Chapter 478

Now, look at this mess!

On one hand, Sister Wang feels she makes sense, but on the other, she can't bear the temptation of being pursued and forming a family.

She doesn't blame Lu Jing for being meddlesome, but since they live close, she goes to knock on her door every day to complain and talk about her inner conflict... If Lu Jing tells her to break it off, she's unwilling; if she tells her to just get married, she has reservations... It really has Lu Jing annoyed to no end!

There was no other way, so she could only use the excuse of being busy with work and overtime to hide at her son's place.

But her son is also a dull person; every day, besides tending to flowers and plants, tidying the house, and typing... he doesn't even step out the door!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel even more depressed: "Look at you, staying at home every day—you should go out and walk around!"

Lu Chuan sighed: "Mom, I've been a bit sensitive lately. The air outside is a bit poor, and it's uncomfortable to breathe."

He didn't feel it before, but in the last few times he went out, he had this feeling more and more; he felt the air was filthy. But wearing a mask in the hot summer is really uncomfortable.

And his skin—although he was fair-skinned because he rarely went out in the sun, he was never this white! If he was slightly scratched by a bush while walking, it would leave a red mark...

This made him even more depressed.

But Lu Jing didn't think that much; she just nodded: "That's true, the air in the Imperial Capital is terrible again this year... so much sand and dust. It's only better at home with the ventilation system on."

But she skipped the topic of going out and quickly changed direction.

"Then if you don't go out, you should chat more online!"

"Mom isn't urging you to get married, the key is that you don't even go out, so where would you meet people? If you don't get married, dating is fine too! Aren't there many girls now who don't want to get a marriage certificate and just want to date?"

"You talk to them; Mom won't urge you to get married and have kids, but it's not appropriate for you to be locked at home alone without any outdoor activities."

Lu Chuan had just opened the box in his hands; two of the boxes were identical, and when opened, they were both filled with exceptionally fresh large green peaches wrapped in foam sleeves.

Hearing this, his voice was calm: "I live very comfortably by myself, and I currently have no need or desire to date."

Lu Jing couldn't help but be speechless.

She thought for a moment and couldn't help but suspiciously size up her son: "A-Chuan... I've never been embarrassed to ask you, you're a young man, full of vigor... is there something wrong that you're embarrassed to tell Mom..."

"If you really... sigh, I won't urge you. Anyway, as long as life is good, those little problems don't matter... sigh, let it be!"

Lu Chuan:...

His snow-white earlobes burned red instantly, and he couldn't help but turn around, looking at her helplessly: "Mom!"

Then, he subconsciously remembered that bottle of foul-tasting pills, and those hot, entangled dreams at night...

*Cough! *

In short, it was probably because his body was healthy and didn't need any supplementation, so he stopped taking them in the end.

And at this moment, Lu Jing changed the subject to cover up her embarrassment—she leaned over to look at the last big box:

"What is this?"

Lu Chuan opened it to look and couldn't help but be stunned.

He saw the box divided into two sides; one side was packed with dense, tightly pressed, not-too-large chestnut burrs, the fierce sharp thorns pressed down by cardboard, still emerald green. It was also mixed with a few long, thin leaves with serrated edges.

And on the other side was a bag of soybeans wrapped in layers.

"Oh my!" Lu Jing couldn't help but have a hint of surprise overflow from her brows:

"A-Chuan, I still don't approve of you saving people. But that little girl is truly worth saving! For the past six months, she hasn't forgotten you whenever there's something good at home... Look at how thoughtful she is!"

As she spoke, her brows and eyes softened: "Tell me, why weren't you a girl back then? How thoughtful it is to raise a daughter!"

Lu Chuan had already learned to ignore these words.

He just asked again: "Mom, she sent a straw mat last time, and I find it very comfortable. Do you want one? If you do, I'll buy you one."

Lu Jing waved her hand: "No need for you to buy it. Don't you transfer money to me every month? I have my own salary too."

She curiously looked at those chestnut burrs again: "Is this because she was afraid the tender chestnuts wouldn't be fresh if sent over, so she did it this way? How thoughtful... Hurry, where are the scissors? I haven't eaten tender chestnuts in many years, they must be especially sweet!"

The intense peach picking finally ended three days later.

Song Tan looked at the confirmed transfer, tearfully waved goodbye to Boss Qian, and immediately called a family meeting—

"What should we use this money for?"

"Does that even need asking?!" Wu Lan and Song Sancheng said without hesitation: "First, pay back the money in the village! If we can't pay it all, let's pay a portion first."

That mountain-leasing payment is still owed; oh my, the feeling of being in debt is just too hard to bear.

Zhang Yanping couldn't help but be amazed by their view on money, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, absolutely not!"

"Tantan, aren't you going to develop the barren hills next? The village isn't saying they need that money urgently. Once the mountain here is developed, the subsequent money will flow in continuously, and then you can pay it back however you want."

Xin Jun also nodded: "I agree too."

"The closest deadline in the original contract was 6 months. Now that the peaches are picked, there's nothing particularly urgent, so we should plan the mountain land as soon as possible."

"It's July now, and some things need to be planted in the autumn."

Song Tan sighed: "That's what I was thinking too."

Before selling the peaches, she always felt this money was more than enough, but after selling them, she realized there were too many places to spend money; it was truly a drop in the bucket.

However, none of them had any channels to find professionals for mountain forest planning, so they could only pin their hopes on Secretary Xiao Zhu.

Yet at this moment, Guo Dong's phone call came in.

"Your peaches are sold out, right? I just saw that boss seems to have left."

"Yes." Song Tan was curious: "Do you want to buy peaches?"

"Buy what peaches!" Guo Dong was anxious: "Hurry up and pick the Cherokee rose hips for me! I'm being urged to death by old customers here."

For the week of peach picking, she didn't have anyone to pick the Cherokee rose hips, but she had just moved to a new pharmacy, and she had to stock up on various Chinese medicines, check their quality one by one, and communicate with old customers... She was so busy she couldn't even touch the ground!

Otherwise, Guo Dong would have taken a basket and gone to pick them herself.

And so, she didn't even get a chance to buy peaches from Song Tan's house!

Now she had no other requests; she only hoped that a batch of medicinal materials could be produced quickly today so she could boil the paste overnight.

Song Tan also felt quite apologetic—the price was negotiated, but there wasn't enough manpower, which really delayed things.

"I'll arrange it right away!"

There aren't many Cherokee rose hips, it's just a day or two of work. With that little fruit, you don't even need a drying room; you can bake them yourself with a charcoal stove.

Only Zhang Yanping was impatient and full of enthusiasm, also helping to urge Song Tan:

"Hurry up, once the medicinal materials are in place, you make money and I make money. I have a lot of male customers here, everyone has needs!"

A sensitive male lead with a flexible body and a strong core... *cough cough cough*.

Let's put the ugly words out first: there is no "big male lead." There is a "little delicate wife."

If you don't like it, leave a comment and like it; I'll pretend to adjust the non-existent and long-term romantic plot... to show respect.

Also, there's an extra chapter!