I bring technology to my hometown to get rich

Chapter 170 Times are quietly changing

"Lao Li, have you asked clearly?"

Yang Liang asked anxiously.

He is a native of the city. He built two rental buildings on the land at home and can collect tens of thousands of yuan in rent every month.

Not to mention how comfortable my little life was.

He has not worked for decades. He reads water meters, electricity meters, and collects rent every morning. He plays mahjong in the afternoon. He takes a bath and washes his feet in the evening.

Such good days have passed for twenty or thirty years.

Now all of a sudden, all the tenants in my two buildings have quit renting, and everyone has left cleanly.

If the house cannot be rented out as soon as possible, the northwest wind will blow from now on.

"Ask clearly, ask clearly~"

"I have a good relationship with some old tenants. I just asked them about it. They said that Hongshi County is now engaged in the fungus industry, and they have all gone home to grow mushrooms."

Li Kaiwen also followed up and said: "If this house is not rented out, I will have to live on my laurels. My daughter is studying abroad, and her monthly living expenses cost several thousand dollars."

When Yang Liang heard this, he immediately became anxious.

After twenty or thirty years of such good times, if they were suddenly asked to work and make money, they would really be embarrassed.

It was impossible to work part-time, so I had to live by collecting rent.

His situation is similar to that of Yang Liang. For more than 20 years, he has lived comfortably in three buildings in his house, and the family can't even finish the meal while collecting rent.

Rent collection has become an important source of income for the family.

For locals, they are either big bosses who make a lot of money by doing business, or at least they can be landlords and live by collecting rent easily.

"what?"

If the house is not rented out in time, where will the money for my daughter's study abroad come from in the future?

"The tenants in our area are basically from Hongshi County, so they are all gone now."

"The people who rent houses now are basically older workers, and many of the younger generation have bought their own houses."

"That's right. If you don't work hard, why are you growing mushrooms?"

“There are only a few tenants left who are not Red Rock County tenants.”

"Alas, there are fewer and fewer factories around."

"With these people gone, it's really hard to rent out our house."

I originally thought about raising the rent a little more so that I could send more living expenses to my daughter who is studying abroad. Who knew that this situation would happen now.

Li Kaiwen also said anxiously.

Few people talk about going to work or anything. Even if they work, they must have a decent job.

Yang Liang frowned, he was relatively familiar with the surrounding situation.

"It's so easy to rent it out all of a sudden."

"What kind of mushrooms are you growing? If you work hard and don't work, then we landlords can eat and drink whatever you want!"

Land rent in coastal areas is becoming more and more expensive, and labor is also becoming more and more expensive. Many large factories have relocated to the central and western regions.

And with the development of the central and western regions, more and more migrant workers are gradually returning to their hometowns and no longer go out to work.

As for the younger generation, they often have the accumulation of their parents’ generation. Many people have bought houses, and fewer and fewer rent houses.

"Isn't that right? There used to be several big factories with tens of thousands of people around here, and they were very busy."

"There are also a lot of construction sites, and there are seas of people. Everything is very lively."

"Now factories have closed down and relocated. There are only two big factories left, and the construction sites are basically gone."

"The economic situation has not been very good in the past few years. I'm afraid it will be really difficult to rent this house."

Li Kaiwen frowned and became even more sad when he thought of this.

If the house cannot be rented out, or the occupancy rate is not high, he will be worried.

My daughter is studying abroad, and the tuition is very expensive, and her living expenses cost several thousand dollars a month. All of this money comes from rent collection.

"Ah~"

"Okay, what kind of mushrooms are they growing?"

"It's okay to keep working for a few more years and then go back. It's okay to wait until my daughter finishes studying abroad."

Li Kaiwen said with a frown, and then looked at the empty streets around him.

In the past, this place was packed with people, and you could always see workers gathering in groups chatting in twos and threes. But now you can rarely see people, and there is no competition for parking spaces. "Lao Li, Lao Yang, your tenants have left too?"

At this time, a group of local people came over. They were all from the same village, everyone knew each other, and they were all landlords.

"Everyone is gone, only two families are left."

"Now they are clamoring to move out, saying that our rent increase is too high."

"I could only tell him quickly that the rent would not be increased, and that's why I stayed."

"I only have a few households left, and I don't dare to raise the rent."

Many landlords gathered together and sighed at each other.

In the past, they always disliked and looked down upon these people who worked outside of the country. Now that these people have really left, they are anxious again.

Without these migrant workers, their houses and stores would not be able to be rented out, and the small supermarkets and fruit shops they opened would have no business.

And when there's no one around, it's not fun anymore, it's deserted.

“Now it seems we can’t raise the rent.”

"It's so swollen, there's no one left."

"I don't know how long it will take to get back to the way it was before."

"Isn't that right? There are too many people leaving now. I'm afraid tens of thousands of people have left in our area, all from the same place called Hongshi County."

“My tenants are also from Red Rock County.”

"I heard they went home to grow mushrooms."

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"It's still better than before. At that time, there were so many people rushing to rent the houses."

"Isn't that right? At that time, eating, drinking and having fun were very convenient and very cheap."

"It's easy to get a wife. Many local people have married beautiful wives who come to work from other places."

"How come times have changed so suddenly? There are fewer and fewer people working, and I don't even know where they are going."

"There will be fewer people in the future."

"Isn't that right? I heard that there are more than 200 million fewer people this year. From now on, there will definitely be fewer and fewer people working."

"Many of them have gone back to their hometowns and no longer come out to work."

"It's still as good as it was more than 20 years ago!"

The landlords discussed with sad faces and lamented the changes of the times.

Quietly, times are changing quietly.

The previously mighty wave of migrant workers has become smaller and smaller and more dispersed.

The older generation of workers who used to carry large and small bags and nylon bags on their shoulders are gradually getting older. They used their youth and blood and sweat to build big cities in the coastal areas, but there is no one here. of bricks and tiles.

With the continuous development of the times, there are fewer and fewer labor-intensive factories in the past, and they are gradually migrating to the central and western regions. Times are quietly changing.

Landlords in coastal areas who used to be able to live comfortably by collecting rent are also gradually feeling the changes in the climate of the times.

This time Hongshi County is just an example of sudden changes, but this is by no means the end, but the beginning.

Townships and villages in Hongshi County.

As buses and cars returned one after another, the entire Hongshi County became lively.

Just like the Chinese New Year.

The originally deserted village suddenly became bustling with people, extremely noisy, and every household was laughing and laughing.

Towns and villages that originally had only the elderly and children became lively. Whether it was a day on the street or not, there were many people.

The people of Hongshi County who returned to their hometown from all over the world quickly jumped into the 100-billion-dollar fungi industry.

Villages quickly held village meetings one after another. This time, almost every household attended.

After truly seeing the great potential of growing fungi, the enthusiasm of the people was quickly mobilized.

The money has been raised, everyone has returned, is free, and is actively involved in it.

Everyone is naturally the happiest when they can have a job at their doorstep and a job that can make a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)