Speaking of these, it can be regarded as scratching Uncle Li's itch, and he said happily: "The little guy is okay with his studies, he has always been in the top ten in the class, and he has always taken his sister as an example." In the third year of junior high school this year, he will be promoted to high school in one semester after the year, and I hope he will be admitted to Xiangning No. 1 Middle School. Dan'er is in the provincial capital, better than us, she said, once Zhengren is admitted to Xiangning No. 1 Middle School, all the expenses will be borne by her, and we will not be responsible. ”

The Dan'er in the uncle's mouth is Li Zhengyi's cousin Li Dan, and Zhengren is his cousin Li Zhengren. This sister and brother were too much more prosperous than Li Zhengyi in their previous lives, and their cousin Li Dan's husband's family was a native of Changshui City, and he was a college classmate with Li Dan. In his previous life, Li Zhengren was very competitive, and was admitted to Xiangning No. 1 Middle School with the first score in the county, and then was admitted to the National University of Defense Technology with excellent results.

Uncle Li then talked about some interesting stories about the two siblings, and Father Li listened very carefully. But the careful Li Zhengyi found that there was still a hint of gloom in Li's father's eyes. He knew that this hidden emotion was because he couldn't fight for it, so he would never be able to raise his head in front of this big brother.

Lunch was quickly ready, and Aunt Li Zhengyi began to serve dishes one by one.

After lunch, the snowflakes drifted more and more rapidly, and the ground was already half a foot thick of snow. Because the wind and snow were too urgent, Li Zhengyi and his son lingered at the uncle's house for a long time, until about three o'clock in the afternoon, when the wind and snow subsided slightly, and they rushed home during the gap.

Back home, Li's father said that they would go to the Houshan vegetable garden together, there were many orange trees and persimmon trees in it, and they had to sweep the snow. It seems that this snow will not stop for a while and a half, and if it falls at night, most of the trees in the back mountain will not be able to hold up, and the branches will be crushed nine times out of ten.

There are not many orange trees and persimmon trees in the back mountain, and you can sell a little to subsidize your family in a good year.

Sweeping and sweeping, Li Zhengyi remembered his previous life, he didn't see this snow in his previous life, at that time he had been detained and put in a prison waiting for trial.

Until now, Li Zhengyi really let go of that suspended heart.

History, little by little, is already changing.

The first snow of 2000 fell for a full day, and at dusk the snow was more than a foot thick on the ground. Fields, mountains, trees, shrubs and grasses, including ridge paths, mountain streams, etc., are all gone, and only a white expanse remains.

A good snow is a good sign of a good harvest in the coming year.

In fact, this good snow had a great impact on the Li family, because they couldn't go out, and the scrap collection was in a state of suspension.

Li Zhengyi stayed at home for a day, feeling that it was a waste of time to stay like this, and on the third day, when the ice and snow began to melt, he proposed to his parents to go to the site of the urban-rural junction of Xiangning City to see the place.

Fortunately, the road from Mogong Township to Xiangning City is flat and wide, and there is no mountain road to block it, although the snow is heavy, it will not block traffic.

A family of three wrapped tightly and fully armed stepped on the shuttle bus to Xiangning City.

There was a little hiccup in the middle, and the ticket price went up. In Xiangning City, under the jurisdiction of the counties, cities and towns, whether it is to the county or to Xiangning City, most of them are private in this era, and the operating vehicles are only registered in the road operating company managed by the government, so the price has not been transparent, and whether the price has increased depends on the mood of the conductor.

Generally speaking, the price will definitely increase at the end of the year, which everyone agrees. But at this time, the transportation is inconvenient on snowy days, and the price of automobile transportation has to rise, so there is a suspicion of taking advantage of the fire to rob. But the conductor also has a rhetoric, saying that on snowy days, the cost of gas will be 50% more, and the price increase is understandable. Both sides insist on their own words and say their own reasoning.

Li Zhengyi was too lazy to argue, and the three of them paid 24 yuan together. In the past, when I went to Xiangning City, the ticket price was only 6 yuan, but now I go to the urban-rural junction, which is a lot shorter, and it costs 8 yuan, which has indeed risen a lot, no wonder the villagers are excited.

The management of the urban-rural interface of Xiangning City is relatively chaotic, and doing business in this area is limited by geographical relations and the actual consumption capacity of shantytowns and surrounding residential areas. It was only after the urban expansion of Xiangning City, the annexation of Mogong Township in Xuefeng County, and then the transformation of shantytowns, and finally the separation of the Southeast Science and Technology Park, that this area became truly prosperous. However, it is still very early, and it will take about fifteen years to calculate carefully.

Li Zhengyi's family wandered around this area for a long time, and took a fancy to a private house, which was located about 100-200 meters next to the main road from Mogong Township to Xiangning City, and there was a small road turning into it, leading to other remote villages and towns. The location is not very good, but the three-storey building with a large open space next to it is a great location for scrap acquisition. As long as you spend some money to surround the flat and build a simple greenhouse, even the waste dumping point can create a large area. The most important thing is that it is a certain distance from other residential areas in the surrounding area, and if it is too close, it is afraid that there will be trouble from neighbors as a scrap yard, and if it is too far away, it will seem to be a single family, which is not appropriate.

Seeing that his parents had no objections, Li Zhengyi said, "Why don't we contact the landlord first and settle it today?"

The two elders said yes, and Li Zhengyi went to a grocery store to contact the other party with a public phone according to the phone number left on the door of the landlord's house, and the other party said that he would be there within half an hour.

The landlord arrived quickly and negotiated a price of three thousand a year. In fact, there is still vacant land in the yard of such a big house, and three thousand a year is really not expensive. Li Zhengyi even wanted to buy it directly, which is very close to Xiangning City, next to the shantytown, and is the core area after more than ten years. However, at present, the funds are insufficient, and the existing funds to buy this house with vacant land may be enough, and even if they can buy it, they are basically empty in their pockets, and there is no money to open a scrap collection station, which has no practical meaning at all.

The price was negotiated, and the landlord asked about the purpose of renting, and when he heard that it was to open a scrap yard, he began to be reluctant, saying that it was too dirty to open a scrap yard, and if he didn't rent it in the future, he couldn't sublet it out.

Li Zhengyi asked, "Is the open space on the left outside the house your house?"

The landlord said yes.

Li Zhengyi asked again: "Is the vacant land rented out together?"

The landlord said: "Strictly speaking, it is not a piece of land for rent, and it is okay to use it normally, but this vacant land is not a building land, and the foundation cannot be moved to build a house." Your family rents a house to open a scrap collection station, this vacant land must be used to pile up waste, it is easy to breed mosquitoes, snakes and rats, etc., my house has been like this for a few years, basically there is no need to think about renting it out for other purposes. ”

Li Zhengyi said: "You may have thought about it. First, we will not pile up polluted or unclean waste in the courtyard of your house, and second, we will help you isolate the open space outside from the house, and we will not have too much backlog, and the turnover will be very fast, so there will be no situation that you are worried about. Thirdly, your house is not very good, and it is really unlikely that you will rent it for other purposes in the future. There are many better than your house on the main road nearby, and what I like is actually the location of your house and the open space outside. ”