In mid-October, the rainy season begins throughout Britain.

After Lin Yilong returned home, he became a family cook, although he almost did no housework, but it did not prevent him from enjoying such a title.

It's not that he's lazy, it's that the harvest of saffron, wasabi, and white truffles has arrived, and it's taken a long time to collect them with his own tree farm workers. Among them, the one who is engaged in roasting saffron stamens is Fatima, who works part-time during weekend breaks.

Fatima found the husband of a Queensland-born military career non-commissioned officer, who usually worked as a salesman for a car rental company. When her husband heard that his new wife was coming around Blackenshire, he volunteered to be a guide and chauffeur and came with him.

Lin Yilong happened to be fine, so he chatted with this peer by the barn.

"For me, Mount Bracken is nothing but hunger and cold. When asked by Lin Yilong about his impression, Fatima's husband replied, "We will conduct survival training here at the turn of winter and spring, and if we are eliminated, we will be sent back to the original unit, and we will not be able to earn this money." “

"Then in Queensland, there is no such thing as not being able to find a job. Lin Yilong asked.

"But definitely not as much work as I do now. The non-commissioned officer replied, "Although the salary is not high, our monthly allowances are very considerable, and it is very easy to find other jobs." ”

"Anything else?"

"For example, private security or the police. “

"Oh, when do you usually retire?"

"We generally don't have a lot of years of retirement, our chief non-commissioned officer is 44 years old, and he still serves in the front-line troops. Having experienced the baptism of war in Central Asia and the Middle East, I really don't want to continue doing it. "My contract runs until February, and I want to go back home to my parents before I start a real family here." ”

"As an Australian?" Lin Yilong asked rhetorically, seeing that the non-commissioned officer was a little uncertain, he explained again, "Although they are also subjects under the Queen's rule, the locals don't think so—even though you are in the Royal Marine Corps—at least, there will be problems applying for public positions." ”

"Take one step at a time. “

"Is it because of Fatima?" Lin Yilong asked.

"Although Fatima sometimes annoyed me at home to the point of strangling her, she was still a good woman to me. The non-commissioned officer looked at Lin Yilong with blue-green eyes, "She won't leave Britain, I will accompany her." ”

"I need a security advisor here. Lin Yilong almost made it clear, "One I can trust." ”

"When did I have such an honor when I first met you?" the non-commissioned officer was cold, unmoved.

"I'm just giving you an option, and if you want to, that's your question. Lin Yilong was choked upright, but his posture was not high, "If nothing else, it's always good to have an alternative." “

"Thank you for your fancies, but I'd rather listen to Fatima on this matter. "Sometimes I can tell that she misses her days in London." ”

"I'm looking forward to some good news from you until February next year. Lin Yilong opened the door of the barn where the saffron stamen was baked, told Fatima some instructions on how to deal with it, and left in his all-terrain vehicle.

As Lin Yilong walked away, Fatima also came out of the stuffy barn to breathe.

"I've met countless East Asians like him in Brisbane and Newcastle, do they think they can buy everything with money!?" the sergeant was a little indignant.

"So, he offered you a job?" asked Fatima.

"Yes, he wants to hire me as a security consultant. “

"Promise him!" Fatima immediately blurted out.

"I thought you'd object!" the non-commissioned officer looked at his wife dumbfounded, "Didn't you have a special nostalgia for life in London before?"

"You don't know him!" replied Fatima, "he's the kind of guy who wants to do something, and he will do it in the end!"

Subsequently, Fatima told her husband some details she had inadvertently revealed from Katie and what happened to her after she met Lin Yilong.

"So, he told you?" the non-commissioned officer asked.

"He didn't do anything, and he seemed to have done everything. Fatima replied softly, "He just declared his specific expenses to the Ministry of Finance - I can't say anything, it is his freedom not to declare - and the rest is like dominoes, you can only look stupidly, you can't do anything!"

"Then you ......" The husband looked at his wife who spoke for Lin Yilong with some doubts.

"I can only review how stupid I was at the time, underestimating him - but I have to admit that I was able to apply for residency here later thanks to his tolerance. Fatima advised, "If you really don't want to do it, just say no." “

"Can he really get to this point?" the man asked, puzzled, his wife had never been afraid of a man like this—even Fatima, who could argue with reason when the two of them quarreled the most, was so jealous of a seemingly safe and harmless Asian American.

"You trust me. "He just did one or two little things like that, and you can't blame him at all, but it just happened, and at the end of the day, he'll make you thank him from the bottom of your heart—and I'm sure I'd have really thanked him if Katie hadn't told me that she had reported my income to the tax department as instructed by that person." Even now, I don't think there's anything wrong with what he said. ”

The non-commissioned officer looked at his wife's somewhat serious face and took a step back.

"And now?"

"I just don't think I owe him anything, he doesn't want the news of the Super Saffron variety to leak out, and I want to get the income here. Fatima replied, "This is the so-called 'win-win',"

"Just £1,800?"

"We just bought a house in Gloucester and every bit needs to be thought through. The £1,800 is just enough for us to spend a little more at the moment. “

"So, do you think I should take his job?"

"It's up to you to work under him. Fatima replied, "From what I know about him, he should be a little bit higher than the salary of the social position, but it is a little." If you don't want to, politely say no. “

"It's still early, and he told me it's a guaranteed career. The non-commissioned officer said in a deep voice, "So let's wait until that time." ”

"If you can't bring him any good news, a last-minute rejection is a humiliation for him. Fatima calmly analyzed to her husband, "As a wife, I suggest you try to accept this job, try it." ”