Da Si Nong: I really don’t want to farm

Chapter 304 Whether to Hire or Not Depends on the Person
Tens of thousands of ginseng roots that are a hundred years old?
Xue Yan came to her senses and looked at Zhang Ruohai as if he were an idiot.

Although she was unfamiliar with the market, she knew the value of a century-old ginseng.

They are rarely seen nowadays.

Once it appears, it will most likely be auctioned off.

Tens of thousands of them? You think they're cabbages?

"Fine, don't believe me then," Zhang Ruohai said. "When I leave, I'll ask my brother-in-law for two of them, and you can take them back to your parents."

"If you really come, I'll accept you," Xue Yan said. "Is there anywhere else worth visiting in the village?"

“There are many places worth visiting,” Zhang Ruohai said. “Besides the village, there are also many places worth visiting in the mountains. I’ll ask my older brothers at lunchtime if they are free. If they are, we can go into the mountains together.”

"Where's your sister?" Xue Yan asked. "Aren't you going to invite them along?"

“My sister is pregnant and it’s not suitable for her to go into the mountains,” Zhang Ruohai said. “As for my brother-in-law, let’s just forget about it; he doesn’t like being a third wheel.”

"Take a few pictures of me!"

Xue Yan saw a spot for taking photos, and the surrounding scenery was indeed beautiful, so she quickly ran over and asked Zhang Ruohai to take pictures of her.

Zhang Ruohai used to be a scumbag.

And scumbags are usually pretty good at taking photos.

Today is the 29th, and Zhang Ruohai's family did not go to Xu Yue's house for dinner. Instead, they ate at Zhang Ruoxi's maternal grandmother's courtyard.

However, we ate at Xu Yue's place on New Year's Eve.

“After the New Year, we plan to build some villas in the village.” Zhang Ruoxi looked at Zhang Zelin and said, “Do you want to reserve one for you? I asked my grandma and the others before, and they seem to prefer the small courtyard over there.”

“Keep one building!” Zhang Zelin said. “Come and stay for a few days whenever you have time.”

Yang Qingyi nodded in agreement.

"Why did you suddenly decide to build some villas?" Zhang Zelin asked. "To sell or to rent?"

Everyone else looked at Zhang Ruoxi with curiosity.

"Give it away!"

Zhang Ruoxi's answer, however, was quite surprising.

"To whom?"

Yang Qingyi couldn't help but ask a question.

The person who gave it to you must be someone special.

"Dad, do you still remember the feng shui master you met with Cheng Yueting?" Xu Yue asked, seeing Zhang Zelin nod. "He's come to Taoyuan Village now."

Have you arrived at Peach Blossom Village?
Zhang Zelin clearly didn't think it was just a simple trip to Taoyuan Village.

This means they voted for Xu Yue!
Zhang Zelin knew about Cheng Yueting's attitude towards that person back then.

It's only natural to give such a person a villa as a gift.

I imagine many people would like to give it to me, but not everyone is qualified.

Just like when Cheng Yueting offered a gift, the recipient might not accept it.

Zhang Zelin didn't say anything more.

There may be more than one such person.

Zhang Zelin wasn't too surprised by this.

With such strength, people will naturally come to join us.

"Off to go fishing!"

Zhang Zelin then went fishing.

Clearly, he fished all day yesterday, and not only was he not satisfied, his addiction only intensified.

I spent the whole morning fishing.

Yang Qingyi hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

She has no interest in fishing; she'd rather stay home and chat with her daughter.

As for his two sons?

Forget it, they're in a relationship, let them be.

"How about we go fishing too?"

Xue Yan suddenly became interested.

She knew that even on New Year's Eve, business at the fishing grounds there was booming.

"Okay!"

Zhang Ruohai smiled and agreed.

He actually wanted to go fishing; he'd been thinking about it since yesterday.

It's your girlfriend's first time, and instead of taking her out for a stroll, you go fishing. Wouldn't all those years of being a scumbag have been for nothing?

He's not straight.

"I'm going to take a walk around the village."

In the blink of an eye, only Xu Yue and Zhang Ruoxi and her daughter remained in Xu Yue's house.

Xu Yue then left the space to the mother and daughter.

Taoyuan Village was still very lively during the Spring Festival.

It was much more lively than in previous years.

Almost all the people who went out to work have returned.

Actually, there aren't many people going out to work these days.

They've mostly gone back to their villages.

People earn more in Taoyuan Village than outside, so who would want to leave their hometown?

Of course, not everyone returned to the village.

Some who are doing well outside naturally won't come back.

There were also some that Xu Yue hadn't collected.

For example, Xu Jiangyu's three families.

The young people are still out there struggling, and they're not doing very well.

When I came back this year, I heard that Xu Wei was doing very well under Xu Yue, and his salary had exceeded 10,000 yuan.

Of course, the family that did the best among them were Li Juemin's family, who were the first to work with Xu Yue.

Li Juemin was considered a senior executive at the farm.

