The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

Su Ran did not answer the village chief's question directly.

She looked up at the gloomy sky and sighed, "It's getting colder and colder this year. I heard that many people in the village are having a hard time. With the end of the year approaching, they don't even have a few coins left in their pockets."

These words really resonated with everyone.

The villagers of Xiaojiang rely on the weather for their livelihood, and this year's harvest is not good; the rice grains that have grown are thinner than in previous years.

In the past, at this time of year, every household would prepare to make sausages and cured meat, and the sausages would be neatly arranged in rows and hung out to dry in the daytime for young people to show off.

This year, however, I only dried a few strings of sausages, and I couldn't even bear to make sausages.

Others couldn't understand Su Ran's meaning, but the village chief felt that Su Ran had a hidden meaning in her words.

“The Su family girl is definitely more knowledgeable in the city than those of us who stay in the village.”

Su Ran knew that her maternal grandmother couldn't leave this place because her maternal grandfather was here.

My grandfather was killed by wild animals while picking mushrooms on the mountain. When he was found, his body was already badly mutilated, with almost half of it inside the animals' stomachs.

At that time, every family was poor and couldn't even afford a coffin. My maternal grandmother chose cremation and scattered my maternal grandfather's ashes into his favorite rice paddy.

Perhaps it was because Grandpa was watching from heaven, worried that Grandma and Su Ran would go hungry, that Grandma's fields yielded the best harvest in the village.

"Village chief, please don't flatter me. I really came back this time to do some business," Su Ran said.

When everyone heard that Su Ran wanted to do business, they lost interest.

What kind of business can a girl do?

Until Su Ran uttered her next sentence.

"I want the right to operate and use 600 mu of farmland in Xiaojiang Village, at 4000 yuan per mu per year. The village chief only needs to help spread the word about this matter, and that would be considered helping me."

The villagers stood there, stunned.

4000 yuan per mu of land per year!

It should be noted that Xiaojiang Village has only about 300 households, each with only one or two mu of land, except for the richest family in the village who owns 10 mu.

After deducting costs, their profit from a single harvest is only a little over three thousand. If they simply transfer the land for a year, they can earn four thousand without having to farm, and they can use the free time to work in the city.

It would be a lie to say that I am not moved.

Judging from their expressions, Su Ran knew they were eager to try.

It's not that Su Ran is generous, but rather that between people, only interests are eternal.

Since Grandma couldn't leave this place, she decided to tie everyone in Xiaojiang Village to her interests.

Let them know what it means to share both prosperity and adversity.

But Su Ran knew exactly which people's land she could take.

As for those who "visited" last night, forget about it.

She wanted to unite everyone in Xiaojiang Village who had a stake in the matter into one group. Only in this way would they not dare to offend her and her grandmother because of their shared interests, and would even resist those who had bullied them.

“I can draft a contract right now and have it notarized. Look at the big house I built for Grandma, I don’t lack money, as long as you can provide the land.”

"Are you telling the truth?" someone finally couldn't help but ask, his voice sounding strained and affected.

“More real than real gold,” Su Ran said.

He swallowed hard. "Alright! I have three acres of land. If you can come up with 12,000 yuan today, I'll transfer it to you!"

Su Ran scrutinized him for a few moments, and his complete personal information appeared on the system interface.

Name: Wang Daqiang.

Gender: Male, but female at heart.

Age: 22.

Information such as education, social relationships, and family members is clearly visible.

They could even find information about the gender reassignment surgery he recently consulted—he desperately needed money to go to Thailand for the surgery.

Wang Daqiang neither bullied nor helped Su Ran when they were children; he was simply indifferent to the matter.

However, he wasn't much better off himself, as he also suffered ridicule from his peers because he liked to wear skirts.

But compared to Su Ran, who used to be timid and self-conscious and didn't want anyone to see her, his ignoring her became the thing she was most grateful for as a child—she couldn't wait for everyone to ignore her.

"Tell me your account number." Su Ran took out her phone.

His eyes lit up with joy. "Great!"

Su Ran transferred 12,000 yuan to him in front of everyone.

Immediately following was Wang Daqiang's ecstatic voice.

"I've got it! I really have it! There's extra money in my account!"

"Really? Let me see."

“My family has eight acres of land. If this continues, our family’s annual income will be 32,000 yuan! This is much more than what we earn from farming, and we don’t have to work so hard.”

"I don't just take over anyone's land," Su Ran sneered.

