The next morning, as soon as it was dawn, Zheng Qilin got up and told his parents that he would not come back for dinner at noon, and he was ready to go to the old house.

It just so happened that Huzi drove the three-wheeler to his door, so he got on the three-wheeled Huzi and went to the old house.

"Brother Qi Lin, what are we doing this morning?"

Huzi asked.

"First plant some vegetables here, then rush to work at the township government, stamp the contract, sign it, and then come back, measure the land outside, hire excavators and hook machines, and officially start construction. ”

Zheng Qilin said in detail.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you tell me to do. ”

Huzi said.

Ten minutes later, he came to the old house, and after entering the courtyard, Zheng Qilin took out the rapeseed that had been soaked the night before.

These rapeseeds were supposed to be planted yesterday morning, but they didn't have time yesterday, so let's plant them today.

After two days of soaking, the rapeseed has cracked and is now sown in it, and it will sprout in two or three days at most.

"I'll fetch water first. ”

Huzi walked to the well, turned the wheel, and began to draw water.

The well on their side is an old-fashioned old well, with no pumps in it, and no manual water pressing. There is a reel on top of the well, and a rope is wrapped around it, and when you draw water, a bucket is hung on one end of the rope, and after putting the bucket in it, turn it up again, and you're done.

There is no water tower in the courtyard, but two old urns are placed near the well, and the water is poured into the old urn, and when the water is used, it can be scooped directly in the urn with a horse spoon.

Zheng Qilin used a hoe and a rake to divide this small vegetable field into five furrows, and after the tiger fetched water, he poured water on each vegetable field according to the division. Wait for Zheng Qilin to get the last furrow well, the first furrow has almost penetrated, then loosen the soil, use a rake to break up the clods, the surface is neat, and then use a hoe to hook out a small pit, put in the soaked rapeseed, and finally use the rake to gently hook it, bury the rapeseed, and gently step on it with your feet to make the loose soil a little compact and keep the moisture. In this way, even if the planting is completed, after a few days the vegetable field has sprouted, it is watered with water.

In about half an hour, the planting was completed, and five vegetable fields were planted with a small cabbage, a rape, and a leek, and the remaining two were not planted at all. Zheng Qilin planned to dig up some medicinal herbs in the nearby mountains and plant them.

During this period, the two also accidentally found three centipedes and two scorpions. I grabbed them all and put them in the old basin at the door of the utility room.

"Brother Qi Lin, everyone in our village is catching centipedes, and there are several nearby villages catching scorpions. This scorpion is easy to catch, easy to breed, and the price is not low, I heard that the purchase price of a pound of wild scorpions is about 38 to 400. ”

Huzi said.

"Well, scorpions, like centipedes, can also be used in medicine, but they can still be eaten, and when I was in Beijing, I saw someone selling fried scorpions. ”

Zheng Qilin said.

"Wow, that thing can be eaten? Isn't it poisonous?"

Huzi's eyes widened.

"Of course you can eat it, the fried scorpions sold in Beijing are seven or eight pieces. ”

Zheng Qilin said, looked at the time, it was half past seven in the morning, and he was almost able to go. After washing their faces and hands, and cleaning up briefly, the two of them set off.

Half an hour later, I came to the township government, at this time, the township government personnel had not yet started to work, and some came early to eat in the restaurant.

Zheng Qilin asked which leader to sign the land contract, and was told to find the office director of the Land and Village Construction Office, so he came to the door of the Land and Village Construction Office and waited.

After a while, a tall woman in a long white dress with a bag and a man in a white shirt and black trousers and myopic glasses walked over, and when they came to the door, the woman in the white dress and Zheng Qilin were stunned after looking at each other.

"Zheng Qilin?"

"Xia Xue?"

Both shouted at the same time.

"Zheng Qilin, it's been a long time, when did you come back?"

The woman in the white dress asked in a row.

"Oh, long time no see, you work here?"

