The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 107 Conditions

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(I'm so sorry it's late today. I had to go to school for duty. Oh my god, I was dragged out of bed. Poor me...)

(Many brothers like Sister Liu. Actually, I also really like Sister Liu as a character. What I like is her personality...)

"Hey, hey, hey..." Yang Zhengfang quickly stopped him, "You old man, really, what's our relationship? Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

"Brother Yang, I'm so sorry for giving birth to such a wretched child..." Old Huang shed a tear.

"Alright, alright, you're really impossible to talk to. Why are you crying for no reason?..." Yang Zhengfang felt his scalp tingling.

"Alright, alright..." Old Liu mumbled, stuffing his mouthful of food. "So what if your son tricked someone into giving him some medicine? That's a life-saving favor. Why don't you just have your son recognize Brother Yang as his godfather?"

"Brother Liu, this is unacceptable. To be honest, I'm not much older than Brother Huang's son. I feel awkward when he calls me Uncle Yang..." Yang Zhengfang waved his hands repeatedly.

"That's settled then," Old Huang's eyes lit up. "From now on, that little bastard is not only my son, but also your son..."

"..." Yang Zhengfang and Yang Ming looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Oh my god, from now on, I'm going to have another godbrother..." Zhang Yang, who was stuffing his mouth full of food, was finally stunned and forgot to swallow the food in his mouth.

In the dead of night, the full moon in the sky was missing only a small edge, but at first glance, it still had that perfectly round appearance.

Lying on the floor of the cabin, Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing were not asleep, but were fiddling with an object about the size of a flashlight, which was the controller of the light-powered temperature controller.

"How large do you plan to set the scope?" Wei Qingqing leaned against Yang Ming's chest.

"One hundred kilometers..." Yang Ming adjusted the range knob to the maximum.

"What about the temperature?" Wei Qingqing asked again.

"Minus 3 degrees Celsius." Yang Ming adjusted the temperature knob to minus 3 degrees Celsius.

"Turn on the switch?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"Of course we should turn it on." Yang Ming pushed the switch on.

"It feels like we're gods who can control the clouds and rain..." Wei Qingqing was so excited that she could hardly contain herself.

"It's just adjusting the temperature. We'll turn it off in a bit, otherwise, if the weather suddenly gets cold, it might snow..." Yang Ming said.

"Anyway, I feel like we're gods..." Wei Qingqing said with a hint of pride.

Tonight, the temperature plummeted to below zero, a thin layer of ice formed on the river, and the frost mist draped the only green in the fields in a layer of snow-white.

This situation lasted for two hours.

The next morning, when it was still quite dark, around five or six o'clock.

Aunt Liu got up early, put on a new outfit, and carefully washed and dressed herself. She looked in the mirror for a long time until she was satisfied before going to Yang Ming's house.

Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing slept in a small wooden cabin near the hot spring pool, while Aunt Liu went directly to the back garden.

"Hehe, Aunt Liu is dressed so beautifully today, are you going on a blind date?" Yang Ming was carrying a large bucket of milk out of the farm when he saw Aunt Liu dressed so nicely and couldn't help but laugh.

"Nonsense, don't you know I went on a blind date today?" Aunt Liu rolled her eyes at Yang Ming and went over to help him carry the milk.

"Come on, my job isn't clean. You should just rest over there. If you get all milky smelled, the guy won't like you, and you'll blame me later..." Yang Ming quickly dodged, laughing as he spoke.

"You scoundrel! Ever since I accidentally ate your damn python egg, I've become stronger than you..." Of course, Aunt Liu knew that Yang Ming was worried about her getting tired. While she felt sweet inside, she didn't back down and gave Yang Ming several eye rolls.

"Yes, yes, you're Popeye! We have spinach in our greenhouse, do you want some?" Yang Ming carried the milk and poured the white milk into the water tank.

"Nonsense! Where would you get spinach in your greenhouse? Do you think I've never been inside?" Aunt Liu said coquettishly.

"Exaggeration! Don't you understand? It's just a rhetorical device, don't take it seriously... Hmm, just imagine my greenhouse as a vegetable market, where you can find all kinds of vegetables..." Yang Ming said.

"Stop giving me that nonsense. Don't you know your sister-in-law is semi-illiterate?" Aunt Liu gave Yang Ming a charmingly coquettish look, then gracefully swayed her slender waist as she walked towards the cabin.