His wife is now in charge of the village's vegetables, so she's practically an official in that sense.

His son, Li Weibin, is now a senior executive at an agricultural trade company. Among the many villagers in Taoyuan Village, he is probably the highest-paid.

It is said that he is much taller than Xu Wei.

In addition, his daughter-in-law, Ni Yan, seems to be doing better than them.

One of the financial officers of Taoyuan Farm and Taoyuan Agricultural Trade.

Of course, they are indeed very capable.

Before Ni Yan came, she worked in the finance department of a gas company and had a junior accountant certificate.

I have now obtained my intermediate accounting certificate.

Although it's not considered a high level of expertise in accounting, it's more than enough.

Her greatest role was not to keep accounts, but to be Xu Yue's eyes and ears.

"Xiao Yue!"

When Xu Yue heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw Zhou Zhenxing riding a two-wheeled vehicle with his wife on the back, stopping next to him.

"Uncle Zhou, are you going to your son-in-law's house for the New Year?"

Xu Yue then realized that he had unknowingly walked to the pond at the entrance of the village.

This pond was the first pond that Xu Yue contracted, which he took over from Zhou Zhenxing's son-in-law.

"Ok!"

Zhou Zhenxing smiled and nodded.

"Then why are you back so early?" Xu Yue said with a smile. "It's not far. You could have had dinner first and come back in time."

Zhou Zhenxing's son-in-law lives in the town, so it's naturally close by.

When his daughter fell ill, his son-in-law almost went bankrupt.

This fishpond was sold to Xu Yue at a bargain price.

However, the only thing to be thankful for is that Zhou Zhenxing's daughter has recovered.

Although a lot of money was spent, it seems that a huge debt has been incurred.

Both Zhou Zhenxing and his wife work on the farm, and Zhou Zhenxing is also in charge of the aquatic products. Their salaries are not low, which can help their daughter and son-in-law.

"Come back and tidy up a bit, we'll have dinner at home," Zhou Zhenxing said with a smile. "Is something wrong?"

Why do we need to clean up if we're eating dinner at home?

Obviously, his daughter and son-in-law are coming.

"I'm fine, so I'm just wandering around."

Xu Yue said with a smile that he was really just wandering around the village aimlessly.

"Well," Zhou Zhenxing hesitated, but still mustered his courage to speak, "my daughter is much better, and my son-in-law is thinking of finding a job. Do you think he could come to the farm to raise fish? He's raised fish before, and he's also raised crayfish, so he knows more than I do."

"No problem!" Xu Yue said with a smile when he saw Zhou Zhenxing discussing it. "Just tell your second uncle."

Nowadays, Li Juemin is basically in charge of personnel matters at the farm. Naturally, Tian Yizhi doesn't need to do these things personally.

The farm is already at full capacity.

As more machinery was used, the number of personnel also increased.

But Xu Yue never considered layoffs, and would occasionally hire one or two more.

It doesn't matter.

However, Xu Yue would usually refuse if someone tried to offer him a place in the family, and would tell him to go to Tian Yizhi instead.

The reason she didn't reject Zhou Zhenxing was mainly because she thought he was a good son-in-law.

Not all men are willing to go bankrupt to pay for their wives' medical treatment.

"Thank you!"

Zhou Zhenxing and his wife thanked him profusely, but Xu Yue waved his hand dismissively and then wandered around aimlessly again.

Arriving at the provincial highway intersection, I forgot to glance at the other side.

That's where the pharmaceutical company is located, but it doesn't look bustling with activity today.

Xu Yue had no interest in going over to take a look, so he turned around and walked back.

There's still construction going on over there, so there's not much to see.

Once the construction is almost finished, he'll be busy there too.

"Fourth Grandpa!"

Xu Yue hadn't gone far when he encountered Xu Chengmin.

"Xiao Yue!"

Xu Chengmin greeted Xu Yue with a smile.

It seemed like he hadn't seen Xu Yue for quite some time.

He has now stepped down from his position as village chief and is now only serving as the village's Party Secretary.

I hadn't met the new village chief, Xu Yue, before, but he didn't cause any trouble.

Tian Yizhi seems to have a good opinion of him.

I just don't know if this conclusion was drawn by comparing her to the previous village chief, Gu Haixia.

"Didn't go play cards?"

Xu Yue asked with a smile.

Their leisure activities mainly involve playing cards, especially during holidays like Chinese New Year.

After Zhang Zelin went fishing, Xu Yue's parents also went out to play cards.

“You were too slow, you didn’t sit down,” Xu Chengmin said. “Why didn’t you go and play? You could have at least killed some time.”

They play cards, and there's probably some winning and losing involved.

But what about Xu Yue?

Then all I can do is kill time.

Those wins and losses meant nothing to him.

But the other villagers couldn't possibly fight alongside him for long.

However, Xu Yue can no longer get along with the villagers.

Although the villagers still call Xu Yue "Xiao Yue", it's only because everyone knows that Xu Yue likes to be called that.

