When Xue Ling saw him closing the door and coming in, he stopped writing, poured him a cup of hot water, and turned on the heater.
Cheng Tianyuan drank hot water and blew warm air, but his brows were still furrowed.
Xue Ling couldn't help but ask: "Still no news? Lin Cong's mother hasn't come back yet?"
No need to ask, he must have gone to Lin Cong's house.
Cheng Tianyuan shook his head and said solemnly: "The house was still dark. I waited outside the house for a long time. Later, someone opened the door and took out the garbage nearby. I walked up to talk to them, handed them a cigarette, and asked for some clues."
Xue Ling asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Tianyuan replied: "Lin Cong turned out to be in debt, and it seems that there is still a lot of debt. Someone came to collect debts before, and his mother was frightened. She quickly packed up her luggage and fled to her parents' home in the countryside. She should not come back for a while."
Xue Ling knew that there was nothing serious about that guy, so he rolled his eyes and commented speechlessly.
Cheng Tianyuan continued: "The neighbor said that he heard that Lin Cong's mother wanted to sell the house a few days ago, and said that her son asked her to do so."
Xue Ling heard it immediately and said: "It turns out that Lin Cong has always been in contact with his mother."
"Yes." Cheng Tianyuan said solemnly: "I asked the neighbor where her natal family is, but unfortunately he doesn't know. However, since she wants to sell her house, she should come back to Rongcheng soon."
Xue Ling nodded and said: "If you work harder, you will always encounter it."
Cheng Tianyuan said: "I will go back to my hometown in Chengjiacun before I have to go to work tomorrow. My parents haven't been home for almost a month, so I have to go and take a look, and then take Afang's photos and send them to my father-in-law."
Xue Ling responded and reminded: "Buy some candies and pastries and send them back to the neighbors. Tell them the good news about my father-in-law's prosthetic leg. Please also ask them to help us take care of the yard."
"You are still thoughtful." Cheng Tianyuan nodded in agreement.
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The next morning, Cheng Tianyuan went out to buy meat and vegetables, mixed the old man's medicinal diet, and carefully told Liu Ying how to watch the fire and when to eat it, and then returned to Chengjia Village.
The weather has been fine these days and the car has started driving again.
More than an hour later, he arrived at Chengjia Village and returned home first. He saw that the doors were well closed, the house was not too dirty, and everything was neatly tidied.
He went to Cheng Tianfang's small bed and saw the photo she had posted on the bedside, and gently took it off.
The woman in the photo is wearing a large floral cotton-padded jacket, with two thick braids, her chubby face is a little red, and she is smiling at the camera, with a hint of goofiness in her eyebrows.
Cheng Tianyuan put the photo away with a sullen face.
Originally there were some chickens at home. When Liu Ying came to the city, she asked Uncle Chang to help raise them, so the yard was quiet and quiet.
The neighbors soon saw him, thinking that the whole family was back, and came over to reminisce.
"What?! What are you pretending to be? What is that?"
"It has arms, does it look like the real thing? Oh my god! It must be expensive, right? Five hundred yuan, right?"
"Great! Muhai will be able to do a lot of work in the future!"
"Ayuan, how did you think of it? Go to the provincial capital hospital! It's not easy! It's not easy!"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and explained: "It was my wife's idea, and she took us there. She happened to have an uncle there who helped us arrange everything. My father-in-law and mother-in-law flew to help take care of it. This time it went very smoothly. Yesterday
Then I returned to the county seat."
"Wow! That's so good! Let me tell you! A Yuan's wife is a filial and blessed person at first glance!"
"That's right! A daughter-in-law from a big city is different! Even her parents are so nice, and she can still fly! She's awesome!"
Cheng Tianyuan distributed the candies and cakes to them and said, "My wife asked me to bring these to everyone. My parents are staying in the city for the winter, so I would like to trouble you all to help us take care of the yard."
"Sister-in-law is so kind! Thank you!"
"So sweet! No problem! We have been neighbors for so many years! Little things! Little things!"
"A Yuan's family is so nice! Now the whole family lives in the county town! I'm so envious!"
At this time, the village chief came over with a cigarette pole behind his hands and looked around: "What's going on? What are you doing here?"
