Chapter 175 I'm Really Happy
On the day Taoyuan Community launched, the town was particularly bustling. Zuo Le, who had long since read the news on the forum, brought Zhou Qianqian and her son Sun Xiaolin to Donghua Town to await the launch.
Zhou Qianqian is divorced and single, raising a child with her nine-year-old son, Sun Xiaolin.
She divorced right after her confinement, and in order to fight for custody, she refused to ask for child support from the father. At that time, the father had cheated on her and was abusive during her confinement. Her mother-in-law sided with her son. At that time, Zhou Qianqian was still in confinement and her health had not recovered. She doesn't even want to talk about the pain of being manipulated by others.
After she had endured the pain and recovered her health, he resolutely called her family who lived thousands of miles away to help her get a divorce and take her child away.
Zhou Qianqian's family helped take care of the child until he was one or two years old. She took the opportunity to find a job. Later, her mother needed to take care of her younger brother's child, so Zhou Qianqian had to take care of the child alone.
Sun Xiaolin is very sensible and well-behaved. When he was only five or six years old, he could stand on a stool and cook simple meals. The mother and son have been renting a house and living a leisurely life until now.
Fortunately, the neighbors that the mother and son met were very nice. Zuo Le worked in the system and had a leisurely position. Because he had helped Sun Xiaolin before, Sun Xiaolin was very close to him, and he also unexpectedly became familiar with the mother and son.
When Xia Wu went to Tong City to sell fruits, Zuo Le, who was playing basketball nearby, bought fruits from her several times. Later, he simply added her contact information and gradually learned that Xia Wu was an Internet celebrity. Then he became a frequent visitor to Xia Wu's forum.
After learning that Xia Wu wanted to build a house and checking the conditions, Zuo Le felt that Zhou Qianqian and her son particularly met the application requirements, so he told Zhou Qianqian about it.
At first, Zhou Qianqian was a little hesitant, always feeling that there was a scam here. Zuo Le introduced her to Xia Wu's video, and even her son urged her to move to another city.
Zhou Qianqian was finally tempted. She carefully checked the requirements for applying to become a tenant in Taoyuan Community, filled out the application form carefully, and sent it to Xia Wu's email.
She and her son have always rented a house, whether in Tong City or in Donghua Town at home. It actually makes no difference, but she is still a little worried that she will not be able to make a living in Donghua Town. Zuo Le encourages her to go to Donghua Town to look for business opportunities first, and it would be best to start a small-cost business. Then, it would be good to let Sun Xiaolin study in the town.
It was because of these repeated encouragements that Zhou Qianqian’s application was successful. As long as she and her son rented a house for 20 consecutive years, they would be able to have their own house.
This made Zhou Qianqian very excited.
Taoyuan Community will be open for occupancy after it is launched. She and Sun Xiaolin have been waiting for this day for a long time.
Zuo Le was also very curious about the situation in Taoyuan Community, so he drove to help the mother and son move, preparing to be the first guest in their new home.
The gate of Taoyuan Community is very wide, and the community is shaded by green trees. There are not only moved fruit trees, but also vegetable plots specially allocated for community residents to grow vegetables. Each household can get two vegetable plots with their residence permit, which is enough to meet the vegetable needs of a family of several people.
The greening in the community is very good. Unlike other communities, Taoyuan Community has many fruit trees with all kinds of fruits. In addition to being used for viewing, it is estimated that you can also harvest a lot in the autumn and share them.
There are red carpets downstairs of several buildings that have been built. Xia Wu is standing in front of a table with many keys on it. She is responsible for distributing keys to the residents of Taoyuan Community.
Ever since she announced that she was going to build and distribute houses, there have been so many people applying.
Many netizens from other places also submitted their applications.
Xia Wu had no choice but to raise the threshold a little bit, and the review was particularly strict.
She doesn't need tenants who are particularly rich, powerful, or influential; she wants to give the houses to those who are truly in need.
Whether you are single, married but without a house, or divorced with children, you can find a sense of security here where you can help each other.