If they start calling them "boss," they themselves will feel less friendly.

The name may remain the same, but the mindset should have changed long ago.

In the past, Xu Yue's house was always the most visited during the Spring Festival.

Nowadays, most people go to Li Juemin's house.

Of course, most people still go to the teahouse near the guesthouse.

Most people who go to teahouses are young people.

Young people don't care about the small amount of money spent on tea, but older people feel it's not worth it.

"I'm not really interested," Xu Yue said. "Besides, with Ruoxi's parents coming, I don't have that much time."

"Xu Hao and the others came back and went to the village committee, and they also went to your second uncle," Xu Chengmin said. "But they didn't come to you, did they?"

Xu Hao belongs to Xu Jiangyu's family, so why would he need to contact the village committee and Li Juemin? There's no need to even think about it.

Almost all the people who didn't do well outside came back, except for a few of them.

It's not that they don't want to come back, it's that they have nothing to do if they come back.

Xu Yue rented their land, but didn't arrange any work for them.

Nowadays, the three families basically go up the mountain to sell mushrooms to agricultural trading companies.

The income is not bad, but it is seasonal, and it is still not as good as other people in the village.

The key issue is that it's not stable enough!

Xu Yue has bought insurance for the people on the farm.

“I didn’t look for them!” Xu Yue shook his head and said, “I didn’t manage the farm. The whole village knows about it. Besides, the farm is becoming more and more mechanized, and there are actually more people working there now.”

Xu Chengmin nodded.

Xu Chengmin was naturally aware of the workload of the villagers.

Even with some staff reductions, the farm can still operate.

The reason Xu Yue didn't fire anyone was because of the villagers.

How could they possibly be hiring!
"Those three families earn a pretty good income from picking and selling mushrooms; it's much higher than in previous years," Xu Chengmin nodded and said, "It's a pity."

Xu Chengmin shook his head and did not continue speaking.

Why does Xu Yue dislike Xu Jiangyu and his three families?
The key issue is that they don't know how to be grateful at all.

Let's leave aside the previous breach of contract for now; we've already rented their land.

They rented their land but didn't provide any work, and there was always a lot of gossip about them.

They still buy the same mushrooms from their farm.

They picked mushrooms, and when they occasionally encountered people from other villages, they never kept their mouths clean.

They said someone in their family works on the farm and is trying to take their job away from them, as if they are the only ones who can pick the mushrooms in the mountains, and no one else is allowed to pick them.

Not only did Xu Yue dislike them, but the villagers were also unenthusiastic.

The young people from the three families came back for the New Year, but couldn't return to work, so they were full of complaints.

Who would want that!

Xu Yue rented land from Xu Wei's family and also arranged a job for Xu Wei.

But they don't even consider what Xu Wei did, and what they did.

You still don't know what you did wrong, how can I give you a chance!
Xu Chengmin knew very well that if those three families had people like Xu Wei, Xu Yue would recruit them even if there were more people.

"Let's go!" After chatting for a few minutes, Xu Yue said, "My father-in-law is fishing over there, I'm going to check on him."

Xu Chengmin naturally didn't try to keep anyone.

He didn't sit down at home; he went to visit other people's homes to see if anyone else was doing the same thing and if they could make a table together.

The fishing spot is quite lively.

The teahouse was almost full.

Not only villagers from Taoyuan Village, but also many people from neighboring Yaowan Village and Qinghe Village came.

Besides the crowded teahouse, the fishing spot was also packed with people.

In addition, many people also visit Huashan Mountain for sightseeing.

While not exactly packed with people, the crowds seemed just as large as usual.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve.

When Xu Yue found Zhang Zelin and Zhang Ruohai, the former was releasing fish, and the latter was watching from the sidelines.

Xue Yan was holding a fishing rod when she caught a fish.

"how?"

Xu Yue asked with a smile.

"With the earthworms you raise, the fish are naturally biting well," Zhang Zelin said. "However, we haven't caught any big ones. I heard there are big fish in the reservoirs over in Jincheng?"

There must be big fish in the Qingxi River.

However, very few.

The fishing spot has been open for so long, and the biggest fish we've caught so far is a carp weighing about 30 pounds.

The fisherman didn't sell it to the agricultural company; instead, he released it back.

“There are indeed big fish over there,” Xu Yue nodded and said. “My friends spent a lot of money on it.”

"It's a pity it's a bit far," Zhang Zelin shook his head.

It's not necessary to travel several hours round trip.

"You really want to catch a big fish?" Xu Yue said. "I'll take you to Qinglongtan tomorrow. There are plenty of big fish there."

"Qinglongtan?" Zhang Zelin said, "That one in the mountains? Isn't fishing prohibited there?"

"The fishing ban is because we're developing a tourist area, and we're worried that anglers will damage the environment," Xu Yue said. "The tourist area is almost finished, but it's not open yet, so the timing is perfect."

(End of this chapter)