The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 264 Taking a Stroll

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"Hmph..." Yang Ming smirked, putting his arms around Wei Qingqing. "Just remember, you're going to be a mother..."

"Yes, yes, yes..." Wei Qingqing smiled sweetly and buried her pretty face in Yang Ming's chest.

"Master and Madam..." Ruyi lifted the curtain and walked in. "Teacher Wang and his wife have come to visit..." Jixiang Ruyi had exchanged Confucian robes with Wang Zhengzhi and naturally recognized him.

"Old Master Wang and his wife???" This formal address startled Wei Qingqing. She glanced at Ruyi and asked, "Are they Erfang's parents???"

"In reply to Grandma, they are Miss Wang Yufang's parents..." Ruyi said.

"Didn't you say only Aunt Lu was coming? Why is Uncle Wang here too?" Wei Qingqing glanced at Yang Ming and said.

"How would I know???" Yang Ming scratched his head. "Maybe Uncle Wang was worried about his wife and kids, so he came along. If it were me, I wouldn't feel comfortable having my wife and kids in such a remote place either..."

"Hmph..." Wei Qingqing smiled wryly, feeling a sweet warmth in her heart.

"Ruyi, don't speak so formally next time. Make sure it's easy to understand..." Yang Ming glanced at Ruyi and said.

"Yes, Ruyi understands..." Ruyi nodded in agreement. "Master, would you like to see them?"

"They're gone. Just take them to Weijia Star..." Yang Ming said.

"Yes..." Ruyi replied and turned to leave.

"Sigh..." Wei Qingqing stretched. "What a beautiful morning. Come with me for a walk later. I want to stroll around the village..."

"Okay..." Yang Ming hugged her tighter, "Let's go to the fields together and take a look. Our crops haven't been tended to for quite some time..."

"Are you out of your mind??? All the wheat we planted above ground froze to death, what's there to see??? But we have some good food in our greenhouse..." Wei Qingqing picked up the clothes thrown on the kang and said while putting them on.

"It's strange, isn't it? Why do the vegetables and fruits we grow in our greenhouse taste better than those grown in our farm space?" Yang Ming said.

"As the saying goes, man follows the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. Our earth is the only true nature. Farm space is artificial, so it can't compare to nature..." Wei Qingqing shook her head and recited a series of profound truths.

"When did you start studying Taoism???" Yang Ming couldn't help but laugh when he saw Wei Qingqing talking so convincingly.

"Hehe, just saying..." Wei Qingqing smiled sweetly, putting on a sweater made of volcanic wool. "Arm down..."

"Aren't you wearing a bra underneath???" Yang Ming loosened his arms, and only after Wei Qingqing put on her sweater did he hug her again.

"Why would you wear a bra???" Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at Yang Ming. "This is tight enough already, wouldn't wearing a bra suffocate you???"

"Why didn't you knit it a little looser when you were knitting it?" Yang Ming said.

"It's form-fitting, and besides, this sweater is elastic..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Why don't you just not wear it? You're pregnant now, wearing something so tight isn't good for the baby..." Yang Ming said.

"It's nothing..." Wei Qingqing said nonchalantly, "I was just saying that, did I really strangle myself???" As she spoke, she tugged at the sweater and pulled out a length of at least ten centimeters. The sweater was indeed very elastic.

After the two got dressed and washed up, Jixiang moved the kang table onto the kang and served a simple yet plentiful breakfast.

"Daddy, Bao'er is here for dinner..." Bao'er's voice rang out. The little guy lifted the curtain and walked in, climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and sat down next to Yang Ming.

The little guy came in right at mealtime.

"Bao'er..." Wei Qingqing looked at little Bao'er with a smile.

"Hmph..." Little Bao'er rolled her eyes at Wei Qingqing, pouting, "Bao'er doesn't know you..."

"Oh my..." Wei Qingqing raised an eyebrow. "You don't recognize me? Why are you having dinner at our house???"

"I came to my dad's house for dinner..." Xiao Bao'er pouted and looked at Wei Qingqing with a huff.

