Mountain village beauty: Brother, don't stop!

Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Unity is Strength

"I didn’t expect your popularity to be so good!"

Xia Xue said appreciatively to Wang Hao as she saw people continuously coming over to work.

"It’s okay,"

Wang Hao modestly replied, smiling and then continued:

"But right now, only these few households are willing to rent their land to me, totaling less than twenty acres, which still hasn’t met my expectations."

"It is less, but after all, everyone is gradually accepting it. It will get better in the future."

Xia Xue encouraged Wang Hao.

Fortunately, the lands of these families were all next to each other at the head of the village, which made construction and management convenient.

Thinking about it, his dad must have put in a lot of effort to persuade the villagers to rent their lands to him.

His parents really went through a lot of trouble.

After collecting the samples, the two of them got up and went home to prepare for the meal.

"I want to send the samples I collected to the city for testing as soon as possible to get the results early."

After breakfast, Xia Xue shared her next steps with Wang Hao.

When it came to testing the soil, her speed of speech noticeably slowed down, and she seemed hesitant. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

"Testing will need quite a bit of money, right?"

Seeing what Xia Xue was getting at, Wang Hao pulled out a stack of money from behind and stuffed it into Xia Xue’s hand.

"It won’t need this much, I’ll give you the excess back,"

Xia Xue said as she carefully examined the money, estimating it to be about fifty thousand yuan.

"Keep the rest for now; your dad’s hospital fees must be due again soon."

Wang Hao said with a smile, knowing that Xia Xue needed money.

He could help out a bit now, and in the future, he hoped Xia Xue would serve as his advisor and offer more suggestions.

"Aren’t you afraid I’ll take the money and run away?"

Xia Xue asked tentatively, filled with immense gratitude.

"I know you won’t. We’re family now,"

Wang Hao chuckled.

"Who’s family with you?"

Xia Xue’s cheeks reddened, and she said shyly.

"No rush, it’s a matter of time."

Wang Hao looked at the bashful Xia Xue, somewhat presumptuously.

"I’m not talking to you anymore, I’ve got things to do."

Xia Xue hurriedly escaped.

Teased in such a way by Wang Hao, she didn’t feel the slightest bit angry, but there was an unexplainable joy and anticipation.

Approaching lunchtime, Wang Hao went to the fields to have a look.

He noticed that everyone was working together without distinction.

With cooperative division of labor, those who hoed took care of hoeing, others followed by piling up the hoes, and yet others began to dig. ...

This assembly-line approach increased the efficiency much more than working alone.

In just half a day, almost twenty acres of land had been cleared.

"Let’s take a break, everyone. Wash your hands and face, and come to my house for lunch."

To thank everyone, Wang Hao had Huang Yufen prepare two large tables of food early on.

Seeing Wang Hao’s enthusiasm and that it was their first time gathering together because of him, the villagers agreed.

After the meal, everyone sat in the courtyard to rest and chat.

They were very curious about the greenhouse equipment, crowding around to have a look, seeing such novel gadgets for the first time in their lives.

"Everyone has to work in the afternoon, so I didn’t serve alcohol at lunch. Tonight, I’ll prepare a few bottles of good wine, and we’ll drink to our hearts’ content. No one goes home sober!"

Wang Hao saw all the villagers curiously touching and inspecting the greenhouse equipment. He happily approached and spoke to everyone.

"I know everyone is curious about the equipment. Don’t worry. Xia Xue is the technical consultant I hired at a high cost. She will gradually teach everyone how to use it."

"Wang Hao, I might not be able to learn this fancy gadget, but I’ve got plenty of strength for tasks like moving equipment, just call on me,"

Wang Xiaoer said with a silly grin.

Wang Xiaoer had brain damage from a high fever when he was young, so he was a bit slow in speech and action, but was very honest and sincere.

His goofy words made everyone laugh.

"Did I say something wrong?"

Wang Xiaoer asked, puzzled.

"No, not at all!"

Wang Hao replied with a laugh.

"I know everyone is worried, afraid that we won’t be able to get the greenhouses up and running. Now that everyone is here, I guarantee, whether the greenhouses are successful or not, I won’t shortchange anyone on your rent or wages by a single word."

Everyone was from the countryside, laboring with their faces towards the soil and backs to the sky, relying on the small income from the fields to support their families.

