Volume 3 Chapter 89 - From the city (1/2)

Old man Anduin came out and looked at the desolate land that had once been bountiful since the harvest was over. After hesitating a bit, he sat at the door and took out his homemade pipe to take a few puffs as he tightly knit his brows.

“Yi? Old man, why aren’t you going to the farm, why are you sitting here?” Aunt Vera was just about to go out for a stroll when she saw old man Anduin sitting at the door, immediately becoming curious.

“I was considering something.” Old man Anduin tapped the ground with his pipe and indicated for Vera to sit down, “How do you think…..we should take care of our field?”

“What how to take care of it? Of course we plant it. Could it be that we let it turn wild instead of planting on it?” Vera looked at old man Anduin with a strange look.

But she noticed that old man Anduin had more white hair compared to yesterday and seeing the wrinkles on his face, her heart became soft.

“Of course, it’s fine if you don’t want to plant it anymore. Our two sons and daughter have all found work in the city and their salaries aren’t low, so we can just have them give us a bit to take care of us. We raised them for so long, there should be a bit of filial piety.”

“Nonsense!” Old man Anduin rebuked Vera, “Although those kids have jobs and good wages, they still have their own families and their own expenses. Don’t you remember? Last time our eldest son came back, he said that he was planning on sending his kid to the Frestech Academy, so their expenses shouldn’t be low. We old people still have hands, so why should we increase the burden for our children.”

Vera wasn’t happy being reprimanded by old man Anduin for consoling him, so she glared at him, “Then what do you want to do?”

“I don’t want anything, I’m just a bit hesitant. Do you think……we should plant wheat on our land or should we plant something else?”

“Something else? What?” Vera asked in a surprised voice.

“Didn’t the Cantona Chamber of Commerce come to our village a few days ago, saying that they wanted to rent our land to plant fruit trees? I was thinking whether we should rent our land to them or plant it ourselves. We have planted fruit trees for several years, so we have experience. If we do it ourselves, we’ll definitely earn more money than renting it to the Cantona Chamber of Commerce.”

Vera rolled her eyes at old man Anduin, “If you really want to earn money with this land, it’s better to rent it to the Cantona Chamber of Commerce. Our family has over ten mu of land, that is at least thirty gold coins a year. Instead of idling, you can go find some work at some company, would you earn less money that way?” Vera couldn’t help sighing.

With her understanding of Anduin after being married for thirty years, although he looked hesitant sometimes, he had already made his decision.

“Alright, since you want to do this, then just do it. Anyway earning a bit more money is good and it won’t be losing that much, so it won’t matter.” Vera expressed her support for Anduin like normal.

“Hei, hei, since you said this, then it’s decided.”

Receiving Vera’s approval, Anduin made his decision and immediately thought it through. He knocked his pipe on the ground before standing up.

“I’ll go to the city now and ask about how they’re selling the fruit tree saplings. If it goes smoothly, I’ll start planting tomorrow!”

Seeing Anduin looking so rushed, Vera snappily said, “Don’t you see what time it is? You’re still going to the city?”

“What are you afraid of? Our village is connected by a road now and there’s the Fersen Carriage Company’s public transport. If I ride the public transport, I’ll be back in less than two hours, it’ll be quick.”

Anduin had this kind of charging forward temper. After saying a few words, he headed out of the village.

Although their Prana Village that was over seventy kilometers away from Banta City was just connected by the road last month, the Fersen Carriage Company still opened a transportation line here. But to satisfy the needs of the surrounding villages, the stop was outside the village and he needed to walk a bit.

Who would have thought that before he reached the entrance of the village, there would be sounds that came from the entrance. Anduin looked over and he saw a medium sized Magic Passenger Car driving across the unfinished road in front of the village.

Anduin was stunned. Did the Fersen Carriage Company suddenly move their stop into the village? Why did the public transport suddenly come into the village!

Looking closely, he found that this Magic Car didn’t have the logo of the Fersen Carriage Company. Rather there was a sign on it that said “for rent”.

Anduin was surprised for a bit before reacting. This should be the rentable medium sized Magic Passenger Cars that have been popular in Banta City for the past two months, the people in the city called them taxis.