Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

A few days after returning to Taojia Village, Xu Qingsong still went to work in the studio as usual. Liu Wangxue also went with him, but they just sat in the lounge area of ​​the bar and chatted with Tao Huaxin, and helped to play with Tiantian.

Tao Huaxin stayed in confinement for two months after giving birth the year before last, so the "not sweet" drink bar in the studio was closed for two months. If people wanted to drink coffee, they had to make it themselves, and all other drinks were no longer available. However, Qiu Xiangrong would occasionally ask Liu Nanshan to bring some desserts for everyone.

Since the sweet little girl turned 100 days old, Tao Huaxin has brought her to the studio almost every day. Except for Monday, when they have a day off, her parents and Qiu Xiangrong are very busy, and they are afraid that something might happen due to negligence. Besides, the studio is not busy either, so Tao Huaxin can take care of her completely.

It can be said that Xiao Tiantian has become a part of the studio in the past two years, and is more like a mascot. When people come to buy food and drinks, they always play with her.

Tiantian is a lively baby. She will respond to anyone who greets her, especially when she was learning to speak. When she saw people coming, she would babble and actively communicate.

Thanks to extensive and frequent social training, Xiao Tiantian, who is less than two years old, has become a "little chatterbox" with a rich vocabulary. Sometimes Tao Huaxin can't stand her, but thinks she must have a talent for language, so she deliberately teaches her to recite some ancient poems, downloads some children's stories for her to read, and also enrolls her in online English courses for children.

Xiao Tiantian is at the age where her language skills are booming, and she has a real talent for languages. After studying for a while, she has achieved remarkable results. Especially when she meets Richard, she will take the initiative to speak English to him.

Richard was amazed at the expressive ability of this sweet baby and liked to take some time to communicate with her after dinner, which was equivalent to giving her a private lesson for about half an hour.

When Tiantian was taking a nap on the sofa, Liu Wangxue came over to the bar and asked Tao Huaxin: "Our little Tiantian's birthday is coming up at the end of the month. How are you and your brother-in-law going to celebrate?"

Tao Huaxin said as he tidied the bar, "I wanted to take her out for some fun. She watched Animal World a few days ago and said she wanted to see tigers and lions, so Xiang Rong and I decided to take her to the city's zoo."

Liu Wangxue joked, "The lions and tigers in the zoo are very different from those in the animal world."

Tao Huaxin also laughed: "What can I do? She doesn't understand yet. Otherwise, would I really have to take her to the African savannah?"

Liu Wangxue nodded: "In fact, it's not impossible to wait until she grows up."

"Then we can wait until she grows up," Tao Huaxin thought, "but by then Xiang Rong and I will definitely not want to let her travel so far."

Then he asked Liu Wangxue, "When do you and Qingsong plan to have a child?"

Liu Wangxue smiled and said, "At least we have to wait until after the wedding. I don't want to wear a wedding dress with a big belly."

Tao Huaxin packed up her things and wiped her hands with a wet towel: "Let me give you some general knowledge. Even if you get pregnant right now, your belly won't get big by the wedding day."

“Hahaha…” Liu Wangxue laughed, “Oh, let it be. Besides, I’ll have to go to the crew again in about ten days after the wedding. Anyway, it’s hard to say.”

As someone who has experienced this, Tao Huaxin still wants to tell her: "If you plan to have a baby, you should try to have it as early as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to recover after giving birth."

During the time when Tao Huaxin was in confinement, she talked a lot about postpartum topics with Liu Wangxue. Gu Xuelan, as a mother, had also talked to her before, and she understood all of this. She really liked children, so she was mentally prepared for what she would face in the future because of the children.

Liu Wangxue agreed and planned to go back and talk to Xu Qingsong again. The two of them discussed and made a plan, but it would be best not to come when the crew was traveling around the country to shoot locations, otherwise she was worried that she would not be able to handle both ends.

A few days passed quickly and it was time for the second recording.

The program crew arrived at Taojia Village two days in advance and installed the camera in the courtyard on the afternoon before the recording began.

Xu Qingsong has now moved to Liu Wangxue's place. His house is left for the program crew to place surveillance equipment, and the two bedrooms can also be used as a lounge for the staff.

