A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

"Hmm?" Hu Dahai became interested upon hearing this. He was naturally not as familiar with the situation in the village as Li Wude was.

So he was also very curious as to why Li Wude would say that.

“When our brigade planted hemp on a large scale a few years ago, there was a special place to collect hemp, which is our hemp station.”

"However, the sales of hemp have not been good in the past two years, so people have started to stop growing hemp one after another, so this hemp station has been left vacant."

Li Wude patiently explained.

Upon hearing Li Wude's words, Hu Dahai immediately realized what was going on. After all, he was an experienced person, but he hadn't thought of this at first.

In fact, this hemp station was a very suitable place, because at that time, hemp was in high demand and the money earned from growing hemp was significantly more than that from growing grain. Therefore, each brigade had large tracts of land used to grow hemp.

These flaked hemp fibers are specifically sold to manufacturers that make burlap sacks, such as urea bags. However, the manufacturers don't come to collect them every day; they only come to collect them periodically.

Therefore, many production brigades would build their own hemp collection station specifically for collecting and storing the hemp produced in their own brigade. This way, when the manufacturers came to collect it, they wouldn't have to collect it from each household in the brigade.

The hemp station was originally built with blue bricks and white tiles, so it would be quite suitable to renovate it and use it as a cultivation room.

Hu Dahai remembered that the place was already occupied, but before Hu Dahai could continue, Li Wude said, "But now this place has been rented out."

“A few years ago, someone rented that place and opened a chicken farm.”

This person must be well-informed, knowing that many industries would emerge after the reform and opening up, so he made his move into the chicken farming industry in advance.

Hu Dahai was taken aback. After Li Wude explained it this way, he understood everything.

"If he's already taken them all, does that mean I have no chance left?" Hu Dahai expressed his confusion.

Li Wude shook his head: "It's all about human effort. This guy doesn't need such a big place to raise chickens. Most of his spaces are empty. Besides, you can just build a shed to raise chickens; you don't need a factory."

"I'll go and talk to them."

Li Wude would prefer that Hu Dahai obtain the right to use the hemp station, since Hu Dahai would create jobs for people in the brigade and allow more people in the brigade to earn money.

However, the chicken farmer, because he didn't trust the people from Qunyi Brigade, called all his relatives, who were from other brigades.

So the next day, Hu Dahai and Li Wude went to Ma Station together.

The person who runs the chicken farm in Mazhan is a man named Gu Huaiyuan.

Upon learning of Li Wude and his group's purpose, Gu Huaiyuan immediately refused, saying, "No need, I'm fine here, I don't want to change places."

Hu Dahai glanced at the hemp station. Inside were small cubicles, which were perfect for use as breeding rooms. Although it smelled a bit like chicken manure now, it could be put into use immediately after a little cleaning and modification, saving a lot of time and money.

Moreover, when he saw Gu Huaiyuan and his chickens, he thought of his previous life, when many southern provinces were hit by a severe chicken plague.

As a result, in many southern provinces, chickens belonging to families who raised chickens died mysteriously and tragically.

Not to mention that all the chickens in those large-scale farms died, even those families that only raised one or two chickens had their chickens mysteriously die.

Finally, relevant national departments arranged for many experts to examine the dead chickens, and concluded that the chicken plague virus was transmitted from the birds.

They also introduced some drugs to combat chicken plague, but by then many people had already suffered huge losses.

Therefore, during that period, the price of chicken continued to rise, and even the prices of duck, pork and other meats also rose continuously.

Considering the time frame, it is estimated that the chicken plague will spread here within a month at most.

To show his sincerity, Hu Dahai reminded Gu Huaiyuan, "Boss Gu, I heard from them that some countries in the south are experiencing a serious outbreak of chicken plague, and it is continuing to spread northward."

"So if you're worried about incurring losses later, you'd better start now and sell all your chickens as soon as possible. That way you can definitely avoid danger."

Li Wude glanced at Hu Dahai in surprise, not understanding why Hu Dahai would say such a thing. He even thought that Hu Dahai was trying to scare Gu Huaiyuan in order to obtain the right to use the mahjong station.

However, Li Wude was not the only one who thought this way. Gu Huaiyuan sneered: "Hu Dahai, you've been making a little money lately by selling off-season vegetables and getting demolished, and now you think you're invincible?"

"Are you trying to scare me with those words? Do you think I don't know whether there's chicken plague in the south? I will absolutely not give up this chicken farm. Not only will I not sell my chickens, I'm going to expand! I'm going to raise even more chickens!"

As Gu Huaiyuan spoke, he looked at Li Wude and said, "Captain, don't forget that I signed a ten-year contract with you. The contract hasn't expired yet, and you're already coming to me now, wanting me to give up the place. Isn't that a bit impolite?"

Li Wude coughed awkwardly at his words: "Of course we don't mean to force you to give it up. We just want to ask if you are willing to give it up, that's all."

"If you're willing to give in, that would be best. If you're not willing, we won't force you to."

Gu Huaiyuan's expression softened slightly after hearing Li Wude's words. He glanced at Hu Dahai and said, "Then there's no need to say more. I won't give in."

Hu Dahai did not expect that his words would not be taken seriously by Gu Huaiyuan.

However, Hu Dahai did not intend to give up, so he changed his approach and continued to curry favor, saying, "Boss Gu, how about this? I'll go outside and set up a shed for you, and you can raise chickens there. I'll also pay your rent for the first two years, and I'll cover your rent for this year in Mazhan. What do you think?"

Li Wude never expected that Hu Dahai would have such a bold and generous approach.

He glanced at Hu Dahai with surprise.

In fact, if Hu Dahai could rent a hemp station, he could save a lot of money on building a breeding room. Compared to the money and time required to build a breeding room from scratch, the rent was really a small amount.

However, Gu Huaiyuan seemed to be stuck on a rut: "No way, even if you pay ten years' worth of rent for me, I still won't let you have it!"

Gu Huaiyuan felt that the more people wanted the right to use his mahjong station, the more popular and desirable it was, and the less he wanted to give it up.

Li Wude and Hu Dahai tried to persuade him at length, but Gu Huaiyuan remained unwilling.

With no other option, the two had to return home first.

After watching the two leave, Gu Huaiyuan spat on the ground and said, "Pah! They tried to scare me with chicken plague and curse me, but I won't let them. My chickens are perfectly healthy!"

However, on their way back...

We happened to pass by a place where sweet potatoes were grown.

Beside the sweet potato field, there is still a small part of a mountain that has not been fully harvested.

Within the territory of Qunyi Brigade, there are several mountains. This mountain is relatively small. Many years ago, in response to the government's relevant development needs, this mountain was opened up and a quarry was built here.

After a few years, the mountain had been almost completely quarried away, leaving only about one-fifth of it, when the government ordered the quarry to stop operating.

So this is what we see before us.

Hu Dahai's eyes lit up, and he said to Li Wude, "Captain, this land planted with sweet potatoes shouldn't be farmland, right? This area should be flat land left over from the quarry, right?"