Lin Momo's petrified look was broadcasted into the live broadcast room, causing the audience in the live broadcast room to laugh:
Hahaha, what's Lin Momo's expression? It's so funny.
Just... the expression of someone stepping on shit suddenly.
Haha, they probably knew that it was chicken manure and were afraid of getting dirty. I noticed when I was following the previous live broadcasts that Lin Cheng and Lin Momo seemed to have a slight obsession with cleanliness.
After fiddling around for so long, poor Momo finally realized that she was playing with poop.
Chicken Fen: Do you dare to move? Momo: No, I don’t dare to move.
Not only Lin Momo, Lin Cheng's expression at this time is also quite interesting. If you look closely, you can find that Lin Cheng's facial expression is also a little stiff.
I just saw that Lin Cheng’s temple seemed to twitch.
Dad can’t stand it either, haha.
I guess what Lin Cheng is thinking now must be: I don’t want this child anymore.
Ahahaha, I felt the same way.
…
While everyone in the live broadcast room was chatting animatedly, Lin Momo was still standing there in a daze, holding the tool for collecting chicken manure in her hand, feeling dilemma. She looked like she didn't want to hold it anymore, but was too embarrassed to throw it away.
Just when Lin Momo was in a dilemma, Lin Cheng spoke up and helped her out.
"I want to go to the picking area and take a look. Do you want a ride?"
"Yes!" Lin Momo answered loudly.
"Let's go, let's take a car there." Lin Cheng said.
"Give me the bucket and shovel." Seeing that Lin Momo was about to leave with Lin Cheng, an older sister nearby took the "shielding" tools from Lin Momo's hand and put them aside.
Lin Momo said "thank you" to the direction and looked in the direction of Lin Cheng, but she didn't know how to take the first step. At this time, she was standing on a pile of chicken manure, surrounded by chicken manure.
Seeing Lin Momo not moving and looking at her conflicted expression, Lin Cheng knew why she was frozen there.
Lin Cheng's temples throbbed again. In the end, he had no choice but to walk over and pick up Lin Momo, then in two or three steps he carried her to the car.
During the process, Lin Cheng also subconsciously smelled Lin Momo.
Lin Momo noticed this little action very keenly.
"It doesn't stink." Lin Momo frowned and emphasized.
After saying that, he raised his arms guiltily and smelled it himself.
Fortunately, it doesn’t stink.
—
A few people quickly arrived at the other side of the field in a farm tool vehicle.
Unlike the empty space on the other side, this side of the field was planted with many fruits and vegetables.
These were planted by the previous operator before the farm closed down, and most of them have reached maturity and are ready for picking.
At this time, several farm workers were harvesting cucumbers in the field with tools.
Seeing Lin Cheng and the others coming, those people stopped and came to Lin Cheng dragging a few baskets of picked cucumbers.
"The people who planted these cucumbers just left them to grow like this. Most of them are not growing well." The leader pointed at the cucumbers in the basket and said to Lin Cheng.
Compared with the neatly arranged and beautiful fruits and vegetables in the supermarket, the cucumbers in the basket are of different sizes, twisted and crooked, and have many scars, which do look a bit ugly.
"But," the leader changed the subject and said with a smile, "Though these cucumbers may look ugly, they are actually much tastier than those sold outside that are ripened with fertilizers in plastic sheds. They are firm, crisp, and sweet."
"Come, try it, this one is guaranteed to be sweet." As the man said this, he picked out the best cucumber from the basket and handed it to Lin Momo.
Looking at the cucumber handed to her, Lin Momo: "..."
Haha, I feel like Momo’s face now has the expression ‘I don’t want it’ written all over it.
I also felt Momo's rejection.
In Momo's eyes, this cucumber probably looks like it was just picked from a pile of chicken shit, hahaha.
Although but... baby, I haven’t washed it yet.
…
The audience was not wrong about this: the chicken manure accident just now did leave a little psychological trauma on Lin Momo.
But in the face of the farmer's kindness, Lin Momo took out the small backpack used for farming and asked him to put the cucumbers into her backpack.
"Well, I'm not hungry now. I'll eat later." Lin Momo said, and then said to the other side: "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Fang smiled at Lin Momo.