"Ouch! You stinky Liu Sao, you're always bullying me! I'll fight you to the death..." Wei Qingqing's scream of anger rang out.

Inside the huge RV, Yang Ming sat in the driver's seat, while Aunt Liu sat in the back, comfortably lying on the sofa bed.

"Where should we go first?" Yang Ming asked.

"Go to Liujia Village, pick up my third aunt, and have her arrange a place for us," Liu's wife said lazily.

"Sit still, or I'll shake you off..."

"Don't worry..." Aunt Liu said nonchalantly. She already knew from Wei Qingqing and the others that the stability of this vehicle was absolutely top-notch. Sitting on it was no different from sitting on her own kang (heated brick bed).

Although the distance from Zhengjia Village to Liujia Village is not far, if there were a road, it would be a long journey, requiring navigating around several mountains.

Yang Ming drove his RV and soon arrived at Liujia Village, stopping in front of Liu Shugen's house.

"Oh, you've finally arrived..." A middle-aged woman, hearing the car, rushed out of Liu Shugen's house in a hurry.

"Third Aunt..." Aunt Liu got out of the car and greeted her with a smile.

"Why did it take you so long to get here? Your third aunt was getting impatient..." At this moment, Liu Shugen and Jiang Yue'e also came out, and it was Jiang Yue'e who spoke.

"Let's go now, Auntie, get in the car..." Aunt Liu said with a smile, pulling the middle-aged woman into the car.

"Sigh, you silly girl, you really don't know any better. You won't even let someone come in for a drink of water..." Jiang Yue'e had already noticed the young man driving the car and gave her daughter a reproachful glare.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Liu chuckled and said, "He's the child's father, why be so polite with him? If you need any dirty or tiring work in the future, just call him. Don't be polite with him." Aunt Liu's words were incredibly ambiguous.

"You little brat..." Jiang Yue'e glared at her daughter fiercely.

"Yes, Uncle and Aunt, if you need anything in the future, just let us know. Don't treat us like outsiders..." Yang Ming leaned out of the car window and said with a smile.

"Alright, alright, you can eat at home when you get back from your blind date... Your aunt will cook for you, you must come back..." Jiang Yue'e said with a smile.

"Okay!" Yang Ming agreed with a smile, rolled up the car window, and asked the back, "Third Aunt, where are we going?"

"Go to Zhaojiagou, the man's house..." Auntie San was a little unhappy. She felt that her niece and the young man driving in front had an ambiguous relationship.

The car slowly started and headed towards Zhaojiagou.

On the way, Third Aunt stared intently at Liu's face, making Liu feel rather uncomfortable. After a while, Liu finally couldn't take it anymore: "Third Aunt, why are you staring at me like that?"

"Fen'er, tell your third aunt the truth, what's your relationship with that man driving the car in front?" the third aunt said.

"What relationship? Are you godparents?" Aunt Liu blinked.

"I don't believe it..." Auntie San said.

"If you don't believe me, we're godparents too..." Aunt Liu said with a smile.

"Tell your third aunt, do you and him have some kind of improper relationship?" Your third aunt was a straightforward person and said whatever came to mind.

Knowing her third aunt's temper, Aunt Liu didn't get angry, but instead put on a stern face: "Think what you want, I won't explain further..."

"If you say that, I'm relieved..." Aunt Liu knew Third Aunt's temper, and Third Aunt was equally familiar with Aunt Liu's temper.

"Hmph!" Aunt Liu snorted, pulled a big apple from under the coffee table, took a bite with a crunch, and didn't even glance at Third Aunt.

"How can you be so inconsiderate? All you think about is eating? Can't you share with me?" Third Aunt never treated Liu Sao as an outsider, and she spoke quite directly.

"Pfft..." Aunt Liu chuckled, handing the half-eaten apple to Third Aunt. "Third Aunt, want some?"

"I won't eat..." Third Aunt glared at Liu Sao and turned her head away.

"Want some melon?" Aunt Liu asked cheerfully, pulling out a large, clean melon from under the coffee table.

"I won't eat..." Third Aunt still didn't look at Sister Liu.

"Want some peaches?" Aunt Liu pulled out a large peach from under the coffee table.

"I won't eat..." Auntie San had quite a temper.

"What's wrong? Are you really angry?" Aunt Liu sat down next to Third Aunt and nudged her.

"No..." Auntie said irritably.

"Then eat the melon..." Aunt Liu handed the melon to Third Aunt.

"Keep it. There are quite a few children over there. Giving it to them will give them a good impression of you," Auntie said.

