Yu Qiutang did not keep the secret and told his wife his thoughts. At that time, people had a fixed mindset and felt that the situation was set and could not be changed.

In fact, the solution is very simple.

It wouldn't cost much to just draw a pipe from a mountain spring to bring water down for daily use.

In Miyali's eyes, this idea is undoubtedly a fantasy and extremely difficult.

She could only use her trust in Yu Qiutang to resolve her surprise.

Yu Qiutang had good reasons.

Since everyone knows that there is something wrong with this land, naturally no one would want it. The village would not let the land remain completely idle, so it only takes very little money, or even for free, to get the land.

It's just an information gap.

This is the greatest benefit for those who are reborn.
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When Yu Daner came back from weeding in the fields, he saw Yu Qiutang sitting in the main room of his house and thought he was seeing things.

Ever since the previous few simple "confrontations", he had completely given up on Yu Qiutang, knowing that he could not defeat this young man, so he just avoided him.

no way.

He found that even though he was the captain, he could only control those honest people. When he really met a reckless man like Yu Qiutang who did not follow the ordinary path, he had no way to deal with him.

Last autumn, he was beaten in the old pit courtyard of Yu's family. He didn't recognize the real person at that time. After that, he experienced other things. Seeing that Yu Qiutang was becoming more and more glorious and more and more powerful in the eyes of his teammates, he completely lay down and didn't want to provoke him again.

So for a long time, we got along well.

It was normal for the village to assign people to the team, and every time it was assigned to Yu Qiutang, Yu Qiutang would not refuse. This made Yu Daner very fortunate. He was worried that this guy would be stubborn about everything, and it would be difficult for him to be the team leader.

He also saw that Yu Qiutang's family was getting more and more prosperous. First, they built the best-looking and most spacious yard in the team last year, and then he got married at the beginning of this year and married a beautiful and capable wife.

Yu Daner had seen the daughter-in-law before. Not only was she pretty, but she was also very warm and welcoming. Not long after she got married, she got along quite well with the neighbors.

This made Yu Daner so envious that his back teeth ached.

I thought, we are all human beings, so why is Yu Qiutang so lucky to have everything?

But I only think about envy and jealousy in my heart and I am embarrassed to say it out loud.

He never expected that Yu Qiutang would come to their house on his own initiative and talk to his wife.

After some mental calculations, Yu Daner, as an old hand, quickly regained his senses and a hypocritical smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Hey, isn't this Uncle Qiu? Why are you here?"

Yu Qiutang had something to apply for today, so he naturally didn't have a cold face like before. He smiled politely and said, "Why, do I have to report to the captain's house?"

"Look at what you are saying. Come on, come on, come whenever you want. Why are you reporting? We are all family, why are you still saying these things?"

He also told his wife to quickly pour some water for Yu Qiutang, as how could he let him just sit there?

The daughter-in-law agreed, turned her back to Yu Qiutang and glared at Yu Daner.

Damn it, it’s obvious that you don’t like people, so I didn’t pour you water. Why are you blaming me now?

"Wait a moment, I'm going to wash my hands."

"not busy."

Yu Daner left the main room and came to the kitchen. Seeing his wife boiling water, he asked quietly, "What is he doing here?"

The wife said angrily: "You ask me, I want to ask you, he is looking for you, not me, you ask me, who should I ask?"

Yu Daner was startled. "That's true. How long has he been here?"

"It didn't take long, maybe just ten minutes. I asked him and he said he would tell me when you come back."

"That's it."

Yu Daner couldn't guess Yu Qiutang's origins, and thought about it while washing her face.

"Did you offend him again?"

"Why would I provoke him?"

"You must not mess with this person. Don't you see how many problems this person has had, and he hasn't dealt with them one by one.

You should be a good captain and don't get into trouble with this young man. As a captain, you still have a say. If you lose this, you are nothing. "

"I know, I know, you talk too much bullshit."

Yu Daner didn't want to continue talking to his wife, so he lifted the door curtain and prepared to go out. He turned around and saw his wife putting tea leaves into the teacup. He said unhappily, "What are you doing?"

"Put some tea leaves in it, or give people plain water to drink?"

