Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0638 It's hard to work together
A bonfire was lit at the gate of the yard. The cooked bullfrogs were wrapped in clay and placed on the charcoal fire. As soon as the beggar's frogs were cooked, a few birds fell from the sky and frolicked around the bonfire.
"Godfather, a lot of pheasants flew here last winter, and they haven't left yet."
"Chickens?" Nan Yi pointed at the birds beside the campfire and said, "Are you talking about them?"
Fan Hongdou nodded and said, "Yes, the peacock is a migratory bird. There are two types of migratory birds: winter and summer. They don't stay in the same place all year round."
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Oh, maybe they are not the same batch. The winter migratory birds are here, and the summer migratory birds are gone. It's just right for them to take turns."
"No, they are from the same batch. How strange." Fan Hongdou muttered.
"Since you think it's strange, find a way to investigate it. Godfather will help you get some monitoring equipment and locators."
"Okay."
Nan Yi and the other person were talking while picking vegetables.
“Do you have sterilized eggs at home?”
"No more. Grandma Cuizhu said that she had to hurry up and finish the order . She will no longer give out eggs as a welfare for internal employees. She will give out pork instead."
The Japanese have a history of eating raw eggs for thousands of years. In their dietary structure, it can be said that "no raw eggs, no joy." However, every year, food poisoning incidents caused by eating raw eggs occur frequently.
Japan has an urgent need for sterilized eggs, but this demand has been ignored by Japanese capital. Even Nan Yi, who knew about the existence of sterilized eggs, did not think of such a blank market.
Three years ago, Kento Agano, a researcher at the National Rice Hub Company, submitted an application report for the research of "sterilized eggs". After reading the report, Nan Yi not only agreed to his application, but also approved a budget of 2 billion yen.
After a year and a half, the first generation of sterile eggs was successfully developed. After three iterations, sterile eggs entered the 4.0 era.
Later, the technology of sterile eggs 4.0 was licensed to Kenzhi Group.
"Oh, then go get two free-range eggs. The ones at home are boiled by roosters, right?"
"No, the ones at home are Leon eggs."
Shennong Nanliang’s eggs have many varieties and names. Nan Yi thought for a long time before he realized that Leon eggs are from the Heixige farm.
"Same, go get it."
The eraser erased the sun and the brush drew the moon. When the morning star lit up, Nan Yi changed from horizontal to vertical.
After doing morning exercises with Nan Yi, Fan Hongdou rode her bicycle to school.
At the pier, Xian Weiqi was there, and beside him was Deng Yumei, who was pregnant with a big belly. Her face was filled with tranquility, peace, and happiness.
Nan Yi walked to the pier and sat next to Xian Weiqi. His eyes were flashed by the ring in Xian Weiqi's hand.
"How much does the ring weigh?"
"50 grams."
The one who answered Nan Yi was Deng Yumei.
"How long until the due date?"
"Late September, early October."
"Very good." Nan Yi nodded, turned his neck, looked at the float, and said lightly: "Wei Qi, how is business recently?"
"It's a change of seasons, everyone is in a bad mood, but business is good."
Xian Weiqi's words were not clear, but Nan Yi understood that if things were not going well, it was because of others, and if things were good, it was because of oneself. The turn of spring and summer was the peak period for the death of the elderly, so Xian Weiqi's business could not be bad.
"That's good."
"Nan Yi, can I ask you a favor?" Deng Yumei suddenly said.
"Sister-in-law, you say."
"I have some spare money at home. I was thinking of saving it for a fixed term, but the interest rate is too low. Do you have any other more cost-effective places to put it?"
"Auntie, the interest rate is not low anymore. It's almost 12% for a three-year term, right?"
Deng Yumei said: "I went to ask a few days ago, it was around 11:8."
"10,000 yuan becomes 13,500 yuan in three years. This rate of return is already very high. Auntie, doing business now is a quick way to make money, but it also has risks. You may double your money, or you may lose it all and even owe money.
There are investments that offer higher returns than bank interest and are relatively safe, but they take a long time, and it may take several years or even more than ten years to see a return.
"What?"
