Raising a Family [Rebirth]

Wen Rui woke up Jiang Yueting in the morning. After breakfast, he accompanied Jiang Yueting for a run and took him to Qingshan Town. He and Huo Qiming made an appointment to meet at nine o'clock.

The two arrived at the place at [-]:[-], but Wen Rui greeted Huo Qiming before leaving, and the other party said that he would pick him up at the bus stop.

Huo Qiming drove over, and he was going to take the two of them to his family's vegetable field to have a look.

Huo Qiming said: "You guys haven't been here yet, have you? I'll take you to have fun after talking about business."

Wen Rui said embarrassedly: "We were here last week, but I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's okay, I'm not busy, I just take care of the fruit trees, other bamboo shoots and vegetable fields, I hire someone to do it for me, the older ones have experience in planting these things." Huo Qiming said, reaching out to touch the seat The cigarette box next to it looked like he was going to smoke, but he saw Jiang Yueting through the rearview mirror, and then he remembered that there was a child in the car, so he simply put the cigarettes back.

This kid... is really too quiet.

Huo Qiming drove for more than ten minutes and finally arrived at the place.

The three got out of the car. There were no residents here, and there were mountains all around. This large open space seemed rare.The vegetable plots are well planned, one row after another, which looks like tofu cubes, and some vegetable plots have rows of shelves, and furrows are dug between each plot.

Wen Rui saw two people hunched over the vegetable field.

"Who did you invite?"

"Yes." Huo Qiming said, raised his voice and called the two of them in dialect.

A man and a woman straightened up and looked over, the aunt smiled and greeted Huo Qiming and continued to work.

The uncle straightened up, and said to Huo Qiming in Huaicheng dialect: "What are you doing here today?"

"Look." Huo Qiming raised his chin, signaling Wen Rui to go with him.

The ridge was not wide, and only one person passed by. Wen Rui asked Jiang Yueting to walk in the middle, and he was in the rear.

The uncle walked to the side of the ditch and said something to Huo Qiming, Huo Qiming took out a cigarette and lit it for him.

Huo Qiming: "You and auntie, be careful, don't do it if it gets too hot later, go back and rest, and come back in the afternoon when it cools down."

The uncle took a puff of cigarette and nodded. He glanced at Wen Rui and Jiang Yueting, and asked strangely, "Who is it?"

Huo Qiming: "Friend, I'll show him around."

The uncle grinned, his dark face made his teeth look extraordinarily white, and he said, "Young man, why are you hanging out with him? Going to see flowers! Azalea is in bloom, it's beautiful."

Wen Rui felt that the people here were quite enthusiastic, so he smiled gently and said, "Well, thank you uncle, we'll take a look later."

"Okay, you're busy." Huo Qiming greeted others and led Wen Rui to continue shopping.

Huo Qiming walked in front, and while introducing the prices of these dishes, he told Wen Rui other things.

"Our city has nine mountains, half water and half field, so the mountains are very cheap. And our town has seven mountains, two waters and one field. There are more fields and water than other towns, so it makes more money than them. You see, it's just my place. , it’s hard to find in other towns.”

Wen Rui nodded and asked, "How much do you need to contract these mountains every year?"

"No money is required. These were distributed by the government 40 years ago, and every household has them. But everyone goes to plant bamboo shoots and fruit trees, which leads to fierce competition, just like a knockout game. If the plants are not good, they cannot be sold. If you don’t make money, everyone will not be willing to do it. Those who still rely on these to make money are all better planted.”

Hearing what he said, Wen Rui couldn't help but said, "Are you praising yourself in disguise?"

Huo Qiming said jokingly: "That must be. My family has been planting trees since my great-grandfather's generation. It is a family tradition. I am a good tree planter."

"Can I ask how many hills your family has?" Wen Rui actually wanted to contract a few hills, and it would be good to develop them for farmhouse entertainment. After all, the tourism industry in Huai City later took the majority.

Huo Qiming: "There's nothing we can't say. My family was only allocated a mountain. Later, many people went out to make a living without making money. They didn't want the mountain to be so deserted, so they just transferred the mountain. At that time There are a lot of hills, and I... my dad took advantage of the low price at that time and stocked up a lot. After counting, there are about seven or eight, and I manage five now, three of which are planted with citrus and two planted with pears .The rest are planted with mountain shoots.”

Wen Rui nodded thoughtfully.

When the three of them reached the end of the vegetable field, Wen Rui realized that there was a very large artificial lake in front of them.

"I asked someone to dig this, specially for irrigation." Huo Qiming suddenly turned to Jiang Yueting and said, "Kids don't get close, the ditch is quite deep."

Jiang Yueting glanced at him lukewarmly, but didn't speak to him.

A smirk appeared on Huo Qiming's handsome face: "Your brother is very cool."

Wen Rui patted Jiang Yueting's shoulder and said in a low voice, "Brother reminds you, why didn't you say thank you?"

Jiang Yueting said lightly "Thank you uncle".

Wen Rui was instantly embarrassed, and agreed with his brother.

Huo Qiming didn't care, but laughed instead, he said, "Yes, you should be called uncle, otherwise you are a generation taller than my nephew."

Wen Rui said helplessly: "I forgot about it. But if he wants to call you uncle, do I have to call you uncle too?" He said the last sentence in a joking tone.

"That can't be done. You call my uncle at least call me 20 years older."

The two chatted and laughed, and the relationship became closer.

