Xi Junjie held Zhenzhen's hand, and when he opened his eyes almost instantly, he found himself in a lush forest. "Your ability is amazing." Xi Junjie sighed again: "If we go out to travel in the future, we can go to several places in one day."
Zhen Zhen smiled with her eyes curved: "Besides, we can go whenever we want, it's very convenient."
Xi Junjie looked around where he was. The towering red pines blocked the sky, and he could only see the dazzling blue sky through a small gap. There were thick needles under his feet, and many wild fruits of different colors grew around him. There was no noise except the crisp chirping of birds.
Coming to this primeval forest for the first time, Xi Junjie was very surprised. He touched a tree thicker than himself and asked, "Are we deep in the forest?"
"Yes." Zhenzhen glanced at where she was and nodded: "Although the area of this original red pine forest is decreasing every year, this location is still a place where no one has stopped." Zhenzhen picked a handful of "girl fruit" and handed it to him: "Try it, it's a wild fruit here."
The fruits that have passed through Zhenzhen's hands are the ripest, best and sweetest. Xi Junjie peeled off the withered yellow outer skin, revealing the yellow fruit inside that looked like a small lantern. He put the "girl fruit" in his mouth and took a light bite. The sweet juice mixed with the full seeds flowed into his mouth, and the taste was very wonderful.
"Delicious!" Xi Junjie peeled another one and stuffed it into Zhenzhen's mouth.
Zhenzhen took out a small basin from the space, walked to a bunch of blueberries nearby, and gently touched them. The blueberries, which were not particularly ripe at first, immediately became round and big. "When I was a child, I loved eating blueberries from the mountains the most. Let's pick some more for the watermelons and grapes to bring back."
Xi Junjie picked one and put it in his mouth. It tasted much better than the blueberries he had eaten abroad. Xi Junjie picked a few more and put them into Zhenzhen's mouth. He asked her vaguely, "What should we say if we take the blueberries home?"
Zhenzhen glanced at him, her hands still busy: "Stupid, just say you just happened to meet me in the market."
Xi Junjie couldn't help laughing: "I remember that you often bought some delicious food in the past. It was either given to you by others or bought on the street. By the way, do you catch all those lively seafood by yourself at the beach every winter? I said, even if it's a special train, it's hard to guarantee that the seafood will still be alive when it arrives in the capital."
Zhenzhen laughed out loud: "It's so cool to go fishing and catch seafood at sea. When I have time, I will take you for a ride on the sea."
Xi Junjie thought about that scenario and was full of anticipation: "I think if we go to one place every day, maybe one day we can travel to every corner of the world."
Zhen Zhen nodded and said, "I suddenly feel that this kind of life is also very exciting. When you quit your job, we can travel around the world."
She picked all the blueberries off the branches, and in a blink of an eye, she had a full basin. Zhenzhen put the blueberries into the space, and took out a basket to pick mushrooms: "There are many kinds of mushrooms on this mountain. The chicken stewed with mushrooms that you like to eat is this kind of hazel mushroom, and the round one over there is the hericium erinaceus."
Zhenzhen had been picking mushrooms since she was a child, but Xi Junjie had received elite education and had never experienced picking mushrooms. While humming a song, the two picked all the mushrooms they saw and put them in the basket. Because there were few people in this place and there was little sunlight, the mushrooms grew fat and thick.
There were more and more mushrooms of various kinds in the basket. Suddenly, Xi Junjie saw an umbrella-shaped plant on the tree and immediately called Zhenzhen excitedly: "Wife, look, it's Ganoderma lucidum!"
Zhenzhen walked over and saw that the Ganoderma lucidum was only the size of a palm, which was not considered big in this primeval forest. She broke it off and handed it to Xi Junjie: "You can pick some more and bring them back to boil water for grandma to drink."
Xi Junjie put the Ganoderma lucidum in the mushroom basket and looked around: "Is there a super large Ganoderma lucidum with words on it like the one you gave my grandma?"
Zhenzhen smiled with eyes curved: "Yes, come with me."
Zhenzhen scanned the area with her consciousness and soon found a Ganoderma lucidum that was about the size of a fist ten meters away. Xi Junjie looked it up and down and asked in confusion, "It's nothing special. It's not even as big as the Ganoderma lucidum I picked up just now."
