Chapter 40 - 39: Everyone is Anxious

Chapter 40: Chapter 39: Everyone is Anxious

Lin Dazhuang got a call last night and rushed over early this morning to discuss the construction plans with Lin Feng.

"Xiaofeng, if you really go ahead with what you said last night, it’s going to cost a lot of money."

"It’s fine, Uncle Dazhuang. I have money now. If you don’t have enough people, I’ll just have to bring in another construction company."

Lin Dazhuang was well aware of his own situation. Expanding any further wouldn’t be a good thing for him.

"For the wooden houses, you should find a specialized construction company to build them. I can handle building the Livestock Sheds and leveling the land for you."

"In that case, I’ll leave some of the basic infrastructure work to you, Uncle Dazhuang. I’ll find a professional construction company for the rest."

After Lin Dazhuang left, he went back to his coworkers and sighed with emotion, "That kid, Lin Feng... looks like he’s really struck it rich!"

"Dazhuang, what’s going on? Didn’t he strike it rich a while ago?"

"This is different, completely different. Last time it was three million from selling grapevines. This time, it’s way more than three million."

"Quick, tell us! What happened?"

Lin Dazhuang told them that Lin Feng was going to fully develop all of Lin Xian Village. He was not only building a Restaurant but also all sorts of other houses. The scale was massive.

The news spread quickly from this group of people, radiating out toward Mountain Ridge Town.

When Ma Dehua heard the news, he immediately called Lin Feng. "Hello, Xiaofeng? I heard you’re planning some huge construction project to fully develop Lin Xian Village. Aren’t you spreading yourself a little too thin?"

"Huh? Uncle Ma, who told you that? I just got a sum of money and am doing some basic infrastructure work."

"Oh, so that’s what it is. These people are spreading rumors again. I’m hanging up then."

Not long after Uncle Ma hung up, his father’s call came in.

"Where did you get the money, you brat? I heard from others that you’re planning to build up Lin Xian Village on a massive scale."

"Dad, who did you hear that from? I did get a sum of money, but I’m just expanding the infrastructure in Lin Xian Village a bit."

"Where did you get the money?"

"I sold the Jade Grapes in advance. They gave me 20 million."

"What?! 20 million! You wait, I’m coming over with your mother right now."

Looking at the disconnected call, Lin Feng knew this would happen.

By the time his parents rushed over, Lin Feng had already found someone and contacted a construction team.

Not only did the houses in the village need to be built, but the roads also needed to be repaired, and some land had to be leveled.

The Orchard, the Medicinal Herb Garden, and the Livestock Sheds all needed the ground to be prepared first. The Land God Temple and the Restaurant had to be built as well. Plus, there were 20 mu of undeveloped Farmland that had to be dealt with this time around.

"Boss, I heard you’re going to expand the construction in the village?" Liu Yan asked as she came out after changing into her work clothes.

"We are expanding. How did you know?"

Liu Yan said happily, "Someone sent a message in the family group chat saying you’d struck it rich and were going to develop Lin Xian Village."

Originally, she was already happy just to find a job close to home, even though the base salary was a bit low.

But right after she started, the village had a constant stream of tourists. She did a quick calculation; if things continued like this for the whole month, her bonus would be even higher than her salary.

’Now, the burden on my family won’t have to fall entirely on my father’s shoulders.’

"Work hard. Lin Xian Village will only get better from now on."

Based on what Lin Feng later found out, the family situations of these five young people weren’t very good.

Some had sick family members, while others had lost their parents in accidents when they were young.

"It will, Boss! Lin Xian Village will definitely get better and better!"

Liu Yan’s smile blossomed like a flower as she ran toward her workstation.

The four people behind her came out after changing and all asked the same question. After getting an affirmative answer, they were all delighted, and their steps were a little quicker than usual.

Hu Zhiming ran in from outside the village, grabbed the teapot to pour himself a cup, and drank it all in one go.

