31 Chapter 31
◎I was a pig killer in my last life, and I teach in this life◎
Jiang Jingyun was not surprised at the villagers' hesitation. Not everyone has the courage to be the first to try something new.
To be honest, the purchase price given by the Jiang family has always been very fair, and they take the initiative to bear the initial investment costs. Therefore, as long as the villagers grow vegetables honestly according to the contract, they may not make a lot of money, but it will definitely be a good income. Even if we take a step back, the method is in his hands anyway. At worst he can just hire someone to do it on his own, so there is no need to force it.
When the old village chief saw Jiang Jingyun's indifferent attitude, he immediately became anxious.
Nanhe Village has always been poor. Apart from the two mu and three fen of land owned by each family, there is very little extra income. It is rare that the Jiang family is willing to put aside past grudges and provide a way to make money. As a result, I am anxious here, but these people are still afraid to do it. I really want to knock their heads open to see if they are filled with paste.
However, although he was quite annoyed with the villagers for being in a hopeless situation, the village chief was still unwilling to give up this opportunity. He gave Jiang Jingyun a few more days so that he could go and lobby the villagers in person.
Jiang Jingyun agreed and also proposed another cooperation matter to the village chief, saying that if the villagers were unwilling to grow vegetables, they were willing to do this as well, and they would purchase them at the market price.
Of course, the partners in these two incidents excluded the households that had caused trouble before.
For these shameless villains, not beating them up every time you see them is considered a kindhearted act. Don't even think about getting a penny from the Jiang family anymore.
The village chief nodded in agreement and for several days he walked around the village in the cold wind with his cane.
In the end, there were more than twenty households in the village willing to sign a contract with the Jiang family.
Looking at the two deeds with red fingerprints in his hands, the old village chief finally felt relieved after days of worry. He handed one of the deeds to Jiang Jingyun with gratitude in his eyes: "Jiang boy, now that the contract has been signed, can you tell them how to do it specifically..."
"Okay, no problem." Jiang Jingyun nodded readily. He explained the construction of the greenhouse, temperature, humidity, light control and other factors in detail to everyone. He was so thirsty that his mouth was dry. Finally, in the slightly confused expressions of the group of people, he sighed deeply: "We will also build greenhouses to grow vegetables here. When the time comes, each of you can send someone to learn from us."
"Oh, that's great." The villagers smiled innocently. It wasn't that they were not serious. They were just talking about the farm work they were used to doing on weekdays. Somehow, it became like listening to a foreign language in Jiang Jingyun's mouth. It was really hard for them to understand. If they could just follow him and do as he said, that would be perfect.
Okay, looking at the villagers who had given up listening to the lectures and were waiting for the on-site teaching, Jiang Jingyun stopped struggling.
As the saying goes, he was a killer in his previous life and teaches in this life. Although it cannot be considered teaching in a clear sense, he never killed pigs in his previous life, so they should not torture each other.
When the explanation began, the old village chief listened from the beginning to the end. Although he himself did not understand something, it did not stop him from despising that group of people: "They are as stupid as pigs. They can't understand even after farming for a lifetime. Are brains on the head meant to be used as decorations? They don't necessarily look good..."
The villagers were not angry when being called stupid, they just giggled foolishly, which made the village chief have another heart attack.
Although he was harsh in words, he was really concerned about these people in his heart. The village chief looked at Jiang Jingyun and said with a kind smile: "Ignore them. Tell me in detail about the second thing you mentioned last time."
Jiang Jingyun nodded and suggested raising rabbits in the village.
When Su Yuheng was making cold rabbit, he asked him if he would sell it in restaurants later. At that time, he paid special attention to where meat rabbits were sold. What surprised him was that there was no one in the dozen or so villages around who raised rabbits. People were more accustomed to raising chickens and ducks at home. If they wanted to eat rabbit, they would go to the nearby mountains to try their luck...
At that time, he was thinking whether it was possible to develop the breeding industry here.
Rabbits are easy to raise as they are herbivores and they reproduce quickly. Rabbit meat, rabbit hair, and rabbit skins can all be sold as commodities, so the profit from breeding is very high. However, there are also disadvantages. It is difficult to control the breeding plan in large-scale breeding, and in ancient times when people did not have good treatment conditions, once an uncontrollable disease occurred, the losses caused would be enormous.
But he didn't want to give up this market, so Jiang Jingyun referred to the great ideas of modern predecessors and wanted to set up a family contract system for raising rabbits in the village. Such small-scale and decentralized breeding could better control the scale and distribute the risks to each family.
He explained the pros and cons of the matter to the old village chief and let the villagers decide for themselves whether to raise the rabbits. He also said that after the rabbits grow up, they can buy them at the current market price, whether they buy them themselves or sell them to the Jiang family.
Because it is winter now, there are only a few surviving grass leaves outside. Even if they want to raise rabbits, they have to go to the mountains to catch them after spring. So there is no rush. Jiang Jingyun asked the villagers to go back first and think it over slowly. It will not be too late to make a decision after spring.
After the two things were arranged, the interests of most people in the village were more or less tied to the Jiang family. As long as Jiang Yanlou could continue to operate for a long time, the bond between the two would not be broken. If something else happened, the villagers would surely stand on the side of the Jiang family first for the sake of money. This was also the result that Jiang Jingyun ultimately wanted.
However, the interests involved are not something that outsiders can understand.
