The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 84 Planting Trees

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After seeing Liu Sao off, Yang Ming took another stroll around the breeding farm. The colorful bird lay on the ground like a chicken, nestled in a dirt burrow at the foot of the mountain, scratching itself.

The egg-laying dragon was even lazier, stretching out its legs and slouching under the blazing sun, already asleep, with only its scales shimmering in the sunlight.

The one-horned golden-eyed ox lazily nestled at the foot of the mountain. However, a strange milky aroma always permeated the farm. Curious, Yang Ming pushed open the gate and went into the farm to investigate. He saw a large patch of milk stains on the open ground, and the aroma was coming from these stains.

"No way? Could it be that the cow can produce milk on its own?" Yang Ming was a little puzzled, but he didn't pay much attention to it and went to the long-tailed purple sheep farm.

The long-tailed purple sheep weren't lazy, but they devoured every single plant in the entire farm, and were now munching on the ground: "They eat so much, just like those refugee camps on TV. They've eaten all the tree bark, now they're eating clay..."

The Alaskan puppies are very well-behaved. The male puppies patrol their territory in the breeding farm, lifting their legs to urinate in some nooks and crannies, while the female puppies leisurely lie on the ground, mouths open, tongues lolling out, panting heavily.

The volcano goats were also very well-behaved; two bright red volcano goats leisurely grazed on the ground, looking quite relaxed.

"Not bad, not bad. Except for the long-tailed purple sheep which eat way too much, the others are all fine..." Yang Ming was very satisfied with the livestock's obedience.

It's getting late; the sun has already reached its zenith. It's time to go home for dinner.

When he got home, Wei Qingqing had already turned off the stove and was about to call him for dinner.

Lunch was simple: steamed rice with stir-fried shredded potatoes. However, there were also two extra glasses of milk. The thick milk, with its rich aroma, wafted into one's nostrils, making one feel intoxicated.

"Did you go milk the cows?" Yang Ming looked at the two glasses of milk on the table, his face turning pale. He finally understood why there was a puddle of milk in the Golden-Eyed One-Horned Cattle Farm. It must have been this incompetent cow who went to milk the cows and spilled a lot of milk.

"Oh right? What's wrong?" Wei Qingqing felt uneasy when she saw Yang Ming suddenly get angry, wondering what she had done wrong.

"What else? We're not even familiar with those animals. They're so big, what if we get hurt by them?" Yang Ming said irritably.

"I... I just thought the cow looked quite docile, so I..." Wei Qingqing lowered her head, feeling a little wronged. The milk smelled so good, she was so tempted she was practically drooling, but she hadn't even taken a sip, just waiting for you to come back so we could drink together, and yet you still acted like this...

"Alright, alright, stop it. I didn't say anything, did I?" Yang Ming's heart softened when he saw Wei Qingqing's aggrieved look, and he said gently.

"Hmph!" Wei Qingqing pouted.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, alright?" Yang Ming laughed. "Let's eat quickly, this milk smells so good, my stomach is rumbling..."

"I'm not eating anymore, I'm already full of anger..." Wei Qingqing pouted even more.

"I order you to eat right now..." Yang Ming's face darkened.

"Just eat, why are you giving me that look?" Wei Qingqing muttered, picking up her chopsticks to eat.

"Let me tell you, from now on, all you need to do is feed the rainbow birds and collect a couple of their eggs. But when you're collecting the eggs, be careful, they might peck at you... You're not allowed to do anything else..." Yang Ming picked up the milk and took a sip. It was indeed very fragrant and smooth, and very soothing to the throat.

"Fine, I won't do it then. What's the big deal?" Wei Qingqing muttered, her tone full of dissatisfaction, but secretly she felt a sweet warmth in her heart. "You're not allowed to call me lazy again. It's you who won't let me do it..."

"Hmm! I won't call you lazy!" Yang Ming laughed.

The two exchanged a glance, smiled knowingly, and then ate together.

"Honey, this morning I saw a post online, can you guess what it was about?" Wei Qingqing picked up a piece of shredded potato with her chopsticks.

"How would I know?" Yang Ming picked up the milk and took a sip. The milk tasted excellent, making people want to drink it more and more.

"It's about something interesting: frozen seafood at a certain hotel can be thawed in warm water," Wei Qingqing said.

"A hotel? This hotel must be Aunt Zhang's hotel, right?" Yang Ming looked up in surprise.

"Smart..." Wei Qingqing gave a thumbs up.

"What's the story online?" Yang Ming asked.

"What do you mean? It's gone viral! Over a million views a day, a truly legendary post."

