"What's going on?" Jiang Xiaofan walked toward the commotion in confusion.
From a distance, he saw a large group of villagers gathered around him. A woman in the crowd was scolding her, as if she was defrauded of two hundred yuan.
Jiang Xiaofan stood outside the crowd and looked in, and found Aunt Seven saying angrily: "That's two hundred yuan, and it takes more than ten kilograms to pick wild mushrooms. I'm so angry!"
In front of Aunt Qi, Uncle Qi said with a depressed look: "I didn't expect him to be a liar. He said that by paying an agency fee of two hundred, he could introduce him to a job worth RMB 6,000 in Shenzhen City."
Aunt Qi's eyes widened: "A job of 6,000 yuan? Do you think it's pie in the sky? Even if there is a job of 6,000 yuan, will people want you? You don't have to think about it!"
"Don't I want to make more money?" Uncle Qi whispered aggrievedly.
At this time, Uncle Xiong squeezed into the crowd and asked angrily: "Old Qi, why do you want to go out to work? You can easily earn four or five thousand a month by working at Xiaofan's place and collecting some mountain products.
Don’t delay the work in the fields.”
"But the Longtou Mountain has been reclaimed. Apart from the work of setting up shelves in the vegetable field, Xiaofan has no other jobs to hire people for." Uncle Qi sighed.
"yes."
The surrounding villagers nodded, obviously thinking the same thing as Uncle Qi. They were originally hired by Jiang Xiaofan, but now they are free once the work is done.
When Uncle Xiong saw it, he immediately understood that everyone was being tricked by Jiang Xiaofan.
In the past, when we didn't collect mountain products and didn't hire people, everyone would just sit idle in the fields if there was no work to do. Those who were diligent would go to the mountains to collect mountain products, and then sell them to Zhao Ying at a low price.
Now that I have made a hundred yuan a day, I no longer look down on picking wild mountain products. And there are fewer and fewer wild mountain mushrooms, so it’s not necessarily possible to earn much more if everyone goes there.
Uncle Qi said with a bitter face: "I just felt like I couldn't do anything idle. I wanted to see if I could find a job. I was so anxious that I was deceived by a scammer. Alas."
"What are you sighing about? If you are cheated, just treat it as a loss of money to eliminate the disaster, and then make more money." Aunt Qi frowned and said.
"Everyone can just look for it, or even go out to do some odd jobs." Some villagers said.
"That's not necessary!" Suddenly a voice sounded outside.
Everyone turned around and saw Jiang Xiaofan walking towards him with a smile. Everyone automatically moved out of the way, allowing Jiang Xiaofan to walk to the center of the crowd.
Jiang Xiaofan smiled and comforted Uncle Qi: "Aunt Qi is right, just treat it as a waste of money to eliminate disaster. Don't keep it in your heart, it's not worth it!"
The villagers of Laowan Village were poor and managed, and a penny was worth a fortune. Uncle Qi was defrauded of 200 yuan, so he wondered how uncomfortable he felt.
Uncle Qi nodded and suddenly asked: "Xiaofan, what do you mean you don't have to do odd jobs outside?"
Jiang Xiaofan looked around and raised his voice and said: "Everyone is here, let me announce something. I have contracted the Baimuba Reservoir, and I am going to start raising fish next. Now I need to recruit some people to help me take care of the reservoir on a daily basis.
, the monthly salary is 3,000 yuan, and the number of places is limited. Is anyone willing to do it?"
"Baimuba Reservoir?"
The surrounding villagers were stunned when they heard the news.
Someone hesitated and said: "Xiaofan, I heard that the Baimuba Reservoir is not clean, and the fish in it will be eaten by water monsters as soon as they grow up."
Jiang Xiaofan smiled and said: "There is no water monster, it's just everyone's guess."
"But for people who raise fish in the reservoir, all the fish they raised disappeared. What else could it be if it wasn't a water monster?" A villager whispered unconvinced.
