Chapter 1814
The efficiency is too fast.
When Wang An drove out of Fang Xiue's house, it was already past 4 p.m.
However, during this entire afternoon, the two only had two actual combat sessions.
Unfortunately, Fang Xiu'e's physical condition in actual combat has never been very good; she is the kind of person who is easily injured. So after two rounds, she could no longer take it.
Although Wang An was not yet satisfied, he could not joke about Fang Xiu'e's health, so the two of them actually slept most of the time.
After sleeping for more than two hours, Wang An felt refreshed and his physical strength had fully recovered. He wanted to do it again, but Fang Xiu'e's body had not yet recovered, and it hurt terribly when touched. So Wang An had to give up in disappointment.
To be honest, normally men recover slower and women recover faster in these situations, but in Fang Xiu'e's case, it was completely the opposite.
Fortunately, Wang An had spent half the night with Mu Xueqing, so his need for that kind of thing wasn't too strong.
After leaving Fang Xiue's house, Wang An drove to Wu Dong's house to ask when Wu Dong would lead his men into the mountains to suppress the bandits. Wang An also needed to make preparations in advance.
When Wang An arrived at Wu Dong's house, Wu Dong had not yet returned; only Qiao Yutong and the nanny were at home with the child.
The nanny at Wu Dong's house is a resident from the neighborhood. She only comes to Wu Dong's house during the day to help take care of the children, and goes back to her own home at night.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you give my brother Wu a call? It's almost dark, and I need to hurry back." After waiting for a while, Wang An couldn't help but say to Qiao Yutong.
Qiao Yutong turned her head to look at the wall clock and chuckled softly:
"What's the rush? You can have dinner at home before going back. You drove here, so what's the big deal? You'll be home in no time anyway."
That's what she said, but Qiao Yutong still made the call, only to find that no one answered in Wu Dong's office.
Qiao Yutong put down the phone, turned to Wang An and said:
“He usually comes back around 5 o’clock. Why don’t you wait a little longer? If it’s too late, you can just stay at my house. We have spare rooms anyway.”
Wang An stood up and said:
"No need to stay overnight. It won't take long to drive home. Here's what I'll do, sister-in-law: when my brother Wu comes back, tell him to call our village as soon as he's made arrangements. I'll head back now."
After saying this, Wang An got up and walked outside. Qiao Yutong tried to persuade him to stay a few more times, but Wang An politely declined.
The main reason is that although Wang An and Wu Dong have a good relationship, it's completely unnecessary for Wang An to stay at Wu Dong's house. No one feels as comfortable and at ease as when they're at their own home.
When Wang An returned to the village, he saw that a considerable number of tree trunks had been piled up on the hillside in the southeast of the village. It was obvious that these long tree trunks were for building plastic greenhouses.
And the villagers were still carrying tree trunks out of the forest one after another.
Wang An glanced at the tree trunks and estimated that there were enough to build at least six or seven greenhouses.
What Wang An never expected was that Sun Dafu acted so quickly. He had just called a meeting with everyone in the morning to discuss matters, and by evening he had already led the villagers to cut down so many tree trunks.
I have to admit, their efficiency is incredible! It's simply unbeatable!
Wang An couldn't help but think to himself, how wonderful it would be if all the people on Ling Island could be as efficient and quick as Sun Dafu when it comes to serving the people! Of course, even if they aren't that efficient and quick, as long as they don't shirk responsibility, don't pass the buck, and don't make people wait endlessly, that would be fine too!
Ugh!
Wang An sighed, stopped thinking about these unrealistic and upsetting things, and drove the car directly to the pile of tree trunks.
Sun Dafu was counting the number of tree trunks when he saw Wang An drive up and asked with a smile:
"Xiao An's back! Look at how energetic the people in our village are! They've cut down so many tree trunks in just one day! Hahahaha!"
Wang An smiled slightly, took out a cigarette and offered it to someone as he said:
"Yeah, you're really motivated. Our Kaoshantun needs someone like you to lead it, Grandpa Sun. No one else would do the job, hahaha."
Wang An's words pleased Sun Dafu greatly, but Sun Dafu remained modest and said:
"Hey, it's all about everyone wanting to make money, otherwise even if the Heavenly King himself were here, it wouldn't be of any use."
Wang An smiled but didn't reply. Instead, he asked Sun Dafu:
"Grandpa Sun, what did we plan to do in our meeting this morning? How many greenhouses are we going to build?"
Sun Dafu extended his left hand, retracting his thumb to reveal only four fingers, and said with a smug look on his face:
"45, damn it, I've been thinking about it too. If you're going to do this, you have to do it right the first time. So, Xiao An, are the 45 greenhouses ready yet?"
Wang An did not answer immediately, but frowned slightly and said:
"Grandpa Sun, how many households are there in our village?"
In Wang An's view, the entire village only built 45 greenhouses in one go, which is really too few.
It's important to know that Wang An's family alone has four greenhouses, while his great-uncle Wang Dashu and third brother Wang Gan's families have six greenhouses each. Therefore, the money earned from just 45 greenhouses, after being distributed among the villagers, is really not much for each household.
Seeing that Wang An's expression was off, Sun Dafu's expression also changed slightly, but he still subconsciously said:
"This year, our village has a total of 93 households. Excluding widows who don't have husbands and have children, there are a total of 87 households."
The reason Sun Dafu emphasized the term "widow with children" is because the families of these widows with children, as Sun Dafu was referring to, all lacked adult male laborers.
Upon hearing this number, Wang An's brow relaxed, and he nodded, saying:
"On average, there is one greenhouse for every two families, so 45 greenhouses is quite a lot."
Most families in the village are poor, and only a few can afford to spend four or five hundred yuan to build greenhouses. If too many greenhouses are built, Wang An's family will definitely have to invest more money and take up more shares. This is something that the village chief and villagers are definitely unwilling to see. That's why Wang An didn't reveal his true thoughts.
Sun Dafu's face broke into a smile again, and he said:
"Yeah, that's how we planned it. Too many and we'd be overwhelmed, too few and we wouldn't make any money. 45 is just right. It's a trial run. If we make money, we can add more next year. I think by then, people in our village will be even more willing to invest in the cooperative, hahaha."
As he spoke, Sun Dafu took out a few sheets of paper from his bag and handed them to Wang An, then continued:
"This is the money that each household agreed to receive before the village meeting this morning. Take a look." (End of Chapter)