Chapter 2 Returning to the Hometown to Farm

Chapter 2 Returning to the Hometown to Farm

"I have something to do tonight." Li Xiang shrugged and waved his fist. "I support you! Come on, Ole Gei!"

manager:"……"

Everyone: “…”

Chen Huanhuan lay on the table trying not to laugh, her shoulders trembling slightly. She also wanted to retort, "You guys can add more if you want. I support you mentally." It's a pity that she still has to stay here and can't be as cool as Li Xiang.

In this company, there is no overtime pay, and you have to provide your own dinner.

Li Xiang handed over his work on the third day.

It was not the time approved on the resignation form, but I could apply for leave. Since I had gone through the full resignation process, the money I was supposed to pay still had to be paid, but it would be paid to Li Xiang's card next month.

He wants to go back before the Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate with his grandmother.

In view of Li Xiang’s “amazing performance” in recent days, the manager approved his leave. Otherwise, if he were to be criticized by you a few more times, his blood pressure would have skyrocketed.

Li Xiang’s rent was about to expire, and if he continued to work, the money he earned would not be worth the cost, so he happily packed his bags and started his journey home.

My previous roommate was a guy from Northeast China who sold Chinese medicine part-time. He bought a pound of domestic sugar-free red ginseng from him for 500 yuan, for 10 sticks, each weighing about 50 grams. They were of good quality and reasonably priced. Then he bought a few sets of clothes for the elderly as gifts for his grandmother and grandparents.

Since his hometown is in the mountainous area, ten kilometers away from the nearest town and more than twenty kilometers away from the nearest county town, it is very inconvenient to purchase supplies. So Li Xiang bought some common medicines, such as ibuprofen capsules, cefaclor, amoxicillin, isatis root granules, Band-Aids, iodine cotton balls, etc., in case of emergency.

If someone has a headache and fever in the middle of the night, don't panic as you have medicine at home.

In addition, I also bought some snacks and instant noodles to eat on the way.

I got on the train with a lot of luggage. I didn't want to take the high-speed train or the bullet train, but chose an ordinary express train with hard sleeper. It took more than twice as long, more than 20 hours to arrive, but the ticket price was half the price of the high-speed train, only more than 400 yuan.

For the poor, time is the least valuable.

In fact, Li Xiang really enjoyed this kind of journey. He swayed in the car, lay on the upper bunk with headphones on, watched short videos, followed TV series, and read novels. It was pretty good.

There was one thing that his former colleagues guessed correctly, that is, he did have plans to create a video self-media platform, but now the strongest trend has passed and the competition has become a red ocean. It is very difficult to set up an account.

He originally wanted to buy a slightly better phone, because he would record videos when he got back, and if possible, he would also do live broadcasts. Firstly, the performance of current phones is not good, and secondly, if one breaks, there is a spare one. However, his family is too poor, and he has only saved 12,000 yuan after working for two years and living frugally.

However, I have several sets of charging cables and charging heads, and a longer telescopic bracket for shooting videos. After returning to my hometown, I can shop online, but it is inconvenient to pick up the express delivery.

It was twelve o'clock noon the next day when Li Xiang arrived at the county town of his hometown. After coming out of the train station, he went to the county town first to buy a three-wheeled motorcycle.

Because I returned to my hometown to farm, in the remote countryside, the three-wheeled motorcycle is very practical. It is very convenient for doing farm work, going to the market, and transporting fertilizers, pesticides, and tools.

Of course, a tractor is better. It is a kind of agricultural four-wheel drive. It can pull goods with a carriage. It can be used for rotary tillage, furrowing, ridge formation, and sowing with different farming tools...

But tractors are too expensive, the cheapest ones cost 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, and I can’t afford one now.

A three-wheeled motorcycle only costs more than 3,000 yuan.

The car dealership that Li Xiang came to had a hot-selling car model with a 1.5m*1m compartment, a canopy, a top speed of 40-50 kilometers per hour, and a full-charge range of 65 kilometers. The owner quoted a price of 3,600 yuan, which he finally negotiated down to 3,400 yuan. He also asked the owner to give him a helmet and a small electric air pump.

Li Xiang put all his bags in the car and rode away happily. This was the first car he truly owned in his life.

In his previous life, he drove a road battle vehicle that was converted from a large tanker truck, but it was not his own; it belonged to the base.

Strictly speaking, you need a driver's license and license plate to drive this kind of three-wheeled vehicle, but who is in charge in the countryside?

I will apply for one when I have time. Because this type of car does not require registration at a driving school, you only need to bring the original and copy of your ID card, a medical examination certificate issued by a county-level or above hospital, and three one-inch photos with a white background to apply.

Even if he is caught, he can simply say that today is the first day he bought the car and he has not had time to process it yet, and most traffic police will not deliberately make things difficult for him.

