In fact, life on the construction site still has a pleasant side.
For example, right now, while everyone was taking a short break, Du Yu found an abandoned ancient drinking well under a big banyan tree and threw a dozen watermelons into it.
The clear well water suddenly became a little turbid.
Du Yu glanced into the well, turned around, sat down next to Luo Yuanchao, and said to him with a smile: "Mr. Luo, if you are not in a hurry, can we go drill another hole and eat together when we come back?"
Luo Yuanchao looked at Xiao Ming with questioning eyes after hearing this.
Xiao Ming stood up from the ground, patted the mud on his pants, and refused: "Forget it, this is specially bought for you to eat. We have other things to do, so please pay attention and don't get caught playing here. Just let the child finish eating!"
Du Yusan smiled. The leader had a mission, so he couldn't say anything else.
"Okay, I won't see you off, just go slower on the road!"
The car was speeding on the dirt road, and in the flying dust, they arrived at the northwest corner of the construction site, about six kilometers away from the construction site.
Xiao Ming saw a large piece of wasteland under the highway, covering an area of about five acres and forming a slope.
Xiao Ming got off the car and came to the field to look around. The slope of this place was about 15 degrees, and the height difference between the highest point and the road was only a few dozen centimeters.
In addition to simply building front and rear access channels, the rest can be described as the most appropriate.
It only requires simple trimming with an excavator before it can be used.
What’s even more incredible is that no one lives in the surrounding area, which does not reduce the risk of the machine’s noise disturbing people in the future.
They drove further for more than a kilometer, and this time they finally saw people.
Xiao Ming got off the car and came to a local resident's house. He was an old man who was smoking dry cigarettes in his yard to relieve his fatigue. His face was full of wrinkles and his gray beard was a foot long.
Xiao Ming walked into his yard, squatted down next to him, pointed in the direction he came from, and asked: "Uncle, I want to ask you something. Is the open space on the roadside in front of him collectively owned by the village or someone else?" Owned by everyone?”
The uncle happily took a puff of dry cigarette, glanced at Xiao Ming sideways, and said in the local dialect: "That piece of land you mean? During the land reclamation in the 1970s, all the members of the commune had dug it. The ground was full of stones, and it had been there forever. The wasteland was there, and it was later filled up for road construction, and now the Zhang family is coordinating with the village to prepare it for building houses."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly looked at Xiao Ming again with vigilance: "You young man, why are you asking these questions?"
Xiao Ming quickly signaled Luo Yuanchao to hand the uncle a packet of Hongtashan. After seeing the uncle accept it with a slight hesitation, he asked: "How is the folk custom here? Is there anything blocking the road?"
When the uncle heard his question, he banged his pipe vigorously on the stone next to him, opened his eyes wide, waved the cigarette and argued: "We are not far from the city, and what you mentioned has never happened since liberation. matter!"
When Luo Yuanchao heard what he said, he nodded thoughtfully.
"Have the Zhang family coordinated with the village?"
The old man reached out and touched Hongtashan in his pocket, and said mysteriously: "Although the Zhang family has made money outside, it has a bad reputation in the village, Iron Rooster, you know that, right?"
After he finished speaking, he gave the two men a look that all men understood, and then said: "The village chief has held meetings to coordinate several times, but the coordination has not yet been completed."
Well……
Xiao Ming didn't know how to answer this, but one thing was certain, he still had hope.
"Then what conditions will the Zhang family give?" he couldn't help but ask.
The uncle smiled: "Conditions? Didn't I just say that, what conditions can Iron Rooster give? They are willing to exchange good land for it! But no one is willing to exchange it? If we go back ten years, everyone will definitely rush to exchange it for him."
Xiao Ming asked the uncle where the village chief's house was.
The uncle was also unambiguous. He got up and put down his pipe and led the way. As Xiao Ming walked, he asked him about the situation of the village chiefs next door and the traffic conditions nearby.
They walked in the village like this for about ten minutes. The uncle brought them to the only two-story building in the village. He suddenly said coquettishly: "Well, I won't go in. You can go in by yourselves."
After Xiao Ming and Luo Yuanchao watched him leave, they knocked on the big red iron door of the village chief's house.
The village chief is a man about forty years old, short in stature, with a beer belly, like a pregnant woman who has been pregnant for several months.
Seeing that the two of them were strangers, he quickly asked, "What do you want from me?"
Xiao Ming told him straight to the point why he was looking for him.
When the village chief heard that this was an investment in the village, his eyes lit up and he quickly leaned over to let the two of them in.
Behind him, Luo Yuanchao handed him two red pagodas prepared in advance: "If you come to disturb us, please accept our wishes."
The village chief smiled, took out the cigarette, and said politely: "Come on, don't bring anything else."
He casually pointed to the stone table and stone bench under the big banyan tree in the yard: "Sit over there and chat, it's cool over there!"
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house to put out a cigarette. When he came out again, he poured two cups of tea for the two of them.
Xiao Ming took the tea and put it on the stone table. He reiterated his future purpose: "Village Chief, the two of us came here today because we took a fancy to the sloped land next to the road over there and planned to rent it. Do you think it will be rented?"
After hearing this, the village chief began to make his own plans in his mind.
To rent or not to rent? How do I explain it to the Zhang family if I rent it? How much rent is appropriate?
If you don't rent it, will you go against the wishes of the majority of the village and give the land to the Zhang family?
"How long are you planning to rent for? How will you pay the rent?"
Xiao Ming had a panoramic view of the village chief's changing expressions.
"The initial estimate is to rent it for two years! Don't know how the rent is calculated?"
When the village chief heard that it had only been rented for two years, he immediately lost interest.
He picked up the tea and took a sip. He didn't directly answer Xiao Ming's words, but just advised: "Drink tea, drink tea!"
When Xiao Ming heard this, he thought it was time to drive him away.
In this case, let's go, the next place is not better.
He simply stood up and said to Luo Yuanchao: "Let's go, Lao Luo, we will no longer disturb the village chief, and we will go to Village Chief Huang again. We originally wanted to help resume farming for free in two years."
Free re-cultivation? So, the village can get five acres of arable land for free?
Don't let Lao Huang take advantage of this.
He stood up quickly and stopped Xiao Ming with a smile: "We are all cheerful people. The annual rent of 10,000 yuan will be paid in one lump sum in two years!"
Xiao Ming smiled in his heart, and he pretended: "Oh, since the village chief is so cheerful, then we have no choice but to break the appointment with Village Chief Huang!"
The village chief was hunched over, but he didn't care what other villages were doing. He had achieved the effect of cutting off beards.
He said with joy on his face: "You two, sit down and rest for a while. I will prepare the contract right away. I will also call the branch secretary here. We will sign the contract in a moment!"
The uncle just told him that if he walked three kilometers along this road, there would be a big river in front of him, but he didn't know if it was true or not!
Xiao Ming looked at the villager's retreating figure and quickly called the driver Xiao Wang: "Go and see if there is a big river a few kilometers before the main road. Hurry!"
Not long after, he got a positive reply from Xiao Wang!
The village chief, who was sweating profusely, was also back. Naturally, the branch secretary didn't wait.
The contract really needs to be signed, and the village chief even made a special note that the land will be re-cultivated for free!
Xiao Ming asked Luo Yuanchao to sign directly. He paid the village chief in person from the reserve fund in the car, and officially took over the land.
