Salted Fish Dad, Passive Farming

Chapter 96

After packing up the things, the two went back home first.

Today is another Saturday, and Douhua is still at home without going to school.Ji Ran usually has to accompany his daughter on Saturdays and weekends, but today he can't.

"Douhua, Dad is going to visit Aunt Yuanyuan's house today..."

Ji Ran said apologetically when he saw his daughter.

Right now, he and Tong Yuanyuan are just confirming their relationship, and when they get the certificate, they will definitely bring their daughter with them when they go to her house again.

It would be more embarrassing to take her there now.

"Dad, go ahead. My grandparents will play with me today." Douhua said calmly.

My daughter's behavior...if it were other children her age, most of them would probably be noisy, noisy or even crying and asking to go with them... Ji Ran was deeply touched by her daughter's thoughtfulness and sensibleness. I am gratified and even more ashamed of her.

"When I come back at night, my father will fry the snails for you, as well as boiled grass carp slices." Ji Ran hugged his daughter vigorously.

"Okay." Douhua smiled happily, "Dad, you have to behave well."

He clenched his little hand into a fist and made a cheering motion.

"Dad will."

Ji Ran kissed his daughter deeply on the forehead.

"Ranzi, you have to know the etiquette. When you see the elders, the juniors, you have to say hello, you should say hello, and you should respect cigarettes..."

Ji Ran's old lady came out of the house and gave instructions.

"Yeah." Ji Ran responded.

Douhua left her father's arms, turned around and threw herself into Tong Yuanyuan's arms, "Aunt Yuanyuan, will you come back with me tonight?"

"We will be back in the afternoon, and we will make delicious food together in the evening." Tong Yuanyuan said with a soft smile.

It's just taking her boyfriend home to meet her parents, and it's not a return home after marriage, and she won't stay overnight.

This is an unwritten local rule.

"En." Douhua nodded happily.

"Ranzi, pick this up." Wu Lanting went into the house again and brought out dozens of dumplings.

She made them all yesterday.

It is a local custom in Jiangxin to eat together during the Dragon Boat Festival. First, rice dumplings, then steamed buns, then preserved eggs, and then salted duck eggs.

The last three items can be eaten or not, but zongzi is a must.

And when visiting relatives on this special day, they will bring zongzi as gifts.

Ji Ran put the zongzi buns in the car, and the two of them drove to the town.

Come to Qingshui Town.

A dragon boat race is being held in the town, and there are not many spectators. This ancient activity has long been less attractive, but the competition ground is lively and intense.

I only heard the sound of gongs and drums shaking the sky, and I saw dragon boats speeding on the water...

Ji Ran took a few more glances and couldn't help but sigh.

The dragon boat race in Qingshui Town is held every year unless there is a flood, and the villages form teams to participate.

Thinking back when Ji Ran was at home, he must have been a member of the village team, the absolute main force.

It's a pity that Jiangbian Village hasn't participated in it for several years. There's no way, they don't even have a team.

You can't let the old and weak women left behind go into battle.

Of course, what makes Ji Ran so sad is not that there is no team from Jiangbei Village to participate, even if they participate and win the championship.

What he regrets is the current situation of the loss of people in the village...

As the car headed towards Qingfeng Town, the sound of gongs and drums gradually faded away.

Qingshui Town used to be Qingfeng Town, and beyond that was Qinghe Town.

Tong Yuanyuan's home is in Qinghe Town.

Tongjia Village.

Locally, as long as the villages are named after their surnames, basically the whole village is of the same clan.

This is the case in Tongjia Village.

Tongjia Village is as remote as Jiangbei Village, about ten kilometers away from the center of Qinghe Town, and is also surrounded by mountains and rivers.

However, the mountains around Tongjia Village are relatively ordinary mountains, and the surrounding water is Qinghe, a tributary of Qingjiang River.

In addition, the two villages are also similar in that they have a very serious loss of people and desolate fields.

"Yuanyuan, what about the people in your village?"

Ji Ran drove the Hongqi SUV into the village and followed Tong Yuanyuan's guidance. Along the way, Ji Ran saw many houses that clearly showed signs of being inhabited, but he didn't see a single person.

This made Ji Ran feel puzzled.

"You'll know later." Tong Yuanyuan blinked and pretended playfully.

Ji Ran guessed, "Are you all participating in the dragon boat race? Or is there some sacrificial activity being held?"

"I won't tell you." Tong Yuanyuan smiled slyly, "Anyway, you should be well prepared mentally."

"What do you mean?" Ji Ran teased him in turn, "Could it be that if you want to marry the village girl of your Tongjia Village, it will be like those bloody dramas on TV, and you have to walk across the mountain of swords, go to the sea of ​​​​fire, and drink ninety-nine 81 bowls ...If you don't succeed in breaking through the barrier, you can't even hope to embrace the village beauty?"

