Fox Has No Malicious Intent

"You can ease Dad's worries, and it makes him happy, but remember, Grandpa comes first. Drive carefully, the old man can't handle much... "

Yu Zhenghong stood at the door, conflicted, holding Chen Peipei's hand and repeatedly instructing Ah Qing in the car.

"Dad, don't worry!" Ah Qing reached her hand out the window to wave at her dad, driving the giant Raptor slowly out of Changxi Town.

"Wow! Hmm..."

Seated in the driver's seat, Ah Qing wobbled like an uneasy monkey, occasionally sticking her head out the window.

Because of the Raptor's height, it indeed had an excellent wide view, but due to its size, there were plenty of blind spots while driving.

Driving along the village path, especially during the winter break, Ah Qing couldn't help worrying about unexpected obstacles.

"Xiaolan, take back your spot..."

Ah Qing let out a sigh of relief, patting her chest with lingering fear, saying, "Although the view is wide, not being able to see right in front of the car is a bit scary."

"This car of yours should be equipped with something like Sister Lingling's truck convex mirrors or maybe a 360 system..."

As Ah Qing spoke, she didn't get out but moved from the dashboard to the passenger seat, using the large space of the car, sliding over to pick up the little fox, and placing it in the driver's seat.

"I think it's fine; anyway, when I'm sitting in the driver's seat, I can't see anything either."

Ansheng chuckled, casually teasing, gesturing for Ah Qing to open the GPS on her phone.

While the drivers swapped, the Raptor's car cabin gradually began transforming.

The black leather turned into white plush mats, the flesh and bone tissues slowly filled out, and on the hood, a slowly rising, nostril-like active air intake vent appeared.

"Whir..."

Unmanned, the Raptor's engine revved up on its own, emitting a melodious hum, as if announcing its birth to the world.

"From our house, it's not too far, but from Grandpa's house to Binhai Road Industrial Park, it's a bit far..."

Ah Qing leaned on the armrest box, showing the planned route to the little fox.

"Hmm? Your Grandpa lives near Nanping County?" Ansheng was surprised at the marked location on the GPS, looking at Ah Qing with a peculiar expression.

"Uh? Is there something wrong with Nanping?" Ah Qing looked at the little fox with a puzzled expression.

"No, I just find the notices in front of the villages and towns in Nanping amusing."

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be mixed-blood." Ansheng suppressed a smile, looked Ah Qing up and down, forcibly turned his head away, holding back his laughter.

"Feels like you're hiding something..." Ah Qing scratched her head, showing a suspicious expression, staring at the little fox.

Of course.

Ah Qing understood the meaning of "mixed-blood" from the little fox's teasing, as Nanping County is northward in the Xia East Minbei Region, where many Hakka people live.

Jiule belongs to the Min Nan District. Ah Qing's dad is a Min Nan native, while her mom is a Minbei Hakka, which humorously puts her on the threshold of being mixed-blood.

However.

Ansheng's suppressed laughter wasn't about that.

Nanping County isn't too familiar to Ansheng, but Nanping's neighbor is the Wuyi Mountain Range, a hub of tea merchants, tea farmers, and tea enterprises. Ansheng was very familiar with that area.

Moreover, because Minbei is close to Gan Province, you'd often see red-letter announcements in village heads there.

For example:

"If a girl isn't interested, stop your losses in time. Don't buy into her claims of testing you. Remember, she's just testing your wallet and loan capacity."

Or:

"Her mom asks her to do dishes but she never does. But when it comes to her own marriage and dowry, she claims to listen to her mom."

Ansheng didn't find these notices amusing at first, just somewhat baffling.

Later, after living there for a long time and deeply understanding the customs in Xia East, it became harder not to laugh.

Over at Ah Qing's family's, the dowry was double the bride price.

In Jiule City, the average bride price is about 80,000, and on the wedding day, the bride brings both dowry and bride price to start a new family with her husband.

In Min Nan customs, the parents of both parties act like angel investors, providing funds and efforts to help the new family establish itself within society.

But, Minbei customs are different. Excluding those wealthy exceptions, the average bride price there is around 200,000.

Dowries might be a car or a full set of furniture, usually valued at about half the bride price.

However.

When folks from the neighboring province come, they raise the Minbei bride price to around 300,000.

Basically just a few thousand less than the neighboring province.

In his past life, Ansheng worked over there and often heard locals complain about the difficulty of getting married, expressed in that distinctive Minbei accent.

Even remembering it now, it still seemed laughable.

…

"Whirr—"

The Raptor drove on, entered Nanping County, continued for another three kilometers, reaching Chenyang Town. On entering the village road, it felt like arriving in a paradise.

"Wow, your village is quite prosperous!"

While driving, Ansheng couldn't help but be amazed by the sight of a self-built house standing at about thirty-five meters high at the village entrance, with a glass curtain wall and a pavilion garden on top.

His eyes shifted from the thousand-square-meter mansion to the self-built houses in the village, each seven or eight stories high, artistically clad in stone with courtyards, some even featuring ponds.

"Hmm... That house belongs to Boss Cai. He used to make money running a factory in the neighboring province, then pulled village locals together to form some Chenyang Village housing speculation tour group."

"It's said they might still have to wait five or six more years..."

Ah Qing shrugged, briefly explaining the outrageous mansion's backstory.

Initially, it was about housing speculation, but somehow it turned into some shady land speculation.

It spiraled out of control, and the speculation team ended up lining up for government aid.

"Whoa..."

Speechless, Ansheng gave Ah Qing a thumbs-up, "As expected of the tenacious Xia East people."

"Drive a bit further..." Ah Qing didn't pay much attention to the little fox's teasing, raising her hand to point further into the village.

"Oh..." Ansheng responded, driving to the destination Ah Qing pointed out.

In this extraordinary Chenyang Village, Ah Qing's grandpa's place was relatively modest—a simple small villa, without flashy stone walls or ornate stone paint.

The courtyard was merely a canopy providing shade over the parking.

"Grandpa!"

Ah Qing jumped back into the driver's seat, full of smiles as she ran to the living room, hugging an elder in a wheelchair, and cheerfully said:

"Dad said he'd pick you up, but I snatched the chance. I specially came to visit you, Grandpa..."

"Oh dear..."

Ah Qing's grandpa, Chen Yang, with half-closed eyes, was startled and jolted upon her sudden call, exclaiming in shock.

"Cough...cough... you rascal, so hearty, but still walk without making a sound."

Chen Yang, full of helplessness, smiled, looking at Ah Qing who was crouching by his side, saying:

"And also, speak up a little. Grandpa's health is declining day by day, and my hearing is getting dull...."

"Seems like a blood vessel burst, making my hearing a bit deaf..."

Chen Yang lifted his hand, patting Ah Qing's head, showing a benevolent smile, "By the way, what did you just say about your dad? Did you finally kick him into a ditch by accident?"

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