Li Dong is very familiar with Dongshan, he followed his father to the village when he was very young, and he went to the countryside to see a doctor and collect medicine, often walking for several days, but even so, there are still some villages under Dongshan that he has not been to, Shicheng Village is one of them.

The car drove to the bottom of the mountain and stopped, there was a high mountain in front of it, only a narrow mountain road of less than two meters, and the car could barely drive up, but Li Dong was worried that it would slide halfway through, and even if he didn't fall to his death, he would drown in the Qingshi River under the mountain.

The road is very steep, there are forty or fifty degrees, climb around the mountain to the halfway up the mountain, and it is a big downhill of forty or fifty degrees, and finally climb over a mountain, and there is a higher mountain in front of it, it is really a mountain and a mountain high, fortunately, Li Dong often climbs the mountain, and has long been accustomed to all this, unlike the Lin Hai next to him, it is not good, human beings have evolved for millions of years, from crawling on four feet to walking on two feet, just two mountains, almost let Lin Hai degenerate back.

However, this also made Li Dong more aware of why Shicheng Village has not been contracted out today when the contracted land is so hot, and it is estimated that these two mountains alone have blocked many people.

"Dong, Brother Dong!" Halfway up the mountain, Lin Hai was holding a cane made of tree branches, panting and pointing down the mountain, "There, that is Shicheng Village." ”

In fact, Li Dong has already seen it, condescendingly, everything under the mountain is very obvious.

The village is built at the foot of the mountain, along the banks of the narrow Qingshi River, relatively scattered, the number of houses should be forty or fifty, and they are all made of stone and yellow mud, which is more matching with the name of the village, Shicheng Village, it does look like a stone city.

The Qingshi River is very wide, there are more than ten meters, but where there is really water, it is also seven or eight meters, judging from the flat cultivated landform by the river, many years ago, the Qingshi River should be wider, with the reduction of the amount of water, the villagers began to use the flat ground on both sides of the river as arable land to plant crops, this situation is not uncommon, and such land is very fertile, almost just plant anything.

"Brother Dong, look at it, where this bird doesn't, what are you contracting it for?" Lin Hai said, he went home last night and thought about it all night, but he still couldn't figure it out.

"Birds don't, there are a lot of birds in this place!" Li Dong said with a smile, the mountains and rivers here are good, there are crops, wild fruits and insects, which is the most suitable for birds to live.

"But if there are many birds, aren't all the herbs you grow eaten by the birds?" asked Lin Hai puzzled.

"How much can birds eat, besides, there are so many delicious birds in Qingyun Mountain that don't eat, come to eat herbs? Do you think this is in the city, and birds can't find food?" Li Dong smiled and walked down the mountain, "Go, go down the mountain!"

Not long after walking, I saw an old man sitting on a stone, holding a cigarette bag and pot in his hand, and a few sheep scattered around.

"Uncle, I want to ask you something. Li Dong walked aside and asked politely, "Where is the village chief's house in Shicheng Village?"

The old man turned his head, looked at Li Dong and Lin Hai with his eyes, took another puff of cigarette, and asked lightly, "What are you doing at the village chief's house?"

"Discuss something with the village chief?" Li Dong said.

"What are you discussing?" asked the old man again.

Lin Hai was a little impatient, and said to the old man, "Uncle, this matter has nothing to do with you, just tell us where the village chief's house is." ”

Li Dong didn't think so, the elderly people usually have a high status in the village, so he sat next to the old man and said with a smile, "That's the case, I have taken a fancy to the environment of your Shicheng Village, and I am going to contract these lands and mountains to engage in medicinal herb cultivation......"

"It's all contracted to you, what are we going to do?" said the old man, frowning.

"Uncle, is it possible that just relying on these ten acres of land is enough for you to eat and drink for a year?" Li Dong asked rhetorically, "I took a cursory look when I was on the mountain just now, and there are more than 40 households in your Shicheng Village, and the land is only a dozen acres, on average, a family is only about four points of land, to be honest, just this little land, growing food is not enough to eat, and it is even more said to grow vegetables, what do you say, uncle?"

The old man pondered for a moment, and then said, "Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, in addition to the land, we also have mountains and water, and the mountains and the land are rented to you, do you want us to drink water every day?"

"If I contract the land, I will naturally give you the contract money, and the villagers can use the contract money to buy vegetables, and they can buy whatever they want to eat, and they don't have to grow it themselves?" Li Dong said.

"How much is the contract fee?"

"Three hundred acres of cultivated land, sixty acres of mountains. ”

"Don't do it!" said the old man without thinking about it, "a total of fifteen acres of land in our village, according to three hundred and one acres, a total of four thousand and five a year, and when the time comes, forty-six households will have to divide, and each household will have less than a hundred yuan, it is better to grow some vegetables, at least all year round to eat." ”

Li Dong was slightly stunned when he heard it, and the old man's words ...... It seems to make sense, and there seems to be something wrong with this account that he calculated.

