Dashan Orchard 1988

Chapter 112: Outsmarting Taoshan East Peak
After dinner, Li Muyang came to the village chief's house.

A pack of cigarettes is indispensable.

There is nothing you can do about it. If you go to the village chief to do something empty-handed, your tone will be high.

Sure enough, when the village chief Li Jianshe opened the door, he saw the bag in his hand at a glance. Looking down, he could vaguely see the shape of a cigarette in the bag.

His attitude immediately became much more enthusiastic.

"It's Lao Wu. What are you doing so late at night..."

It is a custom in the village that in order to show closeness, people like to address others according to their ranking.

Li Muyang is the fifth eldest child in the family.

"Brother Jianshe, I have something to discuss with you and seek your opinion."

Li Muyang answered with a smile and a humble attitude.

"Then...come in, why are you standing at the door? Come in and talk."

Li Jianshe opened the door and opened the door wider to let Li Muyang in.

Li Muyang turned off the flashlight and followed him inside.

This is the first time I have come to the village chief's yard. I have passed by it every time I came here to buy flour from the mill.

All I know is that from the outside, the village chief's family looks extremely wealthy.

Walking inside, I found that the lavishness was even worse than I imagined.

Suddenly, I said "shit" several times in my heart.

"I heard that Brother Jianshe likes to smoke Yunyan from the red box, so I brought one for you. Don't mind it."

Once you have entered the door, the gifts must be given out immediately.

It is not a good behavior to keep holding it in your hand and worrying about others.

Yunyan in this era was a kind of cigarette that people in Longdong often smoked.

There are several grades, the worst is the white box soft package, which costs one yuan a package, then there is the white hard box, which costs two yuan, and then there is the red box of Yunyan, which is usually soft package.

three dollars.

In fact, at this time, there were still some cigarettes such as "Lanzhou" and "Ocean", but these cigarettes were not very popular in the village.

Li Muyang also seemed to like him.

Sure enough, Li Jianshe's mood became much higher when he saw the 30 yuan cigarettes.

When they receive gifts, it’s not just the things they receive, but also the face.

"Why are you so polite? If you have something to do, just come and tell me directly. We are all members of the same clan, so we can't do this."

As they talked, the two of them walked to the big room in the middle.

Li Jianshe enthusiastically opened the door curtain and shouted: "Yan'er, give your Uncle Shepherd a glass of water."

"Hey."

A girl's response came from the side room.

Yan'er is Li Jianshe's eldest daughter.

"Come in and sit."

After being greeted, Li Muyang once again saw the luxurious modular sofa, modular wardrobe, and pure glass coffee table that were rarely seen in this era.

The ground is still paved with rare cement, which is simply outrageously heroic.

For the wealthier people in the village, the floors of their rooms can be paved with red bricks.

Li Muyang's land is still land.

The village chief actually used cement, which is ridiculous.

Li Muyang felt that the longer he stayed here, the more he would be scolded.

The village chief allowed him to successfully transform into a two-faced man.

"Sit down."

Li Jianshe sat down in the middle of the sofa, crossed his legs, and gestured to Li Muyang to sit down too, like a big leader.

Li Muyang smiled and sat on the sofa beside him.

"Lao Wu, I heard that you have been having a rough and turbulent life recently, aren't you?"

The village chief opened the topic.

"Just fool around. People don't have much ability. If you don't fool around, you won't be able to survive. Well, there is something I want Brother Jianshe to give me as a consultant."

Li Muyang did not mention the village chief. He kept talking about Brother Jianshe, which actually served Li Jianshe well.

Outside, he hopes to be respected and treated as the village leader, but privately, he wants to mingle with the villagers to prevent them from being left out and isolating him.

Such a large family is like a village, and they are most afraid of being left out. If they are excluded by other people in the clan, even having money will be of no help.

There will be no sense of belonging.

"You're so polite. I didn't realize you were so good at talking before. Haha, tell me what you have in mind. Let me see if I can help you."

Li Muyang said he was happy and received a gift, which made Li Jianshe feel particularly comfortable.

Enthusiasm is at an all-time high.

"That's it, Brother Jianshe, you know my family's current financial situation, right?"

Li Jianshe nodded, "It's really not easy for you. You work hard and are hardworking. It's just your aunt's illness that's holding you back."

"What can I do? I must take care of my mother by myself."

