The rain had stopped.
Master Wu and the others resumed their greenhouse construction. Wang Laowai, his wife, and daughter happily returned to prepare for starting work at Lu Fan's house tomorrow.
Lu Fan and Liu Ruyan walked out. Taohua, seeing them leave, wanted to follow but was pulled back by Zhao Rongrong, who dragged her off to cook.
"Lu Fan! Why did you hire Wang Laowai? I heard Auntie say he was going to extort five hundred yuan from you," Liu Ruyan asked, somewhat confused.
"Heh heh! Ruyan! I was inspired by you!" Lu Fan chuckled.
"Inspired by me?" Liu Ruyan looked at Lu Fan with her head tilted, puzzled.
"You, a village head from the city, the first thing you did upon arriving in the village was to lead the villagers to prosperity. You even found me and asked if I had any ideas!
You said that even an outsider like you is wholeheartedly thinking about making our village rich, so as the only university student in the village, of course... I didn't finish university! Heh heh!" Lu Fan laughed heartily.
*Puchi*... Liu Ruyan also giggled.
"I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful!" Liu Ruyan's pretty face flushed. She hadn't expected her influence on this young man to be so significant.
"Then why are you helping Wang Laowai? Have you fallen for his daughter? Was it nice when that girl threw herself into your arms?" Liu Ruyan suddenly shot Lu Fan a glare, speaking with a hint of jealousy.
"Although our village isn't wealthy, it seems the most struggling now are the two young widows, Taohua and Wang Yan, and Wang Laowai's family. The two widows lost their husbands and have no way to earn money themselves, so their lives are difficult.
Wang Laowai is greedy, lazy, and a cripple. His entire family depends on his hardworking wife, Jiang Hua. Now that Wang Yajie is about to take the college entrance exam, their family's financial situation definitely won't be able to support her. I had to drop out of university because I couldn't afford it. I don't want our village's second university student to be stillborn before even entering the school gates.
So, I thought I'd start by helping these three families solve their most basic living problems and find them some work.
Actually, I've been thinking about curing Wang Laowai's leg for a while, not to save him, but to verify my medical skills. But that night, the old man climbed into Sister Wang Yan's window. I thought about how to teach this old fellow a good lesson. Heh heh! Today, I finally found an opportunity! I taught him a lesson and then found him some work. It's like a slap and then a treat, right? Heh heh!" Lu Fan said again.
"What? He climbed into Wang Yan's window? He really deserves a beating! Why didn't you beat him a few more times!" Liu Ruyan's little face turned red with anger upon hearing this. This old scoundrel is so wicked! Hmph!
"Huh? Right, how did you know he climbed into Wang Yan's window?" Liu Ruyan suddenly stared at Lu Fan suspiciously and asked.
"Because, it was raining heavily that night, and someone was afraid to sleep alone... Hee hee!" Lu Fan winked, chuckling.
"I... I have some things to do in the village. I won't chat with you anymore. I'm leaving!" Liu Ruyan's little face turned red, and she quickly found an excuse to escape.
"Then should I go tonight?" Lu Fan suddenly asked.
"Hmph!" Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes beautifully, her face even redder. .oΓg
"Then I don't need to go tonight?" Lu Fan asked very seriously.
"You dare? Hmph!" Liu Ruyan finished speaking and turned to run.
"No... what do you mean by that? Should I go tonight or not?" Lu Fan was utterly bewildered. Women are truly interesting, always saying things that are impossible to decipher! And that hug from Sister Yajie just now... what a wonderful feeling! Heh heh!
Lu Fan stood in the middle of the road, lost in thought, and started chuckling foolishly to himself.
"Lu Fan? What are you grinning at here?" Suddenly, Wang Yan walked over and asked suspiciously, seeing Lu Fan standing there grinning.
"Sister Wang Yan! No... I wasn't grinning at anything!" Lu Fan suddenly remembered the mushrooms Wang Yan had dried and hurriedly asked, "Sister Wang Yan! Did the rain get those mushrooms?"
"No! I put them away long ago and stored them in my room." Wang Yan's eyes lit up, and she suddenly said, "Xiao Fan, why don't you... go take a look?"
"No... no need. I have something else to do!" Lu Fan said hastily.
"Useless thing! Do you think Sister could eat you?" Wang Yan immediately rolled her eyes. Why is this kid so stubborn? Does he need me to say it so directly?
"Sister! I really have something to do. Since it just rained, I'm planning to plant the Da Ye Hui on the hillside!" Lu Fan said quickly.
"What is Da Ye Hui? How about I go help you?" Wang Yan's heart stirred again. Last time she and Lu Fan were in the mountains, they had hugged. Maybe this time she could try going to the mountains again...
"Heh heh! Heh heh! Sister Wang Yan, it just rained, and the hillside is very slippery! If you go, when you come back, won't it be like last time..."
"Get lost... Don't you dare say that again, never say it again, understand!" Wang Yan immediately pointed at Lu Fan and threatened him.
"Hee hee! Hee hee! I won't say it anymore, I'll never tell anyone else about Sister Wang Yan wetting her pants... Ouch!" Before Lu Fan could finish speaking, he let out a pig-like wail.
After the heavy rain, early the next morning, Lu Fan went up the mountain.
In the pine forest, indeed, many small mushrooms had grown again. However, Lu Fan knew that without his spiritual liquid, the harvested mushrooms might not have the same good texture. They wouldn't be as delicious. So, he also dripped a drop of spiritual liquid water onto each mushroom.
However, to verify, Lu Fan deliberately left two large mushrooms without spiritual liquid. The result was exactly as Lu Fan had expected; the texture was much worse. This made Lu Fan think of a practical problem: he needed to find a way to increase the output of spiritual liquid immediately. But where could he find so much pure jade?
Two more days passed, and Bai Xuemei hadn't called. This made Lu Fan a little anxious. Three days had been enough to dry quite a few mushrooms, especially after that heavy rain. They had harvested about three hundred jin of mushrooms. This even surprised Wang Yan! No one in the village had ever harvested so many mushrooms. How did this kid manage it?
The most important thing was that the greenhouse was almost finished. If they cultivated mushrooms, the yield would definitely multiply several times.
"It seems I need to find a new sales channel! I can't put all my eggs in one basket!" Lu Fan decided to go to the city again, and this time he would go to a big city to open up the market.
*Ding-ling-ling*... Suddenly, a phone rang. Lu Fan quickly took out his mobile phone. Seeing the caller ID, he immediately smiled. It was Bai Xuemei calling.
"Hello! Lu Fan! I'm almost at the entrance of your village. Where is your house?" Bai Xuemei's voice came from the phone!