Chapter 387: Chapter 387 Rectification of the Farm
"Ah, you’re back."
Li Yanling hadn’t even noticed him, she had been busy organizing some documents on the table. The previous village committee, to tell the truth, had been very, very informal, and everything was essentially scattered. Moreover, it indeed would take some time to reintegrate all these items.
"Yes, I’m back. The hospital matter is already taken care of, so I thought I would see how the progress at the village committee was going. Why are you the only one here? Didn’t the others come in the morning?"
"Oh, don’t worry about it, they all came by this morning. Plus, they’ve already gone back to the village to start gathering the relevant information. Didn’t you say you wanted to clarify the ancestry issue between the two villages as soon as possible? So, they’ve been busy with that."
Upon hearing this, Liu Zheng felt like he had taken a tranquilizer and could finally breathe a sigh of relief. If that were the case, it seemed that his team indeed could be entrusted with some tasks.
"How is it going on your end? And, did they say how many days it might take to get all these documents organized?"
"I’m almost done over here; probably just today, yes, at most by tomorrow, everything should be sorted out. They said it should take about two or three days to get it all organized."
"All right then, if that’s the case, when you have time, start thinking about how to use that empty space at the eastern end of the village."
"The issue with the empty space? Didn’t you discuss that in the meeting before? You said it was planned to be developed into a fish pond and then leased out. I looked at it briefly today, and that piece of land in the village is really, really large. If we’re going to lease it out, then I’ll take a good look at the lease fees tomorrow?"
"As for finding a suitable candidate from our village, I don’t think that would be appropriate because these people are not professionals. If we let them start fish farming blindly, I’m afraid they might end up losing a lot of money and create a bunch of trouble for us."
"What else is there to say? Exactly, like a few years ago, when we looked at that fishery in the village. To be honest, the business is lukewarm at best, and I have no idea how much money it loses every year, but I do know that those people are very, very unprofessional."
"So, the next step in the fish farming industry, apart from the expropriation and use issues at the construction site on the east side of the village, is the joint fishery. The fishery is way too informal. We must hire professional personnel from outside to manage it and completely disrupt the current situation."
"But their way of thinking is deeply ingrained. They are like people biding their time every day. If you forcibly separate them out now, I’m afraid they’ll feel discontent and the fishery will face even more trouble."
"Don’t worry, all of these matters are within my consideration. I’ll take some time in the next few days to inspect the fishery on-site to see how we should proceed with the renovations. Anyway, the current situation can’t be maintained."
"Fine then, you’re the village head now, so it’s your call. Just tell me if there’s anything you need. Whatever I can help you with, I’ll definitely do it."
"How about this: aside from the women’s work, you handle all the clerical tasks on this side, including dealing with documents, sending and receiving emails, and such. I’ll leave all that to you. How does that sound?"
"What? Handle documents, send emails? You overestimate me. Do you really think I’m capable and qualified for this? Dealing with personnel statistics alone has already got me at my wits’ end. These tasks should be given to the younger ones, not to me."
"I’m not quite at ease entrusting them to others. Only after delegating this task to you will I know how to proceed. So, don’t worry about it anymore. If I say you can do it, there’s definitely no problem. Besides, you’re just lacking some basics, which is why I plan to send you to the county for a short-term training of one month. After that, you should be able to master the basic operations."
"What did you say? Send me out for training? What kind of training? Plus, I’ve got children at home. I can’t just neglect them, no way, that’s not going to work."
"You’ll have to find a way to make it work. Otherwise, I really do not have anyone else available right now. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the kids for you. Besides, I won’t make you train for nothing this month. Apart from your regular salary, I’ll give you a daily allowance of 50 yuan. How about that?"
"What did you say? 50 yuan a day? So, if I train for a month, you’ll have to give me 1500, right?"
"You’ve got your math right, yes. I can give you 1500. How about it, do we have a deal? Plus your monthly salary, that means this month you can make a total of 4500 yuan. How does that sound? You shouldn’t refuse such a good deal from me, right?"
"Heh, truth be told, if you hadn’t tempted me with this money, I really wouldn’t have agreed. No problem then, I’ll agree to your request. I’ll just do my best. After all, at my age, my mind might not be as sharp."
"No worries, as long as you do your best that’s enough. It’s a must for me to delegate this task to someone I know personally and trust. Later on, if there’s a chance, I’ll invite those teachers to the village committee and then give you a systematic training. Since I’m involved, I absolutely must manage this village well."
"Liu Zheng, I never knew you had such grand ambitions before. Now that I see, becoming the village chief seems to be the absolutely right choice. I believe with your leadership, our villagers should soon be on the path to wealth. At that rate, the people of Chen River Village will probably be too late even to envy us."
