Rebirth: I Want to Collect Rent

Hao Liang heard Meng Mengdi say that Zhang Fei had ordered a lot of fireworks this year, and he was afraid that Meng Mengdi would buy a lot of them if he got mad, so he asked quickly.

"You haven't ordered it, right? She does this every year. Her fireworks take a long time. If you have ordered them, just go back and cancel them."

"I don't have it. I can just go to Zhang Fei's house tomorrow to see it. I can set off so many fireworks and people in your village won't say I can't live a good life."

"Well, that's good, let's sit down and rest for a while." Hao Liang said with a sigh of relief.

Although Hao Liang is rich now, he doesn't want to show off in the village to avoid being gossiped about by the villagers.

On New Year's Eve, just like last year, they had a New Year reunion at Hao Liang's house. Meng Mengdi went to help Hao Liang's mother over before worshiping.

I don’t know if it was because of the Chinese New Year, but Hao Liang’s mother rarely woke up these days and followed Meng Mengdi to Hao Liang’s house.

Seeing that the uncle was already there, Hao Liang's mother walked to the uncle and whispered, "His uncle, when the second brother calls for someone later, ask him to call the boss's kid."

"Oh! I know. I will tell A-Liang. Don't be sad. Fortunately, there is A-Liang. He is also promising. It's good for you now."

Hao Liang's mother didn't reply when she heard her uncle's words. She just stood aside quietly. Her face was still full of sadness.

During the New Year's Eve dinner, Hao Liang's mother didn't say a word, she held the bowl and carefully picked up the dishes in front of her.

Meng Mengdi looked at Hao Liang's mother's current appearance, picked up other dishes and put them in front of Hao Liang's mother, but she didn't say a word.

Zhang Fei, who was usually chatty, became quiet when he saw this scene. The whole New Year's Eve dinner was a bit weird.

Fortunately, Hao Liang's mother may also feel embarrassed to stay here, so she quickly finished her meal and said to Hao Liang.

"Second brother, I'll go back after I've finished eating. Can you go visit your father's grave tomorrow morning? You haven't been there yet."

"Yes! I will go tomorrow." Hao Liang shook his chopsticks and said.

"Mengmeng, I was a bad mother-in-law in the past. Thank you. You are a good child. I will go back first."

After saying that, Hao Liang's mother left Hao Liang's house and went back to her old house.

After the uncle sighed, he said a few words, and the atmosphere recovered. Zhang Fei, in particular, kept chattering, as if he was suffocated.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the uncle gave each of Hao Liang's three juniors a red envelope and said to Meng Mengdi.

"Mengmeng, since you are here this year, remember to invite the Stove Lord later. Uncle, I will go back first."

"Oh, I'll go get it later. I've got everything ready."

"Well, I'll go back then." After saying that, the uncle left.

As soon as Chicken Wings saw his uncle leaving, he quickly followed him without stopping for a moment. Meng Mengdi called Chicken Wings twice without even looking back.

"Hao Liang, this chicken wing is so heartless. I have raised it for so long, and yet it has followed my uncle after coming back for so many days." Meng Mengdi said a little depressed.

"If you want to see who's breeding, how many times has Wangcai been lost, I tell you, this dog looks good. It's better to braise them."

"Mengmeng, let's go, don't worry about that dead dog, go to my house to set off fireworks, the kids are all impatient."

Meng Mengdi heard Zhang Fei asking her to set off fireworks, and said to Hao Liang, "Hao Liang, let's set off fireworks together."

"I'm staying at home to watch the New Year's Eve, so I won't go. Please invite the Stove Lord before you go."

When Meng Mengdi heard that Hao Liang asked her to invite the Stove Lord to set off fireworks with Zhang Fei, she said to Zhang Fei, "Zhang Fei, please wait for me. I'll go and pay my respects and I'll be fine soon."

"Then hurry up." Zhang Fei responded, sat down on the stool and started cracking melon seeds.

Meng Mengdi was very fast. In less than a while, she invited the Stove Lord and came out and said to Hao Liang.

"Hao Liang, Zhang Fei and I went to set off fireworks. You really don't want to go."

"If you don't want to go, you can go and remember to come back early."

"Mengmeng, Hao Liang, forget it if he doesn't go. It's the same every year. Come with me. Let me tell you, these fireworks look great when they are set off."

