As a family with a bad class background, the Xu family was also allocated a piece of riverbank land.
Xu Jianzhong has two sons. His eldest son, Xu Dabao, fell off the mountain and died on the spot a few years ago while hunting in the back mountain, leaving only Li Miaolian and her son. His second son, Xu Erlai, is already twenty years old and spends his days idly, hanging out with Lin Gou Dan all the time.
Because there were fewer people in their family, they were allocated less private land. The riverbank area they were allocated was a little smaller than that of the Lin family, but it was still about two mu.
However, the claim that the riverbank was their private plot was actually a deliberate attempt to annoy them.
He Shujuan once complained to the team, but Zhou Changsheng retorted: "Haven't we given you enough land? Nothing grows in the land, isn't it because you're all too lazy!"
Therefore, when Lu Wanqing suddenly said she wanted to rent land, she was caught off guard and didn't react for a moment.
“Aunt Xu, if you’re willing to rent that land to me, I can give you two hundred catties of rice,” Lu Wanqing continued when she saw that she didn’t speak.
Lin Ye stood beside her, like a tall and mighty tree.
He Shujuan, who had been so domineering just moments before, immediately put on a smile and asked cautiously, "Are you telling the truth?"
“What my wife said is true, of course. We'll rent it for two years at once. Do you agree or not? Give me a straight answer.” Lin Ye’s rough voice rose eight octaves.
He Shujuan straightened her collar, putting on a serious expression: "If it's true, you'll have to give me 50 jin of rice as a deposit first, and then get the Party Secretary to testify. Once the land is rented out, it can't be returned!"
Wang Xiuqin stood to the side with a complicated expression. Was Lu Wanqing really willing to spend so much money to rent the land?
Two hundred kilograms of rice, at 0.19 yuan per kilogram, that's 38 yuan!
"Shujuan, people's hearts are not what they used to be, don't fall for it!" Wang Xueqin didn't want such a good thing to happen to her.
He Shujuan's eyes darted around quickly. In this kind of thing, since she already had the rice, she wouldn't lose out.
The agreement was reached amidst Wang Xueqin's envious, jealous, and resentful expression.
The person who was just colluding with her is now walking home with a big smile, ready to tell her husband this wonderful news.
Lu Wanqing ignored her envious yet gloating expression and went to boil water with Lin Ye.
After a long day, all she wanted to do was take a shower and go to bed.
Lin Ye still took the clothes to the river to wash them.
Since he wasn't home, Lu Wanqing poured water from the villa into a wooden basin, wanting to see if the water would help her mother-in-law's mental illness.
To her delight, the bruises on her mother-in-law's body that Wang Xiuqin had pinched yesterday had faded considerably. She believed that after soaking her in the spiritual spring water a few more times, she would be completely healed.
My mother-in-law's condition has improved a lot compared to before. Although she is still in a state of mental confusion, she can understand my instructions and has learned to dress herself.
After she finished bathing, Lu Wanqing brought her a bowl of sweet soup with spiritual spring water.
After happily finishing her drink, Zhao Xiaolan lay on the bed and played with Xueqiu, and soon fell asleep.
"Master, I did a good job, didn't I? Grandma likes me very much!" Snowball started to boast again.
"Okay, I'll give you an extra chicken leg tomorrow!" Lu Wanqing used a palm-leaf fan to chase away the mosquitoes in the mosquito net, then lowered the net and tucked it under the mat.
It's much more convenient for her to take a bath herself; she washes herself in the space and applies face cream before coming out.
The clothes were washed as well, but not wrung out completely. They were hung on bamboo poles in the yard and dried almost overnight.
She didn't touch the foot basin filled with water on the ground. Lin Ye had said yesterday that she would clean it up when he came back.
Seeing that Lin Ye hadn't returned yet, he simply took out the notebook that recorded Lin Ye's body measurements, leaned against the headboard, and began to seriously design by the light of a kerosene lamp.
She was drawing with extreme concentration, and when Lin Ye returned, he only glanced at her.
After emptying the water from the foot basin and bucket, Lin Ye stuffed them under the bed.
After finishing all his work, he started tidying up the table, making noise from time to time.
Lu Wanqing was completely immersed in the design, sometimes furrowing her brows and pressing the pencil tip to her lips, and sometimes relaxing her brows and pushing the notebook away a little, as if admiring it.
After everything was done, they discovered that Lin Ye's tall figure was standing in the shadows on the other side of the table, drawing circles on the table with his finger.
His hair was wet, and some water droplets dripped down, soaking the collar of his vest. His expression was gloomy, as if he was somewhat unhappy.
Lu Wanqing touched her nose, quickly got out of bed, went to get a dry towel, pressed him to sit on the edge of the bed, and dried his hair.
"I was so engrossed in designing clothes for you just now." She guessed that the reason he was unhappy was probably because she hadn't dried his hair in time.
Lin Ye's gloomy mood dissipated instantly. His wife was ignoring him because she was designing clothes for him, and she was even explaining it to him, which meant that she still cared about him.
"It's alright. I saw you were busy, so I tidied up the table." Lin Ye smiled.
"By the way, what are you planning to plant on the riverbank?"
When Lu Wanqing said she wanted to develop the riverbank, he was a little uncertain.
Everyone else has tried it, and nothing grows except grass. Would it be too risky to try it again?
But then I thought, so what if it's risky? I'll definitely support my wife in whatever she wants to do.
Always listen to your wife!
"What can we still plant now?" Lu Wanqing asked in return.
She knew nothing about agricultural production, but she was confident that she could improve the soil, which is why she recklessly rented He Shujuan's land as well.
Lin Ye thought for a moment and said, "Now is a good time to plant sweet potato seedlings, but we need to ask the brigade for them, and I don't know if they will give them to us. We can also plant soybeans; Aunt Luo has seeds, and she planted them last year. Next month, we can also plant late rice, but that requires the brigade's approval... Don't worry, whatever you want to plant, I will find a way to get the seedlings or seeds."
In one breath, he listed all the crops he could think of, and also laid out the difficulties and his determination.
After hearing this, Lu Wanqing grinned and said, "Then we'll plant everything. Anyway, the place is quite big. From now on, you'll be in charge of weeding. I'll try to develop fertilizer to improve the soil as soon as possible."
Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat. His wife was really amazing; she even knew how to research fertilizers! He had thought he was a little better than her at farming, but now he realized he'd lost even that advantage!
Seeing that Lin Ye didn't speak, Lu Wanqing added, "My high school chemistry teacher was an old professor. I became her apprentice and she guided me in researching fertilizers for a period of time."
Although her high school chemistry teacher was indeed a professor and had taken her on as an apprentice, his research on fertilizers was entirely fabricated.
"Okay, I'll start weeding after work tomorrow and try to get the land ready as soon as possible."
Lin Ye turned his head excitedly, but unexpectedly, his face bumped right into a soft, fluffy thing.
So... Lu Wanqing was so close to me...
Her... is so soft...
It also has a pleasant fragrance...
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