Leisurely mountain village

"Xiao Hua, what about you? How did you fall for this guy?" Ye Huan asked Xiao Hua.

"Woof~" Saihu said, "You've gone too far! Our love is pure and we're in a free relationship."

"I don't believe you for a second!" Ye Huan said with disdain for Sai Hu.

"Little Tangyuan, Little Flower Baby, give Uncle one later, okay?" Ye Huan asked the little girl in his arms.

"Of course it's good! Grandpa said he only needs to keep one, the rest will be given away. It's so pitiful!" Little Tangyuan pouted, unhappy that her grandfather was giving away all the dogs.

"Don't worry, Uncle will bring the rest home!" Ye Huan reassured the child.

"Mmm, Uncle is the best, umm~" Little Tangyuan's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled and kissed Ye Huan on the cheek.

"Haha~" Ye Huan laughed happily.

After delivering Xiao Tangyuan home, Xiao Hua also arrived. Ye Huan told Tangyuan's grandfather and his second uncle about Xiao Hua's puppy. Tangyuan's grandfather said he knew and would tell him when Xiao Hua gave birth.

They came with two people and two dogs, and returned with one person and one dog. Saihu led the way, and Ye Huan followed behind. In the quiet mountain village, the chirping of insects and croaking of frogs, along with the bright moonlight, created a harmonious rural nocturne.

He took Saihu for a stroll in the back mountain and watered a few fruit trees with spiritual spring water. It wasn't that he didn't want to do it all, but his parents had planted too many fruit trees when they were at home, so he could only water some of them selectively.

At the foot of the mountain, on that fertile land, all kinds of vegetables grow. In his spare time, he would always carry a bucket and gently water them.

At first, he used the precious spiritual spring water directly, and the vegetables seemed to be blessed by the gods, growing twenty or thirty centimeters taller overnight. This strange phenomenon shocked him.

He secretly rejoiced that he was the only one who discovered such a miracle; otherwise, he wouldn't know how to explain it to the villagers.

So he began to try different methods to explore the best ratio for using the spiritual spring water. He carefully mixed and experimented again and again until he found the perfect ratio.

One liter of spiritual spring water, mixed with twenty liters of clear mountain spring water, retains the magical effects of the spiritual spring while avoiding unnecessary trouble caused by the vegetables growing too fast.

Today, in his backyard, a large vat stands quietly, filled with this specially made blend of spring water.

Whenever the sunlight falls on the vegetables, he would lift the bucket of mixed water and gently water these creatures, as if singing a silent ballad for them, hoping that they would grow strong and bloom with the most brilliant colors.

When the vegetables in the backyard ripened again, he picked some and put them in a basket. There weren't many, but there were several kinds. In the morning, he rode off on the electric scooter he had bought.

"Saihu, you should go back. It's not easy for you to go to the county town. You'll have to be tied up with a rope, it's too much trouble." Ye Huan stopped and said to Saihu, who was chasing after him.

"Woof~~" Saihu's meaning was simple: Did you go out to sneak out and eat something delicious without me?

"How could I? I really am going to run errands. Look, I brought vegetables." Ye Huan was speechless, indicating that things were too difficult for her.

Saihu looked at the basket, then at its young master with a puzzled expression, and went back.

"You little punk, I can't fool you~ Hehe~" Ye Huan laughed, set off on his bike. The road out of the village was full of potholes, so he could only ride slowly and carefully.

Because of the road conditions, this small mountain village has never been able to develop. It's not worth it for the county or town to spend millions of dollars to build this road for such a small village.

"Luckily, no road was built, otherwise the village would have been ruined!" Ye Huan muttered as he rode his bike.

He knew all too well how many small mountain villages outside had been ruined by those so-called self-driving tours and backpackers. If you encountered someone with good manners, it was alright, but if you encountered someone with bad manners, the villagers would be so angry they wanted to kill someone.

Therefore, he prefers his village to be simple. Since obtaining the space, he has become more low-key and even feels that it would be best for him to become a hermit.

Of course, he wouldn't mind having a few close friends come over for a drink. However, in the first half of his life, he was a nobody at school. Because he came from the countryside, he was rather insecure and didn't have many good friends.

After starting work, it's even worse. What kind of kind person would treat a colleague as a friend?

As for his childhood friends in the village, even if they had feelings for each other when they were young, they have faded over the years as he went away to study and work. I haven't seen him come back for the Spring Festival every year. He doesn't gather with friends or gamble; he genuinely doesn't like those things.

Of course, there are indeed two. One is called Man Niu, his childhood friend, the same age as him, an orphan from the village. He has followed Ye Huan since he was a child, eating and living at his house. After all, Ye Huan's grandfather was quite well-off in the village back then.

"I think he's working as an extra in Hengdian now, right? I've heard him say that~" Ye Huan muttered to himself. Man Niu was tall and strong. He had heard Man Niu say before that he was an extra in Hengdian and wouldn't starve because the film crew provided meals. Many stars don't like eating boxed lunches, so he often told Ye Huan that he had eaten as many as eight boxed lunches in one meal.

He's a fairly well-known extra in Hengdian, not because of his acting skills, but because of his nickname, "Lunchbox God." Many production crews are willing to give him opportunities, after all, he now has several hundred thousand fans.

After all, providing a few more boxed meals garnered attention from netizens. In the film and television industry, having some viewership is always better than having none.

Furthermore, since the beginning of this year, mindless, feel-good dramas have become incredibly popular. Now, more small production crews have gathered in Hengdian, so Man Niu isn't worried about not having work. As long as there's work, there's lunchboxes to eat. Which short drama director would refuse a lunchbox god with hundreds of thousands of fans?

Ye Huan wasn't worried about Man Niu, who had been independent since childhood and had his own opinions. What worried him was another childhood friend, who he heard was now hanging around with some boss. Man Niu had also learned some kung fu from Ye Huan's grandfather since he was a child, so he was quite skilled.

Ye Huan was worried that he might get carried away and cause trouble. After all, he had a foundation in martial arts, but he didn't have much brains and was easily fooled.

"Sigh~ I'll call him back when he's made it big in the future. I really don't feel comfortable leaving him out there!" Ye Huan was thinking about her two good friends and childhood friends.

It took more than an hour to get to the town. It was not as fast as running, but the electric scooter was much faster to get from the town to the county seat. Ye Huan did not stop in the town. He did not think that the small restaurants in the town would be willing to spend a lot of money to buy organic vegetables.

However, before going to the big hotel, he went to a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy first.

Yes, it was his first time going into the mountains after he came back, and he was incredibly lucky. He found a wild ginseng. He had been running in the mountains with his grandfather since he was a child, so how could he not recognize a wild ginseng that was over a hundred years old?

So he brought the wild ginseng back with him. It was a rare opportunity to come to the city today, so he brought it along, planning to sell it, save some money, and renovate his house, starting with the bathroom, as he really couldn't stand using a dry toilet.