Zhen Meimei, who is empty, is ready to go to the eastern suburbs to see if there is a suitable mountain. Take Cher and drive all the way east.

The last time I went to Hao Shuai's troops, thirty or forty miles away from the station, Zhen Meili saw a village, and today she is going to go to the village to inquire about the situation.

After driving for more than an hour, Zhen Meili arrived at this small village located in the eastern suburbs. There were less than ten households in the village, so they parked the car at the entrance of the village, and Zhen Meili got out of the car with Xue'er in her arms and walked towards the village.

The village is full of dirt roads, and the only few houses are a little far apart, one in the east and one in the west. I was embarrassed to go to someone's house rashly, so Zhen Meili followed the road and kept going inside. Finally, in the middle of the village, under a big banyan tree, Zhen Meili saw several old people.

Fortunately, the weather is good today, otherwise in this winter, everyone must be staying at home, and she can still meet these old men and women playing chess outside. A few chatting old ladies also found Zhen Meili and looked at her curiously.

A young old lady who was surrounded in the middle was the first to ask, "Girl, where are you going?"

"Hello grandma, I want to find the village chief of our village, where can I find him?" Zhen Meili said hello to the grandmothers first, maybe they will become neighbors in the future, and they must have a good relationship first. In addition, looking at the mountain, someone still has to take it, otherwise she will be able to wander around the mountain by herself, and she will not be able to do it without a goal.

"Yo, what are you going to do with the village chief?" the old ladies were very strange, what was the matter with a little girl from the city coming to the village chief.

"I want to ask if our village has any land and barren mountains to give me. Zhen Meili said her meaning directly.

"The little girl is young, and she doesn't want to be a good city person, so she came to us to be a farmer?" the old ladies laughed when they heard this, and everyone asked in a gossiping manner.

"What's so bad about being a self-sufficient farmer, our family yearns for rural life. Moreover, the rural environment is good, the air is fresh, and it is very suitable for the elderly to care for the elderly. ”

"I just want to come to the countryside to retire? Then just rent a house with us to live, and there is no need to rent land, not to mention whether you can plant or not, what a pity it will be to waste the land when the time comes." I don't know when, a spirited old man came, stood behind Zhen Meili and said.

"This is the head of our village, Qi Weimin, and the old man of my family. The old lady who talked to Zhen Meili at the beginning introduced.

Zhen Meili turned around and greeted the village chief: "Hello village chief." My name is Zhen Meili, and I came here today to contract a mountain in the village and some land. ”

"Well, Miss Zhen is good. The old village chief nodded. "I already know your purpose, but I still said before, if you want to come and live in our village, of course we are very welcome. Is it just this mountain and land......"

"Village chief, I understand that you are afraid that I will not be able to farm and will waste the land. Actually, I just want to cover barren mountains and wastelands, plant fruit trees on the mountains, and grow some vegetables in the fields. Since it is a barren mountain and wasteland, it is a waste to put it anywhere, even if I really fail by then, the barren mountains and wasteland that I cleaned up is not considered a waste, right? It seems that the prestige of the village chief in the village is still relatively high, and if the village chief is done, there will be no major problems for the other villagers.

"That's exactly what you said. After all, the young people in our village have gone out, and there will be no one to open up the wasteland in the future, and now their own land cannot be planted. Regarding what Zhen Meili said, the village chief nodded approvingly. "But are you sure you're going to take care of the land, won't it all go to waste?"

"I promise. Zhen Meili nodded seriously.

"Okay, in that case, I'll show you around first, and you may not be able to find a suitable place. It seems that the old village chief is still a little worried, and hopes that Zhen Meili may give up after seeing it.

"Okay. Zhen Meili hugged Xue'er and followed behind the old village chief and walked to the other side of the village.

"You see, this is the land in our village, and it is all home-grown grain and vegetables. However, most of these are sold outside, and their own food is grown in front of their own homes. The village chief pointed to the large area of land outside the village.

Following the village chief's fingers, Zhen Meili saw patches of neat land, most of which were planted with green wheat, and some common vegetables in winter. The green color everywhere is refreshing.

There are canals in the middle of the land, pointing to the canal at the foot of the mountain, and the village chief tells Zhen Meili that the land cultivated in the village has been until there. "So the mountains around here, and the land on the south side near the riverbank, are deserted. ”

Zhen Meili proposed to go to the south to have a look, and under the leadership of the village chief, she walked along the foot of the mountain until she walked to the river. It is said that it is a small river, and it is estimated that it is a stream flowing down from the mountain, passing through the middle of the village. From the small bridge over the river to the opposite bank, there are two more families, and there is also a large patch of wheat behind the houses.

"The land over there was owned by the two families who lived there, and a large part of the land near the foot of the mountain was still barren. The village chief introduced Zhen Meili.

Zhen Meili fell in love with this land at a glance, there is a small dirt slope in the south, which is suitable for building a house. The land below grows vegetables, and the mountain on the left does not know what the situation is, so it is suitable for planting fruit trees. So he put down Cher and let it check on the situation.

"Hey, Miss Zhen, your dog ran away into the mountains, why didn't you take a good look at it. The village chief looked at Xue'er like a more valuable dog, and the pampered puppies in the city were no better than the local dogs in the village, what if they encountered danger in the mountains.

"It's okay village chief, Xue'er is very smart and won't have an accident. Zhen Meili comforted the old village chief and told him not to worry. "By the way, village chief, I think this land is very good, it fits my idea very well. Zhen Meili pointed to this wasteland and said.

"Oh, you've chosen it?" Seeing that Zhen Meili just stood from a distance and looked at it, she chose a place, and she was even more sure that she didn't know how to farm, and she didn't know if the land was suitable for planting.

"Yes, village chief. In fact, I will tell you the truth, the reason why I came to Baodi is because my family has opened several fruit and vegetable stores in the city, specializing in selling green food. The previous goods were all coming in from friends from other places, and the freight cost was too high, and he recently told me that some supplies were out of supply. That's why I thought about renting some land for myself, and when the time comes, he will send an expert to help me measure and command. So don't worry, I'm not fooling around. In order to calm the old man's heart, Zhen Meili made up nonsense half-truths and half-truths.

"What's more, I have a more important reason for choosing our village. Zhen Meili said a little shyly, "I'm going to get married next year, and my partner is a soldier in that unit thirty or forty miles away." I want to settle down here, but also to make my home closer to him, when my parents and his parents will live here, it will be more convenient for him to go home. ”

"So I hope the village chief will agree to me renting this land here, thank you. ”