After packing several baskets of cucumbers, the few people went back to their work.
—
Lin Cheng took Lin Momo and walked a little further.
Most of the vegetables in this area are past the suitable time for picking.
At this time, a farm worker was driving a farming tool vehicle to clean up the vegetables that had rotted in the field. Two older women followed the tool vehicle and manually cleaned up the remaining vegetables and plants that had not been cleaned up by the tools.
The three people and a machine worked in perfect harmony, and in a short while they had cleared away all the vegetables left in the fields in an area at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lin Momo stood by the edge of the field, watching the three people's work with a focused look on her face, as if she wanted to join in.
"Dad..." Lin Momo pulled Lin Cheng's hand.
Lin Cheng lowered his head and saw Lin Momo's eager expression. He guessed what she wanted to say.
"Go ahead, be careful, watch your step and don't fall." Lin Cheng said.
"good!"
After getting Lin Cheng's consent, Lin Momo quickly ran to the two older sisters who were working.
After watching the other party's actions for a while, Lin Momo asked, "Can you come and help?"
Hearing Lin Momo's question, the two elder sisters were stunned, but still nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, if you want to give it a try, then give it a try."
An older sister brought a pair of gloves to Lin Momo and demonstrated it to her again: "For the remaining ones that were not dug out by the car in front, just pull them out like this, grab the approximate position and pull them out. If you encounter something that you can't pull out, hold it with one hand and use a small hoe with the other hand to loosen the soil around it, shake it, and then pull it out with force..."
Lin Momo was learning very well. After watching the operation twice, she was able to master it smoothly.
The two older sisters continued to be busy in the front, while Lin Momo followed behind and started to work, imitating their movements.
However, after walking a few steps, Lin Momo discovered something strange: the two older sisters simply pulled out the remaining vegetables in the soil and threw them aside, obviously with no intention of harvesting them.
"Don't you want these anymore?" Lin Momo asked puzzledly, pointing at the vegetables and plants still around.
"No, no, these vegetables are old and cannot be eaten. The same goes for those plants over there. They are all one-year seedlings. If we pull them out now, we can wait for the land to be left for a few more days before we can plant other crops." Someone explained to Lin Momo.
Lin Momo nodded, looking at the plant she had just dug out, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, "It looks pretty good..."
Lin Momo didn't quite understand what the farm workers meant when they told her that 'it won't produce seeds' and 'it won't be big even if it produces seeds'. She was simply looking at the vegetables and plants that hadn't been destroyed by the machines and they seemed to be still in good health.
Lin Momo stared at the plant in her hand, which was not only growing vigorously but also looking beautiful, for a while. Finally, she couldn't bear to throw it away, so she simply put it in her backpack.
Along the way, if there were any vegetables that were already missing some parts, Lin Momo would imitate the two farm workers and throw them aside; if she saw some that were relatively intact and looked healthy and strong, Lin Momo would put them into her backpack.
…
The whole work seems simple, but it is also very hard to stick to it.
Originally, when Lin Momo said she wanted to help, the two older sisters in front thought that Lin Momo just thought it was interesting and wanted to try it out, and would feel tired after working for a few minutes and give up. But what they didn't expect was that Lin Momo actually persisted.
Although Lin Momo's movements were not very skillful, little by little they accumulated. In more than an hour, Lin Momo had already picked up most of the dirt on the road.
—
At the edge of the field, Lin Cheng was watching Lin Momo busying herself with a worried look on his face.
At this time, Assistant Xiao Wu brought by Xu Yi came over.
"Boss, the donation of equipment to the school has been completed." Xiao Wu's assistant Lin Cheng said. According to Lin Cheng's instructions, they donated playground equipment and sports equipment to several schools in the name of the "Happy Bowl" farm, and learned about the situation of several schools.
"This is the information we have obtained." Assistant Xiao Wu said, handing a piece of information to Lin Cheng.
There are four schools in Dafeng Village and its surrounding area. Together with students from surrounding villages, there are a total of about 700 students studying in the four schools.
