"Yes! I heard from the aunties in the village that you...you want..."
"Duoduo, eat well and have fun during these few days of the New Year; after the New Year, focus on your studies and don't worry about anything else. If you need anything, just tell your brother, okay?"
Mu Chen knew that Duo Duo was worried, so he decided not to go to school. But Duo Duo was different; he still had high expectations for his younger sister.
"Brother, Aduo will study hard and get into a good university in the future."
"good."
…
After breakfast, as soon as Mu Chen appeared in the village, men, women, and children surrounded him to ask about the hundred acres of land to the west.
Mu Chen asked everyone to wait a moment while he went to the chieftain's house.
Even so, everyone still followed him.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, Ah Chen is here! Ah Chen is back!"
From afar, Mu Chen could hear A Zhuang's shouts.
Soon, the village chief appeared at the courtyard gate, and the old man was so excited that he held Mu Chen's hand and didn't want to let go.
"You silly kid, you've been gone for five or six days. Come on, everyone come inside."
Mu Chen did not refute. In the past, when he went out for several days and nights, the chieftain was worried, but not as worried as this time.
Heiwu Village has two to three hundred households, with over five hundred able-bodied young people.
However, only twenty or thirty people entered the main room of the village chief's house to warm themselves by the fire and discuss matters, with five of them serving as representatives.
The person Mu Chen was most familiar with was the eldest son of the old lady next door, A Dong.
The other person was the chieftain's youngest son, Agan.
These are the core elements of Heiwu Village.
Duo Duo wasn't originally allowed to come in, but because she was Mu Chen's sister, she was pushed in by the other aunties, who said it was cold outside.
Mu Chen took out two packs of good cigarettes from his body, gave one to each of them, and then placed them in front of the chieftain.
"You silly kid, these cigarettes are expensive, how could you bear to spend the money?"
"I bought this to cover up the storefront while I was out running errands. Try it all, it's five yuan a pack."
Everyone laughed. In those days, a pack of cigarettes costing five cents was considered high-class.
Right now, everyone is busy lighting cigarettes, eager to see how good a five-yuan pack of cigarettes is.
The chieftain's son, Agan, even personally poured rice wine for Mu Chen. "Warm yourself up first."
"Thank you, Uncle Agan."
Agan is in his early thirties, about 1.8 meters tall, and has a very robust build.
He looks honest and simple, but he is quite shrewd, especially when it comes to accounting.
"Quiet down."
After chatting for a while, the chieftain raised his hand to quell the conversation and said to Mu Chen, "Ah Chen, I have already told everyone everything you said to me that night, word for word."
"How is it?"
"We all agree to give you the land, but we still have some questions for you before we can make a final decision."
"Okay, who wants to ask first?"
Everyone looked at each other.
In the end, it was the chieftain's youngest son, Agan, who spoke first.
"Ah Chen, my father said that you have two options for the hundred acres of land in the west. Let's talk about renting it first. The rent will be based on the market price of the total corn yield each year. How many years do you plan to rent it for?"
"Rent for twenty years first."
“Based on our previous farming methods, 100 mu can produce 90,000 jin of corn. If each jin is worth 0.2 yuan, that's 18,000 jin.”
Mu Chen replied with a smile, “Uncle Agan, have you thought about it? Our village can’t even finish planting all the land to the west every year.”
"You're right, then..."
Just as Agan was about to ask something else, Mu Chen pulled a black bag out of his thick clothes.
The bag was opened, and inside were two neatly stacked stacks of 100-yuan bills.
This caused a stir in the main room, and within a minute, hundreds of people outside also began to commotion.
Mu Chen's powerful move was a devastating blow to the impoverished and backward Black Crow Village.
"Dazhuang, immediately take some men to guard the door. No one is allowed to come in without my and Achen's permission."
The chieftain panicked.
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