"Daddy, what are you thinking about?" Tongtong came to the study and asked his father, who was frowning.
"Daddy is thinking about the construction plan for the vegetable greenhouse. Tongtong, if you have nothing else to do, why don't you go play with Dabai? Daddy really doesn't have time to play with you now."
Tongtong glanced at the design plan and blueprints on the desk and felt like they were a pile of excrement. He said, "Daddy, leave this to me. I'll handle it for you."
Liu Yifeng, who had been head-aching, widened his eyes upon hearing Tongtong's words: "Tongtong, this design plan is very complicated. Do you understand this?"
"That's because Daddy thinks it's complicated, but in Tongtong's eyes, it's a piece of cake. Don't forget that Tongtong is a little painting prodigy!
As for the copy writing, Daddy can also entrust it to me with confidence, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"
Seeing his son's confident assertion, Liu Yifeng immediately stood up, picked up Tongtong, and placed him on a stool: "Then I'll have to trouble you, Tongtong. You work hard in here, and Daddy will go make you something delicious!"
It was lunchtime, and it was time to cook.
Tongtong nodded: "Okay, thank you, Daddy!"
With that, he opened his laptop to start drawing the design plan on the computer.
After all, it was going to be printed, so it was better not to use a pen.
At noon, Liu Yifeng cooked four dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Tongtong's favorite sweet and sour pork ribs, steamed perch, and a pot of bone broth. It was enough for the three of them.
After cooking, Liu Yifeng went to the small study. He saw Tongtong designing the greenhouse blueprints on the computer, which looked very professional.
Moreover, the blueprints were 3D stereoscopic, so even laymen could understand them.
Liu Yifeng immediately gave him a thumbs-up: "Tongtong, you are amazing! Daddy loves you to death."
After saying that, he kissed Tongtong's face repeatedly.
"Daddy's beard is so prickly." Tongtong dodged back.
Liu Yifeng touched his chin and realized it was a bit scratchy.
His beard grew quite fast, and if he didn't shave it for a day, it would grow back.
"Tongtong, let's eat first. After eating, you can rest for a while before continuing. Daddy is not in a hurry." He stopped kissing Tongtong.
"Mm!" Tongtong nodded and then left the study with Liu Yifeng.
"Dad, it's time to eat!" Liu Yifeng shouted towards the room.
"You guys eat first, I'll be there in a moment!" Liu Chunsheng's voice came from the room.
He was hiding money, which was the red envelopes Liu Yifeng had withdrawn for the villagers. He had given away fifty to sixty thousand in the morning, and there was still over three hundred thousand left.
With so much money, he had to hide it well, or it might be stolen if someone with ill intentions took notice.
In the living room, Liu Yifeng waited for a while, but his father didn't come out. Curiously, he walked into his father's room.
He saw his father lying under the bed, with his legs sticking out, doing God knows what.
"Dad, what are you doing under the bed?"
"It's all because of you, boy. You brought so much cash home at once, so I have to hide it in a secret place. What if it gets stolen?" Liu Chunsheng said as he crawled out from under the bed.
Liu Yifeng was amused and exasperated: "Dad, do you think everyone in the village is a bandit? Will the money just disappear?
Besides, as long as someone is at home, the money will be safe!"
"Even if someone is at home, what about when there are many people? What if someone sneaks into the room and takes the money while we are not paying attention? Where would we find them?
Do you think everyone is like you, valuing money above all else?
You just gave away over three hundred thousand as if it were nothing. I think you haven't earned enough to give away." Liu Chunsheng said.
"Dad, this is also an investment. If I don't give the villagers some benefits, then Liu Xincheng will be growing watermelons in the back mountain.
That land is excellent black soil, very fertile.
Although the watermelons grow so fast and so big partly due to the growth agent developed by Tongtong, it is also related to the land.