When Zhou Qianqian and her son received the keys, they were so excited that tears were about to fall. Xia Wu smiled and congratulated her: "Welcome to become the 62nd resident of Taoyuan Community. I hope you will spend every day here happily!"
Sun Xiaolin held the key tightly and expressed his gratitude loudly.
After receiving the keys, the mother and son couldn't wait to find their own house.
They live in Unit 1, Room 302, Building 2. The floors are randomly assigned, but the highest floor is only the tenth floor. There is also an elevator, so going up and down the stairs is very convenient.
There were people waiting at the elevator entrance. Everyone looked very friendly. Knowing that Zhou Qianqian and Sun Xiaolin were also residents here, everyone was very welcoming and said that they would be neighbors in the future and just need to say hello if they had any problems.
Zuo Le followed the mother and son. Others thought they were a family, but Zuo Le did not expose them.
The elevator arrived and everyone entered in an orderly manner without crowding. When they reached the third floor, Zuo Le discovered that this building really had two households per elevator, and the decoration and design of both the corridor and the elevator were very good. It would not be said that they cut corners just because the rental was cheap.
When the resident's door opened, Sun Xiaolin rushed in impatiently, and then heard a wow.
"Wow! Mom! This place is so big!"
"Mom! There are three rooms!"
"Mom! Is this the kitchen?"
"Mom! I love this living room!"
"Mom! Can this little room be my room?"
Sun Xiaolin is so happy. From childhood to adulthood, he has always rented a house with his mother or lived in his grandmother's house. He does not have a bed of his own. The bed in the rented house before was an iron bed, which was very hard and made noises when he slept on it.
Now that they have their own new house, Sun Xiaolin fantasizes about having a good bed and preferably a desk so that he can cook for his mother!
Zhou Qianqian was about to cry. This house was so great. It was open from north to south and the rooms were very bright. Whether it was the living room or the balcony, it was simply her dream house.
"That's a huge investment! If you want to buy a house like this in Tong City, it would cost at least one or two million."
Zuo Le sighed sincerely.
After the mother and son's excitement died down, Zuo Le suggested, "The simple decoration is done, but it seems you need to buy the furniture yourself. If you have enough savings, why not buy some quality furniture and decorate this place well? What do you think?"
Sun Xiaolin looked at Zhou Qianqian expectantly, "Mom!"
Zhou Qianqian's smile never faded. "Okay, I think so too. I've saved the money for buying a house, and I've also saved some over the years. I might as well decorate the house properly."
"Xiaolin, tell your mother what kind of room you want and what kind of furniture you want."
"There are three rooms, and one room can be used as a study for you. How about we have someone build a row of wooden shelves to store your books?"
This is simply the happiest day in Sun Xiaolin’s life!
Zuo Le took two days off and accompanied the mother and son to buy furniture, do some simple home decoration, and handle some simple carpentry work before leaving the town.
The owner of the furniture store in town has been so happy these past few days! His business has suddenly exploded! It's booming like never before!
The boss has been making furniture for 10 to 20 years, and his business is mainly from repeat customers from his hometown. The quality is guaranteed, but the quality is too good, so the business has been lukewarm.
But it’s a small town and the rent is not expensive, enough for a family to have enough food and clothing.
Who would have thought that when he was middle-aged and about to lie down, business would suddenly come out of nowhere. In just that one day, he sold more than 20 beds!
There aren't enough beds in the warehouse!
Not only the bed, but also the cabinets, sofas, coffee tables...
Many people who have rented a house want to start over, at least to be worthy of such a good house. Some of them are from other places, and the shipping cost of moving the junk they used to rent is high enough, not to mention that they have not had their own beds and furniture for a long time.
Now that we have a new house, it is only right to buy corresponding furniture.
Not only the furniture owners were ecstatic, but those selling electrical appliances were also overjoyed.
In fact, many merchants in the town feel that business has suddenly become better and there seem to be more people in the town.
Although many of them are familiar faces, everyone is very kind!
After the renovation of Taoyuan Community, the originally remote wasteland was quickly revitalized, with more people coming and going and more stalls being set up.
Those who come to Taoyuan Community to rent a house all want to have a stable job, and starting a business has become their primary task. Some people have already found a way to make a living, while others are still groping in the dark.
