Free Web NovelChapter 445: Chapter 445: Envied by Others
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The cement road in Chen Village is now almost complete, expected to be finished in just two or three days. The road is quite wide, extending all the way to the town, and even has two lanes. Zhao Youquan must have invested heavily this time.
"This is all my hard-earned money!"
Seeing the spacious cement road, Zhao Youquan’s face bears a smile, but his heart is bleeding.
Over the years, the perks he skimmed off in the village were all sunk into this road. In other words, his years as village chief might as well have been for nothing—not only did he achieve no notable success, he didn’t benefit personally either.
Just then, a luxury car approached from a distance. Zhao Youquan’s heart tensed, wondering if it could be Wang Hao bringing the county head over.
Thinking this, Zhao Youquan approached with a smile. If the visitor was indeed the county head, then Zhao Youquan needed to seize the opportunity to brag about his great achievements with this road.
If the county head took notice, it might just help Zhao Youquan in next spring’s re-election for village chief.
But upon closer inspection, it was just Wang Hao driving back alone.
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Zhao Youquan’s face instantly darkened upon seeing only Wang Hao and asked.
"Where’s the county head? Why are you alone? Didn’t you say you would bring the county head over to take a look?"
Now that the money for the road had been spent and could not be retrieved, Zhao Youquan had hoped to show off in front of the leaders, but he had never imagined that Wang Hao would come back alone.
"You’ve built a nice cement road here. Isn’t the peak season for medicinal herbs coming up soon? The county head is also very busy, he said it will be quite a while before he can come over!"
Wang Hao gave a perfunctory response and didn’t wait for Zhao Youquan to complain before driving off.
"Oh, isn’t that Wang Hao? In just a short time, you’ve started driving a luxury car!"
Uncle Gao from the neighboring village was also here helping with the road, just finishing up some final touches. He greeted Wang Hao with a welcoming smile as he saw him driving back.
I don’t know what kind of car this is, but it looks much better than the one Zhao Youquan had before."
Wang Hao smiled without saying a word because the car wasn’t actually his—it belonged to the Sun Family brothers. But now, it could well be said to be his.
After hearing this, bitterness filled Zhao Youquan’s heart, yet he couldn’t deny the truth in Uncle Gao’s words. His own beat-up pickup truck, after years of use, probably wouldn’t be wanted even as a gift.
Had Zhao Youquan had the money to buy a new car before the road construction, he might have overshadowed Wang Hao’s moment, but now, because of this cement road...
All Zhao Youquan could do now was look on enviously, as his money was literally being trod underfoot.
The more Zhao Youquan thought about it, the angrier he grew. To alleviate his inner turmoil, he turned around and went home – out of sight, out of mind.
"Hmph, that Zhao Youquan is no good!"
Seeing Zhao Youquan go home, Uncle Gao grumbled angrily, then said.
"We’re getting paid less for this work than what we would outside, working so hard every day, and they only give us radishes and greens to eat. We hardly have any strength left for work now."
Hearing this, Wang Hao couldn’t help but bitter-smile. He thought to himself, at least you have radishes and greens; when they all had worked for Zhao Youquan, they hadn’t even had that—they’d done it for free.
"Eh? Uncle Gao, it sounds like you’re suggesting something else? Saying Zhao Youquan is no good, could it be there’s someone else who isn’t good either?"
Wang Hao asked casually.
But when the listener is keen, Uncle Gao’s face changed slightly after hearing these words.
"Who else could it be? Isn’t it our village head? Originally, we all agreed to rent the land to you to build greenhouses, so we could make some rental income, but our village head was dead set against it."
"In our view, people like him just can’t stand to see us do well!"
As he spoke, Uncle Gao said it with a face full of anger.
Wang Hao also realized that having built these thousand mu of greenhouses had already made more people envious. In his own village, Zhao Youquan was always looking for trouble, and it seemed like the head of the neighboring village also had some devious ideas.
However, for now, it hadn’t caused Wang Hao any loss, so he didn’t want to make things more complicated, especially since the peak season for Chinese medicinal herbs was just around the corner.
"Uncle Gao, now the land in our villages is state-owned, and you all only have usage rights. You don’t need to listen to the village head."
"How about this, the peak season for Chinese medicinal herbs is coming, I’ll see how the sales go this year, and if the sales are very promising, then I’ll naturally come to your village to rent land!"
After finishing his words, Wang Hao drove back home.
Having the chance to expand production was naturally something Wang Hao was very happy about, but he couldn’t act recklessly.
This was the first peak season that Wang Hao had encountered, and they still faced many problems in sales.
If he couldn’t find a breakthrough, it was possible there might be a problem even selling off his thousand mu of Chinese medicinal herbs. If they were not easy to sell, then there was no need to think about further expansion of production.
Indeed, Wang Hao’s ultimate goal was to lead not only the whole village but also the entire town and county to wealth and prosperity, but that was not an easy task—it had to be done step by steady step.
True, Wang Hao had quite a bit of money at hand, but giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him to fish. If everyone did not grasp the methods to become wealthy, relying solely on him for emergencies was not a solution.
Considering the whole town, there were so many people that even if the money were divided, there wouldn’t be much to go around.
So this was not something to be rushed right now.
"I say, Haizi, when did you buy a car, and why didn’t you tell me in advance? I could have also bought some fireworks to celebrate."
Wang Dazhu had just returned from the fields and saw Wang Hao driving home. Seeing that there was only Wang Hao in the car, he knew it was Wang Hao who had driven it back.
"I didn’t buy a car; it’s a friend’s!"
Wang Hao said with a smile and then entered the house.
Huang Yufen had already gone to the market to buy things and was expected to return around noon, so Wang Hao went directly to Su Zhenping’s home. The Alchemy Furnace made to normal proportions that he talked about last time should have arrived.
He wanted to see if Su Zhenping was working on refining the Alchemy Furnace and how it was going.
But after arriving at Su Zhenping’s home and searching for a while, he didn’t find him. Instead, he only saw Su Lin.
"Where did Uncle Su go?"
Wang Hao curiously asked Su Lin.
"You come back and only care about my dad. Don’t you care about me at all? I’m a living person, too. Can’t you talk to me about whatever it is? Does it have to be a private conversation with my dad?"
Su Lin seemed somewhat unhappy. Wang Hao had been gone for several days without any news and hadn’t thought to give Su Lin a call to check in.
This left the budding-hearted Su Lin daydreaming about Wang Hao.
Now that she had finally looked forward to Wang Hao’s return, he ignored her as soon as he got back, just relentlessly looking for Su Zhenping. This made Su Lin feel very aggrieved in an instant and unwilling to bother with Wang Hao anymore.