"That's true, it's just because of your hard work."

"Haha, let's keep working hard. We live a little bit at a time. We don't have much ability. We can't finish three hot buns in one go."

"Not bad, young people have a good attitude. Go on, what do you think?"

"Oh, let me go on. We are really in embarrassment at the moment. We can't even make a living by farming, let alone save money for my mother's medical treatment... and for me to get a wife."

"That's true."

Li Jianshe frowned slightly.

He actually knows these things, but he doesn't bother to pay attention to them on weekdays.

There are many poor people in the village, how can he take care of them, as long as a few of them don't really starve to death.

Money is hard goods, no one can do anything to anyone.

So Li Muyang said that he didn't have any extra thoughts in his mind and just followed along.

"I wanted to make some money outside, but if I leave, my mother will have no one to take care of her, so she can't leave home. I have no choice. After much thinking, I can only make a living in our village."

"Go on."

Li Muyang paused for a moment, feeling that the groundwork was almost complete, so he started to talk formally, "Brother Jianshe, I want to go to the mountains and give it a try." "Mountains, what do you mean?"

"Our Taoshan has always been empty. It's useless to see those peach trees growing like that every year. I want to use a little bit of Taoshan to see if I can grow some vegetables or something, and sell it in my spare time to supplement my family's income. .”

"That's what you said."

Li Jianshe's eyes quickly flashed with a trace of ridicule.

"You mean, you want to grow vegetables on Peach Mountain?"

"Well, that's what I thought."

Li Jianshe shook his head, "If you have the idea of ​​​​finding ways to live a better life, I support it, but you have to pay attention to the methods. The weather here is inherently dry, and even if it is placed on flat ground, it is not easy to grow vegetables. Harvest, if you go to that peach mountain, you might not get anything, right?"

"This... there will be some, right?"

"Lao Wu, don't you know that you can't grow anything under a tree? Look at which house in the village has a tree growing behind it. There is still a harvest under the tree. The roots of the tree are too deep and too wide. It will absorb all the moisture and nutrients around it, making it impossible to grow vegetables.”

Li Muyang smiled and showed an expression of "serious attitude, but stubborn and unwilling to let go".

"Brother Jianshe, I still want to give it a try. Waiting all the time is not an option. Look, I'm 31 years old and I don't have a wife yet. People as old as me have several children."

"That's true, but..."

"Brother Jianshe, it all depends on people. If you don't give it a try, I will definitely not be convinced. I just want to ask today, is there anyone in our Taoshan area who is still contracting now?"

"Who can take the contract?"

Li Jianshe shook his head and said angrily: "Those peach trees only bloom but do not bear fruit. Now they are famous far and wide. How can anyone still want to be taken advantage of?"

Speaking of this, Li Jianshe's face was filled with regret.

If he could rent out all [-] acres of the mountain, how much money would he make in a year? Even with a little oil, it would be enough to cook a lot of vegetables.

"What if I want to contract for a small amount? I don't know what the current price is?"

"Are you sure... you still want to take over Momoyama?"

Li Jianshe found it hard to understand, "I heard you right, right? You can't even listen to half of what I say, right?"

Li Jianshe didn't mean well and was afraid of Li Muyang.

He is afraid of trouble.

I thought that it would be difficult for someone like Li Muyang, who had no foundation in the family, to scrape some meat from him, but once it hurts, he might be a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.

I couldn't eat pork, and I was in trouble.

"Hey, I won't be convinced if you don't give it a try anyway."

Li Muyang smiled naively and said, "I came here tonight just to ask the construction brother if he can contract, I would like to try to contract some."

Li Jianshe shook his head, thinking that this guy had changed a bit, but he didn't expect that he was still the same stupid young man as before. Looking at what he had decided to do, even nine cows might not be able to get him back.

There is no other way, since you are going to jump into the fire pit, then jump as hard as you can.

"Okay, Lao Wu, since you are so insistent, I can't stop you all the time. Well, if you really want to take over the contract, just find a place on the middle peak with sparse peach trees. It's quite better."

"Brother Jianshe, I also want to take over the area where our house used to be."

"Your family...where did your family come from before?"

"It's the thirty acres on Dongfeng."

"Ah? You mean that thirty acres? That won't work. That thirty acres really won't work. I can't harm you."

"why?"

