The happy life of the great landowner

Chapter 47 Superstitious and Conservative Villagers

After more than ten minutes of revising papers and carefully checking, all the subjects were looking at Chen Ye, as if they were looking at a monster. There were a total of eight subjects, and Chen Ye only spent more than two hours. It is all done, and all of them have scored more than 90 points!
Chen Ye looked at Zeng Hui with a smile: "Mr. Zeng, can you approve my leave now?"

Can Zeng Hui say no?Although the student in front of me is often listless in his class, the test results are indeed true, without any false elements.

"Then thank you, teacher. If it's all right, I'll go back to the dormitory first." After Chen Ye left the office triumphantly, only a group of staring teachers were left behind.

Not long after returning to the dormitory, Yu Tao and Wu Meng came over, their faces were full of curiosity, and they asked Chen Ye: "How is it, how is the result of the exam?"

"Then do you still need to ask?" Although Chen Ye didn't say it directly, his expression already proved everything.

Yu Tao's face was full of admiration, and he exaggeratedly said: "Chen Ye, you're screwed!"

"Yeah, I did hang up." Chen Ye chuckled, then walked back to his bed, took out the suitcase, and packed a few sets of clean clothes.

Wu Meng didn't know how to describe Chen Ye. After a while, he gave a thumbs up and said, "Awesome!"

"Okay, comrades, I'll go back first. When I come back, I'll bring you lobster and durian to eat." After Chen Ye finished speaking, he left the dormitory with a bag, leaving Yu Tao and Wu Meng alone back view.

Fortunately, today is not the peak season, so Chen Ye easily got on the bus back to Bairuo Village.

When returning to the village, many villagers along the way greeted Chen Ye actively, especially the villagers who raised crayfish at home, wishing to drag Chen Ye home for a drink or two, and then learn some farming experience from him.

Because during this period of time, many restaurants in the county came to them to ask if they had crayfish for sale, and promised to order as many crayfish as long as they were mature.

Faced with the kind invitation from the villagers, Chen Ye politely declined and promised that as long as he had time, he would definitely come to the door, and then he escaped from the crowd smoothly.

After returning home, Chen Ye first opened the doors and windows of the house for ventilation, and then he went to the pond.

As soon as he arrived at the pond, he saw Zhou Bo feeding the crayfish in the pond.

Zhou Bo saw that Chen Ye was back, and hurriedly put the basin containing the feed in his hand on the ground: "Chen Ye, why are you back?"

"The thing is like this..." Chen Ye simply said that he and Zhang Haiming cooperated to sell durian desserts.

When he heard that Song Yubing ordered more than 10 yuan at one time, Zhou Bo was shocked from ear to ear.

"Haiming's practice has given me a lot of inspiration. Although with him, our durian and crayfish are not worrying about sales, but the money earned from selling raw materials alone is far less than the finished product. With this goal in mind, I want to talk to Secretary Peng to see if we can promote the cultivation of durian in the village, which will not only solve the problem of durian production, but also drive our whole village to become rich."

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, Zhou Bo showed a trace of worry on his face, and he shook his head: "Chen Ye, it's not that I'm discouraging, but it's because the villagers have a problem with the taste of durian?"

Chen Ye asked puzzledly, "What's your opinion?"

Zhou Bo scratched the back of his head, then took a cigarette, and squatted on the ground: "Chen Ye, I brought some durians home, and my family members ate them too, and they all felt good, but one day, my relatives When I came to visit, my mother wanted to give him some durians, but when he smelled the smell, he covered his nose and ran away, and not only my family was like this, after they brought durians home, they also threw them out of the house... "

Chen Ye was silent for a while, and then said: "I have also considered this issue before, but durian is a good thing. We rural people don't like this taste, but city people like it. I will go to Secretary Peng and talk to her later. Let's talk about it."

Zhou Bo nodded, and echoed, "Well, it would indeed be easier if Secretary Peng came forward."

After saying goodbye to Zhou Bo, Chen Ye went to the mountain and saw some villagers cutting down durian trees with axes. Several teenagers wanted to stop them, but they were stopped by some strong villagers, and the two sides inevitably clashed.

After all, the teenagers are still underage, so they are no match for these villagers in terms of strength, so they can only watch helplessly as the villagers cut down the durian trees.

Chen Ye rushed up immediately, pushed away the villagers who were cutting trees, and asked loudly, "Why did you cut down my tree?"

When the teenagers saw Chen Ye coming back, they rushed to his side: "Brother Ye, they are unreasonable, saying that the durian trees we planted collided with the mountain god, and their harvest was not good."

Chen Ye was taken aback, and asked in disbelief, "What? Clashing against the mountain god, what age is this, and you still engage in feudal superstition?"

As soon as the villagers heard what Chen Ye said, they walked over confidently: "Chen Ye, it's because you planted such a smelly and ugly thing on this barren mountain that you offended the mountain god and made a few of us down the mountain acres of land, this year’s harvest has deteriorated.”

Chen Ye sneered, and immediately refuted: "It's ridiculous, you don't have a good harvest on your own land, and you depend on me. Instead of looking for fertilizers or seeds, you ran to the mountains Are you rogue me? I think you are jealous of me making money, so be jealous yourself."

The villager choked for a while, but he was still stubborn: "When you didn't plant trees on the mountain before, our harvests were good. Since you planted this evil tree and destroyed the feng shui of this mountain, we have The harvest will be reduced, so today the tree must be cut down."

Several other villagers also immediately agreed to cut down the tree.

"You are so unreasonable, I don't bother to say anything to you, but if you want to cut down trees, you have to cut me down first!" Chen Ye said, and grabbed the ax from the villagers' hands: "Come on! , don’t you want to cut it? Come and try it!”