Nan Yi pressed his hand on the pier, retracted his dangling feet, and sat cross-legged on the pier. "Let's go to the city and buy a house. Commercial housing or houses in the urban village are all fine."
“Can I buy a village in the city? Isn’t that collective land?”
"You can buy it, but it's a little troublesome to do." Nan Yi thought for a while and said, "Sister-in-law, forget it. Just pretend I didn't say anything about the urban village. Let's just buy a commercial house. It's simpler."
Collective land cannot be bought and sold, but there are many ways to achieve disguised "buying and selling". However, this operation is too complicated and costly for Deng Yumei and is not suitable for her.
"We can pool our money together to buy a big house, but..."
Deng Yumei hesitated to speak.
"Too little, huh?"
"Um."
Deng Yumei responded embarrassedly.
"Don't worry. You need the full payment now. You will definitely be able to get a mortgage soon. If you save up money for another year or two, you can buy another one. Before you buy, ask Uncle Yaoguo about the house. He knows more about the situation."
As far as Nan Yi knows, the country is already planning housing reforms, and Shenzhen is preparing for the first public land auction that will break history. Once the era of land finance begins, it will be natural for real estate developers to open up mortgages.
"Then I'll ask Uncle Yaoguo." Deng Yumei nodded and said.
Nan Yi nodded, then turned to Xian Weiqi and said, "Weiqi, are you still playing your trumpet?"
"Play, I have learned a lot of songs, do you want to listen to them?" Xian Weiqi said excitedly.
“Who did you learn this from?”
"I learned it myself, looking at the musical notation."
Nan Yi was surprised and asked, "Huh? When did you learn to read musical notation?"
"Learn by yourself. I'm not a fool." Xian Weiqi said as a matter of course.
"Since Weiqi likes it, I asked the primary school's music teacher to teach him. After half a year, he learned it." Deng Yumei said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, you are not a fool, I am the fool."
"Stupid guy, do you want to smoke?" Xian Weiqi took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and asked.
"If you don't smoke, will you smoke?"
"No, it was given to me by my boss. Yumei asked me to keep it with me so I can give it to others."
"Oh, put it away, save it to give to others, don't give it to me." Nan Yi said, helping to stuff the cigarette back into Xian Weiqi's pocket.
"Nan Yi."
Nan Yi had just put down his cigarette when he heard Xian Weimin's voice behind him.
"Wei Qi, sister-in-law, you guys take your time fishing, I'll go first." Nan Yi stood up, dusted off the dust on his butt, and gestured to Xian Weimin in the direction of the reed marsh.
Nan Yi and Xian Weimin walked side by side along the embankment. For several minutes, neither of them spoke.
"What do you think?"
"A little tired."
"How about just leaving it alone?"
"The light bulb of the street lamp is broken. It will take a few years to repair it." Nan Yi said faintly, and suddenly pointed forward, "Look, who is back."
Following Nan Yi's pointing, Xian Weimin looked over and immediately laughed, "The guy from Xianguo is back."
Nan Yi chuckled, "Be polite, this guy is the Godfather of Flushing."
"Nan Yi, Wei Min, I miss you so much."
Xian Weile, who was exhausted from traveling, dropped his backpack, ran over, and gave Nan Yi and the other man a hug.
"Fuck the street, neck, neck," Xian Weimin yelled, "Why didn't you bring your Bulgarian wife back?"
"Why bring it back? She can't understand Cantonese, and others can't understand English." Xian Weile let go of his hand, looked at the river and smiled: "The water in my hometown is still so clear, I really want to drink a sip."
"The word 'clear' is worth millions. Nan Yi has to spend hundreds of thousands every year for this river." Xian Weimin spat.
Nan Yi smiled faintly and said, "That's exaggerated. So far, we have only spent a few hundred thousand yuan, and the villagers paid the lion's share."
"Not much difference." Xian Weimin muttered and punched Xian Weile in the chest. "You bastard, this is the first time you come back after leaving."
"I'm busy, always working like a pioneer." Xian Weile had a bitter face, "Nan Yi doesn't treat me like a human being, I'm busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year."
