Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 1109 Harvesting Tobacco Leaves
For tobacco farmers, picking tobacco leaves is a big event.Not only the pillars of the family like Lopez will do it, but even their wives and daughters will help. It can definitely be called the whole family doing it together.

Most of the tobacco farmers and their families are busy in the tobacco leaf fields. Only Martinez and Zhong Jiahong took a few farm employees to cut bamboo to build rows of racks for drying tobacco leaves.

Everyone is working hard, so the few acres of tobacco leaves on the farm are relatively nothing.By the evening, half of the tobacco fields had been harvested.

Although the sky had darkened, Lopez and others did not rest.Instead, the tobacco leaves that have just been picked are carefully spread on the racks to dry.Fresh tobacco leaves must be dried to a certain extent and then sent to be cured before they can be used to roll cigars.

According to Lopez, the moisture content of the tobacco leaf must be controlled within a very delicate range.Too wet is not good, it will cause cigars to smell choking and even difficult to ignite; but too dry is actually not good, it will obviously affect the quality of cigars.

The climate of different years will affect the quality of tobacco leaves, and the degree of drying required is naturally different.Therefore, the extent to which the tobacco leaves should be dried depends entirely on the experience of the tobacco farmers.

Among the tobacco farmers, Lopez and Martinez are very experienced.With the two of them discussing with each other and making a decision, there will be absolutely no mistakes in drying the tobacco leaves.

After hearing Lopez's words, Zhao Lei couldn't help but secretly rejoice.Fortunately, I hired these experienced tobacco farmers to ensure that the cigars made are of high quality.

If Zhao Lei was greedy for convenience and just found a few people to take charge of this matter, he would definitely ruin the fairy gourd's reputation.Although it can save hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is definitely not worth the candle.

Considering the importance of tobacco farmers, Zhao Lei called Shen Hanqing, told the Nanyang tycoon the specific situation of these people, and asked him if he could solve the identity problem of Lopez and others.

After listening to Zhao Lei's introduction, Shen Hanqing said with a smile: "Master Zhao, I have a way to change the status of these people into immigrant laborers. As long as they pay taxes on time, they can get temporary visas for Malaysia. If they pay taxes continuously In five years, you will be able to obtain permanent residency.”

Zhao Lei really didn't know that Shen Hanqing is worthy of being a local tycoon, and there is still such a way, he couldn't help but said happily: "This is really great, I don't have to worry about how to arrange these people, and I can't keep them hiding in the farm Can't get out."

Shen Hanqing said: "These are trivial matters. I will send a lawyer to you tomorrow to help these people go through the formalities. As long as your farm proves that it is willing to hire them, and then pay taxes on time, there will be no problem."

Zhao Lei smiled and said: "Then I will trouble you, I will wait for your lawyer to come tomorrow."

After talking on the phone with Shen Hanqing, Zhao Lei told Lopez and the others the good news, and cheers immediately erupted in the camp.

Originally, tobacco farmers and their families were worried about their identity.If they do not have legal status, then they are all black households and may be sent back to the country at any time.

The news brought by Zhao Lei perfectly solved everyone's worries.As long as I work on the farm for five years, I can take root here and not have to go back to be poor, which is amazing.

Shen Hanqing's lawyer arrived early the next morning, took Lopez and others with Zhao Lei, and went to the local government for registration.With the help of a professional lawyer, all the procedures will be completed quickly.In other words, Lopez and the others have obtained temporary residency rights, and as long as they have a job, they don't have to worry about being deported back to their country.

This made the tobacco farmers' hearts fall to the ground, and they worked harder after returning to the farm.By the afternoon of the third day, all the tobacco leaves had been harvested and placed on racks to dry.

The next thing Lopez and others have to do is to carefully observe the dryness of the tobacco leaves, and start toasting and drying at the right time. After a series of procedures, the cigarettes can be officially started.

Zhao Lei didn't know anything about these things, so of course Lopez and the others were responsible for everything.He himself plans to stay at the farm for another two days, use purple gold gourds to process the tobacco seeds needed for next year, and then return to China.

In addition to handling tobacco seeds, Zhao Lei and Zhong Jiahong also checked the situation in other parts of the farm.

Zhong Jiahong is indeed a qualified person in charge. Under his management, everything on the farm is going on in an orderly manner.Whether it is vegetable greenhouses, rice fields or sugarcane fields, Zhao Lei is very satisfied with the situation.

What interests Zhao Lei the most is the situation of the coffee garden.These coffee seeds also come from Cuba, and after being treated with purple gold gourd, they grow very well.

In just over a year, the coffee tree has grown very large.The originally barren coffee garden has now become full of trees.The lush coffee trees are full of vitality. Even Zhao Lei, a layman, can tell that these coffee trees are growing very well.

While inspecting the coffee garden, Zhao Lei said to Zhong Jiahong with satisfaction: "Old Zhong, it can be seen that you and the farm staff have put a lot of thought into the farm, and all the crops are growing very gratifying!"

Zhong Jiahong laughed and said, "I don't dare to take credit for this. It's entirely because of the good varieties of these crops. Everyone and I just work as before, but the growth is very good!"

In fact, it’s all thanks to Zijin Gourd, but Zhao Lei wouldn’t tell the truth, he just smiled and said to Zhong Jiahong: “Don’t be modest, at the end of this year, all the old workers on the farm will be given an additional bonus of [-] U.S. dollars, and you can take one for yourself.” Wan, take it as the reward for this year's hard work!"

"This is really great, everyone will be very happy!" Zhong Jiahong nodded happily, and then said to Zhao Lei: "The coffee tree is growing very well, and it seems that it will bear fruit soon. I suggest that the coffee tree be screened and roasted first. Bean facilities will be built so as not to be caught off guard when the time comes.”

As long as it is a decision that is beneficial to the farm, of course Zhao Lei will not object and directly hand over the matter to Zhong Jiahong.

After inspecting the farm, Zhao Lei went back to the villa by the sea to rest.He sat on the beach in front of the villa and enjoyed the beautiful view of the sea.Thinking of the previous times when she lived in the villa with Song Wanqing by her side, but this time she was alone, she couldn't help but sigh.

However, at this moment, Zhao Lei suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the sea in front of him, his face was full of surprise.I saw a slender figure slowly standing up from the sea not far away, walking towards him unhurriedly, it was Elisa who had just moved to the farm!
(End of this chapter)