In fact, Mingyue came back this time mainly for four things.
The first was to speak for the fourth brother about his resignation, the second was to make some sauce for the eldest sister-in-law, the third was to help Zhou Chengming bring some money to Zhou Tiegen, and the fourth was to persuade the family to lease the mountain in the village as a breeding base.
The city has now completely opened up its economy, vigorously supported individual loans, and allowed self-employed businesses. In order to encourage farmers to increase investment and improve land productivity, the countryside has also opened up the first round of land contracting.
Mingyue's goal was to let Old Man Zhou talk to the village chief and the team leader to contract the mountain in the village.
These days, the barren mountains, barren ditches, barren hills and barren beaches are worthless and are given to the villagers for free because they are too lazy to reclaim the land.
When he heard Mingyue say that she had paid to contract the mountain, Old Man Zhou immediately looked at her like a prodigal: "The mountain was given to me for free, and I still think it's unnecessary. Why are you still paying for the right to use it? Do you think you have too much money to burn?"
Liu Hui followed and shook her head and said, "Also, Mingyue, you mentioned raising chickens and ducks. We don't dare to do that now. Although there was news a few days ago that they would implement the household contract responsibility system and that work points would no longer be recorded, there is no certainty on this matter."
In fact, there was news not long ago that the household contract responsibility system is being implemented outside, and the land contract system will be implemented in the countryside in the future, and the method of evaluating work and scoring in the village will be abolished.
But this matter has not been fully implemented in Zhoujia Village, and the villagers just treat it as a joke and don't take it seriously at all.
Mingyue knew that this was true and it was an opportunity.
"Dad, Mom, just trust me!" Mingyue handed the passbook back to her, tapping her fingers on the table: "Keep this money, whether it's to contract that mountain or buy chicken and duck seedlings, just use it for whatever you want."
Without waiting for them to speak, Mingyue continued, "Don't say anything. I actually have my own thoughts. You know I'm running a shop now. My shop is in need of chicken and duck meat. Instead of spending money to buy them outside, it's better to let you raise them. I can get them directly from home when the time comes."
"Besides, my elder brother and second brother are always farming at home, but they can't make much money. My nephews and nieces will have to study and make a living in the future, so you have to think about them too!"
Mrs. Zhou Dasao and Mrs. Zhou Ersao looked at each other, their eyes were touched. They really didn't expect that their sister-in-law would think about the children.
Besides, if there was no other choice, who would be willing to spend their whole life digging for food in the fields
Originally, Old Man Zhou and Liu Hui didn't want to spend their daughter's money or take advantage of her.
But after hearing Mingyue's words, they thought again, isn't that the truth? Since it costs money to buy it anyway, it's better to give the money to your family than to outsiders.
Moreover, some unscrupulous people sell chickens and ducks, and they feed them enough feed before weighing them. When they buy them back, their throats are full of feed, which is a loss. How can those feed chickens outside be as good as the pheasants at home
What's more, as Mingyue said, the eldest and the second child already have children. We can't let them stay in the house and farm the land for the rest of their lives and let their children also be farmers for the rest of their lives.
Thinking of this, Liu Hui took the passbook. She looked at her youngest daughter seriously and said, "Mom believes you, but we have to be clear about this. You asked your two brothers to do this farming business. I asked them to keep a record of where the money was spent. They can't be greedy. But brothers should be clear about accounts. You have to be responsible for the consumption of the chickens and ducks they raise, and you have to pay them according to the market price. They can't be left out."
Zhou Daming felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, and quickly said, "Mom, don't say that. We are idle at home anyway, so we can just help support our little sister. We are all family, so why should we give her money?"
Zhou Erming also nodded: "That's right, money can't be brought into the world and can't be taken away from the world, we can't hurt the harmony in the family because of this." "Just do as your mother says," Old Man Zhou glared at his two stupid sons and said unhappily: "What do you mean by idle? There is so much work to do in the fields, how can you have time to idle? As long as you work, you should get the money. Not paying you will hurt the harmony."
They are not the only brothers and sisters in the family. They all have wives and children now. If they are really asked to work for Mingyue for free, it will be fine for one or two days, but after a long time, not to mention their wives, I am afraid they themselves will feel uncomfortable.
Although Old Man Zhou loves his daughter, his son was not adopted.
The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh, so how can he always favor one over the other? Of course, it should be fair.
Zhou Daming and Zhou Erming were both afraid of Old Man Zhou. After being scolded by him, they didn't even dare to raise their heads.
Mingyue smiled and said, "Ginger is always wiser with age. What my parents said makes sense. Big brother and second brother, you should also be more careful!"
Zhou Daming and Zhou Erming didn't dare to be rude to their parents, but they still dared to make eyes at their younger sister.
However, after being glared at twice by Old Man Zhou, the two brothers withdrew their dissatisfied gazes towards their younger sister.
Mingyue ignored the childish brothers and continued to talk about business: "By the way, the more chickens and ducks in this farm, the better. No matter how many you raise, my store can handle them. Even if the store can't use so many, I have other ways. In the future, I will transfer some money to this card every month..."
Now the Zhou family members were all very excited, and soon they all started discussing it.
Mingyue stayed in Zhoujia Village for only two days. After she had settled things with her family, she left six large bottles of sauce for Zhou Dasao and two big unity coupons for Zhou Tiegen. Then she was taken to the station by Zhou Daming, who was carrying a lot of bags.
These large and small packages are basically all the things given to her, Zhou Sanming and Siming by her family, in addition to some vegetables grown at home, there are also wheat flour ground at home and the like.
After Mingyue entered the city, she took a tricycle back to the slum to drop off her things, and then went to Zhou's cooked food.
It was past ten in the morning, a relatively quiet time in the store. Zhou Chengming and Zhou Siming, who had resigned without prior notice, were sitting in the store, each fanning themselves with a palm-leaf fan.
Mingyue's sudden appearance startled both of them.
Then they both came over quickly and asked in unison:
"Little sister, you're back? How are you? Did mom and dad say anything?"
"Mingyue, is my dad okay? Did Yang Tao bully him?"
Mingyue found a place to sit down, snatched the palm-leaf fan from Zhou Siming's hand, fanned herself, and then began to answer their questions.