I brought my older brother along so he could give me some advice. Also, we need to find some laborers later, but since Sun Baocheng isn't a local, he definitely won't be able to find any.
"Then, Uncle, this area is fine. It's quite a large place."
Ye Cheng pointed to the large area of ruins in front of him and said.
Sun Baocheng glanced at it and was immediately stunned. He thought they were coming to build houses, but now that they were telling him about such a large area, he panicked a little.
"Hey Cheng, is this huge area going to be torn down and rebuilt?"
Sun Ping'an stood over and looked around, then turned back and said, "Dad, there are seven or eight rooms."
Ye Cheng shook his head. "No need to demolish them. Just reinforce these seven or eight rooms, and I'll make some partitions inside. They'll be used as private dining rooms in the future."
"Then build me a separate kitchen, a big one."
Ye Cheng stood in the middle and gestured around, "This whole area should be enclosed by walls."
"Then a pergola will be built in front of it, where guests can rest and play cards."
As for the rest, we'll build a chicken coop and a fish pond, and raise some chickens and fish, so that if guests bring children, they'll have a place to play.
After explaining this area, Ye Cheng specifically led the two outside and pointed to an open space, saying,
"This area needs to be leveled for use as a parking lot."
Sun Baocheng followed behind, listening to Ye Cheng talk about this and that, and he immediately took out a small notebook and started taking notes.
Ye Cheng was describing what agritainment would look like in later generations. Although Sun Baocheng didn't quite understand, he had been working in engineering for many years and grasped the general idea.
In short: this is a huge job.
Putting aside the renovation issues inside the seven or eight rooms, the work of clearing weeds and leveling the ground outside is a huge undertaking that the two of them definitely couldn't have done on their own.
Ye Guowei, who had been following behind, finally finished listening. He interjected, "Acheng, there's so much work, even Uncle and his brother can't finish it all."
“Yes, yes,” Sun Baocheng quickly echoed.
“Uncle, you and Brother Ping’an will be in charge of supervising the construction, and I will help you hire some laborers.”
"As for these smooth road surfaces, we've already hired an excavator to do them. It would take forever to do it by hand."
When Ye Cheng mentioned hiring more people, Sun Baocheng had no objections, but asked, "Then, Cheng, how long will it take to finish?"
After considering it for a while, Ye Cheng figured that the free-range chickens in Xialing Village would be ready in about three months, and by then the agritainment business should also be set up.
"Three months, is that enough time?" Ye Cheng held up three fingers.
Sun Baocheng frowned slightly. Time was a bit tight, and he was hesitant to agree.
Seeing that Sun Baocheng looked worried, Ye Cheng quickly comforted him, "Uncle, it's okay. I'm not in a rush. If you really can't finish it, I can work on it for another month."
Sun Baocheng gritted his teeth, "Acheng, as long as you provide me with enough laborers, I'll work my ass off for three months and get it done for you."
"No, please don't risk your life. If you do, my sister-in-law will come after me. Just keep to your pace, there's no rush."
This old man is really honest; he's so honest that he startled Ye Chengdu.
"Acheng, Acheng."
A woman's voice came from outside.
Ye Cheng came out from behind the house and waved, "Aunt Zhang, over here."
Widow Zhang cautiously approached, and upon seeing so many people, her expression froze, and she immediately became reserved.
"Guowei is here too."
"Yes, Aunt Zhang, let me introduce you. This is Yunxiang's maternal uncle and cousin."
Widow Zhang smiled slightly, which was her way of saying hello.
Ye Cheng then pulled Widow Zhang aside, pointed around, and said, "I told you last time that I wanted to start a farm stay business, do you remember?"
"Huh?" Widow Zhang was taken aback. It seemed there was such a thing, but she didn't take it seriously.
So, it's starting now.
"Don't go 'ah' anymore. From now on, you'll be in charge of this area. I'm having my sister-in-law's uncle come over to help us clear this land and renovate it. You'll help recruit some laborers in the village. Don't worry about spending money. Get this land cleared as soon as possible, understand?"
Widow Zhang was still in a daze as she looked around at the land.
Good heavens, wasn't the plan to open a restaurant?
This restaurant is huge!
Her expression flickered, and she looked at Ye Cheng with a hint of guilt. "Cheng, this is such a big place, I can't manage it all."
Ye Cheng curled his lip and looked at Widow Zhang, saying, "Only seven or eight private rooms? Do you think there are hundreds of people? Seven or eight tables of food? We can just hire a few more chefs later, right?"
With seven or eight tables of food mentioned, Widow Zhang felt much more comfortable accepting it.
“Alright, we can always find a few more people from our village to help.”
Seeing that Widow Zhang understood, Ye Cheng turned to Sun Baocheng and said, "Uncle, I'll have Aunt Zhang hire people tomorrow to help you get started."
“Okay, let’s make a plan today. Once the people arrive tomorrow, there will be work to do.” Sun Baocheng nodded in agreement.
"Brother, can you help me find two excavators?" Ye Cheng asked Ye Guowei.
Ye Guowei nodded. "One of my former dockworkers is now an excavator operator. I'll call him in a bit."
Seeing that everything was in place, Ye Cheng clapped his hands and shouted, "Then I'll leave it to you all."
After Ye Cheng finished speaking, everyone went about their own business, while he went home and gave Widow Zhang 50,000 yuan.
"Auntie, this is the wages for the laborers. You can hire them at 30 or 40 yuan a day. As for meals, we'll provide one meal a day, which is 10 yuan a day."
“That’s not necessary. 20,000 is enough. We can cook our own meals and save a lot.” Widow Zhang said, offering to return 30,000 to Ye Cheng.
Ye Cheng pushed the money back, saying, "Just take it. You need to buy some tools and stuff, which will cost money. You can have Li the Cripple buy the tools; he knows where to go."
This can be considered a way of indirectly supporting Li the Cripple's business.
After Ye Cheng said so much, Widow Zhang accepted the money.
However, she was still a little worried. "Acheng, what if the business loses money? I see you've invested a lot of money, buying materials, buying wood, and then there's the renovation. It's all money."
It's all money, damn it. If it doesn't move, it's fine, but once it starts moving, Ye Cheng found that he was spending money like water.
He now has only 180,000 yuan in savings, gave 50,000 yuan to Widow Zhang, and still has 130,000 yuan left.
I reckon we'll have to put all the money in this time.
No, I need to hurry up and make money.
And these crayfish also need to be converted into cash and put into circulation as soon as possible. If they are kept in our hands, it will cause trouble.
After a busy afternoon, he finally wanted to rest, but then he remembered something. He called Duan Yong and gave him some instructions before he felt relieved.
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