"I say, you spendthrift woman, I bought tea leaves to entertain guests. How can he be considered a guest? You think it's great to give him some boiled water, and you even put tea leaves in it. You really don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are if you don't run the household."

The wife was annoyed by what she said and threw the tea leaves back into the tea can, "Look at how I pick you up."

Yu Daner then went out and came to the main room.

Yu Qiutang was still waiting quietly.

"Haha," Yu Daner walked in, laughed dryly, and sat cross-legged on a chair, looking at Yu Qiutang across the eight-immortal table, "Uncle Qiutang, you are such a busy man, why did you come to my little place today? What's the reason?"

"It's something."

Yu Qiutang knew that there was nothing much to talk about between him and Yu Daner. This person was not the kind of person he liked, and they had a conflict before. It was basically impossible to make their relationship harmonious now.

He was ready to get straight to the point.

"Captain, it's like this, isn't there a piece of vacant land at the junction of our team and Team 5?"

Yu Daner was stunned. "What do you mean by idle land? Do you mean the land that has not been divided yet?"

"No, it's the piece of land southeast of Houtouling, the one that's now barren."

"Oh, you mean that piece of rotten land? It does exist. It was assigned to our team by the village. I didn't want it at first because I knew it was useless.

But there's nothing I can do. How can I beat the village chief? He just forced it into our team.

As a result, you see now, no one knows that the land can grow any crops. Who can I give it to? Even if I give it to someone else and let them grow crops for free, I'm afraid no one will be willing to do so.

Why, you ask what that piece of land is for?"

Yu Qiutang was originally thinking about how to suppress the utilization rate of the land and devalue the land to be worthless, so as to obtain the land at the lowest price.

Unexpectedly, before he had a chance to speak, Yu Daner said a lot first, saving him energy.

"Is it true that food cannot be grown on that piece of land?"

“Growing shit, I’ve been to that place and asked experts from the Agricultural Administration Office to give me on-site guidance, and it’s impossible to grow food there.

why.

Because that piece of land can neither store fertilizer nor retain moisture. Without these two things, there is no point in planting crops. If you force yourself to plant crops, you may not even be able to make back the money you spent on seeds and fertilizers."

What Yu Daner mentioned here about storing fertilizer and conserving soil moisture is a common planting pattern in Rongcheng.

The so-called fertilizer storage means that the fertilizer accumulated from various trees, small animal feces, etc. cannot be accumulated here, which will make the land very barren.

Moisture conservation means storing water. Because of the influence of mountains and the unique monsoon climate of the northwest, the annual rainfall here is very limited.

There are no large-scale rivers on the ground.

Therefore, people here mainly grow drought-resistant crops, such as wheat, millet, dry rice, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, etc.

These crops require relatively little water.

Moisture content refers to the moisture content of the ground.

Moisture conservation naturally means retaining moisture beneath the soil.

Because the entire plant will not be irrigated during the growth process like crops in the southeast that have water, so a certain amount of water must be guaranteed from the beginning. Otherwise, after the seeds are planted, they will either not germinate, or even if they germinate, it will be difficult to grow.

"So that's how it is." Yu Qiutang nodded thoughtfully.

"Why, why are you asking about this piece of land?"

Yu Qiutang smiled and said, "Actually, this is the case. I came to you today to ask if you can contract that piece of land to me."

"You mean...contracting?"

Yu Qiutang nodded.

"Did I hear you right? You are talking about that piece of wasteland?" Yu Daner still couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes, that wasteland."

"Give me some time," Yu Daner stared at Yu Qiutang, trying to see a joking expression on his face, but after staring at him for dozens of seconds, he was finally disappointed.

Yu Qiutang looked very calm and serious, with a faint smile on his face, without any intention of teasing or fooling around.

"Is it true?"

"Of course it's true. Why would I try to fool you? That piece of land is barren now. It's not a good idea to let it grow grass all the time. I'm going to give it a try to see if I can grow some food on it.

Even if the harvest is low, as long as it is half, one-third, or even one-quarter of other good land, it will be fine."

"One quarter, I think that's difficult."

Seeing that Yu Qiutang was really serious, Yu Daner began to sneer and said sarcastically: "You are still too young. You don't know that this kind of land depends entirely on God's gift. If you know a little bit, you won't think like this."

