In the rural clinic, Guo Dong gave Zhang Yanping a twisted yet gentle smile:
"You are such a talent."
Zhang Yanping smiled awkwardly: "Well... you said to be bold..." He couldn't continue. He quickly changed the subject:
"Anyway, as long as it works, it's fine. Will your mom... stop being so mean from now on? Will she ask you to pay for something else?"
Guo Dong snorted, and stopped harping on the matter, and replied:
"No. My mother is really a very traditional person."
How traditional is this idea
A daughter who is married off is like water spilled.
This is how she practices life, so Guo Dong has only met her grandmother a few times since she was a child. When it comes to Guo Dong, her mother also practices this way.
As long as Guo Dong is willing to get married, her mother will never make trouble - because elderly care is the son's problem, but she has no son, so she can only swallow this "bitterness" herself, and it will not be her daughter's turn.
As for how life will be after marriage... Oh, women, it all depends on fate!
Zhang Yanping breathed a sigh of relief but frowned at the same time: "What kind of water and soil can produce this..."
Guo Dong was now more relaxed than him. He quickly put the matter behind him and asked curiously:
"Didn't Song Tan say he would give you a long vacation? It doesn't feel like it's been that long, so why are you back so soon?"
Why not long?!
Zhang Yanping almost jumped up: "It's been a month! If it's delayed any longer, I'll have to wait for my life in the training class!"
At this point, Zhang Yanping quickly responded:
"No more chatting, I have to go quickly, otherwise my mother will call my aunt later."
All in all, he didn't waste much time, because Guo Dong's mother was really easy to deal with. But he never expected that when it came to her son's lifelong event, Wu Fang was so quick to find out before he even got out of the car.
So, the two sisters had a video call for an hour.
After hanging up the phone, Wulan was puzzled and gossiped:
"Tan Tan, who do you think Yan Ping likes?"
She frowned in distress: "If he falls in love with our young Party Secretary Zhu, oh, he really is not worthy of her!"
"The family is so well off. Look at the Maotai they gave to your grandfather. You can't even buy it outside! It's really hard for ordinary people to marry into their family."
"But Yan Ping was so hesitant when talking to your aunt, obviously he hasn't discussed it with her yet. Could it be that it's really..."
She was mumbling to herself, already thinking furiously in her mind.
As for who you like
Song Tan snorted and laughed: "I just like the food in our house! And I don't have to work or study!"
"Look at you!" Wu Lan glared at her: "You look like a younger sister, don't you? How could Yan Ping be the kind of person who would lie? He must have something on his mind!"
At the same time, he wondered: Could it be Dr. Guo
There really aren't many single girls in the village, and even the process of elimination wouldn't allow me to make it to the third round. The more I think about it, the more that seems to be the case.
—Doctor Guo is very good.
Although he is two years older than Yanping, he looks like he is in his early 20s, so young! He has a good temper, can make money, and is studying medicine...
She thought about it and finally came to the conclusion:
"Yan Ping is the same! Why is he so shy? Before, when he was at home, every time Dr. Guo came to collect golden rosa, he never took the initiative... Why are boys so shy?"
Regarding young people’s love and marriage, my mother obviously has her own theories, but she’s not talking about herself anyway!
Song Tan simply didn't refute it and let his mother arrange it. Love is whoever it is!
I’m afraid that in Zhang Yanping’s heart, no matter who he likes, it’s not as important as a bowl of mung bean soup in the pot!
Boil the freshly dried mung beans in water, then add some rock sugar and chill it. It will be so delicious to drink it during the dog days of summer!
However, the contemporary Formosa is clearly not just relying on speculation, she has solid evidence -
"It must be that Doctor Guo didn't run away! If you don't believe me, look, everyone in our village group said that the village communication has arrived home by now, so why hasn't Yan Ping come?"
"Your aunt said he was in the car! I guess he might be at Dr. Guo's place right now! Oh, a grown man is so secretive about his relationship... Really."
This statement was so reasonable and well-founded that Song Tan couldn't refute it.
Just as I was about to call Qiao Qiao to bring another bowl, I saw Zhang Yanping rushing over with his bag on his back!
The first thing he did after throwing down his backpack and slumping on the sofa was to wipe the sweat off his face, and then asked:
"Qiao Bao, do you have anything iced to drink? Hurry up and give brother a bowl."
