Xu Shan took the bus to a fishing village in the southeast.

Had a simple seafood meal on the street nearby.

After running all day, I was so tired that I didn’t want to go back to the hotel in the city.

"Boss, do you have a hotel here?"

"Yes, it's run by the daughter-in-law of the village chief in front. It's very clean."

"Thanks."

Xu Shan discovered that although this place was a village, it was richer than their small county town. Every household in the village had a neat little house with a yard, and the appearance was uniform.

After Xu Shan arrived, she booked a room, which was actually a room in her own home that she had tidied up.

There were only three or four guest rooms, and Xu Shan chose the top one because it had a big window and was only ten dollars a night.

After washing up and lying down, Xu Shan took out her own money. She had spent more than three hundred yuan in the half month since she came here.

If she continues like this, she won't be able to accomplish anything.

Xu Shan sighed, having no idea what to do.

Even if you have no idea what to do, you still have to go to sleep.

I was just worried, so I fell asleep as soon as the next day.

Looking out the window, I saw some fishermen had already gone out to sea.

The people around here make their living by catching big fish, and there is no land at all.

She wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps and start a breeding business.

I guess there's no hope.

Xu Shan got up and went downstairs, ate a few barbecued pork buns at a breakfast shop outside, and walked aimlessly along the coast, considering whether to move to another city.

As a result, looking into the distance, there seemed to be an island.

Xu Shan thought it was another village.

I asked a fisherman on the river bank, "Hey brother, can you take me to that village?"

"Village? Where is the village? We are the only village next to the river bank."

"What's that over there?"

"That's ours too. It's an island. Just walk over there from the front."

“Is it connected to the village?”

"There's no highway, just a dirt road, but it's wide. But that side is all trees and lawns. Apart from young people who like to date there and children playing, no one goes there."

"oh."

Xu Shan followed the man's instructions and walked over to take a look.

It took twenty minutes to walk and the place is huge.

There are at least thousands of acres of vacant land.

This place is quite suitable.

Xu Shan was overjoyed and quickly went to find the village chief with a smile.

I didn't know about the village committee, so I went to the hotel where I was staying. When I was having dinner last night, the proprietress said that the owner of the hotel was the village chief's daughter-in-law.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for the head of your village. Where can I find him?"

"You've found the right person. That's my dad."

After the proprietress finished speaking, she took her to the village committee.

Other people’s village committees are all two-story buildings.

The village chief was a man in his fifties with gray hair, looking very energetic. "Hello, village chief."

"Little girl, what do you want from me?"

"I want to ask, do you have the contract for the island in front of the village chief?"

When the village chief heard this, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Contracting, little girl, where do you want to contract?"

Xu Shan nodded repeatedly, seeing hope and feeling a little excited.

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to do farming and raise some chickens and ducks."

"Oh, a breeding farm. That's a big place, you probably won't be able to use it all."

"I don't know what the price is. I also want to plant some fruit trees."

"We'd like to lease this island. Our fishing boats sometimes dock here. We can't rent out the land along the coast, but we can rent out the land inside. This island has over 2,000 acres. That's 50,000 yuan a year, or 480,000 yuan over 10 years."

"Ah, why is it so expensive? I...I don't have that much money."

"Little girl, you look so young, why would you rent an island? Surrounding our city are islands and hills of all shapes and sizes. Some have been developed, while others are uninhabitable. Take Turtle Island in front of us, for example. Ten years ago, some of our villagers lived there, but there was no electricity or running water, which was a real problem. Now, that island is deserted and no one goes there at all."

"Turtle Island? Can anyone go there?"

"Of course we can. The place is quite big, more than 500 acres."

"Is Turtle Island also under your jurisdiction, Village Chief?"

"Return, this is all our territory."

"Can you take me to see it?"

The village chief knocked on the table twice, looked at her, and pointed to the young staff member in the front office and said, "Xiao Zhang, take this girl to Turtle Island for a tour."

"Village Chief, are you going over there now?"

"Well, go ahead."

Xu Shan followed Xiao Zhang to the beach, boarded a speedboat, and arrived at the vicinity of Turtle Island in five minutes.

"Is this the place?"