Chapter 12: Driving away snakes, rats, insects and ants
Unexpectedly, Yang Fan said, "Rent, I will continue to rent."

Li Wenlin was stunned for a moment, "Are you sure you want to rent it?"

Grandma Xu disagreed, "Why rent it? The crops grown in the village are inedible now."

She can easily solve the problem of growing things that cannot be eaten, as there are so many ready-made fruit trees in the fields, and she can also find a lot of free labor.

Moreover, the fruits grown in this village are all spiritual fruits, which are much more valuable than ordinary fruits.

Easily realize the dream of being a rich second generation.

How can we not rent this? Rent it! Keep renting it!

Yang Fan insisted on his opinion, "Rent, Uncle Li, I will continue to rent!"

"Yang Fan, the fruits on those trees are really not tasty!" Grandma Xu advised earnestly, "Your uncle has lost so much money over the years. If you continue to rent, you will continue to lose money."

Li Wenlin also said: "Yes, Yang Fan, you have to think carefully. Your uncle didn't make a penny from the fruit trees he planted."

"Grandma Xu, Uncle Li, I understand what you said. Thank you for considering me."

This is right!

Grandma Xu and Li Wenlin thought that their words had persuaded Yang Fan, but unexpectedly she continued to speak in a very firm tone.

"I learned some planting techniques in the city. I believe I can grow delicious fruits!"

Grandma Xu: “…”

Li Wenlin: “…”

He really wanted to ask her where she got the confidence to grow edible fruits when even the top soil scientists and agronomists in the country couldn't solve the problem.

But in order to discourage the enthusiasm of young people, Li Wenlin used a roundabout way of saying, "The rent is due in one month, so you can think about it during this time."

"The day after tomorrow, please find time to come to the village committee and I will show you all the reports issued by the experts."

Yang Fan nodded, "Okay, thank you Li..."

"Why are you waiting for the day after tomorrow? Let's go today," said Grandma Xu, who was impatient. "Why are you waiting for the day after tomorrow? You young people like to procrastinate when doing things."

Li Wenlin smiled helplessly, "Aunt, it's not that I don't want to show Yang Fan today, I have to go to the city for something today, and I won't be back until tomorrow afternoon."

"What are you doing in the city?"

Li Wenlin: "I have something to do."

He needs to keep the specific things confidential and cannot tell others about them.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Grandma Xu also understood and didn't continue to ask, "Okay, then you go and do your thing. I will accompany Yang Fan to find you the day after tomorrow."

Li Wenlin: “Okay.”

The two of them agreed to this, and Yang Fan couldn't say a word.

After Li Wenlin left, Yang Fan said she wanted to walk around the village alone to see the trees left by her uncle, and asked Grandma Xu to go back first.

She first went to the fields opposite. No one took care of them, and the weeds in those fields were almost as high as her thighs.

She took a stick she picked up from the roadside and pushed aside the grass. Suddenly, a cobra jumped out of the grass and opened its mouth to bite her.

Yang Fan reacted quickly. He swung the stick down with a sound of breaking through the air. The edge of the stick shone with a cold light like a blade. Instantly, the cobra was split into two halves and fell into the grass.

Listening to the rustling sounds coming from the bushes, she snorted coldly and spoke coldly to the empty bushes.

"These are not places you should be in. Be smart and stay in the mountains. Don't show up in front of people, or I'll use you to make wine!"

After he finished speaking, he stuck the stick heavily into the ground, and the powerful spiritual power surged like a wave, covering the entire village. After a while, the rustling sound coming from the bushes became louder.

If someone walks around in the village now, they will definitely see countless snakes, rats, insects, ants, pheasants, weasels, foxes, and other rare animals running towards the mountains.

"Ah! There's a snake!"

Aunt Zhang came out of the house carrying a basin of water. When she looked up, she saw a snake as thick as her forearm climbing over the wall of her yard and running outside.

She was so scared that she dropped the basin in her hand, and it dropped to the ground with a loud noise, splashing water all over her.

Her husband heard the noise and came out, "Xiumei, where is the snake?"

Aunt Zhang's full name is Zhang Xiumei. Her face turned pale with fear. She pointed at the wall where the snake had crawled out and said, "There, I saw a really thick snake crawling out from there."

Oh my god! She had no idea when the snake had been in her yard, or how long it had been there.

Zhang Xiumei got goose bumps all over her body when she thought that there was a snake in the yard without her knowledge.

Aunt Zhang's husband Fu Yonghui went over, picked up a hoe, walked along the wall, and found a hole in the corner. The hole was round and big, and it was obvious that something had been there before.

"Wow, this is a nest in my house!"

Fu Yonghui vented his anger by hitting the hole several times with the hoe, and then looked around the house inside and out, making sure there were no snakes around before he felt relieved.

Aunt Zhang was still worried, "You should go to the street and buy some realgar powder, some insecticide and mosquito coils."

With fewer people in the village, mosquitoes have become more rampant.

She has a physique that attracts mosquitoes and suffers terribly every summer.

"Remember to buy some better mosquito coils. The one you had last year wasn't very effective."

"Also, Yangyang's package has arrived. Remember to pick it up for him."

Fu Yonghui agreed to all of them. He was just a little confused, "Why was Yangyang's luggage sent back?"

Yangyang is the son of his eldest daughter and is five years old.

In the past, when I came back, I would just stay for a few days and leave with just a small suitcase. Why did you send your luggage back this time?
Zhang Xiumei: "Cancan's mother-in-law and father-in-law are sick and hospitalized, Jiahao is on a business trip again, and Yangyang has no one to take care of him, so he was sent here for us to take care of him for a few days."

She hadn't seen her grandson for so long and she missed him.

Fu Yonghui exclaimed in surprise, "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing?!"

"Is it any use telling you? Their home is so far away. Do you have to go over there to take care of her parents-in-law?"

Zhang Xiumei pushed him outside impatiently, "Go buy the things quickly."

He only found out about such an important thing now.

Fu Yonghui rode his tricycle towards the town with a depressed look on his face.

After he left, Zhang Xiumei was still worried, so she took a hoe and checked every room again. She was afraid that there were snakes hiding in the house.

The elderly people from other families were sitting in the yard basking in the sun and chatting, not paying any attention to what was happening around them.

Grandpa Li had been driving his tricycle all morning and had just had breakfast. He asked Grandma Xu, "Did Yang Fan have breakfast?"

"I have eaten," said Grandma Xu. "After breakfast, I went with her to visit Xiuwen."

She then told Grandpa Li about her encounter with Li Wenlin. At the end, she said to Grandpa Li with a worried look on her face, "It will be a loss if we continue to rent those lands. Go and persuade Yang Fan not to continue renting those lands."

(End of this chapter)