When Lin Jiuyue heard the village chief's serious tone, she no longer refused.
"Okay, uncle, then you wait a minute, I'll get the oil press back tomorrow."
Lin Jiuyue continued speaking after she finished speaking.
"Uncle, there is something I want to trouble you with."
After hearing this, the village chief glared at Lin Jiuyue with displeasure.
"What are you talking about, little girl? What do you mean by troublesome or not? Why are you being so polite to me? Haven't I bothered you enough? If you say that, I won't dare to bother you again in the future."
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"Uncle, since you've said that, I won't be polite."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. I've already told you that if you need my help, just let me know. As long as I can help, I will definitely do it."
Lin Jiuyue thought about it.
Last year, I made a lot of money by growing rapeseed at home. The village chief also made some money by growing rapeseed with me.
When the rapeseed planting season comes this year, I believe the villagers will follow suit and plant rapeseed.
While the villagers were harvesting rapeseed, some were already picking up the rapeseed that had fallen on the ground in their own fields.
Although I told them that the rapeseed they grow has been specially treated and that even if they are planted, there will be no yield in the end, the villagers just don't believe it and there is nothing I can do.
"Uncle, I told you before that we can't save the rapeseed we planted. If the rapeseed is not processed, even if the seedlings grow, they will not produce rapeseed."
The village chief listened and nodded.
"Well, I told the villagers about this, but they didn't believe me."
The village chief sighed.
Lin Jiuyue was also worried.
The villagers want to plant rapeseed this season, but they also want to save the money on seeds, so they go to their own fields to pick up the rapeseed that has fallen on the ground.
If these people planted the rapeseed they picked up and it didn't produce seeds, they might even curse them behind their backs.
"Well, if they don't believe it, then don't believe it. Once they suffer a loss, they will believe it naturally."
Lin Jiuyue was also helpless about this kind of petty profiteering.
"Jiuyue girl, you just said you needed your uncle's help with something. What is it?"
"Uncle, we made a lot of money growing rapeseed this year. When the villagers saw how much money we made, I guess a lot of people will grow rapeseed next year."
"After harvesting their rapeseed, they have no place to press the oil. I have an oil press at home. One kilogram of rapeseed can produce four ounces of oil. I want to build an oil press in our village so that all the villagers can bring their rapeseed here to be pressed for oil."
After Lin Jiuyue finished speaking, she added a sentence for fear that the village chief would misunderstand her.
"Uncle, let me make it clear first, there is a fee for oil pressing."
The village chief nodded.
"There's no such thing as a free lunch, and charging for oil extraction is normal."
Lin Jiuyue nodded.
"Yes, uncle."
"I want to open this processing workshop, but I don't have enough manpower here. I want to ask you, are you willing to start this business with me?"
Right now, apart from myself and the village chief's family, no one else is growing rapeseed. When the rapeseed planting season arrives this year, more people will start growing rapeseed.
When the time comes, I will open my own oil pressing workshop and run it exclusively, and the business will definitely be good.
When the village chief heard Lin Jiuyue's words, he looked at her in surprise.
This girl, what's she talking about not having enough manpower? With her current family background, if she really is short of manpower, she can just buy a few servants and everything will be solved.
Saying that there is a shortage of manpower means that they want to help their own team.
"Jiuyue girl, you have helped your uncle enough."
The village chief said a little embarrassedly.
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"Uncle, this time we're collaborating. You do the work, I pay the money, and we'll build a processing workshop together. Then your family will be in charge of the workshop, and I won't have to do anything and can just sit back and wait to be paid. What a great idea!"
The village chief knew that if he agreed to this, it would only benefit his family and not harm them. Moreover, he would not have to bear any risks in this business.
"Uncle, if you agree, I'll buy a piece of land and we'll build a processing workshop. You don't have to pay a penny for the construction of the workshop, all you need to do is put in some effort afterwards."
"As for the profits, we'll split them fifty-fifty."
After listening to this, the village chief waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, no, if it's a 50-50 split, you'll be at a huge disadvantage. No way."
Lin Jiuyue smiled.
"Uncle, if you're willing, then we'll make it this way. I'll need your help in finding a place to build the workshop. If you're not willing, I'll have to find someone else to partner with."
Lin Jiuyue said the last sentence to provoke the village chief. The village chief understood it and sighed helplessly.
"Oh, you girl."
"When do you want the land? I'll go and take care of the land issue when I'm free in the next couple of days."
"Of course, the sooner the better."
Lin Jiuyue doesn't like to procrastinate. Once she makes a decision, she wants to get it done immediately.
"Okay, you said you want to buy that piece of land, uncle will see if it's possible."
Lin Jiuyue told the village chief about the land she had chosen. The village chief agreed, and the purchase of the land and construction of the processing workshop was finalized.
"Uncle, our machine will not only be able to extract rapeseed oil, but also other vegetable oils. The processing workshop might be very busy then. I'm sorry to trouble you."
The village chief's family has no formal jobs except farming. Now that there is an additional processing workshop, it is just right that those who are idle at home can get busy.
"Why would it be so hard? You know, for a country family like us, earning a few copper coins is harder than climbing to heaven. If the processing workshop is really established, my uncle and my family will have a job."
"Uncle is so happy, how could he complain about the hard work?"
In this era, poor people can’t even afford to eat, while rich people can enjoy delicious food every day.
In short, the gap between the rich and the poor is too big!
As for those country families, as long as there is an opportunity to make money, they will try their best to earn a few dollars.
"Uncle, since you have no objection, let's decide on this matter."
After Lin Jiuyue finished speaking, he directly gave the village chief one hundred taels of silver to buy land.
The next afternoon, the village chief bought the land, and Lin Jiuyue, as he had said before, brought back the oil press machine.
The machine was temporarily placed in the yard of Lin Jiuyue's house. There was no cover, so Lin Jiuyue used the oilcloth used to harvest rapeseed to cover it.
When the village chief heard that Lin Jiuyue had brought back the oil pressing machine, he hurried home to deliver the rapeseed.
When the villagers heard that Lin Jiuyue's family was going to help the village chief and his family press oil today, and that people could watch, they stopped working in the fields and ran to see the "strange thing".
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