Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 375
Zhao Mingguo was very good at covering up the situation. He announced his transfer in a high-profile manner, but did not mention a word about his successor. However, he also let out a fishhook and let each village chief make a blind guess.

The appearance of Li Hongbing made the village chiefs shift from the topic of the new mayor to Caogou Village.

In the past few days, gossip about Caogou Village has been spreading in the forest area. Everyone from 99 to [-] people and those who have just returned know that Caogou Village has made a fortune.

Especially the villagers from several villages that we supported in the past returned to the village with thick stacks of money and walked with stiff backs.

Who is not jealous.

"Village Chief Li, when did your village hold elections, and you don't invite everyone to sit down."

"It's been a while, we all eat in the same bowl, and we don't say hello when there are happy events."

"After the meeting, I'll arrange for two drinks at noon."

Seven or eight village chiefs surrounded Li Hongbing, passing cigarettes and pouring water, and told him one thing after another.

Standing aside, Zhao Qianjin, the head of Shilipu Village, was full of emotions. It didn't take long for Li Hongbing to become a big celebrity in the forest area, and he really answered Ma Ziye's words.

The men of Lao Li's family are always masters no matter what time they are!
Looking at the village chiefs with a smile on his face, Li Hongbing knew in his heart that these thousand-year-old foxes just wanted to beg for some soup.

The B&B project lacks a lot of workers.

He said with his hands in hand.

"Everyone, I happen to have a trouble here, and I need your help."

When the village chiefs heard this, their faces became less enthusiastic, and they secretly complained in their hearts.

The troubles in your Caogou Village are of no use to our village. Just now, when you said that you would take care of me, it was nothing more than politeness, and you really took it seriously.

"Red Soldier, if you have any trouble, tell me. We will try our best to help you if we can. If you can't help, don't blame us old guys for being useless." Zhao Qianjin said with a smile.

Li Hongbing directly stated the purpose.

"It's like this. There is a homestay project in our village. The developer needs a lot of workers who can build old houses. I don't think there is a need to go outside to find people. We have a lot of people in the forest area."

Build an old house!
The eyes of the village chiefs lit up.

When it comes to building high-rise buildings like those in the city, farmers do not have the skills and can only do some simple and rough work, but the old houses in the countryside are not difficult at all.

It's a pity that September is the busy season for farming. The peanuts, sweet potatoes, and corn are all ripe in the fields. After harvesting the grain, we have to replant overwintering vegetables.

It's a bit difficult to find someone at this time!

"Village Chief Li, is the project in your village in a hurry? Take it easy if you are not in a hurry. The autumn harvest is coming soon."

autumn harvest!

Only now did Li Hongbing remember that it was already September, but thinking of the vicious appearance of the two brother-in-laws, if it dragged on for another month or two, they would be able to swallow him alive.

"Developers have to catch up with the construction schedule. You know that in mid-October, it starts to snow in the mountains. Big cars and small cars can't get in, and the project has to be delayed. Time really can't afford it."

After finishing speaking, he added another sentence.

"Well, I'll be the master. Those who are willing to come to Caogou to build a house will be paid 100 a day for small workers, and 200 a day for big workers. They will take care of food and housing."

Whoa!
There was an uproar in the conference room. The village chief who came in behind did not understand the situation. After learning about it from other people, he immediately made a small plan.

A small worker earns 100 a day, a big worker earns 200 a day, and they still take care of food and housing.

The village head near the outskirts of the forest area frowned. The land in his village is flat, and each household grows a lot of food. Although the wages are high, there is really no spare manpower for the autumn harvest.

The village chiefs in the mountains were all smiles, and the forest area had returned farmland to forest several times, which led to the continuous reduction of land in the village, and a woman could collect all the land at that point.

Now the wages of small workers in the forest area are only 50 yuan a day, and 100 yuan for large workers, and they have to prepare food and drink by themselves.

As expected, Caogou Village was rich, and its spending was doubled.

A small worker can earn 3000 yuan after working for a month, which is no better than farming.

Farming requires buying seeds, buying chemical fertilizers, watering the land, spraying pesticides, weeding, plowing, and planting the land. When the grain is harvested, the cost is thrown away after harvesting.

But building a house in Caogou Village is different. It's not a pure profit.

When the villagers earned money, they would naturally thank him, and he could also sell favors to Li Hongbing.

This deal is worth it!

After finishing the small plan, the village chiefs spoke one after another.

"There are people in Shantou Village and a few masons, but they are a bit older. Do you want them?"

"There are also many people who can build old houses in Taohuagou, and there are also masons."

"There are people and masons in Erdaogou."

"There are also people in Chashugou. As long as you give money, the whole family can go to work."

Facing such enthusiastic village chiefs, Li Hongbing smiled and waved, "As long as you can build an old house, don't delay the autumn harvest."

