Chapter 122: The awesome old village chief!

Having made up her mind, Gu Chen did not hide it.

'Village chief, to be honest with you, there is something that I need your help with.'

'Oh? Tell me.' The village chief said with interest.

It would be best if he could help, and if not, he would try to find a way to get things done.

A debt of gratitude is the most difficult to repay. Every time, it feels like there is a knot in my heart, which is very uncomfortable.

'I grow vegetables, and I need more land to expand production...'

Before Gu Chen could finish, Li You'e said, 'Village Chief, you don't know. Chen has even dug up the land under the room in his house to grow vegetables in a greenhouse.'

'What? Is that true?'

The village chief's eyes widened in surprise. He had never heard of anyone digging up the land under their house in order to farm.

He had seen people occupy cultivated land to build houses, but Gu Chen was the first person to build a house on local land!

This was crazy.

'Show me.'

The village chief threw his cigarette butt in the corner, crossed his arms and was about to leave.

Gu Chen was also at a loss, so he took the village chief to another room.

At this moment, Tian Laosi was still hoeing the land. The land had to be made loose and soft before it could be planted.

He had been doing agricultural work for half his life and was a good hand at farming.

'Oh, Laosi, you're here too.'

When the village chief saw Tian Laosi, his heart couldn't help but settle a little.

He had been worried that Gu Chen might be up to something illegal under the guise of farming. After all, who would tear up their house and land to grow crops?

But now that Tian Lao Si was hoeing the land, he felt a quiet sense of relief.

After all, Tian Lao Si was a down-to-earth farmer.

And he was very dependable. Since Gu Chen had asked him for help, it seemed that there was a good chance that this was the real deal.

When the village chief arrived, Tian Laosi nodded at him.

'Chen Zi wants to build an indoor greenhouse, and I can't help with anything else, so I'm just helping with the weeding.'

After saying this, he lowered his head and continued working.

He still had to carry the lifted concrete and other materials out.

'How much land do you need? If it's a lot, I'll have to report to the township, but if it's a little, I can grant it to you.'

The village chief turned to Gu Chen and spoke with great enthusiasm.

To be honest, he was also worried about this.

The young people in the village had all gone out to work.

Now it was the older people, some of them quite elderly, who worked the land with their grandchildren.

It was fine in winter, but who could bear the summer heat?

Many of the fields had grown over with weeds and were deserted.

Not to mention that his village always came bottom in terms of reported yields.

He really felt for the village chief as he watched the land become more and more deserted every day.

But there was nothing he could do.

He never thought that Gu Chen would actually want to farm the land, but for the village chief, this was actually a good thing.

Gu Chen smiled.

'The more the better, naturally. I can sign a contract with the villagers and just pay them every year, and I guarantee that they will earn more than if they farmed the land themselves.'

Gu Chen had originally planned to take two plots of land, but two mu of land felt about right.

Now, looking at the village chief, it seemed that he could get even more!

However, Gu Chen is not worried at all that he will lose money.

With the systematic seeds, it is estimated that even if you just leave them in the ground and do nothing, they will still grow something.

'This is a good relationship,' the village chief said with a smile.

There are indicators for farming in the village.

The cultivated area cannot be too small, and food must be grown every year.

After all, the land belongs to the state, and each household is just renting it.

It would be a waste to leave the land unused.

Gu Chen would be best off if he could take over the land.

There is a buzzword that is popular in many places these days.

It's called land circulation, and although the state has not yet issued a policy, it is often mentioned in the news.

'I'll call everyone for a meeting in a moment. It would be best if this could be settled, and I'll find you a bigger piece that can be connected.'

The village chief lit another cigarette and took a drag before speaking.

Gu Chen wanted land, which meant that it was definitely not a small matter, and it was definitely necessary to hire tractors and other things to mechanise planting.

In the past, each family had little land, and hiring a tractor or something was expensive and not worth it. Now, if they could pool their resources together, that would be perfect.

'Okay, I'll do whatever you say!'

Gu Chen smiled. He had heard about this in his previous life, and it was supposed to have happened in 2004, first in the Magic City, and then a place was found to try it out.

Legally speaking, this is not illegal, but the country has not yet introduced any policies to encourage it. If he does this, it will most likely be the first case in the country!

Not to mention, he still remembers the country's policies and guidelines from his previous life.

It's called land ownership confirmation, separation of the two rights (ownership and usage rights), value realisation, market operation, benefit sharing, and a paid-for, time-limited circulation system.

In other words, farmers are encouraged to transfer contracted land to professional largeholders, cooperative farms and agricultural parks, develop large-scale agricultural operations, and completely separate ownership, contracting rights and usage rights.

This is a great thing for everyone.

It just so happened that he had earned some money selling wolfberries and had the capital to contract land.

'Chen Zi, you've done a great thing! You don't know, a lot of land in the village has been abandoned because no one is farming it. Several young men next door only returned from working in the city a few years ago, and they've aged a lot, but they're making a lot of money.'

Li You'e clapped her hands and excitedly told Gu Chen about things in the village.

Ji Pianran stood next to her and didn't say anything.

After all, nowadays Gu Chen is always so unpredictable.

It was as if he could do anything and was good at everything.

She had long since got used to it.

Whatever he wanted to do, Ji Pyoran would not be surprised.

And this time, she knew that what Gu Chen wanted to do was most likely a big deal!

It was also the kind of thing that would help others and be good for them.

If he could do it well, it would definitely be a win-win situation in the near future.

Gu Chen and the village chief exchanged a few more words.

The village chief couldn't wait to leave Gu Chen's house and went to the village cadre's office.

This was no trivial matter, and he had to hurry.

In particular, he had to hurry and give notice before the year was over.

Otherwise, some people would have gone to the city and it would be difficult to find them, which would be a real problem.

Before long, the voice of the village chief came over the loudspeaker in the village committee.

'I would like to announce that tomorrow morning, all households will come to the village committee for a meeting. Once again, tomorrow morning, all households please come to the village committee on time for the meeting!'

As is customary, as long as it is not a matter of great importance, it will be announced the day before and the meeting will be held the next day.

Only if something is particularly urgent can it be announced and a meeting held immediately.

Therefore, the village chief could only set the time for tomorrow morning.

When they heard the village committee calling people, everyone became curious. The year is not yet over, so what could be so important?

Is it worth having a meeting?

Gu Chen didn't expect the village chief to be so efficient. He thought they would have to wait until the village chief's family funeral was over.

In fact, when he and the village chief discussed this, he only had a vague idea in mind.

However, as the two men discussed it, Gu Chen also realised that this was a good thing.

Anyway, after selling the batch of wolfberries, he had a lot of cash on hand, so he might as well use the money to buy some land.

With land, even if one has a high yield, one will not be suspected. Besides, one can plant more things and make more money back!