"I'm asking you about the netizens' reactions," Yang Ming said.

"Most of the comments were skeptical, but the moderator provided a video that was very convincing..." Wei Qingqing said.

"They didn't mention us, did they?" Yang Ming said.

"No, not even the Yingning Grand Hotel mentioned it."

"..." Yang Ming frowned. "I have a feeling that... how should I put it? It's like we're being put on the hot seat..."

"It shouldn't be that bad, the post didn't mention us..." Wei Qingqing's heart tightened.

"Doxxing is very powerful; besides, isn't it easy for government departments to investigate an individual?"

"What should we do then?" Wei Qingqing began to worry.

"We'll see how it goes. At most, we can hand the ship over to the government and let them study it. Is that alright?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

"The ship is so technologically advanced, how do you explain its origins?"

"Smuggled from the United States, hehe. In that case, the country will definitely help cover it up to avoid the ship being recalled by the United States. Moreover... a ship that uses water as an energy source will make our national leaders feel a sense of urgency. Look, the United States has already invented a water-powered engine, while our country's gasoline-powered ships are terribly rotten."

"Still a sense of urgency? If you drive those old men who already have little hair to the brink of baldness to the brink, you'll be a sinner against the nation and its people. If a bunch of bald heads were to go on diplomatic missions abroad or greet foreign guests, be careful not to tarnish the nation's dignity..." Wei Qingqing laughed.

"Hehe, being bald is fine, it's even cooler. I'm just worried that they're always in meetings, big and small, and they don't even have time to go to the toilet. They might end up with prostatitis..." Yang Ming laughed.

"You... really..." Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes at Yang Ming and couldn't help but laugh.

"Actually, I thought about this a long time ago. We owe our peaceful life today to the country's policies. Within our capabilities, it is only right that we appropriately support the country's development," Yang Ming said.

"You wouldn't...you wouldn't be planning to just send the ship to the government, would you? And then they'll dissect you."

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Yang Ming rolled his eyes. "I'll put on makeup, take a trip to the coastal cities of our country, and sell a few more boats—fishing boats, cargo ships, all kinds. Hmph, by then, our country's coastline will be filled with these kinds of boats. Who will suspect us then? I'll also send a mysterious text message to the General Office of the State Council..."

"Wait a minute? Didn't the county public security bureau tell you that you can't leave the county for the next two days?"

"Hmph, you don't understand, do you? The more it's like this, the safer I am when I go out. If someone investigates what I've been doing these past two days, they'll be my witnesses."

"What if they come to our house?"

"Just tell them I went into the mountains, stall them, then call me and I'll head back immediately..."

"I'm finding you increasingly unreliable. If you're in Guangdong, how are you going to get back? How long are you going to keep people waiting?" Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes.

"Are you stupid? Have you forgotten what we bought? Pegasus, its flying speed is no slower than an airplane, it can definitely be back in two hours."

"Hmm... what you said makes sense..." Wei Qingqing thought for a moment and nodded.

"Of course that makes sense. The prehistoric dinosaurs, Pegasus, and land tortoises we bought can be considered as three modes of transportation: land, air, and sea."

"Yes, there's no time to lose. You should leave tomorrow. Leave everything at home to me. If anything happens, I'll let you know by phone..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Okay, I'll plant the trees this afternoon to hide our beasts. I'll prepare food for them, and you can throw it in. Remember, you absolutely mustn't go into the breeding farm."

"Okay..." Wei Qingqing said sweetly.

"Good girl..." Yang Ming smiled and gently scratched her nose.

"What if I want to drink milk?"

"I'm not home, is it really interesting for you to drink alone?"

What if the egg-laying dinosaur lays an egg?

"Don't worry, the eggs of the egg-laying dragon won't spoil even if they're left for ten or twenty years. I'll be back in a month at most. If it weren't for the need for secrecy, I could travel back and forth between our country's coastal cities in a week."

"Our family isn't just yours alone. People want to help you with some chores, but you won't let them..." Wei Qingqing pouted, looking a little unhappy.

"Alright, alright, I approve. You can shear the hair off the volcano goats and then knit it into yarn. When I come back, you must knit me a sweater, okay?"

"Okay..." Wei Qingqing's eyes lit up. It seemed that she had this skill.

"The flowers on the sweater have to be pretty, otherwise I won't accept it..." Yang Ming said.

"Okay..." Wei Qingqing readily agreed, then looked at Yang Ming mischievously, "I didn't expect you to be so vain..."

"Just say it's itchy butt..."

