Buying a house for 30,000 yuan, a directory for retirement

by sasucchi0123

Buying a house for 30,000 yuan, a directory for retirement in a small town

3. Chapter 3

41 - 60

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After breakfast, Liu Wangxue and Wenxi took the cat and dog to the city's pet hospital to give Pengpeng a follow-up checkup and Xiaoci another physical examination.

The doctor was the same one from last time. He was very impressed with Peng Peng. This time, he smiled as soon as he saw him and praised him, "Wow, you are getting more and more handsome!"

After completing various examinations, the doctor said: "The dog is recovering well and its gastrointestinal problems have improved, but it still needs to be paid attention to in the future. The cat is healthy and has no problems.

However, cats of this breed generally have some hereditary diseases, so you must pay attention to feeding them scientifically. You can bring them in for regular health checks, and vaccinations and deworming must be done regularly. "

Liu Wangxue wrote them all down.

Wenxi was amazed as she listened: "Oh my God, it turns out that raising a pet requires so much knowledge!" She always thought that all she needed to do was give the pet a home, keep it fed, pay attention to hygiene, and treat it if it got sick.

The doctor smiled and said, "Yes, it's just like raising a child. They are just babies who can't talk. We adults not only have to take care of their eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, but also have to care about their physical and mental health."

Liu Wangxue consulted the doctor about the cat's diet and care, and backed up the books and websites recommended by the doctor on her mobile phone.

This pet hospital also provides pet grooming and pet supplies, so Liu Wangxue and Wenxi took Pengpeng and Xiaoci to do grooming and care first.

Pengpeng had been to the hospital before and had stayed here for a week, so he was familiar with the place. He was very quiet throughout the whole process, following every instruction and every action, and even squinted his eyes in enjoyment when blowing water.

But Xiao Ci is not like that. She was not very cooperative during the examination just now. Liu Wangxue had to accompany her throughout the whole process, and even one of her paws had to be placed in Liu Wangxue's palm.

Now that he knew he was going to be taken to take a bath, he held Liu Wangxue's arm with his front paws and refused to let go. In desperation, Liu Wangxue asked the staff for a disposable raincoat so that he could take a bath with her.

After finishing all these, I went to the pet supply store to buy cat supplies, cat food and snacks for Xiaoci. It was already afternoon.

They were naturally not hungry, but Liu Wangxue and Wenxi were already very hungry. However, it was not convenient to go to a restaurant for dinner, so they had to drive home.

On the way, Wenxi couldn't help but get off the car to buy a box lunch at a convenience store, and the two of them ate together in the car.

When he got home, he found a little guy squatting at the gate. Liu Wangxue got out of the car and saw that it was the Youyou he met in the morning. But compared to the morning, he seemed like a different person, like a noble little prince.

When Youyou looked up and saw the person coming, her eyes lit up. She ran to Liu Wangxue and said cheerfully, "Sister, you're back!"

Liu Wangxue opened the gate and let Wenxi drive the car in. She stood aside to protect him and asked him, "Did you come here alone?"

Youyou said: "My brother brought me here."

Liu Wangxue looked around and saw no one. She asked, "Where's your brother?"

Youyou said proudly: "We found a frog. My brother is going to take it home. I will wait for him."

"Wow, you guys are awesome!" Liu Wangxue joined in the praise.

"Youyou." A young boy walked over with mud on his hands.

"Brother, you're back!" Youyou ran over and asked, "Has Wa Wa come home?"

The young boy nodded and said with a smile, "I'm going home."

In fact, the frog on the roadside had just died for some unknown reason, and he didn't want Youyou to be sad, so he lied that the frog had fallen asleep. Youyou felt that it was unsafe to sleep on the roadside, so he wanted to send it home, so he used the cat as an excuse and asked Youyou to wait here while he went to the back of the house to bury the frog.

Youyou pulled the boy's clothes and said happily, "Brother, sister is back, we can see the cats now."

He followed Youyou's strength, walked to Liu Wangxue, and said, "Hello, sister. My name is Jinghe. I'm sorry to bring Youyou here to disturb you."

Liu Wangxue said it was okay and took them both into the yard.

Wenxi was taking things out of the trunk and saw Jinghe. She said, "Hey, whose child is this? He's so handsome!"

Liu Wangxue said something simply, then took Jinghe to the kitchen to wash their hands, and then asked them to go under the grape trellis. Pengpeng and Xiaoci had already climbed onto the rocking chair.

Youyou really likes cats, so she touches them carefully and then talks to them in a low voice. Cats have a natural indulgence towards human cubs, and when Youyou wants to hold their paws, they even lift them up cooperatively.

Youyou was surprised and turned around and shouted, "Brother, look! I'm holding its hand!"

Jinghe sat aside and watched with a smile.

Liu Wangxue and Wenxi moved things to the living room together. In addition to the new purchases, there were also things Wenxi had ordered online before coming. When she came back, she just received a message from the express delivery station, so she picked it up in town on the way and also bought some fast food and fruit at the supermarket.

The express delivery was put aside for the time being and dealt with later. Liu Wangxue went to the kitchen to cut a watermelon and brought it under the grape trellis to entertain the two little guests.

Wenxi moved two more chairs over, and they sat together under the grape trellis, feeling the afternoon breeze and enjoying the pleasant moment.

When Pengpeng saw the watermelon coming, he jumped off the rocking chair and ran to Liu Wangxue's legs. Liu Wangxue naturally knew that he wanted to eat it, so he took a piece and fed him.

When Youyou saw this, she asked Liu Wangxue, "Sister, can cats be eaten?"

When talking to the little one, Liu Wangxue unconsciously raised her voice. She said, "Sure, you feed it and see if it eats."

Youyou took another small piece of tooth and handed it to Xiaoci's mouth. Xiaoci sniffed it first, and then ate it up bite by bite.

Youyou shared it with Jinghe with a sense of accomplishment, holding up the watermelon rind and saying, "Brother, look, it's all eaten."

Jinghe praised him: "Youyou is awesome!"

"Hehe!" Youyou shook her little body happily, turned around and asked, "Sister, can I feed you another piece?"

Liu Wangxue shook her head in embarrassment and said, "No."

"Why?" Youyou still wanted to feed her.

"Because cats have small appetites," Liu Wangxue said, "They can't eat too much, otherwise they will feel uncomfortable."

Youyou understood: "You will get sick and need to take medicine. It's very bitter."

"Yes, Youyou is really smart!" Liu Wangxue affirmed and praised.

Youyou went to talk to Xiaoci and said, "Don't get sick. I'll come feed you next time."

After eating the watermelon and playing for a while, Jinghe took Youyou home reluctantly.

Liu Wangxue and Wenxi sat on the rocking chair. This kind of chair is very comfortable. Sitting on it is like half lying down with feet crossed, as if you are back in the cradle.

Wenxi asked Liu Wangxue: "Are there any wealthy people in this small village in Qiushui Town?"

Liu Wangxue held the cat and half-closed her eyes: "What do you mean?"

Wenxi said, "I don't know about children's clothing, but Jinghe's clothes, both in style and texture, are not cheap. I guess they are probably handmade and custom-made."

Liu Wangxue felt like she was about to fall asleep, and said dazedly: "I'm not sure, you can ask Xu Qingsong when you meet him."

(End of this chapter) Chapter 42 Underestimation

Liu Wangxue really couldn't hold on and dozed off in the rocking chair for nearly half an hour.

After waking up, Wenxi and I unpacked the package. There were two big boxes, one full of food and the other full of toys.

The cabinet was full, so Liu Wangxue could only free up a storage box to put them in. "Oh my god, you bought so much. How big can a dog's stomach be? He might not be able to finish the food even if it's expired."

Wenxi didn't care: "It's okay, there's a cat here, they can share it."

Liu Wangxue put the storage box next to the closet and said, "Sorry, new knowledge. Dog snacks cannot be fed to cats. It can easily cause nutritional imbalance in cats."

"Ah," Wenxi said, "Well, if you can't finish it, you can share it with other dogs if you meet them."

"Woof! Woof!" Pengpeng suddenly ran over and shouted at Wenxi.

Wenxi laughed: "You understand again?"

Liu Wangxue stroked its neck and said, "Okay, okay, I won't share any of it. I'll leave it all to you."

He rubbed her hand, ran away, and continued to play with toys with Xiaoci.

In the evening, when I came back from a walk, I met Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai, who had just returned as well.

In the morning, after Liu Wangxue and Wenxi left for the city, they also went out. Someone had an appointment with Xu Qingsong to view a house, and Du Yunkai had nothing to do, so he went along.

Xu Qingsong saw the cat squatting on Liu Wangxue's shoulder just like in the morning, so he wanted to play with it. As soon as he stretched out his hand, Xiaoci raised a paw and launched a cat punch attack from a distance.

Several people laughed, and Du Yunkai immediately mocked Xu Qingsong mercilessly: "You are asking for a beating."

Liu Wangxue was afraid that Xiaoci would fall, so she picked it up and put it on the ground, letting it go back to the house with Pengpeng.

It was getting late and the air was getting cooler, so Liu Wangxue wanted to go to the sunroom and drink some tea.

When Pengpeng saw her and Wenxi walking towards the sunroom, he immediately went to the living room to find the tablet, put it in his mouth, and motioned Xiaoci to follow.

Some time ago, Liu Wangxue took it there to watch TV shows whenever she had free time, which led to a conditioned reflex for Peng Peng - she must bring the tablet when going to the sunroom.

When Liu Wangxue saw it bringing it, she thought it wanted to watch a cartoon, so she ordered a cartoon for it. Pengpeng was immediately attracted and lay down on the sofa with Xiaoci.

After finishing two, she took out the things one by one and prepared to make some sweet tea.

Wenxi was looking around in the sun room. She hadn't had time to take a good look since she arrived.

The weather is quite hot at noon, so Liu Wangxue has moved the succulent flower rack under the grape rack. In the orange-red halo, there is a swing chair.

Wenxi touched here and there and finally her eyes were attracted by the miniature garden in the center of the tea table. She exclaimed: "This is really exquisitely made. Every flower and tree really has the meaning of changing scenery as you move. Where did you order it?"

As he said this, he took out his mobile phone and recorded a 360-degree surround video of the garden. I wonder if this kind of design can be used in the show design of the spring and summer series.

Liu Wangxue turned on the health kettle, waited for the tea to boil, and said, "It's not custom-made. It was given to me by Li Yu in the group."

"Sure," Wenxi really liked this work, so he asked a few more questions, "Is he still a student? What is he studying?"

Liu Wangxue took out some watermelon seeds from the cabinet and ate them for fun. He handed a bag to Wenxi and said, "This is the construction team introduced by Tao Huayu. The foreman Lao Li's son is a senior who will start school in the second half of the year. He is studying landscape architecture. But this kid is a little unsociable, so Lao Li takes him with him whenever he has the chance and lets him follow and practice."

"It's not okay for a designer to be bad at socializing," Wenxi thought, but thinking of his performance in the group, she said, "No, I think he's quite active in the group, and the emoticons he uses are all cute."

Liu Wangxue smiled and said, "He is the type of person who is introverted, shy, and taciturn in real life, but he is very talkative and lively over the Internet."

Wen Xi understood, but everyone in her circle was very smart, and she had never seen such a cute contrast. On the one hand, she was a little curious about him, and on the other hand, she wanted to know if he had any other works, so she leaned over and asked Liu Wangxue, "When is he free to come and meet me?"

"Why? Are you attracted by his design?"

"You really understand me!" Wenxi said as they cracked melon seeds together, "Can you ask him if I can send this design to Porcelain first to see if they like it?"

"Okay." Liu Wangxue said and took out her cell phone to send a message to Li Yu, but he might be busy and didn't reply.

At this time, the tea was boiling, and Liu Wangxue began to make sweet tea. She said to Wenxi, "Ask the two people next door if they want to come over for a drink."

Xu Qingsong next door had just picked up the cake when he received a message from Wenxi. Du Yunkai, who came out of the bathroom, saw him smiling brightly and teased, "Which little lover?"

"Who is like you?" Xu Qingsong glanced at him and said, "Let's go to the next room for tea."

Du Yunkai immediately followed with a smile on his face.

When he arrived yesterday, he took a quick look. Now that he had a closer look, he felt that Liu Wangxue's courtyard was much more comfortable than Xu Qingsong's. Apart from the cherry trees, there was really not even a blade of grass to be found on his side.

The grape seedlings planted some time ago have grown taller, the creepers have begun to climb up the wall, the waterfall roses have also grown up along the traction ropes on the wall, and the flower racks are filled with cute animal-shaped flower pots. The succulents planted in them are small but plump and round. The whole small yard is full of vitality, quiet and beautiful.

The four of them sat around the tea table, which was filled with small plates of snacks. The cat and the dog were still lying on the sofa watching the show.

Liu Wangxue poured everyone a cup of sweet tea, and Xu Qingsong cut the matcha cake into pieces and put them on a plate. This cake was bought on the way back from house hunting, and he originally wanted to bring it over to have a cup of tea. The cake is not big, just enough for one person to have a piece as a snack, and it won't make you feel full.

Du Yunkai, a young master who had been living a life of luxury since childhood, was experiencing this kind of "afternoon tea" for the first time. How should I put it? He seemed to have suddenly experienced a feeling of returning to nature.

The miniature garden on the tea table also attracted his attention, because his father also liked Jiangnan gardens, and the tea room was directly modeled after them. There were also such miniature landscapes in the study, and they were changed every once in a while.

Du Yunkai looked at the one in front of him. Although it was small, it was no less exquisite than the one in his father's study. So after praising it for a few words, he asked the same question as Wenxi: "Where did you order it?"

Liu Wangxue put the cake down before she even took a bite. She asked in confusion, "Did I underestimate its value? No, I have to transfer some more money to Xiaoyu."

As he spoke, he picked up the phone, but was stopped by Xu Qingsong: "Don't scare him."

(End of this chapter) Chapter 43 Not Worth the Money

When Du Yunkai learned that this miniature garden was created by Li Yu, a student in his early twenties who was not yet a senior, he immediately took out his mobile phone and started taking pictures.

He filmed it in 360 degrees, with close-ups, long shots, and close-ups. As soon as he finished filming, he sent it to his father: [Dad, take a look. How does it compare to yours?]

Father Du quickly replied: [You did it? When did you develop this hobby? ]

Du Yunkai: [Just tell me what you think]

Mr. Du praised it modestly and concluded: [It has some spirit, but the setting and proportions should still be worked on.]

Du Yunkai read his father's praise to everyone, and then said to Xu Qingsong: "It's amazing to get my father's praise. You can ask him out some other day to see if he can help with the landscape design of our game."

Xu Qingsong nodded and said okay.

As soon as Du Yunkai said this, Wenxi's competitive spirit immediately tightened. She lowered her head to drink tea, thinking, is he trying to steal someone?
But then she thought again, there was nothing she could do. Porcelain's show was not her studio's, and she couldn't have full control over the design of the stage. Even if she liked it, she could only make suggestions. Oh, how sad.

When Liu Wangxue heard them talking about games, she casually asked, "Are you going to develop a new game?"

Xu Qingsong finished the last bite of cake and said, "I do have this plan. I want to make a PC game, but I haven't even started yet."

Du Yunkai poured himself another cup of sweet tea and said, "The most important thing is that we haven't found a suitable screenwriter and script yet."

"Oh," Liu Wangxue understood, "So you are planning to create an original work."

Wenxi put the cup on the coaster, making a crisp "click" sound. She put one hand on Liu Wangxue's shoulder and made an introduction gesture with the other hand: "Isn't it easy to find a screenwriter? This is it!"

Liu Wangxue slapped her hand away: "Don't listen to her nonsense, I quit a long time ago."

Wenxi desperately winked, meaning, "Brother, you are not short of money, why don't you seize such a good opportunity? Do you really plan to just lie around like a salted fish for the next few decades? Talent doesn't have to mean you have nothing! Go ahead!"

The more Liu Wangxue refused to accept the challenge, the more Wenxi wanted to push her out: "She is a top student from Ocean University and won many awards during college. And your wuwuwu..."

Before she could finish her words, Liu Wangxue blocked her mouth with a piece of cake and gave her a look that said "shut up".

Okay, Wenxi sighed inwardly and swallowed the cake.

In fact, when Du Yunkai knew that Liu Wangxue was the anchor ex-girlfriend of Mu Jingsheng who was forced to have an abortion, he searched online. After reading the comments and learning that she had sold the copyright of the original story, he found the original video and listened to it.

His original idea was that if Liu Wangxue's story was good enough, he would invite her to be the screenwriter for the PC game. This was mainly so that he could slap Mu Jingsheng in the face in the future and mock him for treating the pearl as a fish eye and throwing it away.

But after listening to those stories, I can only say that they are not his cup of tea. He then watched other videos and felt the same. If they were making an otome game, asking Liu Wangxue to be the screenwriter would undoubtedly be a good choice.

