In her previous life, her eldest brother died early, her second sister went blind due to illness, her third brother became autistic, and she herself lived a life of poverty and hardship, scavenging...
It wasn't until a few hundred meters from the intersection that Village Chief Guan pointed to the fields on the east side of the road and said, "From here on, it's our Guanjia Village's land. Think about it, isn't it too far?"
"Not far. I think we should go further north."
The school should be far away from the downtown area. In the future, this intersection will definitely be the most lively place in the town.
Village Chief Guan was surprised, "Further north?"
"Yes! It's at least two miles away from the intersection."
Village Chief Guan led them further north and asked, "How about this area? The land here is all dry land. We grow corn and sweet potatoes every year, and the price will be cheaper."
"Village chief, can you tell me what the villagers' attitude is towards my plan to buy land?"
Village Chief Guan paused and said, "Some agree, some disagree. I point to this road and ask them if they have the nerve to walk on it."
Although the village chief was a bit mercenary, he was still a fair man. "Village chief, let's set the price accordingly. Don't force the villagers to agree. I will buy this piece of dry land.
Because we plan to build another teachers' dormitory, let's buy 1,000 mu! Whose land is this? You need to do a good job of convincing everyone that they are willing to sell it.
"Teachers' dormitory?" Village Chief Guan repeated, his voice a little high. "Zhou Xiang, what are you going to do with such a large piece of land?"
Zhou Xiang looked at the people around him and asked, "You didn't tell the village chief and godfather?"
Ling Ran shook his head.
Zhou Xiang rolled his eyes at him, then turned to the village chief and said, "I'm planning to build a school. The first step is to have land or a site before I can apply to open a school."
"Establish a school?" Although the village chief Guan has limited education, he knows that all schools are public.
Guan Bo was also shocked. What was his daughter-in-law doing?
"Yes! If there are public schools, there must be private schools, just like the private schools in the past, which can be privately run."
After hearing this, Village Chief Guan understood. His lips trembled with excitement. Opening a school! Opening a school on their Guanjia Village land, and having the daughter of a Guanjia Villager open a school? Great, great! This is a great thing!
"Okay, I'll convince everyone who owns this land. So, what's the price?"
Zhou Xiang looked at Ling Ran, and Ling Ran said, "When we bought the warehouse from the supply and marketing cooperative, we calculated the price based on 70 years, which was enough per mu. The commercial land over there is more expensive, but this is considered permanent land, so we should pay this price! In order to avoid any complaints from the villagers."
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Okay! I'll give you the same price."
Zhou Zuoping was secretly shocked. Wow, the amount he and his son got was still not enough. The land alone cost 14.7 million.
Village Chief Guan was so excited by the waves of excitement that he could barely speak. "Okay, I, I thank you. No, I thank you on behalf of all the villagers."
"Village Chief, if any villagers are dissatisfied or unsatisfied, I believe that at this price, Xiao Xiezhuang will definitely be very happy to meet their needs, right?"
Zhou wanted to be frank. Wasn't this the same situation that occurred when he bought the adobe house in the north end?
Village Chief Guan nodded repeatedly, "That's right. The annual harvest of this dry land can't even reach 200 yuan. Your price is equivalent to letting them not work hard for a lifetime, and you're just giving them the harvest all at once. If they're still not satisfied, then you're really greedy."
After the price was agreed upon, Zhou Xiang pointed out the approximate uses of various places in the circle drawn by Village Chief Guan's finger. Ling Ran wrote it down with paper and pen. He couldn't let his wife worry about the future matters anymore.
Although Village Chief Guan and Guan Bo did not understand some of the terms Zhou wanted to say, they still knew about the teaching buildings and dormitory buildings.
There are also cafeterias, supermarkets, infirmaries, and outdoor and indoor sports fields, which make them feel that this is not a school, but a living area that is more complete than a town.
In such a school, as long as students have money, they can buy anything they need without leaving the school.
The more Zhou Zuoping listened, the more interested he became. Such schools could only be found in big cities. If this school was successful, this small town would also become famous.
He was willing to give it a try. If he succeeded, he would also become famous. But his fame was different from his fame as mayor. That was fame, but this might be fame.
After returning to Zhou's house, Zhou Xiang looked for something to eat. She walked a long way and was tired.
Ling Ran asked her distressedly what she wanted to eat?
Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I want to eat stir-fried fish and fish head soup."
"Okay, I'll ask Uncle Chen to go fishing and catch big fish."
Zhou's mother was a little worried. As someone who usually loves to eat fish, she would be extremely sensitive to the smell of fish during pregnancy, and she didn't know how to tell.
But the blind lady didn't think so. "Just let her try. It's not absolute."
Chen Wenlian agreed, "Think about her appetite. It's different from that of ordinary pregnant women. Maybe she can eat it! We should let her try!"
In just two days, the three women became good friends who could talk about anything. They talked about parenting, talked about children, and teased Xiao Yuanyuan and Zhou Weibin. Their days were fulfilling and happy.
After An Wen finished her confinement, she couldn't stay idle, and her family didn't need her help, so she followed Brother Chao to the park to help, and took over Lu Jin and the others' shifts, which made Lu Jin think that she was going to come back and take their jobs.
An Wen rolled his eyes at him. "Do you really need me to take this last-minute job from you? If Zhou Niao and Vice President Lu hadn't gone home yet, Brother Chao and I would have nothing to do. Who would want to work for you?"
"Well, go tell your sister-in-law that you have nothing to do and ask her to assign you some work."
"Go away. My sister-in-law has been busy lately. I won't add to the chaos. I'll wait for Zhou Niao to come back home."
"Do you know when he will be back?"
"All you do all day is eat and meet your girlfriend. Your sister-in-law and the boss are having a wedding in July. How can Zhou Niao not come back?"
Lu Jin rolled his eyes and whispered, "No, isn't my sister-in-law pregnant? Why are you still going through the trouble of having a wedding?"
"It's because she's pregnant that we need to hurry up and have the wedding banquet. If we don't have a wedding banquet, others won't know that they've already obtained a marriage certificate!"
Lu Jin laughed and stepped back, "We don't know either. The boss is sneaking around and he didn't tell us."
An Wen pointed at him and said, "You think the boss got on the bus first and bought the ticket later? Wait, I'll tell the boss."
Lu Jin quickly waved his hand, "No! Don't tell the boss, he's exhausted from running around the streets every day buying food."
"Hmph! I'm telling you, if anyone dares to talk nonsense, you should fight back immediately. The boss and his wife got married two years ago."
Lu Jin nodded immediately, "I know, I know. If anyone dares to say that, I will confront him immediately."
In fact, Lu Jin had heard many tourists grumbling about this. Didn't he know that the boss had been promoted? Otherwise, he would definitely not allow others to talk nonsense behind his back.
Zhou Xiang was eating her favorite childhood snack at home when she saw her godmother running towards her with two chickens.
"Think about it."
Aunt Guan put down the two chickens in her hands and entered the dining room. She saw her goddaughter holding a cold steamed bun in one hand and an onion in the other. She was eating happily, taking a bite of steamed bun and a bite of onion, as if the spicy onion was the most delicious food in the world.