"Mr. Yan, you have eight sports cars in your garage, two yachts at the dock, and you go to strip clubs every now and then. Does your money just fall from the sky?"
"For fun, okay, tell me about the strip bar." Xian Weimin said with a lewd smile.
"Hey, hey, hey, tell me about bubble baths."
"Let me tell you, there is a street called Kabukicho Ichibangai in Tokyo..."
"You can talk about these dirty things slowly when you drink tonight." Nan Yi interrupted the conversation between the two and asked Xian Weile, "Is Hailan back?"
When Nan Yi asked this, Xian Weile's face turned bitter and said, "She went to Africa."
"Oh, I see. Everyone has their own aspirations. Let her be."
"What about her scholarship?" Xian Weile asked.
"Stop giving it to me. It's hard to say whether the villagers can afford it in the future."
Xian Hailan studied medicine in Qinguo. There was a scholarship in the village, and Nan gave her another one through Xian Weile. Not only did she not have to worry about tuition fees, but she was also able to maintain a relatively high quality of life.
At the beginning, Xian Hailan and Nan Yi said they wanted to be Doctors Without Borders. Although Nan Yi was very unhappy, he still continued to support her. After all, from a higher level, Doctors Without Borders is great.
But now something big is about to happen in the village, and she refuses to come back even when asked. Nan Yi should consider cutting her losses and treat it as a failed investment.
"I understand." Xian Weile nodded.
"Weimin, go back and get two sacks. We haven't caught crabs here for a long time. They must be infested." Nan Yi said, pointing at the crabs in the reed marsh.
"It's not going to be a flood. I caught one last summer when I came back. I caught six sacks."
"You don't farm, why did you arrest me?"
"Feitian, don't you know that last year's harvest was exceptionally good?" Xian Weimin said boastfully.
"Nonsense, that's because I poured my manure on it. I saved it for a month and chartered a plane to send it back."
Xian Weimin spat, "Your shit is so precious, and you even take a plane."
"Go, go, go and get the sack."
Xian Weimin went back to get a sack, and the three of them went to the reed marsh.
Just like before, the three people worked together to drive the crabs towards the middle from different directions, and soon a large group of them gathered.
Nan Yi said: "Catch the big ones and let the small ones go."
"I don't need you to teach me. I want to leave some for my son to catch." Xian Weimin spat.
"Son, what the hell, when are you going to get married, you poor bastard?"
"It's going to be this year. You all have sons, so I have to have one too. I want to give birth to a football team. Damn, this damn crab always bites me. It has a grudge against me."
"Nonsense, if not you, a little Japanese, who should I bite? Just use mud." Nan Yi grabbed a handful of mud and threw it at Xian Weimin.
"Fall on the street, using mud will cause infection."
"Now that you have grown up and accomplished something, you think the mud is dirty. You were not like this in the past. You have been serving the people and have forgotten your roots."
"Bullshit, the good ones should be continued and the foolish ones should be discarded."
Xian Weimin took out a pack of napkins from his pocket, took out one and wiped his bleeding finger, then wrapped the paper around his finger.
"Tsk tsk, auditors at Dongda University are different." Nan Yi teased.
"I don't want to bother with you." Xian Weimin spat and walked towards the river bank, "You two carry me, I'm a patient now."
"Pretentious, for fun, come, let's carry it two by two."
"Weimin is the water pipe now, so of course he won't do this kind of physical work." Xian Weile walked to the opposite side of Nan Yi and lifted the other corner of the sack. The two of them worked together to lift the sack onto the embankment.
By the time the three sacks were carried to the embankment, Xian Weimin had already arrived pushing a broken bicycle.
The three of them put the sack on the bicycle. Xian Weimin pushed it, while Nan Yi and Xian Weile protected the sack. The three of them rode towards the rice fields.
Along the way, Xian Weile looked around everywhere.
"No need to look. There hasn't been much change since you left. The factory is built on the site of the original tape dubbing workshop." Nan Yi said, looking at Xian Weile's expression.
"There isn't much change, except that the fields are flatter than before. The color of the soil is wrong, too. How come it's turned black?"
