Actually, Guan A-San has been quite confused lately.

Ever since Mr. Huang Renfa, the boss in the city, helped Hu Dahai arrange a truck to deliver fish.

Guan Asan felt he had no purpose in life anymore, as Hu Dahai could basically handle loading the fish all by himself. When they went to Fengsheng Brigade to collect fish, the villagers there always helped load them onto the truck.

When the fish were delivered to the two factories, both factories had dedicated loading and unloading personnel who helped unload them.

They basically don't need to put in much effort themselves; they can just lend a hand and keep track of the quantities.

Hu Dahai was particularly strong and powerful, and Guan Asan was ashamed that he was far less useful than Hu Dahai.

Every day, the time they spend collecting and selling fish has been reduced from most of the day to less than half a day. As a result, Guan A-San doesn't know why he gets such a high salary.

So every day after he came back from selling fish, he would immediately go to the off-season vegetable base to help out.

At the off-season vegetable base, Ye Qinggang is mainly responsible for sales, shipping, and collecting payments. Bao Yuanshan is responsible for arranging for the villagers to plant the vegetables and checking their health daily.

Sun Tai has now moved his laboratory to the off-season vegetable base. At Hu Dahai's instruction, Bao Yuanshan specially allocated a piece of land for Sun Tai as his experimental site.

Bao Yuanshan, a countryman with little education, unexpectedly had his own simple and honest methods of management. He managed all the villagers who came to work in an orderly manner. Not only did so many people avoid any conflicts, but they also chatted and laughed while working, occasionally cracking dirty jokes and telling bawdy stories. In fact, they would often voluntarily work a little longer each day.

The three of them had a clear division of labor, each fulfilling their respective duties, which allowed Hu Dahai to become a hands-off manager.

That day, Bao Yuanshan realized that he seemed to have overlooked something very important, so he went to find Guan Asan.

“Uncle Yuanshan, just tell me what's on your mind,” Guan Asan said immediately.

Bao Yuanshan said, "Ah San, it's like this. Our off-season vegetables are becoming more and more famous outside, and our business is growing bigger and bigger. With so many goods being sent out every day, there are bound to be people who are envious."

“But we have no one to watch over us at night, and I’m very worried. What if some jealous or envious person comes and causes trouble in the middle of the night? We won’t have any security at all.”

"So I was thinking of teaming up with you to pick a few strong men and form a patrol team. We'll take turns keeping watch here at night, so we'll know in advance if anyone tries to cause trouble."

Upon hearing this, Guan A-San immediately perked up.

He repeatedly said, "Great! This is absolutely necessary. How come I didn't think of that? Otherwise, I could have helped manage it a few nights ago."

In that instant, Guan Asan seemed to have found his value. He felt that as long as he kept watch for Hu Dahai at this place, he could live up to the high salary Hu Dahai was paid.

“Okay!” Bao Yuanshan said approvingly, “Then I’ll tell you, I’ll go talk to the others now.”

Soon, Bao Yuanshan found four more people in the brigade. Including himself and Guan Asan, there were a total of six people willing to help take turns keeping watch at night.

They formed a patrol team for off-season vegetables.

When Hu Dahai returned, Bao Yuanshan told him about it, and even Hu Dahai was impressed.

He praised, "Yuanshan, you've really thought of what I was thinking. I've had this idea for a long time, but I haven't had the time to deal with it. I didn't expect you to take care of it for me first."

“Dahai, you’re getting busier and busier these days. Since you’ve entrusted me with managing this off-season vegetable base, I definitely have to help you out.” Bao Yuanshan chuckled sheepishly.

Hu Dahai nodded: "Okay, then I'll give each of you six an extra dollar a day."

However, upon hearing this, Bao Yuanshan's expression did indeed become somewhat strange.

"What's wrong?" Hu Dahai asked, puzzled.

"Ahem." Bao Yuanshan coughed lightly: "They just said that if you give us more money, we will quit. The wages you are paying us are already very high."

“Even if you went to work in a state-owned factory, you would probably only earn this much money, and the work here is not tiring at all.”

The people Bao Yuanshan selected were all relatively simple and kind-hearted.

But the more they acted this way, the less Hu Dahai would treat them unfairly: "No, this money must be given. If you don't want it, it can be given to you later as a bonus."

"Otherwise, wouldn't all your hard work late at night have been for nothing?"

"And don't be so quick to refuse," Hu Dahai added. "I won't just be dealing in off-season vegetables in the future. Soon I'll have my own other businesses, and I will indeed need some security personnel. You people will be people I will rely on."

"If you refuse to accept money now, I won't dare to trust you with my services in the future."

Bao Yuanshan's eyes lit up instantly.

Recently, he noticed that the people visiting Hu Dahai's house were either factory directors from state-owned factories or business owners driving cars. He vaguely sensed that Hu Dahai's future ambitions would not extend beyond the small Qunyi Brigade, or even to Hangzhou.

So if they can keep up with Hu Dahai now, maybe those of them who follow Hu Dahai can also enter a wider world in the future.

Often, you don't need to be very smart; just being smart once at a crucial moment is enough.

Right now, Bao Yuanshan is using all his intelligence on Hu Dahai.

In the end, this was how the matter was arranged.

And on that very day...

In the Lingdong Brigade, Lu Wenlong and Du Wu were treating someone to a meal.

This person was none other than Zhang Zude, the younger brother of Hu Guanbao's ex-wife, Zhang Yuzhen.

Recently, both Lu Wenlong and Du Wu have been holding a grudge about what happened back then, especially Lu Wenlong. Since that incident, Lu Wenlong has felt that Li Ruochun's attention to him has obviously decreased.

Originally, with the construction projects in Hangzhou, Lu Wenlong would have been able to get a very important and lucrative job. However, this time, he was only assigned to odd jobs and didn't get any of the key positions.

Therefore, Lu Wenlong felt that it must be because of what happened to Hu Dahai that day that Li Ruochun had a problem with him.

So he directed all his hatred towards Hu Dahai.

They recently learned through their inquiries that Hu Dahai's eldest son was divorced, and that the divorce had a very messy relationship with the woman's family, with Zhang Yuzhen's family even owing Hu Guanbao money.

They saw an opportunity: to join forces with Zhang Zude, who knew Hu Dahai's family better, to deal with Hu Dahai.

"Zu De, what do you think is the best way to deal with Hu Dahai now?" Lu Wenlong asked after drinking and making merry with Zhang Zu De.

Zhang Zude chuckled, picked up a peanut from the bowl, popped it into his mouth, chewed it, and said, "You've come to the right person."

“It’s difficult to deal with Hu Dahai’s fish business now because those bosses have a special relationship with him. But I think we can take down Hu Dahai’s off-season vegetable business.”

As Zhang Zude spoke, he secretly rejoiced: You damned Hu Dahai, you made me lose so much money. Today you're finally getting what you deserve for making too many enemies. I'm going to team up with others to kill you and make you lose money too.

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