Chapter 1202

·

·

·

Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"I'm married."

Wang Xiaohua stated the matter-of-fact truth lightly.

Zhou Jiayi immediately exclaimed in surprise:

"Top Scorer, you haven't even finished university yet, and you're already married, isn't that a bit too early?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled politely:

"It is a bit early, but once you meet the right person, you should marry when you should marry. You're the same—once you meet your Prince Charming, don't hesitate, just snap them up quickly!"

Zhu Jiajun nodded in agreement:

"Right, right, right. Once you meet them, snap them up quickly. The longer you wait, the harder it gets. If you wait until you're at the age for blind dates, forget about marrying for love!"

Zhou Jiayi sighed:

"The problem is you have to actually meet someone first. My circle is pretty small; I haven't even come into contact with any male friends."

Saying this, Zhou Jiayi couldn't help but feel a bit dejected.

Actually, she also wanted to have a passionate romance in university, but unfortunately, the liberal arts college she was in had far more women than men, and her class had only a pitiful six or seven boys—how could it possibly be her turn to date?

After waiting quite a while, the dishes they ordered finally arrived.

As soon as the dishes were served, steam was still rising from them; they were clearly freshly stir-fried.

"Everyone eat quickly, it won't taste good once it gets cold!"

Zhu Jiajun hurriedly picked up his chopsticks.

Wang Xiaohua took a bite and felt it was indeed quite good.

Zhou Jiayi also praised the taste as not bad.

Halfway through the meal, Zhu Jiajun called the waiter over again and ordered two more dishes, asking for them to be packed to take back for his wife and children.

By the time night fell, the three of them had finished their meal.

The two dishes Zhu Jiajun ordered had also been stir-fried and were delivered in takeout boxes.

Zhu Jiajun paid the bill, then sent Wang Xiaohua and Zhou Jiayi home.

Zhou Jiayi's home was in a village less than five kilometers from the town, so Zhu Jiajun quickly sent her home, then drove Wang Xiaohua back to Shanggou Village.

When Wang Xiaohua returned to Shanggou Village, it was already just past seven in the evening.

His family was waiting for him to come back to eat dinner together.

Seeing the table full of dishes personally made by his mother Li Xiulan, Wang Xiaohua didn't say he had already eaten; he sat down and ate and chatted with his family.

Wang Erhai had been busy at the farm all day and finally cleaned the fish pond thoroughly.

Next, he needed to install surveillance equipment. Before the surveillance was installed, Wang Erhai dared not put rice seedlings back into the pond, otherwise if someone poisoned it again, the loss would be devastating.

Installing surveillance meant running a circle of electrical wires around the pond. Running wires would be troublesome; he'd have to report to the town's power supply bureau first, otherwise privately stringing wires would be illegal.

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Second Brother, why not just buy those surveillance cameras that come with their own solar panels?"

Wang Erhai was stunned, then slapped his thigh:

"How did I not think of that?"

But he immediately frowned slightly:

"Would that kind of surveillance be more expensive? Also, is it convenient to maintain?"

Wang Xiaohua laughed:

"It won't cost much more—just one extra photovoltaic panel. Photovoltaic panels aren't worth much these days. As for maintenance, once it's installed, you don't really need to maintain it."

"If it breaks, it needs fixing. I'm just afraid it'll break easily."

But Wang Xiaohua said:

"Second Brother, what are you installing surveillance for?"

"Of course to catch the culprit who does bad things on my farm!"

Wang Erhai answered like that.

But Wang Xiaohua shook his head:

"If someone has already done bad things on your farm, what good does catching them do? The losses certainly can't be recovered. In my opinion, you install surveillance so that people who want to do bad things on your farm know you have surveillance, and then stop them from doing bad things on your farm."

After hearing this, Wang Erhai also felt there was some sense to it.

Wang Xiaohua continued:

"So just install the surveillance. It's best to install it somewhere conspicuous. Whether your surveillance is broken or even turned on doesn't matter. What matters is letting people know you have surveillance!"

"Under these circumstances, it doesn't matter if the surveillance is broken, as long as no one knows it's broken. If you're really afraid something might happen, just maintain it once a year."

After Wang Xiaohua said this, Wang Erhai said:

"Then I'll look for surveillance equipment with solar panels online later!"

Wang Zhanggen, who had been eating with his head down, spoke up at this time:

"In my opinion, you should just quit the farm. Hanging around Shanggou Village, what kind of future is there? You'd better go back to Liguo Mountain!"

Wang Zhanggen pulled a long face; it was obvious he felt Wang Erhai returning to Shanggou Village made him lose face.

Indeed, these days, anyone with a bit of promise runs to the city—who would move back to the village to develop?

Who would move back to the village to develop?

The village was left with only some middle-aged and elderly people whose families working in factories wouldn't take in, and then some good-for-nothings, idlers, and chicken-stealing dog-snatching riffraff.

Wang Erhai cried and laughed helplessly:

"Dad, don't be afraid, I'll tell you the truth, I definitely can't go back to Liguo Mountain."

Wang Changgen said coldly:

"How can you not go back? Aren't you a partner? If you want to go back, who dares to stop you?"

Wang Erhai hurriedly explained:

"Dad, the situation is quite complicated, it's not what you think!"

Wang Changgen, however, said:

"What's so complicated? It just depends on whether you're willing or not! You raise fish and chickens in Shanggou Village, what prospects do you have? If someone poisons your farm again someday, how much money will you lose?"

Wang Changgen's thinking was somewhat extreme, but it fit the reality of rural areas very well.

People say rural people are simple and honest, but there are also some people who are very bad.

They dislike the poor and fear the rich.

If you go to the city to earn money, they don't care about you.

But if you earn money right under their noses, then they'll feel uncomfortable all over.

They will think of every possible method to destroy you!

Wang Erhai said at this time:

"Dad, I've already decided, starting from tonight, I'll stay at the farm every night, leaving the lights of that tin-roofed house at the farm on all night, I don't believe anyone would still dare to do evil!"

Then he said to Li Xiulan:

"Mom, didn't we raise three dogs? Later I'll take two to the farm side!"

Li Xiulan nodded hurriedly:

"After we finish eating in a while, I'll help you take the dogs to the farm side!"

Just at this moment, Wang Erhai's mobile phone rang.

Wang Erhai took it out and looked, it was actually Huo Guoqiang calling.

Wang Erhai frowned slightly, he didn't really want to answer this phone call.

Because he knew, Huo Guoqiang calling him must be to persuade him to go back to Liguo Mountain.

Back when Liguo Mountain only had him, Huo Guoqiang, and Wu Moli as three partners, there was already serious internal strife, and now adding Zhang Sheng and Zhang Tianhe, these two old foxes, the internal strife would probably only be more serious.

Wang Erhai really didn't want to get involved in those rotten matters.

Just holding that 15% equity, sitting tight and waiting for the year-end dividend would do, he really didn't want to manage other things anymore!

So he wanted to set the phone to silent, not pay attention to it, not answer, and not hang up.

But at this moment, Wang Changgen beside him saw it.

Wang Changgen immediately got excited:

"Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives! Isn't this Huo Guoqiang your partner? He called you, why don't you answer? Hurry up and answer! Maybe he's calling you back!"

……