The Big Landlord

"The sun is shining in the sky, and the flowers are smiling at me..."

In the bright morning, the school song rang again outside the house. The new semester started as scheduled. The children in the team carried their small schoolbags, held their hands and headed to the primary school in the village in groups, soaking in the warm spring breeze. There was an innocent smile on Zhang's face. It was so wonderful to go to school.

Linglong was still indifferent, preferring to play around and act coquettishly around Wang Ben, wandering around with nothing to do, or eating snacks alone at home. This girl is actually very smart. In less than a month of tutoring during the winter vacation, she has already completed all the courses in the first volume of elementary school. But she seemed to be born with an aversion to the classroom, and she refused to go to school no matter how much I tried to persuade her.

Wang Ben had no choice but to let her be a wild girl for the time being, hoping that one day he would suddenly get a whim and clamor to go to school. His only worry was whether the pinyin, Chinese characters and arithmetic he had finally learned would be useful. After a few days, I forgot all about it.

On the third day after school started, the fragrance started to bloom again in the greenhouse, and a new crop of roses were in full bloom. There were more flowers in this crop than on Valentine's Day, and they were more colorful and large. In this early spring, The season is the first to show a strong sense of spring and a lush scene.

I went to Yongfeng City and found a florist to collect flowers. Now is not the peak season for selling roses, so the price is naturally not too high. Red roses cost ten yuan a bunch, and pink roses cost eight yuan a bunch. After the price was settled, Wang Ben still asked the workers to help prune the branches. He had to steal where he should be lazy.

It took three days to harvest this crop of flowers, with a total of more than 120,000 flowers. The income was 100,000 yuan in one fell swoop, which was very good. In this era when everyone was still shouting in unison to fight for a household worth 10,000 yuan, Wang Ben had already gained nearly 10,000 yuan. With a deposit of 300,000 yuan, I am not busy at all. My life is enjoyable and comfortable.

Everything went well during the flower collection process, but one thing bothered him. From the first day of flower cutting, there were always a few strangers wandering around, pointing and talking in low voices from time to time, as if they were paying attention to the greenhouse. It seems not. These people are not nearby villagers. Judging from their clothing, they should not be farmers. They look quite wealthy.

Although he was doubtful, Wang Ben still didn't take the initiative to ask. If others wanted to learn the technology of greenhouses, they should come to him. As for space nutrients, he can rest assured that what he is growing now is roses. The flowers bloom a little faster and usually you can't see anything.

The next day after harvesting the flowers, the weather was beautiful. Wang Ben moved the chair to the courtyard dam and lay on it to bathe in the warm spring weather. Linglong jumped up and down happily beside him. From time to time, he called Benzi brother sweetly and jumped on it. She was acting coquettishly, and she came over to nuzzle her with her rosy face, smiling. She would occasionally go into the house and put a candy in her pocket.

"Benzi!" Wang De'an came to visit, walked straight to him, and greeted with a smile on his face. Since renting more than five acres of land to Wang Ben, the family's farm work has been reduced a lot, and they invite people to play cards and play cards every day. Drink tea and live a very nourishing life.

Wang De'an lived far away, and it was rare for him to come by. Something must have happened. Wang Ben sat up and asked Linglong to bring a short bench, and invited the honest uncle to take a seat in the courtyard without mincing words. , smiled slightly and asked: "What's the matter with Uncle Wang?"

"A boss came to the city and said he wanted to set up a factory in our team," Wang De'an said as he took the stool Linglong handed him, put it aside and sat down with his waist bent, wiping the beard under his chin.

It's a good thing that someone actually came to set up a township enterprise. I was busy harvesting flowers a few days ago and I didn't hear anyone talking about it. However, Wang Ben didn't care much. He looked up at the sun with empty eyes and stretched his arms. ,

He said lazily: "Just do it to him."

"They want to rent 20 acres of land to build a factory in the team," Wang De'an said slowly, as if there was something in his words.

It was impossible for Wang Ben not to hear it, and he suddenly realized that no wonder there were always people wandering around the greenhouse when collecting flowers a few days ago. It turned out that they were planning to land land. He was suddenly startled and asked in a panic, "What do you mean? , they also want to occupy my greenhouse?"

"Yes," Wang De'an nodded firmly. This was exactly the purpose of coming to Wang Ben.

The greenhouse is more than a mile away from the road and land, and about 200 meters away from the tractor road. The traffic is not good, but the area is very flat, there are not many woods around, and it is not too far from the Mengxi River. Considering these reasons , the owner of the factory finally took a fancy to that piece after wandering around Xiushui Bay for a few days.

"Is there no other place to choose from?" Wang Ben asked doubtfully.

"I don't know. The village party secretary brought him personally, so I didn't ask too many questions," Wang De'an said, shaking his head.

"When will they start construction?"

"It seems that we will start working on it as soon as the land is secured."

"Then what are they going to do with my greenhouse?"

"I've never heard of this."

Hearing this, it seemed that he was preparing to demolish it by force without any compensation. Wang Ben frowned and slapped the armrest of the chair to vent his unhappiness. The money for the shed was not important, but the roses in the field were fine this year. Opening three crops is worth at least 300,000 yuan. What's even more irritating is that he is still a tenant after all, but he didn't even say hello and let Wang De'an just talk and get it done. This is too overbearing.

"How much rent do they give?" Wang Ben asked calmly, planning to continue renting the land, it doesn't matter if the price is higher.

"The rent is the same as yours, and they also agreed to rent a land for a labor quota. I heard that the monthly salary is more than two hundred," Wang De'an said truthfully with his hand on his chin, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

"..." Wang Ben was speechless for a while. The boss was really smart. Not to mention the rent, a labor quota was enough to attract the villagers to rent the land to him. One month's salary can buy five or six hundred kilograms of rice, which is comparable to farming. The income from the land is much higher, and workers are needed to run factories anyway, so there is no loss at all. It is really a killing of two birds with one stone.

"I'm sorry, I'll repay you the money you paid for renting the land over time," Wang De'an smiled apologetically, stood up slowly, and prepared to leave.

"No!" Wang Ben raised his palm to stop him and said cheerfully, "I will give you twice the rent, and I will pay you another 6,000 yuan every year. I will continue to rent the land."

This is much more than what the boss gave. Wang De'an looked at Wang Ben in surprise and said earnestly: "Ben, don't compare with them. I'm afraid we can't compare with those from the city. You can rent other people's land." Use it."

"No, I'll just use that piece of land, and I'll make up for the money and new contract for you later," Wang Ben said firmly.

Wang De'an, who has always been honest and honest, weighed it again and again, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid it's hard to tell. I'm from the city and I have the approval from the village. I can't afford to offend him."

"Don't be afraid, just tell them that the land has been leased to me, and tell them to come to me directly if they have any problem," Wang Ben waved his hand and took over everything.

Wang De'an said nothing more. He didn't have to take responsibility and could earn more. Why not? After chatting for a while, he left happily.

After sending Wang De'an away, Wang Ben fell into deep thought and felt deeply about the seriousness of the situation. This was not just a matter of a piece of land. This was going against the village committee and preventing the village committee from attracting investment.