Song Tan's Notes

Song Tan just made empty promises, but everyone just ate them!
The main theme is that it is a mutual agreement and there is nothing to say.

Everyone was so enthusiastic that Song Tan was too embarrassed to draw the next pancake. After the dumplings were wrapped, she changed the topic:
"When I joined the company, I was told that there would be gift packages of local specialties from our mountain during festivals. But if you don't need them, you can convert them into holiday bonuses. Just register with Zhang Yanping when the time comes."

After saying this, she paused again, because Zhang Yanping now has his own career, and it would be too cumbersome and seem not so formal to ask him to take care of all the big and small matters at home.

After all, I own a company now, so the departments don’t have to be so detailed, but I have to find an assistant to handle miscellaneous matters.

She kept this in mind, and recalled what Yanran and the others had said about the plans for the coming months of May, June and July. It was so dense and busy that it would be impossible to arrange them without someone to help.

Just as I was thinking this, I saw Qi Lin answering the phone before he even finished wiping his hands:
"Grandpa...what? You're here? Where are you?!"

This made the usually calm man so shocked that he almost flipped out of his wits: "Didn't I say a few days ago that I would pick you up when I was on vacation?"

After hanging up the phone, everyone looked at Qi Lin together - after being together for so long, everyone knew that Qi Lin's grandfather couldn't even use a smartphone? How come he was here so suddenly after such a long journey?

Song Tan also asked: "Where are you?"

Qi Lin was helpless: "High-speed railway station."

Of course, the old man didn't buy the ticket for the high-speed rail himself. It was the son of the family who ran the village store who came back. I heard that the old man wanted to go see his grandson at such an old age. It happened that he went to Ningcheng on a business trip, so he took his fellow villagers with him.

Nowadays, most young people travel by high-speed rail. The old man asked him to buy train tickets for him. He booked them online directly without any operations, and the two of them could take the same train.

In short, the old man was confused and thought that all trains were like this now. He kept sighing and communicating in dialect along the way.

When the neighbor's kid heard Qi Lin say he would pick him up, he thought it was agreed to be picked up at the station! He was also muttering in his heart that Qi Lin was quite relieved that he didn't even call to ask about it during the whole journey...

So, in a daze, after parting with Ning Cheng, the old man listened to the broadcast with his ears perked up, and then asked the people around him. In short, he walked out of the high-speed railway station carrying two large snakeskin bags!

But it is limited to coming out.

When he came out into this strange place, the old man's heart began to tremble again. There were only a few doors in this high-speed railway station, and he didn't know which direction to go following the crowd, so he had to stand at the intersection.

It was only until the security guard saw him and came to ask him a few questions that the old man finally cried out "Ouch"!
I just said I forgot something and forgot to inform my eldest grandson!

Anyway, Qi Lin was also shocked when he heard these words - his grandfather was so old, and every time he was asked, he was still hesitant and reluctant to leave his hometown. When asked urgently, he said that he would not be at peace until he died at home...

If he wasn't in good health, Qi Lin wouldn't dare to torture him like this. But the old man was in high spirits and drank two taels of wine. Looking at his physique, he might be able to live another 10 or 20 years!
The days are so long, we can't leave him alone at home all the time.

He has already taken the leave and will go back next Wednesday to help the old man pack his things, bring them over, and settle him down... It's a full week's leave!
Anyway, now Qi Lin said helplessly: "Boss, do we have anyone to pick up people near the high-speed rail station? My grandfather is already waiting outside the station. If I take a bus, it will take more than an hour to get to the high-speed rail station."

Song Tan thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute—"

She turned around and called Song Sancheng. Many young people in the town were driving sports cars, and Song Sancheng arranged it after making two phone calls.

"It just so happens that there is a driver who is sending someone in the new district. It only takes about ten minutes to get to the high-speed rail station. What is your grandfather dressed like? Ask him to ask where he is standing now, and then hire a car to bring the old man back."

In modern society, he was not too old and his grandfather was in good health, so Qi Lin was not so panicked. "I asked him and he said that the staff on duty asked him to wait at the east gate. He was wearing a black cotton hat and carrying two old-fashioned large luggage bags, the kind with red and blue stripes."

I have to say, this bag is of really good quality! He used it to carry his bedding when he was in school, and his grandfather can still use it now.

Think about it, if someone still carries this kind of luggage bag these days, it should be quite conspicuous and easy to recognize.

So he urged Qi Lin: "Have you cleaned up your room? Have you signed the contract for the vegetable field? Does the old man need quilts or something? I have extra ones here..."

Qi Lin quickly said, "It's packed, everything is ready, and the land has been rented."

I was planning to go out in a few days, so I had to arrange these things in advance. I had just rented the land and hadn't taken care of it yet. Now it's overgrown with weeds and vines...

Forget it, let his grandfather clean it up slowly!

He quickly called again, first telling his grandfather that a car had been arranged to pick him up, then called the owner of the store, specifically asking for his child's contact information, and then called again to thank him...

