In the Lan family, other than Lan Shu's second brother, Lan Xiuming, and third brother, Lan Sibo, who were working outside, the old couple and Lan Dazhuang had their own jobs to do.
Lan Shengli and Chang Chunfang came to the village 20 to 30 years ago. Because they were knowledgeable, the jobs they were assigned in the village were not bad. Lan Shengli was a publicist in the commune, and Chang Chunfang was a teacher in the village primary school. The two of them could get eight social credits every day.
Sometimes, when Lan Shengli was free to work in the fields, he could get a few extra social credits.
As for Lan Dazhuang, because he was strong and diligent, he was not afraid of hardship. Whether it was weeding, watering, or fertilizing the fields, he did much better than the others in the village.
Therefore, the women in the village usually earned six social credits. If the men worked hard, they would at most earn ten social credits. Lan Dazhuang could at least earn 12 social credits a day!
At most, he could get 14!
After accumulating for a long time, this was not a small amount of income!
The reason why the Lan family could be considered rich in the village was because everyone in the family was capable.
Of course, other than their precious daughter Lan Shu…
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In the afternoon, Lan Shu went out with two military green enamel jars. She first went to the village primary school according to her memory and delivered food to Chang Xiufang. Then, she walked toward the commune.
As she watched her daughter leave, Chang Chunfang sighed in her heart. Her daughter had really grown up! She even knew how to deliver food to her now!
However, she had forgotten that in the village, other children could go out to gather pigweed, raise chickens and pigs, and contribute to the family when they were six or seven years old.
Only their family did not raise a single chicken because they could not bear to see their daughter suffer.
When they wanted to eat chicken and meat, they had to buy them from other shops.
The commune was still a distance from the school. Fortunately, it was September and the weather was not too cold. When lunch was delivered, it would not be too cold either.
In the village secretary's office in the commune, Lan Shengli was listening to the village cadres discuss land contracting when he saw his daughter outside the window.
A few days ago, one of the new policies implemented by the country was to support rural land contracting. When they received the news, the village chief, the village secretary, and a group of village leaders held a meeting for a few days, but they had not come to a conclusion.
Some people thought that responding to the national policy was a good thing, while others felt that once the land contract was successful, it was very likely to break the union's current pattern of collective work.
Of course, there were more people who felt that contracting required money. After contracting, the land belonged to an individual, so they had to buy seeds and fertilizer. There were more places to spend money!
Farmers relied on the heavens to make a living. It would be fine if the weather was good this year. If they encountered floods and droughts, not only would their year of hard work be wasted, but they would also have to lose the money to contract land as well as buy seeds and fertilizers!
Therefore, after debating for a few days, this matter was still not settled.
Even if the village started implementing it, there might not be anyone willing to contract the land.
When Lan Shu stood outside the door and waited for Lan Shengli to come out after the meeting, she heard all the contents of the meeting in the office.
She had studied history and knew that in the early 1980s, when the country implemented the land contract system, the first batch of people who contracted land had all earned money!
Hence, she did not hesitate about this matter. After delivering her father's meal, Lan Shu went straight home to discuss the land contract with her eldest brother.
Since her elder brother, Lan Dazhuang, was an expert in farming, he shouldn't waste this kind of ability!
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At noon, Lan Dazhuang heard his sister's thoughts at the dining table and was so shocked that rice almost fell out of his mouth!
"S-Sis, contracting land is not a small matter. Although we have some money, we can't be spendthrifts! Moreover, even if we want to contract land, we should contract farmland. If you want to contract the mountain behind our village… Can you really do it?"
Lan Shu already had a plan for this.
"Contracting farmland is naturally a good thing, but our family's manpower is limited and we can't contract a lot. Even if we hire people to work later, we'll have to pay a lot.
"On the mountain, we can plant some fruit trees that are resistant to drought and cold. That way, after paying the contract fees which aren't too high to begin with, we won't have to spend too much effort to take care of them after they're planted. Those trees can grow naturally in the mountain. We'll have a harvest in three years at most.
"In addition to planting fruit trees, we can also fence the mountain and raise chickens. Raising chickens on the mountain can allow the chickens to find insects to eat in the mountain. This will not only reduce the risk of insects infesting the fruit trees but also reduce the cost of raising chickens. The meat of mountain chickens will also be firm and nutritious."
Lan Shu's eyes lit up as she spoke!
If this series of methods were used, their family would be rich sooner or later!
When Xiao Bai heard the Lan family's fat miss' words, he was initially surprised. A moment later, he fixed his eyes on her.
The fat miss had such foresight and thoughts, but she actually grew up in the village?
Such a person who seemed to be born with an entrepreneurial mind would definitely be more successful if she had been born in a big city!
Lan Dazhuang's blood boiled at his sister's words.
He suddenly felt that whatever his sister said could work!
"But the money for the mountain…" Lan Dazhuang hesitated.
"I have 800 here," Lan Shu said immediately.
Previously, she had sold more than 100 clothes at the staff dormitory of the machinery factory. Coupled with the 700 yuan that Xu Yunjie had compensated her, she had a total of more than 800 yuan.
She had originally planned to return the money to her family when she got home, but her parents refused no matter what. They insisted that she keep the money and spend it slowly.
Lan Shu didn't have anything to spend money on at home, so she kept the money. It came in handy now.
When Lan Dazhuang heard that his sister was willing to pay him to plant trees in the mountains, he was very happy, but…
"800 yuan is not enough. The saplings will probably cost a few hundred yuan. There's also the money to contract the mountain land and raise chickens…"
"We can ask Second Brother and Third Brother for the rest. We'll fork out the money while you provide the labor. Just treat it as us four siblings working together to start a business."
Her second brother's salary in the hospital was not low. Although her third brother had only graduated for a year, Lan Shu, who had read the novel, knew that the original host's third brother was studying animal husbandry. Moreover, he joined a laboratory related to animal husbandry when he was in school and received a salary every month.
If the research results were good, there would be a lot of bonuses.
Therefore, the original host's third brother must have money in his hands!
With the Lan brothers' unity, it was definitely not difficult for them to take out the money needed to start a business together.
Although Lan Dazhuang was not good at using his brain, he felt that it was feasible after hearing what his sister said!
"Then I'll borrow the village chief's phone tonight to call Second and Third Brothers and tell them about this!"
Lan Shu nodded. Then, she seemed to have thought of something and quickly shook her head.
"Brother, it's best if you make a trip to the county and make a call from the supply cooperative. If anyone in the village chief's family hears our contract plan and thinks that it's feasible, it'll be bad if we don't get the land! Before the land is contracted, we can't tell anyone, including our father!"