Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Before the man even got close, he complained silently: “I told you to go straight ahead and turn right when you encounter a fork in the road. As a result, you guys turned such a simple road into a maze.”
Heng Jingchen took off the mask he had just put on and stuffed it into his pocket. He stepped forward and punched the person on the shoulder, pretending to be angry, and retorted coldly: “You are very capable, I have even brought the business to you. You are still sleeping under the quilt.”
The man was not annoyed. He hissed and rubbed his arms shivering: “Isn’t it cold? If you hadn’t come to see me, I wouldn’t have gotten out of bed all day.”
“Hey, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, who’s here to see you?” Heng Jingchen immediately straightened his face and pulled Zu Qi forward, who was standing by and watching them joking and said, “I came with my friend. This is Zu Qi. I mentioned him to you before.”
After saying that, when Heng Jingchen turned his face to Zu Qi again, he quickly returned to his original sunny and friendly smile, and continued to introduce himself: “He is Tang Yukuan, you can just call him A Kuan.”
Zu Qi was stunned for a moment: “A Kuan?”
Heng Jingchen raised his eyebrows in surprise: “What? Do you two know each other?”
“No. I don’t know.” Zu Qi suppressed the strange emotions in his heart, and said while looking at Tang Yukuan meaningfully, “I used to have a friend named A Kuan, but he was from the Northeast.”
“What a coincidence.” Tang Yukuan raised his eyebrows and smiled a little slyly, “I am also from the Northeast.”
“…” Zu Qi felt as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight for a moment. He couldn’t believe it. He stared at Tang Yukuan for a long time, then spoke slowly, “But your accent doesn’t sound like someone from the Northeast.”
Heng Jingchen smiled and patted Tang Yukuan’s shoulder and said with a smile: “That’s because you haven’t heard him before. His accent from years ago was just like Northeastern people. Maybe he has lived in the imperial capital for a long time and was surrounded by locals from the imperial capital, so his accent naturally changed.”
Tang Yukuan said with a playful smile, “Although I don’t sound like a Northeastern person anymore, but my figure and height are still very similar.”
Heng Jingchen, who was half a head shorter than Tang Yukuan, darkened his face after hearing this, and he suddenly felt as if an arrow had been hit in his knee. So he still couldn’t hold back and slapped Tang Yukuan on his broad back.
“F**k you, I haven’t seen you for so long, and you’re still so arrogant. If you don’t want your mouth anymore, how about donating it to people in need?”
“I need it.” Tang Yukuan made the grimacing face, “A little bit.”
Heng Jingchen: “…”
Until Heng Jingchen clenched his fists loudly and pretended to punish others, Tang Yukuan, who was scared for a second, turned as quiet as a chicken.
It could be seen that the relationship between Heng Jingchen and Tang Yukuan was very good. At least during the time when Zu Qi and Heng Jingchen got along, it was rare to see Heng Jingchen so relaxed and happy.
Then Tang Yukuan led Heng Jingchen and Zu Qi around the farm, and by the way even showed them the fruit grove that Zu Qi had always wanted to see.
“My breeding farm covers about 120 acres. The rest of the land has been used to build sheds to raise livestock. Only this small piece of land is temporarily unused, so someone sent 20 to 30 fruit trees to plant.” Tang Yukuan crossed his arms, his face a little blue from the cold, and he was shivering as he said.
Zu Qi stepped forward and touched the trunk of the tree, then looked up at the vibrant spreading branches and leaves, then turned around and asked, “Apple tree?”
“Yes.” Tang Yukuan nodded, “Unfortunately, the fruiting period has already passed. The fruit produced by the tree is large and crisp, which is very suitable for selling in the market. I originally planted it for fun, but many people came to buy apples from me.”
Zu Qi suddenly remembered that the most common thing in the space were the apple trees, and he was suddenly in a trance. He observed Tang Yukuan’s expression from the corner of his eye and found that there was nothing strange about him, and his words and deeds were normal.
He wondered if Tang Yukuan was the A Kuan mentioned by the Three Lucky Treasures…
Both their nicknames were A Kuan, and they were both from the Northeast. They seemed to have several things in common, but Zu Qi couldn’t think of anything that could verify Tang Yukuan’s name.
Never mind.
He’ll ask the three lucky treasures about him later.