It was a busy day. It seems like a lot of things to do, but it only took about ten minutes to finish everything.

Only Master Jiang was a little hesitant: "Are you used to eating dumplings there? Do you prefer white soup or sour soup?"

Fortunately, dumplings can be eaten all over the country, as for sour soup or white soup... Master Jiang decided to just make one sour soup and that would be it!
Qi Lin looked at Song Tan and could only sigh helplessly: "Boss, can the house in town be delivered by the end of this year? I want one too."

Buy the old man a tricycle for the elderly like Song Youde’s, and he can ride here by himself.

Song Tan: “…It will take several months to get the land.” There are also follow-up planning, approval, construction, qualifications… Even if she has never built a property before, she probably knows that it will definitely not be completed by the end of the year.

And now, it's the end of April.

Qi Lin sighed in disappointment - he had been earning 8000 yuan since he started working, and he had received subsidies from following Professor Song before, plus some savings from his school years. He definitely didn't have yuan, but because of the low consumption in rural areas, yuan was almost enough.

In this way, even if Song Tan delivers the house at the end of the year, he will have the confidence to buy it directly.

But now...

The house I rented from a villager was not far from my seventh cousin's house. It cost 3800 yuan a year and came with an three-acre vegetable plot.

This is enough for the old man to deal with.

That house has been uninhabited for more than three years, and he hasn't taken good care of it yet. He'll go back and work with his grandfather on it.

When I thought about it, my heart started beating faster and faster, and I felt like my life seemed to have changed again in an instant.

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6◇9◇Book◇Bar

And in the van.

Old man Qi was sitting in the front row, with two large luggage bags, one in the trunk and the other in the back seat. He had an old-fashioned waist bag tied around his waist. It was made of date brown leather and was full of dents and the leather had fallen off a lot.

At this moment, watching the scene flashing by outside, I couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many trees here."

He spoke in his hometown dialect, but since it wasn't so profound that the driver could not understand him, he continued: "A lot of trees? Of course not. Our place is a bit backward and there is not much development, but the scenery is really nice. Old man, your accent doesn't sound like a local!"

As a driver, he can chat with anyone and talk about anything. When the old man mentioned his hometown, he exclaimed: "I know, the potatoes and sweet potatoes there are so delicious!"

Deep wrinkles appeared on the old man's face: "It's too dry, the soil is all loess, and we can only grow these..."

I may not understand all of what he said, but the profoundness of Chinese lies in the fact that it does not affect understanding at all when it is connected to the context. So the driver went on to praise him for being a filial grandson who still remembers his elderly parents after he has made a lot of progress...

In short, the journey of more than an hour was smooth and uneventful. When getting off the car, the old man was smiling and in a good mood, but his feet felt a little dizzy.

However, in addition to being nervous, the old man was also a little excited.

Because it’s really green along the way!

Wherever the exposed soil is, it is green, which is completely different from the endless yellow and sand in my hometown. I can feel the wetness when I breathe - in fact, Yunqiao Village is a little humid during the rainy season, and you won’t feel the heavy moisture on weekdays, but the contrast is unbearable!

Anyway, when Qi Lin picked up the luggage, he heard old man Qi sigh: "The land here is so fertile!"

Qi Lin was stunned for a moment, then he looked at the smile on his grandfather's face and couldn't help but nod: "Yes! It's very fertile! Grandpa, if you didn't come over, our vegetable garden would be barren and now it's all grass. I feel it's such a waste."

As they were talking, Tang Xiaodong and Yan Ran also came over to help carry the luggage. This time the old man brought all his belongings with him, which were tied tightly with belts and stuffed into the luggage bag.

If the three of them hadn't been running back and forth on the mountain every day, they might not have been able to lift it by now.

Yan Ran also spoke with anticipation: "Grandpa Qi, you came at the right time! We are having dumplings in the mountain canteen tonight. These are made with shepherd's purse that we dug ourselves. Do you like dumplings?"

She deliberately spoke slowly, and Old Man Qi listened carefully: "Eat dumplings? Who doesn't like dumplings? When his grandmother was still alive, I could eat three big bowls during the Chinese New Year!"

But the old man's focus soon shifted to another direction: "Linzi, is your cafeteria expensive?"

The canteen had never properly received such long-term employee family members. Song Tan set the price for family members at 25 yuan a day, which was only a few hundred yuan a month. For Qi Lin, this was something he could swear to:
"It's free! Each family can bring one family member, free of charge!"

Free, great!
The old man's eyes lit up immediately: "I ate 3 bowls and someone said you didn't?"

After hearing this, the three of them laughed together: "Grandpa, if you don't feel full, just eat as much as you want. It's the same price as much as you eat!"

"But there is one thing. If you overeat, you have to go to the clinic to get medicine, and that medicine is not reimbursed."

Old Man Qi: ...

This silly kid, he just said that, how old is he and still eats 3 bowls? (End of this chapter)