GBP Chapter 206 Renting a Cow Again
Chapter 206 Renting a Cow Again
The next morning, when Li Rongxu was notified to go to work, he saw a large open space outside the milk processing workshop filled with people.
Li Rongxu, who had no idea of the situation, thought that the processing workshop was recruiting people, which attracted so many villagers from surrounding villages to come and watch.
Li Rongxu came up to a young man with patches on his trouser legs and asked him questions.
"Hey, big brother, are you all here to apply for a job? Why are there so many of you?"
The young man looked at Li Rongxu carefully, and seeing that he was dressed much better than the average villagers, he asked instead of answering.
"Aren't you from one of our surrounding villages?"
Li Rongxu saw that the other party kept looking at him and was afraid that the other party had misunderstood something. Could it be that he was suspecting that he had bad intentions?
Li Rongxu quickly waved his hand and said to the young man.
"No, no, no, I'm from the Li family house in Shanghe Village next door. Today is my first day working in this processing workshop."
When the young man heard that Li Rongxu came to work in the processing workshop, a look of envy flashed across his face, and then he spoke.
"You are from Shanghe Village next door. Haven't you heard the news from your village?"
Li Rongxu shook his head in confusion.
"I just came back from outside these two days, so I haven't heard much about what's going on in this village."
"No wonder. Yesterday, Mr. Zhong from the processing workshop said that a large number of spotted cattle would arrive in Shanglin Village this afternoon. After hearing the news, everyone came here to rent cattle."
Li Rongxu nodded, but asked the young man as if he understood.
"Since the spotted cow only came back in the afternoon, why did everyone come here so early?"
"Hey, you don't know how scarce this spotted cow is. Everyone is afraid that they can't rent a cow, so they come here early to wait, hoping to rent a cow."
Although Li Rongxu knew the reason for the incident, he didn't quite understand why these people came here so early in the morning. Thinking that it was his first day at work today, he politely said goodbye to the young man, then walked through the crowd and went to the processing workshop.
Ye Changyan's uncle and cousin had to go to work in the processing workshop, and his grandparents were going to stay for a few more days. As soon as the Ye family had finished breakfast, Ye Changyan's aunt and cousin's wife said goodbye to the Ye family, while Lian Xiaolong stayed behind to go back with his great-grandfather and others.
As soon as the Ye family opened the gate, they saw so many people coming outside the processing workshop early in the morning.
Ye Changyan said goodbye to his aunt and cousin's wife, then took his uncle and cousin to the processing workshop, where he happened to meet Li Rongxu who had just arrived at the workshop. Ye Changyan ordered someone to help the three of them with their employment, and he took a few people in charge to maintain order outside the workshop.
Knowing that the spotted cattle would be driven back today, the village head and Zhang went to the processing workshop together after breakfast.
When the village head and the Zhang couple came over, they saw several long queues outside the processing workshop, and Ye Changyan and several managers were on the scene to maintain order.
Seeing the head of the village and Zhang coming over, Ye Changyan hurriedly told her to boil a few buckets of hot water and place them in a conspicuous place so that the villagers who had come to line up early in the morning could have some drink when they were thirsty.
The village head hurriedly called a few people from the crowd to help maintain order.
As time went by, villagers from the surrounding villages continued to arrive. Fortunately, the village head brought people to the scene to maintain order, and the scene was in good order.
Nearing noon, Ye Changyan asked everyone to go back and have lunch first. The village head and others remembered the order of the originally lined up people, and after lunch, they came back and lined up in the original positions.
However, many villagers took out dry food such as steamed buns and cakes from their pockets, and only a few people left to go back to eat.
Seeing that most people had started to eat dry food, Ye Changyan asked Zhang to boil some more hot water.
Shortly after noon, a herd of cattle appeared on the official road in the distance. When the villagers in the queue saw the long line of cattle, they all had uncontrollable excitement on their faces.
Zhong Yunfeng sent someone to report to the county government early on. When County Magistrate Zhang and Chief Clerk Long arrived with two clerks and several runners, they saw a long line of cattle on the official road.
Zhong Yunfeng and Ye Changyan called Zhang Xiancheng and Long Zhubu and came to the gate of the processing workshop.
Seeing the villagers' enthusiasm, County Magistrate Zhang and Chief Clerk Long smiled happily and listened to Zhong Yunfeng and Ye Changyan's introduction of the details.
The villagers waiting in line felt more at ease when they saw the officials and runners from the county government had arrived.
Veterinarian Sun and several helpers from the cattle farm were checking the cows that had just been tied up in an open space nearby.
Soon, the manager of the processing workshop brought in several tables, ready for the several queues to go through the leasing procedures at the same time.
Seeing that everything was ready, Zhong Yunfeng stepped onto the stone steps and spoke to the villagers who were watching.
"I'm Zhong Yunfeng. Thank you for your trust. There are nearly 400 spotted cattle being transported to Wanshou County this time. Don't worry, you don't have to worry about not being able to rent cattle!"
When the crowd heard that there were 400 cows, they immediately cheered.
"There will be several officials and runners from the county government supervising the entire process of renting cattle this time. The requirements for this rental are the same as before, with no changes. We will handle the rental procedures in the order in which everyone queues up, with several teams going through the rental procedures at the same time. To ensure that everyone can rent cattle smoothly, each family in the queue today is only allowed to rent one cattle."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in satisfaction.
"Since there are a lot of spotted cattle trafficked here this time, if there are still cattle left after ensuring that every family has rented a cow, everyone can queue up again according to their own family conditions. We will talk to the head of the village and the elders of the surrounding villages to understand the family conditions of the people in the queue. If conditions permit, they can rent another cow. Of course, the villagers who rented cattle last year have raised cattle well in the past few months, so we will give priority to these villagers to rent a second cow."
When people at the scene heard this, many of them became excited, especially the villagers of Shanglin Village. Most of the villagers in Shanglin Village had rented cows last year. After hearing what Zhong Yunfeng said, they even had a chance to rent a second cow. So many villagers in Shanglin Village lined up in an orderly manner again.
Soon, several teams started to handle the leasing procedures at the same time, and the villagers who received the leasing documents could not suppress their smiles on their faces.
Seeing that the scene was in order and the villagers all had smiles on their faces, County Magistrate Zhang and Chief Clerk Long nodded with satisfaction.
County Magistrate Zhang has learned through his own channels that the transfer order for County Magistrate Wu will come as early as next month, but there is no definite news yet whether he can successfully take the position of the new county magistrate.
However, I have already managed all the relationships I can, so whether it will succeed or not is all up to fate.
At the end of last year, the cattle farm and milk processing workshop that were just built in Shanglin Village became a major profit and tax contributor for Wanshou County in just two or three months. When County Magistrate Zhang heard that County Magistrate Wu had reported this matter to the prefect, he received high praise from the prefect.