"Why should I? I have to fawn over them when I go to their house for a blind date. How pathetic am I..." Aunt Liu rolled her eyes and took a big bite of the melon.

"You...you're not a young woman anymore. That man, even though he's thirty-five, he's never been married. He's a virgin..." Auntie San stared with wide eyes.

"What 'virgin'? He's a thirty-five-year-old bachelor who can't find a wife. What's there to brag about? And you call that something to be proud of?" Aunt Liu rolled her eyes repeatedly.

"...That's my nephew, okay?" Auntie San was a little unhappy. After all, that person was her nephew!

"Your cousin's nephew, how about that? Your cousin's husband's nephew, humph! I just don't understand why you keep trying to find relatives everywhere, but you can't even find them to talk to, there's not a single blood relation between you..." Aunt Liu's mouth was particularly fluent.

"I'm not going to talk to you..." Auntie San turned away angrily and ignored Sister Liu.

Click...

Aunt Liu smashed the melon in half and handed one half to Third Aunt, "Want some? It's so sweet! You won't find this again once it's gone."

"I won't eat..." Auntie was so angry that she had no appetite.

"You have to eat it whether you want to or not..." Aunt Liu stuffed the melon directly into Third Aunt's mouth. It should be said that Aunt Liu is quite strong now.

"You silly girl, you really have no manners... and it's really sweet..." Auntie San said with surprise as she ate the melon. "Melons this season must be from greenhouses, right? I didn't expect them to be so sweet..."

"These are from our baby's godfather's greenhouse. They grow a superior variety, and they taste amazing," said Aunt Liu, eating a melon.

"Hmm!" Third Aunt nodded in agreement. "I wonder if I could have some of these seeds?"

"This? How would I know? How much is left..." Aunt Liu looked at her third aunt's half melon. The seeds on it had all been eaten by her third aunt. It is said that when her third aunt eats melon, the first thing she eats is the seeds. In fact, many people eat melon seeds first.

"Oh dear..." Auntie San understood and couldn't help but feel regretful.

"It's alright, it will grow back as long as it comes out. Just remember, never poop in someone else's house..." Aunt Liu quickly comforted her.

"..." Auntie was a little embarrassed, but she also admitted that her niece's idea was indeed feasible.

The RV soon arrived at Zhaojiagou. The geographical environment of Zhaojiagou is quite similar to that of Zhengjia Village. Both are mountain valleys surrounded by mountains on three sides. However, Zhengjia Village has a river running through it, but Zhaojiagou does not. Therefore, the land in Zhaojiagou is much more barren than that in Zhengjia Village, and Zhaojiagou is much poorer than Zhengjia Village.

Following his aunt's directions, Yang Ming parked the car in front of a farmhouse courtyard.

The stone house looked sturdy, but it was quite dilapidated. The stone courtyard wall looked imposing, but it was uneven, with the stones being jagged and somewhat messy. The gate was also dilapidated; it was made of sunflower stalks, which looked dark green and were obviously newly built this year.

"His aunt is here?" An old lady who had been waiting at the door greeted him with a smile.

"Sister...it's so hard to get around in your village, the roads need to be repaired..." Auntie San was afraid that people would think they were late and have a bad opinion of them, so she started by talking about the roads in their village.

"Hey, hey, hey..." The old lady smiled rather sheepishly, "We'll fix it next year, we'll fix it next year..."

"Are we late?" Auntie San then asked.

"The groom has been waiting inside for ages..." The old lady smiled rather awkwardly, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with the groom. Her cousin had brought her daughter, and they hadn't even come out to greet them.

"Auntie..." Aunt Liu greeted her with a smile.

"Oh my, is this Xiao Fen? She looks like an eighteen-year-old girl, so beautiful..." The old lady looked at Liu Sao with surprise.

"Auntie, you flatter me..." Aunt Liu smiled shyly, opened the car door, pulled Yang Ming out, and introduced him, "Auntie, this is Bao'er's father... Say hello... just like me, call him Auntie..."

"Auntie..." Yang Ming said quickly.

"Huh?" Auntie's mouth dropped open in shock. How did the child's father show up? Did this girl find a boyfriend on her own? Then what is she doing here today?

"You little rascal, still teasing your aunt?" Third Aunt glared at Liu Sao, then explained to the old lady, "He's the child's godfather..."