After lunch, Wei Qingqing went to the "back garden" to see the exotic beasts, while Yang Ming carried an iron shovel and went into the old forest. He wandered around the forest for half a day, digging out a lot of tall trees and storing them all in the farm space.

These trees include pine, cypress, elm, ailanthus, and locust trees... They are all large trees, each about 30 years old, with majestic trunks and lush canopies, making them perfect for concealing the forms of strange beasts.

Yang Ming then had Ya Ya buy a lot of Life Tree seeds and plant them among these trees, transforming them all into Life Trees.

Yang Ming knew about planting trees, but he was unfamiliar with planting trees in the mountains, or even knew nothing about it. However, this did not prevent him from successfully planting the trees.

The thin layer of soil, only half a meter thick, can support small trees like pomegranate trees, but for tall trees like pine and cypress, the thin layer of soil is simply not enough to support the strength of the tree trunk, and it is easy for it to tilt.

In the breeding farm that raises rainbow finches...

"How do you plan to plant it?" Wei Qingqing happened to be there too.

"Just watch..." Yang Ming first used an iron spade to dig a hole in the ground. When he reached the stone, he used a fertilizer processing machine to decompose all the underground stone into inorganic fertilizer. The hard stone ground turned into a thick slurry in no time. The stone ground had actually become a large, round pit.

Yang Ming took a pine tree out of the farm space, planted its roots in the pit, and then filled it with soil...

"Will this work? Tree roots can't break through rocks. If you plant them like this, the roots of these trees might just sprout out of the ground..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Of course it's fine. As long as it survives and doesn't fall over, it can grow however it wants. Our mountain is only about a hundred meters high, but with these big trees, it can still provide some cover," Yang Ming said.

In the breeding farm of the colorful birds, Yang Ming planted about ten large trees. The dense canopy of the trees made the breeding farm cool and dappled with shadows.

Seeing that the two colorful birds didn't have a nest, Yang Ming took a fertilizer processing machine and cut a large hole in the mountainside to make it their nest.

In this way, Yang Ming planted about ten large trees in the egg-laying dragon breeding farm, and also carved out a huge cave in the mountain to make nests for the egg-laying dragons.

Next, trees were planted and nests were built in the farms of the Golden-Eyed One-Horned Bull, the Long-Tailed Purple-Fat Sheep, the Alacius Puppy, and the Fire Goat, so that these strange beasts would not have to worry about being discovered.

In Zhang Yang and Sun Fangfang's home, the living room was filled with a faint smoke, but it wasn't Zhang Yang smoking, but Sun Fangfang.

"Wife, please stop smoking, okay? It's bad for your health..." Zhang Yang pleaded from the side.

"He dares to fire me? Who does he think he is? Just a spoiled brat..." Sun Fangfang's beautiful eyes were filled with tears.

"If we don't want to do it, we don't have to. What's the big deal? That bastard is after you. Even if you want to work there again, I won't allow it..." Zhang Yang said.

"It's not that I'm reluctant to give up the job, it's just that I can't stand being bullied like this..." Sun Fangfang's voice choked with emotion.

"What's that saying? If a person bites a dog, does the dog bite back?" Zhang Yang said.

"You're quite philosophical... You said it's a dog?" Sun Fangfang was about to praise her husband for his knowledge, but suddenly she felt something was wrong. What was this guy saying?

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yang feigned confusion.

"It's a case of a person biting a dog... no, no, you're making me confused. If a dog bites a person, does that mean the person has to bite back?" Sun Fangfang said.

"Huh? Are you really going to bite back?" Zhang Yang's mouth dropped open in astonishment.

"You? You're just trying to make me angry..." Sun Fangfang glared at Zhang Yang. Being interrupted by this guy, the anger that Sun Fangfang had been holding in finally came out.

"Hehe, you're not angry anymore, are you? If you're not angry anymore, let's go to Beidaihe, okay? Didn't our godmother mention in her message that they've made millions fishing there? Let's go make a few million, spend it all, and then use the money to crush that bastard to death."

"No wonder your godmother likes you so much; you're such a joy to be around, always able to make people happy." Sun Fangfang reached out and stroked Zhang Yang's cheek. "...Let's go back to our room..."

"Yes, ma'am..." Zhang Yang excitedly picked up Sun Fangfang around the waist and ran towards the bedroom.

As night fell, Sun Fangfang and Zhang Yang boarded a train bound for Qinhuangdao to go fishing in Beidaihe.