Jiang Xiaofan pondered for a moment and said to the villagers: "The fish disappeared for other reasons. There are no water monsters at all. If you are willing to work, you can come to me to sign up. The number of places is limited."
The villagers hesitated and did not answer, obviously a little scared about the work in the reservoir.
Uncle Xiong looked at it and said carelessly: "I'm afraid of you. If Xiaofan said there is no water monster, there is no one. Have you ever seen him fool everyone? Besides, even if there is a water monster, we can just work together and it will be over. The wild boar king can take care of it."
Are you afraid of a hairless thing? Xiaofan, I’ll sign up.”
After hearing Uncle Xiong's words, the others got a taste of it.
The legend of Baimuba Reservoir is spread by everyone, and no one has seen it in detail.
Besides, Jiang Xiaofan can even subdue the wild boar king, let alone a thing in the water?
Moreover, working in the reservoir means that you can get paid every month and it is considered a regular job. Isn’t this much better than doing odd jobs outside?
After other villagers figured it out, they approached Jiang Xiaofan to sign up.
Soon the places for fish farming were filled up, and those who were waiting and watching regretted it, but there was no chance anymore.
"Xiaofan, when are you going to work?" Uncle Qi was the second one to sign up for Jiang Xiaofan, and he looked eager to try.
"That's right, none of us have ever raised fish before, so we still don't know how to do it." As soon as this was said, the surrounding villagers laughed in good faith.
Jiang Xiaofan smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, raising fish is not complicated. In the early stage, let's go fishing first."
"Fishing?" The villagers looked at each other.
Uncle Xiong asked: "Xiaofan, are you going to Baihe River to fish?"
Jiang Xiaofan shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not going to the Baihe River, I'm going to the reservoir to fish for fish."
Uncle Xiong said earnestly: "Xiaofan, you don't understand the situation. There have been no fish in the reservoir for a long time. The last person to contract the reservoir was Zhang Laoliu of Baihe Village. After his fish disappeared, everyone didn't believe it and went to the reservoir to fish.
Fish, in the end I didn’t even catch any fish hairs.”
Jiang Xiaofan smiled mysteriously: "I have a way to find the fish."
He planned to use the earth marrow milk in the underground cave to attract fish from the Black Dragon Pond and the underground river.
Uncle Xiong scratched his head and asked doubtfully: "What can I do? Did it rain two days ago and fish rushed in from the Baihe River?"
Jiang Xiaofan was stunned when he heard Uncle Xiong's words.
Did it rain two days ago?
Jiang Xiaofan thought to himself, "Oh no," he suddenly remembered a problem. It had rained in the upper reaches of the underground river two days ago, and the earth marrow milk in the underground cave could not be accumulated at all.
The fish ingredients at Shiweixian Restaurant can still last for four days. In other words, within these four days, he can't find a way to catch the big fish before.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaofan's heart felt cold.
Previously, he thought that if he contracted the reservoir, he would be able to catch fish and supply it to the restaurant. However, he ignored that it takes time for the formation of marrow milk.
"What's wrong, Xiaofan? You look a little ugly." Uncle Xiong said with concern.
"It's okay, Uncle Xiong."
Jiang Xiaofan took a deep breath, forced a smile and said: "Please wait for my news about the specific start time. I have to prepare the fish fry and fish farming equipment first."
Hearing what Jiang Xiaofan said, Uncle Xiong did not continue to ask any more questions.
Jiang Xiaofan frowned and walked home. The fish in the restaurant can only be delayed for about four days. If a supplier is not found during this period, the restaurant will face the embarrassing situation of no fish dishes.
"Xiaofan, so you are here." Just when Jiang Xiaofan was at a loss what to do, Uncle Quan's voice suddenly sounded from behind.
Jiang Xiaofan turned around and saw Uncle Quan holding two boxes of Maotai, with two Chinese cigarettes stacked on them. There was another person beside Uncle Quan, who was carrying two black fish weighing more than ten kilograms.