I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 441 The Only Supplier_1

Chapter 441: Chapter 441 The Only Supplier_1

"Shen Dong, I raise a toast to you on behalf of your villagers; well done for bringing prosperity to Shishan and giving the people of Shishan pride!"

"Oh, come on now." Shen Dong wiped his mouth and quickly stood up, "You’re putting the hat on a bit early, I haven’t done anything major."

"What more could you possibly want to do?" Zhu Dunzi’s exaggerated expression, as he reached into the smoked meat jar and passed Shen Dong a pig’s trotter.

Every pore on him was radiating pride as he said in a boasting tone, "Our village has some skills, everyone’s followed Yu Lao’er into the city. Guess how much we got for dividends last month?"

Going into the city meant going to Hai City Food Street, but what was this dividend all about?

Shen Dong really didn’t know.

He just watched as Zhu Dunzi held up both hands with an exaggerated expression and said, "Six thousand five!"

"Per household?"

"Right, per household!" Zhu Dunzi beamed, gesturing toward the river with a pout, "Including the money from selling vegetables, fruit, and pork, even the least well-off household can make at least eight thousand a month."

"Eight thousand!" Zhu Dunzi repeated in his exaggerated tone, then turned around and pointed at the village women, "The boys from outside the village who want to marry our village’s girls, do you know how much these old ladies demand? A dowry of two hundred thousand, not a penny less, or no marriage! Girls from other villages, they have no shame coming to our village!"

After saying this, Zhu Dunzi couldn’t stop smiling as he pointed to the women behind him and asked, "Ask them, isn’t Shishan Village thriving!"

"Thriving!"

Everyone shouted in unison, followed by giggles; it was the laugh of happiness.

Shen Dong felt a shared glory; it was his own badge of honor.

He thought about it and realized it made sense, in this era a family with a monthly income of ten thousand was considered comfortably well-off. In the countryside, that made you a prominent family, an object of envy.

"Well, that’s worth a drink." Shen Dong said with a laugh as he raised his glass.

"Not so fast with the drinking, take a look at this." Zhu Dunzi pulled out a piece of paper from inside his cotton jacket and handed it to Shen Dong, "This is a village property transfer registration. Yu Lao’er asked me to handle it. Everyone in the village has signed it; if you say the word, the whole village will move out immediately."

Shen Dong felt a double happiness. It really was true, to bestow benefits was to receive them.

He was now preoccupied with the idea of demolition.

But getting the villagers into the city to buy houses was quite a challenge. The village had land and fish ponds, which were the villagers’ livelihood. Without these, even exchanging them for apartment buildings was useless; moving to the city simply meant unemployment.

To smoothly and happily take over the entire village’s property deeds was a pleasant surprise for Shen Dong, and he felt a great responsibility on his shoulders. He had to ensure that the villagers could move without any concerns for the future.

Thinking it over, Shen Dong gestured for the villagers to gather around Zhu Dunzi and stood up to speak, "Don’t rush to buy houses if you move out. You’ve all seen ’Country Love’, haven’t you?"

"I plan to build a villa complex in the Shishan area. Those who want to stay and help can go to the Food Street first. The company will take care of your food and accommodation."

"Uncles and aunts who want to live in the city, just sign up with Uncle Zhu. The houses will be sold on behalf of the company, and the money will be deducted from the monthly dividends. Additionally, the company will take care of job placements to ensure employment."

With the two strategies laid out, the women started chattering with excitement, some praising the villa complex, some favoring city life.

No matter which life they yearned for, the smiles on their faces wouldn’t fade.

And so, the meal was particularly delicious.

After the feast, Zhu Dunzi took Shen Dong up to the hill.

The scale of the breeding farm now is so large it’s staggering. Zhu Dunzi points to rows of tile-blue roofs and laughs, "Pigs, chickens, and Auricularia auricula on poplar trees—whatever can be bred, I breed."

"You know about the pig flu?"

When Shen Dong heard these three words, his heart skipped a beat, "Has it happened?"

"Yeah." Zhu Dunzi says with pride, pointing at the breeding farm, "Our second-generation pigs are on file with the quarantine bureau, approved and assured pork, currently Hai City’s only pork supplier."

"Don’t get too cocky." Shen Dong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, teasing.

Zhu Dunzi cocks his neck, saying proudly, "Why shouldn’t I be proud? Even the Price Bureau has to come and negotiate pork prices with me."

"Whoa, it’s gotten to that level?" Shen Dong is astounded. He returns to Shishan without acquiring ’assault’ merchandise, but he obtains a voice of immeasurable value.

Zhu Dunzi tasted the sweetness and believed that the second-generation breeding policy is worth promoting.

He also delved into it, beyond second-generation pigs, he caught seventeen or eighteen wild chickens to breed second-generation chickens, as well as cultivating wild Auricularia auricula fungi.

After saying all this, Zhu Dunzi’s gaze becomes hesitant. He falters, "I don’t know how to say this, but I think breeding is pretty good. If you want to build a villa, I’ll have to start my breeding farm from scratch."

Shen Dong’s smile gradually fades, not expecting Zhu Dunzi to lay down so much groundwork just to stop the villa project.

He’s a bit unhappy, walks toward the villa with his hands behind his back, silent.

It’s understandable, Zhu Dunzi has devoted too much effort to the breeding farm’s brilliance today, it would be a pity to destroy it.

Zhu Dunzi also understands Shen Dong, which is why he is fully prepared, chasing after Shen Dong, "Shen Dong, don’t look down on these animals, how much pork does the entire country eat in a day, how many eggs?"

"Our second-generation pork sells at the same price as ordinary pork and already has a market advantage. Not to mention supplying the whole country, just the Jing City market alone, the daily pork consumption is 200,000 pounds. We earn four bucks a pound, that’s 800,000 dollars a day!"

Shen Dong can hear that these are words of a dream, filled with enthusiasm.

But this is not Shen Dong’s dream.

Shen Dong stops in his tracks, waves his hand to interrupt Zhu Dunzi, and asks with a smile, "Do you hope I’ll buy Shishan and build a pig farm for you?"

"No, no." Seeing Shen Dong perhaps softening, Zhu Dunzi’s face lights up with a smile.

He hurries over to explain, "Keep the village houses to rent to workers, the breeding farm won’t occupy a good piece of land. None of the cropland, orchards, or fish ponds will be wasted; I’ll take over all of it."

"I asked Yu Lao’er, and only a portion of the dishes on Hai City Food Street are supplied by Shishan. If you hand over Shishan to me, I’ll take care of the meat, vegetables, and fruits."

Speaking of which, this hits home for Shen Dong. Before coming here, Shen Dong had considered an agricultural by-product supply base.

He casually sits down on a large rock and tosses his head at Zhu Dunzi, "Talk in detail."

Zhu Dunzi isn’t acting on a whim; he really has looked into it with great effort. Taking advantage of a technical exchange on pig flu, he visited Shouchun, the national vegetable wholesale base, where he saw greenhouse technology, pipe planting, and hydroponic cultivation.

"One greenhouse over there earns at least 60,000 to 70,000 a year."

Zhu Dunzi isn’t just saying anything blindly thinking it’s all good, he emphatically says, "Hydroponic cultivation is high-tech with high management costs, we won’t go for that, but the greenhouse and pipe technologies are relatively simple.

Also, we have favorable coastal climate, a short freeze season, proximity to a reservoir, and a continuous supply of farmyard manure from the breeding farm. In terms of farming, we have advantages over Shouchun."

"They are a national vegetable wholesale market, think about it, year-round planting, how much money that would make a year."

’Wholesale’ once again touches Shen Dong’s heart.

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