Mid-Levels Farm

There are a few old acacia trees planted behind Xuan Xiaodong's house. The crowns are thick, the feathery leaves are staggered, and the shade is thick. After repairing the roof, Xuan Xiaodong leaned against the trunk on the roof and took a cup While drinking water, I was thinking about what else to tidy up, but I saw a middle-aged aunt in Caimen in front of the vegetable field in the front yard, pushing the door and coming in.

He has very good eyesight, and immediately recognized Gao Cuilan, his cousin whom he hadn't seen for a long time. This Gao Cuilan is a descendant of a cousin of Grandpa Xuan's generation. Also vaguely called cousin.

In fact, Gao Cuilan had nothing to do with his family in the past. Grandpa Xuan himself was an old man with a weird temper. He lived alone on the mountain to open up wasteland and didn't like to socialize with others. Such a close, poor and lonely old man, this Gao Cuilan can only be regarded as a relative by marriage, and he has only met him a few times when he went to the town to go through the household registration procedures after returning to his hometown.

Gao Cuilan entered the door, ignored the howling little black dog, walked around the vegetable field first, reached out to pinch cucumbers, touched pumpkin seedlings, walked into the yard very satisfied and shouted: "Xiaodong? Xiaodong? "

Xuan Xiaodong answered on the tree trunk: "Yes, what's the matter with my cousin?"

Gao Cuilan looked up and saw him condescendingly looking down at her on the roof, she was startled: "Oh, I was shocked, what are you doing on the roof so early in the morning?"

Xuan Xiaodong said, "I'm picking tiles. The typhoon has passed, so I'm afraid it will leak."

Gao Cuilan saw him coming down the ladder quickly, and smiled kindly: "If you have time, help my family pick it up. I heard that boy Agui said yesterday that you planted a big vegetable garden. You are indeed a veteran. Zi Lili, it looks like you really do a good job of serving. You know, your uncle opened a small restaurant, and the products are all vegetables collected from the vegetable market, which are expensive and not good. I see that you grow so many vegetables, Agui said that you couldn’t eat it all by yourself, so you gave it to Granny Xia, and even if you gave it away, you still couldn’t finish it, I just saw that the leeks were old! The pumpkin seedlings also grew long, what a pity!”

"It's useless to get old, and I don't even eat it when I feed the pigs. Look at the radish flowers, they are about to grow seeds! I told your uncle that he is going to collect the vegetables anyway, instead of giving the money to the vegetable sellers outside. Dude, why don't you give it to your family? Why don't you use all the vegetables in your vegetable field for our restaurant? Your uncle will give you 1000 yuan a month! You don't need to work hard. My name is Agui, and I collect the tricycle and drive to the town every morning. Go up, don't bother you at all, how about an extra 1000 yuan a month?"

Xuan Xiaodong said: "Thank you, Cousin, but forget it, I'll save this dish for use, you'd better find another place first."

Gao Cuilan was anxious when she heard this: "What's the use? I don't think you raise pigs, and you don't have a dime for nothing. Now you have an extra thousand a month for nothing. What's wrong?"

Xuan Xiaodong said: "I have a friend who is coming to live for a while, I want to save all for him to taste."

Gao Cuilan said: "How much can a friend eat? How about this, whichever piece you want to keep, we will keep it for you, and I will let Agui not pick it up?"

Xuan Xiaodong said: "My friend is picky, forget it, you can find another place."

He turned his head and cleaned up the ladder and went into the house. Gao Cuilan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let's do this! We are all relatives. I will ask your uncle to give you [-] yuan! How about it? The chef we hire is only [-] yuan a month." Quite a lot! I heard from the townspeople yesterday that they saw you forked two big cave fish, otherwise you would bring a few for your uncle when you have time! In addition, I will count the money for you, the guests also like to eat these Spring water cave fish, the soup is good."

Sheng Wuyu doesn't seem to like fish very much, or is it really because of the medicine?A lot of medicine really hurt his stomach, or fish and sheep are not to his liking, Xuan Xiaodong was slightly lost in thought, and refused: "No time, that will take too much effort, the water is deep and cold, so I won't go. I There are still some saplings to be planted on the mountain, cousin, do you have anything else to do? If you want to eat vegetables, just pick some and go home, I’m going up the mountain.”

