Back to 1984: I built a chicken farm on a barren mountain.

It is said that people can't teach people, but they can learn from experience.

This small fire, this unexpected incident, made Chen Wenfeng suddenly understand the profound meaning of this sentence.

Taking advantage of the clear weather and before the soil froze, Chen Wenfeng planned to focus his recent work on building the perimeter wall and upgrading fire prevention measures.

The era of using thorn bushes as "walls" is over; the era of using stones as walls is about to begin.

Chen Wenfeng immediately made work arrangements.

In addition to providing three meals a day and regular deliveries, he divided the staff into the following roles:

Building the wall: Old Sun and Niu Da assist.

Lawn mowing: Zhou Zhiming.

Trench digging: Chen Wenfeng, Niu Er.

Once a goal is set, the work can proceed quickly.

Old Sun used local materials to build a wall with stones from the foot of the mountain, while Niu Da helped carry the stones. When they encountered particularly large stones, he would try to break them open.

Zhou Zhiming took a sickle and cut the weeds as Chen Wenfeng instructed.

His job was to dig the foundation of the ditch, mainly to clean up the grass around the chicken coop and the walls to ensure that there were no flammable weeds within the chicken-raising area.

Chen Wenfeng and Niu Da dug trenches according to plan, which would provide physical isolation so that even if the forests surrounding the chicken farm caught fire, the fire would not reach the chicken farm.

This job looks simple, but it's not easy at all. It's not a technical job, but a physically demanding one.

The group worked day and night, and it took them more than ten days to basically finish the job.

At the foot of Jiming Mountain now, there are no weeds, and a thick stone wall separates Jiming Mountain from the outside world.

When the bramble bushes were used as a fence, it wasn't very noticeable, since there were grass and trees inside and outside the bramble bushes. But with the construction of the stone wall, it suddenly felt different.

When the warm winter sun shines on the stone wall, Chen Wenfeng feels that this thick stone wall in the mountains gives people a sense of security, somewhat like the Great Wall.

"nailed it!"

Chen Wenfeng looked at the stone wall as if admiring a work of art.

Zhou Zhiming, Niu Da, Niu Er, and Lao Suntou didn't know why Chen Wenfeng kept looking at the ordinary wall. They just felt that Jiming Mountain was cleaner and tidier, and the space was larger.

During the time he was cleaning up the wall, Old Sun went down the mountain once.

When he returned, he brought back the fur-made items he had made before: a scarf and five pairs of gloves.

The scarf was made of weasel skin, and the gloves were made of rabbit skin.

Chen Wenfeng wore a scarf and a pair of gloves.

The other four pairs of gloves were given to Lao Sun, Niu Da, Niu Er, and Zhou Zhiming, one each.

In this way, not only were the walls upgraded, but the people's winter gear was also upgraded.

When Chen Wenfeng went to the Chenjiazhuang Village Committee wearing a fur scarf and fur gloves, Accountant Wang was quite envious.

Accountant Wang's family only has one single-person dog-skin rug, which is very old and is currently being used by Li Cuie.

Seeing Chen Wenfeng fully armed, he couldn't help but touch his gloves and tug at his scarf.

Chen Youwei found Chen Wenfeng's attire quite interesting. His family was not short of furs. When his father was young, he often went to the mountains to hunt wild animals. After eating the meat, the furs were left behind and used to make clothes and bedding.

"Uncle Youwei, are you free? The weather's nice today, let's go take a look at the old brick factory of the production team!"

"Not today, how about tomorrow? I'll have someone pack up, and then we'll go over!"

Accountant Wang chimed in from the side:

"Wenfeng, the village chief was talking to me yesterday, saying that that place is particularly suitable for setting up a factory."

Chen Wenfeng glanced at Accountant Wang, seemed to be deep in thought, and suddenly said:

"Uncle Youwei, besides you, me, Uncle Zheng, and Uncle Wang, is there anyone else who knows about this?"

"Nobody knows. This matter is still under discussion, and the village committee will also be involved, so we haven't told anyone."

"Yes, the village chief also told me that after this matter is finalized, we should discuss who will be in the public eye and who will be behind the scenes."

Hmm, it seems Chen Youwei is quite sensible in his actions.

Chen Wenfeng said:

"Here's what I'm thinking: the villagers will definitely know about the investment. You can ask Zheng Erli for his opinion. As for my share of the profits, don't tell anyone yet. I don't plan to show up openly either. I'll send someone to stand in front of everyone."

Who are you planning to send to the forefront?

"I haven't decided yet, but it'll most likely be Niu Er!"

"Can Niu Er do it?"

"No problem, whether he can do it or not mainly depends on the few of us helping him from behind."

Hearing Chen Wenfeng say this, Chen Youwei knew he had something to say, and said:

Are you afraid that Han Laosi will cause trouble?

"I'm not afraid of him causing trouble, I'm afraid he won't cause trouble. When I'm in the spotlight, he'll be wary of me, but when I'm not in the spotlight, he won't be wary of me..."

"What kind of riddle are you playing with me, kid?"

"Uncle Youwei, this isn't a riddle. Now is not the time to tell. Let's wait a bit longer. I hope I'm just overthinking it."

Recently, Hou Laizi has been constantly reporting new developments at the soy sauce factory to Chen Wenfeng. Chen Wenfeng senses that Han Laosi might be about to make a mistake, and this is the opportunity he's been waiting for. He'll wait a little longer; there's no rush...

The walls and fire pits of Jiming Mountain have been renovated and upgraded. Chen Wenfeng asked Chen Youwei to help him get some fire extinguishers. Chen Youwei asked Accountant Wang for help.

Accountant Wang said:

"There are fire extinguishers in town, dry powder fire extinguishers. If you want some, I'll bring some back for you next time."

"Uncle Wang, next time you go to town, I'll go with you. I'm planning to buy a few."

"That stuff is pretty expensive! Are you planning to use it at your chicken farm? You can just use water to put out a fire, there's no need to spend that money!"

"This money needs to be spent, and we need to stock up on water and fire extinguishers. I'll stop here for now; it's market day today, and I need to buy some more water tanks."

Before leaving the village committee, Chen Wenfeng said to Chen Youwei and Accountant Wang:

"Uncle Youwei, Uncle Wang, we cordially invite you to join us for a big pot of stew at Jiming Mountain tonight."

Accountant Wang had heard from Chen Youwei that the food on Jiming Mountain was good, but he hesitated. Thinking about his recent disagreement with his wife, Li Cuie, he didn't want to upset her further, so he said:

"No, Wenfeng, you guys eat. I won't go out tonight; your aunt is scared to be home alone."

"Uh, she might be hoping you're not home," Chen Wenfeng said.

"Okay, Uncle Youwei, you absolutely have to go!"

"Then I have to go. Don't prepare any more wine; I'll bring my own."

"Okay! I'll ask his dad if he's going!"

"You don't need to ask anymore, I'll go ask Shouyi. You go buy the water tank."

......

Chen Wenfeng came out of the village committee. There were many stalls on the street. It was cold in winter, so people came out late. Now that the sun was high in the sky, there were more and more people in the market. After wandering around for a while, Chen Wenfeng finally saw the young man from Heihu Valley who sold water tanks again.

He strode toward the young man, who, of course, remembered Chen Wenfeng, the big spender, and waved to him before Chen Wenfeng even got close.