"I've seen a small tractor like this in our area, otherwise I wouldn't have had this idea. I thought you had one for sale here."
Tengfei thought thoughtfully: "We seem to have heard that there is a small tractor in southern Lingji, but we have never seen it."
This is the arrogance of state-owned enterprises. They are very slow to respond to the market.
"Then it seems like I came here for nothing. Let's not talk about tractors anymore and have a drink."
The two clinked glasses and drank another one.
"Brother Teng, have you guys contracted out the mass production in the rural areas here?" Wan Feng asked while eating after putting down his wine glass.
"I contracted it last winter. Huh? Why are you asking that?"
"I heard that your Clivia in Changchun is quite famous. I want to rent a piece of land in your suburbs to grow Clivia."
Clivia is an imported plant and is not native to China. It is said to have come from Africa.
Since the Manchukuo period, Clivia was something only the upper class of the time raised. Later, it spread to the general public, and some people began to raise Clivia, and have continued to do so until now.
This kind of flower can be seen in many places in Changchun.
Tengfei chuckled: "If you want to plant Clivia, you've found the right place in Changchun, but why would you plant that thing?"
Isn’t it just an ornamental plant? It has no other use except to look pretty when placed on the windowsill.
"Can't I just do a business? I want to open a company that sells flowers. My dream is to have my Clivia on every household's windowsill."
Tengfei thought to himself, is this guy mentally ill? The land can be used to grow corn, wheat, and soybeans and sell them for money, so why is he thinking of growing flowers and selling them for money?
Who are you going to sell all those Clivias to? You can save a plant by plucking a leaf from them, so who would spend the money on them?
Isn’t this pure bullshit!
"Your idea is quite novel, but I've never seen anyone grow flowers and sell them for money."
"Haha, I wanted to try it because no one else did it. I want to buy a few acres of land near Changchun and plant Clivia all over it. Maybe I'll get rich! Even if I don't get rich, I'll just lose some money from the land lease, and I can just consider it as gaining life experience."
Tengfei had no choice but to laugh it off.
"Brother Teng, don't you have any relatives in the suburbs? Do you have any land to subcontract? I can offer a high price."
Tengfei scratched his head: "To be honest, my home is in the suburbs. Do you know Sancha River?"
Wan Feng thought to himself, "I don't know anything about it," but he nodded repeatedly, "I've heard of it, but I've never been there. Do you live in Sancha River?"
Tengfei nodded.
"So your family has a rural household registration, then how did you get to work in Changtuo?"
"Hey, I'm one of the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination."
Wow! This guy got into university even after the college entrance examination was reinstated. He's quite the ruthless person.
"Does your family have any land?" Wan Feng had no interest in this guy going to college.
"There are two acres of soybeans and one acre of wheat."
The land in Lingji and Longjiang is measured in mu, and one mu is equal to fifteen mu.
"Do you have any intention of subcontracting the land? I'll just subcontract one acre, or even half an acre. I guarantee you the best price."
"I don't know about this either. Why don't I ask you when I get back?"
Wan Feng thought for a moment and said, "Don't wait. Take me to see it this afternoon. I'll pay you five yuan a day."
Tengfei's current salary is only more than 40 yuan, and Wanfeng gives him 5 yuan a day, which is several times more than his salary.
So he thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Wait for me to ask for leave from the factory leader, and I will take you to visit my hometown in the afternoon."
After dinner, Tengfei returned to the factory and asked for leave from his leader. Then he and Wan Feng took a taxi out of Changchun City and came to a small village more than four miles away from the city in the east.
Tengfei's hometown is this village. He was originally a farmer. When the college entrance examination was resumed, he was admitted to university and was assigned to a tractor factory in the city after graduation.
His parents, brothers and sisters still live in this village and are still farmers.
Tengfei's family lives at the southernmost end of a small village called Sanchahe. There are four dilapidated thatched houses. There is a piece of land in front of his house, which is his private land. It is about twenty meters long and more than ten meters wide. There is a small river in front.
There are also some vegetables, fruits and other things in the private plot.
Wan Feng fell in love with the land at first sight, and discussed with Tengfei's parents about renting his family's private land.
The growth cycle of Clivia is relatively long. It usually takes four or five years to cultivate it. It will not bloom until it grows 20 to 25 leaves. Those that are cultivated well can shoot arrows and bloom in two or three years, and some can even shoot arrows and bloom in less than two years. Most Clivia can only shoot one arrow and bloom once a year, and some can shoot two or three arrows a year if they are cultivated properly.
The temperature in Changchun is very low in winter, so we have to build a greenhouse.
Wan Feng plans to build a greenhouse on this land to cultivate Clivia.
Tengfei's family has parents and an unmarried brother. Wan Feng paid a very high price to rent their land for four years, and promised that when they stopped growing flowers after four years, the greenhouse and house would be given to the Teng family free of charge.
Tengfei's younger brother Tengchong is sixteen years old this year. He will be twenty years old in four years. The house built next to the greenhouse will be just right for him to get married.
Wan Feng had already made an offer that they could not refuse, and there would be a ready-made house in the future, so there was no reason for the Teng family to refuse.
Witnessed by the captain, Wan Feng and the Teng family signed a four-year contract to rent the land, agreeing to harvest all the crops on the land and then build greenhouses and houses.
At the same time, he hired Tengfei's father and younger brother to guard the greenhouse in the future at a salary of 300 yuan each per year.
Wan Feng's plan is to hire experienced flower growers here to take care of these Clivias. No one would be interested in them while they are still worthless.
At least before 1984, I only needed to visit a few times a year.
He would have to wait here until 1984 when Clivia started to be valuable. When the price of Clivia seedlings rose to 500 yuan per plant, he would sell most of them.
It is estimated that selling flower seedlings alone can bring him hundreds of thousands of dollars in income.
Of course, selling flower seedlings is just a small part of the profit. He has no idea how much money he can make here in the future.
Wan Feng stayed in Changchun for several days, mainly looking for some people who could be useful to him. After finding all these people, he returned home.
In October, he will come here again to build a greenhouse to grow flower seedlings.
"What? You ran to Linji? Just you?" Luan Feng's eyes were as big as pot lids.
"And brought two women with me. Oh! Didn't I tell you not to pull my ears again?"
"I'll let you bring two women with you, and I'll screw you to death!"
Wan Feng's tears were streaming down his face as he finally broke free from the devil's clutches.
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