Gao Cuilan saw that Xuan Xiaodong was about to go out with a hoe in hand, and she opened her mouth. As a result, Xuan Xiaodong passed by her. She was tall, with straight shoulders, a tough and indifferent expression, and an aggressive aura. Frustrated, he couldn't continue persuading him. After hesitating for a while, Xuan Xiaodong pushed the door open and walked out, carrying a hoe and walking far up the mountain.

Gao Cuilan stood awkwardly in the vegetable field, gritted her teeth and said that this person is just like the old man in the past, with the same weird temper.Save it for a friend?What precious friends, you need to leave such a large vegetable plot for eating a dish?What a shaft!Put the money now!Do not pick up!

Although she was not reconciled, Xuan Xiaodong obviously didn't want to communicate with her, and the restaurants in the town were still waiting for her to go back to help, so she could only stomp her feet, pull out a few white lotus cabbages, and carry them home.

Xuan Xiaodong dug a few tree pits, and then received a call: "Mr. Xuan, I am Shi Jiqing, the secretary of Mr. Sheng Wuyu. Mr. Sheng asked me to go to your place in the afternoon to arrange accommodation decoration and moving. In the afternoon, I will bring a few designers with me, is it convenient for you?" The voice of the woman who claimed to be the secretary was sweet and soft, but her few words were concise.

Xuan Xiaodong said: "Okay, I'm free, just call me when you arrive."

Sure enough, Shi Jiqing arrived in the afternoon. She looked to be in her 30s, with short hair and a business attire. She hurriedly brought two designers to measure inside and out, and discussed in a low voice before coming out to meet her. Xuan Xiaodong from the kitchen said: "Mr. Xuan, we have a basic understanding of the situation. The area involved in this rental is about [-] square meters. According to Director Sheng's request, we will pay you the rent based on the average rent in Jinghai City, and we will pay you the rent on a per-month basis. [-] per month will be paid to you as meal expenses. In addition, on the basis of obtaining your consent, we will make appropriate renovations to the rented rooms without involving appearance changes. The renovation plan will be announced in I will send it to you in the near future, and the renovation will only start after you agree, and all renovation costs will be paid by us."

"We checked just now. The renovations currently involved mainly include some renovations of rooms and roads. In order to facilitate wheelchairs to enter and exit, we plan to do some road renovations. All doors in the room must be barrier-free. , Bathrooms, bedrooms, etc. should be equipped with corresponding armrests and smart devices, and equipped with some corresponding physiotherapy machines, sports equipment and nursing beds."

"In addition, in order to facilitate the use of water, the wells have been remodeled, and water pumps, water pumps, water purification equipment, and access to toilets, sprinkler equipment, water heaters, and some daily appliances such as air conditioners, toilets, sweeping robots, and automatic vacuum cleaners have been installed. In order to To facilitate Mr. Sheng’s work, it is necessary to install some work-related projectors and other smart work equipment. Because Mr. Sheng has cats, he also needs to make some cat climbing frames and some cat utensils. In addition, there are security and anti-theft facilities, mosquito repellent Rat facilities, fire prevention facilities, etc. need to be installed. Before coming, Mr. Sheng also explained that if you also need to decorate and renovate, please just give orders together. We must respect your opinions. If we install additional If your equipment will cause inconvenience to you, please give your opinion, and we will replace the modification plan according to your opinion."

Xuan Xiaodong took out a glass lunch box from the refrigerator, opened it, and said, "My place is just a farm on a barren hill. The house is unused, and the rent does not need to be so high. In addition, Dong Sheng is inconvenient, so he must install a lot of things to facilitate his movement." Equipment, this is also necessary. You can modify it however you want, it doesn’t matter, I don’t have anything to modify here—it’s hot, you can eat some ice cream.” Then he took a spoon and dug out several balls of milky white ice cream and put them on the long table plain white saucer.

Shi Jiqing rushed over from Jinghai City early in the morning. She was indeed thirsty, but she had just given birth and was trying to control her figure, so she had to drink water and said, "Thank you, I'm controlling sugar, Mr. Langong You guys eat."