"We have talked to the school about the supply of food ingredients for students' lunch. When the Dafeng Village Committee heard about this, they became very interested and organized representatives from several schools. They plan to sit down with you to discuss this matter in detail," said Assistant Xiao Wu.
Hearing this, Lin Cheng nodded and asked again: "Is the time set?"
"This afternoon at 3:30, at the Dafeng Village Committee."
Lin Cheng nodded and looked at the time. Xu Yi beside him said, "Make arrangements and get ready to go."
"OK."
After Xu Yi left, Lin Cheng looked over at Lin Momo, who was busy helping to clean up the fields, and called out, "Momo."
Lin Momo did not respond.
Lin Cheng raised his voice and called out again: "Lin Momo."
"Hmm? What? Dad." Hearing Lin Cheng calling her, Lin Momo responded but did not stop the work in her hands.
"I need to go to the village committee. Do you want to go with me?" Lin Cheng asked.
"Ah? But I still have a lot of things to do." Lin Momo said with a worried look on her face.
Haha, it seems like Momo doesn’t have time to deal with Lin Cheng.
I bet a bag of spicy noodles that Momo didn’t listen carefully to what her dad said.
Momo must be thinking now: It’s so annoying, I’m busy, don’t disturb me.
…
Here, Lin Cheng, who was ignored, said: "..."
Seeing that Lin Momo was very interested and unwilling to leave, Lin Cheng had no choice but to say, "Then you stay here."
"Be careful and don't run too far. If you have any questions, find Uncle Xiao Yang." Lin Cheng instructed again.
"good."
Lin Cheng looked at Assistant Xiao Yang next to him and said, "Please keep an eye on her."
"Okay, don't worry, boss." Assistant Xiao Yang responded.
Lin Cheng left with Xu Yi and Assistant Xiao Wu.
—
The three of them soon arrived at the village committee of Dafeng Village.
In the meeting room, when they saw Lin Cheng coming, several people from the village committee immediately put on friendly smiles on their faces.
"Hello, Mr. Lin. Thank you for donating the sports equipment to our school." As soon as the people from the village committee arrived, they took Lin Cheng aside and thanked him.
"This is Ding Jianbing, deputy director of the Dafeng Village Committee, in charge of the village school. This is Yao Xia and Wan Pengju, who are also responsible for this aspect of work. In addition, these four are the principals of the four schools..." said Director Ding, who was in charge.
Lin Cheng shook hands with these people and said hello.
Then, everyone sat down and started the meeting.
"Our farm plans to supply ingredients for students' meals at school." Lin Cheng said straight to the point.
"I heard about this from the teacher at school." Director Ding nodded.
Lin Cheng added: "Currently, the farm has 300 acres of farmland. According to the plan, all of it will be put into cultivation. The output can meet the food supply for students in the four schools in Dafeng Village."
"This is the business license and related licenses obtained by the farm. In addition, here are the samples of vegetables picked from the fields today, as well as the analysis report." Lin Cheng asked Xu Yi to deliver all the prepared items to the people in the village committee.
These vegetables were sent for inspection in the morning. The inspection of fresh vegetables is much simpler than that of processed foods, so they were sent in in the morning and expedited, and they have already received a high score of qualified inspection report.
"Your farm grows quite a variety of vegetables." Director Ding said with a smile and looked through the documents again.
"Of course it would be best to have these," Director Ding sighed.
—The school’s vegetable supply has always been a headache for them. Many people in the village either work outside or engage in other industries. Few people grow crops on a large scale. Even if there are some, they only grow some for their own consumption or sell some at the market.
Without a stable supply source, the schools had to find ways to purchase food from outside. This not only increased costs, but also the quality of food in each school varied.
"But..." Director Ding glanced at the camera of the "Living with Dad" program crew following Lin Cheng and asked worriedly, "I want to know, will your farm business continue forever, or is it just during the filming period?"
After the filming is over and the people leave, I just let it go.
"Please rest assured, Director Ren. We bought the farm from the previous operator of Happy Bowl last week in order to resume operations. Our business scope is not limited to planting. We also have breeding farms, fish ponds, and resort hotels. In the future, we plan to add agricultural product production, processing, and sales chains as well as breeding research bases. Even if you leave, the farm will continue to operate."
