The call to Aunt Xue was answered quickly.

When she learned that Wang Yuan wanted to find a job for her sister-in-law, Aunt Xue readily agreed. She wanted Li Ping to work in the clothing store she opened in the provincial capital. When she heard Wang Yuan say that Li Ping wanted to work on a farm

I was a little surprised at the end:

"Little girl, why don't you go to the farm? There are all menial jobs on the farm... It's great to come to the provincial capital. There are a lot of delicious and fun places in big cities. I recently opened another big restaurant.

My clothing store has hired a lot of young girls, and they all have something in common to talk about together."

Wang Yuan turned his head and glanced at Li Ping, who was sitting on the edge of the kang with her hands folded. She could really hear the speaker function on the phone.

"Did you hear that too? Do you want to go?"

"I...I'd better not go." Li Ping felt very conflicted, and finally backed down:

"Let's go to the farm in Baiwu Township. It's close to home. I can just go home and eat duck meat whenever I want."

Wang Yuan and Li Yan were both amused, and Li Yan even touched Li Ping's hair.

She was really helpless towards her sister, whom she had grown up with since childhood. She couldn't control her, but she still wanted to, and she had a lot of worries.

Wang Yuan told Aunt Xue about Li Ping's idea, and Aunt Xue agreed and said she would return to the farm tomorrow. She is still in the provincial capital.

Li Ping spent the whole night in excitement, tossing and turning, and waited until daybreak before falling asleep for a while.

After getting up, Li Ping faced two big black circles under her eyes. Li Yan, who yawned repeatedly, frowned: "I went to bed at 9 o'clock last night, and now it's 7 o'clock the next day. How come you are still so sleepy after sleeping for such a long time?

?”

"I haven't fallen asleep, just thinking about working on the farm. Sister, how much do you think I can earn in a day? I can also earn 1 yuan a day, right? I'm satisfied if I can earn 1 yuan.

"

In 1994, wages in cities had generally reached 5 to 10 yuan a day, but the situation in rural areas was completely different.

There are few job opportunities, and there is no shortage of labor during the off-season. People who work hard for more than ten hours a day are paid very little.

It was relatively early to eat at noon. After dinner, Wang Yuan drove Li Yan and Li Ping to Baiwu Township on his motorcycle.

As for the three children... they are naturally left to their mother to take care of.

The cold wind blew around them, and Li Yan and Li Ping behind them couldn't open their eyes at all.

Everything is desolate, with dead grass growing all over the sky, and I'm afraid it won't be long before snow falls.

The dirt road was bumpy, and Li Yan always bumped into him while sitting behind him, which made him blush slightly.

"Ride slower, it's almost falling apart."

When we arrived at Baiwu Township, we could see the greenhouses on the farm from a distance. The greenhouses were lined up so spectacularly that they became a scene in Baiwu Township.

Arriving at the gate of the farm, Ergou, who was playing cards with the workers in the small room next to him, stuck his head out of the window:

"Brother Yuan is here? I'll open the door for you right now!"

As the big iron door opened, Wang Yuan pushed the motorcycle in. Li Ping, who followed, looked around and found a desolate place with dead grass everywhere and no life at all.

There are buildings in the distance, presumably houses and livestock pens.

Ergou was wearing thick black cotton clothes and was as bloated as a ball. His big, shaved head was shiny, and there was a scar 5 to 6 centimeters long on his left side.

"You big bald head..."

"Ouch, ouch, I was so excited to see you, Brother Yuan, that I ran out without a hat." Ergou jumped into the hut to put on a hat, but ran so fast that the door banged.

Li Yan smiled and said: "This child is still so frizzy."

After Ergou put on his hat, he walked out and took Wang Yuan and the others to the yard in the middle of the farm. Wang Yuan just saw the scar on Ergou's head. After asking curiously, he found out that he had fallen while riding a motorcycle.

"The head is different from the arms and legs. If you don't make a good deal, you could fall into a stupor. You should be careful."

"Hehe, we raced motorcycles with them. The boy Mad and I raced with was not afraid of death at all, so how could I be afraid of him? I was riding cool when he rode me~ I fell, hehe~"

Ergou was quite optimistic and was very happy as he chewed his big teeth: "It doesn't matter if I fell for a while, our body is so strong!"

"It doesn't matter!? Hahaha~"

When we came to the south yard in the middle of the farm, we heard the sound of playing cards inside before we even entered the house.

"One to six!"

"One to two!"

"fry!"

"Mom! Stop playing cards, Brother Yuan and the others are here!" Ergou shouted and soon the door opened. The first person to come out was not Aunt Xue but "Liu Sufen". The woman was in her thirties and had a long smile on her face.

But extremely brilliant.

