"Okay, I'll try my best to find a solution, but if you're needed, you can't just step forward."
Xie Lin nodded. "Of course. The station is almost self-sufficient. I will definitely not back down."
"Okay, I'm going home."
"Go back! Go back!"
Ling Ran had already taken all the things out of the trunk. Zhou Xiang took a few light items, and the rest were carried on Ling Ran's back.
Xie Lin looked at their backs. What else could he not understand? Ling Ran, that brat, no wonder he always went to the Zhou family! It turned out he had other intentions!
Zhou's mother finally waited until her little girl and Ling Ran came back. Seeing them carrying large and small bags at the gate, she quickly called Zhu Hang out to help pick up the things.
Today is Sunday. When Jiankang heard that his aunt had returned, he immediately followed his father to pick her up.
Then, the things in Zhou Xiang's hands were taken away by his two nephews, and some of Ling Ran's things were shared by Zhu Hang.
I put my things down, washed my hands, and just took a sip of tea when my mother pulled me upstairs for questioning.
Mother Zhou asked, "Think about it, have you really decided to get engaged to Ling Ran?"
Zhou thought, "Mom, what do you mean? Do you think Ling Ran is not qualified?"
Mother Zhou shook her head. "No, I just don't believe it. You used to swear that you wanted to be single!"
Zhou Xiang spread his hands and said, "Women are fickle."
Mother Zhou glared at her angrily and said, "Speak nicely, are you really going to marry him? This means our family has married two sons-in-law."
After saying this, Zhou's mother couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"You should discuss this with Aunt Ling! Ling Ran wants to get married. He plans to take my surname, Zhou Xiang, and rely on me for the rest of his life."
When Zhou's mother heard this, she felt relieved. Ling Ran was a good person, and her daughter would definitely have a good life.
"Your Aunt Ling has no objection. She just wants to have a grandson."
Zhou Xiang shouted helplessly, "Mom, it's just an engagement, not a marriage. Aren't you two thinking too far ahead?"
"Engagement is not far from marriage." Seeing that the little girl wanted to say something, Zhou's mother didn't listen at all and waved her hand, "Since you plan to marry her, the engagement must be carried out according to this formality."
"Alright! I don't care anymore, you guys can handle it! By the way, I'm quitting my job at Hua University this time. I'll be staying at home for a long time and will only go to Beijing occasionally."
Upon hearing this, Zhou's mother wasn't surprised at all. Instead, she nodded. "I knew you wouldn't last long. That kind of rigid, commuting job won't hold you down. Okay! Now that you're back, just stay home and do some work!"
Zhou Xiang blinked her big eyes. Did her mother see through her adventurous nature?
Zhou's mother left her little daughter alone and went downstairs to greet her future son-in-law.
Zhou Xiang pondered for a moment, then went downstairs to instruct his mother's future son-in-law to move her things upstairs.
Ling Ran, who was enjoying the warm hospitality, immediately put down the hot tea in his hand and happily helped his girlfriend move things.
Zhou's mother laughed out of anger. These two people were really like Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai, one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten.
After all the things were moved into Zhou Xiang's building, the two began to classify them and took out the things that needed to be placed in the open in the space.
After finishing the arrangement, Zhou Xiang pulled Ling Ran to sit down and said, "Ling Ran, what do you think about me buying that river?"
Ling Ran was stunned. "What do you think?"
Zhou Xiang took out a pen and paper and said as he drew, "My cousin said the food station is already self-sufficient. This river is jointly owned by the supply and marketing cooperative and the food station. If I want to buy it, both parties will definitely agree, including the 5-meter area on both sides of the river.
The river water is relatively clear now. I want to clean up the river channel, deepen and widen it, and build the river bank with cement and large stones. Since the north end is on someone else's land, I will enclose it with high fences and iron mesh.
The river embankment was built in two layers. The lower layer was built into a four-meter-wide walkway, where park benches were placed and weeping willows were planted. Lotus roots were planted in the river, and the existing lotus roots were cleared and replanted.
There is a fork road about 100 meters long between the back wall of the row of office buildings in the front yard and the back warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative's store. You see, this forms a Y shape. We will build a bridge at the intersection of this Y shape.
Once we complete the project, this river will become a park in the town, with an admission fee."
Ling Ran looked at the drawing the little girl had casually drawn, raised his hand and touched the top of her head, "Your idea is very good. If it succeeds, this will be the most beautiful place in the town. However, have you thought about two points?
First, the Yang family's house is very close to the river, only about one meter away. If you want to buy a five-meter-wide area along the river, you have to buy their house.
Second, although this section of the river belongs to the supply and marketing cooperative and the food station, we still need to communicate with the town about the northern end behind Yang's house and buy it all the way to the front of Houwang Village, where we will build a dam to cut off the connection with Tuohe River and form a lake.
In this way, the water quality of the river can be controlled by us. Otherwise, the river will become smelly. If we build it well and others become jealous, it will become smelly even faster.
There is no need to worry about the processing room. If you buy the five meters along the river, the processing room must be moved away. You can take this opportunity to ask Stationmaster Xie to build the processing room to the west of the pigpen.
Tell him to use the septic tank principle and filter out the indigestible substances like pig hair with a net. The wastewater will pass through the septic tank and will not pollute the large river along the provincial road south of the food station, so he won't be in trouble with the town.
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes, the problem of the processing room must be solved. My cousin needs to negotiate with the Yang family, even if it means building a few new rooms for them! As long as my cousin can pay their wages, the Yang family will be forced to move out by the employees of the station if they don't move.
We do need to contact the town for the north end, so I'll leave it to you. You also need to buy a five-meter-wide section of farmland on the east side of the river in front of Houwang Village."
"Okay! I'll talk to the town and pay for it, and things will be easy. Besides, although this is a private matter, it also belongs to the town's construction, and the town will strongly support it."
The two discussed some minor details for a while, and then Jian Jiankang came up and called for dinner. Only then did they collect the papers on the table that had been written and drawn on them.
Zhou Yu finished his night shift this morning and took a nap in the afternoon. It was only when he had dinner that he realized his sister had returned.
"Sister, don't you go to work?"
Zhou Xiang shook his head. "No, I'm quitting my job and planning to go home and start my own business. What do you think?"
Zhou Yu shook his head. "I don't understand. As long as you have your own ideas, that's fine."
When Zhou's father heard that his daughter was not going to work, he became a little anxious and planned to ask about it after dinner. He also planned to ask about Ling Ran and his daughter's engagement, although he did not mind having a son-in-law marry into the family.
However, Ling Quan only has this one son, and he is marrying into his own family. I wonder if he will have any objections. If he has any objections or grudges, will my little girl be able to get along well with her parents-in-law in the future?
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