In the village committee office, village director Li Nan looked at Fang Ming with surprise. The reservoir in the back mountain had been abandoned for many years. How could it have any contracting value?
"Yes, village chief. I want to contract the reservoir in our back mountain. I don't know how much the contract fee is." Fang Ming said with a smile.
"It's not a matter of how much money."
Li Nan frowned. He knew the situation of Qin Yang's family. The brother and sister depended on each other and were poor households in the village. Fortunately, Qin Xue was very upbeat. She ranked first in the county in the high school entrance examination and was finally given this opportunity.
The two siblings have a promising future.
It was precisely because of this that Li Nan didn't want to see Qin Yang wasting money, so he refused directly.
"Qin Yang, listen to me, don't think about these things. Your sister will go to high school soon, and she will definitely live on campus by then. And you won't have to work part-time anymore, you can find a stable job.
For work, you can learn a craft. Isn't decoration very popular recently? I know a boss who is engaged in decoration and I will introduce you to learn from him for a few years. When the time comes, you can go out and do it on your own."
If it were other people in the village, Li Nan wouldn't be so concerned, but the two Qin brothers and sisters are indeed pitiful, that's why he said this. Of course, another reason is that Qin Xue lives up to his ambition and will definitely be very successful in the future.
, it can be regarded as an investment.
This is what is said about bullying the old but not the young.
Fang Ming frowned. He knew the village chief's good intentions. It would be foolish for anyone to contract an abandoned reservoir, but only he knew what that reservoir meant.
"Village Chief, thank you for taking care of me, but don't my family have more than 20 acres of land next to the reservoir? I want to reclaim that land. It can't just be left uncultivated. It would be good to plant some fruit trees."
"You can't plant any fruit trees if the land is so dry. There's no one on the mountain. Unless you connect tap water to it, the cost will be high. Even if the fruit trees bear fruit, you won't be able to sell them."
They didn’t invest much.”
Li Nan directly interrupted Fang Ming's words and patiently advised: "Qin Yang, listen to me, don't aim too high, take it one step at a time. In six or seven years, your sister will graduate from college. By then, your family will
Life will definitely get better."
Fang Ming was a little helpless. He couldn't tell the village chief openly that this reservoir was actually a treasure. I contracted it to make money and make a fortune. Just give it to me.
"Village Chief, my father once told me before his death that his last wish was to use the more than 20 acres of land at home to let others know that my grandfather's choice was not wrong. As my grandfather's grandson and my father's son, I
, I will definitely fulfill their wishes."
Li Nan was a little impatient. How could there be such a disobedient person? He immediately said with a straight face: "Your wish has been fulfilled. How can you complete it? Even if I agree to contract the reservoir to you, it will cost you 20,000 yuan a year... Oh no."
...Can you afford the contracting fee of five thousand a year?"
Fang Ming didn't speak. He reached into his arms and took out an envelope, which contained 15,000 yuan in cash.
The corner of Li Nan's mouth twitched. The reason why he said this was because he was sure that Qin Yang couldn't afford it. Five thousand yuan is nothing to an ordinary family, but it is a big sum for a family like Qin Yang.
"Village Chief, you just said it yourself, five thousand yuan a year. Then I will contract for two years first, and then I will sign a contract for ten years. The contract fee is five thousand."
Hearing Fang Ming's words, Li Nan was very happy. He didn't expect Qin Yang to know about his intention to renew the contract.
The so-called intention to renew means that after the contract period expires, the contract can be continued at the original price. If the contract is not contracted, the intention renewal fee of 5,000 yuan will not be refunded.
"Do you really want to take the contract?"
Seeing Fang Ming nod solemnly, Li Nan knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore. Young people are all so stubborn, the kind who never look back until they hit the wall. Thinking of this, Li Nan stopped stopping him.
"If you want to contract, then you can first pay a year's contract fee of five thousand, and forget about the intention contract fee."
"Village chief, you better take it, just do as I say."
"I asked you why you are so stupid. I am trying to save you from wasting money."
Li Nan was so angry that he thought Qin Yang could just spend five thousand yuan to teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect that Qin Yang didn't appreciate it.
Fang Ming also had troubles. In Li Nan's opinion, it was to save him money, but in his opinion, if he did not win the contracting rights for many years, when the water in the reservoir was restored, it would be impossible for the village to continue for five years.
It was rented to him for 1,000 yuan, so he had to sign a contract with intention to renew.
In the end, Li Nan mentally gave up on Fang Ming's attempt to save him and asked the village accountant to draft a contract, then collected the money and stamped it with the official seal. There was no other way, as the village was small and accountants were usually part-time clerks.
