Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

After receiving the money, the three girls only bought a five-yuan bag of instant noodles.

Since they didn't have bowls, Chen Tingting carefully poured hot water into the packaging bag and covered the opening with her hand.

A few minutes later, the three heads huddled together, sharing the food with a pair of disposable chopsticks, one bite at a time.

As for the remaining five yuan, they chose to buy a bottle of mineral water, which they also shared.

After finishing their instant noodles, they made sure to clean up and dispose of the trash properly.

Because of the 10 yuan favor, the three young women clearly became familiar with Bai Li.

"Hey bro, wanna smoke?"

Chen Tingting pulled out a Nanjing Mengdu cigarette from the edge of her black stockings and handed it to Bai Li.

Bai Li glanced at it, shook his head, and took out a bag of pebbles.

He tore open the packaging, took one out of his mouth, and then handed the pack over.

"Take mine!" The three girls' eyes lit up again.

"Damn it, it's a pebble!"

"Brother, you're so generous!"

They each lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and a satisfied expression appeared on their faces.

For them, Yuhuashi cigarettes were considered high-class cigarettes, only smoked by big bosses and leaders in their workplaces.

Smoke forms bridges, wine paves roads.

When one person meets another stranger, the only opportunity to communicate with them is often by offering them a cigarette.

He will most likely have a long chat with you before the cigarette goes out.

After this exchange between the young woman and Bai Li, they completely opened up.

"Brother, which part of Yunshi are you from?"

"Hey bro, look at my tattoo, isn't it cool?!"

Chen Tingting excitedly rolled up her sleeves to show Bai Li her arm covered in prajna flowers.

Li Jiaxin, with purple hair, also took off her shoes, put her legs, which were clad in ripped fishnet stockings, on the seat, showing off the unpainted rose tattoo on her ankle.

The atmosphere became somewhat lively.

Just then, a greasy voice broke in.

"Wow, young man, you're quite wealthy. You're even giving them lucky draw tickets for Yuhua stones?"

A passenger wearing a large gold chain and sporting a big belly appeared to be standing in the aisle.

He had clearly witnessed the entire process of Bai Li giving him money and cigarettes, and his eyes were full of contempt.

He thought Bai Li was a sucker who got ripped off by this group of young, eccentric girls.

The fat man's lecherous gaze swept back and forth between the three girls, lingering particularly long on Li Jiaxin's bare ankles and Chen Tingting's chest.

"So damn young."

"But little brother, take my advice: just play around with this kind of girl, don't take it too seriously." The fat man said, and tried to reach out and touch Li Jiaxin's leg.

Bai Li's eyes turned cold; he hated people who would inexplicably come up and provoke him.

But before he could even speak, Chen Tingting and Li Jiaxin immediately bristled and started fuming.

"How dare you, a dead pig, insult my older brother?"

Chen Tingting suddenly stood up, pointed at the fat man's nose, and started cursing:

"If you dare bark again, believe me, I'll beat your production workshop to a pulp with my stinky shoes!"

Lin Xiaoshuang immediately chimed in, "Sister Tingting is right!"

Li Jiaxin reacted quickly, instantly pulling her leg back from the seat, her eyes icy cold:

"Even if there's no mirror, there's bound to be someone who needs to pee, right? If someone peees yellow pee, spray them to wake them up."

Their reaction was direct, brutal, and full of a reckless,江湖-like spirit.

The fat man was startled by this sudden turn of events, and then became furious and embarrassed:

"Hey, you're getting too big for your britches, aren't you? You little punk, what are you pretending to be innocent for? Believe me or not..."

"I don't believe you, you son of a bitch... If I'd known, I would have made you get rid of the baby when you were pregnant."

Chen Tingting took a step forward, lifted one of Lin Xiaoshuang's legs, and made as if to take off her shoe.

That fierceness made the fat man instantly cower.

He looked at Chen Tingting's fierce eyes, then at Bai Li's indifferent expression beside him, and finally shrank back into his seat.

The conflict was resolved just like that by this group of energetic young women.

Bai Li looked at them and felt a strange shock in her heart once again.

He never expected that such a small favor as a pack of instant noodles and three cigarettes would make them stand up for him so loyally.

This is so different from the interpersonal relationships he encountered in big cities.

Their worldview is the complete opposite of the calculating and indifferent society he lived in.

"Big brother, don't pay attention to that idiot," Chen Tingting said indignantly after sitting down.

"It's nothing." Bai Li shook his head and looked at the girls again.

"By the way, big brother, you still haven't said which county in Yuncheng you're from?" Lin Xiaoshuang brought the topic back.

"Ping County," Bai Li replied.

"Holy crap! Really? We're from Ping County too! What a coincidence!"

The three girls immediately started shouting again, as if they had found long-lost relatives.

Lin Xiaoshuang happily took off her shoes, put her feet, which were wearing cartoon socks, on the seat, and curled up.

Because of the large range of motion, Bai Li could even vaguely see the cotton-white strawberry bear.

She herself was completely unaware, and was still excitedly saying:

"Big brother, when we get back to Ping County, we'll take you to see some fun things! I have lots of beautiful sisters, we'll introduce you to them!"

Bai Li subtly tilted her head, giving a perfunctory reply:

"We'll see."

At this moment, when he looked at these loud and rude girls again, he no longer felt annoyed at all.

Who would find their money tree annoying?

We still have more than twenty hours to go before arriving in Yuncheng.

Bai Li leaned against the window, watching the night view rushing past outside, and began to make plans in his mind.

How should we nurture and cultivate these three potentially huge money-making trees?

A bold and clear development plan is slowly taking shape in his mind.