Chapter 834 I want to bring the whole village to get rich
Grandpa Xia Shande also waved to Xia Zekai: "Zekai, come here and I will tell you something."
"Grandpa, tell me." Xia Zekai let go of Yatou and Tongtong's hands, walked to his grandfather's side, lowered his head, and heard old man Xia Shande say: "Today someone from Xiazhuang called me again, saying
Their family is willing to grow dried fruits, and I want you to give me some advice on which fruit to grow."
"Who wants to plant it?" Xia Zekai was quite curious. There are really bold and knowledgeable people in Xiazhuang.
Xia Shande said: "It was your uncle Kunsheng who asked me. It was your classmate Lian Jian's grandfather who asked me. Do you still remember?"
"Grandpa, has Lian Jian become the village party secretary?" Xia Zekai asked.
Xia Shande nodded: "That young man is really good. He is a party member himself and he is committed to his work. It's just that the people in the village thought he was young and didn't listen to him. But many people in our Xiazhuang support him. I think it's better to find a young man to come up.
It’s very good, maybe we can make our village rich.”
Grandpa has a lot of emotions in his heart. He also hopes that Xiazhuang can develop better, but the idea is good, but the reality is a bit difficult. Most people don’t believe him after hearing the suggestion of planting dried fruits.
I feel that growing dried fruits is very unreliable. It is better to grow food for insurance, at least it will guarantee a good harvest in case of drought or flood.
Most people have harvested wheat and planted corn.
But Lian Jian, through the dictation of others, realized that this was an opportunity without a better development method, an opportunity that might change the poor destiny of Xiazhuang.
For this reason, he endured the scolding from his grandfather and tried hard to persuade his grandfather to start experimenting with growing dried fruits at their own home.
He believed that as long as his family succeeded in making money from growing dried fruits, he would not need to push him to do it, and most of the people in Xiazhuang would follow suit...
Someone has to take the lead.
Lian Jian was not easy to work as the village party secretary, but he was elected as the village party secretary by most people in Xiazhuang. He felt that he had the responsibility to do this job well.
Xia Zekai didn't know the stories behind these, and he never thought there were so many things going on secretly. But after listening to what his grandfather said, Xia Zekai felt that since Lian Jian was willing to do it, why didn't he help.
Anyway, whoever grows it is a farmer, and as long as there is no big problem with the quality, he is willing to buy it.
It doesn't matter if the output is smaller, everything has a beginning.
"Grandpa, I have no problem. Please take the time to reply to Uncle Kunsheng. Peanuts, pecans, pistachios and almonds are all fine. You can grow whatever you want. As long as the quality is good, I will be higher than the market."
Purchase at wholesale price." Xia Zekai expressed his attitude.
Xia Shande nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll give him a call."
Xia Zekai didn't care. He heard his grandfather shout loudly: "Ai Cheng, get your phone here."
"Dad, who are you calling?" Xia Weicheng handed his black Nokia to his old father.
Then I heard Xia Shande say: "I'll call Lian Kunsheng and tell him about growing dried fruits."
Xia Weicheng subconsciously looked at his son, and when he saw him nodding inadvertently, Xia Weicheng probably understood what was going on. Since his son agreed, he would not express his opinion.
Xia Zekai went to take a shower. When he came out, his wife had just finished cooking dinner and was taking out the plates with her mother. Grandpa Xia Shande had also finished making phone calls and was playing with the girl and Tongtong.
Seeing his grandson coming out, Xia Shande said: "Zekkai, your uncle Kunsheng said that he asked Lian Jian to call you back."
"Oh, okay!" Xia Zekai agreed happily.
I can’t remember exactly when it started. I used to be a good friend, but as I grew older, we kept in touch with each other less and less.
Xia Zekai actually wanted to play innocently with them like he did when he was a child, chatting on the phone, and when something unpleasant happened, the two of them stared at each other and said they would fight. After the fight, they cried and went home to complain to their parents.
Within a few days we were playing together again.
Unfortunately, the fact is that the older you get, the more worries you have, and the more you need to consider other people's feelings.
After dinner, Xia Zekai was walking in the yard with his grandfather. His cell phone rang. When he opened it, he saw that the prefix was a landline number with the area code of his hometown. He knew something.
"Hello!"
Grandpa Xia Shande walked slowly towards the villa.
Xia Zekai thought to himself that his grandfather was quite considerate.
The person on the phone smiled and shouted: "Is it Zekai? I'm Lian Jian!"
"What's the matter? We haven't seen each other for a few years and you can't even recognize my voice." Xia Zekai said with a smile.