"Hmph..." Wei Qingqing picked up a piece of tofu, smiling as she looked at Xiao Bao'er, "If a little girl doesn't even recognize her own mother, she shouldn't come to our house for dinner..."

"Hmph..." Xiao Bao'er snorted and turned her face away.

"Are you two still going to eat? If you don't eat properly, I'll have Jixiang take it away..." Yang Ming said, handing Xiaobao a pair of chopsticks.

"Did you hear that??? My dad made me eat it. Dad loves Bao'er the most..." Little Bao'er glanced at Wei Qingqing smugly, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

"Hmph..." Wei Qingqing deliberately teased Xiao Bao'er. Whatever Xiao Bao'er picked up, Wei Qingqing would snatch it from her. Xiao Bao'er naturally wouldn't back down. For a moment, the dining table became a battlefield, and the mother and daughter fought to a standstill.

"Hmph..." The mother and daughter both spotted a piece of beef tendon at the same time, and picked it up with their chopsticks at the same time, resulting in a contest between them.

"It's just a piece of beef tendon, right? Neither of you should fight over it..." Yang Ming said, reaching out and pinching off the beef tendon, then putting it directly into his mouth.

However, chopsticks can never compare to the dexterity of hands. Yang Ming snatched the beef tendon, which made the mother and daughter glare at him angrily.

"If you don't eat properly, there won't be anything left..." Yang Ming picked up his chopsticks and took a daylily bud.

"Hmph..." Wei Qingqing pouted, glaring at Yang Ming, "Spit that piece of tendon out..."

"That's right, Daddy is so mean! He interfered and stole someone else's tendon. Spit it out right now..." Little Bao'er pouted.

"Uh..." Yang Ming was taken aback, looked at Wei Qingqing, then at Xiao Bao'er, and laughed, "There's only one piece of tendon, who am I supposed to spit it out to???"

"Give her some..." A hint of cunning gleamed in Xiao Bao'er's big eyes as she pointed at Wei Qingqing and said in a crisp voice.

"You can have it..." Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at Xiao Bao'er, "You're too small, I'll give it to you..."

"No, I'm too young to compete with you. You should eat it..." Little Bao'er was incredibly respectful to her elders at this moment, as if she wasn't the one who had been fighting with Wei Qingqing for the good food just now.

"Go ahead and eat. You're growing now, so eating more meat is good for your growth and development..." Wei Qingqing said.

"No, godmother is pregnant with my little brother. You have to give it to him even if you don't want to eat it..." Xiao Bao said.

"Your godmother??? Who's your godmother???" Wei Qingqing asked with a smile.

"My godmother???" Calling her godmother was tantamount to admitting defeat. The little guy's eyes darted around, and he spotted the black cat, Miaomiao, lying on the kang (heated brick bed). He pointed at Miaomiao and exclaimed, "My godmother is Miaomiao???"

"You little brat, just wait and see how I deal with you..." Wei Qingqing's eyes widened, and she was about to get off the kang (a heated brick bed) to discipline Xiao Bao'er.

"Dad, Godmother is bullying me..." Xiao Bao immediately hid behind Yang Ming.

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around, okay???" Yang Ming pulled Xiao Bao'er back to the table. "You have to go to school soon, hurry up and eat..."

"You little brat, wait until you get home from school, and I'll teach you a lesson..." Wei Qingqing sat back down, glaring at Xiao Bao'er, and said.

"Hehehe..." The little girl twisted her body proudly, her face beaming with joy.

"Go ahead and twist, next time I'll let you twist with your bare bottom..." Wei Qingqing said through gritted teeth, annoyed by Xiao Bao'er.

"Hmph..." Little Bao'er's face immediately turned bright red, and her little mouth pouted high. "You're a bad person, Bao'er will never talk to you again..."

"Hmph hmph hmph..." Wei Qingqing said smugly.

"Good heavens, can't you guys just shut up for a bit..." Yang Ming slapped his forehead in exasperation. "You guys are so disrespectful, adults without any manners, and kids without any childish behavior..."

