Chapter 367: The cost of opening up the land has been repaid
Zhang Wanwan fell into deep thought. She naturally knew all this. The big order from the provincial capital was an unexpected surprise to her. She thought that the other party would not look for her again after cooperating once. After all, it was so far away and the freight was so expensive. Unexpectedly, five days later, the other party came to her again and still wanted the same quantity. Unfortunately, she could no longer supply it and could only reluctantly refuse.
She ate a few mouthfuls of food absentmindedly and said to Zhang Baiyan, "I just transferred 100,000 yuan to my dad and asked him to pay back the debt. This time we were able to pay off all the foreign debts in one go, which was much faster than expected. The only thing is that there is not much money left at home after paying it back. I still have tens of thousands of yuan, and I guess there won't be much left after I've cultivated the land. I also have to buy chicken and duck seedlings, grain seeds, and so on. It will probably cost another 20,000 yuan. This way, I'll really become a pauper again."
Zhang Wanwan felt like crying as she spoke. She had managed to save nearly $200,000, but it was all gone in an instant.
Zhang Baiyan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was overjoyed. "This is a good thing! Without the foreign debt, everyone can be more relaxed. As for the money, we can earn it later. At worst, I can continue to help you, and when you are stable here, I will do other things. I don't want you to transfer money to me or anything like that. Just consider it as helping to repay the foreign debt."
Seeing Zhang Baiyan so optimistic, Zhang Wanwan didn't know what to say next. She just smiled twice and had dinner with him.
It was almost an hour later that Zhang's father and his family came back. The food was already cold, so Zhang Wanwan had to take it to the kitchen to heat it up again.
Here, Zhang's mother was still describing her grand plan in high spirits, but Zhang's father was having a headache. He looked at Li Yongshou weakly and asked, "Brother, look at such a large piece of land. How long will it take to turn it over?"
Li Yongshou pondered, "Let's not talk about the mountain. It will take at least ten days to turn over the land. If we include the mountain, it will probably take twenty days to do everything. The labor cost is three hundred a day, so twenty days is six thousand. If you want to fence off the mountain after turning over the land, it will cost at least more than fifty thousand, including labor and materials. After all, the mountain is not big or small. It's better to use the same material as your roof. I don't dare to think about building a wall."
Zhang's father felt a great deal of pressure after hearing this. "Wouldn't the cost be more than 60,000 yuan?"
Seeing that his father was in a dilemma, Zhang Wanwan said, "Uncle, let's do it according to the materials and price you mentioned. First, we'll turn over the mountain and the land, and then fence off the mountain. We'll slowly work on the rest later."
When Zhang's father heard what Zhang Wanwan said, he simply shut up. He didn't even know how much money Zhang Wanwan had. Besides, this was Zhang Wanwan's business, so he couldn't interfere too much.
After finalizing the land reclamation, the group of people continued to sit down and eat and drink.
Li Yongfu and his friends didn't leave until after eight o'clock.
As soon as they left, Zhang's father immediately asked Zhang Wanwan anxiously, "Girl, do you have enough money? I only have over 10,000 left after paying off my foreign debts. We can't not keep some money for backup, right?"
Zhang Wanwan comforted him, "Don't worry, Dad. I still have some money here. After I open the land, there will be some left. Buying seeds and other things is not a problem. It's just that we can't get a container over there. Fortunately, the chickens, ducks and vegetables don't grow that fast at the beginning. We can wait for a month or two, and then build a temporary guardhouse over there when we have some income. It doesn't matter whether we get a container or hire someone to build a bungalow over there."
If the funds are available, Zhang Wanwan would still prefer to build a bungalow. Firstly, a bungalow is more comfortable to live in than a container in the summer. Secondly, there are many typhoons in their area in the summer, and containers are still not safe enough.
After listening to Zhang Wanwan's plan, Zhang's father suddenly felt that making money was not a difficult thing.
Thinking of this, he shook his head and immediately sent a WeChat message to remind Li Yongfu and the others to send their bank card numbers. He wondered whether he should rush back to the city tomorrow to pay off the money he owed to others first, and then get the IOU back, so that others would not hear some rumors and have misunderstandings.
Around nine o'clock that evening, Li Yongfu and others sent the account number to Zhang's father one after another. They did not expect Zhang's father to pay off the money all at once, but they did not expect that Zhang's father really paid off all the foreign debts in one go.
Li Yongfu looked at the text message on Lu Cui's mobile phone.
Lu Cui was ready to go to bed, but she perked up after seeing the text message. She asked in surprise, "Who transferred so much money to you?"
"Who else could it be? Just think about how much money this is." Li Yongfu pondered.
Lu Cui reacted and said incredulously, "You mean my sister-in-law and her family have paid back all the money they owed? It's only been a short time since they had the money to pay back? Weren't they living a hard life before?"
Li Yongfu nodded and thought, "It was very sad before, maybe Lan's health has improved, and Wanwan has graduated, so the family has some money left. Today they are busy planting vegetables and raising chickens and ducks, it seems they have made some money."
Lu Cui was not optimistic about growing vegetables and raising chickens and ducks. "If this could make money, why are my sister-in-law and her family still so poor after all these years? I think they are just messing around. But they don't have any other source of income in the countryside. They can be self-sufficient by doing this and barely get by."
Now that the foreign debt has been recovered, Lu Cui feels relieved and will not pay too much attention to the Zhang family's affairs. Every family has its own problems, and their family's life is not easy either. It is more important to take care of themselves first.
The next morning, Chen Yuelan went to the market to buy vegetables and went to ask Lu Cui a few questions. She was shocked to learn that Zhang's father had also exchanged the money he owed to the old family. She wanted to ask more questions, but unfortunately Lu Cui was too busy to answer her, so she had to give up.
At this time, Zhang's father had already boarded the bus to the city. As soon as he arrived at work, he immediately greeted several colleagues who had borrowed money from him and asked them to bring the IOUs in the afternoon so that he could pay them back.
When people hear that the debtor needs to pay back the money, they will run back even if their home is far away.
In the afternoon, Zhang's father paid off the money he owed to his colleagues. Now everyone looked at Zhang's father with more kindness and asked him if he had made a fortune somewhere. Zhang's father unanimously said that his mother had recovered from her illness, and that his sons and daughter were working, so they had the money to pay back.
Everyone was quite familiar with the Zhang family's situation, so after hearing what Zhang's father said, they stopped asking questions.
After get off work, Zhang's father went to the homes of Zhang's mother's colleagues and paid off all the money that Zhang's mother owed.
As a result, he only had a little over 10,000 yuan left in his hands. At his age, he could be said to be extremely poor. However, Zhang's father felt very relieved. He walked with a breeze and even called Zhang's mother late at night to tell her the good news.
When Zhang's mother knew that the foreign debt was gone, she felt relieved and felt like she had endless energy to do anything.
(End of this chapter)
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