My grandpa, uncle and his family had just received the gifts brought by Zhang Wenyu, and their faces turned dark when they heard the middle-aged woman's words.
Grandma said "Pooh" and cursed with raised eyebrows.
"I'm not so old that I can't even tell the difference between real and fake gold. You don't need to pretend to be kind here! Wenwen is a good and promising child. The things she gave me were all out of her genuine filial piety. My Wenwen doesn't have the cunning mind of you, always trying to pass off inferior goods as good ones!"
Grandpa also picked up the teacup to see the guest off.
"If you really have nothing to do, go home and find something to do instead of hanging around other people's houses. You're not young anymore, so use your brain when you speak."
The curly-haired woman was thick-skinned and didn't care when people pointed at her nose and scolded her.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry for talking too much."
After saying that, he clapped his hands and stood up. He did not forget to turn around and talk to Zhang Wenyu's aunt.
"Find a basket and pour the peaches I brought into it. You still have to take my basin back!"
My aunt carried the peaches and the middle-aged woman to the outer room to find something to change the basin. After a while, she came back with the peaches in their own basin, with a hint of annoyance on her face.
"Who is this? She traded a basin of rotten peaches for a basin of big cherries. How dare she do that!"
The peach in his hand was placed heavily on the table beside him with anger.
Zhang Wenyu looked back and saw that the peaches in the basin were either full of worm holes or half rotten. There was not a single good peach in the whole basin.
In the afternoon, Zhang's father and mother were still chatting with his grandfather's family, and Zhang Jingzhi pulled his cousin back to the room to play games.
Zhang Wenyu was also a little restless, so she suggested to her cousin that they go out for a walk.
Zhang Wenyu and her cousin walked along the river in front of them all the way to the lotus pond in the center of the village.
At this time, most of the flowers in the lotus pond have withered, leaving only lotus leaves in the pond.
There is a wooden pavilion in the corner of the lotus pond. Zhang Wenyu and her cousin plan to sit in the pavilion.
There are several trees planted on one side of the pavilion, and the shadows of the treetops just cover the entire pavilion.
The two had just sat down for a while when they heard voices coming from the side.
Zhang Wenyu and her cousin looked at each other awkwardly.
They really didn't mean to eavesdrop!
But I had already gone out and was afraid of running into the other person, so I had to sit quietly opposite him and wait for him to finish talking before leaving.
A slightly younger woman's voice was slightly flattering.
"Mr. Liu, how about I take you on a tour? The environment around here is quite nice. The hill to the west is easy to climb, and the scenery is nice. There's even a small waterfall there, and many tourists say it's a great place for taking photos. Walk west from the village, and you'll reach the sea in less than ten minutes. It's very convenient for going to the beach or taking a bath. And our villages have a good flow of tourists. School is about to start, so there are fewer people here. A few days ago, it was crowded here. Are you considering investing?"
Then a middle-aged man's voice was heard again.
"Comrade Qin, it's not that I don't support your work. The surrounding environment is quite good, and the people are very supportive of the renovation. If we can invest, we will definitely invest. But as you can see from the situation here, most of the houses in the nearby villages were built by the villagers themselves, with no planning at all. If we renovate here, all the surrounding areas will have to be changed too. This area is so large, and the funds required are simply too much."
"We're a private company with so many employees waiting to be fed and fed. We have to make a profit! Your investment in this place is huge, and the payback time is too long. We can't afford that!"
The young woman's voice sounded again.
"Mr. Liu, our place is still very attractive to tourists, and the income generated during the peak tourist season is also considerable. Please give us another chance and speak on our behalf. We are trying our best to gain their support."
The middle-aged man's voice was also filled with helplessness.
"It's not that I won't give you a chance. Even if I report the situation here, headquarters won't agree. Don't make things difficult for me."
The more cousin Ding Jia listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. Seeing Zhang Wenyu looking at her doubtfully, Ding Jia whispered.
"I remember these two voices. The female voice is from a grassroots cadre in charge of tourism development in our area, and the middle-aged man she's talking to is the manager of a company that recently came to inspect and plans to invest in us. A while ago, there was news that several companies that originally invested in us were planning to withdraw their capital, and the new companies we brought in weren't optimistic about our area either. I thought it was just a rumor, but now it seems to be true."
Ding Jia sighed and his mood became depressed.
If there are no more businesses investing, their development will inevitably be affected, and her homestay may even go out of business.
On the other side, the two parties in the conversation still failed to reach an agreement on cooperation. The company had already left in the car, leaving the staff who watched them leave with regret and sighs.
Zhang Wenyu looked at her cousin who was in a depressed mood and knew that she was worried about the family business.
My uncle and aunt are already old, and it would be difficult for them to find work outside. If the B&B business were to fail, their family's main source of income would disappear, a huge blow to both my grandmother's family and my uncle's family. Not only my grandmother's family, but also the villagers in several nearby villages would face the loss of their income.
Zhang Wenyu wanted to help them, so she simply pulled up her cousin who was sitting beside them with her head down, and walked towards the direction where the voices had just come from.
Ding Jia was caught off guard by being pulled over. She looked at Zhang Wenyu who was walking forward with her head down in surprise and asked.
"Wenwen, where are you taking me? Are you going home? You've gone the wrong way, our home isn't here!"
Zhang Wenyu quickly pulled her cousin to the other side.
The person who had just spoken was also startled by the sudden appearance of Zhang Wenyu and her sister, and turned to look at them in confusion.
Zhang Wenyu strode forward and came to the cadres who were about to return to the office. She looked at the woman in a white shirt and short ponytail who was leading them and went straight to the point.
"Hello, I want to invest here. What procedures do I need to prepare? What is the process?"
"ah?"
Qin Lu looked at Zhang Wenyu blankly and let out an "ah" unconsciously.
However, Qin Lu has grown a lot after this period of training. She reacted quickly and invited Zhang Wenyu and the others into the office for a detailed discussion.
"Hello, I'm Qin Lu, in charge of business development. What's your name? Which company do you represent?"
Zhang Wenyu pulled Ding Jia, who wanted to turn around and run away, and walked inside, without forgetting to answer Qin Lu's words.
"My last name is Zhang. I'm here to discuss cooperation on behalf of a company in City S."
Ding Jia breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and whispered in Zhang Wenyu's ear.
"So you're investing for your company! I was so scared! I thought you were crazy and planning to invest on your own. Let me tell you, don't be fooled by the fact that our place seems to be quite profitable. In fact, we spend a lot of money. We often spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and there's not even a splash. Don't make the boss unhappy just to help us!"
Seeing that no one around her noticed her little action, Ding Jia quickly gave instructions.
Although she was worried that the lack of investment would affect the family business, she also did not want to affect Zhang Wenyu's work.
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