Xia Ran said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, let's just use that place. That place is mine and it will be more convenient to use." These merchants paid a huge fee to get the space according to the number.

After Xia Ran heard what Secretary Wang told her on the phone, she decided not to compete with these merchants for a spot. Her place was spacious and faced the street on both sides.

Across the street is the future small square, an absolute Feng Shui treasure land.

With the money from the payment, she could pay the half-grown children or old ladies in the village and hire them to help attract people here. It would be great if the villagers could earn this money, and everyone could have a good year.

By the way, let everyone remember this place, in preparation for building a shopping mall in the future. This place can be converted into commercial business land. Special matters can be handled specially, and all you have to do is pay some taxes.

Liu Juanxia, ​​who had been silent, suddenly said, "Sister Xia, let me ask about the tarpaulin for you. Wait for me, I'll make a phone call."

"Okay, okay, thank you."

After the call, Liu Juanxia said that her uncle knew the man who sold the tarpaulin and gave Xia Ran an address. She just needed to mention her name when she got there and her uncle would take Xia Ran there. It should be a lot cheaper.

Xia Ran said goodbye to this wave of enthusiastic people and went to that place. She saw the tarpaulins very smoothly. They were good and thick enough to block wind, rain and snow. The price was also agreed upon, but the quantity could not be determined for the time being, and Xia Ran didn't know how much he would need.

I paid some deposit and left. After the quantity was confirmed, I asked the other party to deliver it.

Xia Ran then found a car to go home. The car stopped in front of the township government. Xia Ran went to see Secretary Wang, who happened to be there.

Secretary Wang was delighted when he saw Xia Ran again. "You've changed so much that I can hardly recognize you. I hope you come back safely."

"Yeah, that's what everyone who sees me says. It means that my skin is pretty good. I just did too much hard labor in the past."

"It's true. Your mental outlook has completely changed now."

"Yeah, my mentality has changed, and my face has changed too." Xia Ran looked at herself in the mirror and found that her face now looked a bit like her in later lives.

"Well, have you finished those two things?"

"Okay, I've got it." Xia Ran directly took out a Rolex ladies' watch and handed it over: "It's a gift for you!"

"That won't do. It's a mistake of principle."

Xia Ran smiled and said, "Don't think too much. I'm not giving this to Secretary Wang, but to that beautiful lady who shares my feelings for me. Keep it as a souvenir. Look, I'm wearing the same one."

"It's still not acceptable. This is a matter of principle."

"Take it. I was planning to buy you a coat, but I didn't buy it when I thought it would be too eye-catching. I just want to share something I think is pretty good with you. Keep it, and when you have the opportunity to travel far away, don't forget to bring me a gift. I'll use your phone here to call Qi Chenglong."

"Go ahead." Secretary Wang saw that Xia Ran had said so much, so she opened the letter, took a look at it, and put it away. There was still a long time to go in the future, so there was no rush, and she didn't lack that little money.

Qi Chenglong arrived soon, still with that slicked-back hair, his forehead still as shiny and greasy, and even more stylish than the last time they met.

Xia Ran joked: "Did Director Qi make a fortune recently?"

"You are talking about you, right? You have changed so much. If you were walking on the street like this, I wouldn't recognize you."

After some banter, they got down to business. Xia Ran opened his backpack, took out 10,000 yuan, and put it on the table: "Here, count the money. This is 10,000 yuan. For cigarettes, wait two days. When I have everything ready, come and get them. It's a mess right now, so I haven't made any moves yet."

"Okay." After counting the number of times, he confirmed that there was no problem and took out the IOU. "Here you go. Please rewrite one for me."

"Okay." Xia Ran took it, checked it to make sure it was ok, and tore it into pieces. Then he wrote a new IOU for 6600 yuan, and the matter was settled.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Qi Chenglong left first. Xia Ran discussed with Secretary Wang the time and date of the meeting with the directors of other carpet factories, as well as the arrangements and plans for the next few days, before walking home.

When we were almost at the village, I took out the clothes and picture books I had bought, put them in a bag and carried them home.

Xia Ran caused a sensation when he entered the village. First, everyone was saying that Xia Ran had run away with the money. Even though Secretary Wang had sent people to spread the news twice, people who didn't believe it still didn't believe it. How could it not cause a sensation that this person who ran away was back again?

Secondly, Xia Ran has changed a lot. She used to be dark red, but now she is fair and tender. Did she take some magic pill? It's like she has changed her head.

In addition, Xia Ran's aura has also changed, and his original appearance can no longer be found.

Xia Ran herself hadn't returned home yet, but the news of her return had spread throughout the village. So, she was looked at curiously by others along the way. Everyone who saw Xia Ran couldn't help but sigh, saying that she had changed so much.

Some people even had dirty thoughts: since Jianguo had changed so much during his disappearance, who knows where he had gone or what shameful things he had done.

People can accept that someone who is more powerful than them becomes more powerful, but they cannot accept that someone who is similar to them suddenly becomes more powerful. This makes them feel worse than killing them. At this time, they feel nothing but jealousy and sourness.

Some people in the village who had been spreading rumors that Xia Ran had run away were now hiding behind the crowd like ostriches. I hope Jianguo will be able to forgive them after knowing this and not bother with them.

"Madam, you're back, Madam, hahaha, you're back. I told you that you would come back, but the others didn't believe it. Hahaha, I was right, wasn't I?"

Jingwazi appeared out of nowhere like a cannonball and hugged Xia Ran's legs tightly, refusing to let go.

Xia Ran brushed the dirt off the dirty kid, picked him up with one hand and shook him twice. He was still as thin as ever. To be honest, she missed this kid quite a bit.

Xia Ran found an excuse to go home quickly. She was tired of dealing with it and her face was almost stiff from smiling.

Not long after walking, they met the second daughter-in-law and Gui Niang who came to greet them. Naturally, they couldn't help but sigh and exclaim. The two took the big bag of things on Xia Ran's back and helped carry it back home.

Several people went straight into the store, and found that the goods inside were basically sold out. It seemed that Gui Niang was doing well in sales.

Xia Ran grabbed a handful of White Rabbit candies and gave them to Jing Wazi, then turned to ask Gui Niang, "Where's Shitou?"

"I know, I know. They were playing war games on the opposite hill, but they didn't take me with them. They thought I was too young and that I was holding them back," Jingwazi answered quickly.

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