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Chapter 552: The Great Derivation of the Eight Formations [2]

On the tree-lined avenue, Zhang Wuming was originally deducing, but at this moment, a special energy suddenly flashed inexplicably and swept through his great illusion, which made him suddenly feel like a time delay.

Of course, this is just a feeling, not reality, because the passage of time is not affected by human will and the shackles of fate.

However, at this moment, Shi Donglei, who originally had many doubts, suddenly felt enlightened.

It seemed that many things that were difficult to judge and confirm suddenly had answers.

This sudden realization of "so that's how it is" suddenly changed his mood.

Zhang Wuming also understood something at this moment. He nodded slightly and just pushed it a little, but did not continue the illusion.

……

Amidst the big deduction, Shi Donglei was still busy with the contracted matters.

During this process, Shi Donglei made a simple analysis of each person: Liu Ying's uncle Zhu Qingcai is very scheming, but he is very straightforward, and his wife is a typical working woman, simple and honest; Liu Ying's eldest cousin is not very scheming, but obviously not a good person, and his wife is the same kind of person as him; Liu Ying's cousin is an introverted, smart and opinionated girl with a high level of education!
After entering the house and sitting down, after some conversation, Shi Donglei further verified his judgment: Zhu Qingcai is worthy of being the team leader for more than ten years. Although his cultural level is not high, his ability is not low; Zhu Xingwu and his wife are both bad people. Not only are they unfilial, they also don't respect their sister; Zhu Biying is very smart and introverted. She doesn't say much, but she is very sharp and very opinionated.

"Sister, you haven't come here for eight or ten years. Is there something wrong this time?" Zhu Xingwu suddenly said this, squinting his eyes and looking at Liu Ying and Shi Donglei with a disgusting look.

Shi Donglei frowned, Zhu Qingcai glared at him and cursed: "How can you talk to your sister like that? Get out of the way, take your wife and children home quickly, and don't talk nonsense here!"

"Dad, what you said is not right. My sister is dating someone, so how can we, the brother and sister-in-law, not be around?" Zhu Xingwu's wife said sarcastically.

“去，赶紧给我滚犊子，别让我拿大棒子揍你们！草，就算是嫁给谁，也不能嫁给你那个痞子表哥！滚犊子，快点！”朱庆才老脸通红，抄起担子就赶那两口子，朱兴武两口子虽然嘴上厉害，可是对这个老头子还是非常的害怕，老爷子的脾气暴着呢，惹急了敢拿菜刀砍他们！
The couple ran away in a panic, but left the child here. The child ate the food brought by Shi Donglei and Liu Ying greedily, looking like a beggar, which made people feel nauseous.

Zhu Qingcai frowned as he looked at his grandson, who was dirty after being taken care of by his useless parents, and called Shi Donglei and Liu Ying to the west room, where Zhu Biying lived.

This room was as clean as the east room, but even more desolate than that room. There was nothing in it except a very old dressing table and an old cabinet.

However, this room has a fresh and subtle fragrance that is unique to a girl's boudoir, which makes people feel very comfortable. Shi Donglei and Liu Ying sat down, and Zhu Biying washed the fruits they brought and brought them to the table. She took a small knife and skillfully peeled two apples for them and handed them to them.

Liu Ying used a knife to cut her apple into two halves, one for each family. Zhu Qingcai came in with a bowl of fried melon seeds and peanuts, waved his hand to refuse the apple that Shi Donglei handed over, and said while smoking a cigarette: "Xiao Shi, I'm really embarrassed to make you laugh, my prodigal son is just like that!"

Shi Donglei smiled and shook his head, saying: "Brother, you just misunderstood, it's nothing. Uncle, Xiaoying and I came here to see if you have any fields to contract out..." He said nothing more, opened his mouth and took a bite of the apple.

Zhu Qingcai and Zhu Biying were a little disappointed when they heard this. They also misunderstood. However, Zhu Qingcai immediately became happy again and asked, "Xiao Shi, it is true. How much do you plan to contract?"

Shi Donglei swallowed the apple in his mouth and said, "It depends on the price. If it's cheap, I'll contract more. If it's too expensive, I'll go to other places to contract. A friend of mine said that the fields in Anguan are very cheap, and every mu of land has a well drilled!" His words were half true and half false. It was true that there were fields in Anguan, but they were not so cheap. Drilling wells also cost money, but the price was not expensive. Zhu Qingcai had long been jealous of some places to contract fields. Now that he finally waited for someone to contract, how could he let it go easily? He hurriedly said, "Since you are Xiaoying's boss, we are not outsiders. Let's put it this way. There are more than 2000 mu of wasteland in our village. The contract period is at least years. If you can contract more than mu, each mu will be calculated as , and mu will be . If you contract for a long period or contract a lot, the price can be negotiated!"

