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Chapter 510: Simple Folk Customs
This is what is meant by "it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality." Even if the Qin family really went bankrupt, their life would still be much better than that of ordinary families.

At worst, you'll become a defaulter and be restricted from high-end consumption. If things really don't work out, it's still easy to keep some valuables at home or transfer some cash.

Putting everything else aside, just selling one of the luxury items in the house would amount to more than an average family could accumulate in a lifetime.

However, people who are used to spending lavishly and consuming a lot of money find it difficult to adapt to the life of ordinary people at first. What makes it most difficult is not the decrease in food or expenses, but the huge sense of disparity.

Things he used to be able to buy easily may now be luxuries for him, and people who used to treat him with utmost respect may not even give him a second glance.

Over the years, both Qin Tian and Qin Zhenhong, father and son, have witnessed many people around them go bankrupt and gradually fade out of their circle. At first, they just took it as a joke, but they never thought that one day, such a thing might happen to them.

Most importantly, it wasn't just this one factory that experienced a power outage; rather, it affected many of his more important businesses.

Normally, if just one industry has this kind of problem, it would be enough to cause them a lot of trouble, let alone when all their important industries are in trouble at the same time.

When Huang Hao returned home, the situation was similar, but fortunately, his family's situation wasn't as bad, and his father didn't mention going bankrupt.

After all, the power problem will eventually be solved; at worst, the cold storage facility will suffer some losses.

At worst, even if they sell their hotels, they will still be wealthy, assuming that electricity is restored later.

This is simply because the two companies have different business directions, resulting in different consequences. In short, Huang Hao's business will not incur huge breach of contract penalties due to the power outage.

However, even at this point, neither of them expected that this matter was related to them, but it did manage to dissuade them from taking any action against Lin Mo.

After all, their own family is in dire straits, so who has time to care about someone insignificant?

Meanwhile, Lin Mo and the others slept in the hotel until noon, when they were woken up by the hotel staff.

There's no other way; if I continue sleeping, I'll have to pay for the next day's service.

Although neither Lin Mo nor Miss Yuan cared about the money, they didn't know how long they would stay or when they would return to Jiangning, so they didn't continue to pay. After all, they didn't have any luggage to leave at the hotel and could buy things whenever they wanted, which was very convenient.

In the afternoon, it was obvious that his mother had gone to work by this time. As for his father, he was still at home, working the 4 PM shift, but it looked like he would be going to work soon. There was no point in going home, so Lin Mo drove Miss Yuan's G-Wagon directly to the countryside.

Don't ask him why he didn't drive his own car; his sports car was blocked by his mother's car last night.

Hukou Village, the place where his cousin Su He became famous in October, and Lin Mo's maternal grandmother's home.

Driving along, all four of them were in good spirits today, probably because they had slept well last night. In any case, they had all recovered somewhat.

As for Liu Ruyan, after having a video call with his mother last night, he finally strongly demanded that she change his nickname in his phone.

Although it's unclear how Liu Ruyan and her mother talked or what they discussed, Liu Ruyan seemed to be in good spirits during their video call last night, clearly indicating that the future daughter-in-law and future mother-in-law are very satisfied with each other.

Lin Mo drove off the national highway and then drove on the cement roads built in the countryside. Fortunately, although they were in the countryside, it was not as remote as the kind of place where people take their girlfriends home for the New Year, so the three of them did not feel scared.

You know, some places are so remote that even going back to the other person's hometown requires constantly sharing your location with your family. This is mainly because the place is so remote that it's frightening, and you might even think it's a human trafficking den.

Director Wang and Chuan Mei were alright, especially Director Wang, who knew rural life like the back of his hand. But Miss Yuan was very excited!

To be honest, she hadn't really been to the countryside much. Growing up in a family that was well-off and pampered, she had almost no contact with rural life. At most, she would pass through a small town with nice scenery and a village with unique features when she traveled.

This was actually her first time visiting a rural area.

The main reason was that the Sichuan girl wanted to go see the place where 2888t became a legend in October this year and wanted to check it out, while Miss Yuan said she wanted to go hiking because she heard that there are mushrooms there.

Lin Mo explained that there were no mushrooms left this month, and the only animals in the mountains were pheasants. Miss Yuan didn't believe him and became even more excited when she heard about pheasants, saying she wanted to get one to try. However, Lin Mo firmly refused and told her that they were protected animals and that eating them was illegal.

But this did not dampen Miss Yuan's enthusiasm. She said that even if she couldn't eat it, looking at it would be fine. She had never seen a live pheasant before and didn't know the difference between it and a domesticated chicken.

Lin Mo originally wanted to suggest visiting some small tourist attractions in their southern city, since they at least have temples and such. However, after hearing what the others said, he could only go with the majority, since they were guests.
"Wow~~ Mo Zai, your hometown is nice, all mountains~~" Miss Yuan exclaimed, sticking her head out of the car window.

There's no way around it; Hukou Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, so it's basically just mountains. But at least his dad's hometown has a river, and the scenery there is much better.

"Of course, they're so poor they only have mountains left. Most young people these days live outside the city, and if they want to get married, they at least have to buy a house in the city. So there are actually very few people left in the countryside now," Lin Mo sighed.

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan simply pursed her lips and said, "That's wonderful! When I get old, I'll definitely find a scenic spot, build a small courtyard in the countryside, fence it off, plant some flowers, grow some corn, and raise some chickens and ducks. That would be my idyllic and leisurely life!"

Hearing this, Lin Mo sneered: "I believe you have the ability, but I believe even more that with your ability, you will most likely build a villa in the countryside, with smart appliances all over the house. Raising some chickens and ducks is just because you're craving something and want to eat something all-natural and pollution-free anytime!"

It wasn't that he was belittling Miss Yuan; after all, in a real rural area, the dry toilet alone would have been enough to drive Miss Yuan to the brink of collapse.

"Go to hell! Can't I just like animals?" Miss Yuan spat.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mo's car stopped in front of his uncle's house, and then a chicken came out.

Upon seeing this, Miss Yuan immediately became excited and pointed at the chicken, shouting, "I know this! It's a free-range chicken!"

Just then, Lin Mo's uncle came out of the yard with welding fumes in his mouth and saw everyone.

"Xiao Mo? What brings you here? What's this?" Zhou Jianping asked.

Seeing this, Lin Mo quickly said, "I brought my friends over to play. This is my uncle, and these are my friends!"

Upon seeing this, Miss Yuan and her two companions quickly greeted them.

"Hello, Uncle" *3
As she spoke, Miss Yuan handed over two bottles of Moutai, while Director Wang and the Sichuan girl got out of the car carrying fruit.

"Oh, it's Xiao Mo's friends! What did you bring to visit? Come on in!" Zhou Jianping quickly greeted them.

Just then, Miss Yuan pointed at the chicken on the ground and asked, "Uncle, is this a free-range chicken? Wow, it's so big!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo's uncle, Zhou Jianping, was taken aback, then looked down at his own rooster and fell into a brief silence.

As everyone knows, people in the countryside are simple and honest; even his uncle couldn't tell if this was an exaggeration or an order!

In the end, he nodded without saying anything, just smiled. After all, his uncle was not good with words, as is the case with old people in the countryside. But the result was that this was the last day the free-range chickens would roam.

(End of this chapter)