"It's too hot today! I almost melted from the sun just walking a short distance from the clinic to home."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Qiao, who was hugging a few dogs on the carpet in the corner, suddenly raised his head:
"Brother Yanping, do you like Doctor Guo?"
Zhang Yanping:!
!
He jumped up instantly: "Who said that? I just said that we slept together. Wasn't that just a desperate remark? Why did you take it seriously?!"
But he quickly realized: "That's not right, how did you know?"
As soon as he said this, he looked at the stunned expressions of Song Tan, Wu Lan and others, and he immediately realized: …
At this moment, the entire living room was silent.
Zhang Yanping was devastated: "That's not the case. Let me explain—"
However, Wulan nodded with understanding:
"I know, I know. You young people are just joking, it's not serious. I've been through it, I understand."
"Don't worry, Yanping. I won't tell your mother about it. You should talk about everything. Don't feel stressed."
"Also, how can a grown man like you say that you slept with someone? Is that something you can say? You have no respect for others at all!"
She warned: "If you mention it again, I'll beat you with a feather duster!"
Zhang Yanping: … Very good, the pressure has already built up.
He numbly held the iced mung bean soup that Qiao Qiao brought over and drank it all in one gulp. Then he said in frustration:
"Guo Dong's mother came with her relatives just now, and I found an excuse to coax them away. It's not true."
"Guo Dong's mother is here?!" Wu Lan said anxiously, "Are you stupid? There is only one doctor in our village. What's the point of you talking nonsense when something like this happens? Call me next time!"
At the same time, he said bitterly: "Guo Dong is such a good daughter, but she is still making trouble at home every day!"
"Isn't it?" Zhang Yanping instantly felt a sense of solidarity with the enemy.
But he had not forgotten the embarrassing incident just now, and fearing that he would make more mistakes if he said more, he had to quickly change the subject:
"By the way, Xin Jun and I are here. When will Wu Lei come?"
"Oh my!" Wu Lan just remembered and said quickly: "Leilei will be late for a while - didn't we agree to come in September? You two came too early."
"As for Leilei, he went out to play with a friend."
My aunt called to complain more than once, and Wulan knew everything. What she said now was very detailed.
"Leilei is still not good enough. He is too young and can't handle anything."
"Didn't he go to see Lili during the holiday? Lili has a new boyfriend over there! He cried because of him - I heard from Aunt Tantan that he cried so much that Lili's new boyfriend felt sorry for him and drove all the way back to send him back."
"When he got home, his eyelids were so swollen, but he still said thank you to her. Don't you think he's a bit stupid? He only had a hundred yuan in his pocket, but he dared to go to Ningcheng to look for someone. When he came back, he had no money to buy a ticket, but he still had the nerve to borrow money from Lili's new boyfriend..."
Wu Lan really couldn't understand why Wu Lei was so... so...
She couldn't describe it either, so she could only sigh, "Fortunately, I didn't look down on him, otherwise everyone would laugh to death if I told others about it."
Zhang Yanping was also stunned, and finally there were only two words left in his mind -
"Fuck... Ahem! I mean, since we've broken up, we might as well come over here and work."
Wu Lan shook her head. "Forget it. There's nothing to do. Besides, what if he cries in front of me?"
"Look, Lili's new boyfriend even advised your aunt that Leilei was too young and naive to be deceived..."
"It just so happens that their family is doing interest development, which means taking the kids to summer camps or spring outings. They said the scenery here is beautiful, so they asked Wu Lei to take them around."
Zhang Yanping never dared to imagine such a miraculous development of the story. Now hearing Wulan say it, it seemed like a fairy tale.
He picked up a piece of watermelon and wanted to say something, but it seemed really stupid. In the end, he could only sigh:
"Fools have good fortune."
…
After drinking a large bowl of mung bean soup and munching on a few pieces of watermelon, Zhang Yanping finally felt alive again, and then he asked:
"What happened when you posted on WeChat Moments the other day saying there was a new chef at home?"
Speaking of this, Song Tan also reacted:
"My seventh cousin found Master Qian, an old colleague of mine, and he will be responsible for the food issues of the factory over there and the current construction site."
"Master Guo likes our vegetables and said that there are vegetables to grow on the mountain. We signed an exclusive contract with him and they will find a car to transport them to make private dishes."
