The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career
Chapter 69 - 69 69 Do Something for Yourself

69: Chapter 69: Do Something for Yourself 69: Chapter 69: Do Something for Yourself The next day, after dealing with his work-related tasks, Ji Yang went around to take a closer look at the area.

Knowing that there might be a road leading here, Ji Yang naturally wanted to be prepared.

Ji Yang had observed that the road would definitely not pass through their residential area, but rather through some places further away.

While he was looking around, he noticed that Wu Mi and the others had arrived carrying things on their backs.

“Brother, didn’t expect us to arrive so soon, did you?” Wu Mi’s face was full of smiles.

“I really didn’t expect it.

I haven’t even found a place to put these things yet.”

“We’ve already thought about this, hehe, I have a cousin who married into this place, we can put it at her house for now.”

“Oh, you have a cousin here?”

“Not only do I have a cousin here, but actually, there are several people from our village living in the township.”

Seeing the familiar faces of these young people carrying things, Ji Yang handed out cigarettes to each and every one of them.

After everyone took the cigarettes, they all showed a welcoming attitude, and one of them said, “Wu Mi told us, you found us a way to make money, if we can earn money, of course, we’re happy.”

“Let’s go, we’ll talk after we put down these things.” Ji Yang didn’t bother with formalities and was curious to know about his cousin’s situation.

When everyone arrived at the place where Miao Family Village was located, they found a farmhouse some distance from the village that didn’t look very promising from afar.

“My cousin’s life isn’t actually that good, I want to ask if you could help her out when the time comes.” Wu Mi asked Ji Yang in a low voice.

“What’s the situation?”

“The man my cousin married was from Miao Family Village, not long after getting married, he died while working outside, and now she lives here alone, without children.

She doesn’t want to go back home, and the people of Miao Family Village are somewhat ostracizing her…”

As the introduction unfolded, Ji Yang got the picture; this woman’s life wasn’t looking too good.

When they reached the outside of the yard, Wu Mi called out loudly.

At that moment, a woman in clearly worn-out clothes came out, her hair covered her entire face so that neither her appearance nor her age could be discerned.

“Wu Mi is here, huh?”

The woman was smiling.

“Cousin, we’re putting the stuff at your house.”

“Don’t worry, it’s fine.”

“Brother, this house was assigned to her by the village, it’s far from the village, so she doesn’t benefit from the village’s advantages.”

Ji Yang nodded slightly and after asking, he learned her name was Wu XiaoMei, with the surname Wu.

After everyone put their things there, Ji Yang looked around for a while and thought to himself that this place was really good.

The road would likely pass through here next, and if he could get some of this land, he might make a fortune.

“Does this land belong to your family?” Ji Yang inquired.

Wu XiaoMei hesitated before saying, “Sort of, you might not know, in Miao Family Village, what the village elders say goes.”

In other words, if Miao Family Village wanted to take back the land, they probably could, no wonder she didn’t seem confident.

“What if an outsider were to lease the land here?”

“You’d have to discuss that with the village leaders.”

Ji Yang began to feel a headache coming on; if he were to step in, there would certainly be no problem, but doing so would leave him vulnerable to criticism—he couldn’t afford any issues because of this.

Wu Mi seemed to catch on to Ji Yang’s thoughts and asked, “Brother, what are you thinking?”

“If there’s a plot of land here, you could make some money when the time comes.” Ji Yang mentioned.

Wu Mi’s eyes lit up, she trusted Ji Yang’s words, and said, “Then we can just go talk to them about leasing the land.”

Wu XiaoMei said, “The land here isn’t valuable and is easy to lease, the worry is that they might take it back.”

“Maybe securing the land through the township?” Ji Yang pondered over this matter.

He looked into the distance, and an idea struck him.

It wasn’t necessary to obtain land from here; as long as he knew which direction the road would take, there would certainly be bridge construction at the gorge.

He thought of getting Wu Mi and the others to take hold of the land there, build some houses on it, and when it came time for land requisition, they would naturally benefit from it.

Even if they didn’t take cash, they could negotiate conditions for some shops or such.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

He planned to discuss this idea with Wu Mi alone next.

Glancing at Wu XiaoMei, he recalled what Wu Mi said and thought that he could also suggest that she change her land to this location so she could make money when the time came.

Of course, he couldn’t personally be involved in this matter; he would let Wu Mi and the others handle it.

He took the opportunity to pull Wu Mi aside and whispered his idea to her.

Wu Mi immediately became excited: “Can we really make money?”

“There’s a very good chance.

Even if you don’t make money, if a road comes through here later, opening a roadside shop or something will also be profitable.”

“But, we don’t have any money!”

“What have you brought with you this time?”

“We brought all of the rice wine, like a thousand pounds of it, and some mountain goods.”

“Okay, I’ll make a phone call and ask.” Since Chu Shuyuan had said she had a market for it, Ji Yang naturally wanted to ask her.

After the call connected, Ji Yang explained the situation to Chu Shuyuan, and sure enough, Chu Shuyuan became interested, “You transport the goods to the county bus station here, I’ll have someone buy them.”

Chu Shuyuan had already figured out a plan; she could consume the rice wine in her own home without having to sell it, and the mountain goods were also good stuff—each household could use a little as a favor.