Zhenzhen smiled but said nothing. She put down the mushroom basket, found the mold she had made that year from the space, and put it on the Ganoderma lucidum. After about half a minute, Zhenzhen took off the mold. The Ganoderma lucidum, which was originally only the size of a fist, had grown as big as a washbasin, and there was a clearly visible word "Shou" on the surface of the Ganoderma lucidum.
Xi Junjie was stunned by Zhenzhen's operation. Although he knew his wife's ability, he never thought she could play like this. Seeing Xi Junjie speechless, Zhenzhen patted the huge Ganoderma lucidum and asked domineeringly, "What other pattern do you want?"
Xi Junjie shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "I thought it was a thousand-year wonder, but the truth is too cruel. You'd better take it down quickly. If it's left here and someone finds it, it might be on the news." Xi Junjie looked at the thick and hard stem and shook it with his uninjured arm, but it didn't move the huge Ganoderma at all. Xi Junjie asked Zhenzhen in some embarrassment: "How do we get this down? Use an axe to chop it down?"
Zhen Zhen waved her hand to let Xi Junjie take a step back. She stepped forward and pressed the Ganoderma with both hands and twisted it gently, and the Ganoderma that was connected to the tree was twisted off. Xi Junjie swallowed his saliva, subconsciously touched his neck, and showed a particularly bright smile on his face: "Wife, from now on, if you say go east, I will never go west; if you say eat fish, I will never eat chicken."
Zhenzhen put the Ganoderma lucidum into the space and slapped him on the back with a smile: "You are so smooth-talking. Are you scared of my fighting power?" Xi Junjie immediately pretended to be scared, hugged his shoulders and "shivered": "Oh, what should I do if I am scared to death by my wife? I feel like my neck will be broken at any minute." Zhenzhen was amused by his dramatic look and grabbed a handful of mushrooms and threw them in his face.
The couple laughed and joked for a while, then went back to the space to wash their hands. When they came out again, they changed seats again. Xi Junjie looked at the Siberian tiger staring at him, and this time he was really scared. He pinched his throat and said in the lowest voice: "Wife... let's go in quickly... change seats."
Zhenzhen hugged Xi Junjie's arm and smiled, "To be honest, you are much better than my fourth brother. He peed his pants when he first saw Dahuang. But Dahuang was in his prime at that time, and he was much more energetic than he is now."
"Da Huang?" Xi Junjie seemed to find it hard to accept that the name of the majestic king of the forest was even more casual than the name of his own dog. He looked at the tiger with sympathy and couldn't help asking, "Is it really called Da Huang?"
Zhen Zhen let go of Xi Junjie's arm, and walked to the tiger in a swaggering manner under Xi Junjie's frightened gaze. She reached out and rubbed Da Huang's head. Zhen Zhen smiled and introduced, "This is a tiger I knew when I was a child. At that time, I didn't know how to name it, so I named it Da Huang because it was all yellow. Da Huang is also a good friend of our Li Mingzhong."
After hearing this, Da Huang snorted in disdain, as if to say, "Who is friends with that cowardly dog?"
Zhenzhen smiled and patted its big head: "You are a hypocritical fellow. You even said that you are not friends with my Li Mingzhong. Then why do you lie next to Li Mingzhong's grave every day?"
Only then did Xi Junjie discover that there was a mound of earth next to him with a wooden board stuck on it, with the words "Li Mingzhong's Tomb" written on it. It was obvious from the handwriting that it was written by Zhenzhen.
"So you buried Li Mingzhong here." Xi Junjie stepped forward and pulled out the weeds around the mound. "Grandma and mom are still whispering about it in private, but they don't dare to ask you for fear of upsetting you."
"I'm not sad anymore." Zhenzhen smiled and touched Dahuang's head and said, "A few days after Li Mingzhong passed away, I saw its soul one night. It told me that it could be reborn as a human in the next life. And our Dahuang, Li Mingzhong said that when Dahuang gets old, he can also be reborn as a human directly." Dahuang became energetic when he heard it, and kept rubbing his big head against Zhenzhen, his eyes sparkling, as if asking if it was true
Seeing the tiger that looked like a big cat, Xi Junjie felt less scared and walked over to touch its head. Da Huang smelled the scent of Zhen Zhen on Xi Junjie and lowered his head obediently, letting him rub his head.
Taking out a few slaughtered hens from the space and placing them next to Dahuang, Zhenzhen and Xi Junjie explained, "Dahuang is old and not as agile as before when hunting, so I will bring some food to it from time to time."
