On a June day, the weather was already hot, so it was close to noon, and every household was cooking and eating, and there was no one to work in the field. When Gu Cheng followed the guidance of the kind-hearted villagers, he parked the car at the door of the village chief Ren Guangfu's house, and he was already hungry!

"Wow!" As soon as I got out of the car, a dog barked next to me. provoked Shen Ting to scream "ah" and hid behind Gu Cheng.

"Kuroko! Lie down! "A rural man with a fat brain, five short statures, a beard, naked and wearing nothing, a pair of blue cloth shorts below, a pair of plastic slippers on his feet, and half a steamed bun in his hand, squinted from the house to the door.

"Who are you two looking for?"

"Boss!" Shen Ting complained, then turned her head away. She is a girl's family, where has she ever seen this kind of dress. What a rough country man!

Gu Cheng looked at the earth dog staring at the man's feet dissatisfied, his black hair was not variegated, but the food was also fat, and he was snorting from his own low.

"Are you the village chief of Ren Guangfu? I'm Gu Cheng, and I was contacted by phone a few days ago! ”

"What? The big boss is you? A little doll? Ren Guangfu was extremely surprised, and the things he was chewing in his mouth also stopped, and his eyes widened.

"Yes!" Gu Chengqiang couldn't help but be unhappy, and continued: "Village Chief Ren, I came today to talk about the matter of contracting land!" ”

"Oh! You are Gu Cheng! So small! Ren Guangfu muttered a few words in a low voice, and then greeted: "Okay, I'm eating, you two go into the house and sit down!" Kuroko, get out of the nest. ”

Ren Guangfu kicked the earth dog and scolded.

"Shen Ting, come in." Walking to the door, seeing Shen Ting's reluctant appearance, Gu Cheng beckoned.

Nanyu Town is a town with a good economy, and Renjia Village is also very good in all aspects. And Ren Guangfu, as the head of a village, naturally has a very good family background!

The five-room wide house, how long it is Gu Cheng can hardly see, the open space outside the gate is about ten meters, and when you enter the gate, there are two houses, and then pass through the yard from the middle, there is a dog kennel on the yard, and the earth dog that has just howled is lying lazily, with its tongue stuck out and panting. There is also a toon tree, with lush foliage and good shade, and a kitchen on the east wall, with blackened bricks. Further inside, it is the house where Ren Guangfu's family lives.

The middle hall is spacious, with stylish sofas and loungers, tiled floors, and then an air-conditioned refrigerator, and the walls and windows are snow-white, but you can tell from the leopard-print and colorful cushions that the owner is of any shape.

On a dark wooden square table against the wall, a man and a woman were eating with vegetables, Ren Guangfu saw Gu Cheng and the two coming in, and opened his mouth to order.

"You two sit down first, I'll eat!"

The woman is estimated to be Ren Guangfu's wife, a stout country woman, sucking and drinking rice porridge, seeing Gu Cheng and the two, she asked strangely, "Who is this?" ”

"The owner of a company in the county." Ren Guangfu replied while eating.

After hearing this, the woman was curious, and suddenly asked in a loud voice: "Girl, are you from the county?" ”

"Auntie, yes." Shen Ting replied with a debt of owe.

"It's so beautiful, much more handsome than when I was younger!" The middle-aged woman praised it, and then looked at Ren Guangfu: "Hurry up and put on something, the little girl is here!" ”

"What are you afraid of! The village lords are not all like this. Ren Guangfu's eyes widened, and his beard curled: "Girl, do you say, are you married?" That's all it takes to get dressed and undressed! ”

"You're shameless." The middle-aged woman scolded, but stopped talking and began to eat with a bowl.

Shen Ting sneered awkwardly, not knowing how to answer, Gu Cheng patted her on the shoulder: "Don't worry." ”

Although he can't get used to it, it is undeniable that not wearing a shirt is just indecent, and in the hot summer, it can be cooler if you wear less, and no one is to blame! Shen Ting was a girl who had no experience, and secondly, she grew up in a big city like Shanghai, and the people she met along the way can be said to be "high-quality". This kind of rural man must have never been encountered, so it is inevitable that he will be embarrassed.

Shen Ting blushed, looked down at a newspaper on the coffee table, and never looked up again.

