"Speaking of this, the reason why I called you this morning was just to talk to you about this matter."
"Oh? What on earth is going on?"
Zhang Hao couldn't help but be curious.
Village Chief Fan showed a hint of embarrassment: "The thing is, considering that power outages will become a norm in the future, some people in our village feel that the generator charging model is too cumbersome, so they thought..."
"Want to buy a generator?" Zhang Hao guessed.
"No, no." Village Chief Fan heard this and quickly explained: "They just want to talk to you about the annual subscription business."
The person in front of him is the God of Wealth in the village, and only a fool would offend him for this benefit. Even if a villager is so short-sighted, he will stop him.
"Near-year subscription? No problem, I have no objection."
Zhang Hao said without any concern.
"As long as you don't object, how much do you think is appropriate for this annual fee?"
Village Chief Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Hao lowered his head and thought for a while, free of charge is definitely not possible. It is not unreasonable to win favors and fight against enemies;
Of course, it would not work if he collected too much. Moreover, he had never thought of making money through this. The ultimate goal was to win over the villagers, and he could not sacrifice the good for the sake of the weak.
"One thousand yuan per household, what do you think?"
If you include tenants, there are about 5,800 households in Shawei Village. If you charge according to this standard, it will take nearly 30 years to recover the cost.
To be honest, wind turbines may not be able to survive until that time.
Village Chief Fan couldn't help but be stunned: "Is a thousand yuan too low?"
"I'm talking about all residents, including those tenants." Zhang Hao quickly added.
"That's not much!" Village Chief Fan shook his head, and then suggested: "In my opinion, ten thousand yuan is suitable. After all, if there are more people on the annual package, not only will the electricity not be enough, but there will also be serious consequences.
waste."
"Okay, then I'll listen to you, Uncle Fan."
Zhang Hao couldn't help but pat his head. He actually ignored such a simple truth.
After confirming the annual electricity bill, Village Chief Fan then mentioned the mushroom plantation in the village.
"Lao Zhang, let me tell you some good news. We are finally harvesting the first batch of mushrooms. Tomorrow at 9:30 am, the village plans to hold a collective picking activity. I want to ask you, do you want to participate?"
Due to limited space in the underground parking lot, there is currently only one variety in the mushroom plantation.
"Okay! Count me in." Zhang Hao agreed without hesitation, and then asked: "I have been busy with business recently, and I forgot to ask, did you encounter any difficulties during mushroom planting? How was the harvest?"
"There are no difficulties, but fortunately they have been solved one by one. As for the output, it is definitely not as good as a regular plantation, but it is not that bad, I should say it is barely acceptable!"
Village Chief Fan couldn't help but sigh.
Zhang Hao quickly reassured: "It's good to have production, at least not in vain. The current natural conditions are incomparable with normal years. It's better to accumulate as much experience as possible, and things will gradually get better in the future."
"Well, I think so too." Village Chief Fan nodded, and then changed the topic: "Speaking of which, our mushroom garden is well built, and several surrounding villages are very envious of it. They come to my place every day.
While running, I wanted to get close to me and learn from my experience."
"This is a good thing! The yield per mu of mushrooms is quite considerable. If it becomes popular, it will surely alleviate a lot of food pressure." Zhang Hao agreed with a smile.
In dreams, many collective organizations and institutions have their own small micro plantations to provide internal benefits to the employees of their units.
Village Chief Fan shook his head helplessly: "How can it be so easy? Growing mushrooms not only requires space, but also strains and other raw materials, as well as inseparable heating. None of these are easy to solve."
"There are always more ways than difficulties. I can provide some help with the bacteria. You can ask them to think of ways to establish the plantation as soon as possible."
Zhang Hao reminded him kindly.
The further back you go, the harder it is to find raw materials, and there are also policy restrictions.
Village Chief Fan expressed his confusion: "Old Zhang, why are you so kind? Let's just take care of ourselves."
"Uncle Fan, look at it. As the old saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If our neighbors are not good, we will definitely be affected. Many times, it is really good when we are all good."
Zhang Hao explained casually.
"Hey, you are still very enlightened and think far ahead!"
Village Chief Fan gave a thumbs up.
At the same time, he finally figured out that it was no wonder that Zhang Hao had always been so concerned about the affairs of the village. It turned out that he didn't want to see the village fall into chaos and affect their family. This was the real reason behind it.
…
The next day happened to be the weekend. After breakfast, Zhang Hao took his sons to the village headquarters.
Along the way, villagers kept saying hello.
"Good morning, Director Zhang!"