Dahuang was not as excited as before when looking at the fat chickens. Instead, he kept pushing Zhenzhen's hand and crying loudly.
"It seems to want to say something." Xi Junjie looked at Da Huang, raised his head and asked Zhen Zhen: "Do you understand?"
"Well, it asked me if it is really possible to be reborn as a human." Zhenzhen smiled and patted Dahuang's head: "It is true, but the premise is that you can't starve yourself to death." Dahuang howled a few more times, and Zhenzhen nodded: "Okay, I know, you should eat quickly, we are leaving first."
Da Huang looked at Zhen Zhen with some reluctance in his eyes. Zhen Zhen touched his hair, which had already lost its luster, helplessly and said, "I will come to see you more often."
Da Huang nodded humanely, picked up a chicken and started to eat it beside Li Mingzhong's grave. Zhen Zhen took Xi Junjie's hand and went through the space back home.
Looking at the messy bed, with the feeling of touching Da Huang still lingering on his hands, Xi Junjie exclaimed, "This is amazing, just like a fairy tale. No, it's even more amazing than a fairy tale. Sun Wukong had to do a somersault to reach a distance of 108,000 miles, but you don't even need to do a somersault, you can get there in the blink of an eye."
Zhenzhen raised her head proudly: "That must be because I am older than him. My grandma said I was the reincarnation of a god."
Xi Junjie nodded: "I didn't believe these things before, but now you have really reshaped my worldview. But..." He reached out and pulled Zhenzhen to sit on his lap: "If you are really a reincarnation of a god, after we die, will I not be able to find you?"
"It's okay, I'll come find you then." Zhen Zhen hugged Xi Junjie's neck and kissed him on the mouth: "After all, it's hard to find another man as handsome as you. I have to hold on to you for the rest of my life."
Xi Junjie smiled and hugged Zhenzhen's waist tightly. Just as he was about to deepen the kiss, he heard a knock on the door outside: "Zhenzhen, Junjie, are you awake? Watermelon and Grape are hungry."
"Awake!" Zhenzhen stretched her head and shouted, then kissed Xi Junjie hard on the mouth, then stood up and opened the door with satisfaction. Wang Sufen and Old Lady Li pushed the baby carriage and stood at the door. When they saw Zhenzhen open the door, they couldn't help asking, "How is Junjie? Is he feeling better?"
Xi Junjie came out quickly and said, "It's nothing serious, just a minor skin injury."
Zhenzhen went to wash her hands and brought out a plate of fresh blueberries: "I bought them when I went out yesterday, and I forgot about them when I put them in the room."
"Oh, these blueberries are really big." Old Mrs. Li took one and put it in her mouth: "It tastes almost the same as the blueberries we grow on the mountain. It's delicious."
Xigua became anxious when he saw his great-grandmother eating in front of him. He reached out to grab the food while babbling. Grandma Li took a handkerchief and put it on his clothes and stuffed one into his hand. Zhenzhen took Grape aside to feed her.
Grape is a girl, and her appetite has always been much smaller than that of Watermelon. She was full after eating for a while. Zhenzhen carried her back and put her in Wang Sufen's arms, and reached out to take the watermelon. It was the first time for Watermelon to eat blueberries. The sweet and sour taste made him forget about breastfeeding. Zhenzhen reached out twice, but he dodged. Grape watched her brother smashing a small fruit with relish, and reached into the plate and screamed. Zhenzhen held her daughter in her arms, put on a bib, and gave her one.
Wang Sufen watched Zhenzhen and Junjie teasing the two children, and said to Zhenzhen, "Junjie is resting at home this time, so you should stay at home and accompany him more. Don't go to the company all day and work from morning to night. How much money do you make?"
"It's not just to make money, it's just that doing business gives me a sense of accomplishment." Zhenzhen held the grape in her arms and gave her a fresh blueberry: "I will try to stay at home as much as possible these days, but there will be an auction the day after tomorrow and I have to go there in person. If I miss that piece of land, I will lose the opportunity to gain a firm foothold."
Xi Junjie knew that this piece of land was crucial to the future development of Zhenzhen's real estate company, so he spoke up for her: "It's not a big deal for me. I just discussed it with Zhenzhen. When she gets the land, we're thinking about going out every day. We haven't had much fun since we got married."
Wang Sufen smiled and said, "Not bad, you two should relax and have a good time. Don't worry about the child at home, just let Zhenzhen leave the milk for you in the morning."
