Uncle Erhu has long since brought back the family's sampan, and he often takes tourists fishing and playing in the nearshore waters.
Chen Hong discussed with the village chief about expanding and renovating her old house so that the hotel could accommodate more guests and divert tourists.
This time, they expanded the east and west wings and renovated the toilets and kitchen to make it more convenient and comfortable for tourists to stay in the future.
Once completed, the expanded old house will be able to accommodate at least ten tourists, and the remaining small kitchen can also be used to cook simple meals.
It can be rented out as a whole, or it can accommodate large families or small groups of up to ten people.
The village now boasts even more than twenty new tourist facilities, including large trash cans, and is becoming increasingly well-developed as a tourist village.
Several villagers who had been working away from home for many years have returned to the village to rebuild their houses.
The villagers also have their own ideas, such as renting out their spare rooms, which can add tens of thousands of yuan in rent every year.
With the addition of food expenses and income from selling dried goods, I can easily earn 30,000 to 40,000 yuan a year.
They don't need to wander around working, they can go home and take care of their children and elderly parents, and their income is more than what they would earn working elsewhere.
As the weather got hotter, word spread quickly, and many villagers who had been suffering while working away from home began to return.
Some people are rebuilding their houses, preparing to open fishing-themed guesthouses. Others are pooling their resources to buy boats, planning to take tourists on sea fishing and sightseeing trips.
In recent years, fiberglass and alloy boats have become increasingly popular in the market. They are inexpensive, easy to maintain, and lightweight.
If it's just about taking passengers fishing in the nearshore waters, most villagers can afford the price of tens of thousands of yuan.
With the sudden increase in the number of small boats in the village, berths are becoming scarce. With the villagers' consent, the village committee plans to expand the village's dock.
The village plans to invest 300,000 yuan to properly repair the dock. Villagers with money will contribute money, and those without money will contribute labor.
We should save money wherever possible and strive to make the most of these 300,000 items. Within ten years, the village will have enough parking spaces for the villagers to use themselves.
When Chen Hong saw this, she realized that 300,000 yuan was not enough. Since construction had begun, this amount of money would definitely be tight and difficult to allocate.
She personally donated 300,000 yuan to the village and suggested that the village committee find a professional construction company to design and construct the project.
Although it will cost more money, they will have a reasonable layout and be equipped with professional large-scale modern construction equipment.
The construction was fast and efficient, and the quality was excellent, far superior to what the villagers could achieve by doing it themselves.
Besides, there are no experienced construction craftsmen left in the village. The middle-aged people who can do some bricklaying work are mostly laborers on large construction sites.
Technology certainly can't support large-scale projects, especially since the village's riverside length is limited for this wharf expansion project.
There are only two options for building more berths: one is to extend the berths at the shore wharf and continue to build them using stone and cement.
One approach is to extend the project into deeper waters, drive piles, install steel cages, and pour cement to create deep-water berths.
Both options were agreed upon, with the goal of driving piles deeper into the village. This would allow for the accommodation of more large fishing boats, enough to power the village's fishing boats for the next twenty or thirty years.
Even if the village adds new, larger fishing boats or tourist boats in the future, they will still be able to dock.
Such underwater operations really require professional construction companies to undertake; the villagers' skills are simply not up to the task.
In the end, it was Chen Hong who helped her contact a construction company to build a villa for her family.
The day after the construction company received the assignment, it sent a team of five, including engineers and designers, to conduct an on-site inspection.
After three days of intensive negotiations, the final construction plan was determined.
Chen Hong stopped getting involved in these matters. Every day, besides checking on the progress of the expansion and renovation of the old house, she stayed at home and posted pictures of dried goods.
The space contained a large quantity of abalone and sea cucumber, which were to be processed and dried into dried goods. This would make them easier to preserve, easier to conceal, and ideal for gifting.
During this time, she also received news that Zhou Yi had safely returned to his unit after his mission, and she was able to handle the inventory in her space with peace of mind.
I sent another 300 jin of honey to the traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Beijing by express delivery, and also mailed some dried fruit, dried seafood and several bottles of honey to Zhou Yi, Xiao Yun, Fang Yitong and Director Guan.
Chen Hong sent her father a box of things by express delivery while he was renovating his house in Jinan.
In addition to two 3-pound bottles of honey and ten pounds of dried fruit, she also made some ready-to-eat sea cucumbers for her father, so that he wouldn't have to cook and could eat one anytime, morning or evening.
Sea cucumbers can fight aging, replenish qi, and enhance human immunity, making them the best food for the elderly to nourish themselves.
My dad is the pillar of our family. With him around, my mom and my brother and sister-in-law can't cause any major trouble.
Although my brother is lazy, I heard he's really into driving a taxi now. With his dad and wife constantly asking him for money, he's doing it with great enthusiasm.
It seems he's just a beast of burden. As long as you put a leash on him and whip him with a small leather whip, he'll have no choice but to work obediently.
My brother now leaves early and returns late, driving around picking up passengers all day long. He even has to squeeze in time to eat, let alone have time to play cards or drink.
Thinking of her brother, who was living a busy and fulfilling life, Chen Hong couldn't help but laugh.
My sister-in-law is a money-grubber. Now that she gets to see cash every day, she cares more about supervising my brother's work than my father does.
My dad told me that my sister-in-law is also planning to buy a house in Jinan so that when her eldest daughter goes to middle school, they can move there and avoid paying tuition fees.
She's got a pretty good plan. Now that they're buying a house, her dad will give them tens of thousands of yuan in financial support, and her two sisters-in-law can also chip in some money.
Even if you repay the loan later, you won't have to pay interest, which is much more cost-effective than taking out a loan.
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