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Chapter Thirty-Three
Long Fakui was quite surprised upon hearing that Long Xiaoshan wanted to continue the lease on the barren hills.
He was aware of Long Xiaoshan''s family situation—they were dirt poor, which was the reason they couldn''t even afford their water and electricity bills. Now, Long Xiaoshan was not only willing to make up for the lease but also wanted to continue with it. Where would he get the money?
Moreover, this guy rode in the pickup truck of the Lily Hotel that day. Could it be that he didn''t go to work at the Lily Hotel?
Otherwise, why would he still want to lease the barren hills?
Long Fakui''s mind was spinning as he hummed, "You still want to lease the barren hills, do you have the money?"
"Don''t worry about the money, I will borrow it if I have to," Long Xiaoshan said.
Narrowing his eyes, Long Fakui knew malebor was scarce in Longyang Vige. Many of the barren hills were left unattended, and the fields of Longyang Vige weren''t fertile. It would be good if someone were to lease them, but he felt uneasy when Long Xiaoshan wanted to do so.
He sneered, "You want to lease them? That''s fine, but the leasing fee can''t be calcted as before; that was a preferential price. It''s definitely different now; the price has to go up. Jin Lian, go get the vige''snd nning map."
Jin Lian responded and went into an office of the vigemittee.
After a while, she brought out a roll of blueprints.
Long Fakui unrolled the blueprint and, pointing to a mountain to the west of the vige, said, "Your family originally leased this area, right? ording to the vige regtions, the vige''s leasing blocks have been redrawn. The area of Xishan that you previously leased will now include Shieyan Rock as well."
Long Fakui drew arge circle around the side of Xishan, which included a vast piece ofnd near the foot of the mountain.
The expression on Long Xiaoshan''s face turned cold as he said, "The area around Shieyan Rock is mostly rocky beach, which is basically infertile. Why would I lease that part?"
"This is the vige n. If you can''t use it for farming, you can develop something else," Long Fakui said with a sneer that didn''t reach his eyes. "Aren''t you the talented graduate from Shuimu University? You''re very smart; surely you can think of other uses. Anyway, this is the vige''s n. If you want to lease, lease it. Besides, the rules have changed now—it''s fifty yuan per mu, with a minimum lease of ten years."
"Long Fakui, don''t go too far."
Long Xiaoshan said angrily.
"Long Xiaoshan, what kind of way is that to talk? ording to seniority, I''m still your uncle. Do we no longer respect our elders? The vige has its ns. If you don''t want to lease, get lost," Long Fakui said ring.
"Did I say I wouldn''t lease?"
Long Xiaoshan stared grimly at the barren hills and stated, "I''ll lease it, and for thirty years at that."
Long Fakui was stunned. Had Long Xiaoshan lost his mind?
Leasing for thirty years, for those few shabby pieces of mountainside and a section of stone beach that couldn''t be cultivated—he wanted to lease for thirty years?
But soon, from Long Xiaoshan''s tone, Long Fakui thought that Long Xiaoshan was acting out of spite, and he chuckled to himself.
Long Xiaoshan felt someone kick him lightly.
Looking down, he saw that Aunt Jin Lian had stealthily kicked him, and when he nced her way, she was giving him meaningful looks.
Long Xiaoshan understood what Aunt Jin Lian was trying to convey—she was definitely reminding him not to be impulsive.
He was somewhat thankful that Aunt Jin Lian would remind him, and he nodded at her.
"What are you doing? Get back inside," Long Fakui noticed Jin Lian''s gesture, shoved her roughly, and ordered with a cold face.
Jin Lian nearly tumbled to the ground from the push.
Long Xiaoshan''s expression tightened, but since Jin Lian was Long Fakui''s wife, it wasn''t his ce to say anything. Vige people were particrly sensitive about these things, so he said, "Chief, are you going to let me lease or not? If not, I''ll be on my way."
"Hey, don''t go," Long Fakui said hastily: "Why wouldn''t I let you lease?"
He was afraid that Long Xiaoshan would change his mind.
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Signing a 30-year lease, Long Xiaoshan sure dares to speak his mind.
Heughed and said, "Xiaoshan, you''ve got guts, truly a university student. Your perspective is indeed different. I have faith in you. Ergouzi, go get the calctor."
Ergouzi quickly ran into the office and brought out a calctor. Long Fakui started calcting against the blueprint, "The Xishan area adds up to 300 mu of mountainnd, and there''s over 300 mu near Shieyan Rock below. Uncle is not an unreasonable person, so let''s just count it as 300 mu for you, making it a total of 600 mu. The lease fee per year is 3,000, so for 30 years it''s 90,000 yuan."
Don''t think that 90,000 yuan is a small sum.
In such a remote vige, 90,000 yuan is an astronomical figure, enough to build arge house.
Moreover, half of thend leased was unused mountainousnd, and half of it was simply wastnd.
Long Xiaoshan had just about 90,000 yuan left in his ount, which was just enough when calcted.
Long Xiaoshan said expressionlessly, "Let''s draft the contract, but it must state clearly that I can develop the rocky beach at Shieyan Rock as I wish."
Long Fakui, fearing Long Xiaoshan would have second thoughts, said, "No problem, but once the contract is signed, if you don''t pay up, there will be a penalty for breach of contract."
Long Xiaoshan remained silent but nodded his head.
After half an hour, the lease contract was finally ready.
Long Xiaoshan left a message, "I''lle to pay tomorrow."
He had no desire to greet Long Fakui, so he quickly left.
Stepping out of the vigemittee building, Long Xiaoshan''s earlier chill dissipated, and a hint of a rxed smile yed on his lips. Nobody could tell that he had just been schemed against by Long Fakui.
To others, leasing that piece of mountain and rocky beach that couldn''t be farmed was a big loss.
But to him, 90,000 yuan for 30 years was incredibly cheap. The value ofnd only bes more expensive over time. In the big cities,nd prices have already skyrocketed. Only in such remote viges do they still not take thend''s worth seriously.
Thirty years, it was almost like picking up arge piece ofnd for free.
As for him, it didn''t matter whether the soil was fertile or not.
He had the Jade Purifying Bottle, which could produce Spirit Fruit and Spirit Vegetable even on the most barrennd.
As for the stony beach, it was also great. The scenery around Shieyan Rock was beautiful. Initially, a few fish ponds could be excavated, and in thete stage, other developments could be fully carried out.
Having returned home,
Long Xiaoshan went to the big pond in the backyard. He saw that the shrimps in the pond had grown to the size of a finger. Last time he had used three drops of Spiritual Liquid, but the pond was muchrger than the jar and there were also many more shrimps, so they did not grow as fast as the ones in the jar did earlier.
But Long Xiaoshan was very satisfied with this pace.
In a week at most, these shrimps should grow to the size of a pound each.
After checking on the shrimps, he went over to the vegetable ridge.
The green vegetables fromst time had already been pulled out, and now, tomatoes had been nted. He saw little green tomatoes growing.
Long Xiaoshan squatted down, picked up a handful of soil, looked at it, and showed surprise.
The color of the soil had be darker.
Tomatoes, which were ntedter, were growing much faster than ordinary vegetables. Although not as fast as the first time, this still proved that the soil quality had improved.
It seems that the effects of the Spiritual Liquid aren''t just one-time; this is what''s most impressive.
Long Xiaoshan, while tending to the vegetables, heard a shout from outside, "It''s bad, Chun Tao hasmitted suicide."