Chapter 1307

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye it was the next morning; Zhou Hongwei and Zhou Zhihao climbed out of bed, and Zhou Zhihao couldn't help but complain:

"This place has way too many mosquitoes, didn't sleep well at all last night."

Although it was already late autumn, the weather in the south was still very hot, so there were still many mosquitoes now.

Their beds had mosquito nets installed, but because there were too many mosquitoes, some still squeezed through the gaps and bit several big welts on Zhou Zhihao.

As for Zhou Hongwei, he slept like a log all night last night, possibly because he drank quite a lot.

"It's normal for a farm to have lots of mosquitoes; later you buy a better mosquito net, and also light some mosquito coils, and it'll get a bit better."

Zhou Hongwei patted Zhou Zhihao's shoulder:

"You work hard, trust your Second Uncle me, I won't misjudge; as long as you win Wang Erhai's trust, your salary will absolutely shoot up, might even end up more than what your Second Uncle me gets!"

Zhou Zhihao, however, was half-believing, half-doubting:

"For real or fake, Second Uncle you better not be stringing me along."

"Why would I string you along? Your Second Uncle me is just an illiterate; back then if it weren't for Wang Erhai's support, how could I have become the Foreman Squad Leader of Liguo Mountain? He's a man who values loyalty; you treat him well, he'll absolutely treat you well, but!"

Speaking up to here, Zhou Hongwei suddenly changed his tone:

"You must not turn into a white-eyed wolf like Liang Xinghua; whatever Wang Erhai gives you, you take it, don't complain it's little; if Wang Erhai doesn't give you, don't go resenting him either — giving is sentiment, not giving is also reasonable; don't let some interest matters make you nitpick, even resent Wang Erhai!"

Zhou Zhihao asked curiously:

"How did Liang Xinghua become a white-eyed wolf? Isn't he very honest and dutiful?"

Back then Zhou Zhihao followed his Second Uncle to the Wang Family to work as masonry workers; Liang Xinghua later joined this group, and because Liang Xinghua was willing to learn and work, Zhou Hongwei even praised Liang Xinghua quite a bit in front of Zhou Zhihao; how come Liang Xinghua has become a white-eyed wolf now?

The matter of Liang Xinghua, Zhou Hongwei had never mentioned to Zhou Zhihao before, so Zhou Zhihao was completely baffled now.

Zhou Hongwei said:

"Long story, better left unsaid; anyway just one sentence: repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring; when others give us benefits, we must remember it for a lifetime!"

Zhou Zhihao was muddleheaded, but still nodded.

Zhou Hongwei then said:

"Come on, let's go to the village together, say hello to Wang Erhai; remember, when you see Wang Erhai later, say lots of nice things, say less complaining; if you really can't speak, then shut up and don't speak, your Second Uncle me will help you speak!"

"Got it, Second Uncle!"

Zhou Hongwei brought Zhou Zhihao to the village, to the Wang Family Building side.

Wang Erhai was brushing his teeth at this time; seeing them come over, he hurriedly spat out the foam in his mouth, rinsed, and went up to greet them:

"Uncle Hongwei, Brother Zhihao, how did you sleep last night?"

Zhou Zhihao was just about to speak, but Zhou Hongwei laughed and cut in first:

"Couldn't be better! The air in these mountains is fresh, incomparably quiet, I slept straight through to dawn, clear-headed and refreshed!"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhihao secretly cursed in his heart:

Fresh air my ass! Last night whenever a breeze blew over, you'd catch a whiff of chicken manure!

As for sleeping straight through to dawn, that's even more impossible; last night he was nearly bitten to death by mosquitoes, he basically didn't sleep well at all!

"Good, good, I was still afraid you wouldn't be used to it!"

Wang Erhai replied with a smile.

Zhou Hongwei said:

"What's there to not be used to, we're all rural people, not that delicate! Nephew, you say, right?"

Zhou Hongwei nudged Zhou Zhihao.

Zhou Zhihao hurriedly nodded and said:

"Yes yes yes, last night was pretty good, no problem."

Wang Erhai then said:

"Last night's leftover chicken meat, I used to cook congee; in a bit everyone eat breakfast together, then I'll take Brother Zhihao around the farm, and also go look at those two hundred acres of rice fields, how about it?"

Zhou Hongwei readily agreed:

"Good good, in a bit we'll go around together; once things are done, I'll go back to Liguo Mountain together with you, Erhai!"

So the three ate breakfast together.

Wang Erhai then took Zhou Hongwei, Zhou Zhihao, and went for a walk around the farm.

At this time Yao Aina happened to come to work; Wang Erhai introduced Zhou Zhihao to Yao Aina, saying from now on the farm would be managed by Zhou Zhihao, anything just tell Zhou Zhihao directly; as for what she needs to do, it's still the same as before.

Yao Aina was somewhat surprised:

"Erhai, you transferred this farm out?"

Wang Erhai said with a smile:

"Auntie Aina, this farm is still mine, but I have to go back to the county town to work, can't manage that much, so I hired Brother Zhihao to help manage; don't worry, every month the money I should give you, I'll give on time!"

Hearing this, Yao Aina nodded, and was reassured.

She was just afraid Wang Erhai would transfer the farm, and a new boss would think an old woman like her doesn't work nimbly and fire her.

The salary Wang Erhai gave her wasn't high, only fifteen hundred a month, but she relied on this fifteen hundred to support her disabled son at home, and her grandson who was still young and ignorant!

Fifteen hundred can't survive in the city, but in the countryside it can, after all one can be self-sufficient.

"Brother Zhihao, Auntie Aina is older, work might be slower; if she can't finish, you help her more."

Wang Erhai said this sentence to Zhou Zhihao at this time.

Zhou Zhihao nodded:

"Okay, okay."

Wang Erhai said to Yao Aina:

"Auntie Aina, you go do whatever you need to do, I'll take Brother Zhihao around for a tour!"

A simple smile appeared on Yao Aina's face:

"Alright, then you all busy yourselves, I'm going to feed the chickens!"

Wang Erhai took Zhou Zhihao and Zhou Hongwei around the farm; when they reached the chickens, he explained how they usually feed the chickens and how they manage them; when they reached the pond, he explained how to feed fish grass and how to clean the fish pond; when they reached the orchard halfway up the mountain, he told them how those sand sugar oranges should be managed.

Wang Erhai spoke in great detail; Zhou Zhihao listened, nodding repeatedly; on the surface he listened seriously, but in his heart he couldn't help but complain: Damn, the workload of this farm is actually not low!

Wang Erhai then took him and Zhou Hongwei out of the farm, riding a motorcycle, to go see his two hundred-plus acres of autumn rice.

"From here, all the way to there, all the rice straw is grown by me; this rice straw doesn't need pesticide, just fertilizing, flooding the fields, and sunning the fields — these tasks have to be done."

Zhou Zhihao looked at the terraced fields covering the mountain, all Wang Erhai's rice straw, his mouth slightly open, somewhat surprised.

So many rice fields, can he manage them all by himself?

Zhou Hongwei on the side said:

"No pesticide, then it's simple; flooding the fields and such, isn't it just grabbing a hoe and working it a bit? Nephew, you say, isn't it?"

Zhou Zhihao only then snapped back from his daze:

"Yes, yes, yes... just, so much rice, how to harvest later? If I harvest alone, my hands and feet would smoke and I still couldn't keep up..."

Wang Erhai laughed:

"Rest assured, no need for you to harvest; when the time comes we'll hire a harvester to harvest; some corners the harvester really can't handle, I'll get villagers to help; you just need to do a good job as foreman."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhihao finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"Then it's fine, I thought I'd have to harvest myself..."