So Du Yunkai gave up the idea.

Xu Qingsong had thought about it, but his conclusion was the same as Du Yunkai's.

Just as a slight awkwardness was about to emerge in the air, it was interrupted by the ringing of Xu Qingsong's phone.

It was Tao Huayu calling: "What's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly want to go dig lotus roots?"

Xu Qingsong glanced at Du Yunkai and said, "It's not me who wants to do this, it's my boss who wants to do this."

Du Yunkai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked with his mouth: "Dig lotus roots?"

Xu Qingsong nodded and turned on the hands-free mode. Tao Huayu said, "I really don't understand what kind of habits the rich people have nowadays. They don't want to enjoy their good life but have to go down the muddy pond. There are so many ways to experience life, but they have to choose this hard and tiring way."

Xu Qingsong pretended to cough twice, and Tao Huayu's complaints came to an abrupt end.

Liu Wangxue and Wenxi couldn't help laughing as they watched Du Yunkai's expression change again and again.

The air was quiet for two seconds, and Tao Huayu suddenly cursed Xu Qingsong in dialect and asked, "Did you turn on the speakerphone? Who is next to you?"

Xu Qingsong made a "hush" gesture to the three people, rubbed his face, and said calmly: "No, I'm alone. Can I go to your lotus pond?"

Tao Huayu turned up the volume of the receiver to the maximum and listened carefully. There seemed to be no sound. "That's amazing! The price is too low this year. The lotus pond at home is so small that the money from selling lotus roots can't even cover the labor costs. My parents can't do it anymore and don't plan to take care of it."

"Then when is it convenient to go?" Xu Qingsong asked.

"The day after tomorrow," Tao Huayu said, "I've been at Lao Li's place for the past two days. The construction has come to a temporary halt, and the client is in the process of acceptance. It will be finished tomorrow. Xiaoyu wants to go see the cats, so I'll take him with me then."

After they agreed on a time and hung up the phone, Liu Wangxue received a reply from Li Yu, saying that he could ask Wenxi to send the video over, as he was worried that she had not done a good job.

Liu Wangxue handed the phone to Wenxi, and Wenxi said, "Great!"

Then Li Yu sent another message: [Sister Xuxu, Brother Yu said he is going to dig lotus roots the day after tomorrow, I want to go too, I want to see Xiaociφ(゜▽゜*)]

Liu Wangxue replied: [Welcome, ]

As they chatted, the sky gradually darkened. Pengpeng and Xiaoci jumped off the sofa together, came over to rub against Liu Wangxue, then ran into the living room and pushed their bowls to the door. It was time for dinner.

After taking care of the two of them, Liu Wangxue suggested: "Why don't we have dinner together." There were some ingredients in the refrigerator that had to be disposed of.

Du Yunkai is a young master and has never done any housework. Wenxi can only cook instant noodles or snail rice noodles at most, so the responsibility of cooking falls on Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong.

I didn't expect that the two of them would cooperate so well in their first collaboration.

After eating and cleaning up, Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai went back home. Liu Wangxue and Wenxi took a shower, curled up on the sofa with their computers, editing videos, and occasionally playing with the cats and dogs.

The videos I posted a few times ago have received some views, and the most common comment is "hahaha". The comments below the videos are basically all praising Pengpeng and Xiaoci, and some people are sharing their experiences of raising pets.

After editing and uploading this one, the two watched the videos again from the beginning and laughed non-stop.

After reading it, Wenxi suddenly asked Liu Wangxue: "Why did you block my mouth when we were drinking tea? Why didn't you let me say that you were the author of Case 21?"

Liu Wangxue asked her in return, "Where has your usual cleverness gone?"

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Wenxi changed his posture, crossed his legs and hugged the pillow.

Liu Wangxue said: "You also saw it on the set yesterday. That He Yan is most likely Du Yunkai's girlfriend. She knows everything. I don't believe Du Yunkai doesn't know."

Wenxi narrowed her eyes and said, "So what if you know? It's because you met the wrong person. What does it have to do with the script?"

"I guess, whether he knew about me a long time ago or just found out, he must have learned about me through the Internet." Liu Wangxue said affirmatively, "After you said that, they didn't say anything, which means I'm not the screenwriter they want to find."

Liu Wangxue closed the computer and looked at Wenxi with a smile: "Those who rush to do something are not worth much." Chapter 44 Digging Lotus Roots

Farm work in the countryside is usually done in the early morning or evening, because it is hottest and sunniest near noon. Several people discussed the time to dig lotus roots and decided to do it at dawn.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, so the sun rises very early. As soon as the alarm rang, Liu Wangxue woke up, but Wenxi's biological clock was holding her back in her dream.

There was no way. Since they had made an appointment, they couldn't be late. Liu Wangxue had to lift Wenxi's quilt and pull her off the bed.

Before leaving, Wenxi seemed to have not come to his senses yet: "I came here to appreciate the Return to Garden and Fields, not to really work in the fields. You organized the event without my permission. Did you ask for my opinion? You arranged me clearly without my permission."

Liu Wangxue stuffed the bag of cat and dog food and gifts into Wenxi's hands, then locked the gate: "Madam, please don't confuse right and wrong. You took the initiative to participate in the event, and you agreed to the wake-up time. Wake up quickly and stop talking nonsense."

Wenxi slapped his face and tried hard to open his eyes, trying to wake himself up quickly.

Xiao Ci squatted aside, looking up at Liu Wangxue. It had also formed a conditioned reflex, thinking that as long as it left the yard, it would go for a run, and immediately tried to pull up Liu Wangxue's trouser legs.

After being picked up, he climbed onto Liu Wangxue's shoulders very skillfully and squatted.

At this time, Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai also came out, both of them holding gifts.

Tao Huayu's home is just at the edge of the village, not far away, and it only takes a few minutes to walk there.

Du Yunkai saw Wenxi's dull eyes and waved his hand in front of her. Wenxi didn't respond, so she asked Liu Wangxue, "What's wrong with her?"

Liu Wangxue glanced at Wenxi, feeling a little helpless: "My biological clock hasn't come yet, and I'm in a bad mood when I wake up."

Du Yunkai smiled slightly and thought, how cute and adorable she is.

When the four of them arrived at Tao Huayu's house, they found that there were already quite a few people standing in the yard, talking and laughing and making a lot of noise.

Tao Huayu came back last night. Li Yu came with him and stayed at his house for one night. Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi also came to participate after hearing about this event. They had just arrived not long ago.

Since we had agreed to have a "lotus root banquet" at Tao Huayu's house at noon, his sister and brother-in-law also took time out to come over and help out.

All the equipment had been prepared, mainly waterproof jumpsuits. It was not enough, so Dad Tao went to the town to buy a few more sets.

In addition, he also took a few small bamboo baskets that can be hung around the waist. Tao Huayu said: "Maybe we can encounter crayfish. If there are any, we can catch them and make a dish."

Tao's lotus pond, to be more precise, should be called a lotus field. When an adult stands in it, the water is just above his knees. The area is not very large, less than one-third.

Hetian was at the other end of the village. My brother-in-law drove an electric tricycle with the tools there first, while Tao Huayu led everyone there along a small path.

Pengpeng and Xiaoci also went there. Tao Huayu originally suggested leaving them at his home so that their parents could help take care of them, but the two refused.

Tao Huayu and the others finally saw Xiaoci, and they were so curious that they wanted to hold her in their arms. Xu Qingsong didn't remind them and just watched the fun from the side.

Sure enough, no matter who stretched out their hands, they were attacked by the cat's little fists. Everyone laughed and felt overwhelmed by the cuteness.

Xiao Ci licked his paw proudly.

When they reached the lotus field, they put on waterproof clothing and gloves, tied small bamboo baskets around their waists, and walked down one by one.

Among this group of people, the only one who has mastered the skill of digging lotus roots is Xu Qingsong, besides Tao Huayu and his sister and brother-in-law.

Before college, he would come back to live with his parents every winter and summer vacation. After becoming familiar with Tao Huayu, he would participate in digging lotus roots every year, just for fun.

Tao Huayu's sister did not go down, and when the lotus roots were dug out, she also took them to the tricycle, and helped Liu Wangxue look after Peng Peng and Xiao Ci. Xiao Ci, a clean cat, refused to go down, fearing that her beautiful paws would get stained with mud, and finally had to lie on Peng Peng's back.

So there are exactly three masters and six apprentices.

The mud in the lotus field was soft, and Liu Wangxue felt herself sinking as soon as she stepped in. When she raised her foot to walk forward, she forgot that there was suction under her feet, and she almost stumbled and fell. Fortunately, Xu Qingsong helped her.

Pengpeng on the shore looked at Liu Wangxue nervously and barked a few times. Xiaoci also stared at this side.

Liu Wangxue turned around and waved with a smile: "It's okay, don't worry, you two just be good."

Xu Qingsong carefully protected her from the side. After Liu Wangxue took a few steps, she got used to it: "It's not that difficult."

Xu Qingsong suggested: "If you have the chance, you should try transplanting rice."

Du Yunkai disagreed: "What's wrong with planting rice? It's all mud, isn't it?" He could see the surrounding rice fields, the water in them was much shallower than this.

Liu Wangxue looked at Xu Qingsong's expression and asked, "Is it still different?"

Xu Qingsong said: "It's really different. The mud in the rice fields is much stickier than here. If you wear this, you may not be able to pull it out."

"Oh," Liu Wangxue remembered, "No wonder the people in the video were all barefoot when they were planting rice in the fields."

"I suddenly had an idea." said Du Yunkai.

"No, you didn't." Xu Qingsong thought that this young master was having another crazy idea and was planning to experience transplanting rice.

"I mean, about the idea of the game." Du Yunkai said, "For the farming part, you can have a physical value. For example, when transplanting rice, how much physical value is consumed by stepping on it, and how much physical value is consumed by pulling it out. The transplanting task is limited in time, so if you can't complete it, you have to pay to win."

Liu Wangxue was stunned. Xu Qingsong clenched his fist as if it were a microphone and handed it over: "Dear player, would you like to try this game setting?"

Liu Wangxue's answer: "As a non-paying player, if the mission is not that important or the reward is not attractive enough to me, I will feel annoyed and give up."

Xu Qingsong glanced at Du Yunkai and said, "You heard it, right?"

But Du Yunkai was unmoved. He thought this was a good idea and discussed it further with Xu Qingsong.

Tao Huayu, who was standing nearby, overheard this and whispered to Wenxi and Li Yu, "No wonder the rich are always so rich. They never forget to think about how to make money even when they go to the fields to dig lotus roots."

"Capitalists are just cutting leeks in various ways," Wenxi said. If she becomes a capitalist in the future, she will also cut leeks, but she will do so with a clear conscience.

As they were talking, they walked to an area where lotus leaves were densely distributed.

Xu Qingsong demonstrated first: "Just like this, feel down along the lotus stem, and be careful not to prick yourself. After you touch the lotus root node, feel to both sides along the direction of its growth."

He felt around for a while and continued, "Push aside the silt and pull it out slowly. Be careful not to break it, otherwise the silt will get in and it will be difficult to wash off when you eat it."

As he said this, he pulled out the whole thing and washed off the mud on the surface in the water. This one has four sections, and each section is basically round. Then he put it on the foam float he had just brought down.

Tao Huayu and his brother-in-law were also demonstrating and teaching, and successfully dug out a long one.

(End of this chapter) Liu Wangxue followed Xu Qingsong's instructions and touched down along the lotus stem. A cool, gel-like touch immediately came through the rubber gloves.

But she felt around for a long time, then changed a few lotus stems and started over, but they were either mud or lotus stems that had not yet rotted.

The same situation happened with Du Yunkai.

Looking back at the others, the novices were all the same, with no gains. However, the three veterans were making achievements one after another.

Liu Wangxue asked: "Do we just search one by one? Is there any trick to selecting lotus stems?"

After hearing this, several people stood up and looked at the green in front of them.

Wenxi said, "Don't they all look the same? They all have leaves on a stem."

Du Yunkai asked: "Is it based on height, weight and body size?"

Wenxi thought it was not the case: "I think it's just luck. It's all water and muddy, just like opening a blind box."

Li Yu's physical strength was weak, and he was already tired after such a while. He put his hands on his waist and took a deep breath: "It's okay to open a blind box, after all, you are sure that you can get something out of it, but when you touch it with your hand, you can't even touch a lotus root node."

Yue Cheng on the other side joked, "Brother-in-law, are you guys hiding something? Come on, hand over the secret!"

Liu Wangxue asked Xu Qingsong: "So there really is a trick?"

Xu Qingsong spread his hands and said with a smile: "I have always been lucky, I don't need any tricks."

Wenxi picked a lotus leaf and put it on her head as a hat: "See, I told you it was all about luck."

Tao Huayu picked up a few lotus pods in front and threw them on the foam float, saying, "There is indeed a trick, brother-in-law, please explain it to me."

So everyone gathered around my brother-in-law. He broke off a few lotus stems and pointed to the lotus leaf in the middle that had just emerged from the water. He said, "There must be something underneath this lotus leaf, and the direction in which the lotus node grows is opposite to that of the leaf."

As he spoke, he bent down, felt around a few times, and really dug one out.

The method is really simple. Everyone spread out to look for it, and after a while, the scores of all the novices changed from 0 to 1.

Tao Huayu dug out another one and said, "It's boring to dig like this. How about we have a competition? It's just right. Now we have three teams."

Yue Cheng followed suit: "The competition must have a prize!"

"Okay, I'll pay for it." Du Yunkai became interested. He had learned from Xu Qingsong that these people were all players of "The Twenty-one Cases of Dazhao". "Qingsong and I want to make a PC game next. I'll give the winners a beta test."

"Great!" everyone cheered.

Li Yu interrupted: "But Brother Qingsong and Boss Du are from the same company. If they win, then there will only be one spot for the internal test, right?"

"Yes, yes, this won't work!" Everyone clamored for personnel adjustments, and finally Xu Qingsong and Tao Huayu were swapped.

The rules of the competition are simple and crude, which is to weigh the lotus roots. At the end, the team that digs the heaviest lotus roots wins.

In addition, a "Lotus King" will be selected. Lan Xiaoxi suggested, "I heard that the fish king is selected every year when fishing in the Northeast. Let's do one too."

"Where's the prize?" Wenxi asked.

Liu Wangxue said: "How about sticking with Xiaoci?"

"This is good!" Everyone agreed.

Because except for Liu Wangxue, Xiaoci would indiscriminately attack anyone who approached it with its cat punch, and would not even let Wenxi be touched.

Li Yu was suddenly full of energy. He wanted to hug Xiaoci the most. When he thought about petting the cat, he had to do it no matter how weak he was.

However, this kind of bent-over labor is really tiring. Although the waterproof suit is a suspender jumpsuit style, it is not breathable. In addition, it is not easy to walk in the mud. After a while, everyone is sweating profusely.

Although the early morning sun was not that hot, it was still hot on the face. Everyone followed Wenxi's example and picked a lotus leaf to wear on their heads.

Pengpeng was lying on the shore, with Xiaoci sleeping on its back like a blanket without moving. Suddenly, Pengpeng stood up and woke Xiaoci up.

It stretched out its front paws to reach the lotus leaves in the field, but the distance was a bit far and it couldn't reach them, so it barked in the direction of Liu Wangxue.

The sister standing by didn't know what was wrong with the dog, and was afraid that it would run into the lotus field with the cat, so she called Liu Wangxue.

Liu Wangxue looked back, smiled, and said, "Sister, just pick a lotus leaf for it to wear on its head."

The elder sister looked at Pengpeng's head and picked a piece of cloth of similar size and put it on it. Pengpeng immediately became quiet, took a few steps, and then lay down again.

When Xiaoci saw that Pengpeng had a hat on his head, she stretched out her paw to scratch it, then looked at her sister and meowed.

The elder sister, who had never raised an animal before, suddenly had an idea. She picked a smaller one and put it on Xiaoci. Xiaoci meowed and continued to sleep on Bangbang's back.

She thought it was so bizarre that she looked at it again and again, wondering if it was really just a cat and a dog. She took out her phone and took a few photos.

The competition in the lotus field was still going on. My brother-in-law's team was the first to fill up the floats. Yue Cheng pushed them to the shore, and my sister helped put them into the plastic basket. Once the floats were put in, half of the basket was filled in an instant.

As he walked back with the floating board, he said provocatively: "It seems that our team has a great chance of winning!"

Tao Huayu immediately expressed his dissatisfaction: "Just wait!" Then he put another one on the float. The float was almost at its limit, so he pushed it towards the shore.

Xu Qingsong also pushed his team's float board to catch up.

Du Yunkai stood up and pounded his lower back. He found it hard to bend all the time, even for someone who exercises regularly. "No wonder they say farmers have hard work. This is really hard work."

Liu Wangxue, Wenxi and the others also turned their waists and stretched their bodies. Only Li Yu was still searching and touching.

