Reborn 1980, Mountains Have Spirits, I Have Fields

Chapter 111 Tan Yueqiu

Lingmei smiled and said: "Mrs. Tan, hello. My surname is Xiao, and I am a villager in Yunlai Village. I came here rashly today because I want to talk to you about renting your house."

Mrs. Tan's eyes turned cold: "Who said I'm going to rent out the house? No!"

After finishing speaking, the door was about to be closed, Ling Mei followed the doorway and said, "Mrs. Tan, wait a minute." She handed out a beautiful little basket, and said with a smile, "The strawberries grown at home, please accept them if they are not considered a respect."

Mrs. Tan glanced at the red fruit in the bamboo basket, her gaze slowly changed from doubt and shock to a little... nostalgia?
"Strawberry?" She frowned slightly, her eyes far away.It seems that I can see my past years from this basket of strawberries.

When she was young, she lived in Shanghai. Every year when strawberries were in season, she would go to International Restaurant to taste their Strawberry Napoleon.The sweet and sour taste layered on top of each other is still lingering in my heart when I think of it.She couldn't help thinking that there was still some cream at home, and there were a lot of flour and eggs saved years ago. These strawberries were enough for her to bake a strawberry cake.

The door opened again, and Ling Mei saw Mrs. Tan's whole body.

She was dressed in a royal blue thick cotton cheongsam, with a silver-gray fur cape draped over her shoulders. She was slender and elegant, and despite her age, she still had the demeanor of a lady.It's just that Ling Mei couldn't feel any sadness or joy in her.Jin Yuanbao explained: It means that this person has no joys and disasters, and life is like this.

"Come in." Mrs. Tan's voice was full of unwillingness and helplessness of being threatened by strawberries.

Tailors Mei and Pan happily stepped into Tan Garden.

Walking on the side corridor of Tan Garden, passing through and entering again, finally arrived at the place where Mrs. Tan went.

May was shocked.

The structure of the house is a typical one horizontal and one vertical.A central axis in the middle of the house has an area of ​​more than 200 square meters, and there are about forty or fifty rooms around it!

But except for the small courtyard where Mrs. Tan lives, the flowers and trees are carefully pruned, and the yards of other houses are full of barrenness.Weeds overgrown the path and occasionally startled a flock of wild birds.Mrs. Tan wanted to live alone, but she didn't have the energy to tidy up Ruo Da's house, so it fell into disrepair.Instead, there is a vegetable field, but unfortunately the vegetables are mediocre.

Tan Yueqiu said, "Please sit down."

There is a stone table and four stone chairs in the small courtyard.Lingmei gently placed the strawberries on the table, and sat down with Tailor Pan.

Mrs. Tan bluntly took the strawberry she had been thinking about back to the house, and then brought out a pot of tea.

Ling Mei's gaze was fixed on the white jade-like porcelain pot.She is not proficient in porcelain, but only thinks the teapot is pleasing and beautiful.But Jin Yuanbao knew how to do it, and yelled in the space: "No wonder there is a spirit outside this house, so there are many treasures hidden in it! This teapot is about 400 years old, and it is imitated from the white porcelain of the Ding Kiln!"

Lingmei concealed her surprise, raised her head and smiled at Mrs. Tan, "This teapot is really beautiful. It must be a work of imitating Ding Kiln in the Qing Dynasty."

Tan Yueqiu glanced at her unexpectedly: "Miss Xiao has good eyesight." She paused, "You just said that you are from Yunlai Village?"

"Yes." Lingmei smiled, "Growing up in Xianyun Mountain, a native of Yunlai Village."

Tan Yueqiu frowned slightly, stared at her for a while, and asked, "Who is Xiao Yueshan to you?"

Lingmei was surprised: "You recognize my father?"

Tan Yueqiu raised her eyebrows slightly, and her voice was a little soft: "So you are his daughter. Recently your father's reputation has spread to my ears." She had an explanation in her heart: Xiao Yueshan's Yue's family is from Zhangzhou Dingyao Street Xiao Lingmei understands porcelain in such a way, probably because of the influence of her grandfather's family?

Ling Mei smiled and said, "My father is quite famous recently."