The door of the conference room opened, and Zhao Mingguo walked in with the town team full of spring breeze. He was not angry when he saw the mess in the conference room, but greeted the village chiefs affectionately.

Seeing the mayor appear, the village chiefs immediately calmed down, but the person who appeared later surprised them.

Li Huaizhong was there!
Could it be that he is the new mayor!

Zhao Mingguo glanced around the conference room and walked straight to Li Hongbing.

"Hong Soldier, how did you sleep last night? I'm sure you're not used to your mother-in-law not being around!"

This grandson, put me on the fire to roast again!
Li Hongbing agreed with a half-hearted smile.

After a few pleasantries.

The General Assembly of Songbai Town begins.

During the period, leaders of all sizes took turns to speak, and Li Hongbing was drowsy listening to it. Until the general assembly elected the mayor of Songbai Town, Li Huaizhong was elected unanimously. He was awakened by warm applause, and quickly sat up and applauded.

"Hongbing, your village is fine. If you are the village head and Huai Zhong is the mayor, it will be hard for you not to be rich in the future." Zhao Qianjin tilted his head towards Li Hongbing, with envy that couldn't be concealed on his face.

Li Hongbing pouted.

It is better to count on myself to be more diligent than to count on Uncle Huai Zhong to be sideways.

Soon, the conference ended successfully.

The village chief had nothing to do with the rest of the closed-door meeting. Li Hongbing followed the other village chiefs out of the meeting room, and declined the invitation of Secretary Liu's new mayor's work meal halfway.

I was exhausted from eating with them, so it would be great if I had time to try to make friends with the village chief and ask them to send the villagers to Caogou Village as soon as possible.

then.

Li Hongbing spent his own money to treat village chiefs from [-] administrative villages in the forest area to a feast.

Those that fly in the sky, those that run on the ground, and those that swim in the water are all served on the table.

Liquor, beer, rice wine appeared in turn.

He was so drunk that half of them slid under the table, half of them vomited, and the other half dragged Li Hongbing to beg him.

To become brothers of the opposite sex, we don't want to be born in the same year and the same day, but only to die in the same year and the same day.

I'll go to his uncle!

I'm only 36, and you are all over 50, obviously taking advantage of me.

But drinking is drinking, making trouble is making trouble.

The business was still settled, and the village chiefs promised to send people to Caogou Village as soon as they got back, and promised to build the house within a month.

The wine is full, the food is full, and the people are full.

Li Hongbing opened a few rooms in the hotel next door, threw the drunken village chiefs in, and walked towards Sanpao's house feeling relieved.

At this time, at the door of the business hall, the sound of the horn delivering eggs has disappeared.

The store door was also half-closed.

When Li Hongbing walked into the room, Sanpao was tearing down the wall to promote advertisements in full swing.

"Why tear it up, it would be great to use it as wallpaper."

Hearing the sound, San Pao turned around, threw the poster in his hand on the ground and stepped on it a few times.

"Made, if you've seen him unhappy and his performance is not up to standard, he will deduct money, deduct money, and give his grandma a leg up. I won't serve him anymore."

"Okay, where's the spring seedlings!" Li Hongbing saw a bag of cucumbers on the table, picked up one and rubbed off the spikes with his hands, and began to eat it.

Sanpao also picked up a cucumber, put it directly into his mouth regardless of whether it had thorns or not, and said vaguely.

"Last night, I called my mother-in-law and said that I would clean up the shop in the next two days, let Chun Miao go back to her mother's house for two days, and pick her up early in the morning."

Li Hongbing looked serious, "I really plan to quit!"

"Hmm!" Sanpao swallowed the cucumber residue in his mouth, "Go to Caogou Village to open a supermarket. Didn't you notice those tourists? A bowl of rice grits costs 5 yuan. It's like picking up money for free."

"That's fine. I've invited people to build a house in the village these few days. You go to the mountain early and build your supermarket along the way."

Li Hongbing stood up and patted the dregs on his body.

"Then I'm going back to the village."

"It's so soon, we'll come back after a meal." San Pao Wan stayed and said.

"It's midnight before we go back after dinner. I'll go to the cattle and horse market later, let's go!"

After all, when walking out of the room, San Pao suddenly shouted.

"Brother, Mrs. Shanxing has been found."

Li Hongbing turned around with a gloomy expression, "Where are you?"

San Pao hesitated for a moment, but still spoke truthfully.

"They moved to Xiadianzi Village. His younger brother is still an inefficient lamp, a bad gambler, and I heard that he sold everything in the family to pay off his debts."

"Xiadianzi Village, I got it!"

Li Hongbing remembered the village, waved his hands and turned to leave.

Come to the cattle and horse market.

Today is not market time, the cattle and horse market is deserted, and the cattle dealers also gather in twos and threes to play cards and brag.

"Brother Li, you're here!" One of the poker players stood up and greeted loudly.

Li Hongbing looked around and saw that it was the third boy from the house who had a drink with him last night. He seemed to be called Menzhu.

