Xu Jian ran out of the courtyard gate as fast as lightning, dashing straight toward the Old Village Chief's house like a whirlwind. Xu Linhai and his wife were wandering around Granny Hua's greenhouse, clicking their tongues in endless admiration.
Looking at the courtyard full of flowers and plants, Li Ying kept envisioning stacks of banknotes in her mind. Her eyes, her heart, and her hands all felt entirely unsettled. She thought to herself: Granny Hua can make money relying on these flowers and plants at such an advanced age, why can't I? Thus, she decided that starting tomorrow, she would also grow flowers and plants.
Xu Linhai's appreciation for flowers and plants was limited strictly to how much they could actually be sold for; everything else had nothing to do with him. Rather than saying he had come to admire the flowers and plants, it would be more accurate to say he had come to appraise them. Once he calculated the figures—and calculation truly opened his eyes—his stomach churned with envy as he imagined what it would be like once these flowers and plants were turned into cash and stuffed into his own pockets...
Chapter 294