Zhang Hao smiled and waved his hand: "Aunt Zhou, you are always the elder, just call me by my name."
"Okay, then I will rely on my old age and show off my strength for once." After Aunt Zhou said that, she reached out and touched the twins' heads: "Big pudding, little pudding, do you still remember Grandma Zhou?"
"Of course I remember, hello Grandma Zhou!"
Big Pudding nodded and greeted obediently.
Grandma Zhou often visited their house and played mahjong with her and grandma. Grandma would occasionally take them to Grandma Zhou's house to play.
"So good! So polite!" Aunt Zhou praised the twins a few times, and then got down to business: "Zhang Hao, I want to trouble you with something, but I don't know how to say it..."
"Aunt Zhou, what's wrong with this? We're all on our own. If I can help, I'll definitely help. If I can't, I'll be polite to you."
Zhang Hao got a vaccination in advance.
Avoid making excessive demands from the other party.
Aunt Zhou suddenly smiled: "With your words, Auntie feels relieved. Here's the thing. Auntie's meat has been eaten up a long time ago. Can I buy some earthworm powder from you?"
Auntie, I won’t hide it from you. We happen to have a three-year-old baby at home. It’s the time when his body is growing, so he can’t deprive himself of nutrition. There’s really no other way.”
"Earthworm powder?" Zhang Hao was greatly surprised.
If they were not forced to do so, it would be difficult for the general public to accept this thing. It stands to reason that Shawei Village has a strong foundation and good conditions, but it has not yet reached this stage.
"What? Are you having trouble?"
Aunt Zhou immediately became nervous.
Zhang Hao quickly shook his head: "I'm just a little curious, Aunt Zhou, how do you know about earthworm powder?"
"I also heard what your mother said. Didn't your family open an earthworm breeding company? Your mother also gave me two bottles of earthworm powder. I took it back and made carrot cakes several times. The whole family liked it very much."
Aunt Zhou quickly explained.
"So that's what happened." Zhang Hao thought quickly, then nodded and said: "Although this matter is difficult, it is not completely impossible. Aunt Zhou, give me some time, and I will find a way to help you get two boxes."
"Really? Thank you so much."
Aunt Zhou said with surprise on her face.
"As long as you don't mind the small amount, to be honest, if the WFP hadn't kept a close eye on it, I would have wanted to help you get a few more boxes." Zhang Hao pretended to be helpless.
"Two boxes are already a lot, how could Auntie find it too little?" Auntie Zhou waved her hand, and then asked: "What's the price of earthworm powder? I'll go to your house to deliver the money in person later."
Generally speaking, there are at least six bottles in one box, and two boxes are twelve bottles. If you save a little, one bottle can last about two months, and two boxes can last two years.
"Aunt Zhou, don't worry about the money. When the earthworm powder arrives, you can pay again. As for the price, the WFP purchase price is one thousand eighty yuan per box, and two boxes are three thousand sixty. You think it's okay?
?”
"Three thousand six? So cheap?"
When she heard this price, Aunt Zhou wanted to put down her shame and buy eight or ten boxes of it.
Zhang Hao explained with a wry smile: "The superiors have very strict control over materials such as grain. We have no bargaining power and can only passively accept the official purchase price."
"Well, it's not easy to do anything these days."
Aunt Zhou then sighed with emotion.
"Grandma Zhou, going to school is not easy either."
Little Pudding couldn't help but interjected.
Big Pudding nodded repeatedly, feeling the same.
"Although going to school is hard, you can learn knowledge. You two must study hard. When you grow up, you can help the family manage the company. It's too hard for your dad alone."
Aunt Zhou educated casually.
"Well, Grandma Zhou, we understand."
The twins nodded seriously.
Zhang Hao glanced at his watch: "Aunt Zhou, if it's okay, let's go first. Uncle Fan is still waiting for me!"
"It's okay, it's okay, you go quickly!"
Aunt Zhou urged.
The twins immediately said obediently: "Grandma Zhou, goodbye!"
"Are you two going to pick mushrooms later? Can Grandma Zhou teach you?"
"Okay!" the twins said crisply.
Arriving at the village headquarters, Zhang Hao quickly found Village Chief Fan among the crowd.
"Grandpa Fan, good morning!"
Village Chief Fan touched the twins' heads, and then ordered his grandchildren to take the brothers out to play. There was still half an hour before the picking activity.
"Lao Zhang, where are your mother and mother-in-law? Don't they usually like to join in the fun? Why aren't you here?"
"The two of them are doing housework. Come over later."
Zhang Hao replied casually.