Xuan Xiaodong said: "This is homemade ice cream, without sugar, using custard fruit pulp and milk, it's hot, and you have traveled a lot today, right? It consumes a lot, so eating a little should be fine."

Shi Jiqing was a little moved when he heard that no sugar was added, and saw Xuan Xiaodong took a bottle of powdered sugar and put it beside the ice cream box: "If you like sweets, you can sprinkle some powdered sugar on top yourself."

The two designers, the one named Lan Gong should be the main designer, in his 40s, calm and mature, probably worried that being a man would not compete with girls for sweets, so they just smiled and nodded and only drank water.The other one named Xiao Fu is a design assistant. She looks like she has just graduated and is young. After thanking her, she couldn't help but put a spoonful into her mouth, and immediately smiled: "It's so delicious! What kind of fruit is it? ?” She immediately took the powdered sugar and sprinkled a layer of white icing, spoonful after spoonful of food.

Xuan Xiaodong said: "Shakya, it's overripe and tastes good."

Shi Jiqing took a plate and tasted it after seeing it. It was really delicate and sweet, soft and glutinous, and the unique fragrance of Sakyamuni.Or an ice cream machine?Just now, she had checked the kitchen to see if there was any place that needed to be remodeled, but she didn't see the ice cream machine, how can manual whipping be so delicate and fluffy?

Sitting and tasting ice cream, all three of them suddenly smelled the aroma of vegetables, and their stomachs started gurgling in an instant. Turning around, it turned out that Xuan Xiaodong had opened the steamer, and the aroma of vegetables steaming inside came out.

Xuan Xiaodong turned to look at them and said with a smile, "You didn't have lunch, did you? I made some simple home-cooked dishes for you, so you had lunch."

Lan Gong couldn't help but ask, "What kind of dish is it? It smells delicious."

Xuan Xiaodong said: "Just now I saw a family in the village killing pigs, bought some fresh, steamed pig brains, added some fresh Gastrodia elata, it can prevent headaches, fried kidneys with pea tips, and cooked pig tails and soybean soup, my God It’s hot, and there’s a sauerkraut pig’s ear mixed with it, you can eat whatever you want.”

After finishing speaking, he quickly brought the dishes to the table, everything was neat, but he was disrespectful.The three of them politely said a few words and started to eat along the way. Once they ate, they were completely confiscated. In the end, the three of them actually ate all the dishes on the table... Shi Jiqing suddenly understood why the boss suddenly said that he wanted to rest in the countryside It's been a while, and it's totally worth it for nothing else but this stuttering!

When Shi Jiqing and the other three left at night, half a trunk of freshly harvested Sakyamuni fruit, several large bags of white-skinned dendrobium, self-dried radish, pickles, dried bamboo shoots, and a large bottle of green olives were loaded into the car— ——They declined again and again, but they were still too kind, and they all accepted it with gratitude. Shi Jiqing was thinking about what he could bring back to return the gift next time, so he said goodbye to Xuan Xiaodong, got on the car and went back to Jinghai City .

On the way back, Shi Jiqing called Sheng Wuyu in the car, briefly reported today's arrangements, and then talked about the harvest. Sheng Wuyu also brought a large bag of green olives for himself. Wei Wei was a little surprised: "Why did you give me green olives?"

Shi Jiqing said: "Mr. Xuan said that last time you came here with a hoarse voice and coughing from time to time, I suggest you make tea or use it to cook pig lung soup. The taste is also very good. The effect of clearing the lungs and relieving the throat is immediate of."

As soon as the words fell, Shi Jiqing heard a soft laugh from the other side.

Shi Jiqing was stunned for a moment, she hadn't seen Dong Sheng smile for a long time... always with a serious and indifferent look...

The laughter was short, and then Sheng Wuyu said in a relaxed voice, "That's right, bring me the green olives to the office tomorrow."

Shi Jiqing: ...

The next day, Shi Jiqing really brought the can of green olives to Sheng Wuyu's office, and at the same time brought the designer and the design drawings he rushed out overnight, and turned on the projection in Sheng Wuyu's office to introduce the decoration situation.