Shi Donglei thought for a while and said, "To be honest with you, uncle, the fields near our home are much more fertile than the fields here, right? My classmate's relative contracted 50 mu of land for a period of 20 years, and he only got 20,000 yuan in total!" This is not false, it is true.

Zhu Qingcai chuckled, his old face blushed, and said: "Then tell me, Xiao Shi, how much do you want to contract, how many years do you want to contract, and how much money can you give?" He guessed that this kid must be a rich man. He knew he was rich when he heard the confidence in his voice.

Shi Donglei pondered for a moment and took a few more bites of the apple. When Zhu Qingcai was about to lose his patience, he suddenly said, "Fifty-year contract period, 1000 mu, 50!" This number may seem like a lot, but in fact the average price per hectare per year is already very low.

Zhu Qing calculated for a long time before shaking his head and said, "No, this is too low. Only ten yuan per mu of land per year. It's too cheap!" In fact, he knew that this number was not low. As far as he knew, there were places nearby that contracted out farmland at a cheaper price. However, the land in those places was not as good as the farmland in this village.

Shi Donglei took a deep look at Zhu Qingcai and said calmly: "If the price is too low, I will go to the nearby villages to have a look. When I came here, I heard that there are villages nearby that offer even lower prices than mine... Besides, you still don't dig a well for me!"

Zhu Qingcai glanced at his niece. Liu Ying didn't know whether Shi Donglei knew about it or not, and he was also at a loss. He knew that this young man was not easy to fool, so he smiled and said, "Okay, this is the price. I will dig a well for every mu of land, but you have to pay 400 yuan for each well!" He didn't make a fuss about this.

Shi Donglei pondered for a while and said, "We have signed a contract and need to have it notarized. I can pay for the notarization fee!"

He was afraid that something messy would happen in the future. This kind of thing had happened before, and he had always taken it as a warning.

……

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed. Shi Donglei has been busy with the farm and clothing store this month. As for the clothing store, he has opened a Jiaoyan clothing store in Zhaoyuan, Sanhe, Lishu, and Dun'an. The business is not booming, but it is very good. It has already started to make a profit in the first month.

Over at Jiaozi Farm, there used to be a barren meadow, but in a blink of an eye, there are herds of cattle and sheep, gangs of ducks and geese, and several newly built brick houses and large yards, all connected by newly paved gravel roads, extending to every corner of the farm. Green seedlings have grown on the newly reclaimed land, which are newly planted vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage and onions.

Shi Donglei has called many relatives from Wujiazi Village to help. He only looks for hardworking people like Li Dawang and his son. He simply refuses to hire those who just do nothing all day. He doesn't want to hire them, let alone pay them to do the work for free. He can't afford to worry about that.

Li Xiufang and Shi Jianjun also moved to Jiaozi Farm despite Shi Donglei's dissuasion. They managed their own large farm together with Zhu Qingcai. This was a job that suited them very well. After all, it was their own business, and it was much better than staying in Xingjiang or doing other people's work!

In addition to paying each of his relatives 10,000 yuan a year, Shi Donglei also gave them two mu of land to farm for three years for free. This made these relatives very happy. They were provided with food and accommodation, and they could earn money. Now they could farm for free, and their family land could be sold for money. It was simply wonderful.

Everyone was very grateful to the Shi family, so they worked with all their might, treating it as their own job, and also supervised the hired outsiders.

This is exactly the effect that Shi Donglei wanted. The benefit of using relatives is reflected here. Otherwise, why would he call everyone from his hometown from so far away!
In the past month, Shi Donglei has invested almost all the remaining money from the loan in the farm, but if he wants to see the money, he can only wait until autumn. There is no other way, who made him contract too late this year? If he had contracted it last winter, he would have paid by now!

However, this is not true. The vegetables grown at Jiaozi Farm can be eaten very quickly. The farm only eats a small portion of them. The rest are sold by Zhu Qingcai in places like Dun'an Slant in Lancheng. Because the vegetables here are very fresh and not expensive, they quickly opened up the market and have now earned more than 200,000 yuan for the farm.

Shi Donglei rewarded Zhu Qingcai with 10,000 yuan, which made the old man even more enthusiastic. He organized people to grow the third crop of vegetables and used his network of connections to sell the vegetables to farther places. Moreover, after watching some news on TV, the old man started packaging and branding, which made Shi Donglei admire him and think that old man Zhu has the potential to be a CEO!
(End of this chapter)