After getting the contract, Fang Ming left the village committee with a smile. However, within an hour, everyone in the village knew about the news that he had contracted the reservoir.
"This kid from the Qin family couldn't have been bitten by a venomous snake. He must have been stupid to contract an abandoned reservoir."
"It's not easy for the Qin Yang brothers and sisters. Why didn't the village chief stop us?"
"Who said the village chief didn't stop him? The village chief tried to persuade him many times, but Qin Yang just refused to listen. What do you think the village chief can do?"
"This is really hard to persuade. I guess these fifteen thousand are all Qin Yang's savings over the years. It's a pity that they will all be wasted."
"What's the deposit? I've heard about it. It was earned by Qin Yang's sister Qin Xue."
"Isn't Qin Xue still studying? How can she make money?"
"Qin Xue has good grades. Schools in the county are rushing to get her. In order to let Qin Xue go to school, they directly gave her tens of thousands in bonuses."
hiss!
All the villagers looked envious, and at the same time, other children in the village who were going to school would inevitably be nagged by their elders when they went home at night.
"Even if this money comes easily, Qin Yang can't waste it like this. This is Qin Xue's money. It's really inappropriate for Qin Yang to waste it like this."
"It's really bad luck for Qin Xue to have such a brother."
Fang Ming didn't pay attention to the villagers' comments. He had anticipated this situation when he contracted the reservoir.
"Xiaoxue, do you think my brother should use your money to contract the reservoir?"
"Brother, my money is your money, and this is the last wish of our grandfather and father. Brother, you did the right thing."
Hearing Qin Xue's answer, Fang Ming looked a little embarrassed. He made up a reason for his last wish. In his memory, Qin Yang's father often complained and blamed his grandfather for making such a stupid decision.
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Fang Ming did not explain to Qin Xue, because there was no need for it. In Qin Xue's heart, as long as her brother did something, it was right, and she would go all out to support it. This little girl was poisoned by her brother.
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The day after the reservoir was contracted, Fang Ming came to the reservoir again. He was holding a mechanical tool for drilling holes, which he had borrowed from Rental. The daily rent was five hundred.
The reservoir had dried up for many years. Fang Ming easily walked to the bottom of the reservoir, and then used an ink fountain to draw several crisscrossing ink lines under the reservoir.
After completing this step, Fang Ming picked up the drilling machine, used a small generator to generate electricity, and began to drill holes under the reservoir. According to a certain sequence of directions, the depth of each hole was different.
In fact, when he first came to the reservoir, Fang Ming saw that the reason why there was no water in the reservoir was because there was a problem with Feng Shui. The location of the reservoir, according to the Feng Shui Bureau,
It’s called the Flooded Dragon Coffin.
The term "flooded dragon coffin" may not sound like a good word, but in fact such a Feng Shui bureau can be regarded as a treasure of Feng Shui.
Dragons are originally creatures in the water. The so-called flooded dragon coffin is like adding wings to a tiger. When time is enough and the terrain is formed, the dragon coffin will open, and at that time a new dragon vein will appear.
According to Fang Ming's speculation, normally it may take decades for this new dragon vein to form, but now this new dragon vein will never appear again because the terrain has been destroyed.
Halfway up the mountain, there is a large iron furnace. It was obviously built by the people of that era in response to the call from the whole country and was used to smelt steel.
The iron furnace belongs to fire, and the new dragon vein needs water. The two conflict, and the new dragon vein is naturally more difficult to form. Of course, this is not the most critical factor. An iron furnace cannot prevent the birth of a dragon vein.
The real reason is because of the location of the iron furnace. This iron furnace is located in the southwest of the reservoir. If someone looks at it from a high altitude, they will find that the peaks around the village are like a walking giant dragon, and the dragon head
The location happens to be this reservoir.
As for the location of the iron furnace, it is the neck of the dragon body. In order to stabilize the iron furnace, the iron furnace is deep into the ground. This is like staring at a fire nail on the new dragon vein. How can the new dragon vein be possible?
It will also take shape.
If a new dragon vein cannot be born, the entire Feng Shui bureau suffers a backlash, changing from good to bad, and the original abundant water has become the current dry reservoir.
What Fang Ming has to do now is to reactivate the terrain and revive the new dragon veins. As long as the new dragon veins are revived, the reservoir will naturally return to normal, and he will receive endless benefits.
As for the way to revive the new dragon vein, it is the well dug by Fang Ming.
For one week, except for the first three days when he went home to eat, Fang Ming spent the next four days eating and lodging at the reservoir. Every day Qin Xue would bring food and help with some work.
Qin Xue didn't know what her brother was going to do, but looking at her brother's serious and serious expression, she was very careful when helping and didn't dare to make any mistakes.