Take Xiaodong Village as an example, there is a lot of land, you can't plant it, one mu is 300, ten acres is 3,000 a year, which is an extra income for the villagers of Xiaodong Village, and the vegetables they usually eat are enough to rely on the yard in front of the house and behind the house, but this kind of contract is not in line with the village conditions here in Shicheng Village.

Shicheng Village has little land and many people, there is no idle or wasted land at all, and there is not enough land to grow vegetables, so how can it be rented out? Moreover, once it is contracted out, it loses the land that usually grows vegetables, and it is better to have a piece of land for growing vegetables than a few dozen yuan a year in Deda.

Why didn't you think of this before you came? I only cared about the affairs of the Qingshi River, and it was a mistake, it was definitely a mistake.

"Boy, if nothing else, go back. The old man said as he smoked his cigarette pouch and pot.

Li Dong took a look at the old man, did he really go back like this?

Unwilling!

Li Dong's mind came up with a map of Dongshan, after the Qingshi River left Shicheng Village in Qingyun Mountain, there were many villages that flowed through, second only to the Xiangyang River, and it was also one of the main rivers in Dongshan, if he left like this today, then when he competed with other opponents in the future, he would lose a powerful weapon, and he also needed the water of the Qingshi River for irrigation.

No, you can't give up so easily.

Li Dong stood up, patted his buttocks, and continued to walk down the mountain.

"Are you still going to the village chief's house?" asked the old man, raising his voice.

"No, I'll take a look below. Li Dong looked back at the old man and said with a smile, "Thank you, uncle, for what you just said." ”

The old man looked at Li Dong strangely, thank you? He rejected the other party, and the other party said thank you? Is this young man's head frozen?

Lin Hai hurriedly followed Li Dong, and said as he walked, "Brother Dong, don't listen to that old man, he is a sheep herder, and what he said doesn't count." ”

Li Dong shook his head and said seriously, "Maybe what he said doesn't count, but what he said is very reasonable, so we really have to think long-term about contracting the land in Shicheng Village." ”

"It's just this broken place, if you can't contract it, you can't contract it, why do you have to think about it in the long run?" Lin Hai asked puzzledly, in his opinion, contracting land in this ravine is itself a stupid behavior, and now people don't rent it, turn around and leave, and even think of other ways, is it because of reading too much?

Xueba's thoughts are really not something that he, a scumbag, can understand.

Li Dong went down the mountain and walked on the village road, the village road is paved with stones, which is easier to walk than the mountain road.

Compared with Xiaodong Village, Shicheng Village is indeed very small, and you can see the whole village at a glance, and there are relatively few people on the other side of the river, but most of the land is concentrated there.

The bluestone river is not deep, there is a wooden bridge on it, standing on the bridge and looking down, the river water is very light, even the fish at the bottom of the river can be seen, the middle place is not sinking, Li Dong visually measured about a little more than a meter, in the middle of the stones in the river, Li Dong also saw a net, a round net, specially used to catch small shrimp, go in and can't get out.

"If this place is near Qingzhou, it must be a great resort!" Li Dong couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Dong, there are many of this kind of place, and the problem is that it is too remote, otherwise, no one will come. Lin Hai said that he was not optimistic about this place, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this place had no future, compared to him, he would prefer to mix in the city.

"Who are you?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind him, startling Li Dong, who was really concentrating on things, and when he came back to his senses, he saw a young man in his early twenties standing on the bank of the river under the bridge, carrying a big fish that was more than a foot long.

"We were passing through and saw a nice view, so stop and admire. Li Dong smiled lightly and said, "You are also from this village?"

"This is a place, and people from other villages won't come. The young man looked at Li Dong and Lin Hai, "Look at what you are wearing, it's from the city, right? So saying, the young man carried the fish ashore.

Maybe he was tired of climbing the mountain, Lin Hai's stomach was 'gurgling' at this time, so he looked at the young man and asked, "Dude, is there a restaurant in your village?"

"Restaurant, where did this restaurant come from where birds don't?" said the young man angrily, and it could be seen that although he was from this village, he didn't seem to have a good impression of this village.

"What about the commissary? Is there a place that sells bread, soda, ham sausages, instant noodles? Lin Hai asked.

"Yes, you go ahead, there is a ginkgo tree, turn left and see it, but it's hard to say if the things there haven't expired. The young man said.

"Huh?" Lin Hai became even more depressed when he heard this, "Brother Dong, look, just this place, you still want to engage in contracting, let's go quickly." ”

Li Dong smiled, isn't it just one less meal, so it's in a hurry? Li Dong looked at the young man and said, "Brother, don't you have a fish in your hand, stew it for us." ”

"No, I'm going to sell it at the market tomorrow. The young man said angrily, turned around and left.

"How much does it cost, we buy. Li Dong said, "But you have also seen that we don't have a pot and pan with us, can we borrow one from your family? ”

"Then what are you waiting for? I'll let me go, and I'll tell you, you've found the right person, and I'm not only a set of catching fish, but also a set of making fish. The young man immediately smiled and bragged.

Lin Hai was also happy, and followed with a fart.

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