Xi Junjie and Zhenzhen looked at each other and were both looking forward to a life where they could travel around.
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In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the land auction. Zhenzhen brought Mingbei to the scene early and chose a seat near the front. As time passed, more and more people came and soon the auction hall was packed.
This was the first auction of state-owned land use rights in the imperial capital. The area was as large as 9,300 square meters. It was residential land with a term of use of 70 years. Its location was a relatively prosperous area both in later generations and now.
Finally, it was time for the auction. After introducing the basic situation of the land, the host announced the reserve price: "The starting price is 1.8 million yuan, and each bid is 50,000 yuan."
As soon as the words fell, there was some commotion at the scene. Although everyone knew that the price would not be too low, some people still came here to take advantage of the situation. They really didn't expect the reserve price to be over a million. However, the scene did not give these bidders a chance to hesitate. Soon, someone started bidding. Mingbei, a young and energetic man, was the first to raise his hand, and then other companies that wanted to buy the land continued to raise their prices.
"two millions!"
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"Two million eight hundred thousand!"
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"Three million and two hundred thousand!"
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The bids kept getting higher and higher, and the atmosphere became more and more heated. Soon the bid reached 4.5 million. Mingbei's hands were sweaty as he held the number plate. Zhenzhen had already led them to do a budget analysis, and the price at this time was still a long way from the highest budget, but this did not stop his nervousness. More than 4 million, Mingbei felt that he might never have so much money in his lifetime.
"five million!"
Finally, a company raised the price to a new height. Zhenzhen looked back at Mingbei and saw that he didn't dare to raise the sign, so she reached out and took the number plate: "Five million and one hundred thousand!"
Mingbei is almost kneeling down to his own sister. Now the price is so high that people have to hesitate to increase it by 50,000. Is it okay for you to suddenly increase it by 100,000
Sure enough, after Zhenzhen raised her sign, many companies that were still hesitant before stopped thinking. Seeing that the time was about to run out, the company that had previously bid 5 million raised its sign again: "5,150,000!"
Zhen Zhen immediately responded without hesitation: "Five million and two hundred thousand!"
Five million and two hundred thousand! Everyone in the audience looked at each other in amazement. No one had expected that the first land use right auction would reach such a high price. For a moment, many people gave up their thoughts. Time passed by minute by minute. As the host counted down, the venue was silent. The auction hammer finally fell in Zhenzhen's expectant eyes. Mingzhen Real Estate Company won the more than 9,000 square meters of land for five million and two hundred thousand.
Most of the bidders were heads of various construction companies or real estate companies. Some were familiar with Li Mingzhen, while others only knew her reputation for donating cultural relics and didn't know her well. This time, Mingzhen Real Estate Company won the first prize in the auction, and many people took the opportunity to come and congratulate them. After all, it never hurts to get to know her first.
Zhenzhen greeted everyone who came to congratulate her, and then took Mingbei to sign a contract with the Bureau of Land and Resources. According to the contract, Mingzhen Real Estate Company needs to pay all the money within ten days after the auction. If it were another company, the people at the Bureau of Land and Resources might still be worried, but when they heard Li Mingzhen's name, even Director Gao of the Bureau of Land and Resources came over to shake her hand: "I've heard of your name for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen you."
Zhenzhen smiled: "I believe we will have many opportunities to meet in the future. After all, there will be more and more auctions like this."
Seeing the crowd gradually dispersing, Director Gao was kind enough to worry about her: "You bought this piece of land at such a high price, are you really not going to lose money?"
Zhen Zhen only hesitated for a moment before smiling and saying, "We will build a model urban residential community and make it a model for the imperial capital. We won't lose money."
"Well, I wish you good luck." Director Gao shook hands with Zhenzhen again and left the auction venue with the signed documents. Mingbei came over at this time and asked with trembling legs, "Did we really buy it? Five million and two hundred thousand?"
Zhen Zhen looked at his sweaty face and said helplessly, "We are just getting started, and you are so scared."
"Five million and two hundred thousand! I always feel like I'm dreaming!" Mingbei sighed, shaking his head, "Sister, listen to me, even though you have money, you can't live like this. Five million is enough for me to earn for several lifetimes."
Zhenzhen hooked Mingbei's shoulders and gave him sincere advice: "After our community is built, you can buy three of the best apartments. After 20 years, you will have 50 million, not to mention 5 million."