The courtyard fell silent.

Su Ran continued, "For example, those people who came to my house and offended me yesterday, even if they gave me their fields for free, I wouldn't take them."

Those who were related to those people changed their expressions and began to consider distancing themselves from them, since Su Ran was now a veritable goddess of wealth.

The little butterfly said, "Host, I understand. This is called a divide-and-conquer strategy!"

One villager said, "Yes, those people are bad. Maybe their fields have been polluted. Why would we want their fields? Su Ran, my family has six acres of land. Just give me 24,000 yuan."

They bend in whichever way the wind blows.

Now that the winds are blowing in Su Ran's favor, they've started enthusiastically praising her again.

The village's richest man, who had been praised all along, stared blankly, seeing everyone wanting to sign a transfer agreement with Su Ran, and he was also getting a little tempted.

He's called the richest man, but his family's combined annual income is only around 100,000 yuan. Compared to other people in the village, he's considered rich, but he's nothing special outside the village. He can only brag about it in the village.

But now, seeing this young and beautiful girl casually spending tens of thousands of yuan only makes his tycoon seem even more shady.

Four thousand a mu! His family has ten mu, so wouldn't that be forty thousand a year? And they don't even have to farm or work; they can earn a year's worth of wages from working outside.

If he can't be the richest man, he can still be the second richest.

"Um... Su Ran, I also want to transfer my shares." The richest man raised his hand, as if afraid that Su Ran in the middle of the crowd wouldn't see him.

To everyone's surprise, Su Ran glanced at her coldly and said, "I don't want yours."

The richest man was momentarily speechless and said, "W-why? I was just about to help you."

"You know what kind of person you are," a villager said with a dark face, pushing past the richest man. "Don't block the way. Su Ran, I have seven acres of land here..."

Because there were too many people, Su Ran asked everyone who wanted to transfer their land to register with the village chief and bring the list over the next day.

After careful selection, Su Ran eliminated all those who had offended her.

Two distinct atmospheres suddenly emerged in Xiaojiang Village.

Villagers who signed transfer contracts and villagers who did not sign transfer contracts.

They were overjoyed after signing the contract, and early in the morning they were slaughtering chickens and ducks at the door to prepare cured meat.

Those who hadn't signed had long faces, clearly having had a grudge against Su Ran, which had affected their interpersonal relationships. Those who had signed didn't dare to associate with them, fearing that Su Ran wouldn't take their land.

Especially Aunt Wu, after learning about this, went to Su Ran's door every day to beg for reconciliation, but Su Ran refused to see her, so she started making a scene again.

As a result, they were driven away by a group of villagers.

"If they don't want your land, they don't want your land. Why are you making such a fuss?"

"If you dare disturb Grandma Su and the others again, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"

The Su family finally had some peace and quiet for a while.

When you're poor, no one cares even in the bustling city; when you're rich, people welcome you even in the mountains.

This is the current situation in Su Ran's family.

Su Ran certainly wouldn't contract these lands for nothing.

SR's raw materials need to be produced in large quantities. It is certainly not enough to purchase raw materials from all directions, and it also requires a lot of transportation costs. They need to have their own production base.

Su Ran plans to start from Xiaojiang Village.

Of course, the land can only be used to grow food, but what she wants is not just for growing food.

With that in mind, she dialed Zhu Hong's number.

"Send people over to survey the farmland and have the best experts measure the soil. Also, help us apply for a laboratory; we want to produce rice that can beautify and nourish the skin."

She then revealed her ultimate goal: "For the portion exceeding production capacity, we will request the supply of raw materials for cosmetic products."

Zhu Hong was very excited when she received the call. "Heroine, following you was definitely the right decision. I'm full of fighting spirit now. Don't worry, I'll handle everything! But..." she said worriedly, "Using grain as a raw material for cosmetics seems like a dead end, and we also need to produce more than we need. That's too difficult."

Su Ran said, "Do as I say first."

It's not difficult to get farmland to produce more crops.

The Rejuvenation Technique allows the body to quickly recover its strength and present its best condition.

If the rejuvenating technique could be applied to the land, all crops would grow wildly.

Little Butterfly: [That's correct, but host, while the Rejuvenation Technique can be used on land, it only covers 10 square meters. Furthermore, land isn't human; it doesn't breathe or circulate. It will lose its effectiveness after a month.]

Su Ran smiled and said, "If the Rejuvenation Technique can remain effective indefinitely, then that's what I should be worried about."