Lin Cheng asked Xu Yi to take out the reservation form for the farm hotel. Currently, the hotel’s room reservations have been scheduled for two months.
"If Director Ding is still worried, we can sign a supply contract based on the semester time node." After a pause, Lin Cheng continued, "The current output of vegetables that are ripe or about to ripen on the farm is more than enough to meet the food supply needs of several schools."
Sure enough, as soon as Lin Cheng said this, Director Ding's expression relaxed.
"It would be great if we could have a stable supply."
"It's just..." Director Ding said with difficulty, changing the subject slightly: "According to the regulations, the lunch subsidy for each student is 5 yuan, and our village committee will subsidize 2 yuan. Some students who don't have adults at home have to eat dinner at school and pack some to take home. Originally, the school didn't provide dinner, but in order to prevent some students from skipping lunch and taking it home, we can only ask the school to prepare some dinner for these students. This is just a symbolic payment of 1 yuan per person to the school..."
Eight dollars a day is enough to cover three meals for some students. It is indeed not enough for the school. Some older students can barely get enough to eat.
"Therefore, the amount our school can pay you for purchasing vegetables will not be too much," said Director Ding.
However, Lin Cheng said he didn't care.
"Schools can pay farms a uniform amount of the vegetable purchase price according to an appropriate proportion, and we will provide vegetables to schools at 150% of the standard meal quota for each student to meet the dinner and lunch needs of all students."
After a pause, Lin Cheng continued: "In addition, the farm can provide fruits to schools for free according to the 'one fruit per person per day' plan."
After hearing what Lin Cheng said, Director Ding was completely dumbfounded and looked at Lin Cheng in disbelief: There is such a good thing
"In this case, your farm probably won't make any money," Director Ding said truthfully. Not only will you not make any money, you may even have to pay for the labor and delivery costs.
Not only Director Ding, but also the audience in the live broadcast room had the same idea:
Can Lin Cheng still make money like this
It's a bit risky. Even if it's your own farm, you still need to spend money to maintain it.
Although it’s good to supply vegetables from the farm to schools, what if we make a loss
…
At this time, Lin Cheng explained again: "The main business of the farm is not fruit and vegetable planting, so Director Ding doesn't need to worry."
Selling the farm's crops is only one part of ensuring the long-term operation of the entire farm.
After hearing Lin Cheng's explanation, everyone reacted:
I see. So Lin Cheng just wants to sell the ripe vegetables in the fields and ensure the sustainable operation of the planting area without wasting them
In fact, if you think about it this way, it doesn't seem so bad. There are so many vegetables on the farm that if we don't pick them and let them rot in the fields, there will be nothing left. If we supply them to schools, we can at least make back our investment.
Moreover, when the farm is run, guests will come to experience farming and picking, which will definitely produce a large number of vegetables and fruits. It is actually quite nice to provide them to the school nearby.
…
Having said that, I feel that Lin Cheng's consideration is quite thoughtful. Someone said.
also felt that Lin Cheng's performance was a little beyond 's expectations. Originally, many people in the live broadcast room were worried that Lin Cheng would mess up and ruin this episode of the show, but unexpectedly, Lin Cheng did quite well.
Haha, if you guys didn’t remind me, I would have almost forgotten that Lin Cheng is not a professional.
I don't know what Lin Cheng did before, I have forgotten.
Hahahaha, I forgot that too.
…
"There is another reason," Lin Cheng said, and then added: "He is also a family man."
In the past, Lin Cheng might not pay much attention to this kind of things, but since he had Lin Momo, Lin Cheng also began to pay attention to children's health issues.
"I see." Director Ding nodded with a smile and added, "But we can't let you lose money."
After thinking for a while, Director Ding simply said, "How about this. Your farm provides fruits and vegetables, and we will arrange workers and volunteers from the village committee and the school to pick them up to reduce your transportation costs. In addition, when it is time for concentrated picking, if you are too busy, our village committee can organize people to help."
Finally, Director Ding waved his hand and signed a supply contract with Lin Cheng.
—
It was already past six in the afternoon when Lin Cheng and his party returned to the farm.