"You're just fooling me." Mingbei was amused by Zhenzhen: "Who would spend tens of millions to buy an old house? I'm not stupid."
Zhenzhen smiled and pushed Mingbei out of the venue: "Okay, hurry up, let's go discuss the construction of the new community."
Mingbei and several of his classmates were top students in the Department of Architecture at Huaguo University. They had worked in the Imperial Capital Design Institute for many years and were very capable. Zhenzhen had seen all kinds of houses in the future. Unlike the current housing needs that are mainly for living, the improved housing in the future makes people live more comfortably. So Zhenzhen's suggestions included north-south transparency, dry and wet separation in the bathroom, lighting, floor height, and greening, fire protection, children's play area, and elderly activity area in the community. Looking at a group of high-spirited young people, Zhenzhen said very seriously: "Mingzhen Real Estate Company's first community will be built as a high-end community mainly for high-end user groups, leading the residential trend in the imperial capital." For designers such as Mingbei, Zhenzhen's words can inspire them a lot of inspiration. Half a month later, the design and planning drawings of the community construction have all come out.
Time is money. After the planning drawings and design plans were approved, Mingbei and his colleagues immediately led the construction team to start construction. Only a few office clerks were left in the office, which had just been bustling for a few days. Zhenzhen stretched herself, asked her assistant to call home if there was anything, and then happily went home and took Xi Junjie to travel around.
This time, Zhenzhen released the yacht directly from the space, and then appeared on the yacht with Xi Junjie. The yacht drifted freely on the beach with the waves. Xi Junjie took the fishing rod and went fishing with great interest.
Looking at the fishing rod that hadn't moved for a long time, Zhenzhen looked at him doubtfully: "Can we really have seafood for lunch?"
Xi Junjie was also a little confused when he saw the fishing rod that didn't respond at all: "I prepared the sea fishing rod and bait according to what you said, why doesn't it work? Why don't you try it?"
Zhenzhen looked at him suspiciously. Not even a minute after she took the fishing rod from Xi Junjie, the rod sank. Xi Junjie immediately perked up: "Look, I told you the bait I prepared is pretty good."
Zhenzhen caught a big fish and handed the fishing rod back to Xi Junjie: "Then you continue fishing, I'll go cook the fish porridge first." Zhenzhen put the sea fish on the chopping board, peeled and deboned it, put the smooth and tender fish meat into the boiling porridge, and sprinkled some salt on it. The rice porridge wrapped the fish meat, and after a minute it rolled again. Seeing that the porridge was about to burst out, Zhenzhen turned off the fire and served two bowls of fresh and tender fish porridge on the dining table.
Because of his wound, Xi Junjie couldn't eat too much seafood, so Zhenzhen took out a lot of the stock in the space, including sliced roast duck, green vegetables, tender tofu, and braised lion's head that looked very appetizing.
The table was full of dishes. Zhen Zhen saw Xi Junjie still squatting there motionless: "You can't catch any fish again?"
Xi Junjie smiled awkwardly: "Maybe there isn't much seafood in this area."
Zhenzhen glanced at him, picked up a net bag from the side and threw it down. When the rope reached the bottom, Zhenzhen pulled it up without even waiting. When the net bag came out of the water, it contained a lobster as long as an adult's arm. Xi Junjie threw the fishing rod in anger: "These things are too bullying."
Zhenzhen smiled and threw the net bag under Xi Junjie's feet: "Put it in the space to keep it, and when your wound is healed, we will eat it."
Xi Junjie stopped arguing with the seafood. He slowly poured the prepared red wine into the glasses, picked up one of the glasses and handed it to Zhenzhen: "I think this is the most romantic date."
Zhenzhen smiled and gently clinked her glasses with Xi Junjie: "There will be many more dates like this in the future."
Xi Junjie took a sip of wine and suddenly remembered something that had always made him extremely curious: "I remember that you bought two-thirds of the 1982 vintage red wine from Chateau Lafite. What was the purpose of that?"
Zhenzhen smiled: "I'm going to save it for you to drink as water."
The author has something to say: The weekend is the busiest time of the year, with my children attending various training classes and school activities. I don’t come back to write updates until the evening. I’m sorry that it’s a little late today, and I wish you all a happy weekend.
This article is expected to be finished on the 31st. The new article "Returning to the 1980s with a Treasure Bowl" is expected to start serialization on June 12th. If you are interested, don't forget to collect it in the column, muah~~! ~~