Xin Jun happened to come downstairs as well. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "Why do you still need to sign a contract? Your family's dishes are sold locally, and sometimes you sell them online. There are so many rules and regulations for signing an exclusive contract, and there are no specific benefits for the restrictions. There's no need to sign it."
"That's right!" Zhang Yanping also said:
"As for our dishes, we have the final say on where to put them. Why are you signing a contract? If he wants it, then that's fine. If he doesn't want it, then forget it."
Song Tan was stunned: "I'm not afraid of him doing something weird even if we sign an exclusive contract!"
After all, she only signed for vegetables. If things really don't work out, even if the other party deliberately sabotages it, the worst that can happen is that she stops selling vegetables and can just grow something else.
not to mention…
"If you sign an exclusive contract, the price will double."
"That's not impossible... but..."
Xin Jun thought for a moment and said, "Then why don't you try it first? Just say you don't want to sign the contract and double the price. See if they are willing?"
"Whether you want to or not, the rapeseed hasn't even been planted yet. Let's wait a few months and see."
Song Tan: …
She looked at Xin Jun with complicated eyes, thinking that this guy knew how to find the bottom line!
But it seems that there is nothing wrong with it!
Although Song Tan was not afraid of anything when it came to doing business, he still didn't understand it very well. Now he accepted it humbly.
…
Master Qian didn't know that his house had been robbed while he was swinging a big spoon. At this moment, watching the factory buildings on the mountain being built up quickly layer by layer, he couldn't help but sigh:
“It’s so fast!”
"Of course not!"
The person in charge, Lao Xu, stood there smoking, pointing at the large piece of newly reclaimed land in front of him and said:
"Now that the factory building is built, we need to build dormitories. We also need to pave the mountain roads along the way."
"The several water outlets need to be repaired with stones."
After all, it was too expensive to dig a whole well, and at that time it was just to dig out the water outlet. Otherwise, where would that little money be raised
After finishing all this, Lao Xu flipped through the memo—
"And the old house of Boss Song's grandfather also needs to be rebuilt."
"When we are done with everything here, which will be around the end of September or October, she will also be busy here. We can still catch up with the autumn crop and go to the city to start work again."
All these things, are we not doing them according to the daily plan
After hearing this, Master Qian nodded:
"Indeed. If we sow some cabbage seeds in a while, we can harvest a crop in September."
Unfortunately, the Changleju Restaurant might not be able to make the changes within a month. Although the food looked delicious, he could only wait a little longer.
…
At the same time, Ningcheng.
After the leader took a nap, Secretary Wang saw the right time and took out a bag of tea eggs from the drawer, peeled them quickly and brought them in:
"Boss, I noticed that your stomach was not feeling well at noon and you didn't eat much. You should eat something for now."
The overbearing aroma of tea eggs spread in the closed space. The leader frowned slightly and wanted to refuse, but his nose twitched and he couldn't bear to open his mouth.
He stood up and washed his hands, then took the plate from Secretary Wang. He looked at the round, brown-patterned tea eggs on the plate and asked him:
"Where did you find it? It smells really good."
Secretary Wang laughed and said, "Leader, do you still remember the wild vegetables we ate in the early spring and the tea and honey we drank?"
During this period of time they have been traveling around for inspections, and there have been a lot of big and small things piling up, which has really taken a lot of effort.
So much so that the leader had clearly instructed us to follow up on this matter before, but later forgot about it completely.
Now that he reminded me, I just remembered it, and a smile appeared in my eyes:
"Yes, they have developed a way to process agricultural products? Why, a factory has been opened in the village?"
With the taste of tea eggs, the taste of various processed agricultural products derived from the surrounding areas will definitely not be bad. If it is opened in a remote mountain village where large-scale mechanical operations are impossible, it may solve many rural employment problems.
In just that instant, these thoughts quickly appeared in his mind.
Secretary Wang also laughed: "Their family has done more than just these things successfully. No wonder college students have so many ways to start their own businesses - the live broadcast business is also booming. As far as I know, they have already leased a large area of hilltop in the village, and they should be in the process of land reclamation and construction now."
The leader instantly became interested: "Where in Ningcheng is it? There is an inspection at the end of the month. You can arrange it and we can go and take a look."