Chapter 553

At this very moment, Ma Lan had finished lunch and was directing Ye Chen to carry a tin bucket and a shovel to dig soil in the green belt of the villa area.

Ma Lan had been idle for the past two days and couldn't go out to play because her leg was broken. She was bored at home and scrolling through her Moments when she discovered that a female friend she didn't get along with very well had bought a villa in the suburbs.

She had planted quite a few fruits and vegetables in her villa courtyard and shared photos of those fruits and vegetables on her Moments. Many people liked them, saying she was clever and understood life.

Ma Lan was very jealous, so she had a whim and wanted to plant some vegetables and fruits in her villa courtyard.

But she had a broken leg, so how could she shovel soil? Therefore, this kind of work could only be arranged for Ye Chen to do.

Ye Chen didn't want to bother with her at first. After all, he had already had a showdown with her last time: from now on, if she wanted to live in his villa, she had to be polite to him. So, wanting to order him around was out of the question.

However, his wife Xiao Churan heard that her mother wanted to plant some fruits and vegetables and felt that this kind of thing could cultivate one's sentiments and could make her honestly stay at home, so she came forward and begged Ye Chen to help.

Ye Chen then agreed.

In his view, if he could make Ma Lan stop causing trouble all day long and let her go plant some vegetables, it would be quite good.

So after eating, he helped her, shoveled quite a bit of soil into the villa, and had already circled out a piece of land to make a vegetable garden for her.

Ma Lan was currently leaning on her crutch and saying to Ye Chen, "Dig that yellow soil; don't dig that black soil. That black soil is very smelly."

Ye Chen nodded and didn't speak, just lowered his head to dig the soil.

Ma Lan hesitated for a moment and asked him carefully in a negotiating tone, "Ye Chen, can Mom discuss something with you?"

Seeing that her attitude was not bad, Ye Chen said indifferently, "What is it? Tell me, let me listen first."

Ma Lan accompanied him with a smile and said, "You, when you have time, drive to the countryside, find a country farmer to buy some vegetables and fruits, and buy them with the roots, the whole plant."

Ye Chen said, "Isn't this taking off your pants to fart—an unnecessary move? If you want vegetables and fruits, just go to the supermarket and buy them. The APP will deliver them to your door."

Ma Lan was very dissatisfied with Ye Chen's attitude and was very unaccustomed to it, but she didn't dare to say anything, so she could only smile and plead, "Mom wants you to buy the whole plant, not to eat, but to buy them back and plant them directly in our villa, so wouldn't we immediately have a beautiful vegetable garden? Otherwise, if we finish this and sow seeds and plant them, waiting for them to grow, who knows when that will be? It'll be the year of the monkey."

Ye Chen was convinced.

It seemed his mother-in-law was thinking about this, wanting to hurry up and take photos to post on her Moments.

Just as he was about to refuse her unreasonable request, Ma Lan hurriedly said, "Good son-in-law, let me tell you the truth. Churan has loved planting vegetables and fruits since she was a child. When she was little, she often dragged me and her father to go picking with her. When we entered someone's country vegetable garden, she wouldn't want to come out."

Ye Chen looked at her suspiciously, "When was this? How come I've never heard of it?"

Ma Lan hurriedly said, "Later, didn't Churan grow up? She went to school and went to work, so where would she have time to run to the vegetable garden? I swear to heaven, Churan really loves these things very much. When she was in elementary school, she wanted to plant some in the courtyard of the old Xiao family villa, but that dead old lady wouldn't agree no matter what."

Ye Chen thought to himself, if it was really something his wife liked, then he might as well arrange it.

So, he took out his phone, called Xiao Churan, and asked, "Wife, tomorrow is the weekend. Do you want to go picking?"

"Okay!" Xiao Churan blurted out almost without thinking, "Great! Where are we going picking? How did you know I like picking?"

Ye Chen heard this and said with a smile, "Alright, you don't need to worry about where; your husband will arrange it."

"Great!" Xiao Churan said happily, "Then I'll wait for your arrangement!"

"Alright!"

After hanging up the phone, Ma Lan said flatteringly, "See, I didn't lie to you, right?"

Ye Chen said "Hmm" and took out his phone again, calling Wang Zhengang.

"Master Ye! How did you think of calling little me?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "Old Wang, my wife really likes picking, so I'm preparing to take half of the Tomson Riviera villa and turn it into a vegetable garden so that she can pick every day in the courtyard at home. So you go and find me the best varieties of vegetables and fruits, and I want them already grown, bearing fruit, with vines, with seedlings, and with roots. Transplant them directly to Tomson Riviera. Can you do it?"

Wang Zhengang blurted out upon hearing this, "Master Ye, don't worry, even if you want a vegetable greenhouse, I can get it for you!"

Ye Chen said, "Alright, then start preparing today. Come to Tomson Riviera tonight to transplant and cultivate them. I want my wife to see them as soon as she wakes up tomorrow!"

Wang Zhengang chuckled, "Master Ye, you really know how to dote on your wife! Don't worry, I'll arrange it!"

Ma Lan was also excited!

This Ye Chen was really good at bluffing people. Just one phone call, and someone was diligently arranging a vegetable garden for him. His energy was indeed not small!

She used to feel that this guy would explode sooner or later, but no matter how she looked at it, she felt that this kid was becoming more and more prosperous.

At this moment, Ma Lan suddenly heard a familiar voice in her ear: "Yo! Isn't this my good daughter-in-law? Why are you leaning on a crutch? And don't tell me, your posture of managing the shelf is quite spirited!"

Ma Lan's face immediately became incomparably ugly.

She didn't need to look back to know this voice came from her mother-in-law, that damned Old Mrs. Xiao!

But when she turned her head to look, she was shocked. What was going on? How did these five people get together?

The old lady, Xiao Changqian, and those two little cubs weren't they supposed to be detained for a few more days? How could they be released early?

The key was, how did Qian Hongyan come? Wasn't this woman sent to the coal mine by Ye Chen's friend?

Ye Chen heard the movement at this time and couldn't help but turn his head to look, frowning instantly.

He also didn't expect that Qian Hongyan would appear here.

Hong Wu had always been reliable; he shouldn't have made such a big mistake, letting this Qian Hongyan run back. What on earth happened here?

Qian Hongyan was a secret between Ye Chen and his mother-in-law Ma Lan. Although his wife and father-in-law later knew about his mother-in-law losing money gambling, they didn't know about Qian Hongyan being sent to the coal mine by him.

Both of them thought that Qian Hongyan should have taken the money and run, so Qian Hongyan suddenly coming back at this time made Ye Chen feel a bit worried.

Just at this moment, Ma Lan, who never admitted defeat, had already started cursing: "I was wondering who it was. So it's you guys. How about it? Still trying to get ideas about our villa? Have you forgotten how you ended up in the detention center last time? Do you believe I'll call the police right now and have you arrested?"