"Then I'm leaving. If I had known better, I would have bought more and kept them at home."

Before Meng Mengdi finished speaking, she was pulled away by Zhang Fei. Hao Liang sat in the living room and started watching with the TV remote control.

He thought no one would come to his house, but for some reason, young people from the village who had played with him when he was a child started to come to Hao Liang's house one after another.

Hao Liang took out the cigarette and handed it over and asked, "Why are you guys here? You're not going to play cards."

"What kind of cards are you playing? Gambling was not allowed last year, and this year we are not even allowed to play mahjong. We can only play around. Do you want to go to the market with us to play?" one of them asked.

"What fun things are there in the city? By the way, where do you work now?"

"The two of us are at the construction site. We haven't received our wages this year. We came back naked and plan not to go out next year. We will reserve land in the village and plant grapes. Hao Liang, we came here to ask if you want to rent the vacant land at your home."

"I have to ask my uncle about our land. I really don't know."

"Okay, let's go first. After the Chinese New Year, we'll go to your uncle's house to ask questions. We'll ride motorcycles around the city for a while."

"Then please pay attention to safety on the road." Hao Liang warned him.

After watching the visitor leave, Hao Liang sat back on the stool and watched TV. Originally, Hao Liang did not have a very good relationship with his peers in the village.

Mainly when Hao Liang was a child, he had to help with the work. When his parents saw someone coming to play with him, they would scold them away. Once they came back and forth, no one would play with him.

After Meng Mengdi and Zhang Fei left Hao Liang's house, Zhang Fei opened the red envelope given by his uncle and said to Meng Mengdi.

"Mengmeng, dad is so generous this year. He gave me two hundred New Year's money. It's really different with you here. Look how much you have."

When Meng Mengdi heard Zhang Fei's words, Meng Mengdi also took out the red envelope, opened it, looked inside, and put it away.

"Mengmeng, how much do you have?"

"I won't tell you." Meng Mengdi stuffed the red envelope into her trouser pocket and said.

"No, you must have more than me. According to your Chinese customs, you must have a lot of red envelopes in the first year. I asked about it. Tell me how much." Zhang Fei pestered Meng Mengdi and asked.

"Two thousand, why are you asking about this?"

"Two thousand, ten times mine. This is too unfair. If you still have to find a Chinese husband." Zhang Fei said with some envy.

"Zhang Fei, why are you, a foreigner, looking for us Chinese men?"

"It's good to find a Chinese husband. There are betrothal gifts, red envelopes, and a mother-in-law will take care of you when you have a child. I've inquired about it a long time ago. Now your betrothal gift is 180,000 yuan. It's higher than when I first came here. You

Tell me if I wait a few more years and the price will go up again.”

"Then don't you know that the dowry will be doubled?" Meng Mengdi said angrily.

"I know, the main thing is that the men here don't care about the money, but I will be in charge of the dowry money from now on. How cost-effective. My mother-in-law will also give hardware." Zhang Fei said with a longing look on his face.

It looks like she wants to find a Chinese husband right away so that she can ask for red envelopes openly.

Meng Mengdi listened to Zhang Fei chattering about how much gift she wanted to receive and arrived at the door of Zhang Fei's house.

The children in the village have already gathered at Zhang Fei's house, and this year there are even more single young people in the village.

"Aunt Zhang Fei, are you going to set off fireworks now?" When a child saw Zhang Fei coming back, he quickly ran to Zhang Fei and asked.

"Let it go, I will set off fireworks when I come back. Are all the children in the village here?" Zhang Fei asked, wiping the children's heads.

"Here we come, I'm the first one here." Another child replied.

"Then help me move all the fireworks out. Let's set them all off."

Zhang Fei said as he walked to the door of his yard. After opening the door, he asked the children in the village to help carry the fireworks.

At this time, the village chief and secretary who were on patrol came over. Seeing that Zhang Fei's house was very lively, they said to Zhang Fei who was directing the children in the village to move the fireworks.

"Zhang Fei, you are going to set off fireworks again and create a big battle."

"Isn't that right? Don't I have to set off the fireworks every year? Why don't you go after watching them? I bought more than last year to have a smoke. I bought them specially for the purpose of setting off the fireworks."

"You, a foreigner, are really rich. You use Chinese cigarettes to light the fireworks. After you came, our village was the busiest in your area." The village chief said as he took the cigarette handed over from Zhang Fei.