The pastoral life of the grass tribe chief

After lunch, Lu Yao woke up from his nap and went with Lu Jiming and Dianzi to buy an electric lawnmower.

They raise fish here and almost no one uses lawnmowers.

Fish farming mainly relies on feed, supplemented by grass. In addition, fish prices are not high, and oil and electricity are expensive, so using a lawnmower is simply not cost-effective.

Lu Yao is the opposite. He mainly raises fish with grass and feed, supplemented by animal feed. The amount of grass and feed in his more than ten acres of ponds is a lot of physical work.

He doesn't mind cutting grass with a sickle every day; he considers it a form of exercise.

Parents are different; they are getting old, and even though they are in better health than their peers, they are finding it difficult to keep up.

When he's not home, his parents don't get as tired from mowing the lawn using an electric lawnmower.

It is also very convenient to clean up the drainage ditches and weeds at the foot of the mountain.

After buying the electric lawnmower, the three of them went to visit the engineering work site that Li Yunbo had just led them to.

These kinds of farmland irrigation ditch projects are usually located in remote areas.

The car drove out of the city, through the countryside, along a small path by the fields for a few minutes, then through a grove of trees, and came to a clearing in front of a grave. There were two cars parked under the trees, belonging to Lu Chong and Li Yunbo.

It rained this morning, and the tracks of the ivy-covered car were covered in mud. Li Yunbo and the others were washing the car and smoking, while only Lu Chong was still practicing reversing.

If you think that knowing how to drive a car means you can drive this kind of transport vehicle, then you are very wrong.

Lu Chong has been driving for three years, but he is still not proficient at reversing.

Back when the four Lu brothers went to take their driving test together, Lu Chong couldn't learn how to reverse into a parking space, but he had a stroke of luck and passed on his first try, which shocked the instructor so much that he exclaimed that his ancestors had blessed him.

Lu Chong himself couldn't believe it. Even after leaving the examination room, he kept pinching his arm to see if he was dreaming.

To this day, he only stops panicking when reversing into a car more than two parking spaces away. Even two parking spaces take him a long time to reverse into, and he can't even reverse into a single parking space.

Besides Li Yunbo and Lu Chong, there were two other men in their forties: one operated a cement mixer, and the other was the team leader in charge of the project, who also worked as a mechanic.

Lu Yao knew both of them; they were both relatives of Li Yunbo.

The madman couldn't resist the urge to climb the ivy. He kicked Lu Chong out of the car and, without needing any instruction, started climbing and wading through the water following the instructions on the five gears. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was a seasoned driver who had been driving ivy for years.

Lu Yao and Lu Jiming also went and drove it once, just to have a go at it.

"When are you coming back?"

Li Yunbo asked Lu Jiming.

The two are cousins.

Lu Jiming's mother and Li Yunbo's mother are cousins.

"I just got back this morning."

Lu Jiming said.

How are the stocks doing lately?

Li Yunbo said.

"We lost terribly last week; chasing any trending topic was basically just feeding kills to the enemy."

Lu Jiming said.

"Even a veteran like you can suffer this kind of loss."

Li Yunbo said.

"I thought the authorities wouldn't let the stock market crash, and the market would likely fall further to make up for the gap, but there was no market intervention."

Lu Jiming said.

"The market is somewhat stuck, and any prediction of rises or falls becomes worthless."

"I think it's worth considering the shares of the social security fund company."

The team leader chimed in.

"Sigh, let's not talk about this, it's giving me a huge headache."

"Let's go eat."

Seeing that the car was almost washed, Li Yunbo realized it was getting late.

"Let's have beef hot pot."

Lu Yang said.

"OK."

Li Yunbo led the way to a farm on the outskirts of the city.

"Chairman Li, what brings you to our remote village?"

When the boss saw Li Yunbo walk in with a group of people, he immediately greeted them with a big smile and offered them cigarettes.

"Working nearby."

Li Yunbo said.

"What kind of big project is it this time?"

The boss's smile widened as he led everyone to a private room.

The bigger Li Yunbo's projects, the longer his working hours, the more opportunities people have to come to his place for drinks, and the better his business becomes.

"Small project: building irrigation ditches in the farmland."

"We can stay in the living room."

Li Yunbo sat down at a table in the living room.

"This is a huge project. We need to build irrigation ditches for all the farmland in our county. It will take at least two years to complete."

The boss's expression was exaggerated.