After saying this, the friendship between the two faded away. Lian Jian said: "Since we started going to college, we have only met a few times during the Chinese New Year. You are messing around now, which makes me very stressed."
When Xia Zekai heard what he said, he smiled even more happily: "You have a lot of pressure. The job of collecting rent at Vanke was so good, but you didn't like it, so you quit and took the public examination."
"I want to serve the people!" Lian Jian said.
Xia Zekai didn't believe a word he said, "You fart again!"
"Okay, it's not just to provide an iron rice bowl. Fortunately, I can marry a wife in my hometown. I didn't expect to become the village party secretary of our Xiazhuang. Lao Xia, you have to do me a favor." Lian Jian.
Now he bluntly stated his purpose.
Hearing what he said, Xia Zekai felt much better: "This job is not easy to do!"
Lian Jian sighed: "Not only is it not easy to do, you also know that the older generation in the village are all our elders, and the younger generation have gone out to work to make money. There are only a bunch of old women and children left. Who will listen to you?"
If that’s the case, it’s fine if you don’t cause trouble, what do you think I can do?”
His words revealed the reality of rural areas.
Xia Zekai was silent for a while and asked him: "Lian Jian, to be honest, I also hope that Xiazhuang will get better and better. I hope that young people outside can return to build their hometown. After all, that is the root of our old Xia family. You tell me,
How can I help you."
"Forget it. If you help this one today, you will be jealous of the other tomorrow. This won't last long, and it won't solve the fundamental problem." Lian Jian flatly refused. He said, "I heard my grandfather talk about the dried fruit planter mentioned by Grandpa Shande."
I just want to ask this, please tell me the truth, if I plant it on my own land, can you guarantee the harvest?"
"I will definitely not accept the bad ones, but I will accept them as long as they are good enough." Xia Zejiang said: "We grew up fighting together, and we are neighbors. You don't have to worry about me lying to you."
"The second phase of our company's construction project is about to be completed and put into production. The third phase of the construction project has also started construction. Starting from the second half of this year, our company's dried fruit procurement volume will exceed your imagination. By the time it is completed and put into production next year or three,
, the purchase volume is larger..."
"Let me tell you this, I have reached a cooperation agreement with the Qicheng City Government. The Qicheng City Government will use Zhoucheng District as the experimental unit to use idle land to uniformly plant dried fruits from May."
"To be blunt, even if the whole Xiazhuang grows dried fruits, they still can't keep up with my consumption in a few days, Lian Jian, do you understand?" For the first time in his history, Xia Zekai confessed the scale of his business to his friends in his hometown.
Lian Jian was stunned when he heard this. He never expected that this was actually the case.
He said: "Your brother is getting married soon, isn't he?"
Xia Zekai said "hmm" and said, "We will get married on the 19th, next Sunday, exactly one week left."
When Lian Jian heard this, he said a little embarrassedly: "Lao Xia, can I bring a few people over to attend your brother's wedding?"
Hearing his question, Xia Zekai didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Lian Jian, aren't you talking too much? Just come. I'm telling you, just come and eat with your mouth open. You just don't give me face by being polite."
But attending Xia Zejiang's wedding banquet was not Lian Jian's ultimate goal. He added, "I have an unkind invitation."
"If you have anything to say, just say it, you are already the village party secretary, why are you still acting like a mother-in-law?" Xia Zekai said to him.
Lian Jian whispered: "I'm thinking about staying in Qicheng for one night. After you finish your brother's wedding, can you take me to visit your company? I'll have an idea and convince the elders of Xiazhuang when I get back."
Folks.”
This made Xia Zekai realize that he, as a young boy, really wanted to do something in this position instead of just doing it perfunctorily.
The next moment, he said: "No problem, you can come and stay at my house."
"That won't work. I have to take a few people with me. I can't trouble you then." Lian Jian wanted to refuse.
But Xia Zekai was thinking, when you get to Qicheng, will it still be up to you to make the decision?
After ending the call, Xia Zekai couldn't help but feel happy.
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The next two days were Saturdays and weekends. Xia Zekai and Luo Xiyun did not go to work. They stayed at home with Yatou and Tongtong, and drove around with their grandfather. Their father Xia Weicheng and mother Zhou Yinghong went to organize their brother's wedding room.
Okay, let's prepare some more things.
Xia Ze sometimes takes time to help.
At the same time, Zhai Guangdong also led a group of people into the workshop rented by Jiaze Packaging Co., Ltd. He told Xia Zejiang that he had prepared more than a dozen air conditioners, all of which were 80% new and cost 1,000 yuan each, including installation.
Xia Zejiang knew in his heart that he was making a huge profit.
