Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

After a hearty dinner, Chen Jun and Wang Dong chatted about work.

Upon hearing Wang Dong say that over 80% of the villagers in Tanjiazhuang had signed lease agreements with the vegetable company, and that Tanjiazhuang alone had leased nearly 1,000 mu of farmland, with several surrounding villages also leasing 1,000 mu of land one after another, Chen Jun was pleased, but a hint of worry still crept onto his face.

The main reason why the people of Tanjiazhuang and the surrounding areas were eager to rent their land to the husband was that they saw the benefits involved.

As more and more fresh fruits and vegetables from Tanjiazhuang's vegetable greenhouses are delivered to Beijing, bringing in more and more profits, this business will definitely attract the attention of more and more businessmen.

Especially the local merchants from Huai County.

Although they were not very powerful, they were all local bullies.

In addition, the construction cost of greenhouse vegetables is not very high, and the investment is not very large. If these people also want to develop greenhouse vegetables in Huai County, even if they cannot form a scale as large as Lao Gong's, the large number of people will more or less create some competitive pressure for Lao Gong.

Thinking of this, Chen Jun couldn't help but remind him, "Husband..."

"Although the greenhouse vegetables you've developed have only just begun to be harvested, their impact has already far exceeded our expectations."

“Every day at work, people are talking about how you grow cucumbers and tomatoes in greenhouses during the winter.”

"As those fruits and vegetables gradually come to market, the influence of greenhouse vegetables will become greater and greater."

"At that time, many people will definitely follow suit and start greenhouse vegetable farming in Huai County with you..."

"No matter what it is, competition will create pressure. If a few more greenhouse vegetable vendors appear in Huai County, will it affect you?"

Wang Dong knew his wife was worried that he was under too much pressure.

Despite Chen Jun's worried gaze, he confidently replied, "Don't worry, wife... I wish there were more people in Huai County who could grow greenhouse vegetables as tall as me."

“Huai County is too big. It would take me forever to spread greenhouse vegetables throughout the county by myself.”

"Although the investment in greenhouse vegetables isn't huge, it still requires an investment of two to three hundred yuan per acre, even for the smallest plots."

“Although my family has made a lot of money in the past few years, if I were to run greenhouse vegetables in the whole Huai County by myself, the funding gap would be huge.”

"Only by involving more people can Huai County's vegetable greenhouses grow rapidly in a short period of time, quickly becoming a supplier of fruits and vegetables for Beijing and the city's vegetable basket."

"As for pressure..."

"To tell you the truth... I'm really not afraid of them..."

"Sijiu City is such a big market. Even if most of the land in Huai County were used for greenhouse vegetables, the fruits and vegetables harvested every day would still be completely consumed by Sijiu City."

"Let's take a step back and say..."

"Even if one day Huai County's harvest of fruits and vegetables becomes more abundant in Beijing, they still won't be able to compete with me."

"With oversupply, farmers will inevitably engage in price wars to sell all the fruits and vegetables harvested in greenhouses and prevent them from rotting in the fields. This will reduce their profits, or even force them to operate at a loss."

"I'm different..."

"The Dongjun Hotel stands behind me, and it consumes a lot of fruits and vegetables every day."

"Even if external sales channels are affected, I can absorb the impact internally and thus protect my profits."

"In addition, I also plan to build a large cold storage facility in Huai County and Sijiu City, specifically for storing fruits and vegetables that cannot be sold temporarily."

"To mitigate potential economic losses to vegetable greenhouses due to weather conditions." ...

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

After serving three years in prison, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiecheng, and Bang Geng were finally released.

Yan Fugui and his wife, along with Qin Huairu and her mother-in-law, arrived at the prison gate early in the morning.

Around 10 a.m., the three men walked out of the prison gate, filled with both confusion and hope for the future.

Bang Geng was overjoyed to see his biological mother and grandmother.

Although Qin Huairu failed to get him out of prison three years ago, he felt nothing but hatred towards Qin Huairu, his biological mother.

Over time, this hatred gradually disappeared without them even realizing it.

Especially after Qin Huairu started sending him ten yuan a month for living expenses, Bang Geng's hatred for Qin Huairu completely disappeared.

Although the ten yuan Qin Huairu gave him each month wasn't much, it was enough for him to live a better life than others in prison, and he could even have an extra meal from time to time.

He was very happy to see Qin Huairu and his grandmother Jia Zhangshi come to pick him up.

He rushed over to the two of them and offered words of comfort and concern.

Compared to Bang Geng's enthusiasm, the two brothers, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, were much colder towards Yan Fugui and his wife.

They didn't even bother to greet each other after meeting, and went straight to the courtyard house.

Because they hated Yan Fugui so much.

Back then, Yan Fugui had money to pay a fine for someone, but instead of paying it for the two brothers, he used various words and methods to deceive them, ultimately paying the fine for the third brother, causing the two brothers to spend a full three years in prison.

Not only that, during the three years, Yan Fugui and his wife never visited them in prison once, nor did they give them a single penny, as if they had forgotten that they had two sons in jail.

Because they had no money, the two brothers did most of the hard and tiring work in prison during their three years incarcerated, and they ate the worst food in the prison.

The phrase "each day feels like a year" is an apt description.

Faced with such biased and heartless parents, how much affection could the Yan brothers, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, possibly have for them? It would be a miracle if they didn't have a fight when they met.

"Brother...where are we going now?" Yan Jiefang asked Yan Jiecheng beside him, looking confused.

"I definitely can't go to my wife's place," Yan Jie sighed, his tone filled with regret.

“They’ve divorced us and we’re no longer a family. Although the children are our own, we’ve just been released from prison and are full of bad luck, so we definitely can’t let it affect the children.”

"Besides, we're penniless right now, and we're too ashamed to visit the children, let alone face our wives... We can only go back to the courtyard house..."

"I heard that my father mortgaged the house to save his third son back then."

“Logically, that house belongs to the three of us brothers. Even if it was mortgaged to borrow money, it should be divided among the three of us. In the end, it all benefited the youngest brother.”

"So the fact that the third brother was able to be released without charge is also thanks to us. We must settle this matter with him."

"Let's go back to the courtyard house and settle accounts with the third brother first. We'll deal with the rest later." (End of Chapter)