There is no property management in Taoyuan Community, and of course there is no such thing as property management fees.
In order to make life more convenient for residents, Xia Wu organized them to set up a residents' self-government committee. Every household was a member, and everyone worked together. The garbage in the community needed to be disposed of, the garden needed to be trimmed, and the gate needed to be guarded. These positions were all filled by residents in the community, and the monthly salary was contributed by the residents, and the amount of funds and whereabouts were made public every month.
There is a large bulletin board in Taoyuan Community with all kinds of information on it. You can see where the property fees everyone pays every month are used. From security guards to doormen to cleaners, they all recommend themselves and are elected, taking turns in shifts, so it's not too hard.
These homeless people gathered in Taoyuan Community by fate. The excitement and thrill of suddenly getting a house made them cherish this hard-earned home very much.
No one litters in the community, no one makes loud noises at home, and when they go out they greet their neighbors enthusiastically, asking where they live and about their family situations, but not for gossip.
There are a lot of divorced single people in the community, and many children have nowhere to go after their parents go to work. The elderly in the community spontaneously formed a group to take care of these children, and even took on the responsibility of taking care of their meals, picking them up from school, etc., all for free.
In just one week, the empty vegetable plots in the community were cleared out by all residents, and many families also opened up to mutual assistance, with each family only growing one type of vegetable, which they could exchange when the time came.
For a time, the community was thriving.
Taoyuan Community has a two-story commercial building, about two to three thousand square meters. When it was first planned, Xia Wu planned to use it to open a supermarket.
Firstly, the residents in the community need a supermarket, and secondly, Xia Wu wants to open a different supermarket.
She wants to turn this supermarket, together with Taoyuan Community, into Donghua Town’s external business card, so that many people will come here.
The supermarket is called Taoyuan Supermarket, which is divided into several areas. In addition to selling general merchandise, it also sells vegetables and seafood.
The products in the supermarket are all personally checked by Xia Wu. The agricultural products that can be placed on the shelves of Taoyuan Supermarket can be guaranteed to be pollution-free and pure natural.
In addition to the vegetables and fruits produced on the mountain, Xia Wu also attracts investment from outside.
Lotus seeds, lotus roots and lotus root powder from Haotang Village, various mushrooms from Dongkeng Village, and Sanhuang chickens raised in the mountains...
In addition to these agricultural products, some local suppliers want to sell their own products in supermarkets and are very strict in selecting products.
At the beginning, Xia Wu’s request discouraged some people, and some even accused Xia Wu of being greedy and wanting to rip them off.
But when these people found out that the manufacturers who became Xia Wu's suppliers were making a lot of money, they racked their brains to become suppliers themselves.
Xia Wu didn't indulge them either.
The supermarket can also create jobs. Supermarket employees are also employees of Xiawu Company. They have five insurances and one fund, two days off a week, and except for some special positions, they all work eight hours a day.
Rather than working overtime, she would rather hire more people to ensure that employees can receive guests in the best mental state and mood.
Xia Wu is recruiting employees again. This time she needs some managers to help her manage the supermarket.
Because of her reputation, Xia Wu easily recruited several excellent employees to help her train them according to her preferences, which was basically what Xia Wu needed.
Xia Wu's deeds were widely spread by many people. Even the official media reported Xia Wu's deeds many times. People came to interview her. She appeared on TV and in newspapers. Overnight, she went from being an Internet celebrity to a young and practical person who returned to her hometown to start a business.
Every outsider who comes to Donghua Town because of Xia Wu will praise this place and then bring more people here.
Many people who go to Taoyuan Supermarket will never allow themselves to go home empty-handed. Freshly killed chickens can be vacuum-packed, quickly frozen, put in ice packs, and sealed in foam boxes. They can be kept for more than ten hours. Many people even buy a dozen chickens that cost more than one hundred yuan each. The supermarket's daily turnover is around 500,000, which is enough to support Xia Wu, recruit surplus employees, and continue to generate profits for her.
Xia Wu began to worry about the production capacity issue again.