Wang Yuan knew her, and she was a poor person. Liu Sufen had not been married to a man for two years, but he sold her to a man in another province. She had no education and no appointment to follow the second man.

, but less than three years later, the second man wanted to sell her after losing money.

She ran away secretly, and Aunt Xue took her back from the pass when she saw her and felt pity for her.

These were all told to Wang Yuan by Aunt Xue. Each of the women taken in by Aunt Xue had their own tragic stories. They were lucky to meet Aunt Xue.

They are very sincere to Aunt Xue, and being a good helper to Aunt Xue is a reward for the latter.

Aunt Xue, Zheng Mei, and Xiao Hongtao all came out of the house. After welcoming everyone in, the atmosphere gradually became warm.

Aunt Xue, who has experienced hardships, is very personable, eloquent, and will not ignore anyone present. She arranged for Li Ping to work as an accounting apprentice and learn from the farm's accountant, Zhou.

"This job is easy and you can learn a lot...I think there is no other job that is more suitable for this little girl."

Li Ping agreed ignorantly, and after calling the accountant Lao Zhou to meet with them, the matter was considered a success.

After chatting in the warm room for a while, Aunt Xue took them to see the cooked vegetables and fruits in the greenhouse.

"A greenhouse is 20 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 3 meters high. We have a total of 50 greenhouses here. I originally wanted to build 80 greenhouses, but the materials are not enough. I thought about building 50 greenhouses first. If I really make money, I will build 50 greenhouses.

Build more.”

"It's pretty good. Is this a tomato? This little seedling looks like it."

When I stood in the greenhouse and looked up at the sky outside, I couldn't see clearly because of the thick plastic sheet.

There are rows of small seedlings on the ground. They are so green and earthy. It’s exciting to look at them. I walked on the ridges from the south gate to the north gate. After I came out, I went into other greenhouses to take a look.

In addition to tomatoes, there are also cucumbers, beans, lettuce, rapeseed, etc. Well, there is no Chinese cabbage.

The temperature in the greenhouse was high. After walking around inside, everyone was sweating on their heads. When they came out, the breeze blew really cool.

After having a full meal of stewed fish at noon, Wang Yuan and Li Yan went to rest in their own yard. The yard was left for them when the farm was established, but they rarely came to live there.

It was already 3pm when I woke up.

Li Yan got up from the kang, looked at the sky outside and said:

"We should go back, it's getting late."

"Why don't we stay here for the night? We haven't visited the breeding area and fishing area yet. Let's take a look at the geese, goats, and sika deer raised by Aunt Xue..."

"What are you looking at? The children at home are neglected? I haven't been around for such a long time. I don't know if those three little ones are crying or not."

Li Yan also wanted to stay, but she couldn't let go of the three little ones at home. The flesh falling off her body affected her heart, and she was afraid that Wang Yuan's mother would not be able to comfort them if they started crying.

"My mother is watching, right? If you cry... just cry. If you're tired of crying, stop crying."

"Huh? Just listen to what you, a father, have to say. Anyway, I don't care. I have to go back tonight. If you don't go back, I will walk back." Li Yan's face was as angry as a meat bun.

As if he was sitting on Wang Yuan's right side with his legs crossed, he glanced at him and said nothing.

Wang Yuan smiled instantly:

"Walking back? Don't look at how long it takes to ride a motorcycle. Motorcycles run fast... Walk back? Prepare to break your legs. Besides, there are black blind men in the woods. You are not afraid of black blind men.

Are you taking it away?"

"Tch~ How can there be so many black blind people? You guys have almost beaten them all."

Although she said this, Li Yan was really a little scared in her heart.

Ergou and a few workers built a small earthen kiln in the yard. Pieces of venison were brushed with seasonings, put on hooked iron skewers and roasted for a while.

Zizzizi~

The aroma of venison emerged from the air outlet of the earthen kiln and spread into the air, causing everyone to swallow their saliva.

"Oh my god, it smells so good!"

"This little earthen kiln is quite good. Next time we will use this thing to grill meat."

"Is there any wine? Go get some wine. Life is happy only when there is wine and meat."

The small earthen kiln was about one meter high and made of earth and mud. Several workers stood beside it with their hands folded and talking incessantly, with smiles on their faces, looking forward to the venison that would be roasted later.

Wang Qing took Li Yan to chat, and she gestured - Yeah? She muttered something to Li Yan, and then Li Yan exclaimed.

Wang Yuan didn't understand what they meant, so he looked away and chatted with Ergou.

Ergou smiled proudly:

"If you stay a little longer, you can eat delicious barbecue...Brother Yuan, you finally came here, just stay for one night? Let's play mahjong in the evening! They often play mahjong in the city."
To be continued...