Urban area, small bedroom.
The twins wearing comfy pajamas were coiled on the bed making a phone call.
"Jiang Ning, can you take us out to play?"
"It’s so lonely at ho on weekends!"
"Please, we’re willing to do anything for you!"
Chen Si Yu felt her plea was insufficient, so she roped her sister in for support: "Say sothing, sis!"
Chen Siqing, unlike her lively sister, quickly shook her head, thinking her sister was too eager.
At this mont, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"What is it, Mom?"
In the living room, Mrs. Chen was brushing her teeth. Although she had given birth to two daughters, her charm remained as she reproached them: "Who are you talking to on the phone?"
"Always begging others to take you out."
"They obviously don’t want to take you."
"Are you a puppy?"
Her mother’s words were harsh, leaving Chen Si Yu deeply hurt. She resigned herself: "Then I’m soone else’s puppy too!"
Mrs. Chen nearly went mad upon hearing this. Had she painstakingly raised her twins wrong?
Deep love breeds deep resentnt, Mrs. Chen furiously said: "Ha, no one else wants you."
Chen Si Yu took another emotional blow.
She suddenly lost all hope for life.
Jiang Ning didn’t want her, her sister didn’t support her, her mom insulted her; what was wrong with the world?
In the next mont, Jiang Ning’s voice drifted from the receiver: "I’ll co pick you up later, let’s play catching pigeons today."
"Okay!"
"Sis, did you hear that?"
Chen Si Yu shook her sister vigorously. Despite being reserved, hearing his words ward her heart.
...
River dam.
Boss Yang from rural tourism chatted leisurely at Uncle Tang’s doorstep.
"Uncle, I’ve taken a total of one hundred and fifty pounds of tomatoes from you recently. I’ll settle the paynt now, calculated at the market’s top price, 4.5 per pound, seven hundred bucks, here you go."
Boss Yang counted the money to settle the invoice and pulled out a pen and paper, asking him to checkmark the purchase list.
Mr. Qian calculated on the side: "Gave too much, it’s a total of 675!"
Boss Yang laughed: "Consider it my reverse rounding off."
Truly, Uncle Tang’s greenhouse tomatoes tasted great, full of tomato flavor.
Mr. Qian admired so much he almost drooled, thinking Uncle Tang’s vegetable growing was purely a hobby, but a profit-making hobby. Isn’t that like finding money?
However, Uncle Tang accepted the money reluctantly and rubbed his back while furrowing his brows.
Recently, his vegetables grew splendidly, often given to neighbors to eat. Next-door Mr. Qian praised him as a born Shennong.
With so much praise, Uncle Tang proudly thought, ’I am Shennong!’
So he bragged extensively, leading relatives to consult him for vegetable growing advice. "Wow!", it evidently touched on his specialty!
Uncle Tang gave a simple suggestion, yet it easily led soone’s half greenhouse of vegetables to freeze.
Uncle Tang faced accusations and curses, causing his back to ache from anger!
’I’m growing vegetables just like that? They were obviously growing well?’ Uncle Tang was left perplexed.
After finishing settling the paynt, Boss Yang went to Jiang Ning’s next door.
Uncle Tang said: "Boss Yang, help ask if Jiang is free today, to set up a cara for !"
He couldn’t believe it, specifically buying a cara to record his vegetable planting process, to revive his Shennong spirit!
Next door.
Jiang Ning pushed the titanium gray electric bike to the door, ready to welco the twins as guests.
Before Boss Yang could take a few steps, he imdiately invited: "Jiang Ning, I heard from Dongdong that your slingshot skills are superb. Could you do a favor?"
"Recently, a household raising pigeons in the southern village has shut down. I suspect so pigeons have flown off. They co to eat my strawberries every day, darn it, always choosing the big strawberries, can’t catch them!"
As he continued, Boss Yang beca furious: "Or, they’re fluttering on my windowsill early in the morning, waking up!"
Boss Yang initially thought of poisoning them, but the strawberry garden remained operational, with many families and children visiting, in case sothing happened...
Mr. Qian suggested: "Why don’t you release so cats and let them catch the pigeons?"
Uncle Tang rubbed his back: "It’s not just the birds ruining the strawberries, it would be the birds and cats together ruining the strawberries!"
Uncle Tang further suggested: "Put bird nets on both sides of the greenhouse!"
Boss Yang shook his head: "There are custors usually, and those pigeons are clever. Let Jiang Ning try instead."
Jiang Ning replied: "Pigeons?"
Suddenly, he thought of frying them or barbecuing them.
"Sure, I’ll go to the urban area to pick soone up first, then I’ll get the slingshot and take them all down."
His words exuded confidence, with not a hint of humility.
Mr. Qian glanced sideways, instinctively wanting to rebut but thinking of the little remaining sesa oil at ho, he hesitated.
Seeing Jiang Ning’s calm deanor gave Boss Yang reassurance.
Dongdong had once boasted of his slingshot skills, praised to the skies, hitting always on target.
Although Dongdong was a slingshot expert, he went to school, leaving the river dam, probably returning by sumr vacation.
Jiang Ning hopped on the electric bike, not notifying Tongtong, and imdiately set off to pick up the guests.
In fact, Tongtong had woken up by 6 a.m., ate breakfast made by Chuchu, then went back to sleep, hasn’t begun the second revival yet.
However, Tongtong was quite hospitable, except towards Tang Fu.
...
Shortly after Jiang Ning left, Tongtong was awakened by a WeChat call ringtone. She stretched on the bed, puckered her lips twice, finally answering the call.
"Mom, what is it! I’m studying! You woke up!"
"I’m at the cake shop ordering your cake. Do you want a French dessert or a fruit dessert?"
Her mother’s gentle voice resonated in her ears, akin to celestial music!
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