The local government saw another possibility for economic development and began to vigorously encourage young people to return to their hometowns to start businesses. Various breeding and planting industries sprang up in a short period of time.
Those farmers know that if they want to make money, they must ensure the quality of their products, so that they can enter Taoyuan supermarkets and be placed on supermarket shelves, so the quality is fully guaranteed.
More and more people are coming to Donghua Town, and it is no longer as remote, dilapidated and quiet as before.
More and more people gathered around Xia Wu, and she was the axis around which all this revolved.
Xia Wu found that he seemed to have less and less personal time.
She came to realize that she had returned to this world to enjoy life, not to work like a slave.
It would be better to just divide up the work at hand and let the employees who receive high salaries do it. At worst, you can just pay them more.
Xia Wu did what he said. The first thing he did was to process the agricultural and sideline products from the mountain. He moved out of the small courtyard with the well and built a special food factory. Wang Yuexia became the factory director and led the female workers to make the factory bigger and stronger.
The main output of Taoyuan Food Processing Factory is pasta, all kinds of pastries, from ordinary buffalo milk steamed buns to custard buns, to moon cakes, rose cakes and snacks, and then there are rice dumplings, all kinds of rice dumplings, sweet, salty, bacon, red bean paste, salted egg yolk, all meeting the needs of netizens from all over the world.
Currently, there are more than 60 female workers in the food processing factory, all of whom are covered by five insurances and one fund, with a monthly salary of around 7,000 yuan, and double pay on holidays.
Wang Yuexia's salary also increased to more than 10,000 yuan.
The existence of the food processing factory has given career confidence to some housewives nearby who cannot find jobs and can only take care of their children full-time. Only with money in hand can one have confidence. Currently, with the expansion of production capacity, the factory is still continuously recruiting suitable female workers.
Xia Wu handed over the company's e-commerce operations to Zhao Jing and Yang Shuhua. As a husband-and-wife team, the work was not tiring.
The so-called e-commerce operation is actually just the harvesting and selling of agricultural products from the mountains.
The harvesting is done by some women and men in the village who are not good at making steamed buns and snacks, and they are also responsible for the packaging. The elderly in the village will do the rough processing and then contact the courier point to ship the goods on the same day.
This job involves a lot of steps, and only Zhao Jing, who has always said that he follows Xia Wu, is relatively skilled, and Yang Shuhua can also help.
There are seventy or eighty employees in charge of this area, with a monthly salary of around 8,000 yuan. Outdoor work is hard, so they receive subsidies from time to time.
Then there is the animal husbandry industry on the mountain. In the cowshed, there is Mr. Yang Siye and several newly recruited graduates from the animal husbandry university, who ensure scientific breeding and milk production.
There are currently twelve employees, and their monthly salary is around 8,000.
There is also a team responsible for cooking for the company's employees, led by Ma Xueqing. It is too difficult for an old man to cook for the whole village, so the old man simply recruited students to teach them how to cook. He took in five apprentices. Ma Xueqing's salary was 20,000 yuan, and the salaries of the apprentices were all around 6,000 yuan.
Then there is herbal medicine cultivation. Retired professor Qin Yi is in charge of this. His biological father Yang Guojun follows him to learn, plus some apprentices from the Chinese medicine hall. There are about 20 people in total. The monthly salary is around 7,000 yuan, with five insurances and one fund.
The Chinese medicine hall is a specialized department, which is directly managed by several veteran Chinese medicine practitioners. Currently, there are more and more veteran Chinese medicine practitioners practicing in the hall, and the team has expanded to six people. Each of them can accept disciples and directly enjoy a part of the shares of the Chinese medicine hall. This is also a condition specially set by Xia Wu in order to pass on Chinese medicine.
There is also the foreign trade zone, which is directly under the charge of Shao Yun.
In addition to village affairs, Xia Wu also handed over Taoyuan Community and Taoyuan Supermarket to others.
First she raised the positions, then the salaries. The high salaries she offered to her employees were so tempting that no one could refuse them. So except for the first few days, some people couldn't help but look for her. After a few days, everyone was doing their job and everything was back on track. Xia Wu also had completely free time.