"A few years ago, Nan Yi had all the fields flattened and bought thousands of tons of black soil from the Great Northern Wilderness. See, it's all barren over there." Xian Weimin said, pointing to a barren field in front.
“Shifting farming model?”
"Yes, to maintain fertility, our village does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides for farming, it is green farming, whether it is vegetables or rice, the ones grown in Wenchangwei are much tastier than those grown outside, but they just don't look as good."
Nan Yi pointed to a vegetable patch and said, "Look at these mountain radishes. They are full of worm holes. They look so bad. No one will want them if we sell them."
Xian Weile took a look and said, "It doesn't look good, but how about the taste?"
"The growth cycle is the same, and there is not much difference in taste. It is healthier to eat without pesticide residues, and the probability of getting cancer will be lower. If we persist, Wenchangwei will have a good chance of becoming a longevity village." Nan Yi said with a sigh and expectation.
"Nan Yi, don't think too much. Just leave after the meeting this afternoon and live your life well. Here, out of sight, out of mind." Xian Weimin consoled.
"Um."
The pleasant and relaxing morning passed quickly. After having dinner at Xian Weimin's house and taking a short rest, Nan Yi went to the village committee.
At half past one, everyone who should have come, whether they should have come or not, had arrived.
Nan Yi looked at the faces of each person one by one: Xian Yaodong, Xian Yaohua, Xian Jimin, Xian Yaowei, Ge Cuizhu, Xian Yaoguo, Xian Weimin, Niu Aihua, and Zhang Yu. Excluding the last one, all of them were his former comrades in the same trench, but it was hard to say how many of them could still be of the same mind with him now.
"Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting early. The earlier we start, the earlier we end." Nan Yi took a sip of tea and covered the teacup. "As for me, I am no longer the largest shareholder. Logically, I should not be the one to preside over this meeting.
But today's meeting is special, and many things need to come to an end. I think, since I was the first one to write the first stroke back then, I should be the one to finish it today.
All aspects of today's meeting revolve around the word "contracting". In this case, let's vote by raising our hands. Those who support the village enterprises to adopt the contracting system, please raise your hands. There is no need to whisper to each other. Just follow your heart and do what you think. "
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he looked down at the teacup in his hand in a daze.
Three minutes later, Nan Yi raised his head.
Xian Yaodong raised his hand, Xian Jimin raised his hand, Xian Yaoguo, Xian Yaowei, Niu Aihua and Zhang Yu all raised their hands.
"Six people agreed to contract out, which was more than half of the people, so the matter was decided. Wenchangwei's enterprises began to contract out. There must be rules for contracting out, and everyone knows how much profit each enterprise can make each year.
In my opinion, the contract fee should not be lower than half of last year's profit. It should be impartial and regardless of distance. All villagers in Wenchangwei can participate in the contract.
If a company has more people who want to contract the project, they will bid for it and the highest bidder will win. The contract will be signed for five years and the contract fee will be paid annually. There will be no credit or debt. The company will not hand over the project until the money is paid in full. "
Nan Yi's conditions have eliminated most people in Wenchangwei. Almost all those who can afford to undertake the contract are already sitting here. If others want to undertake the contract, they can only raise funds from outside.
According to Nan Yi's idea, most of the enterprises will fall into the hands of the village committee members, and a small number of external forces will be introduced to muddy the waters thoroughly. The muddier the waters are, the faster the enterprises will decline, and it will be easier to take them back in the future.
Of course, if the enterprise can move up to a higher level after being contracted out, Nan Yi would also be happy to retire.
"Since the company is going to be contracted out, there is no point for Wenchang Investment to continue to exist. Jimin, we will close the accounts today, calculate the money, divide it according to the shares, and then cancel the company. In addition..."
Nan Yi slammed his left hand on the table and said, "No one should think of taking over this small group. I paid all the money by myself, and I gave away the school shares for free. If anyone really thinks that I, Nan Yi, am easy to bully, you can come and try.
But there is one thing I must say first. If you want to go against me, Nan Yi, you must be prepared for the worst. Once you take the first step, there will be no mercy later. Even if his eighty-year-old mother kneels in front of me, I will still do what I have to do.
