Chapter 237: Building a Vegetable Greenhouse Base for Chen Family Village

"Chen Yang, the people in the village all hope you will also invest in a vegetable greenhouse base in Chen Family Village; what do you think?"

"Auntie, setting up a vegetable greenhouse base in the town has the town government and higher-level leadership supervising, with professional technical guidance, so nothing major will happen. If our village sets up a vegetable greenhouse base, lacking technology and management, if something goes wrong, who should I turn to to solve the problem?"

"Who in the countryside doesn't know how to farm? What more technology is needed? You just need to get the greenhouse base up and running, and let the village secretary lead everyone to work on it."

"Auntie, things aren't as simple as you think. If you don't believe me, you can go to the town and ask Secretary Zhou Zhengyang."

"But I already gave my word to the village secretary; it would be embarrassing to back out now..."

"Then let's talk about it when I get back!"

After Chen Yang hung up the phone, he sighed helplessly. Those people in Chen Family Village, when his family was in difficulty, mostly watched coldly. Now that his own life has improved, they want to hitch a ride on his success.

The key point is, Chen Yang had already given them piglets and feed, yet they were still unsatisfied. Now they are even thinking about setting up a vegetable greenhouse base.

Given the current sales capacity of the common people's agricultural products trading company, adding another vegetable greenhouse base wouldn't matter. The key is, without reliable people overseeing it, he really doesn't feel at ease.

To avoid putting Chunmei in a difficult position, Chen Yang could only drive back to Chen Family Village himself. When he reached Panlong Town, he called Zhou Zhengyang and Chen Dalei to join him.

Zhou Zhengyang is the overall person in charge of the vegetable greenhouse base in Panlong Town. Whether Chen Family Village can set up another vegetable greenhouse base, his opinion is very important.

Chen Dalei is one of the few people Chen Yang can trust in Chen Family Village. If they really do set up a vegetable greenhouse base, only he can supervise it.

Upon hearing that Chen Yang was preparing to set up another vegetable greenhouse base in Chen Family Village, Zhou Zhengyang was still very happy. After all, doing well in Chen Family Village's poverty alleviation work is also his political achievement.

"President Chen, if Chen Family Village really wants to set up a vegetable greenhouse base, the town can provide technical guidance for free. Policy-wise, corresponding financial subsidies will also be given."

"Secretary Zhou, thank you so much."

"President Chen, you're being too polite; this is what grassroots cadres should do."

Chen Yang felt somewhat relieved seeing Zhou Zhengyang willing to wholeheartedly work on the vegetable greenhouse project for Chen Family Village.

Although he didn't have a good impression of the people in Chen Family Village, after all, they are people who grew up on this land; he still retains some hometown sentiment.

Moreover, if Chen Yang has money while Chen Family Village remains poor, the clueless onlookers will accuse him of being stingy and unfeeling; no matter how he explains, it's hard to silence the crowd.

So the best approach is to eliminate this hidden trouble in advance.

When they arrived at the Chen Family Village office, Village Secretary Chen Dingfang had already been waiting outside with the village cadres for a while. Chen Yang's aunt and uncle were also among the entourage. To show respect, Chen Dingfang specially let Chen Yang's aunt Chen Chunmei and uncle stand in the center position.

After exchanging greetings, Chen Yang directly asked Chen Dingfang: "Village secretary, where do you plan to set up the vegetable greenhouse base?"

Chen Dingfang took out the village's land utilization planning map, placed it on the table in the village office meeting room, pointed to a large tract of land near the village close to the small river, and said to Chen Yang: "We cadres have already discussed it; we will build the vegetable greenhouse base right here. Secretary Zhou also thinks this location is very suitable."

Chen Yang glanced at Zhou Zhengyang, who guiltily turned his head elsewhere.

Chen Yang figured it out; no wonder Zhou Zhengyang was so enthusiastic—behind the scenes, it was his idea to suggest to Chen Dingfang. They must have first planned the site, then had Chen Dingfang go to Chen Chunmei to play the emotional card.

However, since the decision to undertake this project has been made, pursuing other matters further is meaningless.

"Village secretary, will there be any disputes over this land?"

"No, they have already signed a ten-year lease agreement."

Since Village Chief Chen Baoshan was arrested on rape charges, Chen Dingfang has already held absolute authority in the village. No one dares to oppose his opinion.

Chen Yang looked at the plot of land planned by Chen Dingfang; it's about thirty mu. If managed well, earning over a million per year should be no problem.

Chen Family Village has a total of 275 households; based on an annual income of one million, each household would receive 3,636 yuan. This income would be considered not bad even among rural areas of Dongjiang Province.

Chen Yang thought for a while, then said to Chen Dingfang: "Village secretary, I will personally contribute one million yuan to build the vegetable greenhouse base in the village. This money does not need to be repaid by you. In the future, if the vegetables grown in the base have no market, they can also be sold to my agricultural products trading company. As for the greenhouse's income, my suggestion is to allocate fifty percent to households and retain fifty percent for labor costs and later maintenance of the greenhouse base. What do you think?"

"Your suggestion is quite good!" Upon hearing that Chen Yang would fund the vegetable greenhouse base himself and share all profits with the village, Chen Dingfang naturally had no objections.

Chen Yang then pointed to Chen Dalei and said to Chen Dingfang: "To ensure my money is used properly, I will let Dalei take full charge of supervising the project's progress; you won't have any objections, will you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dingfang's face looked rather embarrassed. The meaning in Chen Yang's words clearly showed his distrust of him, but for the sake of the bigger picture, he could only accept it.

"Chen Yang, rest assured, the village will definitely not use a single cent of this fund."

Chen Yang nodded. If Chen Dingfang dared to use his money elsewhere, then this one million would be his final aid to Chen Family Village; thereafter, asking him for even a cent would be impossible.

After settling the matter of the vegetable greenhouse base, Zhou Zhengyang and Chen Dalei returned to Panlong Town.

Chen Yang then accompanied Chen Chunmei and Zhao Donghai to look at their own homestead.

After a period of not returning, the foundation had already been built.

The remaining construction, Chen Yang also isn't in a hurry. After all, he and Chen Chunmei have houses in Xingcheng; besides Qingming Festival, the chance of them coming back to live here is slim.

However, after Chen Chunmei came back to stay for a few days, she started missing her little supermarket again.

"Chen Yang, has the fire safety issue been resolved? When can we return to Xingcheng?"

"Not in a hurry; there are still some other matters to settle. If you can't stay idle, go take a look at furniture in the south. I heard that the furniture there is sold at factory prices, half as cheap as in Xingcheng..."

"Really? Who told you that." After running the supermarket, Chen Chunmei has become increasingly sensitive to numbers. Hearing that she could save half the money, she immediately became eager to try.

In order to coax Chen Chunmei into going south, Chen Yang immediately said: "I have a classmate working in the south; they bought furniture for their new home renovation there as well. It's really cheap."

"Then let's go back to Qingshui City together tonight, and then take a train to the south to have a look." Upon thinking she could soon move into the new house, Chen Chunmei immediately made the decision.