After a while, Ren Guangfu's lunch was finished. His mother-in-law packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went to the kitchen to wash. Ren Guangfu took a glass of water, rinsed his mouth with a snort, and finally swallowed it into his stomach: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Gu Cheng saw that the village chief was still open-chested and proud, and sat on the opposite chair proudly, so that Shen Ting couldn't speak, so he took the document in Shen Ting's hand and handed it to Ren Guangfu.

"Village Chief, this is the address we have preliminarily selected, and we have prepared a plan for it, you can take a look first."

"Good! You two drink water. Pour yourself! Village Chief Ren greeted at this time, and then browsed through the documents.

After a long time, in a depressing atmosphere, Ren Guangfu frowned and spoke: "Boss Gu, you want too much land!" ”

Nodding, Gu Cheng did not deny it: "There is indeed a lot of land to be contracted, but the money will not be less, and there will be more relatively." ”

"That's right." Ren Guangfu pinched the tea leaves and rushed to the water: "Boss Gu, let's tell you Ming." In the village, I usually have an idea, but if I can contract the land, I have to discuss it with other people in the village, they are all countrymen, and they don't have much knowledge, if you don't let them see some benefits, they will definitely not agree. ”

"However, Ren Village Chief, if we really contract the mountainous land, we will recruit many local people and arrange employment to solve the problem of unemployed people in rural areas, which is a great thing!" Shen Ting hurriedly said when she heard this, she didn't understand, such an obvious benefit, Ren Guangfu would not see it? It is clearly written in the document, and she deliberately made it based on the experience of her predecessors.

"I know! How could I not know! Ren Guangfu frowned: "But those old men in the village, it's useless to say anything." In a word, Boss Gu, whether contracting mountains can be successful or not, it depends on how much money you are willing to pay! ”

Gu Cheng smiled: "Village Chief, I don't know the market. You say your terms! ”

Hearing this, Ren Guangfu smiled and touched his head, his small eyes rolled, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth: "Add two million, one million is land." Another million, I have to confess to a group of old people in the village. ”

"Two million!?" Shen Ting exclaimed, the mountain land they wanted to contract had already been preliminarily seen, and it was a barren mountain that had not been reclaimed. The value of ordinary land, now with the addition of a million, is almost comparable to the best plain irrigated farmland!

Also, the leader of a village dares to open his mouth to ask for a million, who should he be!

Seeing Shen Ting's surprised expression with her mouth wide open, Ren Guangfu put on his face in displeasure: "Boss Gu, I'll leave my words here." The land is at this price, a million, and I don't want it alone. There are more than a dozen elders in the village, and now the village wants to let you outsiders in, and you have to give them some money. ”

"Even then, that's too much!" Gu Cheng said: "The price of land is outrageous, and the people in the village are generous in sharing the money, I am doing business and investment, not charity with you." And he also said that in the future, he will recruit people from Renjiazhuang first. Village Chief, you are like this! ”

"Then you say more money!" Ren Guangfu asked with a hum.

"A million in total, the land and the heads of the people add up!" Gu Cheng cut half the number.

"No! It won't work out that way! You can't live! Ren Guangfu's head shook like a rattle, and he refused repeatedly.

"Forget it! Let's go first! Gu Cheng was hungry for most of the day, and no one paid attention. I had long felt unhappy, but seeing Ren Guangfu prevaricating like this, I suddenly became angry, and turned around and called Shen Ting to leave.

"Boss Gu, Boss Gu!" Ren Guangfu has not met this kind of person yet, so he said no, he immediately turned around and left. Sure enough, it's a little doll, and I don't know if it's interesting to spend the parents' money!

Stopping, Gu Cheng asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Boss Gu, the price is still negotiable!" Ren Guangfu said with a smile.

"Discuss? I think you'd better discuss it with the villagers! I'll make this offer, you can think about it. After Gu Cheng finished speaking, he and Shen Ting walked out of the hall.

"Phew! Little Bunny! If you have money, you will be an uncle with Lao Tzu! After the two left, Ren Guangfu spat and scolded disdainfully: "Damn, the people in the city are amazing!" You can look down on people! I don't wear short sleeves and I look like that, and I might give the boss an egg in bed! ”

Hearing the barking of the dog outside, Ren Guangfu suddenly roared: "Heizi, give me a bite!" ”

Of course, his dogs weren't smart enough to do that. only snorted twice in the courtyard, and continued to hum and eat leftovers.