Zheng Qilin asked. The woman in the white dress and his high school classmates were named Xia Xue. After graduating from high school, the two never met again, and they didn't expect to meet here after so many years.

"Hmm. After graduating from university, I took the civil service exam and came to work here. ”

Xia Xue replied.

"I heard that you are developing in Dong'an City, do you have anything to do with coming back this time? ”

Xia Xue asked curiously, and saw that the man who was with her opened the door and invited Zheng Qilin into the office.

"You're working in this department? I'm just looking for your office director, stamping it, signing it. ”

Zheng Qilin said.

"What stamp?"

Xia Xue walked to the water dispenser and took a disposable water cup, poured a full glass of water, walked over, and handed it to Zheng Qilin.

"Thank you, I contracted a piece of land in our village. ”

Zheng Qilin took the water cup and replied.

"You've contracted the land, and you're going to come back and develop?"

Xia Xue was a little surprised.

"Hmm. ”

Zheng Qilin nodded.

"Gee, that's good. At present, our country has issued many policies to encourage college students to return to the village to start a business after graduation. ”

Xia Xue said.

"Hehe......"

Zheng Qilin smiled a little awkwardly.

"Where's your chief of staff?"

Zheng Qilin asked.

"Your classmate is Director Xia of our office. ”

The man with the glasses for short-sightedness said with a smile.

"Ah, disrespectful, disrespectful, I can't imagine that you have become a director now, old classmate. ”

Zheng Qilin was a little surprised. Most of them in this age group have not graduated from college for a few years, have just joined the workforce, and are usually basic staff, like Xia Xue, who has been promoted to office director, belongs to the minority. In general, there are only two possibilities. One is that Xia Xue has a good social background, and the other is that Xia Xue has a strong ability. In general, the first point is more important.

"Old classmate, you laughed at me, the people who work in our township government are all grassroots, and they can't talk about being official or unofficial. ”

Xia Xue said calmly.

"By the way, what about your contract? Show me it. ”

Xia Xue said.

"Well, okay. ”

Zheng Qilin took out the contract in the bag and the certificate and agreement in the village, and handed it to Xia Xue together.

"You sit down first, and I'll take a closer look. ”

Xia Xue took the contract, sat on the desk, and began to read it carefully line by line.

Zheng Qilin stood calmly beside him, not knowing what to do for a while, his eyes fell on the two pots of flowers on Xia Xue's table, one of which was a spider plant, which was lush and lush.

The other pot is the Dripping Guanyin, the leaves of the Dripping Guanyin are yellow, and the roots are rotten in a large area, and it is estimated that it will completely die in a few days at most.

"Well, after reading it, you should have no problem with this. Your use is mainly greenhouse planting and breeding, according to the process, every once in a while, we will send relevant staff to inspect. If it reaches a certain scale and creates certain social benefits, there will be government subsidies. I stamped the seal and signed my name first. Later, I brought it over and asked the mayor to sign it as well. ”

Xia Xue opened the drawer, took out the official seal from it, stamped it on it, and then signed her name.

"Then I'll trouble you, old classmate. ”

Zheng Qilin thanked.

"It's all old classmates, what's so polite, besides, this is our job. ”

Xia Xue smiled slightly, her face revealing two shallow dimples.

"Old classmate, your drop of water Guanyin is about to die. ”

Zheng Qilin looked at the dripping Guanyin on Xia Xue's desk and said.

"You don't know, this is what I brought from my home in Dong'an, it's my favorite flower, it's all good at home, and it's like this when I brought it here...... Alas......"

Xia Xue was a little helpless and frustrated, and sighed.

"I happened to bring a potion to heal flowers and plants, and I will be able to heal your dripping Guanyin in a while. ”

Zheng Qilin said.

"Ah...... Really, I have found friends in related majors, and they say that my dripping Guanyin is hopeless. You really will be able to heal this dripping Guanyin in a while?"

Xia Xue was a little skeptical.

The man with glasses over there also looked at Zheng Qilin with suspicious eyes, thinking that he was bragging.