Chapter 137 Ambition
That very evening, Lin Wang contacted the Lin family to pick him up. Several luxury cars drove into Nanbian Village, where old men and women at the village entrance were fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans and looking out.
"Is this really some young master from a wealthy family?"
"I knew it was very luxurious; you could tell it wasn't an ordinary person."
"The people I met on this expedition are all rich and powerful. If the circle is this powerful, it will definitely be powerful in the future."
"The expedition was already formidable, so how could the son of the Su family not be formidable?"
Luo Caixia couldn't stop smiling. "Oh, don't say that. Yuanzheng is just lucky. He went to the best university in Haicheng, so he's bound to know these people. He just treats them as friends."
"Sister Luo, you've given birth to a very capable son!"
Zheng Yucheng was extremely shocked to see Lin Wang walking out on his own with a prosthetic leg. He glanced at Xia Yutong again, and his disgust for her had obviously lessened considerably.
This woman used to be obsessed with money; every word she said, and even every meeting she had, had a very clear purpose.
Surprisingly, she was able to persuade the young master to wear the prosthetic leg he hated most.
Are you really leaving?
As the sun set in the west, Lin Wang, clean and standing ramrod straight, said, "I'm perfectly fine."
Xia Yutong's nose tingled, and she nodded, "Take care of yourself when you go back, be happy, find someone you like, and relax."
Su Yuanzheng gently placed his hand on Xia Yutong's shoulder and waved to Lin Wang, "Take care, I won't see you off."
"Let's go, young master. Master and Madam are waiting."
Jung Woo-sung instinctively reached out to steady the wheelchair, but then realized the man was wearing a prosthetic leg and felt inexplicably embarrassed. Instead, he reached out and touched the man's shoulder.
"Young Master..."
Lin Wang turned around, then suddenly looked back at Su Yuanzheng behind him, "You have to be good to her."
Don't worry.
Su Yuanzheng held a landscape-themed lacquer fan in his hand, which was made by Xia Yutong.
After saying this, the fan in his hand fell to the ground. He quickly picked it up, saying, "Hey, Tongtong made this lacquer fan for me, I mustn't get it dirty."
Xia Yutong: ……
Lin Wang's gaze fell on her. "Xia Yutong... I'm leaving. Call me anytime if you need anything."
Xia Yutong nodded and watched the luxury cars drive away.
Zhou Hengzhi hates her, but fortunately Lin Wang doesn't hate her and is still willing to treat her as a friend, which is enough.
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With Shen Yi joining, the handicraft business that Xia Yutong organized in her spare time became exceptionally successful.
Fans constantly order handicrafts from her, and she also gains some online traffic while making handicrafts...
As for Su Yuanzheng's rose base in Nanbian Town, that goes without saying.
This year's roses have all found a market, and Su Yuanzheng didn't sit idle. He consulted with Village Chief Wei and planned to lease all the land belonging to the surrounding villagers.
Some villagers agreed, but others were more stubborn.
On the day Village Chief Wei called the meeting, each household in the village sent one representative. The village committee was so full that there wasn't enough room for everyone. So, he sent a message to the village group chat of the southern village, saying, "Those who haven't arrived yet, remember to bring your own stools. The village committee is full."
"Village chief, my arms and legs are old and frail, what if I fall and hurt myself?"
After saying that, Village Chief Wei went offline, ignoring everything, and placed his phone face down on the table.
The elderly person doesn't like to silence their phone, so it keeps ringing incessantly.
Su Yuanzheng had a headache from the noise, but he was too embarrassed to tell the village chief directly, so he pretended not to have heard it.
Although the villagers were satisfied that he had set up a rose base in the village for them to stroll, play, and chat, they had strong opinions when it came to taking their land.
Zhou Erniang was still quite polite to him, saying, "Yuanzheng, you've taken our land to grow roses, what are we going to eat?"
"That's right, we're used to it. We grow some vegetables, some wheat, some eggplants. You've given us all the land, but we still have to buy our own vegetables."
"The expedition is enough. Why plant so many roses? It all costs money. Do you have too much money to put in there?"
“That’s right, Yuanzheng. All the flower shops around here buy flowers from you and get their supplies from you. So many people watch your videos, and your wife even makes money by doing handicrafts. You’ve done quite well.”
Before it took off, everyone in the village hoped that someone would start a business to boost the village's economy.
However, the rose garden was doing better and better, and seeing that Su Yuanzheng and his wife were making money, some of the older folks gradually began to feel unbalanced.
He thought to himself, "Why is it that it's not their own children who are making money, but Su Yuanzheng?"
"On expeditions, the worst thing for people is greed; if you're never satisfied, everything will be ruined."
Just then, Village Chief Wei frowned unhappily, "That's enough. Before, when all the young people in the village went to work in the city and didn't want to come back, you all complained a lot. Now that the village finally has an industry and is about to make money, you all not only don't contribute, but you also cause trouble!"
Yang Shuying also said, "If you give up your land, we're not refusing to give you money. Once you have the money, you can buy whatever you want. How much money can you make in a year growing vegetables and producing grain?"
"You never know. If the weather turns good, I might just manage to get a big one and plant more oranges and cucumbers..."
"Do you know how much a single rose costs?" Village Chief Wei asked. "I'm asking you how much cucumbers and oranges cost per pound. Do you know how to do basic math?"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately fell silent.
One of the old men muttered under his breath, "Village chief, you're just being biased."
Su Yuanzheng was caught in the middle, feeling slightly awkward.
Village Chief Wei said to Su Yuanzheng, "It's alright, don't worry."
When it comes to the villagers' interests, everyone seems to be envious.
The annual rent they receive for leasing the land is actually quite substantial, better than farming. If Su Yuanzheng hadn't approached them to lease the land, they would have readily agreed.
However, some people were unhappy about Su Yuanzheng, feeling that he had made a lot of money, and even if they received some of the money from him, he was still making a profit overall.
Everyone had arrived, and the muddy square outside the village committee was packed with people. The village chief was forced to take out his long-forgotten microphone.
Village Chief Wei was efficient. He explained that Su Yuanzheng was expanding the rose project and would pay rent to the villagers based on the acreage. After speaking, he told everyone who wanted to register to go and register, and those who didn't could leave.
Although most villagers were verbally abusive, they compromised for the sake of money. A few villagers, led by the Liu family, spread rumors about Su Yuanzheng behind his back.
"Why should we give him the land he wants? Who are we to him? Why should we just do whatever he says?"
"That's right, he's not in charge of the southern village. The land belongs to us. He's made so much money, and this is barely enough to pay us rent..."
“Let’s team up and not give him the land, and see what he does!”
Liu Yaozong's mother, Mrs. Liu, also hurriedly said, "My Yaozong has been imprisoned because of this. That harlot Su Qinglian is always seducing men. Su Yuanzheng is no better. Even if my land is overgrown with weeds, I won't give it to them."
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