Of course, deciding to raise eels is easy, but implementing them is not.
If you want to raise eels, you must first have eel fry. At present, eel fry cannot be reproduced artificially, and the needs of the breeding industry are met by catching wild eel fry.
Due to overfishing, the catch of eel fry is not as good as every year, and the price has also risen accordingly. The price of the most popular Japanese eel seedlings last year was 15 yuan per head. It is estimated that the price will increase this year, and it may reach about 18 yuan per head. And even if the price is still in short supply, you may not be able to sell it.
But for Li Yuan, since he decided to raise eels, he must find a way to overcome this small difficulty. He plans to go to Chongming Island, located in the mouth of the Yangtze River, after the eel fishing season starts, and personally find a way to buy eel fry.
As time goes by, the construction of fish ponds is also progressing smoothly. Now the fish pond has been basically completed and has entered the concrete maintenance period. As long as the maintenance period of about ten days has passed, the engineering team will start installing equipment such as aerators. As long as these devices are installed in place, the fish pond can be officially put into use. At that time, it will just enter the fishing season for eel fry, and the bought eel fry can just live in their "new home".
While building the fish pond, the construction of Li Yuan's villa has not stopped. At present, the main interior decoration project of the villa is also nearing completion, and the next step is some soft decoration and garden construction projects.
According to Li Yuan's request, the villa is a small two-story building. The third floor is a sun room and a large terrace. Li Yuan hopes that after moving in, he can enjoy the sun on the terrace. At the same time, it is definitely a great enjoyment to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Ningxia River and Yuetang Mountain.
The first floor of the villa includes the living room, dining room, kitchen, study and a guest room, as well as two bathrooms and a large storage room. On the second floor, there are four bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as a room dedicated to exercise. One of the large bedrooms with a large balcony and bathroom. Naturally, it will be the master bedroom where Li Yuan will live in the future. As for the other three bedrooms, they can only be left empty for the time being.
However, Li Yuan had an ambitious plan in mind, that is to find a way to accommodate people in the other bedrooms in the future—and all of them must be young and beautiful girls. Thinking of living in this good place next to mountains and rivers in the future, and having nothing to do to talk about life and ideals with beautiful girls, Li Yuan couldn't help being in a good mood.
There is also a garage next to the villa, which can park at least two cars. Except for the garage. There is also a small garden covering an area of more than one acre in front of the villa.
Li Yuan planned to plant all kinds of flowers and trees in the garden, as well as a large lawn. In addition, a fish pond with waterfalls and streams will be built in the garden to completely simulate the natural environment. He believes that after the garden is fully completed, it will definitely become a scene at the foot of Yuetang Mountain.
Of course, to enjoy such a living environment, there is also a price to pay. Because Li Yuan's requirements are very high, the cost of the villa also keeps rising. It is already more than double the previous budget.
However, Li Yuan didn't care about this. In his opinion, in order to have a beautiful living environment, he should pay some price. Now that I have money, I should naturally enjoy life.
In fact, Li Yuan did this for another reason, and that was to fulfill his mother's wish. Li Yuan remembers very clearly that his mother once said it. I hope I can have such a home in the future.
Although his mother has passed away, Li Yuan still firmly remembers what she once said. He did not hesitate to pay a high price to fulfill his mother's last wish.
And just as the construction of the villa is entering the final stage, Ningxia Village is also undergoing a major event-the general election of the village chief will begin soon.
Because Li Yuan was busy with the construction of the farm, he didn't pay much attention to the election of the village chief in Ningxia Village. In his opinion, Chen Wenchuan, the old village head, has a high reputation in the village, and he is a person who really cares about everyone, so there should be no suspense about being re-elected as village head.
However, the facts were somewhat beyond Li Yuan's expectations. This year's election was quite unusual. There's someone who secretly covets the farm income. Announced that he would also participate in the competition for the village head, and resorted to many shady means, which caused the undercurrent to surge in the village head election that should have been calm.
The guy competing for the position of village head is none other than Zhong Shengbin, a villager from Ningxia Village.
Originally, Zhong Shengbin was only coming back for the Chinese New Year, and planned to go to the South to "fish for the world" after the Chinese New Year. However, after knowing that the farm gave a large sum of year-end bonuses to the workers, the envious Zhong Shengbin had a new plan—since the farm in the village is so profitable, they can make a good fortune here, so why take risks in the south?
Running for the title of village chief was the first step in Zhong Shengbin's plan.
Zhong Shengbin himself knew in his heart that he was not as good as Chen Wenchuan in terms of popularity or word of mouth, and he had to make some moves to become the village head smoothly.
In fact, during the Spring Festival, Zhong Shengbin got in touch with Liu Peng, the deputy mayor, through his "buddies" in the town. After asking Liu Peng to go out to spend a few times and stuffing him with a big red envelope, Liu Peng finally let go and said that as long as Zhong Shengbin can get most of the villagers' votes in the village committee election, the town will support him as Ningxia Village the village chief.
After receiving Liu Peng's support, Zhong Shengbin's confidence also increased greatly, and he soon began to gather votes in the village.
Zhong Shengbin's method of soliciting votes is simple and rude, and for most villagers, it is the only way - throwing money at them! Speaking of which, he has actually earned some money by doing those shady activities in the south in recent years. In addition to the usual food, drink, whoring, and gambling, Zhong Shengbin also saved some money.
In order to become the village head, Zhong Shengbin decided to "invest" in advanced nature. He promised the villagers that as long as everyone votes for him at that time, after being elected, everyone will get a "voting fee" of 200 yuan.
During Chen Wenchuan's ten years as the village head, the affairs of Ningxia Village have been very stable, so many villagers feel that no matter who is the village head, it will be like this. So many people were moved by the two hundred dollars and agreed to vote for Zhong Shengbin at that time.
But for those villagers who firmly supported Chen Wenchuan, Zhong Shengbin showed another face. He brought a few cronies to threaten these villagers, threw bricks into people's yards in the middle of the night, and even blocked other children's children in the village to scare them, determined to prevent these people from voting for Chen Wenchuan.
In addition, before the Spring Festival, Chen Wenchuan rejected the request of some villagers to work in the farm, which also caused these people to be dissatisfied with him, and they all voted for Zhong Shengbin's camp.
So under the premise that Chen Wenchuan was ignorant of these things, his and Zhong Shengbin's approval ratings had reversed. Under such circumstances, the voting for the village head of Ningxia Village officially kicked off. (To be continued.)
ps: The second update.