"Also..."
Qin Chuan paid no mind to the dead silence, he was used to this kind of reaction.
"I have something important to tell you all!"
"Our renovation team is actually quite flexible!"
"When there's work, you all come to earn money. But when there's no work, you can still go back to farming and cultivating your land. It won't affect anything!"
After this statement, the deathly silence in the air finally broke, and everyone's eyes lit up with sparkling hope.
"Xiao Chuan, if you say so, does that mean that as long as we join the renovation team, we'll be earning twice as much from now on!"
Someone asked loudly, voicing the thoughts of everyone present.
"You can put it that way!"
Qin Chuan nodded. "Farming and renovation often don't interfere with each other!"
"If, on some rare occasion, the two overlap, I'm not completely heartless. I'll give you a few days off so you can take care of your crops first before coming back to work!"
This sentence immediately sent everyone in the courtyard into a frenzy.
As born and raised farmers, farming was always their top priority. Qin Chuan's last statement had completely resolved their biggest concern.
Time ticked by, and Qin Chuan stood in the courtyard, continuously lecturing the villagers and occasionally answering questions. By the time he finished, it was already past three o'clock.
Qin Chuan was so tired that he collapsed onto the bed as soon as he entered the house, his throat feeling like it was on fire.
He never expected that what was meant to be a few days of peace at home would turn into him, due to his overly professional nature, unable to stop himself from "talking too much" and adding to his own workload.
"Here, Xiao Chuan, have some water!"
His mother, Jiang Cuihua, walked in with a glass of water, her face full of concern as she looked at her son, who was slumped on the bed, utterly exhausted.
He'd been lecturing for over two hours. How could he not be tired? He wasn't made of iron!
"Thanks, Mom!"
Qin Chuan sat up, took the glass, and drank it down in a few gulps, his throat finally feeling a bit better.
Sitting not far away, eating an apple, his second brother Qin Gang, heartlessly mocked, "Serves you right! Who told you to go looking for trouble? You're already home, and you still find things to do!"
*Smack!!*
As soon as the words left his mouth, he received a smack on the head. Jiang Cuihua's face was icy, and the full authority of a mother was on display.
"Mom! I was wrong! I was wrong!"
A wise man doesn't fight with his stomach. Qin Gang, being sensible, immediately surrendered, grinning like a silly dog.
Just then, Qin Shuren walked in from outside, giving Qin Gang a cold glance. "Brother, you're still so pathetic!"
"If it weren't for Xiao Chuan tirelessly working day in and day out, would our family have reached this point today?"
"Xiao Chuan is so busy, and even when he's home, he's still concerned about his work. Who is he doing it for? Is it just for himself?"
Qin Gang's head was pounding. He swore that he had just been joking with his younger brother, as this kind of situation was common when he was in the city.
He just didn't expect that this time the joking environment was very different, and he received a double whammy from both his father and mother. He wished he could slap himself a few times for being so loose-lipped and tactless!
Qin Chuan noticed his second brother's frustration and almost burst out laughing internally!
As for his eldest brother and sister-in-law standing by, they looked like they were enjoying a show, with expressions of schadenfreude on their faces.
"Uh... I'm going out for a bit!"
Qin Chuan suddenly got out of bed.
"Where are you going?"
His family members all asked.
"I... I'm going to find Teacher Yang!"
Qin Chuan hesitated for a moment, then answered. His relationship with Teacher Yang seemed to be no longer a secret in the family.
To his surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that everyone's gaze towards him had a strange, inexplicable meaning, as if... they were looking at an idiot.
His parents and his eldest brother and sister-in-law had similar expressions.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Qin Chuan was puzzled. The uniformly peculiar looks from his family made him uncomfortable.
"No... I mean, Xiao Chuan, have you been so stressed about business lately that your brain has gone numb!"
Qin Er Ge couldn't help but retort with his usual sharp tongue, habitually teasing his younger brother.
Qin Chuan glared. "What do you mean?"
"Xiao Chuan, do you remember what today's date is?"
Qin Chuan thought for a moment. "July 10th, right? What's wrong?"
"Holy crap, he's really let business make his brain go numb!"
Qin Er Ge exclaimed, habitually wanting to continue his teasing, but he was glared at by his parents and had to restrain himself.
"Xiao Chuan, Teacher Yang has already started her vacation. The school has been closed for a while now, it's already summer break!"
Finally, Jiang Cuihua explained.
Qin Chuan felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He stood there frozen, unmoving. After a long time, he slowly came back to his senses, grabbed his hair, and crouched on the ground with a look of extreme distress.
"Xiao Chuan! Xiao Chuan! Are you okay?"
Qin Chuan's reaction startled his family, and they quickly rushed forward to inquire.
"I'm fine!"
Qin Chuan looked up, his face filled with bitterness.
"I really have gone stupid from doing business lately! I overlooked something so simple!"
July 1st was almost a universal date for schools across the country to start their summer vacation, with many schools even starting earlier.
It was now July 10th, more than ten days after the vacation began. How could Teacher Yang still be there?
A bad premonition arose in Qin Chuan's heart. He felt that Yang Zimo must be angry with him!
Otherwise, why wouldn't she have looked for him after the vacation started? Qin Chuan had given Yang Zimo his phone number.
"I'm really blinded by money lately! What an idiot!"
Qin Chuan's heart was filled with bitterness. As someone who had lived two lives, even if he hadn't truly dated, he'd seen how relationships worked.
During a relationship, women were usually the reserved ones, while men were the proactive ones. He, on the other hand, was only focused on making money and completely overlooked this.
When Yang Zimo asked him not to call Aunt Guihua's house in the village casually, to prevent the villagers from discovering their affair, he had indeed never called.
For over two months, he and Yang Zimo had had no contact, which was hardly like being in a relationship. It would be a miracle if she wasn't upset!
"You idiot! Couldn't you have bought Teacher Yang a phone too? How much could a phone cost!"
Qin Chuan cursed himself mentally. How could he have done something so stupid? If people knew, wouldn't they laugh him to death?
"No, I have to call Yang Zimo right now!"
Suddenly, Qin Chuan pulled out his phone and hurried out of the courtyard.
He remembered he had his brother-in-law Yang Conglong's phone number. If Yang Zimo had returned to the provincial capital, Yang Conglong would definitely know.
After finding Yang Conglong's number, Qin Chuan dialed it with the utmost speed. The phone rang a few times before being answered by a breathless voice.
"Hello, who is it?"
The voice sounded like he was engaged in some kind of vigorous exercise, completely disregarding the time.
Qin Chuan recognized the voice but was too lazy to tease his brother-in-law, who had a penchant for older women, at the moment. He immediately said, "Brother Long, it's me! Qin Chuan!"