Seeing the pride on the little girl's face, Tan Yueqiu couldn't help but smile.

"I have eaten the vegetables grown by your family, and they taste really good."

Ling Mei immediately said: "I see you are here to grow vegetables by yourself. If you don't mind, I'll bring you some rapeseed." Thinking of her love for strawberries, she smiled, "Strawberry seedlings are also fine."

Can Tan Yueqiu refuse the temptation of strawberries?The tensed eyebrows became softer: "Then I will thank you first."

She looked at Tailor Pan, who was a bit reserved, and smiled, "This gentleman's clothes are well made. I look familiar. Where did you order them?"

Tailor Pan hurriedly said: "Mrs. Tan, my surname is Pan, and I am a tailor. The clothes on my body are made by myself."

Tan Yueqiu pondered and asked: "There used to be an excellent master in the town, also surnamed Pan, named Pan Qishi. I don't know if it's you..."

"It's my grandfather." Tailor Pan showed a little shame on his face, "It's a pity that my craftsmanship is not as good as my grandfather's."

Tan Yueqiu looked bewildered, and whispered to herself: "So they are all the children of the old man." She raised her spirits, "Do you want to borrow my house?"

"Exactly." Tailor Pan said, "This Miss Xiao has set up a clothing company. She wants to borrow expensive land to temporarily build a factory in the yard."

Tan Yueqiu was stunned: "Miss Xiao, have you already started a company?"

Ling Mei said seriously: "I opened it with my friends. I have decided to go to Guangzhou for development, and now I urgently need space to make clothes."

Tan Yueqiu thought for a while, and said: "I always like to be quiet. If you want to rush to make clothes, you can't do it too late. I'm not good at cooking. You can solve three meals a day, but you can't dirty my house. "

Surprised Tailor May and Pan: "You agree?"

Tan Yueqiu smiled and said, "I also have conditions."

"What conditions, you say."

Tan Yueqiu said seriously: "I want you to have a catty of strawberries every day. I also want your family to teach me how to grow strawberries."

When she entered the room to make tea, she couldn't help washing a strawberry to taste first.The cotton is tender, sweet and fragrant, even sweeter and more fragrant than the strawberries she ate in Shanghai when she was young.Remembering what Xiao Lingmei said clearly before entering the door, this is the strawberry she grew herself, and hearing that she was willing to give her own strawberry seedlings, Tan Yueqiu simply took this as a condition for renting a house.

Ling Mei smiled and said, "Leave it on me."

Tailor Pan grinned, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.He asked carefully: "So, how to calculate the rent?"

Tan Yueqiu smiled sideways: "Hasn't the rent already been negotiated?"

Tailor Pan was startled, looked at Lingmei and then at Mrs. Tan: "This...isn't this suitable?"

Tan Yueqiu said: "Why is it inappropriate? The Xiao family costs at least seven or eight yuan a catty of strawberries. It costs more than 200 a month. I can still learn the ability to grow strawberries. Speaking of which, I took advantage of you."

Tailor Pan was speechless.That's right, strawberries probably cost more than that.In this way, it is indeed not a loss or a profit.

After negotiating the rent, Tan Yueqiu took them to choose a house.

The first yard you enter is the most barren, with six rooms on the left and right, and three rooms facing south.There are some old furniture that have been in disrepair for a long time in the room, including cabinets, bed boards, and round tables.What surprised Mei even more was that the bathroom in this yard actually had a flush toilet and a shower room.Tried it, it still works.No wonder the tenants refused to move out.This is an extremely luxurious existence in today's era.The most important thing is that it is the farthest away from the main house, and Mrs. Tan will not be disturbed by working overtime at night.The two discussed it and decided to borrow it here.

Mrs. Tan apologized: "The house has accumulated dust for many years, and you have to tidy it up yourself."

"It's all right." Mei was very satisfied.There are enough rooms and big enough, and you can start working after a little tidying up. "Thank you very much."

Mrs. Tan immediately handed them a bunch of keys.

After the matter was settled, Ling Mei left immediately.Mrs. Tan sent them to the door, then hurried to the kitchen.Searching for tools through rummaging through boxes and cabinets.I haven't made cakes for a long time, I don't know if I can still succeed?
(End of this chapter)