Wenxi said, "Xiaoyu, take a break. Be careful not to hurt your waist."

Li Yu raised his head, his face flushed with heat: "I want to take the 'Ou Wang'."

"You can't get too tired." Liu Wangxue also advised him to take a rest.

My brother-in-law smiled when he heard this. He had a simple and honest appearance, and his skin was dark from working in the fields under the wind and sun. "You are tired, right? You can do this."

He knelt down in the lotus field and said, "This way my waist won't be tired, and the heat in my waterproof suit can be squeezed out, which makes me feel cool."

"Hey, this is a good method." Yue Cheng followed suit.

My brother-in-law supported him from behind and said, "Kneel down, don't sit down, and keep your upper body upright, otherwise water will get into your clothes."

"Oh, okay." Yue Cheng adjusted his posture and looked at the others. "Really? It saves effort and is cool. You guys should try it."

Then, everyone knelt down in the lotus field one after another.

I don't know who suddenly laughed, you infected me, I infected you, the laughter floated above the lotus field and was blown away among the lotus leaves by the wind. Chapter 46 Injury

The sun gradually rose higher, everyone was tired and hot, so they prepared to end the activity.

Li Yuke was so happy because the longest one he had dug out so far was six sections! Hahaha, now he can get close to Xiaoci. Here comes the benefit for those who love fluff!

At this moment, Liu Wangxue's hand touched one, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Wait a minute!"

Hearing this tone, Wenxi asked, "Lotus King?"

"Wait a minute..." Liu Wangxue felt it slowly, and it was indeed a bit long. She didn't dare to be impatient, for fear of breaking it.

Finally, under everyone's expectant gaze, she washed off the mud and took it out of the water. It was really the longest in the whole show, with a total of 7 sections!
Liu Wangxue felt that this sense of accomplishment was even more exciting than selling the copyright. She raised it happily, and her dimples on her cheeks became deeper with laughter.

The others were extremely envious, not because of Xiaoci, but because anything that had anything to do with competition would easily arouse the desire to win. For the one who won the championship, others would always be a little envious.

Everyone walked towards the shore together. Li Yu was almost jealous: "Oh, Sister Xuxu! Xiaoci is your cat! You also dug out the 'Lotus King'. What's the point of this competition?"

"Yes," Lan Xiaoxi agreed, "Sister Xuxu should be excluded from this competition to be fair."

Xu Qingsong laughed at them: "What were you doing earlier? With such a slow reaction, I advise you to just accept the loss."

Yue Cheng was unwilling: "Just wait, our team will definitely be first in the weigh-in!"

Tao Huayu expressed his dissatisfaction: "Who are you looking down on? Be careful, Brother Qingsong, or Boss Du will take back your internal testing benefits in a rage."

Lan Xiaoxi and Yue Chengfu echoed each other: "Then what you said is not a disguised admission that we are first? Okay, I declare, no need to weigh, the championship belongs to our team!"

Wenxi retorted: "Why do you think it belongs to you? Have you asked our team for their opinion? We must weigh it! I will show you what real strength is!"

Liu Wangxue watched them talking one after another and laughed heartily. She felt that this was what life was all about. Coming here to buy a house and settle down was really the best decision she had ever made.

Du Yunkai had similar thoughts. He felt that he understood why Xu Qingsong could be so dismissive of the Xu family's assets, and also understood why he was so stubborn in wanting to come back.

How do you describe the feeling now?

He had experienced the joy and relaxation of being with a few good friends, and he had also had friends with whom he could talk without restraint, but he had never experienced the wildness of the fields that only existed in movies, TV shows or literary works, and the feeling of truly reaping the rewards through labor with his own hands.

At this moment, it seemed as if all the noise had faded away. The people in front of him, the smiles in front of him, and everything in front of him brought him an unprecedented sense of tranquility.

My brother-in-law and Yue Cheng reached the shore first, and my sister went over to help put the lotus roots in.

Liu Wangxue and the others were a few steps behind. When they were about to arrive, Pengpeng suddenly stood up, lowered his head to stare at the water, and stretched out his claws to stir the water.

Liu Wangxue shouted: "Bang Bang, be careful, don't let the two of you fall down together."

What is a crow's mouth? What is a prophecy? Liu Wangxue regretted it so much that she shouldn't have said it!
Before he finished speaking, Peng Peng screamed and raised his claws, and a crayfish clamped on it tightly.

It hurt so much! It tried desperately to get rid of this thing, but it lost its balance due to the big movement, and rolled directly into the lotus field with Xiaoci, who was sleeping lazily on its back.

"Wangangangang—"

"Meow!"

Everyone was shocked by this sudden change.

Liu Wangxue was so scared that he threw away the "Lotus King" and immediately waded across the water as fast as he could.

Xu Qingsong no longer cared about the lotus roots on the float, and strode over. One person fished out the cat, and the other rescued the dog.

This series of events happened and ended in an instant. Everyone came to their senses and gathered around to see what was going on.

The frightened Xiaoci was held in Liu Wangxue's arms, and the whole cat was in a bad state. How could it bear it to be wet and dirty? It cried to Liu Wangxue aggrievedly.

After Xu Qingsong carried Pengpeng ashore, he pried open the shrimp's claws and freed its claws. He then threw the crayfish into the small bamboo basket at his waist and closed the lid.

"It's bleeding a little." Xu Qingsong looked at Pengpeng's claw carefully.

Pengpeng felt hurt and wronged, curled up his injured paw, and moved to Liu Wangxue's side on three legs to seek comfort. But Liu Wangxue's waterproof clothing legs were also covered with mud, and the more Pengpeng rubbed against them, the dirtier they became.

I just did the treatment and beauty treatment the day before yesterday! What else could Liu Wangxue do? Of course, she had to comfort the two bear babies first.

My sister has already called Tao's mother, told her about the situation, and asked her to prepare a large basin and warm water.

Tao Huayu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Let's go to my house and wash them first."

So Liu Wangxue held the cat, Xu Qingsong helped her hold the dog, and the two of them went back with Tao Huayu. The others put the lotus roots in baskets and loaded them onto the car, then walked back slowly.

After entering the village and turning a corner, I saw a few children playing hopscotch in an open space. They were the same children I met on the roadside that morning.

Jinghe was also there, holding Youyou and dancing together. Youyou was smiling very happily. Turning around, he saw Liu Wangxue: "Sister!"

His shout caused several pairs of eyes to look at Liu Wangxue and the others. The children stopped playing hopscotch and ran over, chattering and greeting Liu Wangxue.

Youyou kicked his legs in Jinghe's arms. When Jinghe put him down, he ran over.

These children are all from Tao Huayu's neighbors. He knows them all and always brings them snacks every time he comes back.

"Oh my, you only saw the pretty sister, but not me, right?" Tao Huayu asked with a smile, "Who ate the snacks I bought?"

The children smiled and said, "Hello, Uncle Huayu!"

"Hey," Tao Huayu laughed, "I feel like I've been elevated to a higher level."

Xu Qingsong kicked him.

Youyou ran over and asked Liu Wangxue with her little face raised: "Sister, I just went to your house with my brother, and you were not there. Why are you here~"

"Yes~" Liu Wangxue's voice couldn't help but become more ambiguous again, "Sister and uncle went to dig lotus roots together." As she said that, she glanced at Xu Qingsong and Tao Huayu.

Xu Qingsong held the dog and kicked Tao Huayu again.

The children looked left and right but didn't see any lotus roots. The little girl with pigtails asked, "Sister, there are no lotus roots."

Youyou asked: "Sister, what are you holding~"

Liu Wangxue said: "It's the cat, but it fell into the lotus field. Now I want to take it back to take a bath. Okay, you guys play, the cat and the dog are going back to take a bath~"

But they didn't leave. The children gathered around them, chattering and asking, "Sister, can I go?"

"I want to give the cat a bath, too."

"I want to see the dog take a bath."

"I want to go too!"

Liu Wangxue looked at Tao Huayu, who waved his arm and said, "Children, listen to my instructions!"

"arrive!"

"Line up! Let's go!" After Tao Huayu said this, the children immediately lined up and followed him forward.

Youyou took Jinghe's hand and said, "Brother, let's go! Let's go too!"

Porcelain combination

Pengpeng: Hey, what is this? (Stretch out claws)

Crayfish: When attacked, it starts to defend itself (grips hard)

Peng Peng: Ah! It hurts! Let go, let go! (Struggling to shake his claws) (Falling into the lotus field)

Xiaoci: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! You bastard! Murder in broad daylight?! (floundering in the mud) Tao's father and mother have prepared two large basins with warm water and placed them on the cement floor at the gate of the yard.

Tao's parents were waiting at the door. When they saw them coming back, they went to ask, "Why did you fall into the lotus field again?"

Xu Qingsong walked towards the basin with Pengpeng in his arms, and said with a smile, "I was playing around and got caught by the crayfish, so I accidentally fell in."

Liu Wangxue also carried Xiaoci over and used another basin to wash it. But Xiaoci seemed to have not recovered from the shock after this incident, and held Liu Wangxue's arm tightly, unwilling to go into the water.

Tao's mother squatted beside to help, scooping water with a ladle and pouring it on Xiaoci. She asked, "How come the cat also fell in? Oh, such a beautiful cat rolled into this mud."

Liu Wangxue was helpless: "It was too lazy. It was sleeping on the dog's back, and it was dragged away."

The children squatted on the side and started a discussion: "We can't play with crayfish."

"It will pinch your hands."

"It hurts!"

"It hurts so much!"

Youyou asked Jinghe: "Brother, what is crayfish?"

Jinghe didn't know how to describe it.

The fat boy next to her gestured to Youyou: "Like this, there are two pincers, click, click."

It made Youyou laugh.

At this time, Tao Huayu came out of the yard, carrying a plastic bucket and a bottle of cat shower gel.

When he and Li Yu came back, he bought some things for Xiao Ci and put them in the trunk of the car. He came back a little late yesterday, so he didn't send her off. Now it's just the right time to take out the shower gel and use it.

Tao Huayu handed the shower gel to Liu Wangxue, and took away her and Xu Qingsong's small bamboo basket, opened the lid, and poured all the crayfish in. However, crayfish were not easy to catch, and after pouring three baskets in, they still didn't cover the bottom of the bucket.

He added some clean water into it, brought it to Youyou, and the children all came over to take a look.

Tao Huayu said to Youyou: "Hey, this is crayfish."

It was the first time that Youyou saw this kind of shrimp. Her eyes widened and she pointed at the bucket and said to Jinghe, "Brother, the crayfish are so small, even smaller than the big lobsters!"

When these words were spoken, the adults laughed.

My brother-in-law came back on his electric tricycle and drove straight into the yard without stopping. Tao Huayu carried the bucket in and helped my brother-in-law unload the car.

After washing off the mud on her body, Xiaoci was finally willing to stand in the basin. Liu Wangxue squeezed a handful of shower gel and handed the bottle to Xu Qingsong.

Pengpeng first stood outside the basin, letting Xu Qingsong wash off the mud on his body, and then went back into the basin. He stubbornly protected the injured paw, standing in the basin still maintaining the three-legged posture, with the injured paw resting on the edge of the basin.

The cats and dogs were covered in foam, which immediately attracted the children's attention.

"Sister, it looks like a snowman!"

"It's not a snowman, it's a snowcat!"

"And the snow dogs!"

Youyou asked Liu Wangxue: "Sister, can I touch it?"

Liu Wangxue was afraid that the one she agreed to, the others would also want to touch her. She was worried that if they stayed wet for too long, the cats and dogs would catch a cold, so she had to make it quick.

So she said, "The cat is all wet and uncomfortable. Sister, please wash it quickly and dry it before you touch it, okay?"

"Okay!" Youyou is a very talkative child. After agreeing, she squatted obediently aside, watching Liu Wangxue giving the cat a bath attentively.

Wenxi and Du Yunkai had also returned by then, and Tao Huayu pulled out a hose to help everyone wash the mud off their gloves and waterproof suits. After washing them clean, they took them off and hung them in the shade in the yard to dry.

Compared to Pengpeng, Xiaoci is not that big, so it was rinsed clean quickly. The remaining water was used by Pengpeng.

There was no special hair dryer or drying box for pets here, so Tao Huayu found two towels with good water absorption, wiped the two cats with water, and then took out a hair dryer.

I just made do with it and set it to strong wind and low temperature, keeping it away from the hair. It took a long time to blow dry.

The children exclaimed in unison: "Wow!" Another beautiful cat and a handsome dog.

Tao Huayu brought some iodine to disinfect Peng Peng's paw wound. It was a little painful, but compared to being pinched by a crayfish, it was nothing, so Peng Peng obediently let him apply it.

After applying the paint, she still maintained the posture of standing on three legs. As for Xiaoci, she didn't want to get off the ground, so she clung to Liu Wangxue and asked him to hold her.

Wenxi exclaimed in amazement: "Your two are really precious."

"I can't help it," Liu Wangxue pretended to be embarrassed, "Of course I have to pamper my own treasure."

Mother Tao washed the fruits and shared them with everyone, and also shared the snacks that Tao Huayu bought with the children. The children said thank you very much.

"Everyone," Tao Huayu pushed the scale out from the warehouse, "It's time to select the champion!"

Tao Huayu and his brother-in-law lifted the plastic baskets from the tricycle onto the scale and weighed them one by one. Everyone ate fruit and gathered around to watch.

Each basket is marked, making it easy to identify its owner.

The result of the weigh-in was that my brother-in-law's team won. Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi cheered immediately. Although the children beside them didn't understand why, they were infected by the atmosphere and applauded them.

"No way?" Tao Huayu couldn't believe it. The basket of his team was only a little less than that of his brother-in-law's team by a little over one kilogram. They lost. "Brother-in-law, did you do anything on the way back?"

Tao's mother immediately slapped Tao Huayu a few times: "It was you who wanted to compete, and it was you who was not as skilled as the other person. Why did you suspect your brother-in-law of cheating after you lost?"

"Hahaha, Auntie, you fought well!" Yue Cheng cheered, "Brother-in-law is a very upright person, we can't let him slander him!"

Several children also clapped their hands and cheered: "Oh! Uncle Huayu got beaten! Uncle Huayu got beaten!"

Tao Huayu dodged Tao's mother's palm and pointed at them: "If you shout again, the snacks will be confiscated!"

The children immediately covered their mouths one by one.

Youyou held a piece of snow cake, leaned on Jinghe's legs, and giggled.

After everyone laughed and joked for a while, Du Yunkai asked Tao Huayu for paper and pen in a serious manner, wrote an award certificate by hand, promised qualification for the PC game internal test, and signed it together with Xu Qingsong.

Then Tao Huayu went to great lengths to organize an "award ceremony", played music, and hosted a segment on the spot. In the end, the certificate was kept by his brother-in-law, and this honest farmer smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed.

After the fun, we prepared to make lunch, and everyone joined in. When we discussed it together before, everyone ordered dishes in the group, and the most popular ones were fried lotus root boxes and glutinous rice lotus root.

When they went to the lotus field, Tao's mother and father rode their electric bikes to the town's vegetable market and bought a lot of vegetables.

The minced meat has been prepared. Everyone worked together to wash and cut it. Soon the fragrance wafted through the courtyard. Tao Huayu's house is a two-story building. The kitchen is built independently outside the building and is attached to the courtyard wall. It uses a clay stove that burns firewood.

After he started working in the home decoration business, he replaced all the furniture and electrical appliances in the house and redecorated the bathroom, but Tao's parents did not allow him to touch the kitchen.

The old couple are used to using an earthen stove and feel that meals cooked in this way are more fragrant.

The kitchen space is not big and it would seem crowded when there are too many people, so Tao's mother and sister moved the chopping board and table outside, and all the preliminary preparation work was completed in the yard.

Wenxi followed her sister to make glutinous rice and lotus roots, while Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong followed Mother Tao to make lotus root boxes. Xiaoci, the cat, finally had his wounded heart healed under Liu Wangxue's constant comfort, and went downstairs to play with the children.

Du Yunkai also wanted to experience it, so he was assigned to his brother-in-law's side to help him clean crayfish.

My brother-in-law was the one who caught the crayfish. Not only did he help the team win the championship, he also caught crayfish. His bamboo basket was full, and he also used Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi's. Looking at the results, at least two large pots of stir-fry were made.

Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi prepared other dishes together. Tao Huayu and Tao's father were in the kitchen, one was making the fire and the other was frying the prepared lotus root boxes.

As for Li Yu, he was treated as a child and was sent to play with the other children.

The pot on the earthen stove is big and has a large capacity. The first pot fried a large pot of fried food. It was fragrant, shiny, and golden in color, and it was very appetizing at first glance.

Tao Huayu came out with a pot full of fried lotus root boxes, placed it on a chair at the kitchen door, and then moved the chair and the pot together to the yard: "Serve the food! Serve the food! Freshly fried lotus root boxes!"

The fragrance had already been smelled, and the adults put down their work, gathered around, and each pinched one and started eating.