Lying on a haystack under the shade of a tree to bask in the sun after a long absence, Xia Wu squinted his eyes, feeling that the spiritual spring in his consciousness seemed to be gurgling, and he was happier than usual.
She felt a lot more relaxed.
"Why are you hiding here?"
Jiang Xun came down from the mountain and took a shortcut. He saw Xia Wu lying on the haystack and took two steps closer.
"Hey~ I've taken a break from my busy life and am enjoying life and thinking about the important things in life~"
Xia Wu felt that his life was complete and he seemed to have no worries anymore.
Jiang Xun smiled and said, "You really know how to enjoy yourself. The herbs you planted have yielded results. Do you want to hear about it?"
"Tell me, what do you think?"
"Very good. The mountain behind is very suitable for growing herbs. Although I felt a little unsatisfactory when I measured it a year ago, after planting it, I found that it is growing surprisingly well. Perhaps this place is truly blessed with outstanding people and auspicious land veins."
Xia Wu became interested. "What's with the ground veins? Aren't they just speculations from netizens? How can you believe that? Dr. Jiang, you're a doctor!"
“Let’s talk about science!”
She has a spiritual spring in her body, and she actually told Jiang Xun seriously that he should believe in science.
Jiang Xun scratched his chin. "Maybe what the netizens said is right. Or maybe the spiritual energy is about to revive, starting from these mountains."
Xia Wu rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Do I have to hand over the mountain then?"
"That's not necessary," Jiang Xun sat down on the haystack next to her.
"From a scientific perspective, it makes sense. It's a positive ecological cycle, just like sheep eat grass on the grassland, wolves eat sheep, and the sheep and wolves' excretion creates more grass. In fact, all of this is due to human efforts, and with the positive ecological cycle, it will naturally develop in a positive direction."
Jiang Xun smiled, and Xia Wu nodded in agreement, "That's right. We should talk about science. You should explain science to those uneducated people on the forum to prevent them from making up stories."
"Okay, well, let's stop talking. I need to go eat early, and I have something else to do later."
Jiang Xun stood up, patted the straw behind his butt, and slowly walked away.
Xia Wu fell back into the haystack and muttered to herself that the hot springs on the mountain could not be developed and opened to the public at present, but she had already installed it with the money she earned and it was only open to her privately. Xia Wu was thinking, why not build a house on the top of the mountain?
No, no, it's too eye-catching, and you are not allowed to build houses on the mountain.
"There's still some space in the valley behind. Why don't we build a small house there?"
There are so many people coming and going on the mountain that I can't even have a good night's sleep.
She closed her eyes again and heard footsteps again. Without opening her eyes, Xia Wu knew it was Ji Yunzhou.
"You found me~"
Ji Yunzhou chuckled. Jindou and Heidou at his feet had grown up and were still wagging their tails happily like when they were little.
"It's time to eat. I'm afraid you won't wake up."
Ji Yunzhou walked over and touched Xia Wu's hand. "It's still a bit cold on the mountain. Why don't you go back to the cabin and sleep?"
Xia Wu leaned on his shoulder, blinked, and said, "I want to bask in the sun."
"The cabin can get some sunshine too. Come on, I'll sleep with you after dinner."
The two of them get along in such a plain and simple way, just like an old couple who have been together for a long time.
Xia Wu counted on her fingers to calculate how long they had been together, and Ji Yunzhou asked her what she was counting.
"I was calculating how old we are."
"Are you tired of me?"
"At least I have to be married for decades before I find you annoying, right?"
Xia Wu suddenly said, "Ji Yunzhou, let's get married."
"good."
A bird flew across the sky, leaving behind a puff of white smoke.
Xia Wu was so tired from sleeping that she asked Ji Yunzhou to carry her on his back.
"You just agreed so calmly. Aren't you happy?"
She poked Ji Yunzhou's cheek in a cheeky way. Ji Yunzhou felt helpless and said, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time."
"Where do you want to have your wedding? When do we want to have kids?"
"If you want to see me happy, can I swing from tree to tree like the Monkey King to express my joy? Because I really am happy."
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