"Dad, what are you shouting? I saw those two dolls go out! Ren Guangfu's wife cleaned up the kitchen, wiped her hands and entered the hall.

"Don't mention it. These two broken babies don't know a little bit of etiquette. As soon as I heard that I wanted money, I ran away! Village Chief Ren sulked, opened a box of cigarettes, and lit a cigarette.

"Really? That's not a good idea! When the woman heard this, she was also dissatisfied with the help: "Just say that the two babies don't call anyone when they enter the house, and they don't ask." ”

"Alright, do your job. That's a lot to talk about. Ren Guangfu waved his hand impatiently, reclined on the bench, turned on the TV, and watched the latest foreign blockbusters.

As for Gu Cheng's land contracting, there was no fixed meeting time in the village. He was going to go out in the afternoon when it was cooler and talk to people.

In China today, the situation regarding land is like this. As the most basic rural area, land can be contracted and leased and made various profits, but it cannot be bought or sold. The smallest right to buy and sell is also at the county level, and for the countryside, the rule of the Chinese state is not very strong. A village chief is appointed, and the village head comes forward to organize his own leadership body and is responsible for the affairs of rural affairs. But the size of this power is very vague, often some villages have huge clan power, the clan leader actually holds great power, and even some large clans, dominating a town or county, affect and influence the political dynamics of a region!

Gu Cheng naturally couldn't just ask about one place, out of Renjia Village, his stomach was growling with hunger, he and Shen Ting went to Nanyu Town, ready to have a meal.

There are a few restaurants on the streets of the town, looking at one of the more generous, Gu Cheng stopped the car and said to Shen Ting: "Get out of the car!" ”

"Boss, I think this village chief is difficult to deal with." Sitting in the small box, Shen Ting drank saliva and said.

"Well, I'll go to Xuejia Village in a while." Gu Cheng thought about it.

Xuejia Village, connected to Renjia Village, is almost the same as land or something, and it can be completely replaced.

"Okay, let's hope it goes well in the afternoon!" Shen Ting looked forward to it.

"We are now in the initial development, the steps can not be too big, first open a small base, and then slowly develop. Ren Guangfu still tries not to go to him with his lazy face. After all, the agricultural base was founded on other people's territory. A bad attitude will cause endless trouble. ”

When the meal was served, Gu Cheng devoured it before he spoke carefully.

"Oh, I see. No wonder you're now contracting only a small plot of land. Shen Ting suddenly realized.

They are all peasant dishes, the amount of oil and water is enough, Gu Cheng ate with a mouth full of oil, and drank a bottle of beer at the end, then the account was settled, and the two returned to the car.

After a little trimming, Shen Ting drove and ran all the way to Xuejia Village.

The two villages, separated by mountains in the middle, are called grass hills, which make the road several kilometers longer, and it takes more than ten minutes for the Mercedes-Benz car to drive into the range of Xuejia Village.

This time, I didn't ask much passers-by, but the village head Xue Anping built the newly built three-story building on the side of the road at the entrance of the village, and it is said that Xuejia Village will soon be opened to the road.

As soon as the car stopped, Gu Cheng led Shen Ting and walked towards the red gate, stepping forward and knocking.

"It's coming, it's coming!" A generous voice came from the room, and then the door was opened, and a man in his fifties appeared in front of Gu Cheng, he had a dark complexion, a thin body, a wrinkled face but a sharp gaze.

"Who are you looking for?" The man asked.

"Village Chief Xue? I am Gu Cheng, she is Shen Ting, and I contacted the contractor a few days ago. Gu Cheng introduced himself.

"Oh! Come to remember, it's coming so soon, come, let's all go inside! Xue Anping hurriedly greeted.

Although he was a little surprised by the age of the two visitors, Xue Anping was still very warmly hospitable, he took Gu Cheng and the others to the back living room, served tea and poured melon seeds and peanuts, and was very busy.

"The baby is going to the ground, and I'm the only one. I'm getting ready to go out! I'll call you Xiao Gu, right? Xue Anping lit a cigarette and gestured.