When you take a bite, the batter on the outside is crispy, the lotus root is crispy, and the meat is elastic. The oily, fragrant and delicious taste immediately fills your mouth.

Fried food is a timeless delicacy!

Li Yu took the children to wash their hands, and when they came back, they handed one to each of them: "Eat slowly, be careful of the heat."

The children said one by one: "Thank you, brother!"

"Wow! So delicious!"

"It smells so good!"

"Crunchy!"

After Youyou received it, she handed it to Jinghe first, and Li Yu gave him another one. He held the fried lotus root box in his two small hands and looked up to ask Jinghe: "Brother, is it delicious?"

Jinghe nodded: "It's delicious."

Youyou smiled with her eyes curved, leaned on Jinghe's legs, took a bite, it was so delicious!

The fragrance attracted Pengpeng and Xiaoci, and they came over and pulled Liu Wangxue's trouser legs.

Liu Wangxue ate the remaining half of the fried lotus root box in one gulp, wiped her hands on her apron, and said to the two of them, "Wait."

The bag that Tao Huayu brought in the morning was placed in the living room. Liu Wangxue went in and took it out, then took out two bowls, poured cat food and dog food into them respectively, and the two immediately started eating.

The other children were concentrating on eating, but Youyou was paying attention to the cat. When she saw Liu Wangxue feeding it, she ran over and squatted to watch.

Fried lotus root boxes are delicious, and he wants to share them with the cat: "Sister, can I feed it lotus root boxes?"

"No." Liu Wangxue said.

"Why? This is delicious."

How to explain it? Liu Wangxue thought for a moment and asked, "Is there anything that Youyou can't eat?"

"Youyou can't eat mangoes," he said. "If you eat it, you will get red spots and feel uncomfortable." After saying that, he remembered the feeling of allergy and twisted his body slightly.

Liu Wangxue said: "So, cats are the same and can't eat this?"

Youyou had a worried look on her face: "Will red spots appear on my face if I eat it?"

"No, but it will be uncomfortable."

"Then don't feed Youyou anymore. The cat won't feel uncomfortable."

"So good!" Liu Wangxue pinched his little face, "Eat it yourself."

Li Yu also squatted over and asked Liu Wangxue: "Sister Xuxu, can you help me talk to Xiaoci and let me hug her? Just for a hug!" He had tried many times while playing just now, but all ended in failure.

I feel the same way about the fluff control.

Liu Wangxue really didn't know how to answer. How could they discuss this when one of them couldn't speak human language and the other couldn't speak cat language.

When the second pot of fried lotus root boxes came out of the pot, the adults were calling their children to go back for lunch. Tao Huayu took out a few small bowls and filled one for each of them to take away.

All the seasoned meat fillings were made into semi-finished lotus root boxes and handed over to Tao Huayu. The rice in the rice cooker was cooked, and the lotus root and pork ribs soup and glutinous rice lotus root in the two pressure cookers were almost done, so Tao's father also burned firewood in the inner stove to cook.

The wood stove cooks quickly, so Mother Tao rolled up her sleeves and quickly cooked a few vegetarian dishes, and then a few meat dishes.

The last dish is crayfish.

Since my sister and her husband got together, they no longer have to cook crayfish themselves when the season comes. This is because the crayfish cooked by my brother-in-law tastes great, and he takes the initiative to take care of all the processes from the field to the table.

Naturally, my brother-in-law cooked today and made two flavors, garlic and spicy.

There were too many people, and the eight-person table couldn't even accommodate the food, let alone seats. After my sister finished making the cold dishes, she went to the neighbor's house next door to borrow a table and a few chairs, and Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai helped carry them back.

So the two round tables in the living room were put together to form a long table, and plates of all sizes were placed from one end to the other.

Liu Wangxue and Wenxi helped to set the table and put away the cups.

This kind of lively farmhouse meal is very distant in Liu Wangxue's memory. The last time she ate it seemed to be in high school. During the Spring Festival of her first year in high school, her aunt's family, her uncle's family, everyone was there, and the whole family was noisy.

It was the same thing. We set up two tables but still couldn't accommodate everyone. My uncle joked, "Why don't we just sit down? Let's all stand and eat. It's more convenient to pick up food. Just walk over to the dish you want to eat."

In the end, the chairs were actually removed, and adults and children, holding chopsticks and bowls, gathered around the table to eat.

Later, some were busy with their studies, and some were busy with work, so we rarely got together.

Wenxi had never eaten this kind of farm meal before. He set the table with great interest and asked Liu Wangxue, "Does this feel like a buffet? When I have time next year, I will go to the ethnic minority areas to collect some information. I have seen documentaries in which some villages would set up long tables during festivals, and the whole village would eat together."

"Okay," Liu Wangxue smiled, "Let me know in advance when you go. I also want to experience that kind of scene."

Wenxi made an "OK" gesture.

During the meal, Tao Huayu opened a bottle of red wine and poured it for everyone, except for his sister: "Let's raise a glass to celebrate my brother-in-law's winning the first Jingshan Cup Lotus Root Digging Competition in Taojia Village, Qiushui Town!"

"Jingshan" is the name of Du Yunkai's studio.

Everyone joined in the booing. When the award was presented just now, they forgot to let my brother-in-law give a speech. Now everyone was clamoring for him to say a few words.

"Quiet, quiet, quiet," Tao Huayu held the cup and made a downward gesture, "Brother-in-law has double happiness. There is another happy event to announce. Please come in, please come in."

"Well," my brother-in-law held the cup and scratched his head with one hand, feeling a little excited and a little embarrassed. He said, "Hua Xin is pregnant. We just found out the day before yesterday."

Is it because New Year's Day is coming? There seems to be an open-air concert near the community. It has been going on for a whole day and I am tired of listening to it.
The meal ended in a joyous atmosphere.

There were so many dishes but not much was left. Wenxi didn't even think about maintaining her figure. After eating heartily, she lay down on the chair with Liu Wangxue.

After the meal, we had some drinks and chatted, actually just to relieve our bloated stomachs. Then everyone got up to clear the table and clean the kitchen.

There were a lot of plates, cups and bowls to wash, so Tao Huayu simply pulled the water pipe to the cement floor outside the yard and put them in the large basin used for washing vegetables to wash them together.

My sister was treated like fragile porcelain and pressed down on the sofa by Mother Tao: "She's less than three months old. You must be careful."

The elder sister was helpless: "How can she be so fragile?" During the busy farming season, she could even carry sacks.

Next, the men washed the dishes, the women cleaned the kitchen, Tao's father and mother cleaned the living room, and Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai went to the neighbor's house to return the tables and chairs.

After cleaning up, Dad Tao made tea for everyone and sat in the living room to chat.

Xu Qingsong caught a glimpse of something like a photo album in the glass cabinet, and told Mother Tao to take it out and have a look.

The first half of the album contains photos of Tao's parents when they were young. As soon as you open it, you are greeted by a photo studio style with a strong sense of time. Interspersed among them are some photos taken when they went out to play.

Wenxi studied fashion design and could tell at a glance that no matter whether the photos were taken in a studio or outside, Tao's parents were wearing the most fashionable clothes of the year: "Wow, uncle and auntie are dressed in the latest fashion trends of the year."

"That's right," Tao Huayu said proudly, "My father was a village hunk, and my mother was also a village beauty. Otherwise, how could they have given birth to such a handsome and charming young man like me?"

Tao's mother slapped him, and his sister followed up with a complaint: "You're still okay, you two should turn over."

The following photos are of my sister and Tao Huayu, and they were basically taken at home - after having a child, Tao's father bought a camera specifically to record his growth.

There is nothing special about my sister. She has always been a pretty and lovely girl.

The style of the painting suddenly changes when it comes to Tao Huayu. There are some characters who are throwing tantrums and falling to the ground, some who are caught stealing their sister's clothes, some who fall into the mud in the fields, and some who even fight with roosters.

Liu Wangxue was curious: "Who won?"

Tao Huayu said with a haughty expression: "Of course it's me! It's just a chicken. If it dares to provoke me, I won't beat it!"

The elder sister said, "Provoking? I don't know who it was. The rooster was just walking on the road, but you had to provoke it. As a result, it was chased and pecked. It ran and cried for help."

He was ridiculed by Xu Qingsong and Yue Chenghao.

As I was flipping through the pages, I unexpectedly saw Xu Qingsong's figure.

He and Tao Huayu stood arm in arm by the lotus field. The picture quality was not very clear, but it could be seen that both of them were covered in mud, their faces were scratchy, their hair was tangled, and they smiled at the camera with their white teeth bared.

Neither of the two protagonists remembers much. Father Tao took a look and said, "It was during the first year of junior high school. During the summer vacation, Qingsong came back to play and went to the fields with us to dig lotus roots. As a result, the two of them started fighting in the fields for some unknown reason."

"Are you still fighting?" Liu Wangxue's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them.

"It's inevitable for young people to be impulsive," Tao Huayu touched his chin and asked Xu Qingsong, "Why?"

Xu Qingsong smiled and shook his head: "I can't remember."

"I know!" said Lan Xiaoxi.

Everyone's gossipy eyes instantly surrounded her.

Yue Cheng asked: "How do you know? You are not from Tao Village."

"My deskmate is right," Lan Xiaoxi said, and then asked Tao Huayu, "Do you remember the little fat girl?"

Tao Huayu nodded. He and Lan Xiaoxi were in the same junior high school and he had some impression of her desk mate.

Lan Xiaoxi continued, "The little fat girl and the class beauty are cousins. At that time, the little fat girl liked Tao Huayu, but Tao Huayu liked the class beauty." She glanced at everyone, "But do you know who the class beauty likes?"

Liu Wangxue instantly turned to look at Xu Qingsong: "It's not you, is it?"

Xu Qingsong: "What a joke! I don't even know any class belle!"

Lan Xiaoxi said, "Yes, it was Brother Qingsong! The beauty in class liked you at that time."

Everyone looked like they were enjoying a good show, but Xu Qingsong couldn't remember when he had "provoked" the class beauty.

Lan Xiaoxi found it funny when she thought about it: "Brother Qingsong, do you still remember that you came back very early during the summer vacation after the first grade of junior high school? At that time, our school had not yet had the final exams. One time after school, you rode your bicycle and waited for Tao Huayu at the school gate, and then a girl accidentally knocked your ice cream cone off your head."

Du Yunkai understood and nudged Xu Qingsong with his elbow: "Oh, that girl is the class beauty. She fell in love with him at first sight."

"That's right!" Lan Xiaoxi became more and more excited. "When she saw Tao Huayu and Brother Qingsong leaving together, she thought of Pangniu and wanted to get close to Tao Huayu through Pangniu, and then get to know Brother Qingsong. After a few days, she became familiar with Tao Huayu, but still failed to get in touch with Brother Qingsong.

On the eve of summer vacation, Pangniu confessed her love to Tao Huayu, but Tao Huayu rejected her directly. What's more, he even told Pangniu that he liked the class beauty. So Pangniu was so angry that she told him that the class beauty liked Qingsong.

At this point, Xu Qingsong seemed to remember something and looked at Tao Huayu: "I seem to remember that you came to my house to find me and asked me if I stole your girlfriend?"

Everyone burst into laughter, and Tao Huayu defended himself: "No way, am I that kind of person? How can I be her girlfriend when we haven't even established a relationship?"

Xu Qingsong's memory became clearer: "Yes, that's right. I remember it now. I listened to you tell the whole story and analyzed the ill intentions of the class beauty. You didn't say anything and went home. I thought the matter was over."

Two days later, Xu Qingsong's cousin bought a new game console, so he went to look for Tao Huayu to play with him. But when he got there, he found that he was not there. His sister came back to get something and said that Tao Huayu had gone to the fields to dig lotus roots.

Xu Qingsong followed his sister to the lotus field, but Tao Huayu was still angry. Xu Qingsong tried to persuade him, but every word he said hit Tao Huayu's sore spot, and Tao Huayu couldn't hold back and started fighting.

Xu Qingsong was not the kind of person who would just stand there and let others beat him, so the two of them wrestled in the mud.

Mr. Tao and the others were all scared at the time, but before they could get over it, the two separated and were still laughing at each other.

In fact, after Tao Huayu left Xu Qingsong's house that day, he went to find Pangniu, and through her contacted the class beauty, wanting to get things clear.

But the class beauty just hesitated and didn't say anything. After Tao Huayu hung up the phone, he understood.

He wasn't really angry with Xu Qingsong, he just felt that this was the first time he liked a girl, but that girl only treated him as a stepping stone to get closer to another person, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

If he was left alone, he would have recovered in a few days, but Xu Qingsong came to him, and his words of comfort hit him sorely. How could he bear it?
But during the beating, Tao Huayu actually said everything in his heart.

Xu Qingsong was so angry at this idiot that he laughed. It was an unexpected disaster! He relaxed his strength, and Tao Huayu also stopped, and the two of them returned to their brotherly state.

My sister took out her cell phone and took this photo.

(End of this chapter) Chapter 50 Childish

Everyone was amused by this bowl of adolescent melodrama and shed tears of sympathy for Xu Qingsong.

Mother Tao's focus was not here. If she hadn't seen her child grow up, she would have wanted to pull his ears and ask, "No wonder your grades were so bad back then. You're thinking about love all the time!"

After laughing for a while, my sister suddenly remembered the photos in her mobile phone and sent them to Tao Huayu.

When Tao Huayu clicked on it, he felt like his funny bone was tickled and he laughed so hard that his whole body shook.

Everyone asked him, "What photo?"

He moved his fingers and forwarded the message to the fraud group, then handed the phone to his parents. The brother-in-law came to his sister and looked at her.

When everyone clicked on the group message, the first picture was of Pengpeng and Xiaoci lying on the shore with lotus leaves on their heads. The two little cuties made everyone smile.

The second photo is a bit unusual. It shows their backs. It looks like several people are lined up in a row, kneeling in the lotus field.

Everyone burst into laughter. Pengpeng didn't know what was going on and barked twice over here, but Xiaoci had already hidden under its belly.

My sister held her belly and said, "I was looking at the two of them, and when I looked up, you all knelt down one after another. What's going on? Are you trying to ask the lotus roots to emerge from the field by themselves?"

"Watch your stomach," his brother-in-law hugged him and said with a smile, "I was so tired and hot at the time, kneeling down would save effort and cool you down!"

My sister nodded. She knew, but she thought it was hilarious: "If someone didn't know, they would think you were having some kind of ceremony! Oh, I'm dying of laughter."

Tao Huayu wiped his eyes and enlarged the photo: "The funniest thing is this, who is this person without a head?"

Everyone followed suit and zoomed in to take a look. Wenxi said, "It was Xiaoyu. He was right next to me at the time! He must have been digging for lotus roots, hahahaha."

Li Yu—Embarrassed, but still clicked save silently.

Seeing that it was getting late, everyone prepared to say goodbye.

Tao's father and mother went to the kitchen and packed fried lotus root boxes and glutinous rice lotus roots for each of them to take away. They also wanted them to take away fresh lotus roots and lotus pods.

The nine of them dug out quite a lot, and the several baskets they brought were all full, with two layers of them stacked on the electric tricycle.

Tao's mother said, "Qingsong and Xiaoxi either live here or come here often. They can go and dig them whenever they want. You city kids probably won't be able to eat freshly dug ones like this, so bring some back and let your family members have a taste."

"Auntie," Xu Qingsong pointed at Du Yunkai and Wenxi and said with a smile, "They won't leave for now, so we can't take them back."

Liu Wangxue also said: "I already live here, and my parents are not here recently. I can't finish it if I take it back."

Tao's father spoke up: "Send it to your family by mail. There is a courier station in town. We can use cold chain transportation. It is convenient and fast. When you send it back, it will be guaranteed to be fresh."

Finally, unable to resist the enthusiasm of Tao's parents, Liu Wangxue, Wenxi, and Du Yunkai each took a basket away and sent some back to their relatives.

There are only Li Yu and his father in his family, and they hardly cook, so he didn't want it.

Xu Qingsong was assigned two baskets, one to be sent back to Beijing and the other to be delivered to the second master's house.

Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi bought a house in the town. They happened to pass by the express station on their way back, so Yue Cheng brought a few baskets of parcels for them to mail.

The remaining baskets were loaded into Tao Huayu's car. After completing the mailing process, he and Xu Qingsong delivered them directly to Erye's home in the city.

Liu Wangxue and Wenxi sent the address to Xu Qingsong and asked him for help. They decided not to go there because it would be very troublesome to bring the cat and dog with them.

Du Yunkai had nothing to do, so he followed the car. Li Yu also got into Tao Huayu's car - his home was in the city.

When Liu Wangxue left, she took the "Lotus King" she had dug up, and she threw it into the lotus field in a hurry. But after she left with the cat, Li Yu went over and picked it up again. This was what he had worked so hard for today and he must cherish it.

I hope that since he helped pick it up, Xiaoci will let him hug her.

