Fairy Gourd Farm

Chapter 73 Agricultural Cooperatives

Thinking of this, Zhao Lei no longer hesitated, and quickly asked Zhou Jun: "How many acres of land do you have now? How much is your annual net income?"

"It's exactly two acres of land, and I plant some rice and vegetables every year." Naturally, Zhou Jun would not hide such things from Zhao Lei, and said indifferently: "In fact, I don't have much income in a year, only three to four thousand yuan. Mainly It’s because the old man can’t take time off, and he feels it’s a pity to let the land go to waste.”

Zhao Lei nodded and said, "If that's the case, go home and ask the old man if he would like to grow emerald vegetables with me."

Now Zhou Jun also came alive, and said with great interest: "Tell me about your plan."

Zhao Lei said to Zhou Jun: "It is to use your land to grow emerald vegetables. I will pay 2 yuan per mu of land every year. If the old man feels bored at home, he can come to the vegetable field to help, and I will pay him every month. , just like Chen Lan and Feng Bin who work in the chicken farm, what do you think?"

Zhou Jun said without hesitation: "Of course that's fine. The annual income of that land has at least quadrupled! That's why it's taking advantage of you..."

Zhao Lei interrupted Zhou Jun and said, "Look at what you said, don't you know that jadeite vegetables make more money? What is [-] yuan a year, and you can earn it back soon."

Knowing that Zhao Lei was taking care of him, Zhou Jun nodded movedly and said, "Thank you, brother! I'll discuss it with the old man when I get home, and he probably agrees."

"I hope the old man can agree." Zhao Lei added: "I have another request. If you really want to do this, you have to change your land to my vegetable field, which is easier to manage."

The reason why Zhao Lei specifically made this request is because planting emerald vegetables requires watering fairy dew.The vegetable fields are connected together, just expand the drip irrigation system, and there is no need to build additional water storage tanks, which can save costs and avoid leaks.

Zhou Jun had no opinion on this, and nodded lightly: "This is what it should be, the old man should be able to agree."

Although the cooperation with Zhou Jun's family has basically been settled, his family only has two acres of land, which is still too little for Zhao Lei.So after returning to the village, Zhao Lei went to find Hu Qiang and Li Qian's father, Li Jianguo, and asked them if they were interested in cooperating with him.

Hu Qiang and Li Jianguo agreed to Zhao Lei's conditions without much consideration. After all, this would at least double their annual income. Faced with such a fact, no one would refuse to cooperate with Zhao Lei.

They both said that they would go to the village chief tomorrow and change the land next to Zhao Lei so that he could manage it in a unified manner in the future.At the same time, Hu Qiang, his wife and Li Jianguo will both work in the vegetable fields. Zhao Lei will pay them a salary of 500 yuan per month, and there will be a bonus at the end of the year. This kind of treatment also makes everyone very satisfied.

Not long after, Zhou Qingsong and Zhou Jun also came to Zhao Lei. The old man expressed his willingness to cooperate with Zhao Lei on the spot and fully accepted his conditions.

These three families have a total of more than six acres of land. Adding Zhao Lei's original land, the vegetable garden covers an area of ​​nearly nine acres, which can alleviate the shortage of emerald vegetables to a large extent.

However, Zhao Lei was not satisfied with this, and went to find Chen Lan after dinner.

Chen Lan had just taken a shower, her hair was wet, the scent of soap was still lingering on her body, and her cheeks were flushed, making her look more attractive than usual.

But at this time, the pretty widow was full of resentment, lowered her head and said softly: "Why do you still have time to come to me, shouldn't you be busy with the cooperation with other companies?"

"Hey, you already know about this?" Zhao Lei was a little surprised, but soon said with a smile: "I came to you for this, just to ask if you are interested in cooperating?"

Chen Lan said happily, "Really?"

Zhao Lei said meaningfully: "Of course, how could I forget you!"

These words warmed Chen Lan's heart, she smiled at Zhao Lei and said, "I'm sorry, just now I..."

"It's okay!" Zhao Lei brushed off the small misunderstanding and began to discuss the details of cooperation with Chen Lan.

In fact, Zhao Lei gave Chen Lan the same conditions as others, but Chen Lan had already worked in the chicken farm, so she didn't have a second salary.

However, this has already satisfied the pretty widow, and she said to Zhao Lei full of expectation: "In this way, I will be able to pay off all the debts I owe by next year!"

Although it was just a simple sentence, the bitterness contained in it made Zhao Lei a little distressed, and he couldn't help pulling Chen Lan's little hand and said: "Sister Lan, don't worry, as long as I'm here, I won't make you suffer again! "

Chen Lan didn't take her hand back, she nodded slightly to Zhao Lei, and leaned on his shoulder shyly.At this moment, neither of them spoke, quietly feeling this warm time.

I don't know how long it took before Chen Lan said quietly: "Tomorrow I will go to Wang Chenggang to talk about the land exchange, but every time he looks at me, he always looks weird, which is really annoying!"

Zhao Lei knew what kind of virtue Wang Chenggang was, and it was expected that he coveted the beautiful Chen Lan, so he immediately said seriously: "If it's impossible, I'll go with you. If that old guy dares to mess around, I'll beat him up!"

Amused by Zhao Lei's words, Chen Lan glanced at him and said, "Nonsense, Wang Chenggang is the emperor of the village. If you offend him, don't even think about growing vegetables in peace. I'll go by myself tomorrow."

Chen Lan's charming appearance made Zhao Lei's mind flutter, and she was even more worried that she went to find Wang Chenggang alone, pondered for a moment and said: "The old man loves money, I will prepare some cash for you tomorrow, so don't be verbose, just use the money Just smash it. If he has other demands, you leave immediately. Making money is important, but you must not be included!"

Zhao Lei's concern made Chen Lan feel the long-lost warmth, she snuggled into his arms and nodded lightly: "Well, I listen to you!"

Although Zhao Lei knew in his heart that if he stayed tonight, Chen Lan would never refuse.However, the cooperation plan has just begun, and there are still many problems waiting to be resolved. Zhao Lei can only force himself to say goodbye to the pretty widow, and go home with her resentful eyes.

What reassures Zhao Lei is that Wang Chenggang obviously likes money more than beautiful women.After receiving 5000 yuan from Chen Lan, Wang Chenggang readily agreed to her request and moved the land next to Zhao Lei's house.

And Hu Qiang and the others also went to Wang Chenggang one after another to exchange all the land at home.So Zhao Lei had a piece of twelve acres of land that he could grow emerald vegetables.

This made everyone very happy. They gathered next to the field to discuss what to do next, and they were full of expectations for the future.

Zhao Lei was also in a very good mood, and said to everyone with a smile on his face: "From today onwards, our agricultural cooperative will be formally established. As long as we all work together, the cooperative will become better and better!"

(End of this chapter)