"You have no idea! The county seat was in total chaos last night!"

"Huh? What happened?" Lin Feng was confused. He hadn’t heard about any major incident in the county seat.

"It was all because of that contract of yours."

Hu Zhiming was speechless. ’This guy caused so much trouble and he doesn’t even know it.’

’So it was about that.’ Lin Feng wasn’t surprised anymore. ’Only the rich and powerful would care about something like this.’

"You can’t blame me for that. My original plan was to get a loan from the bank."

"You think getting a bank loan would have changed anything? Let me tell you, even the bank president was complaining about it last night.

"Just watch. This isn’t over yet. It’s about to get even more interesting."

Through his own connections, Hu Zhiming had heard some news that others didn’t know.

Previously, everyone had worked together to block any news about the Jade Grapes, preventing it from spreading further.

Now, someone who found themselves excluded and unable to buy any Jade Grapes had leaked the information out of spite.

Last night, his father was discussing this with a group of people, trying to figure out how to hold onto the Jade Grapes they had.

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Why don’t you come work for me too? You can help me manage the construction, and I’ll pay your salary in Jade Grapes."

Hu Zhiming was tempted. He had only just realized last night how difficult it would be to get Jade Grapes in the future.

"Me, me, me! I’ll come work for you! Pay my salary in Jade Grapes! How about it?" Hu Xia shouted.

Hu Zhiming said plaintively, "Sis, you can’t do this! Brother Lin asked me first."

Hu Xia shot him a disdainful look. "You’re actually hesitating over such a great offer? From now on, you’ll have to give me half of all the Jade Grapes you get."

"Alright, alright. If Miss Hu is also willing to work here, I certainly won’t refuse. You can help me manage promotions and the scenic area."

"Really?! My salary will be paid in Jade Grapes too?"

"Yes, all paid in Jade Grapes."

"Yay! Boss Lin, you’re the best!"

What happened last night had made Hu Xia understand something. In the future, the only Jade Grapes she could get were from the next batch she had pre-ordered, and even that wasn’t guaranteed. After that, she definitely wouldn’t be able to buy any more.

She couldn’t compete with the people from Wuyuan County scrambling for them, let alone the people coming from outside.

That’s why she had answered without hesitation when she heard Lin Feng offering to pay salaries in Jade Grapes.

’If this news gets out, I bet lots of people will come apply for a job, just to get their hands on Jade Grapes.’

Zhao Shiyun also followed behind them, walking over leisurely. She looked to be in a particularly good mood.

"Shiyun is still the smartest one, finding the easiest way to get Jade Grapes right from the start."

"I didn’t... I just wanted some Jade Grapes."

While the group was chatting, up on the mountain road leading to Lin Xian Village, Wu Xin was hurrying toward the village with her daughter Yueyue and Ma Yanyan.

They had been caught completely off guard by what happened last night. Only later did they realize that they wouldn’t be able to buy Jade Grapes anymore.

After experiencing the benefits of the Jade Grapes, they weren’t willing to lose access to such a fruit. So they decided to come to Lin Xian Village to find Lin Feng and see if there was any way to get a small share of them.

Wu Xin asked, "Sister Yanyan, didn’t your Old Wang get any news at all?"

Her family was considered merely affluent in Wuyuan County and didn’t have much contact with the true upper echelons.

Ma Yanyan complained, "It’s probably because we didn’t tell anyone when we pre-ordered the grapes before. This time, nobody told Old Wang anything at all."

When the news broke last night, she and Old Wang finally reacted, only to find it was too late to change anything. The Guoguo had already been divided up by the others.

"Sigh... I hope Boss Lin will sell us a little each harvest, for the sake of us being his first customers."

As for buying in large quantities like before, they didn’t even dare to think about it anymore.

They would even have to be frugal with the next batch of pre-ordered grapes and prepare for a long time without being able to buy any more.