But there was no way, Xiaoci was a cat that couldn't communicate. In the end, Liu Wangxue held it and let Li Yu stroke it a few times, and Xiaoci almost scratched him. Even so, Li Yu was very satisfied.

I didn't use a leash for Pengpeng when I went out today. It is a well-behaved dog and won't run around. Liu Wangxue thinks she can save the trouble of using this leash when she goes out for a run in the future.

After leaving the gate of the Tao family, she said goodbye to Tao's father and mother. After walking a few steps, she looked down and found that Xiaoci had not followed her. Then she heard her sister calling her: "Xuxu, your cat is not leaving!"

Liu Wangxue looked back and saw the cat standing in front of the puddle, unwilling to come over.

I gave the two cats a bath right at the gate of the yard, and poured the bath water directly onto the cement floor. I also rinsed their waterproof clothes here, and then when I washed the dishes, the water flowed down the slope and accumulated at the edge of the cement floor, but had not yet completely seeped in.

Xiao Ci was really afraid of these "dirty things" and didn't want to get involved with them at all. She raised her round head and called out to Liu Wangxue.

Liu Wangxue gathered the bags in one hand, went back and picked the cat up, rubbing its head: "Baby, you are a cat, it's such a short distance, can't you just jump over it? Look how lazy you are."

Xiaoci rubbed her palm: "Meow~"

Liu Wangxue pinched its paws and waved to her sister: "Say goodbye, sister~"

Her sister smiled as she watched her interact with the cat: "Come and visit us often when you have time."

"Okay, bye."

Wen Xi was simply disgusted: "How long has this cat been here? Look how spoiled you have become to it. Liu Wangxue, drowning a child is like killing him! Wake up!"

Wenxi poked Xiaoci's forehead again and said, "Look at your brother, he doesn't bother us at all!"

Xiaoci raised her paw to attack with a cat punch, but Wenxi quickly pulled her hand back: "Hey, I can't hit you, I can't hit you~"

Now it was Liu Wangxue's turn to look at it with dismay: "Childish!"

After returning home, they put things away, especially the things Tao Huayu and Li Yu bought for the cat. There was no room in the cupboard, so they just piled them in the storage box next to it.

Then they took turns taking a bath, changing clothes, wiping the cat and dog's paws, and snuggled together on the sofa.

The two of them lamented that they had never done this kind of physical labor in the fields since they were young, and this was a bit too intense for them.

When we were at Tao Huayu's house, a group of people were doing this and that, chatting and laughing, and I didn't feel tired. But this time, as soon as I relaxed and lay down, I felt physically tired.

Liu Wangxue got up and went to her parents' room, and took out the massager that Wenxi bought for them: "Let's enjoy it for them first."

Oh my god, oh my god!
I haven't watched any videos in a few days. On the last day of 2023, I suddenly found that the singer I love sang my favorite song again! ! ! My family Shen Shen Ah, "Winter's Secret" made me cry again.
The last time was when "Flowers Bloom and Forget Worries" was released. When the prelude sounded, I didn't know what happened. The tears were like a dam bursting. I was crazy. I cried until the last note of the whole song ended. I had no idea what was being sung. Then I listened to it again from the beginning and saw that many people in the barrage were the same as me. Hahahahahahaha

Chapter 51 Garden

After breakfast, Liu Wangxue planned to take Pengpeng and Xiaoci to the pet hospital again to ask the doctor to take a look or do some deworming. After all, they fell into the lotus field yesterday, and she was worried that they would not be properly washed and whether they would be infected with parasites. She would feel relieved if she went to see a doctor.

Wenxi didn't go with them, as she had a video conference this morning. Some things needed to be arranged, and the studio's recruitment plan would be launched in the next two days, so she needed to confirm the process and requirements with each team.

It's the middle of the year now, so it may be difficult to recruit people. Models are not so difficult, as the mobility of this profession is very high, but designers, operators and other positions may be a little difficult.

Most workers who are willing to change jobs will wait until they get their year-end bonus, and those outstanding graduates are basically divided up by the market during the spring recruitment.

The timing was not good at all, but there was nothing we could do. Wenxi said, "Try your best. If it doesn't work, we'll just have to recruit someone else. We have to recruit someone first, otherwise we'll all be exhausted. When the autumn recruitment starts in the second half of the year, we'll start looking again."

After finishing the business talk, Wenxi's assistant began to whine: "Sister Xi, when are you coming back? You've been gone for a week! Our studio is so busy right now, and you're the only one out there having fun."

Before the assistant had finished howling, several team leaders started complaining, and finally said, "Are you not happy with your life anymore?"

These team leaders, including the assistants, are all Wenxi's juniors. Some of them have been working with her since the early days of the studio, and the others joined later.

Outside of work, Wenxi was not serious at all and often mingled with them. In addition, they were juniors, so they were closer psychologically, so they were more unrestrained when talking in private.

Wenxi put down the pen and leaned back on the sofa leisurely: "To be precise, today is only my sixth day here, not a week. Xiaoyun, you will be fined for being so careless."

Assistant Xiaoyun imitated the robot voice: "Your friend has gone offline~"

"But life here is really comfortable." Wenxi shared with them yesterday's experience of digging lotus roots in the fields, and then sent the link of Liu Wangxue's account on Shiliu Video to the group, "My best friend's cats and dogs are super cute."

Everyone clicked in to watch, and there was a person drinking water whose sense of humor was so low that I almost laughed all over the screen.

At the end of the meeting, Wenxi painted a tangible pie for everyone: "Everyone work hard, and after we finish this press conference with Porcelain, I will bring you here for team building."

We are all single, who doesn't like to go out and play? Everyone immediately started discussing:
"Sure! Sister Xi, can we go to the fields to dig lotus roots?"

"It was already winter then, where would there be lotus roots for you to dig?"

"I want to go catch crayfish. I've only eaten them before, but never caught them."

"I said winter!"

"I want to go pet the cats and dogs!"

"Are there hot springs? It would be nice to soak in them."

"How about hiking or camping? Is there any?"

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After the meeting, a notification popped up in her mailbox, so she logged in to check. The sender was Porcelain's son, Joshua.

It was a long email, and Wenxi read through it quickly.

Joshua first thanked her for the design ideas, then expressed his love for gardens, then explained the changes in the design direction, and then mentioned his girlfriend's suggestions.

Finally, he wrote: "I am applying for a tourist visa to your country. If nothing goes wrong, I will land in Beijing next Wednesday. I look forward to our meeting."

Wenxi's hand, which was touching the snacks, stopped in mid-air.

After getting Li Yu's permission that day, Wenxi sent the video to Joshua via email that evening. It took two or three days before he finally received a reply.

Next year's spring and summer collection will be presented by Porcelain. The entire design concept is created and directed by Joshua, and the costumes for the show are designed jointly by Wenxi and Joshua.

A successful and impressive fashion show requires not only outstanding show pieces but also careful consideration of the setting theme.

Joshua's designers have come up with several versions of the design drawings, but he is not satisfied with any of them. He even started to scold them angrily: "You are here to work, not to retire! Look at the drawings you have drawn, where is the word 'design'? Did you eat it up? What I want is an oriental, classical and elegant aesthetic, not a hodgepodge of things copied here and there and stitched together!"

The designer was also very upset. The only thing about their brand was that the founder was Chinese. They had been around for so many generations, and which generation of designs had ever had oriental elements? Their young master suddenly had the idea of tracing back to the origins, and the eldest master actually had no objection.

But it's hard for these designers. They have never studied Hanfu, and their understanding of Eastern culture is limited to the uneven media. These pictures were produced after many all-nighters.

When everyone was in a state of panic, Joshua, who was about to start scolding again, received an email from Wenxi.

He knew about miniature landscapes, but he had never seen Jiangnan gardens. He opened the video with curiosity and was instantly attracted.

Joshua watched the video several times, but he still wanted more. So he searched online and even found some official documentaries produced by Country Z. As he watched, he was inspired and not only re-drew the design of the clothes, but also made a sketch of the show design.

After doing all this, Joshua found several landscape designers from Country Z who were relatively active on social networking sites and had a certain degree of attention. He then followed the clues and found some designer accounts that specialized in miniature gardens, and browsed through the relevant content they posted.

Then he looked at the sketch he had drawn and cursed inwardly: "How could I draw such garbage?!" He crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

Joshua thought about it for a long time and decided not to do the fusion, and directly designed the show venue as a Jiangnan garden. But when he started to draw sketches, he felt that something was missing halfway through.

The trash can was soon filled with waste paper.

He had been thinking about this matter and had lost interest in dating. But he still liked his new girlfriend, so after receiving the invitation, he went out.

His girlfriend noticed that he was distracted and asked him, "What happened to make you so distressed?"

Joshua was thinking about it and said it out loud.

When his girlfriend Zerlina heard this, she laughed: "Joshua, when I was studying in Country Z, I went to many places, including the private gardens and even the water town in Suzhou, as well as the royal gardens in Beijing. Do you know what my biggest feeling is?"

"What is it?" "A painter from country Z once said, 'Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles, and get rid of the dust in your heart, and the mountains and valleys will naturally flow within you.'" Zerlina said and translated it for him.

Then he continued, "Before I went to Country Z, I was very interested in these ancient buildings. Like you, I learned a lot about them through the Internet or books. But when I set foot there, I discovered something very magical."

Joshua listened carefully, and seeing his girlfriend's longing look, he asked, "What magical thing?"

Zerlina smoothed her wind-blown hair and continued, "Everything, including those ancient buildings, suddenly came alive before my eyes."

"Like the furniture in Beauty and the Beast?" Joshua's thoughts jumped.

"No, not at all. It's a figure of speech, Joshua." Zerlina thought he was kind of cute. "I mean, when I stood there, I saw history and culture. Every blade of grass, every brick and every tile told me an unknown story.

I was thinking, when I passed through each door, who would I pass by in the past time and space; when I passed through each window, who would I look at across time and space; who had walked on the stone path in the garden, laughing and playing?

Who is walking in the forest with flowers in her hair, who is watching the lotus and listening to the rain under the eaves, who is running hurriedly across the covered bridge and startling the fish in the water, and who is sitting opposite whom in the pavilion, boiling snow and brewing tea.

Zerlina's story seemed to have a magical power, leading Joshua to a place he had never been to before.

Zerlina sincerely advised him: "Although I don't understand design, I am sure that there is one thing that is common to my teaching work, that is, you can't work in isolation. So, go and see it for yourself, Joshua.

Although hundreds of years have passed and those gardens have been restored and rebuilt, the atmosphere and style nurtured by history and culture are still preserved. Putting aside some distractions in your mind and experiencing it in person will definitely help you make a perfect design. "

Joshua seemed to be enlightened, and his thoughts became clear. When he returned home, he was still humming a song, and even danced a solo waltz when he was in the mood.

His brother was sitting on the sofa with his father drinking red wine. Seeing him so happy, he asked, "Have you finished your design?"

Joshua danced over and pulled his brother up to dance with him, his voice rising as he said, "Zerlina led me out of the maze."

My brother raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

Joshua stopped dancing and announced, "I'm going to Country Z. Since I'm tracing back to the origin, I have to go to the location of the roots and the source. Otherwise, I can't make a perfect design."

His father put down his wine glass, picked up a very old-looking notebook from the table, and said to his brother with a rather regretful tone: "It seems that our little prince can't use this anymore."

Joshua quickly ran over, snatched it from his father, and flipped it open: "Dad, what is this?"

There were long stretches of handwritten Chinese characters inside, and he couldn't understand a single one of them.

My father said, "This was found by your brother in the study. It was placed in a corner. I don't know how many years it has been lonely. The paper has become brittle."

My brother came over and sat down, saying, "I have asked someone to restore it, and also asked someone who knows Chinese to look at it. That person said it is a research notebook on ancient gardens of Country Z."

The father and brother clinked their glasses and said, "Thank God, our family didn't have the bad habit of littering and preserved the 'history'."

Joshua was very excited and asked, "Who wrote this?"

The father and brother shrugged together: "The signature is in Chinese. In our family, except for the founder of the brand, no one seems to have a Chinese name, right?"

Joshua didn't hesitate any longer. He hugged his father and brother respectively, then hurried out the door with his notebook. "I'm going to find Zerlina. I won't be back tonight."

The next morning, Joshua asked his assistant to help him book a flight and apply for a visa, and then sent an email to Wenxi.

Before Wenxi recovered from her surprise, another new email notification came.

When they reached the cooperation intention, she sincerely invited Joshua to come to Country Z for a visit, but although he said "I'd love to", his expression showed "There's no need for that", so Wenxi tactfully did not mention it again.

"Ha, girlfriends are still the best!" Wenxi said to herself with a smile. She didn't know whether Zerlina would come, but she and this teacher who spoke fluent Chinese got along quite well.

The new email was from Joshua's assistant, stating the round-trip dates and the specific time the plane would land in Beijing. In addition, it also told Wenxi Joshua's general idea for the trip, hoping that she could help to make a detailed and reasonable itinerary.

Wenxi quickly replied to the email with his fingers flying. Then he called his assistant Xiaoyun: "I have forwarded the email to you. Before leaving get off work tonight, the schedule must be sent to me for review."

Xiaoyun opened the email. If her eyes could glow, they would have lit up like searchlights. She instantly became as excited as if she had been injected with chicken blood. She shouted, "Ahhhh, Sister Xi, don't worry. I guarantee to exceed the task!"

Xijie will definitely accompany me throughout this trip, and I will definitely bring her along! Just kidding, Porcelain's little prince, she can see him in person again!

After hanging up the phone, Wenxi became happier and happier. She tried to hold back but couldn't help rolling on the sofa. Then she got up, picked up the computer again, and started to cram on her knowledge of gardening.

When you concentrate on doing something, time will pass quickly. When Peng Peng came over and nudged her calf, she realized that Liu Wangxue had returned. When she looked at the time, it was already past noon.

Liu Wangxue put the lazy boy on the ground, patted his butt, and let him play by himself. He looked up at Wenxi and said, "What are you looking at? You're so focused that you don't even respond when I talk to you."

Wen Xi hooked his finger at Liu Wangxue and smiled funny: "Come here."

Liu Wangxue took a breath with a hiss and walked towards her: "Looking at your expression, what good news is going on?"

Wenxi put the computer aside, hugged Liu Wangxue, and told her about Joshua's visit. She didn't even take a breath during the long conversation.

Liu Wangxue was so happy for her that the two of them hugged each other and shook each other: "My Xi, I am so proud of you! You are definitely promoting our country's high-quality traditional culture!"

At this point, Wenxi was a little depressed again: "It's a pity that I only regretted not having enough knowledge when I needed it. If I had known this would happen, I would have studied for a double degree!"

"Don't be discouraged," Liu Wangxue was afraid that she was pushing herself too hard, "Don't we still have Xiaoyu? He's a little expert. You used his design to lure the young master here, so shouldn't you give him a chance to perform?"

Wenxi patted his chest and said, "How can I be the kind of person who would burn bridges after crossing them? I have already sent him a message. He is not free tomorrow, but he will go to Taoyuan with us the day after tomorrow. We can talk when we meet."

Tonight I listened to "Night in Ulaanbaatar" sung by Zhou Shen and Anda. Oh my god, he has unlocked Mongolian again! My English is still based on thesis defense.
—I
wish you all a happy new year and a happy life!
On the first day of the new year, please leave a comment if you pass by~ (I will continue today. If more than ten people leave comments in this chapter, how about adding more comments in the evening? It's the new year, dear children who are chasing the update, let me check on you~)

Wenxi and Du Yunkai both took a fancy to Li Yu's design. They met him at Tao Huayu's house yesterday and went over to chat.

Li Yu felt embarrassed by the praise from these two people. He lowered his head, blushed, and almost stuttered when he spoke.

But when Wenxi and Du Yunkai asked him questions related to his profession, he was able to talk about it fluently. He looked both professional and confident, as if he was radiating light all over.

Wenxi, Du Yunkai, and even a few people nearby, were all attracted to him unconsciously.

Wenxi also whispered to Liu Wangxue: "Didn't you say that there is a big contrast between his real life and his online appearance? I don't think that's entirely true. The contrast between him and his real life is also quite big."

Liu Wangxue said: "This shows that he really loves this major and has a solid foundation and rich knowledge."

Wenxi nodded: "He is also very capable."

Liu Wangxue teased: "Then you have to seize the opportunity. It's only a matter of time before Xiaoyu becomes famous. It may not be so easy to ask for cooperation in the future."

"It's not easy right now," Wenxi sighed, "Porcelain hasn't responded yet. The decision on whether to use it is up to them."

So Wenxi didn't take the opportunity to ask Li Yu whether to cooperate or not, after all, Porcelain was too big a deal. As for herself, she was in an incredible trance for several days after signing the contract.

Wenxi thought, wait for a reply first to see what the attitude of Porcelain is. If it doesn't work, she can do nothing. But in the future, she can definitely ask Li Yu to design her own fashion show in China. She really likes him.

