...your earlobes are thicker, so it might hurt a little more than mine, but it won't be too painful. In order to wear beautiful earlobe studs in the future, that little pain can be ignored."
Su Miao thought of the several pairs of pearl earrings she had bought in Beihai before. Because she didn’t have pierced ears, they had to lie in the box forever, which was a pity.
So he nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll get our hair permed and our ears pierced together, and become modern girls together!"
The three of them chatted enthusiastically about their beauty plans after the college entrance examination until the bell for class suddenly rang.
The relaxed and joyful chat came to an instant halt, bringing them back to the intense pace of study.
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