Li Xiang did not go back immediately, but went to other places in the county. The carriage was big enough and could carry more supplies.

Grandma is the only one at home, and there may be a shortage of rice, flour, oil, etc. When her eldest grandson goes back, he will not rely on her for support.

I didn't buy vegetables, mainly meat and fish, ten pounds of pork, two big grass carps, and some rice, flour, oil and seasonings.

Since today happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, I weighed some mooncakes, peach slices, ginger cakes and the like, divided them into two large bags, and mixed them together.

Considering that the weather is still hot and there is no refrigerator at home, I bought a small three-door refrigerator for 999 yuan, with a capacity of 215L, which is enough.

The tricycle was so packed with stuff that the speed had obviously slowed down.

I have to say that with a three-wheeled motorcycle, it is much more convenient to go home from the county town. Otherwise, if you have a lot of luggage, you can only get off on the main road when taking the urban and rural bus in the county town, and then walk several kilometers after getting off the bus.

In fact, Li Xiang’s system has an “extra-dimensional warehouse” with a volume of 1 cubic meter and a cubic space. It’s just not very convenient for him to “show off in front of others”, so he just put some important things in it and carried the ordinary and worthless things with him.

Otherwise it would be difficult to explain why something appeared out of thin air when I got home.

Li Xiang did some research and found that this other-dimensional warehouse had an upgrade button, but it required "achievement points".

Achievement points can be obtained by completing tasks or achieving certain achievements. However, no tasks have been released yet.

"Do we have to wait until the end of the world to release the mission? That shouldn't be the case, right?"

Although my hometown is remote, it has benefited from the "Village-to-Village" policy, and there are hardened paths after leaving the main road.

Li Xiang slowed down as he felt nervous about returning home.

The tricycle was piled with "supplies" and a large refrigerator was tied with ropes. He was not in a hurry and drove slowly. He saw a man herding cattle on the roadside from a distance. He was a cousin from the village. He had not had a good relationship with his family before. Out of courtesy, Li Xiang stopped to say hello: "Third uncle, are you herding cattle?"

"Hey, Xiang, why are you coming back on a tricycle? Your cousin always comes back in a car."

The "cousin" he mentioned was his son, who was a few years older than Li Xiang and had never been to college, but was said to be a contractor in the provincial capital and was doing well. The other party had a face full of superiority, and it was obvious that he looked down on Li Xiang riding a tricycle.

Li Xiang reached into his pocket for a cigarette and came out empty-handed. He had some good cigarettes in his pocket, but since the other party had this attitude, forget it. He smiled faintly and said, "I won't go out anymore. In the countryside, a tricycle is still more practical."

"As a college student, what future can you have if you stay in the mountains?" Li Jintang looked Li Xiang up and down, thinking that this kid must have been unable to make it in the big city. Maybe he was fired because he was not good at anything he did?

Mixed with a bit of pity.

Li Xiang said, "My grandma is old, so I came back to take care of her. Uncle San, I'm going back first!"

Li Jintang waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." He looked at Li Xiang's departing figure and curled his lips. Come back to take care of grandma? This little mouth is quite talkative. If you really have the ability, take your grandma out to enjoy a good life.

Li Xiang drove the fully loaded tricycle and finally arrived at the entrance of the village. From afar, he saw more than ten old people lined up in two rows under a big willow tree at the entrance of the village, with a path in the middle. Almost all of them were women.

Li Xiang took a deep breath. This was the most mysterious organization in the universe, the most powerful intelligence agency on Earth, the famous "Village Entrance Intelligence Group". They could bring ruin to your reputation or make you prosperous.

If you don’t handle it well, you may cough twice today and tomorrow the news may spread that you have advanced lung cancer.

Of course, Li Xiang was not afraid. He was just joking and making fun of it in his heart. Then he was very curious about how the whole country could be united in this situation. Li Xiang drove his tricycle to meet them calmly and unhurriedly. He had thought of a response plan before he came back.

The tricycle stopped two or three meters away, and the man took out the mooncakes, peach slices, ginger cakes, etc. that had been prepared long ago from the car. He jumped out of the car with a big smile and enthusiasm, calling everyone "Auntie" and "Third Auntie"... and walked quickly towards the group of people.

While calling people, she distributed the gifts in her hand: "I came back in a hurry and didn't bring anything. Here are some freshly baked mooncakes and ginger cakes for the festival."

If one person doesn't call her "Auntie" enough or gives out one less piece of cake, big problems will arise. Li Xiang takes all of this into consideration.

The aunties and grandmas received the gifts and saw that Li Xiang was sweet-talking, so they couldn't help asking questions, and Li Xiang started to talk nonsense. He could not give Li Jintang cigarettes, but he couldn't offend these important "intelligence team" members.

(End of this chapter)

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