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Chapter 277 - Good Fortune
Chapter 277 - Good Fortune
Chapter 277: Good Fortune
Translator: Lonelytree
Xiao Lingyu and Gong Tianhao arrived at the village committee after twenty minutes. The journey could have taken ten minutes.
Thankfully, the village officials understood that Xiao Lingyu was pregnant and did not say anything.
They only glanced at the man beside Xiao Lingyu and looked at him strangely. This man’s aura was so strong.
It was impossible to ignore him even if he was just standing there saying nothing.
The village chief saw Gong Tianhao and greeted him politely with a smile, “Young Master Gong!”
Gong Tianhao nodded at the village chief.
He didn’t like to talk to strangers. However, he had changed a lot after spending time in Taoyuan Village. He was trying to improve for Xiao Lingyu.
The village chief looked at Xiao Lingyu and said, “Lingyu, take a seat!” He directed her to a long bench with a backrest.
After Xiao Lingyu sat down, Gong Tianhao also sat down beside her.
Everyone was speechless when they saw Gong Tianhao take the seat so naturally. They were having a Taoyuan Village committee meeting, so why was Young Master Gong there?
However, no one said anything.
After Xiao Lingyu sat down, the village chief said directly, “Lingyu, we still have a few questions regarding your intention to contract the mountains. We hope that you can answer them truthfully.”
Xiao Lingyu nodded and said, “Of course, village chief.”
The village chief said, “In the past, when the villagers were free, they would go up the mountains to cut firewood, hunt, pick mushrooms, or gather herbs.
“Now, the question is, after you contract these mountains, can the villagers still do the same?”
Xiao Lingyu said with a smile, “Of course, they can. As long as they don’t cut my things or deliberately destroy my crops, they can go up the mountain like they do now.”
The few people present were very surprised by Xiao Lingyu’s answer. They looked at each other, not quite believing Xiao Lingyu’s words.
The village chief asked, “Lingyu, you said you plan to contract the mountains to plant fruit trees?”
Xiao Lingyu nodded and said, “Yes, but I don’t plan to destroy the mountain’s current habitat. I will try to preserve the overall stability of the mountain.”
The village chief and the village officials frowned. They didn’t believe that. How could Xiao Lingyu do that while aiming to start a fruit farm?
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, “How about this? When we sign the contract, we’ll include this clause. Uncles, what do you think?”
The village chief and the others discussed it for a while and felt that this proposal was alright.
Then, the village chief said, “If what you say is right, none of us have any objections. We will have a village-wide meeting to get everyone’s opinion. We will have a vote. If more than half agrees, then it should be fine.”
Xiao Lingyu smiled and said, “Alright, thank you, uncles.”
A village official smiled and said, “Lingyu, don’t thank us yet. We still need you to lead the people of Taoyuan Village to a brighter future. You have to show the younger generation that they can have a future back at home. This way, we’ll have people to look after the elderly and the children.”
Xiao Lingyu said humbly, “Uncle Lin Yi, you really think highly of me.”
“Haha. Girl, you are too humble. We have been watching. We know how capable you are.”
“Yes. We all can witness the changes to the village after you come back from the big city.”
“That’s right. There is joy all around. Apart from farming, the villagers can earn money by doing odd jobs with your family. Most of the people’s lives have improved a lot.”
“Now that you’re going to contract the mountains, there will be more job opportunities. I believe everyone will look forward to it. Moreover, many families will receive a lot of money from the mountain rent.”
Once Xiao Lingyu developed the six mountains, she would need to hire a lot of people. This would be another large source of income for the villagers.
They believed that not long from now, Taoyuan Village would stop being the poorest village in Xing Yin County. In fact, they might just become the richest village.
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After the village committee confirmed this matter, Xiao Taiyang informed everyone about the meeting the next day morning. Each family would have to send at least one representative to attend.
The villagers had some doubts about the sudden meeting. However, there were already rumors. Soon everyone in the village, young and old, knew that Xiao Lingyu was going to rent the mountains in Taoyuan Village.
“Six Mountains, that’s tens of thousands of Mu of land.”
“Yeah. How much would Xiao Lingyu have to pay to rent them?”
“I wonder how much she would pay to rent the mountain land?”
“At least one to two hundred RMB per mu. For six mountains, that’s at least one to two million RMB. Just how much money have they made?”
“I heard that their family made three to four million just by selling strawberries,” Someone said enviously. “And they still have the income from growing and selling vegetables.”
“Their family still has three Mu of soybeans and three Mu of peanuts that haven’t been harvested. I wonder how much they’d earn from that.”
“If the peanuts and soybeans are sold at sky-high prices like the vegetables and strawberries, they will probably make a lot of money.”
“With so many peanuts and soybeans, do you think they will sell them as they are or process them first?”
“They might press them into oil. Regardless, they will sell very well.”
Someone said enviously, “They have the Little Cattle King. No matter what they grow, they will succeed. They have all the good fortune in the world. The Little Cattle King is amazing to them.”
“And she is going to contract six mountains. If she wants to plant fruit trees, will she be using the Little Cattle King’s manure too? But will the Little Cattle King produce enough manure?”
“Yeah, what is Xiao Lingyu planning?”
“Who knows? This girl has always been smart and capable. No matter what, we shan’t offend her family if we want to get more work in the future.”
“That’s true!”