At noon, Tang Yukuan hosted a lunch party. He generously took out 200 yuan and took Heng Jingchen and Zu Qi to the nearby farmer’s market to buy a duck, three crucian carp and a few bags of vegetables. He said he wanted to show off his talents.
As old friends who had known each other for many years, Heng Jingchen had long been accustomed to Tang Yukuan’s stinginess. So he, while looking desperate, was lying on the sofa and blowing the heater. At the same time, he did not forget to complain to Zu Qi: “When that guy Tang Yukuan will be willing to spend to take us out to a restaurant, the sun will rise in the west.”
Tang Yukuan wearing a long cotton coat and holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth, was killing fish with a kitchen knife in the kitchen. The sound insulation effect of the dilapidated house was not good, so he listened to Heng Jingchen’s complaints word for word.
“Damn it, Heng Jingchen, you’re saying bad things about me behind my back again!” Tang Yukuan was angry and helpless, holding a cigarette and shouting inarticulately, “Whenever I get rich, I’ll treat you to a meal in a restaurant.”
Heng Jingchen curled his lips and said, “I’m afraid I have no hope for this in my life.”
Although Tang Yukuan didn’t have the money to invite them to a restaurant, his cooking skills were really good. The fried duck with ginger and sweet and sour fish with shredded ginger were both extremely delicious. The fried white lotus and fried pork were full of color and flavor, mixed on top of the plump, soft and glutinous white rice. The three people present ate two large bowls at one go.
During the meal, Tang Yukuan told Zu Qi the selling price of the entire breeding farm.
One acre of land cost 30,000 yuan, and 120 acres of land costs 3.6 million yuan. They were packaged and sold together with everything on the site. Zu Qi could keep it if he needed it and throw it away if he didn’t need it.
If Zu Qi could accept this price, then Tang Yukuan’s only requirement was to get the money as soon as possible, preferably 80% of the selling price before completing the formalities – he really needed money urgently.
Zu Qi said that he needed half a day to think about it and would give a reply before nine o’clock tonight.
Tang Yukuan knew that 3.6 million was not a small amount, and had long been prepared that Zu Qi would not make a decision on the spot, so he readily agreed to Zu Qi’s request, stood up and started to clear away the dishes.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Heng Jingchen said goodbye to Tang Yukuan and prepared to leave with Zu Qi.
Before leaving, Zu Qi secretly took a photo of Tang Yukuan holding a bowl with his head down, and then followed Heng Jingchen with concern.
On the way back, Heng Jingchen comforted Zu Qi and said: “I am just acting as a medium for your communication. If you can reach an agreement, you will all be happy. If you can’t reach an agreement, forget it. You don’t have to buy that piece of land for my sake. I don’t want to bear the favor of more than three million yuan for that guy Tang Yukuan.”
After hearing this, Zu Qi realized that Heng Jingchen thought that he was embarrassed to refuse Tang Yukuan in person when he said he would consider it. He immediately couldn’t laugh or cry, and quickly explained: “I like that place very much. Both the environment and the geographical location are very suitable for me. However, buying land is not a trivial matter. I think I should think about it carefully.”
“So that’s it…” Heng Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief and turned around. And he laughed at himself with a smile, “I was just being sentimental.”
In the subsequent conversation, Zu Qi learned from Heng Jingchen that Tang Yukuan’s mother died early, his father was ill and hospitalized, and he needed a lot of money every day to survive.
Tang Yukuan was an investor, but unfortunately the money he earned by investing was a drop in the bucket. He also thought about making the breeding farm his father left behind bigger, but he didn’t have the material at all.
After many twists and turns, Tang Yukuan could only sell the only breeding farm he owned. The money in exchange would allow him to relax for a while.
Originally, Heng Jingchen wanted to give five million to Tang Yukuan, but Tang Yukuan refused to accept it at all, because he had borrowed a lot of money from Heng Jingchen in the past two years and had already repaid it, so he was too embarrassed to borrow more money from Heng Jingchen.
After hearing this, Zu Qi felt a little sad.
If Tang Yukuan was really the A Kuan whom the Three Lucky Treasures missed so much, wouldn’t it be bad if he brought up another unrelated matter when Tang Yukuan was in such a difficult time…
Heng Jingchen drove Zu Qi to outside Xue house, and as soon as Zu Qi returned home, he saw Xiaoya running towards him excitedly.