When discussing the installation location in advance, he said to Zhai Guangdong: "Brother Zhai, please find a way to help me install the air conditioner closer to the work station."
"Then you have to resort to airs. In this case, the copper pipes required will be long. If you really want to do this, I think it is better to install a water-cooled air conditioner, a unified external compressor, circulate water to blow cold air, and place the air outlet wherever you want.
Anywhere will do." Zhai Guangdong said one thing after another.
He said: "If you want to install it, I have two sets that were just removed from the Lotte Mart supermarket. They are cheaper and can be installed for you. Selling scrap metal is not worth much money anyway. Do you want it?"
?”
"Yes!" Xia Zejiang said.
Zhai Guangdong called people again and asked them to unload the air conditioner from the truck and load the water-cooled fan from the warehouse into the truck. However, the installation was a bit troublesome, but in this workshop, the cooling effect is better than the air conditioner.
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It took Zhai Guangdong's people four days to install the entire equipment. The installation was simple, but the trouble was setting up a shelf, finding a place to fix it, installing pipelines, and digging a well outside.
Xia Zejiang didn't follow until the end, as his wedding date was coming soon.
He assigned Li Zhixin to contact Zhai Guangdong, and Li Zhixin would follow up the whole process in the next few days. He had to go back to prepare for the wedding.
His fiancée Shen Jiayi also returned to Zhoucheng to wait for her 'marriage'.
In the past few days, Xia Zekai has been handling various detailed tasks in the company, supervising the training and assessment of company managers by IBM people.
In the first wave of department managers, supervisors and engineers who received training, there was only one engineer. Supervisor Yiming failed the assessment in the first wave of three-day training. Everyone who came felt ashamed and took the initiative to ask Yan Jinghua for help.
A wave of learning.
But before the two of them could take the second assessment, Xia Zekai went to work on his brother's marriage.
On the 19th day of June in the Gregorian calendar and the 18th day of the fifth lunar month in the lunar calendar, the sky was still dark, and a bus from my hometown came.
There are only about 40 relatives who came from my hometown, and they are all the closest relatives in the family.
There are still many elderly people waiting at home. They are old and don't have to worry about it anymore. After learning about this situation, Xia Zekai knew that after his brother finished his work here, he would have to go home to do something else.
A wedding banquet.
Fa Xiao Lian Jian, whom he hadn't seen for many years, also came with the bus. He also brought several of his peers from Xiazhuang with him. Seeing how energetic each one of them was, Xia Zekai seemed to understand something.
Lian Jian could chat and laugh happily with Xia Zekai on the phone, but after a few years, when he met Xia Zekai in person, Lian Jian became more reserved.
In the past few days, he had carefully checked the information of his old friend Xia Zekai on the Internet. Unexpectedly, the information on the Internet was so rich. Xia Zekai's 'resume' was beyond his expectation.
He won the title of one of the top ten entrepreneurs at the municipal level and chatted and laughed with the city leaders.
Moreover, his company's annual sales of more than 1 billion also shocked him. He never expected that there would be such a famous person around him.
This also strengthened his thoughts.
When Xia Zekai saw him, he smiled very happily: "Lian Jian, what's wrong? You don't recognize me anymore?"
"How could I not recognize you? I just didn't expect you to be so open and transparent now." Lian Jian said calmly.
"Okay, let's have a few more drinks at noon today and stay at my place in the evening. When my brother is finished, I will take you to my company tomorrow." Xia Zekai explained his arrangement.
Lian Jian quickly waved his hand: "No, we can just stay in a hotel. This time we come here, the village committee has approved the funds for the event."
When Xia Zekai heard what he said, he laughed directly: "You should keep the funds for the activities. We have already arrived in Qicheng, and I can still let you pay."
The few people in the back look familiar, but Xia Zekai has been away from home for a long time. Unless they are cousins from their old Xia family or classmates of the same age as him, the other young people basically don't know each other.
In addition, he was very busy today, so he said to Lian Jian: "Lian Jian, you guys are wandering around. My brother is in a hurry to go to Zhoucheng to pick up the bride. I will help him finish the chores first."
Lian Jian also knew that this was the business of the day, so he said, "Just go and do your work and don't worry about us."
After all, Lian Jian had worked in Vanke. He had seen a lot of high-end housing and was somewhat used to it. Plus, he was also the village party secretary, so he didn't find anything particularly surprising.
But the few young people who followed him were different. They looked at the criss-crossing roads in this community, the beautifully trimmed green plants, and the high-rise buildings that could not be seen to the top, and they felt a little bit in their hearts.
I was nervous, always feeling like Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
