Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Ye Lan had been to the city twice with Ye Qingshan, but this was the first time she had come alone. She just felt that the county town was so big, with so many houses which were so high that the naked eye couldn’t even see them.
“Sister, is that a car?” Ye An tugged on the hem of Ye Ning’s clothes and asked in a low voice.
“Yes, do you like it?” Seeing Ye An nodding shyly, Ye Ning smiled and said: “If you like it, you have to study hard and get into college. You can also drive a car like this in the future.”
Ye An’s eyes sparkled and he nodded firmly, he must go to college and drive his two sisters in a car in the future.
From the perspective of Ye Lan and Ye An, Huanshan County was very big, but to Ye Ning, it seemed very small. They could go around the entire county in one day.
It was almost five miles from the station to Houxi Road. Normally it took half an hour to walk there. They brought a lot of things today, but it was mainly because Ye Ning was holding them back. Ye Lan was used to farm work, and Ye An also went up to the mountain to help. Now that she had developed her strength, it was easy to walk while carrying things. Ye Ning only carried two baskets of vegetables and walked after taking a rest.
“How about you rest here, Xiao An and I will take the things over first and pick you up later.” Ye Lan said with some distress when she saw Ye Ning sweating profusely.
“Do you know where the house I’m renting is?” Ye Ning glanced at her, “Let’s go, we’re almost there.”
Ye Ning took a deep breath, picked up two baskets of vegetables, walked to the door of the house, put down the vegetables, and held in her breath, only then did she relax.
“We’re here.” Ye Ning opened the door and let her brother and sister in.
This large yard was surrounded by a high wall. Inside were two large houses. There should have been one more, but it looked like it had been demolished. Ye Lan took a look and turned to the front yard. It was about the same size as their own home, and there were many grass roots were not dug up. These had to be dug out, otherwise they would turn green even after a light rain. She followed her sister into the main room and found an old sofa and a small low table here.
“Put the things here first.” Ye Ning asked them to put the things down and turned to go outside to get the vegetables. Ye Lan went out ahead of her and carried them in easily, “Put them in the kitchen. The kitchen is over here.”
The kitchen was on the right. Next, the original stove was smashed. This one was repaired by the landlord. It was half old and half new. It looked ugly, but when renting a house, you could not be so particular anymore. Ye Ning had lived here for more than half a month and hadn’t fired it yet.
Ye Lan could tell at a glance and guessed that her sister was eating in the factory. Without saying anything, she looked around and returned to the living room. She wanted to tidy up the room today so she could sleep. She could take care of other things later.
“Second sister, come and take a look. There are two orange trees in the backyard. They are still hanging fruits, but they are a bit small. Let’s prune the branches later and apply some fertilizer. The fruits next year will be big and sweet.” Ye An drooled looking at the green and small oranges on the orange tree.
“Orange tree? Is it big? I also want to grow vegetables.” If the tree was too big and blocked the sun, the vegetables below would not grow well.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s big or not, it’s not our own yard, so we can’t cut it down.” Ye Ning saw disappointment flashing in Ye An’s eyes and said with a smile.
Ye Ning was happy now, but Ye Lan began to be disappointed, “These places used to be able to grow a lot of vegetables, but now they can only grow some green onions.”
“Did you see the demolished foundation of the house next to it?” Ye Ning led them. Walking around the orange tree, “Tidy up this place. It’s no problem to plant some pumpkins and winter melons here. There are only three of us. How much food can we eat? You will be in high school in two months. The classwork will be heavy by then. You still have to go to high school. Will you have time to grow vegetables?”
“How much time will it take?” Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Ye Lan stopped looking at the ground and simply sorted out the things she had brought over. She and her eldest sister were sharing a room, so there was no need to make the bed. She didn’t have many clothes and shoes, she just threw them in the cupboard. It was also simple over there. The room had been cleaned and a quilt was put on it. Ye An’s clothes were also thrown in the cupboard. The other things were the farm tools she brought.
“Today is your first day in the county. It’s a fresh start. To celebrate, let’s go out to a restaurant?” Ye Ning took them to a restaurant. It was the same street where Wang Yao took her to last time. The beef noodles at that restaurant were special.
Standing at the door, Ye Lan was a little hesitant. Going out to a restaurant would definitely cost a lot of money. According to her wish, she could just eat at home. But seeing her sister’s excited look, she couldn’t say anything. She just didn’t want to go out to the restaurant at all.
Ye Ning sighed when she saw her expression. After all, Ye Lan was from her mother’s generation and had experienced hardship and hunger, while Ye Ning was a typical post-90s generation and she was the elder in the family. As long as she asked, since she was a child, her parents would satisfy her, so there was not an age difference between her and Xiao Lan, but a generation gap.
The most important thing for a family was to have the same consumption views, and she and Ye Lan had completely different consumption views. Ye Lan believed that money should be saved, and she barely ate or wore anything. Only when she had money in her hand could she feel at ease. Ye Ning believed that the province would produce crops and the fruits of it should be spent. What she didn’t know how to save on was food and clothing. Life was nothing more than food, clothing and sleep. Especially when it came to food, she was the least able to save. It didn’t mean how much food she wanted, at least. She wanted to eat whatever she wanted within her own capabilities.
Not to mention the family’s savings, she could still afford one beef noodle meal a month with her current salary, so she thought about bringing her younger brother and sister over to eat something she thought was delicious.
But Ye Lan didn’t think so. She didn’t care where the money came from, even if it fell from the sky, she had to save the money she got. Anyway, the two people had completely different consumption concepts, and they still had to get along in the future.
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