“Mr. Ancestor, I bought everything you asked me to buy in the market.” Xiaoya said happily, holding a full black plastic bag in her hand.
Zu Qi took the bag and opened it. Inside were vegetable seeds clearly packed in various small plastic bags.
“I went to several places and asked some people before I found this shop that said it has the best seeds.” Xiaoya counted on her fingers, “There are radish, cabbage, leek and bok choi.”
“Thank you, Xiaoya.” Zu Qi said gratefully and asked after a while, “Where are the fruit trees?”
Xiaoya said, “I bought a bunch of apple and cherry saplings. It’s not convenient to bring them in, so I just put them there. Let me take you to the front yard.”
Zu Qi went upstairs and put the plastic bag containing vegetable seeds in the bedroom, and then followed Xiaoya to the front yard.
The neatly built and packaged saplings were placed on the stone tile floor and lined up neatly. Zu Qi squatted on the side and observed for a long time, and then selected two growing trees from the pile of apple saplings and the pile of cherry saplings.
“You can help me find a place to store the remaining saplings.” Zu Qi stood up and said to Xiaoya with two saplings in his hand.
Xiaoya was too busy to nod and say yes.
Zu Qi asked again: “Do you know how to store them?”
“Yes, when I went to buy the saplings this morning, the uncles talked about them so much that my ears almost have calluses.” Xiaoya sighed.
Saplings that were not used temporarily needed to be placed in a cool and ventilated place, and some water must be poured at the roots of the saplings every day, and water must be sprayed on the leaves of the saplings to maintain the vitality of the saplings…
Xiaoya blurted out the instructions for preserving the saplings. The method was explained so smoothly that Zu Qi suddenly felt guilty. He even came up with the idea of arranging Xiaoya to work in the breeding farm he was about to buy.
When Zu Qi was selling meditation powder online, Xiaoya was the main force.
But after careful consideration, Zu Qi gave up the idea. If someone accidentally spread the news that he could enter the space, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Zu Qi passed by the living room holding two saplings, and happened to meet Weng Yuxiang, who was holding Xue Wanwan and standing in front of the French window looking at the scenery.
Weng Yuxiang glanced at the things in Zu Qi’s hand and asked strangely: “Xiao Qi, why did you bring two saplings?”
“I plan to open an orchard farm with my friends, so I asked Xiaoya to go to the market and buy some saplings. Then I decided to mess with it for a while.” Zu Qi lied without blushing. This was an excuse he had already thought of.
Weng Yuxiang did not doubt Zu Qi’s words, and said with great distress: “Actually, it’s okay for you to go film a movie and put on a show to enrich your life. It’s really hard work to open an orchard farm. With our family’s conditions, you don’t need to be so tired to make money.”
If conditions permitted, Zu Qi would naturally be happy to be a rice bug.
He was busy making money before because he was afraid that something might happen to Xue Jue and the Xue family. With money by his side, he could reduce many potential crises. But now he continued to make money simply because he didn’t want to waste the abundant materials in the space.
“I’m just messing around and won’t waste too much time.” Zu Qi said with a smile.
Weng Yuxiang knew that she could not persuade Zu Qi, so she wisely said nothing and watched Zu Qi go up to the second floor with the two saplings.
At five o’clock in the afternoon, Duan Kai and Xiao Dengzi arrived at the gate of Xue’s house on time in the company car and waited. Zu Qi packed his suitcase, vegetable seeds and saplings, and then dragged his things to prepare to go out.
Xue Wanwan slept like a little pig in Weng Yuxiang’s arms, with a layer of pink on his white cheeks, making him look extremely cute.
Zu Qi couldn’t help but kiss Xue Wanwan on the face and sigh: “I didn’t expect that my ugly son would counterattack so quickly.”
After hearing this, Weng Yuxiang kept laughing.
“Goodbye, Xue Wenjin.” Zu Qi squeezed the little guy’s chubby paws and kissed the palm. This was the first time he called out Xue Wanwan’s name.
Xue Wenjin.
This name was chosen by Zu Qi. It did not have so many complicated and profound meanings, nor did it involve several masters to tell fortunes like Xue Jue did before. It was just two words.
It meant quiet.
He hoped that boy could be quieter when he grew up and stop being so noisy.
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