Xiulan took the household registration booklet, looked at it, and said with a smile, "It cost a lot of money, didn't it?"
"It was mainly for entertaining people and finding connections, and the rest was giving away some gifts. All in all, I spent more than two thousand."
Lin Heng replied that it is difficult for ordinary farmers to transfer their household registration, but it will be fine if they find the channel.
"It's more than I thought. It would take me more than ten years to earn this much money just by doing farm work." Xiulan sighed.
Lin Heng stretched out a hand and placed it on her shoulder, sighing, "There's nothing we can do about it. This is how the times are. But believe me, it's definitely worth it."
Lin Heng said with emotion: "On the road to urbanization, cities offer more opportunities, including better medical care and education. Do you still remember the Children's Palace mentioned in elementary school textbooks? Some children can go there when they are born, but we can never see it in our lifetime. This is the gap between rural and urban areas."
After experiencing a lifetime, he understood it all too well. Rural areas will only become more and more backward, especially in the barren and resource-less mountains like theirs.
Xiulan put down the household registration booklet, stretched out her hands and held Lin Heng's big hands in her palms, and smiled gently: "I understand, and I believe what you said. I am just feeling emotional."
"I know." Lin Heng nodded, looked into Xiulan's eyes and said, "Don't worry, I can not only accompany you often, but also make our Lin family a wealthy family in Taibai City and even the entire province."
Having failed to seize the bonus last time, he must reap all the benefits this time.
Xiulan shook her head: "Compared to those things, I care more about your safety. As long as our family is safe, it's better than anything else."
She has always been a little woman with no ambitions. Her dream is to have a happy family and live in peace and happiness.
Now their family has no worries about food and clothing, and has become wealthy, which has far exceeded her expectations.
Lin Heng nodded: "I understand. You, the children and our parents are the most important to me. I will not put the cart before the horse just to make money."
He didn't seize the opportunity in his previous life. Now he has a chance to start over again. Even if he doesn't dream of becoming the richest man in a country, he should at least dream of becoming the richest man in a city.
Otherwise he would feel sorry for the chance of rebirth given by God.
Money is indispensable and is the guarantee of a happy life. He understands this very well after living a lifetime and must seize the opportunity.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. You didn't have lunch, right? I'll go cook for you." Xiulan said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll drink some water and come over to help you." Lin Heng said.
"Just sit down and rest. I'll be done in a moment."
Xiulan poured her a cup of tea and went to wash the rice and cook it in the rice cooker.
Lin Heng finished his tea and went to help light the fire. Xiulan looked at him and said, "There are too many dishes to eat now. I'll fry more for you."
"Okay, make more stir-fried pork with sour beans. I like to eat this." Lin Heng said.
"It will definitely be enough for you." Xiulan nodded.
They soon prepared the meal. In addition to the fried meat with sour beans, there were also braised eggplant, stir-fried loofah, stir-fried green beans, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and cold cucumber salad. There were still many vegetables that were not fried, otherwise they would not be able to be finished in one meal.
After the meal was served, everyone sat around the table. Xiaoxia could now eat by herself, but Luming and Duheng needed adults to pick up food for them. They could eat with a spoon and knew how to use chopsticks but not very skillfully.
Lin Heng didn't drink any alcohol. He just picked up the food and ate it with big mouthfuls. The dishes made by Xiulan were very good. He even wanted to eat some more after the meal.
"Let's go to the backyard to pick grapes this afternoon. They are all ripe. I only picked two bunches for the children to taste." Xiulan said while eating.
"Sure. After we harvest the grapes in the next two days, I'll keep a truckload and we'll drive out to sell them." Lin Heng said.
Sometimes you might come across good stuff, such as antiques.
"OK."
Xiulan nodded in agreement.
"Dad, can I go with you?" Xiaoxia looked at him expectantly.
"Of course you can. I'll take you with me when the time comes. Xiaoxia will settle the score with you." Lin Heng smiled.
"Great." Xiaoxia cheered immediately.
After dinner, Lin Heng killed a watermelon and shared it with everyone. His family now has more watermelons than they can finish, so usually half is eaten by himself and the other half is eaten by the livestock.
Lin's father also took a lot of them to the town and asked Li Shiwei to sell them in the store.
"Let's go pick grapes." Xiulan said after cleaning up the dishes and walking into the living room.
Lin Heng nodded and agreed: "Okay, I just want to try some of my own pure green grapes."
The fruit trees in his family are all grown with organic fertilizer and no pesticides are used, so they are natural and pollution-free.
"Dad, I want to eat black grapes!"
Caiyun took the basket and ran to Lin Heng.