"Oh..." Auntie breathed a sigh of relief and instructed Liu Sao, "When the time comes, you'd better not say he's the child's godfather, it's easy for people to misunderstand... Just say he's your cousin, and he drove you here..."

"Alright, alright..." A sly glint appeared in Aunt Liu's eyes.

"Alright, alright, let's go inside..." Auntie quickly led the three of them inside.

Aunt Liu led the three of them into the courtyard, but the groom didn't even come out to greet them. Aunt Liu was a little unhappy. "I gave you face, but you're pulling my face. Who's holding whose tail? As if I can't get married."

"Oh my... Auntie, are these your pigeons? How come they're so big?" Aunt Liu suddenly exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the pair of pigeons on the roof, her feet seemingly rooted to the spot.

Following Liu Sao's gaze, Yang Ming saw a pair of large gray pigeons chasing eggs on the roof. Although these pigeons were not small, they were far smaller than his own "Red Ball" pigeons, and even less so than his hybrid pigeons.

"Yes, yes, what a big pigeon..." Yang Ming chimed in, playing along with Liu Sao at the right moment.

"Hey! Raise a few pairs of pigeons, and sell the chicks for some pocket money... Come on in, come on in... Don't forget the important business..." Auntie was just trying to smooth things over. Actually, she was also a little dissatisfied that the man hadn't come out to greet her yet. Are you guys kidding me? She's not your daughter-in-law yet.

"Sister, how much are pigeons these days?" Auntie San was definitely on Liu Sao's side. If they didn't value us, why should we fawn over them? If we did that, her uncle wouldn't forgive us when we got back!

Liu Shugen's family had no descendants, so the villagers usually treated them with deference and no one dared to provoke them. Moreover, if people from other villages bullied them, the entire Liu family village would stand up for them. This was a privilege that no other villager in Liu family village enjoyed.

"Oh, you're here..." Just as the group was watching the pigeons in the yard, the people inside couldn't sit still any longer. An old woman with silver hair, wearing a fake smile, led a kind-looking middle-aged man out of the house.

"Come, come, let me introduce you..." Auntie quickly began to introduce them.

The old lady was the man's mother, and the villagers called her Aunt Kou, which meant she was stingy, miserly, and mean. The honest-looking middle-aged man was Liu's blind date, surnamed Zhao, named Zhao Dengke. He was indeed a very honest person.

Everyone then went inside together, and Auntie poured water for everyone.

"I think we should let the two of them talk together..." Aunt Kou said after exchanging polite greetings.

"Alright, alright..." Auntie San nodded hurriedly. In fact, based on the man's performance today, even she, as the matchmaker, could not agree to her niece marrying into such a family. It was better to finish the meeting quickly and leave.

My aunt quickly led the two of them to the next room.

"Young man, where are you from?" Aunt Kou began to inquire about Yang Ming's background. The key point was that Yang Ming and Aunt Liu walked together, and they really looked like a couple. Even if they weren't a couple, their relationship was definitely not ordinary. She didn't believe the claim about that cousin at all.

"On Earth..." Yang Ming had no liking for this person at all; he looked like a mean-spirited person.

"...Young man, you really know how to joke..." Aunt Kou's face turned pale with anger, but she still forced a smile.

Yang Ming's words left Aunt Kou speechless, while Liu Sao was furious.

The two went inside. As soon as Auntie went out and closed the door, Zhao Dengke raised his head and plopped down on the kang (a heated brick bed), not even glancing at Aunt Liu.

Given Zhao Dengke's attitude, Liu Sao naturally ignored him and sat down to the side, observing the interior decoration.

"Ahem, well, I won't be a cheap father, I won't raise your daughter..." Zhao Dengke said, staring at the roof.

"Huh?" Aunt Liu didn't hear what he said, or rather, she heard it but didn't understand it.

"I just said I don't mind that you've been married and aren't a virgin, but I won't raise your daughter..." Zhao Dengke repeated.

Aunt Liu's face immediately turned black.

"Let's get this straight first. If we get married and you can't have a son, I'll have to divorce you..." Zhao Dengke had quite a few conditions.

Aunt Liu's face was so black it looked like ink could drip from it.

"And a dowry. You're a widow. Without a dowry of 100,000 yuan, you can forget about entering the Zhao family." Zhao Dengke made another condition.

Aunt Liu's complexion returned to its rosy hue; she felt it wasn't worth getting angry with someone like that.

"I won't say what other conditions there are, I'll wait for my mom to remember..." Zhao Dengke said, sticking out his neck.

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