Upon hearing this, Fu Wan got off the motorcycle. "Village Chief, is it true?"
"Hey, would I lie to you? I've been to your house several times today, and you're only coming back now."
Village Chief Fu was also excited. Ever since he received the call from the Fisheries Administration Bureau at noon, he had spent the entire afternoon running to Fu Wan's house. In the end, he simply sat under the tree in front of Fu Wan's house and waited for them to return.
Unexpectedly, after waiting all afternoon, just as he was about to go back for lunch, he heard the sound of Old Master Fu's tricycle.
Thinking back to what Zhao Gang had told her before, Fu Wan felt it was all a bit unreal.
I never expected that my breeding plan would be put on the agenda so soon.
"Oh, right, don't forget to bring your ID tomorrow. I've also prepared the letter of introduction for you. I'm too old to go, so have Amin accompany you to the Fisheries Administration Bureau tomorrow."
In case any procedures need to be completed, it will be more convenient to have someone with you.
Fu Wan nodded upon hearing this and accepted the letter of introduction prepared by the old village chief.
"Ah Wan, this is the first time in our county that we've contracted sea areas for aquaculture, let alone in our village."
If you set a good example, our whole village will benefit from it!
Having served in this position for most of his life, Elder Fu naturally possesses an exceptional sensitivity to these matters.
It's just that his own son wasn't interested in animal husbandry, and the family didn't have enough money to invest in it for experimentation; otherwise, he would definitely have let Fu Jian follow Fu Wan into animal husbandry as well.
Fu Wan could understand the old village chief's expectations of her. She waved the letter of introduction in her hand and smiled at the old village chief.
"Village Chief, don't worry, I'll definitely handle this matter perfectly."
As long as the money is there and the technology is learned properly, she doesn't believe that such a good marine environment can't be used for aquaculture!
Seeing Fu Wan's confidence, the old village chief Fu's confidence also increased.
Old Master Fu had drunk some wine at noon, but he wasn't drunk at all. Seeing that Village Chief Fu had waited for him all afternoon, he felt a little guilty.
Ye Xiaocui picked out a dried rabbit and a piece of smoked wild boar meat from the pile of mountain goods in the car, and handed them to Boss Fu.
Old Master Fu understood and turned around to shove the money into the hands of Village Chief Fu.
Old Village Chief Fu was still lost in his own world, lamenting that he was getting old, otherwise he could have worked alongside Fu Wan.
When he found two pieces of dried mountain produce inexplicably in his arms, he was so startled that he almost dropped them.
"What are you doing!"
After finally managing to retrieve the cured meat and rabbit meat, the old man immediately glared at Boss Fu, his beard bristling.
"Hey, these are all good stuff, my brother-in-law hunted them up the mountain."
"My wife felt bad seeing you waiting here for so long, so she wanted you to take this home and try it."
After Fu Laoda gave a long explanation, he pretended not to notice the crack in Fu Lao Village Chief's mouth and immediately went forward to take it back.
"No, give it back! When the weather gets cold and there's not much food, wash this cured pork, put it on top of rice, and steam it—ah, the taste is amazing!"
Fu Laoda's performance was so vivid that Fu Wan and Fu Ming couldn't help but turn around and chuckle.
When the old village chief saw that he was about to take the two pieces of meat back, he quickly protected them.
"Of course I want it! This old man loves it!"
Damn it, who brings things back after giving them away?!
Fu Laoda was just trying to scare him. He was only satisfied when he saw that the old village chief Fu had accepted it.
After getting two pieces of meat, and seeing that there was nothing else to do, Old Village Chief Fu quickly carried the meat home to show off to his wife.
There was still a lot of leftover food at Ye Jian's house at noon, so Li Chunhua specially brought out two enamel mugs from home and filled them with the food.
Ye Xiaocui started cooking rice in the rice cooker, picked some vegetables from the garden, and reheated the vegetables she had packed at noon. That's how she solved her dinner problem.
The next morning, before Fu Wan even left the house, Fu Liang arrived.
"Ah Wan, are you going to the county town today?"
Fu Liang also got the news from Jiang Chunlan, who in turn heard it from Ye Xiaocui while she was busy in the vegetable garden that morning.
"Yes, I'm going to the Fisheries Administration Bureau to complete some paperwork. What's wrong? Are you going to the county town too?"
Fu Liang nodded sheepishly, "Yes, my mother asked me to go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to check out the 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a radio, a sewing machine, and a radio).
Oh my, so you're going to buy a three-wheeled radio and a watch?
Fu Ming emerged from the kitchen, his eyes full of mockery as he looked at Fu Liang.
"Liangzi, you're amazing! This means good things are on the way!"
Fu Liang blushed so much his ears turned red, and he awkwardly didn't know where to put his hands.
Just then, Fu Wan and Fu Ming were about to have breakfast, so they pulled Fu Liang down to sit and eat with them.
In reality, they were trying to find out what kind of person Fu Liang's future wife was.
As a result, Fu Wan finished eating the steamed bun in her hand, and Fu Liang kept repeating the same sentence: She is very beautiful, very capable, and very interesting.
These words were almost meaningless, but seeing Fu Liang's lovestruck expression, Fu Wan was also filled with curiosity about her future cousin-in-law.
After finishing breakfast, Fu Wan packed her letter of introduction, ID card, and bankbook and prepared to leave. It was Sunday, and the Fisheries Administration Bureau was normally closed, but many of her colleagues were working overtime to expedite the aquaculture process.
As the bureau chief, Zhao Gang naturally had no time to rest.
When Fu Wan and her group arrived, the security guard stopped them as usual. After hearing her name and verifying their ID cards, he finally let them in.
After thinking about it, Fu Liang decided to just watch the tricycle and not go inside himself.
The tricycle is valuable; I hope it doesn't get stolen.
Although more than a month had passed since her last visit to the Fisheries Administration Bureau, Fu Wan still found Zhao Gang's office with ease.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, it's been a long time!"
Zhao Gang had come all this way specifically to wait for Fu Wan and the others, but he hadn't expected that before he could finish processing the documents in his hand, Fu Wan and the others would knock on his office door.
"Leader Zhao, it's been a long time!"
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Fu Wan got straight to the point, "Leader Zhao, we're contracting out a sea area this time, but which area is it?"
Zhao Gang didn't keep him in suspense any longer, pulling out a map from a drawer.
"This is a map of the sea area near your village. I took a look, and there's a sea area about two kilometers from your village. The water isn't deep in the shallows, and there's also a mudflat. What do you think of that area?"
The information Zhao Gang had was obviously collected by someone. It included not only maps but also photos of the sea area. Fu Wan glanced at it and immediately recognized the location of the sea area.
Actually, it's not far from the place where they go beachcombing, nor is it far from the sea area in the village.
The main purpose is to contract this sea area, which shouldn't affect the villagers' beachcombing.
"This sea area is suitable, but I wonder how long we can lease it and how much the lease fee will be?"
Zhao Gang pondered for a moment after hearing the question, then immediately asked, "How long do you want to contract this?"
Fu Wan replied with a smile, "Our marine aquaculture technology is not yet mature, so as to the length of the contract, the longer the better."
How about a fifty-year one?
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