The city where my uncle lives, Jingcheng, is adjacent to Ancheng and both belong to Qinnan Province.
It only takes a little over two hours to drive back to my hometown from Jingcheng.
So, when Lin Anshu returned home from digging for wild vegetables in the mountains in the afternoon, she saw her uncle sitting in their house chatting with her grandmother.
"Uncle, why are you back so soon?"
"There wasn't much to do over there, so I came straight back."
"An'an, are you really sure about this?" Uncle Lin asked again.
Lin Anshu nodded with amusement: "Really, really, I'm serious."
“Alright, we’ll do as your aunt said. It’ll be 600 yuan per mu per year, and you can use the pond for free,” the uncle said.
"Uncle, please wait a moment. I'll go wash my hands and then turn on the computer to write the contract."
"I'll write it," the uncle said, and went to her computer.
About twenty minutes later, Uncle Lin spoke.
"An'an, come here and see if there are any other problems?"
After Uncle Lin got up, Lin Anshu sat in front of the computer and began to look at the screen carefully.
Compared to the contract she signed with Zhang Gui before, the contract her uncle wrote for her was more lenient and had more consideration for her.
Firstly, regarding the price of leasing land, it is cheaper than Zhang Gui's.
Then, considering that she might not have much money, her uncle specially wrote that he would give her money once a year.
Contracts can be signed for five years, ten years, or even longer.
However, Lin Anshu only needs to pay the land rental fee once a year.
If she decides not to continue the contract after one year, then the contract will be void.
After reviewing the entire contract, Lin Anshu fell silent.
He's still her uncle after all; he's really considerate of her.
Even the fact that the pond was free was specifically mentioned in the text.
"Uncle, how about we stick with the price of 1000? Otherwise, I feel like I'm ripping off my relatives."
"After all, when I leased Uncle Zhang Gui's land before, I gave him a thousand yuan."
"Lin Anshu, why are you like this, child?"
"If you keep haggling, I won't give it to you anymore," the uncle said angrily.
"Okay, okay, 600 it is."
After the contract was quickly finalized, the uncle called the village chief and informed him of the matter.
Before long, the village chief came over in person.
With the village chief as a witness, they signed the document and pressed their red handprints.
From then on, Lin Anshu had 5+8 mu of arable land available for her operations.
What made her happiest was that three out of her uncle's eight acres of land were paddy fields where rice could be grown directly.
If she grows rice, her family won't have to buy staple foods from outside anymore.
After this matter was resolved, Lin Anshu continued to work on her wild vegetables.
However, she didn't forget to share some of the wild vegetables she had dug up with her uncle.
Now that my eldest uncle has some, my second uncle's family must also send some over.
Since we already have relatives from both my uncles' side, we naturally can't leave out my mother's relatives' side either.
As for when to send it, that depends on her schedule.
So Lin Anshu went into the mountains twice that afternoon and dug up more wild vegetables than before.
After she had thoroughly prepared the wild vegetables, she drove her tricycle out the door with practiced ease.
It's the same place, and the same familiar aunties and uncles buying groceries.
Even though she brought a little more wild vegetables than she had a few days ago, they still sold out quickly.
After tidying up the baskets and other things, Lin Anshu took the remaining wild vegetables to her second uncle's house.
Not only was her eldest uncle very good to her, but her second uncle was no less so.
In the past, when she and her younger brother were taking calligraphy classes in the county town, they would often go to their second uncle's house for lunch.
Sometimes, Mom and Dad are busy and can't pick them up from school.
My second uncle will come to pick them up.
They not only buy them roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and roasted sweet potatoes, but also send them back home.
Therefore, Lin Anshu also had a very good impression of her second uncle.
After arriving at the residential compound where her second uncle lived, Lin Anshu parked her tricycle downstairs and then went upstairs with the bag of wild vegetables.
Because she had called ahead, her second aunt opened the door when she knocked.
My second uncle is probably still busy and not at home.
"An'an, you're here? Come in and sit down."
Her second aunt warmly invited her into the house and brought her all sorts of snacks and milk.
"Want to watch TV? I'll turn it on for you."
"No need, Auntie, I just came to bring you some wild vegetables."
"I'll leave after dropping you off; I have other things to do back home."
After exchanging a few words, Lin Anshu took her leave.
Seeing that it was still early, she also went to her uncle's house.
Her uncle's house was not far from hers; it was in the town next door.
They run an appliance business, selling things like water heaters and air conditioners.
When Lin Anshu brought the wild vegetables, her uncle's family was quite surprised.
"An'an, is it really worth the trip for just these wild vegetables?"
"Uncle, I didn't come for these wild vegetables. I mainly came to see you."
How are my grandparents doing lately?
"They're both fine. Look, they've both gone out."
"One person went to play cards, while the other person went off somewhere to chat with someone."
Her aunt brought her fruit and melon seeds.
"That's good. I won't stay any longer. I'm going back now."
"Why are you always so impulsive, kid?"
After watching Lin Anshu ride away on her tricycle, her aunt belatedly asked.
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