"I hate it." Tong Yuanyuan coquettishly punched Ji Ran's arm with a fist.

Ji Ran was indeed a little curious about this matter, "Tell me, what kind of mental preparation should I make?"

"I won't tell you."

……

It doesn't matter whether Tong Yuanyuan tells Ji Ran or not, because Ji Ran has already seen it.

It was probably in the middle of the village, a luxurious villa with a large front and back yard...

In the front yard, at least 40 NO.[-] people gathered.

Mainly elderly women and children.

They ate melon seeds and other dried fruits, drank tea, chatted and laughed, and looked towards the entrance of the village from time to time.

"Oh, so everyone is here."

It was quite far away, seeing the villa and the villagers, Ji Ran smiled and said, "This villa is very nice, it must be the family of the village head, or the richest local tyrant in your village."

Tong Yuanyuan answered with a smile, "Congratulations, you guessed it right. This villa is the home of the village chief of Tongjia Village, and it is also the home of the richest man in the village."

Ji Ran asked, "Look at the situation, the whole village has gone, what is their family going to do today?"

Tong Yuanyuan smiled mischievously, "The uncle of their family came to the door today, and the villagers all came to see if the uncle looked like Pan An or the second senior brother."

After hearing what she said, Ji Ran couldn't understand.

Damn, this is Tong Yuanyuan’s house; his father-in-law is the talker of Tongjia Village; no one is seen in the whole village, they all came to see him.

Damn, I’ve turned into a peep show.

Tong Yuanyuan blinked her eyes further, "Grandpa, there are so many people and such a big scene, are you panicking?"

"Panic! There's so much panic!" Ji Ran gave her a big look and teased her, "I'm a small farmer in the mountains. I've never seen such a battle before. No, my legs are weak and I can't even press the accelerator. Let’s turn around and go back, and come back when your family is young.”

"How dare you!" Tong Yuanyuan stared at him with her beautiful eyes, and feigned anger, "You want to run away after entering our Tongjia Village? There is no door at all! Be obediently follow me to be my prison man."

"Be your man in the fort...haha."

Ji Ran couldn't help laughing. She didn't realize that Tong Yuanyuan had such an interesting side, which completely subverted her usual image of Gao Leng Yujie.

My future wife is becoming more and more interesting.

As for Tong Yuanyuan, her father is the head of the village, and the villagers guarded her house almost collectively, in order to see him, the uncle who came to the house for the first time...

Will Ji Ran panic?

After all, he is also a person who holds a master's degree and has opened a company. He has met many people, big and small, and experienced all kinds of scenes... Not to mention that he is in a good mood, so it's no wonder he panics.

It is true not to panic, and it is true to be a little nervous.

After all, it was the first time I came back to Tong Yuanyuan's house, and there were so many people of the same clan waiting to watch the 'Western View'.

……

As soon as the SUV appeared in the eyes of the villagers, everyone looked over.

"Come here, old Bang, your uncle is here!"

"Sister-in-law Zhihua, your golden tortoise son-in-law is here."

"Well, after waiting for so long, it's finally here. I want to see what the guy who can pluck the most beautiful flower from our Tong family looks like."

"I asked Sister-in-law Zhihua, but Sister-in-law Zhihua didn't know. She said Yuanyuan was too busy and never had time to talk to her in detail."

"I think the busyness is fake, Yuanyuan is going to surprise her parents."

"Don't be a scare."

"What nonsense are you talking about? People who have suffered from Yuanyuan's losses, run such a big company, and have seen the big world, how could their vision be so bad?"

"Yes."

As the car gets closer and closer.

The direction of the villagers' discussion suddenly changed.

"Hey, this car is so grand. I'm afraid it will cost a million."

"I don't know if it's a million dollars. Anyway, I saw that at the military parade, people were riding in cars of this brand. Those who choose to drive cars of this brand must be people with taste and style."

"It seems that the person Yuanyuan is looking for, let alone other things, at least is not short of money."

"Yuanyuan herself runs a big company. How can a man with no financial background be worthy of her?"

Amidst the discussion, the car drove into the yard.

Under the intense gaze of everyone who stretched their necks, Ji Ran opened the door and got out of the car.

Discussions resumed in an instant, but the voice was very low. It would be impolite to discuss the son-in-law who came to the house for the first time in person.

"Hmm, the young man is so tall. He is neither fat nor thin. He has a handsome appearance and looks very energetic."

"Okay, on the outside, she is very close to Yuanyuan."

"Rich and good-looking, she is indeed a good match for Yuanyuan."

Ji Ran's hearing was very good, and he could still hear some of the discussion even though it was very quiet.

