Leisurely mountain village

"I can try it myself later," Ye Huan thought. "I have nothing to do right now anyway, so it's good to learn more."

"Uncle, I went to a meeting in town yesterday. The town conveyed the county's message: a company wants to develop our village. The Party Secretary thinks we can't let the opportunity go to Ruyi County next door. The Yamamoto Group went to Ruyi County before, and I heard the talks went well." Ye Daming stopped asking about Ye Huan and talked to his uncle about serious matters.

"Dream on! Go convene a village meeting this afternoon and ask everyone. If everyone is willing to sell their land, I'll buy it. If they're not willing to sell, we'll cooperate, and you'll get dividends at the end of the year and wages for your work during the year," Ye Wuju said.

Ye Huan finished a bowl of rice and looked up at her grandfather, saying, "How about I go to town and lease all the fields and ponds in our village?"

Ye Daming quickly said, "Consider it as everyone contributing land as shares, so there's no need to go to the town. I'll talk to everyone this afternoon. As long as there's a decent income, I believe most people won't want to leave the village."

"Don't talk about business yet. Ask those families outside the family. If they're willing to leave, it'll be 100 million each. I'll make the decision," Ye Wuju said. "Don't even think about how much money those damn Japanese companies can give them. It would be a miracle if those Japanese had any good intentions."

“Uncle, it’s a Chinese company, and the boss is also Chinese,” Ye Daming said.

"Only someone with a brain like yours would believe that the other party is Chinese. The secretary said he was unwilling to give the opportunity to Ruyi County? Why didn't Chu Fakui say that? Why did he bypass Xiao Chuzi?" Ye Wuju looked at his nephew as if he were an idiot.

"Huh? Is that so?" Ye Daming was stunned. If this were to go wrong in the future and people found out that the company was Japanese-owned, Ye Daming estimated that several old men would go crazy and start killing people.

Putting everything else aside, his fifth uncle would definitely be the first to go and get rid of that Secretary Zhang.

"Uncle, you should call a meeting first. After asking those who are willing to leave, release them. Later, I will make a detailed list of the shareholders of this company, and everyone will know. There's no reason why a local Chinese company would immediately be interested in our place just because Yamamoto was kicked out, right? This isn't some fancy or beautiful place," Ye Huan said.

“Okay~” Ye Daming nodded, understanding. “We definitely have to pay for Uncle Ba’s house. Even though they’ve moved to the town, we still have to pay compensation regardless of whether it gets demolished or not.”

"I'll have someone contact them, buy their house, and the village will take back the land. The compensation for the land shouldn't be too much." Ye Huan didn't intend to wipe out the entire Eighth Master's family. "I'll renovate it after buying it back."

"Alright, it's good that you know what's going on." Ye Daming nodded and stopped talking. Everyone in the village knew what was going on. This time, Uncle Ba's family went too far and was driven out of the village by his uncle Ye Wuju.

If there's no reason for you to come back, you can't be removed from the family tree. You can only come back for the ancestral worship twice a year, but don't even think about it. If you don't come back for the ancestral worship, you will be automatically expelled from the family tree after the second time.

Although Ye Family Village has a small population now, with only about a hundred households and a total population of less than seven hundred, they have never forgotten these ancestral precepts.

Ye Huan wants to buy a house, not to renovate it into a bed and breakfast. There's no space for tourism here, and he doesn't want to turn his village into a popular tourist destination.

Haven't you noticed he hasn't been doing much live streaming lately?

Ye Huan has many secrets, so it's better to keep them to himself. Playing around with them occasionally is fine, but he doesn't want to treat it as a career. He can apply for a new plot of land after he separates from his parents, so he won't need it.

His other childhood friend, Man Niu.

Known as the "God of Lunchboxes," the guy who worked as an extra in Hengdian chasing his dream of becoming a star, even sent Ye Huan living expenses when Ye Huan first entered university.

Man Niu was an orphan from a young age, raised on the charity of others. He learned a few skills from his grandfather along with Ye Huan and Hu Zi. He was quite clever, but he refused to continue his studies in order to earn money as soon as possible.

He didn't have a house; it was long dilapidated. If he came back, at least he'd have a place to stay. Ye Huan planned to renovate it so that when friends came to visit and drink, they'd have a place to stay if they couldn't leave at night.

He called Gao Xiaoqiang directly and asked him to remove Ye Gou from his position. Then he privately inquired about buying the house. If an outsider bought it, there would be no chance; at most, the buyer would only have the right to reside there.

But Ye Huan didn't care. He didn't need the land for the house; he just wanted to renovate it.

"By the way, Wang Ye's ID card is being processed. It's not difficult. The town knows his situation, and he has my address now. Da Guo said it's no trouble and doesn't cost any money," Gao Xiaoqiang said.

“That would be great. When you have time, have a meal with Da Guo and the people he found to help you. You can go to Gu Family Restaurant in the county town. Just mention my name. It’s their business if they don’t want it. We should offer it to them ourselves. Ask him how many people he has. I’m going to the city tomorrow. I’ll leave you some gift boxes on my way. I have plenty at home.” Ye Huan said.

"Okay, then I'll ask Da Guo this afternoon if he'll give out red envelopes?" Xiao Qiang asked.

"Forget about the red envelope. It's fine to give these things privately. Don't worry, my gift box isn't cheap," Ye Huan said with a smile.

"Okay, I understand."

Tomorrow, Ye Huan is going to Bazhou No. 1 Middle School to attend the retirement farewell party for the homeroom teacher, so he's setting up a stage for Gao Xiaoqiang's party. He'll also be giving away huge gift boxes of donkey-hide gelatin, fish maw, dried sea cucumber, and abalone to the brothers who helped him, and leaving some for Xiaoqiang to try as well, since he has too much at home.

Jiang Liming brought it all over in one cart, and now that storage room is completely full of it.

After finishing his meal, he ignored what his grandfather and the village chief were talking about and took several large cardboard boxes to the storeroom. Each box contained a box of tea, a box of Wuliangye liquor, two packs of Tianye liquor, and two packs of Jiuzhizun liquor.

The rest were stuffed into large cardboard boxes until they were full, with about two boxes each of donkey-hide gelatin, sea cucumber, dried abalone, and the like.

Ye Huan thought that one person with one box wouldn't be too shabby.

Ye Huan packed six boxes and stuffed them all into his trunk. When there wasn't enough room, he piled two more boxes on the back seat. Xiao Qiang had just texted him saying that Da Guo was bringing two people, and he had agreed. Tomorrow is Saturday, and they were planning to go to the county town for dinner tonight.

Ye Huan should get a few more cases, just in case one more person goes? The extras can be left for Xiao Qiang. To be honest, he really doesn't like Taizi's kind of liquor. Of course, he's looking forward to the ones buried in his space.

After finishing his business, Ye Huan played with the puppy for a while. Jingjing, unusually, didn't run away with him and stayed home to play with the puppy. Ye Huan then went to his tenth grandfather's house, which was also near the foot of the mountain, but in the middle of the village, in the direction of his house.

It's quite far from Ye Huan's house, which is indeed the most remote, located directly at the foot of that mountain. Ye Wuju specifically chose this piece of land for the woodland behind the mountain.

Please update soon, thank you, brother.