Yu Qiutang disagreed, "Captain, I have thought about this issue and I have my own plan in mind. Please help me think about it and see how I can get the contract."

"Are you determined?"

"Yes, I sincerely undertake it."

"That's it~"

Yu Daner finally confirmed that Yu Qiutang was the real contractor, and he quickly started to think about it.

He really knew that piece of land.

Nor did he say anything false to Yu Qiutang.

Otherwise, with his personality, how could he let the land remain barren and not find a way to exchange it for money and gain some benefits?

He didn't understand why Yu Qiutang wanted to be taken advantage of, but it didn't matter anymore.

The most urgent task is how to make some profit from Yu Qiutang.

"Well, Uncle Qiu, this kind of individual contracting has never been done before in our team. I was really surprised when you suddenly told me this."

coming.

When Yu Qiutang saw Yu Daner suddenly become stern, he knew that the other party wanted to negotiate terms.

He planned to listen to the conditions first. If they could be further discussed, he would agree to them. No matter how you looked at it, a person like him who knew information would not suffer any loss.

But if the other party asks for an exorbitant amount of money, then you should probably ignore him and think of other solutions.

"If there is no precedent, there must be a first one," Yu Qiutang said calmly, "Think about it, that piece of land has been abandoned for several years, and the grass on it is growing denser and denser.

Once weeds start to grow, they will gradually spread. I think it won't be long before the weeds spread to the fields of many families in the village. Do you think it will affect everyone's farming?"

"Well, that's true. There's nothing we can do about it. We can't control the weeds, right? Whoever's field they find it in should weed it out in time."

"Captain, you can't say that. It hasn't spread to a large area yet. If it does, it will be next to more than a dozen families. Will they not come after you then?"

"… Well, you can't blame me."

"Your captain, that's the team's territory. If it affects everyone, who else should I blame if not you?

The harvesting costs have been poor in recent years. You don’t know how difficult it is to collect public grain. If you continue to waste good land and fail to complete the public grain task, won’t the village blame you? "

Yu Daner nodded subconsciously.

There is nothing wrong with what Yu Qiutang said.

Every year when it comes to paying public grain, it is also the most troublesome time period for him. With such a small piece of land, people cannot harvest much grain. If the public grain is taken away by force, some people will starve.

All unity and stability are built on the basis of having enough food to eat. If everyone is starving to death and you ask them to be more obedient, that would undoubtedly be a cannibalistic dream.

Therefore, every year he would be very unhappy at the end of the day, and disputes might arise. He was almost beaten several times.

wrong! !
Yu Daner suddenly woke up and wondered what happened to her. Why was she taken away by Yu Qiutang invisibly?

The problem of that little piece of land cannot directly affect the collection of public grain. This guy is quite good at fooling people.

"It's really not easy, Uncle Qiu, logically speaking, we are all from the same clan, and if you have this wish, I must support you, right?

But I am the captain after all, and I shoulder the heavy responsibility of ensuring that everyone in our team, young and old, has enough food and clothing and lives a good life. So many eyes are watching me. If I let you go today and others see it, then in the future there will be others who will ask me to do the same.

Where will the rules come from then on? Will I, as the captain, lose all my authority? Will I still have any authority when speaking in front of everyone?"

Yu Qiutang remained calm.

Yu Daner still didn't show his true colors and was still pulling the strings, not releasing his final demands, so he continued to pretend to be submissive.

"Captain, there are two sides to every story, you only see the negative side and not the positive side.

Think about it, that piece of land is a hidden danger. The longer it is left, the greater the hidden danger will be. If it is contracted to me now, it is equivalent to sharing the risk with me, right?
Moreover, the wasteland is now left unattended, but if it is contracted to me, I will definitely find ways to make it no longer a wasteland. Isn't that a good thing?

Let's take a step back. If this land has not been dealt with, the village and even the commune will definitely be unhappy. If they give you a notice and ask you to find a way to deal with it, where will you find someone to deal with it?"

"This one……"

Yu Daner's expression changed slightly.

Yu Qiutang really touched his heart.

"Let's think positively. If you let me take over, there are actually many benefits. Do you want me to tell you one by one?"

"Are there any benefits?"

Yu Daner's rhythm slowly followed Yu Qiutang's track. (End of this chapter)