Lu Ming and Du Heng ran over with toys in their hands, shouting that they also wanted to eat grapes.
When I came to the backyard, I saw that everything around was clean and tidy. Apart from the flowers, plants and trees planted there, there were no other weeds.
There is no doubt that this must have been cleaned up by Xiulan.
White bird-proof nets were hung above and below the grape racks, and bunches of red and black grapes hung down, probably about sixty or seventy bunches.
"Almost all of them are ripe. Let's pick more this time. The children will like to eat them too." Xiulan said.
“We love it!”
The three children nodded their heads in response to their mother's words.
Lin Heng nodded, walked over to remove the bird-proof net hanging below, and reached out to pick the Kyoho grape at the bottom.
The black grapes were covered with white frost, which was natural yeast. Lin Heng wiped it and put it in his mouth. With a light bite, the skin and the flesh separated, followed by a wonderful taste and sweet flavor.
It has no trace of sourness and is sweet with a fragrance that makes people want to continue eating it after eating one and can't stop at all.
"They are ripe indeed." Lin Heng nodded, picked up the pruning shears, cut the bunch of flowers, and handed it to Xiulan.
Xiulan was wearing a simple red plaid shirt today with the cuffs folded up to reveal her forearms, black trousers and a pair of lace-up sandals.
Her hair was tied into a high ponytail. When she reached out to take the grapes, she had a smile on her oval face. She took the grapes and took a bite. She nodded and said, "It's a little sweeter than before."
As she spoke, she distributed some grapes to her three children. There was nothing wrong with eating these grapes directly from the yard as they had not been contaminated.
"So sweet! These black grapes are the best." Xiaoxia cheered.
Lu Ming and Du Heng didn't say anything, just focused on eating grapes.
Soon Lin Heng had filled his basket, half Kyoho grapes and half red grapes. He had only picked less than a third of the total, but it didn't matter if he hadn't picked them all, as they wouldn't go bad unless it rained heavily.
"Wife, are the peaches, plums and fruits in the back mountain ripe?" Lin Heng asked Xiulan after getting down from the bench.
"They are ripe. Do you want to pick them?" Xiulan nodded and asked again.
"Then let's go and take a look." Lin Heng nodded and walked towards the back mountain. Xiulan followed him.
There are two kinds of peaches in the back mountain, nectarines and honey peaches. He picked a nectarine first and tasted it. It was crisp and sweet, and it was indeed ripe.
"Try it." Lin Heng handed the piece he had taken a bite of to Xiulan.
Xiulan didn't dislike it at all. She took a bite of the place where he had bitten, and nodded, "It's a little sweeter than before."
After saying that, she gave it back to Lin Heng, and Lin Heng finished the remaining half of the peach in just a few bites.
“Then pick some too.” Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
Xiulan called Xiaoxia in the room to bring another basket. Lin Heng picked some of the two kinds of peaches, plums and pears and took them back, putting them on the coffee table and eating them whenever he wanted.
After picking the fruits, they returned to the house. Xiulan got some water to wash several kinds of fruits and placed them on the coffee table.
Afraid that the children would eat too many at once, Xiulan counted out 15 pills for each of them.
Lin Heng sat on the sofa and started eating. These grapes really made him happy and he couldn't stop eating them.
"Wife, open your mouth."
He pulled Xiulan to sit next to him and shouted with a smile.
Xiulan opened her mouth and accepted the food he fed her. She also started eating it, chatting with Lin Heng while eating.
It is a great happiness for them to be able to stay at home and enjoy delicious fruits in the hot summer. In the past, they would go up the mountain to dig herbs and sell them even during the slack season.
"I guess you haven't been out for a while. How about I take you fishing in a few days? Do you want to go to the Black River or the Huangtan River?"
Lin Heng asked while hugging his wife's shoulders. Looking at her profile and smelling her scent, he felt a sense of satisfaction, as if his soul had found a place to rest.
Xiulan thought for a moment and looked at him and said, "Then let's go to Heihe. How about we go alone?"
Sometimes she likes to be lively, and sometimes she likes to be quiet.
"Sure, we can both go." Lin Heng nodded.
"Okay, let's go play when the weather is good later." Xiulan was very happy. She lay down on the sofa and put her head on Lin Heng's legs.
The afternoon passed quickly, and in the evening Lin's mother came first and brought some grapes picked from the vineyard, asking Lin Heng to see if he could pick them.
"Of course we can pick them. If we don't pick them now, it will be difficult to transport them." Lin Heng nodded.
"That's good. I'll go talk to your dad and ask him to call some helpers. We'll pick the fruits tomorrow and you can sell them then."
Mother Lin said something and put the things down and went out.