"Doing housework?" Village Chief Fan smiled and shook his head, "Nowadays, nanny wages are very cheap, and most families in the village have hired nannies. Your family is not short of money, why don't you take the opportunity to hire a few more?"
In fact, most of these nannies are foreigners.
In order to maintain their livelihood, this group of people took advantage of the ridiculously low prices to directly monopolize all the jobs available in Shawei Village. With their intentional or unintentional push, they forced away many local migrant workers.
In any other place, the locals would have rebelled long ago.
But it's different here in Shawei Village. Most of the tenants are overseas immigrants. In addition, the villagers are all wealthy people, and they don't look down on these low-end jobs.
This gave foreigners an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Zhang Hao said helplessly: "You think I don't want to? The main reason is that my mother and the others are so busy that they would rather not hire a servant. Besides, proper labor is good for health, so just think of it as exercise, let them do it!"
"That's true!"
"Uncle Fan, what is the village going to do with this batch of mushrooms?" Zhang Hao took the opportunity to ask.
If it is not something related to themselves, their family rarely attends village meetings, which is equivalent to abstaining from voting.
"Originally, we planned to send it to the canteen, but most of the villagers disagreed and thought it was an advantage for outsiders. After discussion, we had to divide it per head."
The collective canteen in the village is now getting bigger and bigger. Especially after receiving the news of power cuts, many people from other villages came to apply for meal cards to save trouble.
Zhang Hao frowned when he heard this, and combined with Aunt Zhou's words just now, he couldn't help but wonder:
"Uncle Fan, what happened in the village recently? Why do you suddenly feel that everyone has become...conservative?"
Village Chief Fan shook his head: "Everything in the village has been normal recently, and nothing unusual has happened. The changes in everyone may be related to the outbreak of the war."
"How do you say that?" Zhang Hao asked quickly.
"It's actually quite understandable. Although everyone was worried about the future at the beginning, at least they didn't lose hope and thought it would be fine as long as they get through these few years.
But since the war broke out, the atmosphere has changed. Perhaps the combination of natural disasters and man-made disasters has made everyone pessimistic, and they no longer have the same energy as before."
Village Chief Fan sighed.
Zhang Hao was in a trance for a while. This kind of transformation was no stranger to him. He had experienced it in his dream, but it was six or seven years later, not now.
This made him a little panicked.
Seeing Zhang Hao in a daze, Village Chief Fan immediately pushed his arm: "Old Zhang, what are you thinking about?"
"No, I didn't think about it!" Zhang Hao quickly reacted and asked: "Uncle Fan, is this serious? Is it an isolated phenomenon or a common phenomenon?"
"I think it should be a common phenomenon. In fact, we can see the clues from the last panic buying wave. Although the scale of this panic buying wave is also very large, if you look closely, you will find that everyone is a lot more rational.
Except for food and daily necessities, other things are not much sought after.
The reason is very simple. On the one hand, everyone’s pockets are tight; on the other hand, they are also making plans for the future. If the currency depreciates, it is better than having no money.”
Village Chief Fan sighed and said seriously:
"Do you think this is true?"
Zhang Hao nodded subconsciously: "This is indeed true. Although the war has been suspended, it will still start in three years. No wonder everyone is so pessimistic."
"It's also because we lost so miserably in the Middle East war. Everyone has confidence...then there's something really wrong."
Village Chief Fan said angrily.
"Well, this is indeed a bit unjustifiable, but the Federation has not fought a war for more than half a century, which can be considered excusable. It should not happen next time. After all, there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides."
"Huh, that's not necessarily true. Let me tell you, the Europeans haven't had a war for more than half a century. How come they achieved such a great victory as soon as they came out?"
"I think the Europeans are too despicable. They actually played a sneak attack. The most amazing thing is that they took advantage of the World Cup and deceived all of us."
Zhang Hao took the initiative to help explain it.
Village Chief Fan shook his head, obviously not accepting this statement: "In the final analysis, the ability is still insufficient. If you are a smart person, you should have seen through the tricks of the Europa people. I don't believe that such a large-scale army movement has no signs at all."
No."
You know, before the war broke out, there were already relevant rumors in the market. It was impossible for the higher-ups to turn a blind eye and not know which link caused the problem.
"Consul Ji may have been in office for too short a time, and reconstruction work is the main focus, so he has not paid attention to it for the time being. Or there may be a traitor within, who deliberately concealed key information, resulting in a misjudgment."
Zhang Hao guessed.
"I think it's unlikely."
Village Chief Fan shook his head.
"The most important thing in the country lies in sacrifice and military affairs." This kind of mistake cannot be avoided by just making a few excuses.