The villagers were stunned and afraid of being violent, and the villagers had heard that Luo Dahai and Wang Fang were not Chen Ye's opponents in the past. It was really difficult to cut down trees in front of him.

So under Chen Ye's fierce gaze, several villagers exchanged glances, and then went down the mountain.

Only then did Chen Ye notice that a few teenagers seemed to be hesitating to say something, so he asked them, "Just say what you want to say."

One of the teenagers hesitated for a while before saying, "Brother Ye, my mother recently asked me not to do it anymore. They said that this smelly and ugly thing grows on the mountain, which is obviously unclean, so let me stay away from it." Yes, don't take dirty things home"

"Not clean? Isn't this nonsense?"

"We also explained it to our parents, but they told us not to do it after this month, lest we go home with dirty things."

"Then what do you think?"

The teenagers felt a little guilty after being stared at, and hurriedly said: "Brother Ye, you treat us well, if it weren't for you, we would still be wasting money in the village, but my mother..."

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter, you can stay here and continue to work with peace of mind, and tell your parents later that from this month onwards, each of you will be paid an additional three hundred, and let them Don't worry about it, if you really don't want to do it, then go, I'll hire someone else"

Looking at Chen Ye's back, the teenagers blushed a little, but thinking of the salary increase of three hundred, it was more than the villagers who went out to work. For the sake of the salary, there should be no more forced The idea of ​​them leaving.

Behind Chen Ye, who was holding two durians, the villagers on the road covered their noses and avoided them one after another, as if they were hiding from ghosts.

But after Chen Ye knew the reason, he didn't take it seriously, and not long after that, he came to the village committee.

Unfortunately, Peng Yan was not there. As soon as the newly appointed village chief Wang Youtian smelled the smell of durian, he quickly covered his nose, then waved his hand and said, "Chen Ye, take that stinky thing out quickly, smoke it." dead."

"It doesn't stink. Besides, it hasn't been peeled yet." Chen Ye couldn't help shaking his head. It seems that the villagers hate durians to the point of nervousness. Although people who don't like durians will think it stinks, but The smell of unpeeled durians will definitely not be so strong.

"Take it out, I beg you, okay?"

Under Wang Youtian's repeated request, Chen Ye could only agree to his request and left the house with two durians.

Coincidentally, just after going out, I ran into Peng Yan who came back to pick up the documents. When she smelled the smell of durian, she frowned slightly. Obviously, she was also someone who didn't like the smell of durian, but she didn't let Chen Ye move the durian away. : "Chen Ye, shouldn't you be at school?"

"Auntie, the thing is like this. I cooperated with Zhang Haiming, the small owner of the Tianma Hotel in the county, to make durian desserts. Now we have reached an order of 10 yuan with the Yubing Villa in the city. It shouldn't take long. The one in Xingyang City The channels will be opened, and then his production will increase, and the durian demand will also increase, so I think this is an opportunity, and I want to discuss with you, let the villagers plant durian trees on the surrounding hills "

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, Wang Youtian came out holding his nose, and objected: "No, no, this stuff stinks to death. If the whole village grows it, then the whole village will stink. After that, we Bairuo Village is called Smelly Shit Village!"

Several village cadres also came out to object one after another: "The village chief is right. We also went to the mountain to see that the smell around the durian tree is unbearable. When the wind blows, the whole village will probably smell like it." .”

After hearing this, Peng Yan also showed a look of embarrassment. She also went to the mountain to see it herself. The smell is indeed unbearable. If it is planted on a large scale, once there is an atmosphere around the village, the smell will linger in the whole village. It's all over.

"Auntie, you don't have to worry about this. We just need to plant it in the leeward area. There are some fruit trees in the middle to ensure that it will not affect the daily life of the villagers."

But no matter what Chen Ye said, the village cadres headed by the village chief Wang Youtian just disagreed.

Chen Ye wanted to continue talking, but Peng Yan persuaded him: "Chen Ye, it's getting late, let's go to my aunt's house for lunch first."

"Then trouble auntie." Knowing that Peng Yan had something to say to him, Chen Ye readily agreed.

After arriving at Peng Yan's home, she asked Chen Ye to cut a durian.

Chen Ye found a fruit knife, and fluently opened the skin of the durian, exposing the golden flesh inside, then cut the durian into chunks, inserted a toothpick, and handed it to Peng Yan.

It was also the first time for Peng Yan to eat durian, but the smell of durian meat made her frown. When the durian meat was put into her mouth, an unprecedented taste and texture bloomed in her taste buds. Has a faint milky aroma.

Chen Ye loosened Peng Yan's brows a little, and said, "Auntie, how is it? This durian tastes good, right?"

After Peng Yan took a bite of durian, she didn't continue to eat: "Well, the texture and taste are really good."

Chen Ye chuckled, and then said: "Didn't the ancestors also say that bitter medicine is also stinky, and stinky tofu is stinky and not nutritious, isn't it all sold well?"

Peng Yan shook her head. Although Chen Ye's blueprint is beautiful, some things cannot be changed overnight: "Although there is some truth to this, but durian is a new thing here. If you want to promote planting, it will be difficult. It's really big."

"Auntie, our village is poor and has little water. Once there is a drought for a few days, everyone's harvest will not be guaranteed. Although this durian tree is a tropical plant, it has strong vitality, and the fruit shell is covered with sharp thorns. Not afraid of rats and insects..." Chen Ye did not give up, and continued to introduce the benefits of planting durians to Peng Yan.

Peng Yan sighed. It's not that she doesn't listen to reason, but there has been a saying since ancient times that troublesome people come out of poor mountains and rivers. Although there are no troublesome people in Bairuo Village, it is difficult to change the deep-rooted superstition of the villagers: "You are right. , but the question remains the same, how do you get people to accept it?"

(End of this chapter)