In fact, Huo Qiming can't say how he feels about this boy. Although Wen Rui is only eighteen or nineteen years old, when he gets along with him, the other party's behavior and conversation will make people forget that he is a teenager. On the contrary, he feels that he is the same age and there will be no generation gap. .

It was a wonderful experience.

The three of them returned the same way, and Huo Qiming asked, "How is it? Do you have any ideas in your mind?"

"Well, there is." Wen Rui dictated the menu he had set, and occasionally told him the price of the dishes that Huo Qiming had told him.

Huo Qiming looked at Wen Rui in surprise. He was just chatting with the other party to report the price of the vegetables. He said it very loosely, and he only said it once. He didn't expect the boy to remember it all.

"Your brain is quite good." Huo Qiming thought for a while and found that the other party was basically right.

"No, I'm not sure about asking Yueting." Wen Rui's memory is indeed good, but he was afraid of making mistakes and asked Jiang Yueting a few times on the way, he knew that the child's memory is very strong.

Huo Qiming shifted his gaze to Jiang Yueting: "Your family has a strong memory." He didn't know that Wen Rui and Jiang Yueting were not brothers.

Wen Rui didn't explain either, with a proud smile on his face: "His memory is better than mine."

Huo Qiming saw that he was the best parent of my child, and said: "Your brother is quite competent. Let's go! I will take you to see other places. My vegetable field is not too much. Seasonal vegetables There are many more, let me introduce a few to you.”

Huo Qiming led Wen Rui to greet several vegetable farmers.

Those people were a little surprised when they heard that Wen Rui wanted to wholesale vegetables from them. After all, most of the people who came to wholesale were men and women in their thirties and forties, and young people were rarely seen.

But everyone trusted Huo Qiming and agreed to his request wholeheartedly.

Huo Qiming said to Wen Rui: "When the time comes, you will call them the day before to tell them what dishes you want, and you can just bring the money and pick it up the next day."

"Okay, thank you."

Huo Qiming said suddenly: "I took you to meet them just now, why didn't you know to ask them to take you to the vegetable field? How do you know the quality of the vegetables if you don't go to see them?"

Wen Rui was taken aback: "Because you introduced it, I don't think you will cheat me."

"You shouldn't believe me so much," Huo Qiming shook his head, "You are still young and naive. But your thinking is indeed that of a young man, no more than that of an uncle like me who has been in society for many years."

Wen Rui said silently: "I have also been in society for a long time."

In fact, he felt that it was too tiring to make friends with skeptical thoughts.If this person is not worth his money, he will be able to detect it very quickly, after all, he can tell whether the food is good or bad after buying it once.

If he can recognize people after suffering a loss, then he doesn't mind suffering once.

It was only then that Huo Qiming remembered that the other party had dropped out of school, he smirked slightly, for some reason, he always felt that it was a pity that the other party did not study.

Wen Rui could guess what he was thinking by looking at his face, and simply said: "I'm not a local, and I stopped studying because of my own reasons. But I have a craft, and I won't die of hunger."

Jiang Yueting frowned almost invisibly.

Huo Qiming heard him say this openly, and said gently: "That's true. Actually, I want you young people to study, mainly because I don't want you to come into contact with society too early. Like my nephew, his academic performance is a mess, but I still want you to study. If he wants to go to university, I am willing to support him if he is willing to dawdle in school. There will be a long time in the future, and after leaving school, he will be running around for a living, and he can enjoy two more years of happiness while studying."

Wen Rui didn't make a sound when he heard the words. In fact, whether he reads or not, he always has to run around for his livelihood.

Huo Qiming glanced at the time: "It's almost eleven o'clock, go to my house for a meal, and I'll take you for a stroll in the afternoon."

Wen Rui asked, "Is it convenient?"

"I'm just a bachelor. There's no one at home. Why is it inconvenient? I want to try your handicraft."

"Okay, I'll do it later."

That being said, of course Huo Qiming didn't ask the guests to cook. He asked Wen Rui and Jiang Yueting to sit downstairs in the living room and watch TV, and went to the kitchen by himself.

Huo Qiming's house is a small villa with three floors, European style, built by himself.

He said that this is an old house, and he would come to live here when he was working in the town, and the rest of the time he would stay with his mother and his nephew in the house in the city.

Huo Qiming's craftsmanship is good.

At the dinner table, Wen Rui negotiated with him about the supply of vegetables.

"Vegetable farmers start working at four o'clock in the morning, and those hawkers in the farmers' market will come to pull vegetables at that time. I'll ask Uncle Luo to save the amount you want, and you should say hello in advance for other families."

"Okay, then I'll come over at six o'clock."

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In the afternoon, Wen Rui went to the noodle shop when he returned to the city. He discussed with the old man for a long time and decided on the menu.

"How do you transport the vegetables?"

Wen Rui scratched his head with a pen: "I haven't figured it out yet. Is there a tricycle?"

"Can you drive?"

"...No." Wen Rui glanced outside casually as he spoke, he seemed to see Liu Mingyang's uncle and aunt, "opposite?"

The old man looked over and said, "What's wrong on the other side? Didn't I tell you last time? The breakfast shop diagonally opposite has not been opened, and those people should have come to see the storefront. Don't be distracted, are you serious? What are you going to do?" Shipping food?"

"It's too late to prepare other means of transportation. Let's take the bus tomorrow and think about other things then."