"I'll come and take the dog back, where is Third Brother?"

"Third brother is in the back market. The dogs are also in the back market. I will take you there." As he spoke, the door bolt was about to throw the card.

"No. I can go there by myself, you play."

As for the matter of a few steps, Li Hongbing waved his hand and refused, and walked towards the cattle and horse market alone.

Come to the market outlook.

The smell of cow dung and horse urine made my eyes sore.

Wang Wang Wang!
The black dog smelled Li Hongbing's breath, ran over with the pack of dogs, and wagged its tail around him.

"Brother, as soon as this dog moves, I know you're coming." Fang San walked out of a livestock pen with a hearty laugh.

Li Hongbing stepped forward with a smile, turned his head to look left and right, there were almost no people buying animals, and the animals in the cattle and horse stables also had their heads down, weak.

"How's business those days?"

"It's the off-season now, and winter is about to start, and there are not many people buying livestock." Fang San curled his lips depressed.

Spring and summer are the peak seasons every year, and buying livestock in autumn and winter is a crime. At this time, the cattle and horse market is basically closed.

"I plan to buy some more horses, donkeys, and native piglets. Do you have any in stock?"

"Yes, as much as you want!" Fang San blurted out without thinking about his professional habits, turned his head to react, and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"The horses are enough. There are few horses in the forest area now. I have collected a batch of donkeys and plan to send them to Lu Province. There are more than 30 donkeys. How many piglets do you plan to buy?"

The batch of native pigs I bought last time should almost be tasted, and it is not a problem to keep them all the time. It is enough to keep some breeding pigs, and add another batch of the rest.

After making the decision, Li Hongbing directly ordered 100 native piglets.

It must be a good thing to have business, but Fang San didn't want to cheat Li Hongbing, after all, the relationship is here, so he kindly reminded him.

"Brother, it's autumn. You have so many animals in your house. What if it snows? Remember to prepare fodder and fodder in advance."

Li Hongbing had already planned for this.

When I go back, I will sprinkle some original power on the meadow, let the grass grow for a month, and harvest it in October, so that the livestock will have winter forage.

After the autumn harvest in the forest area is over, buy a batch of coarse grains, and you should be able to survive the first winter of this year safely.

"Third brother, do you have any channels to sell lawn mowers?"

Fang San nodded and said, "I know someone who specializes in selling agricultural machinery. Let me ask you if you want a complete set or a single machine."

"It's best to have a full set, please trouble!"

"It's a brother and he said it's troublesome. I'll call you when I say hello." Fang San glared and pretended to be angry, "By the way, do you want a horse? A racing horse, a walking horse, or a good horse."

Run horses, walk horses, be good at horses!
How come the horse still has so many points?

Li Hongbing looked confused.

Seeing this, Fang San also knew that this young man really didn't understand, so he introduced it in detail.

"Horse racing is like Black Wind. It doesn't pay attention to pace and wins with speed."

"Walking horses have steady steps, fast speed, and strong endurance. They look good when walking."

"A good horse is a gelded horse, suitable for riding by the elderly, women and children, with a gentle and quiet personality."

Li Hongbing thought for a moment.

Tourism in the village can't just be about flower viewing and meadow camping. New projects must be opened up. Horse riding is a good choice. Anyway, there are hundreds of thousands in the account of the village committee.

"In this way, I need 50 good horses for the village to use. I don't care about running horses. I need 20 running horses for my own use, half male and half female. Pick the better ones."

"I understand, do you want to issue an invoice!" Fang San blinked.

Li Hongbing shook his head and laughed, there was nothing wrong with it.

"No, just quote separately. I still need that little money."

"Okay, the horse will be bought from Mongolia, and it will probably take a week to bring it back, and then it will be sent to the village with the piglets."

"Just call me, let's go!" After saying that, Li Hongbing walked out of the cow and horse market with the dogs, and turned back after a while.

"Brother, is there anything else?" Fang San asked doubtfully.

"Third brother, do you know where there is a Bengbeng car? I didn't ride a Bunbeng on this trip. I bought a lot of things and brought my dog ​​with me."

That's it!

Fang San smiled, turned his head and shouted from the livestock pen, "Heizi, Heizi, get over here."

"Here we come!" A young man with a dark face ran out of the livestock pen.

"Go and drive my pickup truck, and take my brother back to Caogou Village. He must be delivered to the door, do you hear me?" Fang San pointed at Li Hongbing.

Heizi chuckled, "Third brother, even if you go to the ends of the earth, I will take Li brother home."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and drive!"

Fang San stretched out his legs and kicked Heizi, then turned to Li Hongbing and said, "Brother, tell Heizi where to go, don't worry about him driving."

The pickup came to the labor insurance shop on South Street.

Load the purchased security vests, sewing machines, and other miscellaneous things into the car.

He plunged into the traffic and drove slowly into the mountains.

(End of this chapter)