Chapter 1: The Incident Occurred Suddenly

  Huang Xiangyun did not expect that her family's land contract would be so profitable, and after some thought, she asked: "Auntie, if your family's land is contracted out for ten years, how much money can it sell for?"

  Zhao Qingfen didn't know what he meant, but still answered the question: "My family has a total of two and a half mu of land, plus one and a half mu of newly reclaimed land, for a total of four mu. If we contract it out for ten years at once, at current prices, each mu would be 1500 yuan per year, so four mu would be 6000 yuan. Ten years would be 60,000... Hmm? Is that really how much?"

  Huang Xiangyun smiled and said: "Of course, there is. It's just that you've never thought about it this way. We're going to Songjiang City for the New Year, and all the land at home has been contracted out for ten years. Don't look at one year, it may not be a lot, but adding up is a big number... Auntie, why don't you come with us to Songjiang City? With so many of us, doing some small business or something will definitely be better than farming at home. Especially since your family doesn't have much labor force now!"

  Zhao Qingfen's eyes lit up, and she sighed, saying: "Actually, I also know that our family can't make money from farming, but we are all women, haven't been to the city, and don't dare to think about doing any business... If you're really willing to take us with you, then we'll follow your family to Songjiang City... As long as it's not too difficult, we can definitely endure hardship!"

  She said this, but still looked at Li Yufen and Lin Xiaoyu. Both of them laughed, and Lin Xiaoyu said: "Yufen and I mean the same thing, after the New Year we'll go together... With so many people, we can definitely do something! Moreover, we have Xiao Wu, a university student!"

  When they heard this, Zhao Qingfen and her family were very happy. They all knew that Huang Xiangyun was capable and the Huang family was also very good, so going to Songjiang City would be a good decision. Even if it didn't work out, their family was already in a difficult situation, what else could they do?

  After dinner, everyone discussed it and Huang Xiangyun went to Wang Er's house with Zhang Danru.

  The Wang family lived in the village's back street, with three brick houses and a courtyard. The Wangs had some money, but it was ill-gotten, and since Wang Laizi was a rascal, they had a very bad reputation in the village.

  As soon as they entered the Wang's courtyard, a big black dog in the corner of the wall suddenly barked loudly. Wang Er walked out of the house and saw Zhang Danru with joy in his heart, but when he saw Huang Xiangyun, his face changed instantly.

  "Jun Jun has arrived. Isn't this Huang Jia Xiao Wu? How did you come?" Wang Er's nose is not a nose, his face is not a face.

  Wang Laizi also walked out of the house, gave Zhang Danru a dazed look, then looked at Huang Xiangyun with a slanted gaze: "How did you get here?"

  Huang Xiangyun's face suddenly turned cold: "Watch your mouth!"

  As soon as Wang Er saw his son leave the house, he immediately cursed and rushed over: "You little scoundrel! You've come to my house to cause trouble!"

  Huang Xiangyun's eyes snapped open, and with a swift kick, he sent Wang Er tumbling to the ground. Seeing his father at a disadvantage, Wang Laizi swiftly pulled out a spring-loaded knife from his waist and pounced forward.

  Huang Xiangyun dodged the incoming knife, grabbed his wrist and pinched it, taking the knife into his hand. With a kick to the ground, he knocked him down, then twisted his arm with one hand and held the knife horizontally against his neck with the other, saying coldly: "You dare to scold me again! I'll dare to skin you and your dad alive, do you believe it?"

  At this time, the director of the society, Wu Yongqiang, happened to be passing by and rushed in to intervene: "Xiaowu, don't do anything stupid. As a university student, is it worth arguing with them? It's not worth it, let go quickly."

  Huang Xiangyun was just trying to scare Wang Lai, he wasn't stupid and knew the law, it's not like he would really kill someone. He stood up and kicked Wang Lai again: "Be more careful in the future, if you mess with me again, you'll be sorry!"

  Wang Laizi kicked Huang Xiangyun's weak spot, and he couldn't get up for a while, just like his dad. The onlookers cheered and clapped, these two are really despicable.

  Wu Yongqiang asked about the situation and knew that he couldn't blame Huang Xiangyun. Seeing that Wang's father and son hadn't gotten up for half a day, he asked Huang Xiangyun: "Didn't you mess it up?"

  Huang Xiangyun shook his head: "I have a measure, not even a little thing... You two are not even worth my counting to tens, I'll chop you up and feed the dogs!"

  After he finished speaking, the spring knife in his hand made a "chua" sound and was nailed to the wooden door in front of Wang Er's forehead!

  Wang Er was still closing his eyes and pretending to be lazy, but this suddenly scared him out of his wits, and he hastily jumped up. Wang Lai Zi was also frightened by Huang Xiang Yun's move and didn't dare pretend anymore, so he too jumped up.

  "We've come to settle the debt today, and it's a good thing Old Man Wu is here, so let's get this over with. Don't think about bullying Ruirui again in the future, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

  Huang Xiangyun finished speaking, and Wu Yongqiang dispersed the crowd. The four of them entered the Wang family's house together, and after some discussion, the Zhang family finally agreed to give them a good piece of land to farm for ten years in exchange for the debt.

  The four of them went to Zhang's house together and completed the matter under Wu Yongqiang's witness. From now on, the accounts between the two families were settled.

  Wu Yongqiang heard that the land of Zhang's, Huang's and Lin Xiaoyu's families had all been contracted out for ten years. It just so happened that his three sons and relatives were about to contract land, and the land of the three families of Zhang, Huang and Lin was very good and extremely clean, unlike some people's land which was like a grassland, and after contracting it back, they would have to work hard to take care of it.

  He went home and called all his sons to Zhang's house. Lin Xiaoyu and Li Lanzhi also arrived at the scene. After spending a whole morning, the land contract of the three families was settled.

  That afternoon, the contract was signed and the money was paid. Both parties got what they needed, and everyone was delighted.

  In the end, Zhang's family sold the remaining three mu of land for more than 40,000 yuan. Adding this to the 26,000 yuan they owed to Wang Erjia, they made a total of nearly 70,000 yuan, almost 10,000 yuan more than their expected 60,000 yuan.

  Huang's family originally had two mu of land, but later they opened up more than two mu of wasteland and had a total of more than four mu. They sold it for nearly 70,000 yuan.

  Lin Xiaoyu originally allocated 1.5 mu of land, and after opening up more than 1.5 mu, a total of more than 3 mu of land was obtained. In total, nearly 60,000 yuan was sold.

  Although it seems like a lot of money, in reality, when averaged out per person and thought, there isn't much. From now on, for the next ten years, they will only be able to survive with this amount of money!

  The next day, Zhao Qingfen paid off all the debts at once. Although there was less than 10,000 yuan left after paying off the debt, the Zhang family felt relieved and thought they had never been so comfortable before!

  No feeling of famine, great!

  The three families sold the land and rented out all the houses. The rural house rent is cheap, only one or two thousand a year, but a house with people living in it is more resistant to the erosion of time than an empty one, so it must be rented out.

  After all these things were done, it was also the Spring Festival.