Looking at everyone with a smile.

Tong Yuanyuan got down from the passenger seat, walked around him, held his arm affectionately, and whispered in his ear, "There are many elders here who have not graduated from the fifth service. You try to remember everyone, so as not to get angry." I won’t shout when I see you again.”

A black line appeared on Ji Ran's forehead. There are so many people, and he needs to remember people and respectful titles... Does my uncle express the pressure?

Still nodding slightly.

Tong Yuanyuan began to introduce him to everyone in the yard.

"This is Uncle Wu..."

"Uncle Wu..."

"This is Fifth Auntie..."

"Fifth Auntie..."

Every time someone is introduced, Ji Ran shouts and offers a cigarette with both hands, no exceptions are made for men, women, old and young.

After the introduction, Ji Ran's head grew big, this one is uncle, that one is also uncle;

After introducing the people in the yard, Tong Yuanyuan took his hand and entered the house.

There were still four people sitting in the room, and they had been looking at the yard.

Ji Ran had already noticed those four.

Among them, a man and a woman sitting at the top are both around sixty years old, their appearance is quite similar to Tong Yuanyuan, they are undoubtedly their Master Taishan and mother-in-law.

There is also a woman in her 50s who looks a bit like Tong Yuanyuan, probably her aunt or aunt or something.

And an old man in his eighties... Could it be Tong Yuanyuan's grandfather?

"This is my dad." Tong Yuanyuan took the lead in introducing the man sitting on the front seat, "Dad, this is Ji Ran, your son-in-law from Qingshui Town."

"Xiao Ji, sit down." Tong Anbang's face was serious, his eyes were even a bit stern, and he pointed to the empty seat opposite.

"Hello, uncle." Ji Ran greeted him in a neither condescending nor overbearing manner and offered a cigarette.

Future Yue Laozi had a straight face, and his attitude didn't seem very friendly. Ji Ran didn't care, and could even understand his mood.

Think about how many years later, the daughter will come back with her partner one day...

The daughter I had worked so hard to raise for so many years, the daughter I had pampered for so many years, was suddenly abducted...

It is estimated that when that day comes, I will not give that boy a good look.

"Ji Ran, this is my mother."

Tong Yuanyuan gave her father a hard look, and then introduced her mother.

"Hello Auntie."

"Hey, hello, Xiao Ji. It's your first time here. Don't feel unfamiliar. In fact, this is your home too. Don't treat yourself like an outsider."

Tong Yuanyuan's mother, Yan Zhihua, was completely opposite to the serious and cold attitude of Tong Yuanyuan's father, Tong Anbang. She had a kind smile on her face and looked at Ji Ran cheerfully.

Her eyesight is not very good. Ji Ran didn't see clearly when she was in the front yard. Now she will look at her at a close distance...

True to that sentence, the more the mother-in-law looked at the handsome son-in-law, the more she looked at him, and the more she liked him, the more she liked him.

"This is the second grandfather, my grandfather's second brother, the old patriarch and old village chief of our Tong family." Tong Yuanyuan solemnly introduced the 80-year-old man.

"Hello, Grandpa Ninth."

"Hello, Xiao Ji." Ninth Grandpa Tong Jianjun, with white beard and hair and kind eyes, smiled kindly at Ji Ran.

"This is my aunt." Tong Yuanyuan then introduced the woman sitting below her mother.

"Hello auntie."

"Hello Xiao Ji."

Yan Lihua looked at Ji Ran with a smile on her face and said with a smile, "Yuanyuan never told her mother or me about your situation... Last night her mother said you were coming today, so I came here early specifically to see Let’s see what my niece-in-law is like... Well, he’s very good, he’s a talented person and he didn’t disappoint my aunt.”

"My aunt is too much." Ji Ran responded modestly, and sat down with Tong Yuanyuan opposite his future father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Yan Lihua smiled and nodded, "Now you are here... Then what is it, my aunt is rude to ask, where do you work? Or do you have a career?"

Is this about to start checking accounts?
Girl Yuanyuan, why don't you tell your family about my situation?

It caused me to be checked as soon as I entered the door.

Forget it, even if you say it, they will still check it with a high probability.

It is said that there are a few men who came to the woman's house for the first time, even though the woman's family already knew the man's situation, they still had to be investigated.

Ji Ran replied truthfully, "I don't have a job, and I don't have a company. If I have to say I'm doing something, I built a reservoir in the village and raised some fish."

Ninth grandfather Tong Jianjun, Tong Yuanyuan's mother Yan Zhihua, and her aunt Yan Lihua still have the same expressions, but it is obvious that Tong Yuanyuan's father Tong Anbang's eyes are suddenly more serious.

