After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 9: Do you think I'd be short 30,000 yuan from you?
Going downstairs to the kitchen, Qin Xiu had just ladled out crucian carp and tofu soup from the pot when she saw Bai Lu arrive, so she asked her to take it to the table.

The fish soup was milky white, and because a handful of cilantro was sprinkled on it before serving, it smelled delicious.

When Bailu was a child, she didn't like cilantro and thought the taste was strange, but she grew up to love it and even ordered cilantro-flavored birthday cakes.

Besides this soup, there were two other dishes on the table. The weather is still a bit cold, so leaving the cooked dishes like this will make them cool down quickly.

Bailu lifted the lid and looked inside. One dish was braised pork trotters with peanuts, thick and dark in soy sauce. It looked a bit fatty, but you definitely wouldn't get tired of it after eating two or three pieces. But after three or four pieces, it's hard to say. It was her dad's favorite.

—This pig is definitely their own, because ever since the outbreak of swine fever, they have rarely bought pork from outside. They usually slaughter a pig, freeze it in the freezer, and eat it slowly.

Another dish is steamed egg. The bright yellow egg is topped with a layer of minced meat, sprinkled with a little chopped green onion, and drizzled with a little soy sauce and peanut oil. It's a perfect dish to eat with rice. With this egg, even a heron can eat two bowls of rice.

The last dish was still in the pot. Qin Xiu wielded the spatula, stirring the garlic in the wok. The aroma of garlic wafted into Bai Lu's nostrils. Before long, a plate of vibrant green garlic bok choy was ready.

Qin Xiu brought it over, covered it with a stainless steel basin, and turned to wash the pot: "Why haven't your dad and Chenchen come back yet?"

As soon as the egret arrived at the entrance, it saw a nearly retired BYD car struggling to climb the hill.

This car was bought for 5,000 yuan in full, and Bai Chen has been driving it for over a year.

"Why are you back?"

Bai Chen was surprised to see Bai Lu. After getting out of the car, he slammed the door shut, but it didn't close properly, so he slammed it shut again.

Bai Wei got out of the back seat of the car carrying her bag, and jumped over with a smile, calling out, "Sister!"

Bai Wei is 1.58 meters tall, petite, with fair skin, and is a little beauty. She is smiling brightly next to Bai Lu: "You didn't even tell me you were coming back!"

Bai Lu looked at her smiling sister but couldn't smile at all. Bai Wei's face looked unlucky, destined for financial loss and bad luck in love!
She could only make out the general outline, and just as she was about to question them, she heard Qin Xiu call out to them—

"Wash your hands and eat! Dad should be back soon!"

Just as Qin Xiu finished speaking, Bai Lu heard the familiar roar of a 125cc motorcycle approaching from afar.

Bai Wei turned around, opened the iron gate, and let Bai Jiang in: "Dad!"

Egret: "Dad!"

Bai Jiang is not tall, just over 1.7 meters, with fair skin. Years of exposure to the wind and sun have only tanned his face. Bai Lu and Bai Wei inherited their skin color from him. Qin Xiu has typical yellow skin. Bai Chen is a combination of the two of them, neither fair nor yellow.

"Lulu's back too?" Bai Jiang got off the motorcycle, smiled at Bai Lu, but his face darkened as soon as he saw Bai Chen: "Do you really have to change motorcycles now?"

"It was Mom who said we should change it, not me."

Bai Chen denied it, because it was indeed his mother who made him look at the new car—although he also wanted to change it.

What's wrong with a good man wanting to drive a new car?!
Bai Jiang frowned, inwardly disagreeing a hundred times: "Don't listen to your mother, where would we get that much money? The car we have now is just fine."

"What's so good about it? The car doors can barely be closed."

Qin Xiu wiped her hands with her apron as she came out.

Bai Jiang took a deep breath and raised his voice: "Where would we get the money to buy them! Let's go pick some leaves!"

"You don't need to worry about the money," Qin Xiu said. "My sister-in-law told me that she still has some money on her side, and she has already transferred 60,000 over."

"Sixty thousand isn't enough!"

"Can't we sell a batch of pigs?"

"Have you forgotten that we still owe money for the feed?"

"I've already talked to the feed shop owner about this, and she said it's okay, we can give it to them gradually."

Bai Jiang: "You've already made up your minds, so why are you telling me anything?"

"I didn't tell you that, isn't this what you wanted to ask!"

Bai Jiang: "." Her position in the family is already quite clear.

"Since we're on the topic, let me add something else," Qin Xiu said. "Chenchen, lend your older sister 30,000 yuan so she can buy a car in her name later!"

"Huh?" Bai Chen was stunned: "What?"

How come he remembers his mom saying she was going to buy him a car?

"Didn't you say you were buying it for Chenchen?"

Bai Jiang was also stunned.

Bai Chen nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, isn't it for me?"

"Your sister said..." Qin Xiu didn't know how to explain for a moment. There were some things she could say in front of her eldest daughter, but she couldn't say them in front of the whole family.

"Just write your eldest sister's name—"

"Aha! Writing her name means she drove it to work!"

Bai Chen sprawled on the table like a spoiled child, his whole body radiating resentment, and looked pitifully at Bai Lu: "I want to drive a new car too! I want to drive a new car!"

The egret shrugged indifferently: "Go ahead and open it. Write my name on it, and I'll open one for you too!"

"Really?" Bai Chen immediately got up.

"Yes." The egret nodded.

"No? What are you after? Just to own a car? But you're in debt! I'm lending you 30,000, you have to pay it back! Otherwise, I won't lend it to you!"

"Okay, okay, do you think I'd be short of your 30,000 yuan?"

I, the dignified—

Bai Chen wanted to refute, but thinking about his sister's salary, it wasn't that much different. But he didn't understand what kind of crazy move this was.

Indeed, registering the car under Bailu's name brings no benefit to Bailu, whether viewed openly or secretly; it's merely to appease Qinxiu.

To be honest, her mother is quite contradictory—she feels that owing her cousin 200,000 yuan is a lot and difficult to repay.

But then he took 60,000 yuan from his aunt to buy a new car, because his family was the only one in the village who had a car and bought a used car for 5,000 yuan in cash.

She refused to steam buns because she wanted to prove herself.

At the same time, she felt guilty for favoring her son.

Bai Jiang observed for a long time, and clearly understood that he had no choice but to buy the new car. He could only wave his hand and say, "Buy it, buy it. You'll have to buy it sooner or later anyway."

That's what he said, but he was still worried. He subconsciously reached into his pocket and found that he had no cigarettes left. He had his blood pressure checked recently and it was high again, so Qin Xiu forbade him from smoking.

Sorrow!

The family just incurred 200,000 yuan in debt, and now they have incurred another 60,000 yuan. He is getting older, how many more years can he work as a construction worker?

His wife's health isn't good, how is he going to repay this money? Is Bai Chen really going to have to pay it back himself? When will that even happen?

Should I ask my daughters to help pay it back?
He hadn't thought that way.

Ugh……

There's so much food, but I haven't even eaten yet, so why do I feel full?

Bai Jiang picked up a piece of pig's trotter and suddenly it didn't taste as good as it used to.
Seeing her father like this, Bailu decided to save her resignation announcement for after dinner, so that the two elderly people wouldn't be able to eat at all.

The desire to make money has simply become more urgent.

(End of this chapter)