Du Yunkai did not mention that his PC game plan had not yet been finalized due to the screenwriter and script issues. It was not his style to write blank checks to people with a conceptual thing.

Wenxi didn't know what Du Yunkai was thinking, and she didn't need to know. Because Joshua had replied that he would not only use the garden as the show design, but also come to visit the site in person.

Wenxi's secret desire to win was greatly satisfied. It was great to be one step ahead of others! However, meeting Joshua was one thing. Whether she could win his favor depended on Xiaoyu's own performance. When they met the day after tomorrow, she would have to talk to Li Yu.

"When good things like this happen, we should celebrate." Wen Xi looked at Liu Wangxue and blinked cutely.

Liu Wangxue asked her: "How do you want to celebrate?"

"How about a cup of sweet tea?" Wenxi said, "The kind you made last time."

"What kind of celebration is this?" Liu Wangxue found it funny, "Can you be a little more ambitious?"

Wenxi stretched lazily: "Oh, this is forced by the conditions. If it were in Haishi, we would have to go to a Michelin restaurant at least."

"Forget about the restaurant. I'll make it myself." Liu Wangxue stood up and walked outside. "Let's have tea in the afternoon."

Wenxi immediately got off the sofa and followed in slippers: "I'll help you wash the vegetables~"

Looking in the refrigerator, there were still some fried lotus root boxes left that Tao's mother gave her yesterday. They would not be good if left for too long. Liu Wangxue asked, "How about using this to cook noodles? I just bought some fresh noodles on the way back."

Then she took out a lotus root, the "king of lotus roots" she had dug up yesterday, cut it into small sections, and put it in a plastic bag: "I'll make some cold lotus root shreds as a side dish."

Wenxi of course had no objection and picked up the paring knife to peel the lotus root.

Liu Wangxue said, "I'll go to the vegetable garden and see if there are any edible vegetables. I'll pick some and bring them back to cook with the noodles."

It has only been three weeks since these vegetables were planted. Those that grew fast have not yet reached maturity, let alone those that need to bloom and bear fruit.

But small green vegetables are different, they can be put into the pot as soon as they grow a little taller. Liu Wangxue picked out a few tall ones and pulled out two small green onions.

"The ground is a little dry. It's time to water it." Liu Wangxue said to himself. Let's wait until the sun sets and the temperature drops.

After lunch, we both took a nap. I was really tired yesterday. Although I used a massager to massage, I still felt a little sore when I woke up this morning.

After the nap, Liu Wangxue moved the afternoon tea under the grape trellis because it was really hot in the sun room at this time. Liu Wangxue would look at the creepers every day and almost wanted to grow for them.

There were three rocking chairs under the grape trellis. The two of them lay on one each, and the other one was shared by Pengpeng and Xiaoci.

Wenxi stretched herself, feeling tired but still not sleepy. She couldn't help but sigh, "Am I really getting old? I saw many girls online saying that after turning 25, their overall condition starts to decline.

Some said she had skin problems and her body functions were not good. Some even said she looked like a pickled radish, dry and wrinkled.

Liu Wangxue laughed loudly: "This analogy is really sad! How can we, who are about to step into the threshold of 30, feel this way? Hahaha."

After laughing for a while, Liu Wangxue said, "But to be honest, my physical strength has indeed declined. I can't stay up late. If I stay up late, it will take several days to recover."

"Indeed," Wenxi said, "When we first started our business, I and my junior classmates worked day and night, and we really wanted to work two days a day. With that kind of work intensity, I felt like I took stimulants every day and felt that I had endless energy. Now, if I have to endure for a few days in a row, I will be half dead."

"Yeah," Liu Wangxue also recalled the distant past, "Think about it, I used to write scripts all night long, and later I did live broadcasts. I was worried about the content every day, staying up until the early morning, and had to get up early the next day to prepare. I am really a worker, with a working spirit."

"What about now?" Wenxi turned over and looked at her with a smile.

"Now, there is only one thing, which is 'love yourself'." Liu Wangxue said seriously, "Accept all your imperfections and take good care of yourself. I found that since I let go of those things that I was obsessed with, that did not belong to me, or that did not belong to me temporarily, I have seen another side of life."

"By the way, wait for me!" Wenxi said, then got up and went to the kitchen and brought back a box of chocolates.

This box of chocolates was also one of the gifts she brought back. They were the most famous handmade chocolates from Country Y and were recommended to her by Zerlina.

On the afternoon of the day Wenxi first arrived, Liu Wangxue ate a little too much snacks, so she put them directly into the refrigerator without even opening them, and never forgot to eat them.

Wenxi opened the box and handed it to Liu Wangxue: "Try it."

Liu Wangxue picked the one with a sky blue outer layer.

Wenxi said, "Don't chew it, hold it in your mouth and let it dissolve layer by layer."

Liu Wangxue listened to her and didn't bite directly.

The first layer tasted like milk, with almost no sweetness. After this layer melted away, the sour taste slowly filled the mouth, and Liu Wangxue almost cried because of the sourness.

What she couldn't eat the most was sour food!
Wen Xi saw her frowning face and said with a smile: "Hold it in, hold it in, don't vomit!"

You guys are such a jerk, you give me tips and votes but don't leave any comments - I'll update one chapter to see who is the night owl, hehe

Chapter 54 Suggestions

Liu Wangxue frowned and glared at her. Then the sour taste faded and the salty taste directly attacked his brain: "What kind of prank are you playing?"

Wenxi said, "Really not! Hold on, there's a surprise at the end."

After a while, the salty taste slowly disappeared and a bitter taste came up. This is what eating bitter melon raw tastes like!

Liu Wangxue wanted to drink some tea to neutralize the poison, but was stopped by Wenxi: "Really, you have to believe me!"

Liu Wangxue was speechless and choked. Well, since they were friends, she would endure it.

When the bitterness was at its strongest, she took a sip of the chocolate and the remaining chocolate suddenly burst. In an instant, a sweet taste mixed with a strong aroma of wine washed over her entire mouth.

Wenxi stared at the changes in Liu Wangxue's expression and knew that she was finally getting her reward after suffering: "So, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Because of the previous bitterness, the sweetness at this moment was magnified countless times, and the wine seemed to be intoxicating.

When all the chocolate had melted, Liu Wangxue licked the roof of his mouth unconsciously, feeling an urge to keep the last part.

So she took another one.

"Hahahaha," Wenxi laughed out loud. "You know, when Zerlina invited me to eat this chocolate, I put the whole piece in my mouth, chewed it, and ended up spitting it out until my face turned blue! It was so embarrassing that Zerlina thought she gave me an expired one."

Zerlina was really scared at the time, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry after knowing the truth.

Zerlina added: "Once you make it to the end, you'll love the taste."

The second one Liu Wangxue took had a strange taste that was completely different from the previous one, but the final sweetness and wine aroma were the same.

Wenxi showed her the packaging box, and below the brand logo was the cursive English
text: That's life. Liu Wangxue silently said in her heart: Just like my life.
When the sun's rays almost disappeared, Wenxi followed Liu Wangxue to the stairs to get out the water pipe and go to water the vegetable garden.

There was originally a faucet on the vegetable garden side, which was connected to the bathroom through the wall. When the house was remodeled, Liu Nanshan asked the construction team to lay another water pipe, connecting it from the kitchen, running underground, and passing through the newly built courtyard wall.

He said that in this way, two people can start watering the fields at the same time on both sides, which saves a lot of time.

When the two of them went out, the two little ones naturally followed. The clean-loving lazy boy saw that they were going to the muddy ground and didn't want to go anymore.

But the owner had to work and couldn't carry it. It stared at Pengpeng for a few seconds, then remembered the incident when it fell into the lotus field and hesitated whether to let it carry it.

Pengpeng followed his owner for a few steps and found that Xiaoci didn't follow him, so he turned back: "Woof!" Catch up!

"Meow~" No, it's dirty.

"Woof!" Not dirty, look at me!
Xiaoci raised his paw: "Meow~" Come here.

Pengpeng walked back: "Woof!" What are you doing, say it.

"Meow~" Carry me on your back.

"Woof!" Alas, there's really nothing I can do with you.

"Woof!" You let your owner hold you when you run, and you let me carry you on my back when you go out. How can you not exercise all the time? You will get fat and turn into a pig cat.

Xiao Ci slapped Peng Peng on the back with her paw: "Meow!" Shut up, pig!

Pengpeng got into a posture ready to sprint: "Woof!" Hold on tight, I'll take you to feel the speed of the wind!

Before Xiaoci could even utter a "meow", Pengpeng rushed out and ran around the vegetable patch several times in one breath.

Xiaoci hugged his neck tightly, spread herself out like a cat pancake, and pressed herself against Pengpeng's back, trying to prevent herself from being "crazy".

When the faucet is turned on, water will soon flow out of the pipe. If you pinch the mouth of the pipe, it can flow out for a long distance.

Liu Wangxue and Wenxi treated this as a game and actually had a lot of fun.

Pengpeng, who was running back and forth in the vegetable garden, saw the splashes of water, stopped himself immediately, walked over, and looked eager to try.

Liu Wangxue looked at the excited dog's face and said, "No! You two just did the care this morning. If you dare to come over, you will sleep in a dirty state tonight!"

Xiaoci threw a cat punch: "Meow!" Don't move!

Pengpeng walked away with a sad face.

When passing by Liu Wangxue, Xiao Ci called out to Liu Wangxue in a sticky voice: "Meow~~" I'll keep it under control~ I'll
give it a sweet date after I'm done with it. Liu Wangxue said: "Be good, there will be fruits and snacks to eat in the evening."

The dog was immediately happy.

And always remember it.

While watching TV at night, it waited and waited, but its owner still didn't fulfill his promise, so it jumped off the sofa, ran to the cabinet at the door of the living room, and barked at Liu Wangxue.

Wenxi asked: "What happened to Pengpeng? Is there someone outside?"

Liu Wangxue went out to check, but no one was there. Turning back, she saw Pengpeng clinging to the door, and then she remembered that she had forgotten to fulfill her promise.

Liu Wangxue touched the dog's head, feeling guilty: "I'm sorry, I forgot for a moment. I'll get it for you right away."

Xiao Ci had been staring at this side. When she saw Liu Wangxue open the cabinet door, she jumped off the sofa, ran over quickly, hugged Liu Wangxue's ankles, and raised her round head.

"Meow~" I want one too~
Liu Wangxue smiled: "Don't worry, yours won't be missing!"

After eating the snacks, the dog and the cat were satisfied, and they curled up on the sofa again to stare at the projection.

A moment later, Wenxi received a message from her assistant Xiaoyun: [Sister Xi, the schedule is ready and I have sent it to your email]

Wenxi leaned over and took the computer from the sofa, opened the email and checked: "Xu, what do you think of this itinerary?"

Liu Wangxue took a quick look and said, "Isn't this itinerary too tight?" It felt like we were just sightseeing except for eating, sleeping and traveling.

"But Joshua is only here for a week, seven days," Wenxi rubbed his face, "and he wants to go to so many places, and he said they were all recommended by his girlfriend. What can I do?"

Liu Wangxue suggested to her: "We can discuss it. Didn't you say that the young master is sometimes a little emotional? What if this trip makes him feel tired and unhappy, and he doesn't get the ending you expected?"

"What should I do?" Wenxi thought for a moment, "How about I ask Xiaoyu? See if he has any suggestions?"

"Sure," Liu Wangxue said, "The young expert will definitely be able to give more reasonable suggestions."

Wenxi forwarded the document to Li Yu and asked him: [Do me a favor, Xiaoyu. A foreign designer who has never been in contact with gardens wants to visit for a week. Do you think this arrangement is appropriate? ]

Li Yu quickly sent the file back: [Sister Wenxi, I personally don't recommend arranging the itinerary so tightly, it might cause aesthetic fatigue.]

[I circled a few places in the document. These are very necessary to visit and you can spend more time on them. ]

[I have marked the remaining ones with serial numbers. If you have enough time later, you can arrange them as appropriate. ]

Wenxi: [Okay! Thank you, Xiaoyu. I will ask someone to make another one right away.]

Designer Li Yu: [You're welcome (cute spinning )] Chapter 55 Renewal

Wenxi looked through Li Yu's mark and sent it directly to Xiaoyun: [Work overtime tonight and make another copy based on this. ]

Zhou Yun: [Received! ]

Liu Wangxue saw Wenxi's cold expression when he asked Xiaoyun to work overtime, and shook her head with a "tsk tsk" sound: "Fortunately, I have already left the workplace."

Wenxi held the phone and laughed, "What's the matter? Do you think my boss is unkind?"

"No, no," Liu Wangxue said sarcastically, "They are still young, they need to experience and hone their skills. Otherwise, how can they grow? Overtime is a blessing that every company gives to its employees!"

"Don't think I can't hear what you are saying!" Wenxi said while typing.

As the two of them were jokingly arguing, Peng Peng, who was watching the show, became a little dishonest. He swept his tail across Xiao Ci's face, then quickly retreated before Xiao Ci could stretch out her claws.

This happened several times before Xiao Ci could no longer bear it. She threw a few cat punches and turned around to run into Liu Wangxue's arms.

But he jumped too hard and failed to brake in time, so he hit Wenxi's arm.

Wenxi slid her fingers across the touchpad of her laptop, preparing to open the email writing page and write a draft first. After Xiaoyun sent the second version of the itinerary, she could send it directly to Joshua's assistant.

When Xiaoci bumped into him, the mouse pointer clicked on the address book.

Liu Wangxue picked Xiaoci up and glanced at the laptop screen, worried that the collision might cause Wenxi to accidentally touch something and delay her work.

As a result, she saw her old email address in Wenxi's contact list. Liu Wangxue asked, "I haven't used this email address for a long time. Why do you still keep it?"

Wenxi opened the letter writing interface and said, "Hey, do you go out of your way to clean up the contact information in your mailbox?"

"Ah, that's right." Liu Wangxue lowered her head to teach Xiaoci, "Don't be so reckless, you know, bumping into someone else is a small matter, but what if you get hurt?"

"Hey, Liu Wangxue, how can you talk like that?" Wen Xi was writing an email and yet he was able to retort.

"Just concentrate on writing your essay. Be careful not to write down what you said. It would be embarrassing if you send it out." Liu Wangxue pinched Xiaoci's breast pads. Ah, it felt so comfortable.

Xiaoci looked up and complained: "Meow~" You bumped into me and provoked me, I didn't mean it.

Liu Wangxue scratched its chin, and Xiaoci squinted his eyes comfortably.

Wenxi finished writing the email and asked Liu Wangxue: "Xuxu, is the contact information you left on a certain drama platform this old email address?"

"It seems so," Liu Wangxue asked, "What's wrong?"

Wenxi patted the sofa and said, "The 21st Case of Dazhao" is so popular that it can be regarded as a phenomenal IP. According to the current trend in the circle, there must be someone who wants to strike while the iron is hot and make a film or TV series.

However, Liu Wangxue not only didn't know that the game was popular, but also didn't mention other types of copyright sales during the last chat. This is obviously unscientific.

After Wenxi finished speaking about her thoughts, she said, "I sincerely suggest that you at least pay attention to the subsequent developments after selling a copyright. Hurry up and log in to the platform and email to check. I think someone will definitely contact you to buy other copyrights. Even if we lie down, we still have to make the money we should make, especially when it comes right to our door."

Liu Wangxue went back to her room and got her computer.

In fact, when she was having a barbecue that day, she had a plan after learning about the game's popularity. Her idea was the same as Wenxi's. But since Wenxi had come, she wanted to spend time with her friend first, and then she could focus on her own affairs after Wenxi left.

Since Wenxi brought it up today, she would take a look at it.

"A Certain Play" was originally a communication and display platform built by several well-known big names in the circle for screenwriters. Anyone can upload and publish their own scripts, or it is called "public execution."

Later, the website developed a contract-based streaming section, but after signing the contract, the copyright basically no longer belonged to the creator, and the creator could only get a share of the copyright after it was sold.

Once the contract-based profit-sharing mechanism came out, the original meaning of communication and display changed, but the website still promised that the copyright of unsigned works still belongs to the creator.

Liu Wangxue is the kind of person who is unwilling to sign a contract. Why should she give up the script she worked so hard to write?

But without signing a contract, there will be no promotion, and it will be drowned in the ocean of countless works.

Feeling discouraged, he followed Wenxi's advice and became a host.

Wenxi said at the time: "Screenwriters, to put it simply, are just about telling stories. Since it's about telling stories, where can't we tell them? And live streaming is so simple and straightforward. You tell a story, and you can get immediate feedback on whether the audience likes it or not. If the number of views is high and the story goes viral, maybe someone will rush to buy the copyright from you, and you can still make money."

When Wenxi said this, she was not just comforting Liu Wangxue, she really believed in Liu Wangxue's abilities.