"No, I don't." Gu Cheng excused himself with a smile, and then said, "Okay, Uncle Xue is one round older than me." Hehe! ”

"Okay, tell me about you again, I'll hear it." Xue Anping also sat down and looked at Gu Cheng with both eyes.

"Shen Ting, tell Uncle Xue." Gu Cheng commanded.

Shen Ting, who was next to her, looked around as soon as she entered the house. Although the building is newly built, there are not many things inside, and it looks empty. The only big thing in the living room is the NTUA color TV, and a ceiling fan is whirring overhead, which is much worse than in the morning. However, as far as she knows, the strength of the two villages is very close.

After listening to Gu Cheng's order, Shen Ting hurriedly took out the specific documents from the briefcase and explained them while handing them to Village Chief Xue.

"Village Chief Xue, we are going to build a plantation to develop some precious herb cultivation medicines, and the place selected in the early stage says that you can take a look first."

Xue Anping spread a stack of documents on the table in front of him, carefully browsed them, and looked up after a long time: "Are these true?" You two want to contract the wasteland to the south? ”

"Yes! Village Chief Xue, we have also investigated in many ways before we came, and now the barren mountains in the south of Xuejia Village have not been reclaimed and are completely idle. The land is still relatively fertile, which is very suitable for the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine. Shen Ting nodded and said.

"Okay, that's good." The village chief Xue Anping bowed his head again and again: "You are doing this, for our village, it is turning waste into treasure!" I think I can do it. ”

"Really? That's great! Shen Ting was pleasantly surprised when she heard this, and she glanced at Gu Cheng and asked, "If you can, please ask Village Chief Xue to sign the contract!" ”

"Contract? Oh! Don't worry, you two, I agreed, and I have to talk to the villagers. Also, you'd better look at the land and don't regret giving the money. Xue Anping was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said.

"Okay! Uncle Xue, thank you. Then let's do this first, you talk to the village, you can also put forward any requests, and we will go back to the county first! It's a business card. Gu Cheng stood up happily.

"Don't stay for a meal?" Xue Anping kept a sentence, and when he saw that Gu Cheng and the two were resolute, he said goodbye: "Xiao Gu, pay attention on the road." I guess I'll be able to talk back in a few days. ”

Sending someone to the door, Xue Anping saw the sign of the Mercedes-Benz car, and he was a little relieved, at least, he didn't look like a liar.

In fact, he didn't pay attention to Gu Cheng's inquiries a few days ago, because there were too many such incidents every year. But I didn't expect that today's family will visit in person, and the sincerity is still enough.

At this moment, Gu Cheng's speed was relatively fast, all the way back to Quanxian, it was getting late, put Shen Ting back to the company, and when Gu Cheng got home, he was thinking about the recent events.

Regarding land contracting, he just asked Shen Ting to find information, and there was no professional agricultural talent to assist, which was completely impossible. The location of the plantation, the seedling cultivation of herbs, the prevention and control of pests and diseases, as well as the later processing, deep processing, sales and listing, the entire industrial chain, Gu Cheng naturally could not be satisfied with being a low-level farmer to be slaughtered, after thinking about it for most of the night, Gu Cheng found that he had to recruit people again!

When he woke up the next day, Gu Cheng lay on the bed and looked at the time, so he made a phone call.

"Hey, Yang Yi?"

"Yes, who are you?" Yang Yi asked with a look at the unfamiliar number, still in a man's voice.

Seeing the reply over there, Gu Cheng perked up: "I'm Gu Cheng." ”

"Gu Cheng? I don't know, did you make a mistake! Yang Yi was strange.

"That's right, the last time we met at Pi Laogen's house, you forgot, the New Year's meeting. You, with your grandfather. Gu Cheng reminded.

"Oh, I remember." The image of a swinger appeared in Yang Yi's mind, and he couldn't help but snort coldly: "What are you looking for me?" ”

"Do you have time, I need to ask you something!" Gu Cheng asked.

"Busy!" Yang Yi refused without hesitation.

"Don't be in a hurry to hang it yet, I haven't said it yet!" Gu Cheng hurriedly said: "I want to recruit a group of agricultural talents now, but I don't have any experience. I think you seem to know something about this, and I wonder if you can do me a favor. You can rest assured, you won't be free of labor. ”

(To be continued)