"You don't understand this. The terrain on the east peak of Peach Mountain is too steep to hold water. It is dry all year round and the trees don't grow very well. If you still want to grow vegetables, you will definitely not be able to grow them. You Don’t be stubborn.”

"It's okay. That piece of land was originally allocated to my father. I had no choice but to return the land. Recently, when I think of my father, I feel sorry for him. Since you contracted it, let's contract the thirty acres.

After much deliberation, I decided that since it was a contract, it could be anywhere, so I chose the thirty acres. "

"You are really an old fool."

Li Jianshe was afraid of this guy.

I thought to myself, you just want to die, I can’t hold you back no matter what.

"Haha, it's okay. I just had this thought in my heart and wanted to give it a try. How would I know I'm not good if I don't try? Is this the truth, Brother Jianshe?"

Li Jianshe rubbed his brows, pondered for a moment, and said: "Then you insist on contracting, what can I say? Let's do this, I will remember your matter, and I will discuss it with everyone when the Tiancun branch holds a meeting. There will be no problem. If so, sign a contract... By the way, how many years do you want to contract?"

"Of course my idea is that the longer the better, even if it doesn't matter what the contract price is, you know, my family..."

Li Muyang was about to enter a state of crying poverty again.

Looking at his appearance, Li Jianshe knew that he wouldn't be able to get much profit from him. In addition, the environment at Taoshan Dongfeng was not good, so no one was willing to take the contract, so the price was naturally the lowest.

"Do you think this is okay? When you returned the [-] acres of Taoshan, it cost one yuan per acre per year, so now it will be contracted to you at that price... Hey, what do you think of your expression?"

Li Jianshe found that before he had finished speaking, Li Muyang's expressions became even more bitter, as if they had eaten moldy sunflower seeds, and their eyes, nose, and mouth almost wrinkled together in discomfort.

"Brother Jianshe, you also know the situation of that land. It won't be very profitable for a while. I guess it will take a few years to adjust after I contract. At that time, when the village contracted, didn't Taoshan all have a unified price of 1 yuan? No matter how you look at it, Feng is much worse than other places, and if it costs another 1 yuan, I think it’s too much.”

"One dollar is too much for you. After all, it's only one acre of land. It's really not much."

"Didn't you just say that the land on Taoshan Mountain is different from ordinary land? If we talk about planting trees, it will not bear fruit. If we talk about farming, it will not grow food..."

Li Jianshe also frowned when he heard what Li Muyang said.

It's true that these words were all said by him, but wasn't he just out of kindness?

Instead, it became his excuse, damn it.

"You keep nagging me over and over again, what do you want, you brat?"

he said angrily.

Li Muyang chuckled and said, "I think you can give me a discount, just 5 cents per acre."

"What the hell are you thinking?" Li Jianshe was furious. "That's one acre of land. I want to announce it to everyone at the village meeting. Even if I can agree, can the other villagers agree?"

"Why don't you agree? No one wants this land. At least it can be recovered for a small fee."

"No, one dollar is the lowest. If you really want it, then pay this price. If you don't want it, then just leave the land empty. Anyway, it won't be a problem for a while."

"Oh, Brother Jianshe, didn't you say that you would take care of us orphans and widowed mothers earlier? Why is that not working anymore? Why don't you give us less? You know the situation of our family..."

"But……"

"Look, we are all brothers of the same clan. We all live such a good life. But my family is in a bad situation now. There is no room, no wife, and no children. Tell me if you want to take me with you. A handful?
As for Yu Gong, you are the village chief, so you want to help us backward villagers. As for Yu Si, you are the elder brother, and you can’t bear to see poverty continue year after year, right?
If Taoshan is contracted or not, why don't you just leave it there? If you are idle, it will be idle, and it is of no use. Just give me the reason of helping the underachievers. Wouldn't everyone be happy? The villagers will definitely think that you are a good person who thinks about the people. Village chief, maybe you can take advantage of the opportunity to revitalize Taoshan and contract out all of it? "

Li Muyang continued to persuade Li Jianshe by "moving with emotion and understanding with reason".

He thinks this is necessary.

Contracting land is not a matter of one or two years, and the custom here is to adjust the price according to proportion. The lower the base, the more beneficial it will be for the contractor.

Sure enough, Li Jianshe's eyes softened.

(End of this chapter)