She had read almost all of Liu Wangxue's scripts. Although they were all short stories at the time, each story was very eye-catching. Some of them were even submitted for competitions and achieved very good results.

Gold will always shine.

Liu Wangxue thought about it for many days and finally listened to Wenxi's advice. It happened that at that time, Shiliu Video had a new anchor support plan, and the platform saw that she had good looks and signed her.

Later, when Liu Wangxue was looking up information for topics for his live broadcast, he discovered a very interesting story, which came from a video that attracted attention from a certain play.

She logged into this platform that she had forgotten for a long time, and then found that someone had sent her many private messages, wanting to buy the copyright of "The Twenty-first Case of Dazhao", and said that the contract had been sent to her email and the terms could be negotiated.

The email address was this old one. After this matter was dealt with, she never logged into a certain play again, and the email address was also abandoned.

After several years, Liu Wangxue even forgot her login password to the website. To retrieve her password, she had to use her registered email address, which was linked to her mobile phone. Fortunately, she had not changed her mobile phone number.

As soon as I logged into my mailbox, the number of unread emails showed "99+".

Liu Wangxue didn't care for the time being, and followed the steps to reset the password. After logging in, the website's small speaker icon also had "99+" on it.

Liu Wangxue quickly clicked through and found that there were indeed many people who wanted to seek cooperation or purchase copyrights.

The account with the most private messages is an account nicknamed "Face Roll Keyboard". The latest one was this afternoon, saying that it wanted to renew the copyright of the game, and it had an expression of despair.

Wenxi asked: "This should be Du Yunkai, right?"

(End of this chapter) Chapter 56 Good News

Liu Wangxue said: "Not necessarily, it could be someone else in his studio." It felt like the tone of voice didn't sound like Du Yunkai.

"Who cares who he is? Reply quickly." Wen Xi said painfully, "If you had told me before you sold it, I would definitely not have let you sell it for only 200,000. It would be a huge loss! We have to raise the price when we negotiate the renewal this time."

Liu Wangxue also felt that she had lost money, but at that time, she felt very lucky to be able to sell it, so she didn't even negotiate the price. Besides, she didn't know if it would be a hit.

Alas, she felt that she was PUA'd by that teacher. The things she spent a lot of effort to create were always criticized as useless. Anyone would be unconfident and underestimate themselves.

"That's right," Liu Wangxue said. "I was shocked when I saw the over 100 million downloads last time. That's just for Android. What about iOS and Windows?"

"Right!" Wenxi was very happy that she was sober, "I remember seeing a post online that valued their game, and someone else posted a long article calculating the revenue.

It's really scary. The mobile game market is so small, but last year, the revenue of the entire market was greatly increased because of their game, and they actually accounted for 10% of the overall revenue of similar games! "

Wenxi searched on the browser while talking, and found the post in no time. The title also had the word "explosive" at the end.

"Look." She found the Essence Analysis Building and turned the computer towards Liu Wangxue. "I'm telling you, if we can negotiate, you have to add zeros after the 200,000!"

Well, there is no need to be so cruel, Liu Wangxue thought, what if it is too cruel and scares people away? There are so many popular IPs in the market, and there should be a lot of good screenwriters and scripts. She felt that Du Yunkai didn't have to do this.

Du Yunkai felt that he had been living a very comfortable life these days. It was not that his life before was not satisfactory, but that they were two completely different feelings.

This is a place where you can return to the countryside and live in the real nature. The village, or even the town, is far from being developed, but it is quiet and peaceful, away from the glitz and hustle and bustle.

When he and Xu Qingsong went to the town to show people houses, he found that communication between people was so simple. It seemed that he could chat with anyone, unlike the circle in his city where almost everyone wore a mask.

What made him most satisfied was that within just a few days of leaving the smog in Hai City, his rhinitis was almost cured by the fresh air here.

What he was not satisfied with was that Wenxi next door did not seem to like him. This was mainly reflected in the fact that she was polite but kept a distance from him.

If Du Yunkai took the initiative to talk to her, she would definitely respond. If Du Yunkai did not take the initiative, she would treat him as air.

Du Yunkai finally met a woman whose appearance was so suitable for him. He couldn't understand why there was no progress at all.
He asked Xu Qingsong: "Has my charm decreased?"

Xu Qingsong said: "Looking at the speed at which you change girlfriends, your charm is still there, no doubt about it."

"Why is that?" Du Yunkai was even more confused.

He, Master Du, is not an ordinary person, Xu Qingsong comforted himself, and then said: "But why should a girl fall in love with you when she sees you?"

"Shouldn't I?" Du Yunkai asked back, "Putting aside my family background, my appearance, my money, my social status, what about me is not worthy of girls' love? What's more, I have a good impression of her, she can feel it, right?"

Xu Qingsong asked again: "If I feel it, do I have to respond?"

Du Yunkai concluded: "Not responding means rejection."

What else can Xu Qingsong say: "First of all, I am not an emotional master. Secondly, I am not a woman. I can't guess other people's thoughts and I don't want to guess."

Du Yunkai took out his phone and said, "How about I ask someone for advice?"

Xu Qingsong really looked down on this kind of behavior: "Have you found out who Ruxi is? Have you got his contact information? Have you found any alternative scripts? Have you found any alternative screenwriters? If you have the time to consult, you might as well think more about how to deal with the game."

Du Yunkai held the phone and looked at him as if he were an alien: "That's strange, Xu Qingsong. I was the one who urged you before, but this time you actually urged me. Tell me, what is your ulterior motive?"

Even if he has a purpose, he can't tell you. Xu Qingsong thought: "Strike while the iron is hot, Master. Don't forget that you are going to compete. The Mu family is rich and powerful. By then, Mu Jingsheng will divide the plate before you. You are a small studio, and you can only rely on your father to compete with him."

"Let's rely on our father." Du Yunkai said this, but he still gave instructions to the studio, asking them to check the system, dig out scripts, and find screenwriters, and do everything quickly.

The next morning, Du Yunkai and Xu Qingsong went to town together.

Xu Qingsong is going to shoot a video.

At the beginning of the year, an internet user watched his video and came directly from Guangzhou to find him. He bought a large three-bedroom apartment, renovated it for several months, and just moved in recently.

He took video records when he was looking at the house and closing the deal, and said that he would go over and take another video after the man finished decorating the house to make a before-and-after comparison.

This video was recently re-discovered by fans, and many of them were asking whether the renovation was completed and wanted to see a comparison.

Xu Qingsong calculated the time and contacted the big brother. It happened that the big brother had already arrived, so they made an appointment.

After the video was shot, the eldest brother treated them to lunch at a small restaurant on the street. They had beef noodles with lasagna and a few side dishes.

Du Yunkai had never been to such a place before. Xu Qingsong could see that although he had a smile on his face, his whole body was full of resistance.

Xu Qingsong didn't know what was going on, but he suddenly remembered the romance between the domineering boss and Cinderella that the girls in the department always loved to discuss when they were in the company. Roadside stalls or food stalls were the must-have classic plots.

But now, there are only two grown men around Mr. Du. Xu Qingsong really wants to laugh.

The eldest brother also noticed it, but he didn't mind at all. He patted Du Yunkai on the shoulder and said, "Brother, the ultimate destination of all the delicacies in this world is in small restaurants on the street. The more inconspicuous, the more surprises there are. Really, give it a try."

When his taste buds were captured, Du Yunkai gave his elder brother a thumbs up.

After the meal, the eldest brother said generously: "I will settle down here in the future. If you know someone, you will be my friend. Come and visit us often when you are free. Let's have a barbecue and drink beer. It will be fun!"

"OK!"

On the way back, passing by the cake shop we visited last time, Du Yunkai said, "How about buying another one and having a cup of tea?"

This was a good suggestion, and the two of them went in and chose a Black Forest.

When he was returning to the car, Du Yunkai's assistant called. His voice was so excited that Du Yunkai was afraid he would faint. The assistant shouted: "Boss! Good news! Good news!"

The sound was so loud that it made Du Yunkai's ears numb. He frowned and moved the phone away. After the assistant finished shouting, he asked, "What's the good news?"

The assistant's voice continued excitedly: "Ruxi! Ruxi has news! The account on your platform received a reply from her private message!"

God knows how desperate he has been these days. He is just a small assistant, and his boss actually asked him to find a screenwriter whose only email information is available. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

He looked for all the people on the platform he could, but this Ru system had neither a contract nor real-name authentication. He was so anxious that he frantically sent private messages using the platform account given by his boss, and also sent many emails.

The boss pressed him again yesterday, and he was almost resorting to illegal means and unfair means.

Thank goodness this screenwriter is finally online!

Du Yunkai got in the car, signaled Xu Qingsong not to drive away, then turned on the radio and asked, "What did she say?"

The assistant was walking back and forth excitedly on the other end of the phone: "She said that the contract can be renewed, but the renewal price needs to be renegotiated. Her offer is within our expectations and is even a little lower. In addition, we invited her to be the screenwriter for the terminal game, and she said she would consider it, but she needs to see our planning proposal first."

Xu Qingsong asked Du Yunkai with his mouth: "Found it?"

Du Yunkai nodded happily.

The assistant continued, "Regarding the renewal, I wanted to invite her for a face-to-face meeting, but she said it's not convenient right now, and that we can just set the price and go through the process online as before. After she has read the plan and is sure she can be our screenwriter, we will meet and discuss in detail."

Du Yunkai said, "Okay, ask the legal department to prepare the contract and send it to her first. If she has reviewed it and there is no problem with it, we can proceed with the process as soon as possible. Also, ask the planning department to prepare the plan as soon as possible."

Du Yunkai looked at the date and continued, "Today is Sunday, so come up with a specific plan before next Friday. Ask me to email it to you later."

After hanging up the phone, Du Yunkai began to edit the email. He had already discussed the general direction of the adaptation with Xu Qingsong, and on the way back, he discussed some of the settings again, made some minor changes, and sent it to his assistant.

After sending the email, Du Yunkai turned on the car speakers, played a jazz song, put one hand on the window sill, and beat the rhythm to the music. He was in a very happy mood.

"Xiao Xu," Du Yunkai deliberately stretched out his voice, "your home must be a good place for Feng Shui."

It's not that business people are superstitious, but sometimes they have to believe. Otherwise, why didn't he get any news from Ruxi before he came to Qiushui Town, but he was able to renew his contract just a few days after he came here?

"What superstitious thinking?" The car had already arrived at the gate. Xu Qingsong handed the key to Du Yunkai and asked him to go down and open the gate. "This is really a Feng Shui treasure land. You might as well stay here or just move your studio here."

"This is a bit of a big deal, hahaha." Du Yunkai took the key and went downstairs to open the door.

Coincidentally, Liu Wangxue came out with Xiaoci and Wenxi to send Youyou and Jinghe off, with Pengpeng following beside them.

Youyou held her brother's hand and said goodbye to Xiaoci: "Be good, I'll come play with you tomorrow~"

Du Yunkai greeted this side: "Hi~"

The two beauties smiled politely in response.

Wenxi whispered to Liu Wangxue, "See? He's floating."

Liu Wangxue smiled and said to Youyou, "Not tomorrow."

Youyou was immediately sad when she heard this, and her little face was tearful.

Children are so cute, and their thoughts are clearly written on their faces. Liu Wangxue quickly explained: "Tomorrow I am going to the peach orchard with my friends to pick peaches. The cats and dogs must go with us, otherwise there will be no one to take care of them."

Liu Wangxue held Xiaoci's paw and waved it at Youyou: "How about this, let Xiaoci bring the peaches it picked back to Youyou tomorrow, okay?"

Youyou's face brightened up instantly: "Okay, okay, can you give it to brother too?"

Xiaoci suddenly meowed, and Liu Wangxue said, "Well, it agreed."

"Yeah!" Youyou cheered, "Thank you sister, thank you Xiaoci, bye~"

"Bye~"

The two brothers waved together, held each other's hands, and went home.

Wenxi followed Liu Wangxue into the courtyard and whispered, "He must have seen your offer and felt that he had made a profit. Tell me, why didn't you listen to my advice? I asked you to quote a higher price to give the other party room for bargaining. This is to help you demonstrate your value.

You insist on quoting such a low price. I'm sure their price in mind is definitely higher than yours. Look at how proud Du Yunkai is, as if he has found a great bargain."

"Okay," Liu Wangxue put Xiaoci down and let it play with Pengpeng, then pulled Wenxi to sit on the sofa, "I know you're doing this for my own good, but I have my own considerations. Besides, this is a renewal, not a buyout, so we can't do a one-time deal. It's not advisable to fish in a dry pond."

Wenxi asked: "Do you want to cooperate with them for a long time in the future?"

Liu Wangxue was also unsure: "Let's just treat it as a good relationship. Look, I haven't been a screenwriter for many years, and I'm not sure if I can still do it.

They just sent me an invitation. If they are willing to send me the planning proposal later, I would like to go all out and take on this job. I can also use them as a whetstone."

Liu Wangxue winked at Wenxi.

"Of course, Liu Xiaoxu!" Wenxi patted her on the shoulder. "If it works out, you won't lose out. As long as you don't fall in love, you'll still be smart."

Liu Wangxue joked, "The main thing is, I already know them, and I'm even a neighbor of Xu Qingsong. If I get caught one day, and I asked for too much, it would be so embarrassing. I can't stand it!"

Wenxi applauded: "Okay, you are the best! Does this count as having both?"

Liu Wangxue hit her with a pillow.

While drinking tea in the evening, Wenxi took the initiative to talk to Du Yunkai, "Boss Du, what good news is this? Look at how happy he is. He hasn't stopped smiling since he entered the door."

Oh, Du Yunkai was even happier. He glanced at Xu Qingsong and saw, it's not superstitious at all, it's a Feng Shui treasure land.

When he came here, he first met the "dream goddess". Today, the PC game project was officially launched, and the goddess even took the initiative to talk to him.

Double happiness!
"There is a happy event," Du Yunkai said, a little more reserved, "The PC game project that Qingsong and I are planning to work on will be officially launched today."

Wenxi looked curious and continued to ask, "Have you found a suitable script or an excellent screenwriter?"

Porcelain combination

Pengpeng: This assistant is not very good.

Xiaoci: Indeed, after receiving the order, generally within three minutes, he should sort out the owner's information and even all his ancestors and place them on Mr. Du's desk.

Pengpeng: That's right, Mr. Du, we suggest you fire me.

Xiaoci: Yes, fire him, otherwise it will affect your grand plans.

(End of this chapter) Chapter 58 Preparation

Du Yunkai and Xu Qingsong glanced at Liu Wangxue secretly, and saw that her expression was calm, the same as usual, and for some reason they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, the fact that Wenxi asked it to her face shows that she probably doesn't care.

Du Yunkai replied, "I guess so. The script is still based on The Twenty-One Case of Dazhao. As for the scriptwriting, some aspects still need to be discussed."

Liu Wangxue said approvingly, "That's great. I played this game a few days ago and I still haven't had enough."

Now Xu Qingsong was curious: "Did you clear the level?"

Liu Wangxue nodded.

Wenxi swallowed a bite of cake and said, "I told you long ago that our Xuxu is a screenwriter by profession, and those little plot tricks are not good enough."

Liu Wangxue commented: "The plot logic is quite rigorous, and the clues are well laid out. Some props may seem difficult to find, but once you decipher the key character information, it's pretty easy."

After that, she made a few more suggestions for modifications, and she found out the parts that Xu Qingsong and his team had not been able to sort out and solve during the production process, so they used the difficulty to cover up the problems, which ordinary users would not be able to detect under normal circumstances.

Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai showed some surprise in their expressions, and they both had the same thought at this moment: Could it be that they had made a mistake?

Wen Xi took the opportunity to pour tea for Liu Wangxue and started a quarrel with her: Very good, now that the shock has come, can a slap in the face be far behind!

If Liu Wangxue could read minds, she would definitely die of laughter, but she couldn't. So she followed Wenxi's expression and blinked proudly on purpose.

Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai saw it. Ha, they thought she didn't care about the silent rejection that day, but it seems that she still cares and she turned the tables in this way.

Why is it that instead of being offensive, people even admire it?

But it's a pity that they have already contacted Ruxi, and this time the PC game must be perfect.

Wenxi was satisfied with the goal achieved and immediately changed the topic to talk about the activity of picking peaches in the peach orchard tomorrow.

Liu Wangxue said, "How about we chat in the group? Wenxi and I have prepared some things. There are many of us, so we need to bring a lot of things, so try not to repeat them."

The Taoyuan that Yue Cheng suggested going to is in a small town in the next city called Taoyuan Town. It is a little far away, about two hours' drive away.

Taoyuan has been built for nearly 20 years. It was originally a poverty alleviation project of the local government.

It is not easy to carry out poverty alleviation projects. In addition to the most important "spiritual poverty alleviation", we must also help local people find suitable and sustainable industrial projects.

That year, a senior city official went to the countryside to inspect the progress of poverty alleviation work. As soon as he arrived in Taoyuan Town, he fell in love with the peaches there.