As long as the money is in place, no one cares what is planted in the fields or how it’s done.

After listening, everyone became excited.

"Haozi, we all trust your integrity. After all, you’ve gone out to study and seen the world; we don’t understand any of this."

"Now that everything is out in the open, we won’t say much more. Whatever you want us to do, just tell us."

When signing the land lease contract, Wang Hao paid the rent to the farmers, so everyone still trusted his integrity.

As for whatever Wang Hao wanted to do next, everyone would listen to Wang Hao’s arrangements, as long as he kept his promise to pay their wages on time.

"Good, thank you all for trusting me. I promise when we start making money, you will definitely benefit from it."

Wang Hao said ambitiously.

"This afternoon, Xia Xue will start teaching you how to set up the greenhouse equipment. Learn well, for tonight I’m treating everyone to drinks!"

"No problem, we’ll definitely learn!"

"Just for Haozi stepping in to help us out in front of Zhou Mazi and the village chief, we should support Haozi and work hard with him!"

Stimulated by Wang Hao’s impassioned words, everyone’s spirits were lifted.

Right now, if he called on everyone to revolt, they would support him without hesitation.

However, Wang Hao wouldn’t lead them to do so.

"Great! Since everyone trusts me, Wang Hao, so much, let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work!"

Wang Hao said, raising his arm passionately.

"Roll up our sleeves and get to work!"

"Roll up our sleeves and get to work!"

The villagers joined in the chorus, and to anyone passing by who didn’t know better, it might seem like some kind of pyramid scheme activity was taking place.

But in reality, the villagers had indeed been influenced by Wang Hao.

Following Wang Hao meant doing real work and making good money, so it couldn’t be considered a pyramid scheme.

In the afternoon, Wang Hao and Xia Xue came to the fields to teach everyone how to set up the greenhouse equipment.

Xia Xue, a former boss herself, knew how to delegate tasks suited to people’s strengths and to cover one’s weaknesses with another’s strengths.

With proper distribution and cooperation, everyone quickly became adept at operating the equipment.

Wang Hao also learned to build along with them. As the boss, he needed to learn more comprehensively than the villagers.

Not just in management, but technically too, so he could offer guidance when Xia Xue wasn’t there.

In the afternoon, Zheng Cailian brought Ya Ya to school and also came to the fields to help everyone.

She brought tea and snacks for everyone.

Seeing the fatigue on Wang Hao’s face and the bloodshot eyes, she couldn’t help feeling sorry for him.

"You didn’t stay up all night, did you?"

Zheng Cailian asked with concern.

Last night, when police cars arrived in the village, Zheng Cailian and the other villagers all came out to watch the excitement.

Seeing Li Guang being arrested, Zheng Cailian knew it must have been Wang Hao’s doing.

"Don’t worry, I’m fine."

Wang Hao said with a smile, looking at Zheng Cailian, and then, as if thinking of something else, he added,

"Cailian, do you still have any of that liquor at home?"

"Plenty of it. Do you want more?"

"No, I was thinking of treating everyone to drinks tonight. I’ll come by later to pick up a couple of bottles."

"I’ll go get it. I’m not doing anything anyway, and you should have a good rest."

"It’s always my Cailian who cares for me."

As Wang Hao spoke, he caressed Lin Cailian’s cheek, showing his doting affection for her.

The moment Lin Cailian heard his words, her cheeks flushed red, and her eyes nearly squinted into crescents.

"Ah, stop teasing! There are so many people around, don’t let them see."

Lin Cailian said shyly, batting away Wang Hao’s teasing hand from her face.

"Hehe..."

Wang Hao, pleased with Lin Cailian’s reaction, couldn’t help but plant a kiss on her forehead.

Lin Cailian felt a warm sensation on her face and involuntarily shivered.

"Stop it!"

Her face turned red once more, and she pinched Wang Hao’s nose playfully.

Wang Hao chuckled, then kissed Lin Cailian’s lips again before standing up reluctantly.

"I’ll head back first, then. I’ll bring the liquor to you later."

"Okay, be careful on the way."

After speaking, Zheng Cailian turned and left.

Wang Hao continued working with the villagers on the greenhouse equipment, surrounded by a crowd of villagers who had gathered to watch.

At this time, Zhou Mazi, nursing his injuries, was also lurking at the back of the crowd...