Fast travel to the front line of eating melons in the world

After some bargaining, of course the price of renting the pond and orchard could not be cheap, but we agreed to let them convert the rooms.

We also planned to build a few rooms next to the pond, and a room for duty and tools in the orchard. Everyone in the village agreed.

"Okay, we'll transfer the household registration today. If there are no problems, we'll sign the lease contract tomorrow afternoon." Feng Honglei discussed the general details and then prepared to leave with satisfaction.

The village accountant saw them preparing to leave and remembered that there was one thing he hadn't asked them. "After the contract is signed, you will have to pay the lease money immediately. Are you ready?"

The higher-ups knew that the village was poor, so they said that under the lease agreement, only half of the rent had to be paid, and the village would have to arrange the other half.

"We paid half of the money after the agreement was signed, and the remaining half was paid in full after we went to the town and the district to transfer the property without any problems."

If he wasn't worried about these people causing trouble, he could have paid the full amount after signing the contract.

After hearing what Feng Honglei said, the village accountant couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Finally, I saw the money."

The old village chief stood at the door and watched them leave. He felt very tired and wanted to go back directly, but when he heard what the village accountant said, he was shocked.

The old village chief knew that the village had not had much income in recent years and was probably living off its savings, but it was not to the point where there was no money in the account.

The old village chief thought of these younger generations, their lavish spending and frequent eating out, and his body shook suddenly.

"You, you can't be that serious." The old village chief looked at everyone in disbelief, "Tell me, how much money is left in the account."

When the current village chief and secretary who had seen Feng Honglei and the others off returned to the office, they saw the old village chief looking furious and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Although the old guy has retired a long time ago, he still often comes to the village committee to stroll around. The tone of his voice always acts as if he is the boss and everyone should listen to him, which makes people very annoyed.

But they couldn't get angry. After all, he was not only an old veteran in the village, but also their elder. Even if they were angry, they could only complain in private and dared not show it openly, otherwise there would be plenty of people to take their places.

As a result, this time the old man actually caught them embezzling public funds, which was really annoying. They admitted that they were a little extravagant when they used public funds for food and drink.

"Grandpa, I was also thinking about getting some projects for the village. Otherwise, you see the surrounding villages all need people to open factories, but our village still has a textile factory that was opened before, and there is no order yet." The eldest grandson of the old villager said that they really wanted to help the village attract some investment.

The old village chief stared at his eldest grandson for a long time. To be honest, he had heard rumors about his eldest grandson's stubbornness and other things behind his back, but what could he do? This was his eldest grandson, the only blood of his deceased son, and he had spoiled him like a treasure since he was a child.

As a result, the child turned out to be like this, which made the old village chief feel so strange. He gave some necessary warnings, just wanting to keep the child calm.

Now it seems that the child not only did not listen to these words, but also became rebellious towards him.

Forget it, he is old. In the eyes of the younger generation, he is just an antique. "Whatever you think is good, it's fine."

The old village chief stood with his hands behind his back and walked slowly out of the village committee office, which surprised everyone.

They were ready to give the old village chief a long scolding, but the old man just passed away. "The village chief is gone just like that?" The village accountant looked incredulous.

The others were actually also bewildered, but they quickly adjusted themselves, "You are also stupid, isn't it a good thing not to scold, why do you insist on getting scolded?"

"That's right. Although my great grandfather has been the team leader and village chief for many years, his theories are really outdated."

Everyone started to complain again. The village chief looked outside the door for a long time. He still couldn't believe that his old man would just let them go. He felt bad.

The village party secretary put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Hey kid, stop staring outside. Are you worried that your grandfather will beat you when you go back?"

"Don't worry, everyone knows that you are the old man's treasure." You know, who in the village doesn't envy the current village chief? Even though his parents died early, he still has grandparents who dote on him. When he grew up, he took over as the village chief. It can be said that he has never suffered from hardship since he was a child.

"After the money arrives, shall we go to the KTV we went to last time?" The accountant recalled the last time he went to sing. The princess provided by the KTV was so gentle and her hands were so slippery. "She was much better than my wife."

The topic suddenly turned to this. No one was staring at the old village chief anymore. Instead, they were discussing which princess was prettier and giving various ratings.

Zhang Yu was sitting in the car, complaining, "Mom, did you see that? They were smoking soft Zhonghua cigarettes, a pack costs tens of dollars."

"And there are so many cigarette butts in the ashtray, all of them are Zhonghua cigarettes." Zhang Yu clicked his tongue a few times, "Do all village cadres make so much money?"

Occasionally smoking one or two cigarettes can be explained by the idea of ​​keeping up appearances, but so many Zhonghua cigarette butts, this is not something that can be explained in a social setting.

Feng Liya certainly noticed that those people were smoking Zhonghua cigarettes, but she didn't look at the cigarette butts in the ashtray. She didn't expect that her own daughter would actually stare at them.

"They don't have any money. Not only do they smoke Zhonghua cigarettes, they also drink Moutai and Wuliangye-grade liquor. They don't like cheap stuff." Feng Liya was not happy with them.

The cigarettes they smoke are so high-end and the wine they drink is not cheap either. It is really impossible to support it with just their income.

"Does the village have so much income?" Zhang Yu remembered that there used to be a textile factory in the village, but the business was average a few years ago, and then there was no future.

"Yes, after the factory closed down, we rented it out to others. We got a little rent every year. When we were still a brigade, we had a good income and some savings. I think most of it has been spent by them."

They left the village early to make a living and did not have much attachment to the village. They only occasionally thought of the once prosperous village, and felt a little lost that it had become like this.

"Mom." Zhang Yu looked at Feng Liya worriedly.

"I'm fine. My family is a small family in the village. If there are any benefits or good positions, it won't be our turn."

"There's nothing to be sad about the village becoming like this now. It just reminds me of when I was a kid, playing with my friends in the fields and in front of and behind the house. Your grandparents were there at that time."

"Things and people have really changed now." Feng Liya sighed again. (End of this chapter)