"Momo helped in the fields until after 5 o'clock..." Assistant Xiao Yang reported to Lin Cheng what Lin Momo had done that day.
Lin Cheng nodded and asked, "Have you had dinner?"
"Yes, I ate with everyone in the cafeteria."
"Okay, boss. This is what Momo specially left for you." Assistant Xiao Yang pointed to a strange-looking fruit plate next to it and said to Lin Cheng.
These were picked by the farm workers for Lin Momo when she was working in the fields. After they were brought back, Lin Momo washed the cucumbers, melons and tomatoes, cut them into pieces and put them on a fruit plate.
Looking at the fruit plate in front of him, Lin Cheng smiled.
"Where is she now?"
"In the office."
Lin Cheng nodded, took the fruit plate, and went to the office.
In the office, Lin Momo was sleeping on the sofa wrapped in a small blanket. Perhaps because she was too tired after a busy day, Lin Momo was sleeping soundly at this moment, and she didn't notice Lin Cheng coming in.
Lin Cheng held Lin Momo in his arms and moved her towards the sofa, wiping the sweat off her head.
After a while, Lin Cheng came to the desk.
At this time, there was an extra row of decorations on Lin Cheng's desk, and it was hard not to notice it.
"This was done by Momo." Assistant Xiao Yang said.
During the day, Lin Momo picked up all the vegetables and plants that had been pulled out of the fields but were still intact. When she returned to the office, she found some discarded plastic bottles, washed the plants one by one, and put them into the bottles.
The beverage bottle is worse than the old vegetable bottle. Although the combination is a bit strange, after looking at it for a long time, I don’t think it’s ugly anymore.
Looking at the row of vegetable flower arrangements on the table, Lin Cheng couldn't help but smile.
"Let's get down to business," Lin Cheng straightened his voice and asked Xu Yi and the others, "Has the budget come out?"
"It's out. The farm renovation, equipment purchase, and some material purchases are all here," Xu Yi handed a document to Lin Cheng, and said with embarrassment: "The total investment budget is a bit high."
"Boss, do you think we can make some adjustments on some projects? For example, can we slow down the renovation of the amusement park and the zoo?" Xu Yi suggested.
Lin Cheng said, "No, the zoo and the amusement park will open in sync with the opening time of the resort hotel as originally planned."
"As for other projects..." Lin Cheng looked at the budget list again, and then said: "The landscaping and greening can be adjusted."
The budget for green plants is indeed quite large.
"Then why don't we arrange to change the green plants to ones with a relatively cheaper price?"
"No need." Lin Cheng said.
Just when Xu Yi and the other two were puzzled, Lin Cheng said, "Isn't this available? There are still a lot of plants in the planting area that are no longer edible or will no longer bear fruit. Pick out some plants with ornamental value and plant them here directly."
Hearing Lin Cheng's words, Xu Yi's mouth twitched violently: Is this okay? !
It seems that it is possible...
The live broadcast room was also bustling at this time:
Damn, this is even possible?!
Hahaha, when did Lin Cheng become as stingy as Momo.
Momo, come here quickly, your dad stole your idea!
Haha, actually this is okay. The branches of some vegetables look quite nice. I have even seen landscape flowers made from vegetables on the street.
After all, it's a resort hotel on a farm, so maybe it would be quite interesting if we do it this way.
…
"In addition, as for some finishing and decoration supplies, if there are local alternatives, we can purchase them nearby." Lin Cheng turned another page of the budget and said.
"Okay, I'll arrange it." Xu Yi responded. This way, he could indeed save a bit of money.
only…
"Except for those few points, our current funding gap is still relatively large. Even if we make an advance payment of 30% of the contract amount, it is still not enough," said Xu Yi.
"How much is left?" Lin Cheng asked.
"At least 1.2 million." Xu Yi replied.
Lin Cheng nodded, thought for a moment, and asked again: "Did the farm still owe the Chamber of Commerce money in the early stage?"
"Yes, there is still a loan of 30 million that has not been repaid." Xu Yi said.
"Contact the Chamber of Commerce and go to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow to have a meeting with them." Lin Cheng ordered.