The program team worked very efficiently and evacuated quickly after installing the machine.

In order not to disturb their work, Liu Wangxue took the three little ones out to pick up Xu Qingsong from get off work, and took a walk before coming back.

After I came back, I found that the yard, kitchen, living room of the bungalow, and up and down the small building seemed to be completely covered by the machine's perspective.

The two of them looked around and came downstairs. They were discussing what to eat for dinner. Xu Qingsong raised his eyes and saw that the working indicator light of the camera at the living room door lit up, and the lens moved. It seemed that it had successfully captured him and Liu Wangxue, and then it stared straight at them without moving.

Xu Qingsong stopped walking, stared at the dark camera, and asked Liu Wangxue: "Are we going to start filming now?"

Gu Gua flapped its wings and flew over, landing on the camera.

Liu Wangxue came over holding Xiaoci and looked directly at the camera with Xu Qingsong: "The director team said they want to test the operation of the machine, and it will officially start tomorrow morning."

"Oh," Xu Qingsong nodded, and stretched out his hand, wanting Gua Gua to jump down and onto his palm. Gua Gua didn't want to, so he ignored her. "I'm a little uncomfortable. I feel like I have nowhere to hide."

It was rare for Liu Wangxue to see this side of him. During those few days in Beijing, the cameras followed him almost from morning to night, but he never showed this kind of feeling. She smiled and asked, "Are you nervous?"

"Yeah." Xu Qingsong nodded again.

"What should we do then?" Liu Wangxue pretended to be distressed.

Xu Qingsong bent down slightly and moved his face closer, his meaning was obvious: "If you comfort me, I will definitely not be nervous anymore."

Liu Wangxue pinched Xiaoci's paw and pressed it against his cheek: "This is the most precious decompression pad in the world. Do you feel better?"

Xu Qingsong turned his other face and said, "It would be even better if its owner could kiss it again."

"Okay," Liu Wangxue smiled and kissed him, "I'll fry you another heart-shaped fried egg later. I promise that you won't feel nervous at all after you finish eating it."

Xu Qingsong was very satisfied and walked out with her in his arms: "But it seems that there are no eggs at home."

Liu Wangxue: "Then I'll leave it as is and do it tomorrow."

Pengpeng followed them, but Guaguai did not come out with them. He still stood on the camera, lowered his head and pecked on the left and right, then stretched his head forward and then lowered it, wanting to peck at the glass of the camera again. Suddenly, the camera lens moved up, which scared Guaguai. He immediately took a step back and shrank his head.

The camera turned left and right again, and it seemed that it failed to capture the tiny thing, so it returned to its original angle and remained motionless.

The enemy didn't move, but kept moving. It flapped its wings and flew out, shouting as if it was stressed: "Scare the bird to death! Scare the bird to death!"

Xu Qingsong didn't even turn his head. He stretched out a hand, and Gu Gua landed steadily in his palm, complaining: "You scared the hell out of me!"

Guessing what happened, Liu Wangxue laughed at the little parrot: "You deserve it!"

Xu Qingsong touched Gua Gua's head and said, "You can have a few more bites of dinner to replenish your energy."

When Xiaoci heard this, she immediately rubbed against Liu Wangxue's arms and acted like a spoiled child: "Meow~" I was also scared~ I was scared by this bird~
Pengpeng also came over: "Woof!" And me!

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong laughed: "Okay, we have both."

In front of the monitor next door, the assistant director asked: "Which camera positions were used just now? Did they capture all of them?"

The staff member said: “We captured them all.”

The assistant director was satisfied: "Edit it into the main film."

"Okay." The staff member took note.

The next morning, I got up early and took the three little ones out for a run. The morning breeze was gentle and the sun was bright. Looking at the rapeseed fields from near to far, I felt extremely relaxed physically and mentally.

After coming back from a walk, the two of them made a simple breakfast together, and after eating, they took the three little ones for a walk in the village.

In the past two years, Taojia Village has developed through eco-tourism. After the rape blossoms in spring, summer is the season for lotus flowers. There are already many lotus fields here, many of which are connected together, which really fits the scene of "the lotus leaves are endless and green" in the ancient poem. In addition to lotus flowers, you can also wait until night to encounter fireflies.