"How's the beef?"

Li Yunbo remained calm and composed.

"Absolutely fresh, just delivered."

"Beer or liquor?"

"That's what the boss said."

"A box of century-old Hutu sauce, 15g".

Li Yunbo said.

"Please have a seat."

The owner turned to get the wine and gave instructions to the waiter.

Lu Jian, Lu Feng, and Lü Shaolong were overjoyed.

Lu Yao is right. As long as we work hard with Li Yunbo, we won't have to worry about not having good wine to drink.

"Hey little sister, get me a bottle of Coke."

Li Yunbo then remembered that Lu Jiming had a bad stomach and couldn't drink alcohol.

"No need, I can drink it."

Lu Jiming said.

"Is your stomach better?"

Li Yunbo, Lu Chong, Lu Yang, and the madman all looked at him in surprise.

Only Lu Yao seemed completely unsurprised.

"alright."

Lu Jiming nodded.

"What medicine should I take?"

Lu Yang asked impatiently.

His stomach and intestines also developed problems from drinking alcohol. Although it wasn't very serious, he had to take stomach medicine every time he drank alcohol, otherwise he would experience acid reflux and bloating, and in severe cases, he would feel a strong burning pain.

"I don't know either, it's fine as long as I'm not sure."

"Perhaps it healed itself after not drinking for so many years."

When Lu Jiming had a bad stomach before, he couldn't stand the smell of strong alcohol.

Once, a man from Sichuan invited his family to dinner. Someone in the next room vomited, and the smell of alcohol was so strong that everyone in the restaurant couldn't stand it. Many people were so affected that they vomited on the spot.

Lu Jiming thought he would vomit, but he didn't feel nauseous at all.

Back at the store, he tried a sip of beer and was fine.

I tried drinking a sip of low-alcohol baijiu (Chinese liquor) and it was fine.

I tried drinking high-proof liquor again, and I was still fine.

He then realized that his stomach ailment was completely cured.

Everyone found it unbelievable, but Lu Jiming had no reason to lie to them.

"Let's all drink to our hearts' content tonight."

"Boss, two servings each of fried tofu and stir-fried snails, please."

Li Yunbo has gained another drinking buddy, and he's in a great mood.

Everyone drank until after 1 a.m. before the party ended.

Li Yunbo booked a hotel room and called a designated driver to take everyone to the hotel.

The next day, everyone had breakfast at the hotel before going home.

"Why are you still here playing on your phone and petting your cat?"

Lu Jiming couldn't stand seeing Lu Yao playing on his phone and petting the cat after feeding the fish.

"Tch, if I don't play on my phone and pet my cat, am I supposed to go play in the mud with you?"

Lu Yao continued to pet the cat while scrolling through his phone.

"Let's go find herbs to brew wine."

Lu Jiming said irritably.

"Why the rush? Didn't you say you'd leave Goose City tomorrow? It's not too late to go find herbs and brew wine this afternoon."

"It's like the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is."

Lu Yao remained leisurely and content, enjoying himself immensely.

After waking up from his midday nap, Lu Yao was playing with the dog again, showing no intention of going to find herbs to brew wine.

"Hurry up and go, you're driving me crazy!"

Lu Jiming handed the sickle and hoe to Lu Yao.

"The fermented rice is ready! Didn't I tell you?"

Lu Yao looked at his childhood friend in surprise.

"When did you finish brewing it? And when did you tell me?"

Now it was Lu Jiming's turn to be dumbfounded.

"When you take a nap."

Lu Yao was talking nonsense with a straight face.

"Where's the wine?"

Lu Jiming asked.

"The two bottles on the coffee table in the living room are them."

"42-degree bamboo leaf wine, 100 yuan per jin (500g)".

"One bottle for my fellow Guangdong folks, and one for you."

Lu Yaodao.

Lu Jiming walked into the living room, and sure enough, there were two bottles of bamboo leaf wine, each weighing one jin (500 grams), on the coffee table.

"This only has bamboo leaves, nothing else, and you're asking for a hundred? This is no way to rip people off."

Lu Jiming said.

"I'm only doing this because of you; otherwise, I wouldn't sell it for a thousand yuan a pound."

Lu Yaodao.

"I feel like you're increasingly showing the potential to be a shrewd businessman."

Lu Jiming stared at his childhood friend.

"Even if they are, it's because they were led astray by someone."

Lu Yao immediately shifted the blame.

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