The villagers hurriedly told him about the happy events of A Yuan's family.
Cheng Tianyuan stepped forward and stuffed a few pastries to the village chief.
The village chief laughed and said: "The imported arm is installed - God! A good thing! This is a good thing!"
He seemed to remember something and waved his hand: "Okay, don't be stuck in the road, everyone is going back!"
Everyone ate candies and pastries and dispersed.
The village chief waved to A Yuan and licked his chapped lips.
"Yuan, there is something I want to tell you. Don't rush to be happy, because the town has not decided on this matter yet. When it is really confirmed, you can be happy and happy for a few days!"
The village chief whispered: "A leader from the town came to the town half a month ago and said that there might be some development of the land down the provincial road at the entrance of our village. There seems to be some investment promotion. He said that the transportation there is convenient, and about one hundred acres should be developed.
To build a factory, don’t your family still have about 20 acres of wasteland at the entrance of the village?”
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows, unable to conceal his excitement, but his face remained the same.
"It's about twenty acres."
The village chief smiled and said: "Your grandfather cultivated that land. Unexpectedly, a provincial road was built later, and it happened to pass there. The soil quality of that land was not good, and nothing could be grown. No one wanted it when it was given away for free. Your grandfather
Be diligent and come to the village to get a certificate after the land is cleared. That land has always been your family. I think you can make a fortune this time. If it is confirmed, you should be able to!"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled slightly and said, "Then wait and see."
The village chief explained: "I heard that the wasteland by the river in the county can be sold for hundreds of dollars per acre. Our place is not as good as there, but the transportation is convenient! Let alone hundreds, even if we get 200 per acre, that's still a lot.
money!"
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't help but think of the time when he wanted to sell land but was blocked by his newlywed wife, and couldn't help but chuckle.
If he had really sold the wasteland at that time, it would have been worth three to four hundred yuan at most, and maybe no one would be willing to take it.
After all, the land at the entrance of the village is not as good as the land at the door of the house. The land at the door is farmable, square and the soil quality is okay.
So Cheng Biao's family pestered him to sell the land at the entrance, but they had no interest in the wasteland at the entrance of the village.
The village chief also chuckled and said, "I'll tell you when the boss confirms it."
Cheng Tianyuan quickly thanked him.
The village chief looked around and whispered: "Isn't that Cheng Biao from your clan very prosperous in the past few years? He dug his own land into fish ponds and raised fish and so on, and he could earn hundreds of yuan a year.
However, things have changed, and he is in a miserable situation right now!"
Cheng Tianyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's going on?"
The village chief shook his head and snorted, "He himself is a bad gambler, and his mother-in-law also loves gambling. She doesn't even look after the fish pond, and they all run out to gamble. Nine times out of ten, he loses when he gambles! He loses everything quickly. I heard that his mother-in-law also loves gambling.
They still owe debts. There was little rain this fall and only a few snowfalls in winter. There wasn’t enough water in the fish ponds. They didn’t use the waterwheels, so the fish ponds all dried up.”
Cheng Tianyuan nodded lightly without commenting.
He has never had a good impression of Cheng Biao. This is because the couple committed suicide on their own and cannot blame others.
The village chief shook his head in disdain: "Forget it if you are too lazy to die, why not go gambling and wait for misfortune! Their fish ponds are not dug deep, they are very shallow. At first they were more than ten acres, and later they also bought all the nearby land.
If we go and dig, there are dozens of acres. If we work hard, we will have no worries about getting rich! I just like gambling!"
Cheng Tianyuan thought for a moment and asked, "Do they still have fish ponds now? There is no water source in winter."
The village chief replied: "I heard that they are in a hurry to sell the fish ponds, but who is willing to take over? There is no water in the winter, and I don't know what will happen next spring. And they said that they can't buy fish ponds one by one. They have to buy them one by one."
At least ten of them should be bought together. Who can have so much money! You don’t have to spend the winter or the New Year?”
Cheng Tianyuan thought of his little wife who liked to buy land, and asked: "How big is a fish pond? How much does one cost?"
The village chief understood the situation very well and replied: "Each one is about an acre of land, and it costs fifty yuan! If there is no water, it will be wasteland - it is very expensive!"