In autumn, experience projects will be launched. Visitors can go to the fields to pick lotus roots themselves and take them home, or they can experience making handmade lotus root powder on the spot.

There are no projects in winter yet, and they are still to be developed.

The village’s video account is still in operation. Wang Junpeng has now mastered the use of mobile phone camera, and his editing skills have also improved by leaps and bounds.

As the village's income increased, various infrastructures were also upgraded. The most obvious thing is that wooden plank roads, bridges, waterside pavilions and other structures were built beside the lotus fields, which are reserved for tourists to enjoy the cool air or take pictures.

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong went for a walk here first, hoping to achieve a publicity effect through the program team's camera. They met many tourists on the way and sometimes stopped to chat with them.

I walked through the lotus field and returned to the village, greeting acquaintances as I walked. It was Saturday, and there were tourists again, so the village was much more lively than usual.

Especially now that everyone sees hope for development, Xiao Tao and Hao Hao's parents have returned. During the peak season, they do small businesses at their doorsteps, some open farmhouses, and some have large houses that they renovate and remodel to run B&Bs.

They strolled slowly until noon, stopped by the store to buy eggs, and then went home to make lunch.

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong generally don’t have the habit of taking naps, so after lunch they go to the sun room on the second floor to sit together, basking in the sun and drinking tea.

The pomegranate tree in the yard is green again, and the grape seedlings in front of the living room door of the small building have also climbed up the trellis in the past two years. We ate the grapes it produced last year.

The waterfall rose willow Nanshan, which was transplanted to the corner of the wall behind the small building, has been carefully maintained in the past two years. Now it has climbed up the wall of the sun room, and clusters of purple-red flowers have begun to bloom.

The afternoon sun was a little strong, so Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong sat on the swing chair in the corner of the rose garden and read books, swaying back and forth. The three little ones sat on the blanket at their feet, and the days were peaceful and quiet.

At about 3:00 p.m., the two planned to go to the vegetable garden at the back to dig some shepherd's purse and make shepherd's purse dumplings for dinner. With the basket and hoe in hand, the three children followed them and when they were about to go out, they met Qinglei's mother at the gate of the yard.

Qinglei's mother was also holding a bamboo basket filled with vegetable seedlings. Seeing their posture, she thought that Gu Xuelan had already told them about it, so she said cheerfully, "Come on, I'll teach you two. It's very simple. Just dig a hole and throw the seedlings in."

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong looked at each other and asked Qinglei's mother, "Aunt? What do you want to teach? How to grow vegetables?"

After asking, he looked at the director who was following him and thought, is this a temporary arrangement?

Seeing their expressions, Qinglei's mother knew she had misunderstood: "Xuxu, didn't your mother call you?"

Liu Wangxue shook his head.

"Well," Qinglei's mother said with a smile, and lifted the basket in front of them again, letting them see, "This is it, these are all vegetable seedlings, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, peppers, and eggplants. Your parents said they wanted to plant some, so they asked me to save some seedlings."

Then Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan went to Beijing with the two children, and they didn't come back together. Just now, Tao Huayu's aunt came to deliver vegetable seedlings, and Qinglei's mother called Gu Xuelan and asked her what to do with the seedlings.

Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan were also thinking about this, but they couldn't come back for a while. Gu Xuelan said to Qinglei's mother, "Let Xuxu and Qingsong plant the seeds. They are filming a show right now, so they can find something to do instead of being idle at home."

Qinglei’s mother said: “Your mother also said, what is this called, something to increase the effect of the show, hahaha…”

Originally, Gu Xuelan wanted to tell Liu Wangxue to go to Qinglei's house to get it, but Qinglei's mother was worried that she and Xu Qingsong didn't know how to grow them, and it would be a pity if they all died, so she said she would come over to take a look and give a hand.

"Oh, that's fine," Liu Wangxue rolled up his sleeves and said to Xu Qingsong, "Then go plant it."

Xu Qingsong said to Qinglei's mother: "Then I'm sorry to bother you, Auntie. We may not be very good at it."