Humph……

The mother and daughter exchanged a glance and fell silent. They picked up their chopsticks and began to eat in silence. Wei Qingqing would occasionally put a dish on Xiao Bao'er's plate, and Xiao Bao'er would occasionally put a dish on Wei Qingqing's plate as well. For a moment, it was truly a scene of motherly love and filial piety. However, Yang Ming felt something was off. After looking closely, he couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. Wei Qingqing was giving Xiao Bao'er the dishes she didn't like, and Xiao Bao'er was also giving Wei Qingqing the dishes she didn't like.

"You two...you two keep eating, I'm full..." Yang Ming wiped his hands with toilet paper, got off the kang (heated brick bed), and hid away.

Since you won't listen to reason, then you two, mother and daughter, should handle it yourselves.

To Yang Ming's surprise, Wei Qingqing and Xiao Bao'er not only didn't fight, but they quickly made up, and laughter from the mother and daughter could be heard constantly coming from inside the house.

"The weather is so nice today. It's so nice to bask in the sun on a cold winter day..." Wei Qingqing said, walking down the village street with Yang Ming's arm around her. "The road is in good condition, quite smooth. That means Uncle Dabao didn't embezzle any money, hehehe..."

"You're right, this is the street, be careful someone hears this and it gets back to Uncle Da Bao's ears..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"Let him listen if he wants..." Wei Qingqing laughed. "Does Uncle Dabao think he can punch me? Let me tell you, when it really comes to that, your time to be tested will come..."

"Hearing you say that, it doesn't sound like something a virtuous wife and loving mother would say at all!" Yang Ming said with a smile.

"Pfft..." Wei Qingqing chuckled, playfully punching Yang Ming's arm with her little fist. "You annoying rascal..."

There weren't many people on the road; most tourists had gathered at the hot spring pools and along the riverbank, so the couple found it quite peaceful walking along the road.

Reaching the intersection of a farm road, Wei Qingqing tugged at Yang Ming's sleeve and said softly, "Honey, let's go check on the crops..."

"This road is difficult to walk on, let's not go..." Yang Ming saw that the road conditions were not good, the road was bumpy and covered with debris, and it was easy to fall on it, so he naturally did not want Wei Qingqing to take the risk.

"Let's go. We're farmers. If we don't check on our crops, we're not qualified farmers..." Wei Qingqing tugged at Yang Ming again and said.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm the big landlord Ke..." Yang Ming said.

"Landlords are also peasants..." Wei Qingqing said with a smile.

"When have you ever seen a landlord working in the fields? Just have Ji Xiang Ru Yi come and take a look later..." Yang Ming said.

"Are you going or not??? If you're not going, I'll go by myself. If you fall, don't blame me for having a good talk with Mom..." Wei Qingqing resorted to threats.

"I'm scared of you. I never expected Ms. Wei Qingqing to be so shameless..." Yang Ming rolled his eyes and walked onto the farming road with Wei Qingqing.

"This farm road was damaged by tractors. It would be great if it could be paved..." Wei Qingqing walked slowly and carefully, her steps uneven.

"Nonsense, this is a farm road, tractors always come by. If it were paved, it would be ruined in less than a month..." Yang Ming held Wei Qingqing tightly around the waist, afraid that she might accidentally fall.

"If it's broken, just fix it. You, Boss Yang, have plenty of money..." Wei Qingqing chuckled and said.

"Do I have too much money to burn?" Yang Ming laughed.

"What do you think about paving the road with bluestone?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"A bluestone road??? That's alright..." Yang Ming thought for a moment and nodded.

"Hehe..." Wei Qingqing giggled, "Then let's pave it with bluestone and do our part for our village..."

"What kind of crazy idea are you coming up with now???" Yang Ming felt that Wei Qingqing wouldn't suddenly want to do good deeds for no reason.

"Can't someone be of high moral character and serve the people?" Wei Qingqing said.

"Tch..." Yang Ming rolled his eyes, of course he didn't believe it.

"Our land is all along this farm road. Once we fix the road, we can launch a crop-harvesting tourism project in the spring called 'Farming Experience Up Close.' When there are weeds or bugs in the fields, we can have tourists help us clean them up. The experience fee shouldn't be small; ten yuan per person isn't too much, is it?" Wei Qingqing chuckled as she explained her idea.