The secretary asked the mayor, "Have you ever thought of organizing the people to sell these delicious peaches?"

Of course the mayor had thought about it and even put it into action, but the roads there were not good and the transportation costs were extremely high. The people were poor, so even if they wanted to raise funds to build a road, they couldn't afford it.

The mayor said: "I have also been out for the past two years, trying to attract some investment, but once they came and took a look, nothing happened."

Taoyuan Town was so poor that not only did Ruth Xiu not have a decent orchard, but all the fruit trees were planted by local people.

If you invest, all of these will have to be re-planned. Not to mention the financial cost, the time cost alone is daunting.

Because peaches are not a scarce resource in the market, and people have worked hard for several years to produce them, but no one knows how long it will take to get a payback, so naturally no one is willing to invest.

Later, with government support, things were different. The road was repaired, and the peach orchard was replanned and rebuilt, with local people jointly contracting it. After the peaches were sold, every household made money, and new houses were built one after another.

Later, a young village official came to Taoyuan Town and led this group of people to replan and reconstruct the local area.

The peach orchard was expanded into an orchard. In addition to peaches, other types of fruits and even vegetables were also selectively planted according to climate and soil conditions.

The town's streets also gradually changed, becoming wider and cleaner.

In recent years, tourism projects such as "Farmhouse" have been developed, and the "Taoyuan Town Online Store" has been opened to sell products online and offline simultaneously.

Today, Taoyuan Town has become a brand project, attracting many tourists with its delicious food and fun activities.

While eating barbecue that day, Wenxi asked, "Are there any good experience projects here? The kind where you can eat and play at the same time?"

Yue Cheng immediately thought of Taoyuan Town: "Now is the season when peaches are ripe. And the place is already well developed. There are fruits, vegetables, and poultry. From picking to serving, it's a one-stop service. Even if you want to cook it yourself, they can provide a place and iron pots, but you need to bring other kitchen utensils and seasonings yourself."

So a few of them decided to go and have some fun together.

After the time was set, Liu Wangxue and Wenxi checked the guide and precautions online.

They also bought some sun protection equipment online, but forgot to check the shipping location when placing the order. Five days later, they realized that the courier had not arrived yet, and they checked and found that it was still in transit.

It's too late to return it and buy a new one. Fortunately, I received a pickup reminder from the courier station this morning, otherwise I would have to make a trip to the city.

Liu Wangxue posted in the group: [Wenxi and I brought sunscreen products for everyone, very complete, everyone can reduce the equipment in this regard tomorrow. ]

Tao Huayu's message came immediately: [I was just about to say whether to check the supplies online (b(￣▽￣)d)]

Yue Cheng: [Xiaoxi and I brought folding tables and chairs, awnings, etc.]

Tao Huayu: [I prepared drinks and snacks]

Xu Qingsong: [I bring kitchen utensils and tableware]

Du Yunkai looked at the messages in the group chat and said, "Isn't it just to pick peaches? Why do you need to bring so many things? Kitchen utensils? Why do you need to bring kitchen utensils?"

Wenxi said: "Of course I would pick some vegetables and catch a chicken and cook for myself."

Liu Wangxue said: "It's like a picnic."

Xu Qingsong patted Du Yunkai in the group chat: [What did you bring? ]

Du Yunkai, the "old man on the subway looking at his phone", said: "Is there anything else missing? I see that you have it all."

Xu Qingsong suggested: "Why don't you buy everyone's tickets?"

Du Yunkai pointed at him and said, "Hey, you want to kill me again, right? Do you think I'm a sucker?"

After that, he sent a message in the group: [I'll pay for the tickets]

Well, everyone brought things, and it really wasn't appropriate for him to be alone with nothing.

The group immediately flooded the screen with: [Thank you, ]

Du Yunkai follows the local customs: [You're welcome (tsundere face).gif]

After a while, Li Yu's message popped up: [I worked all night drawing and just woke up. I'll bring some fruit.]

(End of this chapter) Everyone looked at their phones and laughed.

Tao Huayu: [Yu, are you really awake? Are you sure you are not sleepwalking? ]

Designer Li Yu: [question mark ]

Everyone's messages popped up almost at the same time: [We went to the orchard]

Li Yu's hair was messy and he looked confused. It took him a while to realize: [ Is there anything else I need to bring?]

Liu Wangxue: [Just bring yourself with you]

Tao Huayu: [Follow the location I sent you and the navigation. Don't get lost.]

Liu Wangxue asked Xu Qingsong: "Xiaoyu is still a person with poor direction?"

Xu Qingsong nodded: "I drove this road from the city to my home at least ten times before I remembered it. Every time, every time, I drove to a different village."

Wenxi laughed: "Oh my god, why do I think he's even cuter!"

Du Yunkai felt that his understanding had been refreshed again: "He, doesn't he use navigation?"

"Look," Xu Qingsong said, "but it just goes astray, and once it goes astray, the navigation system can't pull it back."

Liu Wangxue laughed. How did his character manage to add both buffs and debuffs?
The next morning, Liu Wangxue got up at dawn. Because he had to go to Taoyuan early, he didn't take the two little cuties out for a run. He made a simple breakfast and went to wake Wenxi up.

Wenxi is a guy who is extremely good at staying in bed. He can stay in bed for 10 minutes, and will never stay in bed for just 5 minutes.

Liu Wangxue put her hands on her hips. The quilt had already been lifted and pulled. What else could she do? Xiaoci followed in and rubbed her ankle, and she suddenly smiled.

He picked up Xiaoci, spread her out like a cat pancake, and smeared it on Wenxi's face.

Xiaoci looked at Liu Wangxue innocently with her round eyes: "Meow~"

The four claws tightened.

"Liu Wangxue, take your cat away." Wen Xi finally spoke.

Liu Wangxue laughed wildly twice: "Can you get up?"

Wenxi sighed: "I want to get up - but it hugs my head, how can I get up?"

Liu Wangxue picked up Xiaoci, scratched its chin, and walked out: "Good boy, let's go eat first and don't wait for this lazy pig."

Wenxi sat up, poofed a cat hair stuck on his mouth, and muttered, "You're still eating, I'll kill you with my cuteness!"

After breakfast, the two of them put all the stuff in the trunk, including sunscreen, food and snacks for Pengpeng and Xiaoci, and toys for them.

I heard from Yue Cheng that the venue over there is quite large, which should be enough for us to have fun.

Here, Liu Wangxue and his four companions set out together in two cars. Tao Huayu and his companions went their own way and met up at their destination.

Before leaving, Tao Huayu was still worried, so he took a detour to pick up Li Yu, for he was really afraid that he would drive to some unknown corner again.

Taoyuan Town is now well developed and has been rated as a provincial model town.

The wide streets are lined with small townhouses, and the greenery is very good, with a fresh and beautiful environment. In the distance, you can see rolling hills, dark green, hidden in the morning mist that has not yet completely dissipated.

As soon as you enter the town, you can see the sign for the orchard. Follow the signs and you will soon be out of the town. When you look up, you will know that you have arrived at the orchard.

On both sides of the road, there are fruit trees surrounded by fences. On the left, you can see peaches hanging heavily on the branches. On the right, there is a vineyard with fruits covered in paper bags. Driving forward, there is actually a pomegranate orchard with many fruits hanging on the branches.

Although he had seen the photos in the online travel guides, Liu Wangxue still couldn't help but exclaim in admiration when he actually arrived.

A visitor center was built at the entrance, with a parking lot on the left and a packing workshop on the right, both of which cover a large area.

After parking the car, Liu Wangxue and the others did not get out first, but sent a message in the group.

Lan Xiaoxi sent a screenshot and replied: [We are stuck in traffic, it will take about 20 minutes to arrive. This is the reservation code, you can go get the trolley first]

The trolley is specially prepared by the orchard for guests who want to cook by themselves, and it is convenient for transporting kitchen utensils, tableware and other items they bring.

Yue Cheng had already reserved a venue on their official website in advance - he got it by luck, because the number of places is limited and is usually released five days in advance.

It is summer vacation now, and the customer flow is high, so reservations are really hard to come by. I can only say that Yue Cheng is really lucky.

Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai got off the car together, went to the visitor center to buy tickets and get a cart, and then came back to wait for Tao Huayu and the others, and then pushed all the things in together.

There are about ten ticket windows and the queues are fast.

Du Yunkai said to the lady selling tickets: "Eight tickets."

The elder sister took out a new stack of tickets and said without even raising her head: "A total of eight hundred." She counted out eight tickets and stamped them in an instant.

When she looked up again, her first reaction was, handsome guy! Her second reaction was, what was he hesitating about?
Du Yunkai thought he was hallucinating. Eight hundred? That is, one hundred yuan per person? Is it so cheap? Is this orchard doing charity?

The elder sister asked: "Cash, scan code or swipe card?"

"Um, scan the code." Du Yunkai paid the money and got the ticket.

The older sister gave him a few more brochures. Seeing that the handsome guy was in a good mood, she wanted to say a few more words: "It has everything, including teaching you how to pick and choose. You can eat as much as you want in there, but don't waste it. You need to pay extra to take it away.

If you want to send them out, don't pick them yourself. If you don't choose the right ones, they will rot on the road. When you come out, just go to the packing workshop next door, and the master will help you choose and place the order.

This ticket only includes the vegetable garden and peach garden. The fruits in other gardens are either out of season or not yet ripe, so they are temporarily closed. There are some additional charges for other items, so you tourists can decide for yourself. If you encounter any problems, you can ask the fruit farmers for help. The people here are very friendly. "

Du Yunkai thanked the elder sister and only saw the price clearly marked on the sign when he walked to the door. He had not noticed it when he first came in.

Over there, Xu Qingsong had already brought over the cart. Du Yunkai said, "The ticket price is only a hundred. How is this different from giving it away for free? If this place were mine, the entrance fee would be at least eight thousand eight hundred."

Xu Qingsong felt that he was out of touch with the world again: "How can it be the same, Master? Who is the target group of your family? Who is the target group here?"

Back at the parking lot, Du Yunkai gave Wenxi a copy of the brochure. He and Xu Qingsong did not return to the car, but leaned against Liu Wangxue's car door, and the four of them discussed other projects they wanted to experience.

Not long after, Tao Huayu and Li Yu arrived. They brought their things over and joined the discussion.

After Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi arrived, they loaded the things onto the cart and then walked towards the entrance together.

(End of this chapter) Chapter 60 Together

After checking in, Yue Cheng went straight to the bathroom: "You guys go first, I'm going to the bathroom." He drank too much water in the morning and was already enduring it when there was a traffic jam.

After he said that, several men also wanted to go. So Liu Wangxue and the other three ladies waited under the shade of the tree. They took turns to go. Since they were all passing by, they might as well go.

Liu Wangxue took out the sun protection equipment, and the three of them first applied sunscreen and put on ice sleeves and sun hats.

Suddenly a little kid came over and pulled Liu Wangxue's clothes.

She looked down and saw Youyou, who was wearing a sun hat, smiling with small teeth: "Sister, I'm here too!"

"Oh, it's Xiao Youzi!" Liu Wangxue raised her hand to wipe the sweat off his face and asked, "Are you alone? Where's your brother? Are the adults from home here?"

Youyou pointed behind her and said, "My dad, my brother went to the bathroom. Let's wait for him, and then I will go to see Maomao and my sister."

Xiaoci is rubbing against Youyou's legs. It likes this little pomelo.

Youyou's father is called Shen Nian'an. He came over to greet Liu Wangxue and the others, and then said, "This cat is so beautiful. No wonder our little Youzi has been thinking about it all the time."

Youyou squatted down, hugged Xiaoci, and scratched the cat's chin: "Dad, it's very well behaved, look!"

Shen Nian'an smiled with her eyes curved: "So cute!"

Wenxi said to Liu Wangxue: "Have you noticed that when Youyou smiles, she looks exactly like Mr. Shen."

Youyou heard it and said proudly: "Because he is my father!"

Shen Nian'an touched his head and said to the others, "He came home yesterday and said he wanted to eat peaches, so I took him to the town to buy some. When we got to the market, he asked me, 'Do peaches grow on trees?'"

After hearing this, Shen Nian'an praised Youyou: "Youyou is awesome. You have learned something new."

Youyou said, "My brother told me. Dad, I want to eat the peaches growing on the tree. I don't want to eat the ones here."

Shen Nian'an explained to him: "The peaches here are picked from the trees."

"No, no," Youyou said while gesturing with her hands, "I want to do this, pick it off and eat it in one bite."

Shen Nian'an was amused by him and touched his little face: "Just tell me, baby, you want to pick peaches, right?"

Youyou said: "Because Xiaoci went there, the peaches he picked were growing on the tree, so the peaches on the tree are delicious!"

What kind of association and conclusion is this? Shen Nian'an thinks his baby is so cute.

After returning home, he searched online to see if there was a peach orchard nearby, so he could take the two children out for some fun.

Then I saw Taoyuan Town recommended by netizens, so I came here.

"He asked me on the way if he could meet Xiaoci here," Shen Nian'an said with a smile, "I didn't expect to actually meet you guys."

Shen Nian'an is a talkative person, and his every move has a kind of charm that makes people feel like spring breeze. The topic revolves around pets and children, and the conversation starts instantly.

After a while, the men who went to the bathroom came back, along with Jinghe. The three ladies handed the cat, dog and stroller to them and went to the bathroom together.

Tao Huayu, the leader of the children, came up and hugged Youyou: "Little Youzi, you are here too!"

"Hello, Uncle Huayu!" Youyou is a polite and good child. He had met these people at Tao Huayu's house last time, and then he greeted them one by one.

The group of people introduced themselves to Shen Nian'an again, and Shen Nian'an said, "Then I won't bother you for now. I'll take the two children inside first."

Youyou was sad: "Dad, can't we be with the cat?"

Before Shen Nian'an could say anything, Tao Huayu, who was holding Youyou, said, "Since we've met, let's go together. We've also reserved a place to cook, so we can eat together then."

Yue Cheng said: "The food here is quite strong in flavor and may not be suitable for children. When we cook it ourselves, we won't have to worry about it."

Xu Qingsong and others also invited each other.

Shen Nian'an looked at Youyou's hopeful eyes and finally agreed.

After Liu Wangxue and the other two came back, everyone went to the "picnic" area and put their belongings away.

There is a small shed at the entrance of the venue. The administrator checked the tickets and reservation codes. Seeing that they brought their cats and dogs, which were not on leashes, he reminded them: "You have to keep an eye on your pets. One is to be careful that they run away, and the other is to be careful that they hurt people."

Liu Wangxue nodded: "Okay, don't worry, these two are pretty well behaved."

Seeing that she didn't seem to take it seriously, the administrator said, "If it runs away, it will be really hard to find it. This garden is very big, and there are mountains behind it. Some have gotten lost before, but we haven't found even one out of ten."

Liu Wangxue thanked him for his kindness and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll tie him up with a leash later."

This area was similar to an open-air threshing ground in the countryside, where the mud was compacted and leveled. There was a mud stove built at intervals, and it looked like there were less than 30 of them. Next to the stove was an iron pot and a pile of firewood.

Except for Yue Cheng and Lan Xiaoxi, all of them were here for the first time. Seeing such a rare clay stove, they all sighed at Yue Cheng's good luck.

Li Yu's eyes were already full of stars: "Brother Cheng, I will buy lottery tickets when I get back. Please help me choose the numbers! If we win the jackpot, we will split it in half!"

Everyone followed suit, clamoring to buy and asking Yue Cheng to choose the number.

Yue Cheng rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, buddy, I'm counting on this wave of wealth! I'll definitely arrange it tomorrow! Don't forget your promise then, it'll be 50-50!"

Lan Xiaoxi quietly said to Liu Wangxue and Wenxi: "Don't believe him. This is the only time he's lucky. All the lottery tickets he's bought over the years can be considered charity. He hasn't won a penny."

Liu Wangxue said: "Maybe this time we will have a good turn for the worse!"

Wenxi also said, "Yes, Xiaoxi, good times will come after bad times. Let's just follow the trend, just in case we win."

Lan Xiaoxi joked, "Okay, don't feel bad about the few dollars when the time comes."

Several people worked together and it didn't take long to set up the awning and spread out the folding tables and chairs. The food and daily necessities were not valuable, so they were just put in the shopping cart.

Yue Cheng gave each person a shopping bag made of nylon, which was very sturdy and used to hold peaches.

Youyou stared at Yue Cheng, he also wanted a bag, he also wanted to pick more peaches, his eyes were full of excitement. But Yue Cheng just ignored him, and then all the bags were distributed.

Youyou stretched out her little hand and grabbed it, looking confused: "Where's Youyou's? Youyou wants a bag too."

Jinghe held his little hand and said, "Youyou and brother can share one. I will help you carry the peaches you picked, okay?"

"Okay." Youyou said, but a little unhappy.

(End of this chapter)