The sales staff weren't looking down on you. They were just afraid you wouldn't buy anything.

"Around one million. It needs to be easy to operate, and preferably look nice, that's all..."

After Lin Yue returned, Gu Jingyan bought luxury cars worth millions. She even got her driver's license. Now that she's buying cars herself, she thinks it's best to keep a low profile.

"Around one million, the Porsche Macan is the top choice. It has a moderate body size, light steering, comes with a full suite of driver assistance features, and makes parking in the city a breeze. The lines are smooth and refined, and there are many color options. It's the most popular choice among female customers."

Lin Yue couldn't understand what he was saying at all. Nevertheless, she sat down and tried it out. If it was easy to operate, she would be quite willing to accept it.

After the test drive, the salesperson immediately came over again.

"If you're not satisfied with this one, we also have an Audi Q8, a Porsche 718, a Mercedes-Benz CLS..."

"This one's fine. I think it's okay. Let's get the paperwork done." Lin Yue took out her bank card.

"Okay, you can drive the car away today. We'll handle all the paperwork afterwards... Financing is also an option..."

"Pay in full directly."

"Full payment."

Lin Yue's words, "Pay in full," immediately drew the attention of all the other employees in the store. A car worth over a million yuan paid in full—who would have thought this young lady was so low-key? Her clothes looked ordinary. Who knew she was so extravagant?

In their third- or fourth-tier city, a million-plus yuan is indeed considered quite a fortune.

After waiting in the store for more than an hour, Lin Yue received the car keys and was able to drive away. They would personally deliver the other documents to Lin Yue later.

They drove up the mountain. Half an hour later, they arrived at their village. The village was at the foot of the mountain. But her villa was at the very top of the village, a detached house, more than a hundred meters away from the main village.

First, we drove the car to the village chief's house.

"Oh my, is this a relative of the village chief? I heard the village chief's second son bought a house in the city. Is he back?"

As soon as the car stopped, the villagers sitting around immediately began to guess who had driven it back.

Even in rural areas, life is better now, but the village population is dwindling. Young people have all gone to big cities for better job opportunities, and children are transferring to schools in the city. The village school used to be quite nice, but I heard it's practically empty now.

Lin Yue got out of the car.

"Oh my god, isn't this Yueyue? Good heavens, Yueyue, is this your car?"

They were just sitting at the door chatting idly. But when they saw Lin Yue, they all immediately gathered around the car.

"Yes, ladies, I just bought this car. I'll take you for a drive sometime."

Lin Yue grew up in the village, and most of these aunties had a good relationship with her. Sometimes they would even help her family with small favors. Lin Yue was much more casual in her conversations with them.

"Then you'd better make it clear, don't tell us you're busy when we want to ride in your car." Grandma Wang teased her.

"How could that be? You'll be sitting here in a bit. Just be sure you're comfortable sitting here. Don't worry about me leading you astray."

"Hahaha... What am I afraid of? You're the one driving. Even if I'm in the ditch, you can't run away."

Hearing the noise outside the door, Uncle Village Chief came out as well.

"Hey, Yueyue, you're finally back! Your villa looks amazing. I'll go get you the keys."

The villa has been completed for several months, with another two months spent on interior decoration and two months on ventilation. All the furniture and other furnishings are in place; all that's left is for Lin Yue to return and move in.

"Thank you so much, Uncle Village Chief. I'm so grateful for your help." Lin Yue said as she took out the good cigarettes and liquor she had bought in the city and went into the village chief's house.

"No need to thank me, we should be thanking you. Thanks to you, everyone is able to make money. You can see that everyone in the village is poor now, and young people don't want to stay in the village. The things we grow here aren't worth much anyway."

"Not worth much? I remember a few years ago everyone was planting Sichuan peppercorns, right? Back then, a pound of Sichuan peppercorns could cost tens of yuan."

Lin Yue's memories of the village date back to a few years ago. At that time, her family farmed a few acres of land.

Grandma supported herself to go to school every year by selling peppercorns, and even then, Chen Meiling and her family would take a lot of it.

They do nothing themselves, yet every year at the start of the new school year, they ask their grandmother for money, saying it's for Lin Mingming's tuition and tutoring fees. It's utterly shameless.

"That was in the past. Because it was more profitable back then, about 80% of the area here was planted with Sichuan pepper trees. Every year, a large amount of Sichuan pepper was harvested, and the price kept dropping. Now it's only five or six yuan per kilogram. There's also the labor investment involved. After deducting the costs, there's not much money left, not to mention that picking Sichuan pepper is hard work."

"Okay, I really don't know much about this. I didn't expect it to be this cheap. What should I do?"

Lin Yue thought that when she hired people to do the work, she had to pay them 1.5 yuan for each pound of peppercorns picked. After deducting the labor cost, there really wasn't much left.

No wonder, young people don't like to stay in the village. They only pick Sichuan peppercorns for two months during the summer vacation, and then there's basically nothing else to do.

"So what are you doing running back home now? With that money, you might as well buy a house in the city. Who would still be running to the countryside these days?"

The village chief sighed. He then retrieved a pile of keys that he had left behind earlier.

"This bunch is the front door key, and these are the room keys."

Lin Yue took the keys and placed the items on the village chief's table.

"What are these?"

"Uncle Village Chief, you've helped me a lot. These are for you."

"You silly child, you really don't need it, you've already given me so much." The village chief even felt embarrassed.

"No need for it. I won't use the cigarettes and alcohol even if you don't want them. Just take them." After saying that, Lin Yue went out to get her car.

"Yueyue, your house is quite big. If you need any help, just let us know. We happen to be free right now, so we'll go and help you out."

Aunt Pang was also standing in front of the car, watching the excitement with everyone else.

"Okay. I'll go back and check first."

She drove a few hundred meters and arrived at her house. Only a few hundred meters behind the villa were the mountains, a deep green expanse. After opening the villa's gate, she drove into the yard. The yard was entirely paved and tiled.

There were a few areas nearby that were specially fenced off with gardens, but there was nothing inside yet. This was something I had specifically asked them to leave.

There was another open space behind it, paved with cement, but with a dozen or so neat rectangular vegetable plots marked out in the middle. This was specifically reserved for Lin Yue, who planned to plant some things here later.

After checking each room with the keys, the house was still empty. The renovation was complete; all that was missing was furniture.

Looks like I'll have to call someone over. I'd better not bother two people, so I called designer Liu again.

"Hello, Ms. Lin. Have you seen the house? Are you satisfied?"

"It's not bad, but I haven't installed the furniture and curtains in my house yet. Do you have any good recommendations? Or you could take care of this for me. I'll give you another 10,000 yuan after it's all done. Help me buy the furniture and arrange everything. I didn't think of these things before. I wish I had asked you to do it sooner."

Lin Yue doesn't even have a place to sit in this house now.

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