Sun Fangfang was dismissed for a minor, insignificant mistake. This incident caused a strong reaction at Longteng Real Estate. After all, Sun Fangfang was already a senior executive of the company. Although she was not old, she had a good image and strong business ability. She was a senior manager that Longteng was focusing on cultivating. The loss of such a manager made the senior executives of Longteng feel a little uneasy.

Later, a rumor circulated within the company that the president's eldest son, now the general manager of Longteng, had harassed Sun Fangfang, the sales manager. This rumor was quickly confirmed, and the president's eldest son was directly removed by his father, who replaced him with the second son. In the words of the president of Longteng: "Entrusting the company to such an idiot, bankruptcy is a good thing, at least he's still alive..."

Of course, this is a story.

No sooner had the two left than Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua, the elderly couple who had made a fortune in Qinhuangdao, returned home happily. From the afternoon of the 10th to the 13th, in exactly three days, the couple had earned a total of 500 million yuan.

Back home, I sat on the sofa to catch my breath.

"Which car should we buy? A domestic one or an imported one?" Xue Hua asked.

"Audi, or FAW's..." Wei Jianguo said.

"We're not government officials, so there are no restrictions on driving. I want to buy a BMW..." Xue Hua said.

"Driving a BMW is too flashy," Wei Jianguo said.

"I'm going to show Lao Wang and Lao Li what they're made of. We kindly invited them to dinner, but when they saw that we lived in Wuyi Lane, they went back to the school and started bragging about it in the office. The whole school knew about it, humph! It's like they live in a villa. It's just a staff dormitory, isn't it?" Xue Hua felt indignant when he thought of his two colleagues.

"Why get so angry? You're only hurting yourself," Wei Jianguo advised. "If you ruin your health, I'll have to worry about you..."

"Hmph! Anyway, I'm definitely going to buy a BMW..." Xue Hua said defiantly.

"How about we go back and play for a few more days, then buy a Rolls-Royce..."

"You..." Xue Hua glared at Wei Jianguo, "You're so annoying."

"How about this, let's buy a Mercedes, a Mercedes-Benz, hmph, but we can't buy one that's too expensive, just one with the 'Mercedes-Benz' logo will do..." Wei Jianguo thought of the Mercedes-Benz brand he had seen on TV, and how he had inexplicably written down their phone number back then.

"Okay, as long as it's a good opportunity to slap Old Wang and Old Li in the face, I'll buy anything..." Xue Hua said.

So, Wei Jianguo picked up the phone and dialed the number he had been mocking himself for a long time.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, a thin mist hung in the air, carrying a faint, fresh scent. The sun peeked out, casting an orange-red glow.

Wei Jianguo and Xue Hua both woke up early. Of course, it wasn't that they didn't want to sleep a little longer; there were still more than two hours before school started, enough time for them to take a nap.

They were woken up by the phone ringing. When Wei Jianguo looked at the number displayed on the phone, he realized it was the same number he had called yesterday. So he picked up the phone.

"What? You're right downstairs from my house? You can even deliver to my door? You said I called the phone order hotline? You can order cars by phone now? You won't even let us choose. What if there are quality problems? You said it yourself, if there are quality problems, I'll definitely come to you... You're right downstairs from my house, right? I'm coming down right now... I know, I know, do you need to tell me? I'll definitely bring my ID." Wei Jianguo hung up the phone, got dressed, took his ID, and went downstairs.

"This is really..." Xue Hua could guess the meaning from her husband's words, so she got dressed, got out of bed, and went out to see.

"Uncle, please forgive me, please forgive me, time is just too tight!" Xue Hua came downstairs and saw a black luxury car parked downstairs. A young man in uniform was smiling obsequiously at Wei Jianguo. "Today is my deadline. If I can't sell a single car today, I'll be fired. These days, finding a job isn't easy. You can't just stand by and watch me die!"

"Can you really guarantee the quality?" Wei Jianguo asked.

"Of course it can! Let me put it this way: Germans are known for their meticulousness, to put it bluntly, they're very single-minded. Any product that doesn't meet the standards will absolutely not leave the factory. You think it's like Japanese cars? This car is a genuine import, it's absolutely never been driven. You can tell by these tires, there's not a single scratch. And look at this speedometer, it hasn't even gone a kilometer. And look at this engine... it's definitely brand new." The young man was quite eloquent, trying his best to prove to Wei Jianguo that this car was indeed a brand new car that no one had ever driven before.

"Hmm! What you said makes a lot of sense." Wei Jianguo nodded confidently, trying his best to appear knowledgeable, while constantly giving his wife meaningful glances. Xue Hua understood and went upstairs.

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