I f*cking considered your Xian family and wanted to train more Xian talents, but it turned out to be a mistake. I was leading the way, and you were holding me back..."
Nan Yi waved his hand and continued, "Forget it. The company is gone, the shares have been liquidated, and I have nothing to do with it in the future. Jimin, the two telephones in my home were installed by the village. I won't return the favor. The telephone installation fee will be deducted from my dividends.
Well, I don’t hold any official position in the village, so I won’t attend the rest of the meeting. You guys continue.”
After saying that, Nan Yi stood up and walked out of the village committee.
Following closely behind, Xian Weimin and Ge Cuizhu also followed out.
"Aunt, why are you, the director of public security, coming out too?" Nan Yi asked, looking at Ge Cuizhu who was following behind him.
"I am just a figurehead as the director of public security. I have never been in charge of the public security in the village. I have never thought of contracting other companies. Let them do what they want." Ge Cuizhu smiled and said, "Nan Yi, you should have done this a long time ago. Just relax and do a good job for our reclamation group."
"Yeah, come sit over there, we have something to talk about."
"I'll go there later. Wei Zhong is at home. We haven't had a good reunion as mother and son for a long time." Ge Cuizhu said.
"Aunt, go ahead."
Ge Cuizhu left, and Nan Yi and Xian Weimin walked towards the southern residence.
After crossing the stone bridge over the stream, the horizontal team of two people turned into a vertical team of three people, and Du Yanjiu joined the team.
"Master, when should I set off?" Du Yanjiu asked.
"Today is June 9th. The institute will be on holiday starting today. You will be back on July 9th. I will give you 2,000 yuan each. You can pay it first, and I will settle with you later."
"Okay, so you're sending us on a trip?"
"Yes, let's go to Daxing'anling. Although the fire has been put out by Master Yan, the debris still needs to be cleaned up. You all should go there and volunteer."
"Bullshit Master Yan, if he really had that ability, why didn't he use his power earlier? Why did he have to wait until the fire was almost out?" Du Yanjiu said disdainfully.
"Be careful with your words. Watch out for Master Yan's qigong skills. He will slap you both from a thousand miles away." Nan Yi sneered, "To be honest, I am also a qigong master. I am slowly gathering my internal strength. It won't be long before I can use my qigong skills to push down the Berlin Wall."
"If you can play it, just keep playing it."
"Get lost, go get the money, I'll distribute it to everyone soon, and go home early."
"You are the boss, you have the final say, I'm leaving." Du Yanjiu said again and then left.
"You want to take the people from the institute away?"
Nan Yi picked up two dogtooth grasses from the ground and handed one to Xian Weimin.
Xian Weimin took the grass and compared it with Nan Yi's grass. They pulled hard and both grasses broke at the same time.
Nan Yi pulled up two more Bermuda grasses and said, "No one in the Food and Beverage Research Institute takes them seriously. Leaving them here will only make them rot. Although I didn't recruit them personally, they are still my people. I must be responsible for them."
"You are really a good boss in the world. Mine is so thin." Xian Weimin said, looking at the thin grass in his hand.
"Then pick one for yourself. Hey, there are also puffballs here. They are as big as eggs. They will probably burst after the next rain." Nan Yi said, squatting down and looking at the puffballs.
Xian Weimin came up to Nan Yi and looked at the horse-pit bubble together. "It's rare. We haven't seen horse-pit bubbles in the village for a long time. That year, the snakes were killed, and the weeds in the village were completely removed. Many weeds were rooted out. Mud cabbage, field bindweed, and crabgrass are no longer seen in the village."
"There is field bindweed by the lotus pond. Wild grasses are and their roots are not easily cut off. As long as there is a tiny gap for them, they can push away the huge rocks pressing on them and thrive."
"Your words are meaningful."
"Look at this flattery bubble. When it bursts, it will spray out a black mist that will drift with the wind. Wherever it lands, new life will be born there one day." Nan Yi said, pointing at the flattery bubble.
"Yes, life does not stop, and the battle will not stop. I brought back the account of Jigong Recycling Company. Do you want to see it?"
"We'll see tomorrow."