"It's not a bother, it's not a bother," Qinglei's mother walked with them to the vegetable garden at the back and asked, "So what are you two going to do?"

Liu Wangxue said, "I want to dig some shepherd's purse to make dumplings in the evening."

Qinglei's mother talked to them about how to make the dumplings more delicious.

The soil in Liu Nanshan's vegetable field had been turned over before he went to Beijing. It has been sunny recently, so the soil is still loose.

Qinglei's mother was used to doing farm work. With a hoe in her hand, she dug a deep hole in a few strokes, pressed the seedlings into the hole, pushed the soil around it, and planted them.

Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong followed suit and soon mastered the key points.

Seeing that they were fine, Qinglei's mother planned to go back. She also had seedlings to plant. Before leaving, she reminded them, "After you two finish planting, don't forget to water them. Water them thoroughly."

Worried that they didn't know what "thorough watering" meant, Qinglei's mother asked Xu Qingsong to go back and get the water pipe and install it on the faucet beside the vegetable patch.

When the water pipe was being pulled into the ground, Pengpeng came over to help. He held the pipe in his mouth and ran while pulling it. He was so happy.

Xiaoci was just like when he first came to the yard, he was still unwilling to go to the ground because it was dirty, so he just stayed on Pengpeng's back. Poor big golden retriever, he had to work and take care of his little brother. Liu Wangxue felt sorry for him and decided to give him a snack at night.

Look at Guagua again. The little guy is standing on the rose branch on the wall, directing its sparrow friends to catch insects for the roses. This is also a job after all.

Qinglei's mother used a hose to water the tomato seedlings that had just been planted. "This is the sandy variety. It's sour and sweet and can be eaten directly as a fruit. This is the seedling that Huayu's aunt asked for."

After watering, he called Xu Qingsong to turn off the tap and said, "This level is basically enough. The weather has been dry recently, and it will not survive if you don't water it thoroughly."

"Okay." Xu Qingsong and Liu Wangxue agreed and stood up to see Qinglei's mother off.

There were not many seedlings, about twenty of each kind, and it didn't take long to plant them in small plots.

Considering that the ground was wet after watering and they couldn't step on it, the two of them first dug up some shepherd's purse for dinner, then watered the ground as Qinglei's mother demonstrated, put away the water pipe and went home.

When watering the plants, Pengpeng was running around the field with Xiaoci on his back, his four paws covered in mud. Liu Wangxue washed and dried his feet first before washing the shepherd's purse.

There was a piece of pork tenderloin in the refrigerator, so Xu Qingsong took it out and put it in the microwave to thaw it, then washed his hands and kneaded the dough. It was for just two people, and there wasn't much stuffing, so they didn't need to knead too much dough.

After the dough was kneaded and Liu Wangxue had thawed the pork tenderloin, Xu Qingsong washed his hands, took the knife, and chopped the shepherd's purse and the meat together. After the stuffing was chopped, he went to the dining table to roll out the dumpling wrappers.

Liu Wangxue put the stuffing into the soup bowl, washed the chopping board and knife and hung them up, then mixed the seasoning on the stuffing and stirred it a few times. She instantly felt intoxicated by the aroma.

Liu Wangxue took a deep breath into the basin and sighed to Xu Qingsong: "My mouth is watering."

She brought it to the dining table and asked Xu Qingsong to smell it, "Is it?"

Xu Qingsong also took a deep breath and said, "It's over. The gluttony in my stomach is about to burst out." He also praised Liu Wangxue, "You have added the seasoning well, just right, and mixed it together to bring out all the aromas of various levels."

"That's an exaggeration," Liu Wangxue laughed as she stirred with chopsticks. "If I must say so, it's because you chopped the stuffing well, the particles are even and fine, which gives the seasoning room to fully play its role."

Xu Qingsong also laughed: "In the final analysis, it's because we work well together!"

Liu Wangxue came over and kissed him on the cheek: "Reward for tacit understanding!"

Xu Qingsong kissed her back: "It's worth double!"

The two looked at each other, and the kitchen was filled with a sweet atmosphere. (End of this chapter)