Lin Heng got up and went to cook with Xiulan. Lin Heng lit the fire while Xiulan cooked. They didn't cook much in the evening, just eight dishes, the main dish being cumin lamb.
Xiulan fried a small pot of it, and everyone liked it.
When Lin's father came over, they put the dishes on the table, poured a glass of rice wine and started eating.
While eating and chatting, Lin Heng soon not only understood the situation at home, but also got to know some gossip.
"You said something happened to Zhao Hu?"
Hearing Lin's father's question, Lin Heng was very confused, as he had never heard of this matter.
Mother Lin explained, "Zhao Hu came back a few days ago. I heard that he seemed to be asking for money from home and had a big fight with Jin Yan. It was said that he had caused some trouble outside and wanted the dowry money from Jin Yan."
Lin Heng was very confused when he heard what he said, but after thinking about it carefully, he found it not strange, because Zhao Hu was a person who easily got into trouble.
"Some people say that Zhao Hu came back to get the money and run away, and he is planning to go to another place. We don't know whether it is true or not." Lin's father replied.
"What about Liu Sheng and Jin Hai? Where are they?" Lin Heng asked.
"They haven't come back. I heard they ran away and hid. I don't know if they lost money in business or something else." Lin's mother said.
"Okay, I get it." Lin Heng nodded, and then looked at everyone and said, "Don't worry about their business. We just need to live our own lives. Pay attention to your own safety. There are many bad people in this era, not only human traffickers, but also robbers and thieves..."
He has to wear protective gear whenever he drives out, and he usually doesn't go far away alone. If he drives after dark, he has to ask someone to go with him.
Even though he had moved his household registration into the city, he didn't want to take Xiulan and the others down there for the time being because he felt it would be unsafe without a good place to live down there.
"We know that Xiulan, Xiaoxia and Luming are especially careful, so they always take the dog with them when they go out," said Lin's father.
Mother Lin also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, there are many bad people. It is said that a family in Zhujia Village was killed in the middle of the night and all their belongings were taken away..."
The children were a little scared when they heard this and remembered what the adults said very clearly.
Soon the topic shifted to other places. Lin Heng didn't care about Zhao Hu's affairs. He just wanted to live his own life now. It didn't matter to him what happened to Zhao Hu, as long as he didn't provoke him again.
And based on his understanding of Zhao Hu, he would most likely bring about his own destruction. He was rash, ambitious, obsessed with face, and liked to show off. Even if he had some money, he would quickly squander it all.
It is certainly annoying to say the least, but in this legal society, it would be foolish to deal with him. It will only ruin yourself. Staying away from him is the best option.
He didn't want to ruin his happy life because of these things. And he thought it was a pleasure to watch this man ruin his life step by step.
And in the process, he will get better and better, until he is no longer in the sight of others.
As for his childhood friend Liu Sheng, he would not help him much. He had to pay for what he had done.
They finished their dinner quickly, and Lin's father and mother asked about Caiyun's situation and left.
"Honey, can you wash the dishes? I want to take a shower."
After her parents left, Xiulan took Lin Heng's hand and acted coquettishly.
"No problem. Do you want me to fetch you some water?" Lin Heng asked.
"Thank you, husband." Xiulan said with a sweet smile, putting her hands behind her back.
Lin Heng brought the heated water from the yard into the house and poured it into the bath tub, and Xiulan added some more hot water herself.
After finishing, Lin Heng went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. When he was done, he found that Xiulan had not come out yet, so he took the children to wash their faces, hands and feet.
"Honey, are you going to wash? I'm done."
As soon as the children finished washing their feet, Xiulan came out of the bedroom.
Lin Heng raised his head and looked in her direction but couldn't move away, his eyes were fixed on her.
At this time, Xiulan was wearing a navy blue cheongsam, her skin was white and rosy, emitting a faint heat, her snow-white arms and half of her calves were exposed, and she looked like a graceful and elegant lady. Her figure was very exquisite, and her curves made people have wild thoughts when they saw her.
“Does it look good?”
Xiulan tied her hair up with a towel, walked up to Lin Heng and asked with a smile.
"Mmm, looks good and smells good!"
Lin Heng nodded repeatedly.
"Then go take a shower and go to bed early."
Xiulan looked at him and smiled, saying that this dress was for him to see, so the slit of the cheongsam was very high, reaching the middle of the thigh.
Lin Heng nodded, walked quickly into the house, finished his bath in ten minutes, and then poured out the bath water.
Xiulan brought in some fruit, Lin Heng quickly coaxed the children to sleep, and then came to her side.
"Wife..."
Lin Heng couldn't wait to get closer... (End of this chapter)
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