"My goodness, this is a genius idea. I only have one sentence to say about your genius idea..." Yang Ming gave Wei Qingqing a thumbs up in surprise.

"Which sentence???" Wei Qingqing asked smugly.

"Are you crazy for money???" Yang Ming said bluntly.

"You..." Wei Qingqing was waiting for Yang Ming to praise her, but what she got was very different from what she expected. She pouted angrily, "You don't believe me, do you??? How about we make a bet and see if my idea works with our actions..."

"Building a bluestone road is a waste of money..." Yang Ming said.

"What's the big deal??? I paid for the labor and building materials myself..." Wei Qingqing owns the Wei family star, so she can be considered very wealthy now.

"Alright, since you're so confident, I'll take your bet. What's the stake?" Yang Ming asked.

"The wager is that the winner can demand that the loser unconditionally grant him any request..." Wei Qingqing said.

"No problem, just wait and see how difficult it is for me..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"It's still uncertain who's making things difficult for whom..." Wei Qingqing pouted and said.

"Hehehe..." Yang Ming chuckled, put his arm around Wei Qingqing's waist, and walked along the farm road. Soon they arrived at their own land. The snow from a few days ago had not completely melted, and the ground was mottled. The wheat planted in the field had all frozen to death above ground, turning a yellowish-green color and lying softly on the ground. Every now and then, some of the villagers' sheep would come over and nibble on it.

"Look at these..." Yang Ming pointed to the wheat field, "Next spring, when the permafrost thaws, the roots buried in the ground will be able to grow again... To be honest, the more it's damaged, the better it grows..."

"The reason..." Wei Qingqing didn't believe it. She picked up a clod of dirt and threw it at the lamb that was munching on the wheat seedlings.

"As for the reason, I don't know. It's all been passed down from the older generation..." Yang Ming shook his head. "But it's true that the lambs aren't allowed to graze on the wheat. Otherwise, if they get used to it, when spring comes next year and the wheat grows in the fields, it won't be able to grow anymore..."

"You know, we're both so strong now, if we use too much force, will we kill the lamb?" Wei Qingqing happened to throw a clod of dirt at the bottom of a little lamb, scaring the lamb away.

"It shouldn't be..." Yang Ming also picked up a clod of dirt and threw it at the lamb, but instead of hitting the lamb, he hit it near its feet. This had the same effect of startling the lamb, which made it run away as fast as it could.

"What do you think about adding a monster-fighting activity to the 'Up Close Experience of Busy Farming'? Like what we're doing now, or what if the sparrows come to the fields and cause trouble when the wheat is ripe..." Wei Qingqing said.

"What a brilliant idea..." Yang Ming gave Wei Qingqing a thumbs up again.

"Are you insulting me???" Having learned her lesson once, Wei Qingqing naturally wouldn't fall for it so easily again. Seeing Yang Ming give her a thumbs up, she became wary on her own.

"No, no..." Yang Ming quickly smiled apologetically and shook his head.

"I'll trust you this once..." Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at Yang Ming and said irritably.

"Oh dear..." Auntie Pang's voice came over, "Look at these little lambs, they're so naughty, they'll turn around and slaughter you all..."

"Hahaha, I was wondering whose lambs these are..." Yang Ming laughed heartily.

"Auntie Pang's sheep are the normal ones..." Wei Qingqing covered her mouth and laughed. "Like mother, like daughter. I remember Aunt Liu saying that Auntie Pang even stole half a sack of corn cobs from her..."

"Hey, are you two making fun of me?" Auntie Pang said with a smile as she walked over.

"How dare I, how dare I..." Wei Qingqing smiled mischievously.

"You're still too scared???" Auntie Pang pouted. "Our lambs are only five days old, their meat is so tender right now. Would you two like to have one to try???"

"No need..." Yang Ming shook his head with a smile, "If we actually tried one, wouldn't you be heartbroken? You'd probably even want to fight us!"

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