Sheng Wuyu opened the clean and translucent airtight jar, and there were neatly stacked fresh green olives inside.He took one with his slender fingers and put it in his mouth. After chewing it, the unique bitter taste of green olives spread on the tip of his tongue, followed by endless sweetness.

After a while, he finished eating one, spit out the sharp core slowly, then picked another one and put it in his mouth to continue chewing - this thing is quite addictive, and the throat is indeed much more comfortable.

After the designer introduced the content of the renovation, Shi Jiqing added: "In addition, I saw that although it is close to the town, it is still inconvenient for you to live alone. I think the space is more than enough. Do you want to add an assistant?" The room to live in. The design has also been completed, and the total budget involved in all house renovations, equipment purchases, decoration labor, etc. is about 300 million yuan."

Sheng Wuyu said: "It can be prepared in a small room, but there is no need for an assistant to stay permanently, I can do it by myself."

Shi Jiqing didn't say anything, knowing that Sheng Wuyu had made up his mind, he said, "Then if you have no objection, we will start to reform? I will go there often in the next month, but the newly recruited Xiao Gao is not bad, Basically, you can tell him more from the company."

Sheng Wuyu said, "One month? The construction period is so long?"

Shi Jiqing was stunned: "What is needed is not only room decoration, safety facilities and living facilities are essential, just laying floors and repairing mountain roads..."

Sheng Wuyu interrupted her: "There is no need to lay the floor, and there is no need to repair the mountain road. My wheelchair has the function of climbing mountains, so I don't need to specially repair the mountain road—even if it is repaired, if Mr. Xuan wants to repair it, he can wait until I live in it and then slowly repair it." OK."

Shi Jiqing said: "Mr. Xuan didn't mention any requirements. It's okay if the mountain road is not repaired. If the floor is not paved, then we can use the general plan of laying wool carpets instead."

Sheng Wuyu shook his head: "No carpet, just concrete floor, it's pretty good, I saw that day, he cleaned it up very clean." It's completely conceivable that if the carpet is laid, the little brother won't even step into him What's the point of that?What he wants is to join and experience the life of the other party, not to build a crystal house in the past.

Shi Jiqing wondered: "The concrete floor is too rough, and it is difficult for sweeping robots and vacuuming robots to work."

Fortunately, the designer on the side has rich experience and has quickly responded: "Cement self-leveling is also possible. We send skilled workers to re-polish it, it is the same." It is possible to grind the concrete floor with special fine sandpaper until it is as smooth as a mirror. , Of course, the labor cost is much higher than that of laying wooden floors and laying tiles. Special technicians and special machines are necessary, but who asked Mr. Sheng to pay more?He really gave too much.

Sheng Wuyu nodded and said, "You don't need to do the floor, wall and ceiling, and you don't need to paste the wallpaper. You just need to install all the equipment. I only give a week for the construction period, and I will move in next week." One week is still too short. , but his body is special, so he could only endure it. After returning to the city, he suddenly felt that the work was too complicated, the city was too noisy, he saw too many people every day, the food was hard to swallow, and the air was bad.

Shi Jiqing has been Sheng Wuyu's secretary for many years, so he can naturally keep up with his fast pace, so he simply nodded and said, "Okay, then polish the concrete floor and walls."

Sheng Wuyu said: "Try not to touch the exterior of the other party's house, only do the necessary room renovations, and speed up the process, otherwise the construction time will be too long, and your children are still young and no one will take care of them."

There was a warm current in Shi Jiqing's heart: "Thank you Sheng Dong for your compassion!"

Sheng Wuyu pushed the glass jar of olives on the table. He had eaten several of them without knowing it, and now his mouth was full of sweet and fragrant aftertaste. He explained to Shi Jiqing: "Go down and give this to my driver. Let him take it back to my house helper."

Shi Jiqing hurriedly said: "Okay."

The corners of Sheng Wuyu's mouth did not know what to think of, and he turned up slightly: "Tell the house assistant, just say that I want to drink green olive and pig's lung soup tonight, and let her make it well."