I specifically planted a few watermelon plants in our vegetable patch before and used the growth agent, but the growth period was still five to six days longer than in the back mountain, and the watermelons were noticeably smaller.
The heaviest watermelon grown there weighed only forty-five catties.
While the watermelons from the back mountain weighed up to sixty catties at most, and the lightest was forty-seven or forty-eight catties.
One or two might not seem like a big difference, but we are growing hundreds of thousands of watermelons, so the difference is significant.
The price difference just from the weight alone is at least five to six hundred thousand, not to mention the extended growth period. Do you still think this money was given away at a loss?"
Liu Yifeng was worried that when the watermelons were harvested, some villagers would see that they were making money growing watermelons in the back mountain and would stop him from continuing.
So he deliberately conducted an experiment to see if watermelons grown in fertile soil, not in the back mountain, would be as large.
But it was clear that the back mountain was a Feng Shui treasure land for growing watermelons.
Therefore, to prevent anyone from stopping him, he thought of giving red envelopes to every villager.
As long as they accepted his money, it would be difficult for them to stop him.
In short, as long as they did not actively stop him, he had to grow as many watermelons as possible.
Even if he couldn't grow them in the future, he would still make a lot of money.
After hearing Liu Yifeng's explanation, Liu Chunsheng was speechless. It seemed his vision and perspective were too narrow, only focusing on immediate benefits.
He didn't expect his son had already done a comparison.
Calculated this way, the more than three hundred thousand given away was indeed not a loss.
"Let's eat, let's eat!" To ease his embarrassment, he quickly changed the subject.
From now on, he would try to say less about any decisions his son made.
Liu Yifeng looked at his father's awkward expression and said nothing more.
As they were eating, Li Dongmei came over with an iron bowl again.
"Uncle Liu, Yifeng, you're eating. I just made a few pots of hot steamed buns. Have a taste!" Li Dongmei said as she entered the living room and first gave one to Tongtong.
Tongtong didn't take it: "I don't like eating steamed buns!"
Li Dongmei was a little embarrassed: "Tongtong, Auntie didn't know you didn't like steamed buns. What do you like to eat? Auntie will make it for you next time!"
Before Tongtong could speak, Wang Chunsheng's voice rang out: "Don't bother. If he wants to eat something, we'll make it. If we can't, we'll buy it.
You should take these meat buns back. Don't send anything anymore in the future, otherwise, it will be bad if people gossip." Liu Chunsheng felt that Li Dongmei always doing this was not good, so he decided to make things clear. Anyway, he was an old man and was not afraid of offending people.
Li Dongmei's face instantly turned unpleasant, but she quickly explained: "Uncle Liu, please don't misunderstand. I didn't mean anything else. I'm just very grateful for your care, and I feel uneasy if I don't do anything!"
"What special care is there? We pay you for your work, isn't that what we should do?
Instead, you always send things like this, as if we are taking advantage for free.
We can't take advantage of anything.
Keep the food for your child. Children need nutrition when they are growing."
"Okay, Uncle Liu, I understand. I'll be leaving now." Li Dongmei quickly left with the steamed buns.
"Dad, what you just said was a bit too harsh, wasn't it?" Liu Yifeng said with some pity as he watched Li Dongmei leave.
"You don't understand anything, boy. I'm doing this for both of you. Eat!" Liu Chunsheng said and shoveled rice into his bowl.
Liu Yifeng sighed. What was all this about? These were clearly unfounded matters.
However, it was good this way. There was no possibility between him and Li Dongmei.
If they interacted frequently and rumors spread, even a hundred mouths couldn't clarify it.
After lunch, Liu Yifeng washed the dishes and then took Tongtong back to their room for a nap.
In the afternoon, Tongtong was busy in the study helping his Daddy with the design plan.
Liu Yifeng was afraid that Dabai would disturb Tongtong's thoughts, so he locked it in a dog cage and let it stay alone for a while.
Otherwise, it would run into the study and circle around Tongtong again.