Noticing that Future Yue Laozi's eyes are getting more and more serious, Ji Ran is also very calm... To be honest, I can really understand his mood.

Thinking about that day, my daughter started a company with hundreds of people and had a successful career, but the man who kidnapped him was a fish feeder...

Ji Ran can't guarantee how good his attitude will be.

What, no money to make?Is character the most important thing?
It is true that character is very important, but character cannot be eaten after all.

Yan Lihua continued to check the household registration, "That new car you drive is yours, right?"

Ji Ran said, "I bought it yesterday."

Yan Lihua said, "How much does that car cost? Installment or full payment? Did you buy it with your own money?"

Ji Ran said, "It's more than 60 yuan, full payment, my own money."

Hearing this, Tong Anbang narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at his daughter. The two sisters, Tong Jianjun and Yan Zhihua, also looked at her.

Tong Yuanyuan didn't even look at the four of them, she peeled her melon seeds.

Not being able to see anything from Ji Ran and Tong Yuanyuan, Yan Lihua continued to ask, "Xiao Ji, if you can afford such a good car, you must be raising fish well in your reservoir and selling them well."

Ji Ran smiled and said, "I don't know if it's good or not, I haven't sold it yet, and I don't plan to sell it now... By the way, I brought two fish I raised here... There are other things, I didn't come And bring it in."

"Oh, you even brought fish here specially. You're thoughtful." Yan Lihua praised and gave her brother-in-law a wink.

"Give me the car keys. It just so happens that there is a fish missing at noon." Tong Anbang stood up and said to Ji Ran lightly.

Ji Ran also got up, "I'll go get the fish."

"Please chat more with Aunt Yuanyuan." Tong Anbang couldn't help but say.

Ji Ran took out the key and Tong Yuanyuan took it over, "Dad, let's go get the fish and stuff."

The father and daughter went out.

In the front yard, the villagers saw their uncle who had just arrived as they wished, and walked away in a hurry.

Only a few people were still sitting there chatting. One of them, a young guy in his 20s, looked at his phone and then at Ji Ran in the room, with a look of shock and doubt.

……

The father and daughter were not in a hurry to get the fish. Tong Yuanyuan dragged her father to a corner of the yard and asked with a straight face, "Old Tong, what do you mean by your attitude towards your son-in-law?"

Tong Anbang, who had been in the room with a serious and solemn expression just now, now looked like a student facing a stern teacher, sneering and saying, "Isn't it because I'm afraid that you will meet someone unkind again... It was the same thing last time Dad's lax control has caused you to..."

Tong Yuanyuan sneered, "Don't compare that scumbag with Ji Ran. This is a great insult to Ji Ran."

"Is this boy so good?" Tong Anbang curled his lips, "Men are like lapdogs when they are in love, trying their best to make you happy. Once they get married, their true colors are revealed, and they turn into wolfdogs, even white-eyed wolves."

"Even if all the men in the world don't have a good thing, Ji Ran is not included." Tong Yuanyuan said confidently.

Tong Anbang frowned, "I think you are blinded by love."

Tong Yuanyuan retorted, "Do you think I will be blinded by love after I've been through some mistakes?"

Tong Anbang disagreed, "Who knows...experts say that once a woman falls in love, her IQ will plummet."

Tong Yuanyuan stared at her father and said no more.

She also knew that her father was doing it for her own good, so that she would no longer be hurt.

"By the way, Yuanyuan, did you pay for that kid's new car? He doesn't have a job, and he doesn't have a career. Where did he get so much money?" Tong Anbang asked.

"Haha, Ji Ran wants my money to buy a car?" Hearing this, Tong Yuanyuan smiled, "If he wants to make money, he can easily earn tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands in a day."

"So powerful? Then what does he do?" Tong Anbang frowned even more.

A person without a job or a career can earn tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands a day?
Not a liar, right?
Tong Yuanyuan thought her father would be shocked and happy when she told about Ji Ran's earning power, but unexpectedly...

He immediately understood what his father was thinking.

Just as he was about to explain, the young man who was looking at his cell phone and then at Ji Ran in the courtyard came over and asked excitedly, "Sister Yuanyuan, are my brother-in-law and him the same person?"

As he said that, he showed his phone to Tong Yuanyuan.

What was playing on the phone was a short video, the content was Ji Ran's grass carp fishing in Qingjiang that day...

Tong Yuanyuan glanced at her phone, then at her father, smiling without saying a word.

"Show me." Tong Anbang took the young man's mobile phone.

After watching for a while, Tong Anbang was puzzled, "It looks similar, but not quite... Yuanyuan, is this fishing anchor Xiao Ji?"

　Beg for a monthly ticket with the cheek
　　
　
(End of this chapter)