Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1170 - 1146. Shitou Slope cleaned up

On this side they were busy printing contracts and signing online, when Song Tan received a call from the excavator operator, Sun Ziqiang:

"This Shitou Slope is all sorted out, would you like to come and have a look?"

Since signing the contract, Brother Xiaosun has been entrusted with operating the excavator to tidy up this Shitou Slope, and now it’s finally done.

It’s over six hundred acres, and if Brother Xiaosun weren’t so meticulous, Song Tan might not completely let go. Upon hearing this, she quickly agreed:

"Okay, I’ll come right now!"

She remembered something as she was about to go out, so she turned around and found Lun Chuan standing there watching.

His gaze met Song Tan’s, and he smiled slightly:

"I thought you would go by yourself."

Song Tan quickly turned back to grab his wrist: "Are you silly? You have the keys to the tricycle. You can drive one and easily catch up with me."

Lun Chuan hadn’t expected her to say that, and he was momentarily stunned. Then, he clenched the key: "Then... should I drive this time?"

He really didn’t want to squat in the truck bed holding the railing, shaking all the way again.

Song Tan nodded: "You drive."

Then it was Lun Chuan’s turn to hesitate.

After a while, he handed the key back: "You still drive." Squatting in the truck bed wasn’t comfortable, and Song Tan, such a pretty girl, shouldn’t be squatting there.

Unexpectedly, Song Tan laughed: "Didn’t you notice we have a tricycle where two people can sit up front?"

"Let’s go!" She hopped on: "Let’s hurry up to the mountain. Tian Tian is going to Brother Xiaosun’s house tomorrow to get engaged, let’s review it first, and if everything’s fine, we’ll pay him so he can leave early."

Lun Chuan started the vehicle, then glanced at the seat — it was indeed wide; he hadn’t noticed before and had forgotten here could two people sit.

But his girlfriend wanted to tease him, he couldn’t do anything about it, and besides, Qiaoqiao’s vehicle truly wasn’t good, with only one seat for the driver. So, he changed the topic:

"Tian Tian... is the girl who ran around the day we were slaughtering a pig? I seem to have heard uncle mention her, saying she’s quite capable, and you gave her a high salary."

"Mm." Song Tan nodded: "Actually, my salary isn’t high, but I give good benefits... He’s just lending a hand at our place this year, next year he’ll be busy at home. We’ve given them a lot of strawberry seedlings this year."

"His family is also earnest, renting land to us and giving his parents a salary; the old couple would gladly live in the greenhouse."

Lun Chuan furrowed his brow then relaxed: "As long as they deserve it."

Song Tan giggled: "Does your girlfriend seem silly?"

"Tian Tian had it tough, with family burdens on her shoulders, but she’s quite capable, and giving her a little help wasn’t a big deal."

"Later on, these things..."

Amidst the buzzing of the tricycle, with only the two of them on the road, she still had a secretive look as she nudged over:

"Initially, I didn’t plan to give so much, but she went ahead and started dating Brother Xiaosun — you haven’t met him yet, his family isn’t great, but he’s genuinely earnest."

"We feel happier treating Tian Tian’s family well than we do treating him well, and he works particularly diligently and hard..."

She seemed to speak with a calculating demeanor, but Lun Chuan knew that they were essentially good to Tian Tian first, and then they gained the benefit.

However, he didn’t argue back at this moment, only responded in a low voice: "Mm."

Actually, on the way in the tricycle, they could already see the transformed appearance of Shitou Slope.

All those irregular large and small stones had been excavated, and were all neatly piled along the roadside. frёewebnoѵēl.com

Some piles were not neatly organized, but it was obvious they had been arranged.

On the hillside, there were some small stones mixed with the soil that could only be sorted by meticulous screening, unable to be separated clearly otherwise.

Compared to before when almost only weeds could grow, there was a significant improvement.

Honestly speaking, this far exceeded Song Tan’s expectations. Initially, she only hoped those large stone chunks could be cleaned up.

After all, sorting small stones is too trifling a task, with significant investment involved, and she originally planned to grow wild chrysanthemums, sunflowers, and Ai Cao; she didn’t intend to put much effort into it.

But now, it even seems possible to tidy up and grow vegetables.

Of course, it doesn’t compare with the other hills they’ve taken over before.

"Brother Xiaosun, you really put in a lot of effort," Song Tan remarked.

After dealing with him for a long time, Sun Ziqiang was no longer as shy as he was at the beginning, though now he awkwardly scratched his head before saying:

"Anyway, there’s not much work this season, and you’re providing meals and lodging here, so when I had free time, I used the excavation bucket to tidy the stones... You originally said cleaning just the top layer was good enough for planting, but I thought it wouldn’t be convenient for growing stuff, and decided to put in extra effort."

He said it casually, but doing six hundred acres of work isn’t something anyone can brush off, and Song Tan was delighted: "Brother Xiaosun, you’re so reliable! Tian Tian is so lucky to be with you!"

After finishing, she took out her phone: "Didn’t we still have a balance unpaid? I can’t let you work for nothing..."

In the end, she directly wired an extra five thousand yuan, which was a token of Song Tan’s appreciation.

This made the contents of Brother Xiaosun’s hands feel hot: "We agreed on a price, just stick to that..."

But Song Tan smiled and handed over the keys: "Don’t refuse! You need money now... how will Tian Tian get to your place tomorrow? You can borrow my car to pick her up."

Brother Xiaosun had put all his savings into buying this excavator, and his family didn’t support him in rushing into marriage before earning money for them, so they showed lukewarm interest in the matter.

If it weren’t necessary for the village custom of having a "family recognition" process during engagements, Brother Xiaosun wouldn’t want Tian Tian to undergo the ordeal at his home.

To be honest, he really needed this money.

The vehicle was quite necessary too.

Brother Xiaosun shyly accepted the key: "I won’t refuse then, Tian Tian’s parents aren’t well, riding a motorcycle isn’t ideal... plus Xiaoye, they couldn’t fit in one trip."

The two were lost in discussion here, while Lun Chuan seriously eyed Brother Xiaosun, and then gazed into the distance where mountain slopes stretched vast and empty.

The six hundred-plus acres of slopes wound onward with the mountain terrain, the brown earth and the neatly stacked gray-white stones at the edge were striking.

And at the lowest end among the yet untouched tall wild tea woods, a few tall persimmon trees spread their branches, with scattered vibrant orange-red persimmons hanging haphazardly, showing marks where birds have pecked.

In the distance on the slope, there was then an extensive precipitous cliffside stretching high, where one standing above could faintly see below the glistening ripples...

No wonder Song Tan went this far to claim the mountain. It turns out this entire Shitou Slope connects her mountain on one side, while the other stretches directly to cliffs by the Riverside Beach.

Just...

"There are still persimmons during this time?"

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