Chapter 100

The village chief frowned, "You want me to take back those lands?"

Zhang Fugui nodded: "Yes, that's the only way."

The village chief said: "But this means you have breached the contract. I can take back the land, but you still have to pay compensation to the village."

"What? Compensation?"

"Yes, it's written on the contract. Didn't you read it carefully?"

Zhang Fugui hurriedly opened the contract and took a closer look. Sure enough, he saw the clause that required compensation.

"I'm in debt now, where can I get the money? Village chief, why don't you help me find someone to take over? I really can't pay it back."

The village chief said: "I can't find one. Most people in the village know that you have contracted the land for five years, not only did you not make any money, but you have been losing money. You just admitted it yourself."

"Now your land is a hot potato. No one is stupid. Seeing that you are not making money, they come to take over."

"And I heard that the transfer fee you want is too high. There are not many people in the village who can take out so much money at one time."

"With so much money, others can do other profitable businesses."

Zhang Fugui was entangled and said: "Then how much do you think I should pay?"

The village chief said: "In my opinion, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find someone to take over even if the price is reduced by half. The things in your land, plus the land, are only worth 20,000 to 30,000 yuan."

He also knew some of the reasons why Zhang Fugui lost money.

If Zhang Fugui took care of those lands seriously, he could probably make some money.

But he was afraid of spending money, so he hired six people to manage the 40 mu of land. His family never went to the fields to help, so how could they manage it?

And he bought the cheapest seeds and fruit seedlings.

Sometimes he was greedy for cheap pesticides and fertilizers, and people cheated him out of a lot of money.

When it was time to harvest vegetables and fruits, they foolishly never hired anyone, causing many vegetables and fruits to miss the best sales period.

Zhang Fugui was immediately anxious. This money was too little. His contract fee was 22,000 yuan a year.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at the people working in his field, "Since you don't want to lose your jobs, why don't you contract together? For the six of you, I only need a total transfer fee of 100,000 yuan, and each person only pays more than 10,000 yuan, which every family can afford."

Those people shook their heads hurriedly.

"No, we don't have that much money."

"Yes, more than 10,000 yuan, it will take a long time for my family to sell vegetables."

"I don't have money either."

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Zhang Fugui said with a contemptuous tone: "Poor guy, you can't even take out more than 10,000 yuan!"

"You!"

The six people were immediately angry, but when they thought that Zhang Fugui had not yet paid part of their wages, they dared not speak out.

The village chief said: "One hundred thousand yuan is too much. If you agree to transfer it for 25,000 yuan, maybe someone will take it over."

Zhang Fugui hesitated.

His wife pulled his sleeves, "It's as much as you can get. If you keep dragging it out, we may not even get 25,000 yuan in the end, and we have to pay liquidated damages. In two days, we will have to pay another year's contract fee, which is another large sum of money."

"Okay... okay."

The village chief was immediately satisfied and seriously considered people in the village who were capable of contracting and interested in farming.

Qiao Ningxun knocked on the door.

Everyone in the courtyard turned their heads and saw the people from the old Qiao family walking towards them.

Zhang Fugui saw Qiao Ningxun was also inside, and thought of her recent appearance of a nouveau riche, and an idea flashed through his mind.

Is she here to contract the land?

But when did they come? Why didn't they feel anything at all?

The village chief stood up and said with a smile: "Kang Sheng, you are here too, come and sit down."

Zhang Fugui had to bring out a few more benches.

When Wei Dongchen's parents saw their son coming, they were about to speak, but they saw him make a gesture to silence.

The two didn't know what their son was talking about, but they didn't ask much.

After the people from the old Qiao family sat down, the village chief asked: "Kang Sheng, how come you have time to come here?"

Qiao Kangsheng didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "We heard that Zhang Fugui was going to transfer his contracted land and orchard, so we came to see the price. If it's suitable, we will take it over. If it's not suitable, we will just watch the fun."

Many people present were instantly delighted, especially the Zhang family, who were very excited. They didn't expect that there would really be a sucker who came to take over this hot potato.

The village chief said with a smile: "You came at the right time. Fugui is just worried about this matter. Then you can talk about it yourself. If it is appropriate, I will handle the transfer procedures for you today."

"Okay."

Qiao Kangsheng asked: "Fugui, you want to transfer, how much is the transfer fee?"

Zhang Fugui said without thinking: "A total of 220,000."

Who let the old Qiao family have money? He didn't plan to lower the price.

"It's too expensive. I don't know how many years of vegetables I have to grow and how many fruits I have to sell to make a profit. Forget it, let's give up."

Zhang Fugui panicked when he saw the Qiao family members stand up.

This is a sucker who came to the door with great difficulty.

The village chief said: "That is the Zhang family's offer. Kangsheng, you can bargain until the price is acceptable to both parties."

Qiao Kangsheng sat down again and looked at his granddaughter.

Qiao Ningxun said seriously: "The risk of farming now is too high. I can only offer 25,000."

The Zhang family and the village chief were stunned at the same time.

Did Qiao Ningxun hear what they said just now?

Zhang Fugui frowned and said, "Don't joke with us, kid. Twenty-five thousand is too little. It should be at least one hundred and fifty thousand. It cost a lot of money to find someone to graft my fruit trees. These two years are the time for them to bear fruit. My investment in the past few years was more than twenty-five thousand."

Qiao Ningxun said, "Your investment is your investment, and I am not forcing you to invest. But since you don't agree, forget it."

After saying that, she was about to get up.

Zhang Fugui had no choice but to glance at his wife. Seeing his wife nod, he had to compromise, "One hundred thousand."

Qiao Ningxun got up and walked towards the door.

The other Qiao family members followed him.

Zhang Fugui said loudly, "Eighty thousand."

The Qiao family members did not look back.

Zhang Fugui gritted his teeth, "Fifty thousand, no less."

None of the Qiao family members looked back.

"30,000, it really can't be any less."

"..."

"Okay, 25,000 is 25,000."

Zhang Fugui's heart was bleeding. He invested so much money in a total of 40 acres of land, but in the end he didn't even get his capital back. He had worked in vain for the past five years.

The Qiao family laughed immediately.

Qiao Ningxun curled her lips and turned her head with satisfaction: "Okay, if possible, let's go to the village office together and have someone draft a transfer agreement for us, and I can pay you immediately."

The Zhang family nodded quickly, as if they were afraid that Qiao Ningxun would regret it, "Okay, we'll go now."

The village chief saw that they had decided, so he had to take the lead and walk in front.