When young people meet each other, being decisive and swift is just a basic quality.
At 12 o'clock that day, before everyone got off work, Song Tan's contract had already been signed. The first payment of 70,000 yuan was transferred to the designated account, and she announced at lunch:
"Dad, this whole area of the back mountain is ours. Let's find someone to start cleaning it up this afternoon."
The so-called cleaning is to pave a road surface before the excavator enters the site and clear away those large and overlapping vines and branches.
Zhang Yanping thought about it, took out his phone and flipped through a video: "Tan Tan, why don't you try paying a little more? There is a brand new land reclamation crusher that can be installed on the bucket in front of the excavator - look at how efficient this machine is when it is turned on!"
In the video, an excavator is seen with an unfamiliar machine at the front. It only turns slightly towards the small tree in front, and the trunk and large vines are quickly sawed off. They are then sucked in by the grinding disc of the machine and crushed into debris.
Wherever it goes, it destroys everything in an instant.
Song Sancheng also came over to take a look and was amazed!
But after thinking about it, I still refused:
"No, no, this won't work."
"Yan Ping, it's not that I don't want to spend money, but you don't know that there are basically several old graves on the hills in the countryside, and the grass grows as tall as the trees."
The villagers were apparently accustomed to these graves.
Some of them we know who they belong to, some may belong to our elders, and some cannot be found out at all.
But obviously, the age is not so old as to be exaggerated. At least, the grave mound is still there.
"It was not popular to build a layer of cement on the outside of old graves. They were all built with loess. The grass grew fast and fiercely on top. When the weeds and vines grew, it was impossible to tell them apart."
"This machine is powerful, but if it keeps spinning, it might dig up people's graves. Wouldn't that be a sin?"
As a native villager, Song Sancheng attaches great importance to this.
Zhang Yanping was also stunned—he had never thought of this.
But this machine is really efficient, and Song Tan is reluctant to give it up.
After thinking about it, she asked a key question: "Dad, can we still have so many strong laborers in the village to clean up the barren mountain within a week?"
Although twenty acres of barren hills may seem insignificant in other people's gardens, when it comes to real work, it is boundless.
The excavator bucket can dig out a tree root, and it takes several grown men half an hour to do it.
Song Tan calculated that even if he hired twenty people, it would take at least a month to turn over and dry the entire piece of land.
Song Sancheng also started to worry: With so many people, then... then there really isn't one.
Song Tan had already thought it through: "Brother Yan Ping, how do we calculate the money after adding this?"
Zhang Yanping made preparations, so he naturally paid attention to every detail: "The same price, 600 a day. We can clean up the surface in two days, and then we will charge according to the normal excavation."
"But if we do this, it will take a week to clean up the barren mountain."
Song Tan was already very satisfied.
Without this, before hiring an excavator, the villagers would have to work for a week or so to roughly finish the surface.
Song Tan made a prompt decision: "Brother Yan Ping, contact the other party and ask them to come over tonight or tomorrow morning. We will provide food and accommodation."
Then he said to Song Sancheng, "Dad, since there may be old graves on the mountain, why don't you call a few more people up this afternoon to mark the location of the old graves and pave a road from the side of the road to facilitate the excavator to enter the mountain."
It doesn't need to be much, just a short section to connect the village roads and the barren mountains, so that the excavator can enter the site smoothly in the early stage.
"After the excavator starts working tomorrow morning, Dad, you can arrange for someone to follow the excavator and pick up the weeds, shrubs and debris that the machine has cleared away."
"It's the same when we start excavating. Someone has to help carry the tree roots and rocks aside."
Song Sancheng thought about the process in his mind and found that there was no problem with it, except that it cost money.
Think about it: even if you don't hire an excavator, labor is still expensive! This is not the era when labor is worthless.
"OK!"
After having a good meal and a few drinks, and with tomorrow's work arranged, everyone left the party happily, feeling that their hearts were filled with endless fighting spirit.
Wulan also discussed with Song Tan: "Let's continue to grow tea on this barren mountain. Tea is the most profitable."
Song Tan refused outright: "No way!"
She always remembers what she needs when she returns to her hometown to farm - staple food, drinks, vegetables, meat and fruits.
Now we have the first four, only the fruit is missing. In this case, we must plant fruit on this newly acquired barren mountain.
She has not forgotten her original intention and has obviously done a very good job.
However, Wulan's idea is not wrong. Since tea can be priced at this price, there is nothing wrong with growing more.
Song Tan had no choice but to comfort her: "Mom, once something becomes popular, the price will definitely drop. We have to plant the tea leaves, and it will take many years for them to grow."
"At this time, if there is more good quality tea, the market will definitely notice that the price has dropped."
Wulan also lamented: "Right... I was thinking that since the tea leaves don't grow very tall, I could plant some other trees or something."
Song Tan thought: Tea leaves are not very tall and have high requirements. If we plant trees on top, the sunlight will be blocked, so won’t the yield decrease
She comforted him, "It's okay. We will plant other things in the forest when the time comes. Don't worry, you won't lose money."
So the Song family soon discovered that ever since they signed the contract, the money required for expenditure in the account book had never stopped for a single day.
It is obvious that Zhang Yanping became the biggest winner in this wave.
Because that afternoon, after the villagers had simply cleaned up the barren mountain, the young man who had been out of business for a long time and had been driving an excavator alone, hurried over.
He is really a down-to-earth person.
As soon as I arrived, I went to see the workplace.
In the end, I found that there were no mature trees. This customer seemed quite honest and not the kind of difficult and unreasonable customer...
The young man had dark skin. He was holding Zhang Yanping's hand and expressing his gratitude over and over again.
And in the evening, when he tasted the first bite of the Song family's unique meal, he almost cried.
It’s hard to describe how miserable the daily life of a young single guy is without any cooking skills.
While Song Tan was sorting out the honey orders sold in the group today, he accidentally overheard their conversation:
"Brother Yanping, you are really my brother."
"If you had known that the food here was so good, I would have come here yesterday at noon to help out."
Zhang Yanping laughed and said, "How can I help you? Can you drive the excavator for half a day for free?"
The young man smiled shyly:
"No, I have to pay them. I mean, I will just go to the fields and help them work for half a day."