Chen Xiaobei shook his head. Although he had some money in his hands now, with this little family property, not to mention anything else, not even Cui Dana from Cuijiazhuang could compare.
This is still far from the goal of getting rich suddenly, so the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard.
My biggest problem right now is that I haven’t found a sustainable development project, I’m stuck here and there, and there’s no continuity in making money.
So now the only way to create continuity is to grow vegetables.
And you can’t just make money by yourself. As the saying goes, you don’t worry about scarcity but inequality. Just making money by yourself will definitely make the villagers jealous. Even if you eat meat, you have to let them drink some soup.
Chen Xiaobei carefully estimated that according to what Xiumei said, he would still have to collect one hundred kilograms of grain rent after the whole operation.
The market price of grain is one penny and four pounds.
So one hundred catties is twenty-five cents.
Twenty-five Wen is equivalent to twenty-five pounds of vegetables.
Although this is a good deal and seems very incongruous, it is like this in an era of material scarcity.
Chen Xiaobei decided to seek everyone's opinions first.
He immediately asked the village guard team to notify the villagers that after dinner in the evening, they would hold a meeting under the big locust tree. By the way, he also went to tell his ancestors that they had to listen to the old man's ideas on some things. There was an old man like this in his family.
There is a treasure.
Before arriving at the place to eat, the truth went to the homes of Chen Daqiang, Chen Dayong and others. Their land was next to the Dachun family's.
Therefore, if the land of the Okawa family is not enough, part of the land of the two families can be rented.
After dinner, it became lively under the locust tree.
The villagers gathered together in twos and threes, all speculating on what important things would happen tonight.
Seeing the ancestor coming, someone took the initiative to strike up a conversation.
Chen Xiaowei simply told the matter to his ancestor, but his ancestor was very strict in his manner. Before Chen Xiaobei announced it in public, he pretended not to know anything.
Just when everyone was talking about it, Chen Xiaobei arrived, and the scene suddenly became much quieter when he saw him coming.
Chen Xiaobei stood up from a high place and said to everyone at the scene, "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me. We have been summoned today for something."
"The autumn harvest is coming soon. After the autumn harvest, there will be less work in the city. People may be bored at home more, with nothing to do."
After hearing his words, everyone kept nodding, and I started to whisper.
"Who says it's not the case? I'm bored at home every day and don't know what to do."
"Yes, apart from sleeping, playing chess with Third Brother is really boring."
Hearing everyone's discussion, the ancestor gently paused his crutch and coughed.
Naturally, the villagers understood this and immediately fell silent in unison, listening to Chen Xiaobei continue to speak.
"Today I discovered that the temperature in Brother Dachun's Yongye field is much higher than in other places. Vegetables can still be planted for a while. If anyone wants to plant them, please let me know."
Upon hearing this, everyone started talking again, "Yes, they don't need to wear fur coats in winter, they are very warm."
"Who says it's not the case? Our land is watered once every half month, while their land needs to be watered every three to five days."
"Not to mention growing vegetables is really a good way to start. It is much better than being bored at home every day."
"Hey, you said it's easy to grow vegetables, but you're not allowed to water and fertilize them. You have to pull weeds every day. How much can you grow by yourself?"
Chen Xiaobei listened carefully to everyone's discussion, and everything was as he expected.
He then spoke again, "Of course, you can't force this. If you want to plant, you can plant. If you don't want to, just rest at home."
"I'm telling you two options. One is to rent the land from Dachun, and you can grow your own vegetables. Whatever you make, it's all yours."
"Zhang Xiaobei, what does the second plan look like?"
As soon as he heard this sentence, Chen Xiaobei knew that this first plan was not recognized by many people.
"The second one is of course that I rent the land together, you come and work for me, and I pay you wages."
"Okay, okay, this is good."
Everyone couldn't help but cheered.
At this moment, the ancestor stood up, coughed and slowly stepped forward, standing next to Chen Xiaobei.
As soon as they saw that he was about to speak, everyone immediately stopped talking consciously.
The ancestor glanced at everyone present, sighed slightly, and then slowly spoke.
"As soon as I heard that you would be paid wages, you started to get excited again."
Just this sentence has made many people start to blush, especially those who cheered the most enthusiastically just now.
"I'll put the ugly words first for now."
"If you go to work in the county town, a strong laborer can only make five bucks a day."
"But is the work here in Xiaobei the work of strong workers?"
"I think a woman can do it all."
Chen Xiaobei instantly understood that his ancestor was worried about the high wages he had offered him.
Sure enough, the ancestor went on to say, "Is there any tiring work involved in growing vegetables? I can't pay more than two big men a day. If you are willing to do it, you can do it. If you don't want to, you will have to do it."
The ancestor's statement caused a moment of silence on the scene.
After a long time, someone finally spoke.
It was Chen Xiaobo who spoke this time, "Don't worry, ancestor, it's just two people, I'm willing to do it."
If someone makes a start, the rest will be much easier to handle.
"I do too."
"I do too."
Listening to everyone's busy discussion, Chen Xiaobei looked at his ancestor with grateful eyes.
Chen Xiaobei has no specific statistics on how much work it takes to grow these green vegetables from sowing to harvesting.
Therefore, the lower the wage, the more advantageous it is to him.
After hearing everyone's comments, the ancestor turned to look at Chen Xiaobei with a smile on his face, "Xiaobei, don't give these bastards a good look. If someone doesn't listen to you, just tell me."
Chen Xiaobei's face was full of gratitude. He didn't expect his ancestor to support him so strongly, and what he said basically set the tone for this matter.
After the meeting, Chen Xiaobei returned home, and Chen Daqiang and Chen Dayong came to find him.
"Zhang Xiaobei, please see if you can rent our land together. We'll give you a cheaper rent. As long as you have a job and think about us, that's all."
It turned out to be like this. Chen Xiaobei couldn't help but laugh, "You go back and finish harvesting the crops as soon as possible. I will go to the county town to buy some seeds tomorrow and start sowing when I come back."
The two left happily, but Cui Hongyu had a worried look on his face.
"My husband, his two families plus Dachun's family will need dozens of acres of land."
“What should I do if I can’t sell so much after growing so much at once?”