Sun Xiucai had been patiently listening to him talk about what happened in the village. When he learned that Jiang Jingyun had benefited from it while not forgetting to benefit the village, he nodded and praised: "You care about the people and seek benefits for them. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. You did a great job."
Only a relationship based on interests is the most stable relationship. Although Jiang Jingyun's initial purpose was to benefit himself, he finally achieved a win-win result, so the praise is well deserved. Just as he was feeling proud of his cleverness, he heard Mr. Sun continue, "Well, go back and write me a policy paper on 'serving the people', and give it to me when you return from your day off the day after tomorrow..."
"Oh, ah?" Jiang Jingyun responded out of habit, and then suddenly reacted. He looked at Mr. Sun with wide eyes in disbelief. Weren't they just having a meal and chatting? Why did he have to add some last-minute homework?
Seeing that he had a frown and looked unhappy, Mr. Sun wanted to hit him on the head with a ruler. This student was smart but lacked perseverance. Although he was not lazy in his studies, he did not have the drive either. Sun Xiucai was really disappointed: "What? Now that you don't have to work hard for a living, you should focus on your studies! If you procrastinate any more, I'll add another article!"
“Oh…” Jiang Jingyun didn’t dare to talk back and responded sullenly. Thinking about having to stay up late to make up for his schoolwork in the next two days, he suddenly felt that the hot pot in front of him was not fragrant anymore.
Although hot pot doesn’t smell good after a while, the money you earn is still good.
After seeing off the last batch of guests in the evening, Jiangyanlou hung up a wooden sign saying "Closed", and the business for the day officially ended.
Jiang Jingyun closed the door and prepared to clean up. When he turned around, he saw several pairs of sparkling eyes. He couldn't help but laugh: "How about... let's count the money before we start working?"
"Okay, okay, I'll help." Second Brother Jiang responded first, put his arm around Jiang Jingyun's shoulders and walked towards the cashier counter.
The eldest aunt followed and teased her second son: "You have such a stupid brain that you can't even count a hundred numbers. Don't go there to make things worse!"
"Mother, I have learned to count a long time ago. You can't always look at me with the old eyes." Jiang Erge grumbled dissatisfiedly, "Fifth brother said, 'When a man has been away for three days, he should... wipe his eyes and miss him again'!"
Jiang Jingyun smiled and corrected: "It's 'When a scholar has been away for three days, he should be treated with new eyes'."
"Yes, yes, that's what I meant."
The others watched him making jokes with smiles on their faces. Although they didn't say anything, they moved quickly and in a few moments everyone was standing by the counter.
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Jiang Jingyun slowly dumped the heavy wooden box in his hand onto the table. With a "rustling" sound, broken silver and copper plates of varying sizes covered the entire table, glowing silver under the dim candlelight, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
For a moment, everyone seemed to lose the ability to speak. Looking at the mountain of silver in front of them, everyone had different reactions.
Brother Jiang nudged his younger brother with his elbow and murmured in a low voice: "Jinghao, pinch me, I seem to be dreaming..."
Second Brother Jiang was also a little stunned. Hearing this, he stretched out his hand and pinched the eldest brother's thigh hard. The eldest brother grimaced in pain and said, "Hiss, it hurts so much. It's real, not a dream."
Uncle Jiang and his wife's hands were shaking with excitement. Then, they suddenly looked around vigilantly as if for some reason. They felt relieved when they saw that the doors and windows were locked and there was no one around. After a while, they heard the footsteps of someone passing by outside the door, and they began to look around vigilantly again. This cycle repeated over and over again.
On the surface, Xiao Muyan was the calmest among them, but upon closer inspection, one would find that his hands were clenched tightly under his sleeves, his body was tense, and his eyes, which used to be as white as lacquer, were now faintly shining.
Jiang Jingyun let everyone relax for a while before reminding them, "Ahem...it's getting late, and we still have to clean up the store. Let's count the money quickly and record the account."
Hearing Jiang Jingyun's urging, they woke up as if from a dream and mechanically began to count today's income.
"Three hundred and six, three hundred and seven, three hundred and eight..." Jiang Jingyun looked at the copper coins that had been strung together, and added the weighed silver coins, and reported today's turnover, "A total of two hundred and sixty taels, six hundred and eighty coins."
"How... much?" The aunt covered her rapidly beating heart, not sure if she had heard it wrongly.
Jiang Jingyun smiled as he looked at the amount on the account book, reported it to them again, and explained: "After deducting the cost, we probably made about 200 taels. The store gave us a 20% discount in the first three days, and I also vacated two private rooms to entertain guests. Otherwise, it would have been a little more."
However, because the restaurant has just opened and customers are curious about the new business, and there are discounts, it attracts more people. Subsequently, customer flow will slowly stabilize and revenue will drop accordingly, so we won't pour cold water on everyone's high spirits.
"Okay," Jiang Jingyun put the money box away properly, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and urged again, "The bill is settled, let's pack up and go home quickly."
I have been so busy lately that I get up earlier than chickens and go to bed later than dogs. I have no time to pay attention to the situation of my three little ones. I don’t know if the second child’s dog-crouching handwriting has improved, and whether the third brother and the youngest sister have finished memorizing the Three Character Classic...
Alas, he hasn’t finished his own homework yet, and he has to stay up late to make up for it when he gets home. Today he has added an extra one, wuwuwu…
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