Chapter 1006

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Yeah, we're already considered adults now, we have to start having the bearing and responsibility of adults."

Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

He also felt he still wasn't quite used to it.

Although mentally he had long been very mature.

But the change in identity indeed still needed time to adapt to.

"It would be nice if we could just stay kids forever."

Li Jianjia spoke these words from the bottom of her heart.

Thinking back to the past, she was doted on by her parents, raised to be extremely pure, extremely simple.

Making her always feel that this world was full of love, full of light.

Until the day her mother ran off with the money, she didn't believe there could actually be someone in this world who would choose to abandon their family for money.

Most importantly, that wasn't even a lot of money.

Not tens of billions, not hundreds of billions, not even tens of millions, just a mere five million.

She abandoned both her husband and daughter.

The blow to Li Jianjia could be described as enormous.

Even making her believe for a time that the world was pitch black, that so-called light was nothing but an illusion.

Fortunately Wang Xiaohua had always been by her side, and only then did she gradually walk out of the gloom.

"With me, you can always be a kid."

Wang Xiaohua replied to Li Jianjia with this sentence.

Li Jianjia was moved, yet also had reservations:

"But, if I don't test into grad school, then you won't abandon me?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua was a bit at a loss whether to cry or laugh:

"You don't even dislike me for being short and ugly, what qualifications do I have to dislike you?"

Li Jianjia not only lost her former purity and innocence, but also lost her former composure and confidence.

At some unknown point, she actually started showing inferiority in front of Wang Xiaohua.

This was already not the first time she asked Wang Xiaohua questions like whether he would abandon her.

"But, you're very capable, very talented, who knows later we might not be on the same level, or even in the same world."

Li Jianjia's face showed worry.

She was very afraid of falling too far behind Wang Xiaohua, to the point where the two would have no common language.

If they can't even talk on the same wavelength, then this marriage would definitely have problems very quickly.

"Rest assured, no matter how I am in the future, you are my wife, this point will never change."

Wang Xiaohua patiently comforted Li Jianjia.

In his heart he actually felt quite tired too, because the current Li Jianjia was extremely lacking in security, always needing him to comfort her over and over again, only then could her heart feel a bit more at ease.

And this state of hers was also affecting her studies.

Although she still studied very hard, this semester's final exams, her GPA was noticeably worse than before.

And Wang Xiaohua could also clearly feel that when she buried her head studying for the postgraduate entrance exam, sometimes she would inexplicably space out, suddenly become anxious about gain and loss, suddenly restless and uneasy.

Following this state, by the time junior year comes for the postgraduate entrance exam, her chances of testing into a Tsinghua University graduate student program are estimated to be very slim.

Wang Xiaohua thought to himself, he had to make this psychological preparation.

At the same time, he still had to do psychological preparation work for Li Jianjia in advance.

To avoid when the time comes and the postgraduate entrance exam results come out, she can't accept it, and suffers too great a blow.

In a blink three days passed.

Over at Shanggou Village, Zhong Jianguo's funeral procession began.

Zhong Zhiming's wife and child had already come back the day before yesterday.

The family of three together kept vigil for Zhong Jianguo.

Zhong Zhiming bustled about front and back, greeting the villagers who came to help.

Handing out cigarettes, counting numbers, and also had to go hire coffin bearers.

His wife was also busy to the point of dizziness.

Fortunately many villagers came over to help.

They also hired a cook who specializes in flowing water banquets.

But their son Zhong Zichen was much more leisurely.

He just sat in the room the whole time, head lowered playing on his phone.

As for that deceased grandfather, Zhong Zichen didn't have much feeling.

So he only went to burn a stick of incense when he came back, and didn't go pay much attention after that.

But this is also normal.

Zhong Zichen had always lived in the city with his dad and mom, rarely came back to Shanggou Village, naturally he was very estranged from his grandfather.

A person you're not familiar with, even if it's a grandfather, you ask a little kid to act very sad, that's obviously impossible.

Now this state of being without joy or sorrow, even somewhat detached from worldly affairs, was his truest state.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan both came to help.

Wang Zhanggen helped arrange the coffin carrying.

Li Xiulan went to help wash vegetables and cook.

Wang Erhai also came back in his spare time.

He came before Zhong Zhiming, gave white affair money, said "accept my condolences," then also went to help.

Zhong Jianguo's funeral was made very simple, with many procedures omitted, and even a master of ceremonies was not hired.

In a hurry, they carried him onto the funeral car.

When he left, he lay in the coffin; when he returned, he had already been placed inside a golden urn.

After finishing Zhong Jianguo's funeral, Wang Erhai did not immediately return to County Town.

The Village Committee side still had some matters needing him to handle.

This was also an important reason why he chose to return today.

He came to the Village Committee, tallied which households were willing to let him farm their high-standard farmland, then preliminarily calculated the cost of farming these fields.

By the next day, he went door to door to pay money.

High-standard farmland, a subsidy of 1500 yuan per mu.

He paid out of his own pocket to the villagers in advance.

First settle the matter.

That way, when farming next year, he wouldn't need to waste time arguing with those villagers.

Those now willing to give him their fields to farm, he paid directly; those unwilling, he registered them, paid nothing for now, and waited until next year when they farmed the fields themselves and planted them before they could receive the subsidy.

Otherwise, receiving the subsidy but not farming, and unwilling to let Wang Erhai farm their fields, that would be trouble.

Rural areas have all kinds of people.

Unreasonable troublemaking happens often.

So if Wang Erhai wanted to make a big splash in the countryside, he must clear obstacles in advance.

However, many rural people are still reasonable.

Wang Erhai paid them the high-standard farmland subsidy in advance; they were overjoyed and readily agreed to let Wang Erhai farm their fields.

Especially Yang Xiaocai, who had three mu of land made into high-standard farmland.

Wang Erhai gave him 4,500 yuan at once, and he was so happy he couldn't close his mouth.

Great, now there's money to buy lottery tickets!

No need to worry about oil and salt at home!

There's money to buy New Year goods for the Spring Festival!

How happy Yang Xiaocai was! Happier than when his son came back!

After all, even if his son came back, he might not give him 4,500 yuan at once!

"Uncle Xiaocai, when is Jiahao coming back for the Spring Festival?"

Wang Erhai gave Yang Xiaocai money, had him sign the farmland lease contract, and casually mentioned it.

Yang Xiaocai said:

"Who knows when that brat will come back, whether he comes back or not is the same; he's not as promising as you and your elder brother, earning not a few yuan all year!"

Wang Erhai laughed and cried:

"Don't be anxious, your son has only been out in society for a few years; when we first entered society, didn't we also earn not a cent?"

Yang Xiaocai said:

"I don't expect him to earn money anymore; I only hope he can find a partner outside and bring one back quickly!"

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