After hearing what he said, Chen Min quickly thanked Xue Ling profusely.
"Sister-in-law, it's up to you! Thank you! Thank you!"
Xue Ling felt a little sorry for being thanked by him, and said with a smile: "I'll go and ask more carefully tomorrow. I'm not sure whether I can help, so don't thank me for now, and eat your dumplings quickly."
Cheng Tianyuan laughed in agreement and said, "Eat first! Have a taste of my craftsmanship."
Chen Min ate one and found that it was stuffed with cabbage and meat. He quickly smiled.
"Well! That's not bad!"
Cheng Tianyuan raised his brows proudly and explained: "Home-grown Chinese cabbage - sweet! The pork I bought in the morning was steamed at noon, so fresh!"
Chen Min buried his head in eating, one bite at a time.
Xue Ling also wanted to eat dumplings, but she didn't want to waste her lunch box.
"Brother Yuan, let's share the rice."
Cheng Tian has been accustomed to thrifting since he was a child. He was reluctant to waste food and just picked up the aluminum lunch box.
"You like dumplings, go ahead and eat them! I'll eat them."
Xue Ling quickly brought out the vegetables and chicken legs, and first gave Chen Min a large chicken leg.
"Brother Amin, this is the lunch given by my work, please have some!"
Chen Min was so flattered that he shook his head and did not dare to accept it.
In this day and age, the family would not buy or kill chickens until the holidays. He was really embarrassed to eat such a big chicken leg.
Xue Ling explained with a smile: "The food in my workplace is pretty good. There are two kinds of vegetables and two kinds of meat every day. I'm almost tired of eating it! One for you, one for brother Yuan, and I eat croquettes - my favorite."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and placed the chicken drumsticks in Chen Min's bowl, and said warmly: "My wife's workplace is really good. I have eaten chicken drumsticks several times. Our Lao Wang only had one rice and the same vegetable for lunch, and there was no meat at either end for three days.
You give it a try, you’re welcome!”
When Chen Min heard what the couple said, he was extremely envious!
"That's great! Ayuan, you boy, how did you get so lucky to marry such a capable and good wife like your sister-in-law!"
Xue Ling smiled shyly and lowered her head to eat dumplings.
Cheng Tianyuan laughed and said deliberately: "Envy, right? I'm so envious!"
Chen Min ate a lot of dumplings and a big chicken drumstick. After he was full, he saw that the heavy rain outside had lightened up and was raining softly.
"I have to go to my cousin's house one more time, so I won't stay any longer. Sister-in-law, I'll come over again after get off work tomorrow. I'll trouble you about the place by the river."
Xue Ling readily agreed and sent him out.
That night, Cheng Tianyuan took medicine and went to bed early. After Xue Ling finished washing his clothes, he sat at the window and translated.
With a series of preparations and dictionary searches in the afternoon, the translation progress in the evening was much faster than before, and it was done very smoothly.
Except for getting up to take a few sips of water, she was busy the rest of the time. She didn't fall asleep tiredly until half past eleven.
She woke up at around seven o'clock the next day.
Cheng Tianyuan had already made breakfast, and she hurried to work after eating it.
When we arrived at the newspaper office, most of my colleagues were already here.
Xue Ling was thinking about the report and quickly went to Liu Xing to get the complete interview report and two photos given by county government staff.
"Are there two?" she asked: "Are they going to be rented to others as factories?"
Liu Xing shook his head and replied: "I guess it's not renting. It took at least 20 to 30 years to build this factory, and it covers a large area. According to previous precedents in other counties, a large area should be purchased."
"How much does one acre of land cost?" Xue Ling asked.
Liu Xing was stunned and shook his head.
"I don't know about that. A riverside wasteland like this can be sold for a few hundred yuan an acre at most. When the new city was buying and selling before, the newspaper did a survey. I remember it was 300 yuan an acre...
…should be!"
Xue Ling glared at him and whispered: "Be more precise, okay? You're still a newspaper staff, so you use the words 'should' and 'estimate', it's so unprofessional!"
Wang Qing on the side heard it and couldn't help but giggle.
Liu Xing blushed at the ridicule, glared at Wang Qing, looked at Xue Ling and sighed helplessly.
"Give me a few minutes and I'll look for it."
Xue Ling hurriedly clasped his fists boldly: "Thank you for your kindness!"
Liu Xing laughed, squatted down and rummaged through the drawers.
Unexpectedly, the newspaper had too much information, so he flipped through it for a while before finally pulling out some of the original manuscript.
"The area in the new city was five years ago. It was also a wasteland at that time. When the land was collected, it was 300 yuan per acre. If it was to build a cabin or something, compensation would be based on the area."
Xue Ling quickly took it and looked at it carefully.
When she returned the manuscript to Liu Xing, she discussed and asked: "Can you lend me these two photos for a day and return them to you tomorrow?"
Liu Xing shrugged and said: "Not one of them was useful at that time, so I was scolded and punished miserably! These two unlucky things can be taken as far as they are useful! I just want to advise you, don't be contaminated with bad luck."
Xue Ling didn't care at all, and laughed and said: "For you, it's bad luck, but for me, it's probably luck! Don't be too envious then!"
Liu Xing sneered, picked up the water glass and took a sip.
"Hey! Sister Xue, what's wrong with you today? Are you suddenly very interested in attracting investment?"
Xue Ling shook his head and replied: "I asked for it for a friend. He has a few acres of land by the river and is thinking of selling it to raise some money. I want to know the price."
"No way?!" Liu Xing was dumbfounded and loudly said: "Your friend's land is by the river? Over there on Songming Road?"
Xue Ling is not a local and is not very familiar with the place and its location, but she has really heard Chen Min mention this location.
"Seems to be."
Liu Xing looked up to the sky excitedly and said: "Is he stupid? How can he be willing to sell a piece of land like this! The big merchants will definitely buy it for him! Everyone who owns land nearby will get rich! Who would be so stupid as this?
It’s time to sell the land!”
Xue Ling sighed and whispered: "There is something wrong with his family. The old man is seriously ill and has to raise money for medical treatment."
After Liu Xing heard this, he sighed and beat his chest and stamped his feet.
"Why don't I have hundreds or even thousands! If I did, I would have to buy a big piece from him! Let me tell you, in a month at most - in two months at most, the land will definitely be collected in tracts
!This is a matter of ensuring profit!”
I have to say that Xue Ling felt itchy in her heart.
How many times in your life can you encounter such a guaranteed profit? Although the land is not large and you can't make much, you can certainly double the profit, and it only lasts for two months at most.
However, Brother Ahu's family is really in trouble. If he goes to buy something for someone at this time, firstly, he doesn't have enough money on hand, and secondly, he is suspected of taking advantage of the situation, which really goes against the principles of being a good person and making friends.
Thinking of this, she had no choice but to retract this idea.
Liu Xingyan raised her head and looked around the newspaper office.
"I don't have any money myself, and I don't even know where to get money...forget it! I'd better just be a poor man!"
Xue Ling pouted, sighed secretly, sat back at his desk, and started working honestly.