Chapter 50: Doing something big
Mu Jiu raised his eyes to look at her. The words that she would be invaded without reason by outsiders touched her heart.
She has been troubled by this matter these days, but has not been able to think of any good way to solve it.
Although outsiders may covet the benefits of the hot springs over time, the neighborhood committee's actions are undoubtedly increasing the chances of this happening.
In fact, Mu Jiu only needs to wait until the official takeover area of the base is demarcated. At that time, there will be troops stationed there, and she will no longer have to worry about gang invasions.
Mu Jiu stared at Shu Wei for a long time. She thought that perhaps she should give a chance to those people who were unwilling to follow the neighborhood committee as she mentioned.
But there are prerequisites for following her. You can only have food if you take the initiative to work. She doesn't support idlers here.
Mu Jiu hooked her finger and asked Gu Yang and Gu Nuan to come closer to talk.
"Seeing that you two have even prepared the bed for her, you should have no objection to this girl staying in your villa, right?"
The brother and sister looked at each other and said, "We have no objection. Sister agrees?"
Gu Yang was originally a little afraid that his sister would be angry with them for making the decision to keep the person on their own.
Mu Jiu nodded, not wanting to waste time on this matter, and went straight to the point, saying:
“This girl just said something that woke me up. The people in the neighborhood committee are going too far. If this continues, the hot spring resort will be targeted by gangs sooner or later.
You have dealt with those people with guns in the factory last time. They are not people to be trifled with.
What they hold in their hands are real hot weapons, not toys.
With the current medical conditions completely paralyzed and collapsed, a shot would basically be the end of you.
The neighborhood committee is playing with fire. If they want to die, they will eventually drag us down with them.
Starting tomorrow, you two should take the girl with you and go to investigate privately and ask for the opinions of other people in the resort.
But this matter must be done secretly, away from those who are obviously close to the neighborhood committee.
Just like what this girl said, I am willing to give everyone a chance to choose and see what they want.
But I also have a requirement. Although they don't have to do things like selling their bodies, necessary labor is indispensable.
You have to work to earn a living, and this is the rule everywhere."
After Mu Jiu finished speaking, the Gu siblings nodded repeatedly to show that they understood!
This matter was arranged properly, Mu Jiu looked up at Shu Wei and said:
“Since you want to stay, and you are not injured, get up early tomorrow and follow the Gu brothers and sisters to the mountain to chop firewood.
They will teach you the specifics.”
Hearing with her own ears that the big sister of Building 50 agreed, Shu Wei was overjoyed. She ignored everything else, jumped off the bed, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Mu Jiu, and thanked her for taking her in.
Now that he had made up his mind, Mu Jiu no longer stayed at home all day.
She was fully dressed, holding a small charcoal hand warmer, and found the resort's organic farm that the former housekeeper had mentioned at the foot of the mountain in the west.
The place is not small, with about forty to fifty acres of farmland, all covered with thick white snow. No one has taken care of it since the extreme cold.
But because there are many wild hot springs nearby, the ground temperature in this area is not low, so the thickness of the snow is not high.
There is also a breeding farm of several acres next to the field, probably a chicken coop and a pig house.
Mu Jiu remembered that among the supplies distributed by the Housekeeping Department, there was pork, and the quantity was quite large. As for the chicken, it was probably kept by the people in the Housekeeping Department for their own use.
But these are all in the past and don't matter anymore.
Mu Jiu took out a small axe from the space and chopped down two small bungalows next to him with one axe. These were probably the places used to store livestock feed and seedlings.
All the necessary farming tools and even fertilizers were there, but after more than eight months of extremely cold weather, they were frozen hard and stuck to the ground.
Mu Jiu walked around the area carefully and decided to go back and ask someone for help.
When I knocked on the door of Villa 049, it was Lou's mother who opened the door. She was a little surprised because Mu Jiu would never come to someone's house on his own initiative.
Mu Jiu was too lazy to go into the house, so he asked Lou's mother to help call Lou Nan out, as he had something to talk to her about.
At this moment, Lou Nan was in her sunroom fiddling with her plants. When she heard Mu Jiu coming, she ran out.
"Sister Mu, the pumpkins I planted have grown buds. Do you want to come and take a look?" Lou Nan said excitedly.
"Congratulations! We have one more cold-resistant crop variety! I need your help with something."
Mu Jiu glanced at Lou Nan and continued:
"Go back and put on some thick clothes. I'll take you somewhere."
These words were said seriously, and Lou Nan couldn't help but look at Lou's mother, nodded, and hurried back to the house.
In less than two minutes, Lou Nan, neatly dressed, came out trotting, "Sister Mu, where are we going?"
"Let's go to a nice place you like." Mu Jiu said, and walked towards the main road. Lou Nan followed curiously.
The two walked together along the white mountain path for half an hour before reaching the farm area.
From a distance, it looked no different from other snowy places, except for a few long bungalows that were almost submerged in the snow.
But when Lou Nan saw a wooden sign stuck in the snow, he was really excited.
All it said was: Wenquanshan Organic Farm.
"Sister Mu, are you preparing to..." do something big?
Lou Nan didn't finish her words, but she thought it was almost correct.
Because this thing is extremely difficult to do, probably only this sister has the ability to do it.
“Well, the end is still a long way off, and it’s not a solution to keep going like this.
Food is a basic living condition that requires some effective solutions to maintain, and it would be best to achieve self-sufficiency.
This land was originally the resort's farm. I want to integrate this place and redevelop it for cultivation.
But I'm not an expert in this matter, so I need your help. Do you have the confidence to make this into an enlarged sun room?"
Mu Jiu looked at her, waiting for her reply.
Mu Jiu has a way to deal with the hardware. After all, when he bought it from Brown Bear Country for zero yuan, he collected millions of tons of industrial consumables in the industrial park.
Building a small greenhouse is no problem at all.
This was the first time that Lou Nan was taken seriously. He was flattered and his voice trembled as he answered:
"Of course, as long as Sister Mu is willing to trust me and give me the task, I will definitely work hard to complete it!"
After hearing Lou Nan's assurance, Mu Jiu immediately settled the matter in his mind.
According to Lou Nan's suggestion, the frozen soil needs to be cleared of snow first and then thawed. The next steps will depend on the effect of the thawing and will be adjusted accordingly.
Mu Jiu did not waste any time and immediately called the Gu siblings, Shu Wei and the other two, together with Lou Nan, a total of five people.
Each person took an engineer shovel and a pair of coarse cloth gloves and started shoveling snow.
This is a purely physical job, and the Gu brothers and sisters who go up the mountain to chop firewood every day can relatively handle it.
The two young ladies, Lou Nan and Shu Wei, had blisters on their hands after just a few shovelfuls of digging...
But neither of them dared to cry out in pain, and they endured it and continued to shovel snow.
Lou Nan came here with the dream of doing something big. If this place could really be made successful it would prove her worth, so she persisted.
Shu Wei had just surrendered, and she was afraid that if she cried out in pain, Mu Jiu would get angry and kick her out of the team. That would be tantamount to letting her die, and she didn't want that!
So a group of people gritted their teeth and worked hard until dark!
"It's time to call it a day. Thank you all for your hard work today. I'll treat you all to mutton hotpot tonight!" Mu Jiu said domineeringly as he carried the big shovel on his shoulder.
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