Chapter 1374: Chapter 1374

Song Sancheng’s pride was so evident, but the leaders and directors in this small tenth-tier city didn’t really...

However, he’s not knowledgeable about agriculture. At this moment, he checked online for [Hou Ji Selection], and couldn’t help but fall silent.

This award was made to sound like a commonplace cabbage by Song Sancheng, but in reality, it’s a competition that countless agricultural enterprises across the country fight to get into, and everyone is scrambling to grab this heavyweight award.

If it were any other agricultural research institute or farm, they’d throw a banquet for at least three days, or frame the award certificate and publicize it at every step.

Lao Song’s family is really insensitive.

Professor Song initially encouraged them to participate in the selection with the reason of easing future rural construction.

The Hou Ji Selection actually focuses more on the continuity of seedlings, but after half a year in the mountains, he had already discovered the non-replicable quality of these seedlings.

As for the optimization of seedlings, the current results are still on the mountain in Yan Ran’s strawberry fields.

But this output, it’s nowhere near enough for the entire nation, let alone the globe. Since they aren’t after money or fame, and Song Tan wasn’t willing to go abroad to compete, he didn’t persuade him either.

Now as for Song Sancheng, this casually winning an award probably seemed just ordinary to him.

Under the streetlight, there was a genuinely clear question on his face.

This question left the director in silence, and he couldn’t speak for a long stretch of road afterward. Meanwhile, Song Sancheng was happily asking:

"When are you guys coming to film? Can I watch when you do?"

That’s filming, something he’s never seen before!

"If there are a lot of people, you can’t throw trash everywhere. Our pigs, cattle, and sheep are really expensive and hard to compensate if anything happens."

"I heard you’re going to make splashes in the water, and you’re blasting Lao Gao. Can I record a video for Douyin when you do?"

"Where will all your people stay? In April, my nephew and son-in-law’s homestay will be completed. Do you want to stay there?"

"Alright, alright, alright."

"Don’t worry, don’t worry."

When they finally returned to the dormitory, even if it was arranged with bunk beds, the three men sighed in relief.

Meanwhile, at Lao Song’s place, Secretary Xiaozu was wandering around digesting food, while calling the owners of the plots the director was interested in today one by one:

"Hello, is this Zhao Mingxia’s house? Those two and a half acres of land at the east end of the village, are you planting anything this year? If not, do you want to rent it out?"

"Renting for three months, the price isn’t discussed yet, but surely a couple of hundred per acre is solid..."

"What do you mean it’s unnecessary or not worth it? You’re not planting anything there, isn’t 600 yuan money?"

"Do you want to rent or not? If not, I’ll ask someone else. If you do, come sign a contract tomorrow..."

"Is this Zhang Youliang’s? Those three fields you left unused at the east end of the village, I estimate it’s over an acre. Do you want to rent it?"

"The money’s not much, but it’s just sitting there..."

"Alright, alright, I’ll try to negotiate higher for you... Okay, come back tomorrow to sign a contract if you have time. After all, it’s just sitting there, and renting it might lead to future opportunities, right?"

"Is this Chen Yun’s house? That piece of land at the east end..."

The land the director had his eye on wasn’t large, just about twenty or thirty acres. But distributed in the village, in this hilly area, gathering such a big stretch of flat land certainly wasn’t owned by one person.

Secretary Xiaozu had to communicate one by one.

Fortunately, she had been in the village for over a year, having done quite a few practical things, be it for electricity reform or road repairs, leaving her mark. Most of the village trusted her.

Even though many people now lived in the urban area, this was still their hometown, at least a reputation was established.

These calls had varying tones, tailored to each family’s attitude and temperament.

After hanging up, Secretary Xiaozu further instructed:

"Only our family knows about this director coming to scout locations for now. Song Tan, make sure your people are informed not to let this leak out."

"If this gets out, it’ll be hard to negotiate."

Song Tan nodded, understanding in his heart.

There are holdouts during demolitions, and despite the paltry rent for the land, some people would want to seize the chance for more.

But the crew wants a whole piece of land for filming. If one section can’t be settled, they’ll discard it altogether.

Secretary Xiaozu’s efforts in communication weren’t for the meager rent, but because once land was rented, someone had to dig, plant, and maintain it.

Every household in the village is working for Lao Song’s family now, but after the busy farming season, there won’t be work every day, and they must find ways to create income for people.

Therefore, even though Song Tan finds the crew troublesome, she doesn’t mind at all.

These twenty or thirty acres, she must successfully rent them out!

Moreover, truly at most they’ll rent for three months to let grass grow. Normally, this land would barely fetch two to three hundred yuan per acre for a yearly lease, and no one would even want it!

With no village in sight and no shops in the vicinity, irrigation is also inconvenient. Plus, this owner’s, that owner’s—it’s very complicated.

Although it’s in the village, seeing the Song Tan family always avoiding these plots indicates they’re truly difficult to manage.

Now having a use, even if it brings a thousand or so yuan’s income to everyone, Secretary Xiaozu wouldn’t miss the opportunity. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel-fire.net

Besides, she’s not just busy with this.

"How’s the seedling cultivation going? When will this batch of busy work at home likely end?"

Song Tan thought for a moment: "There are thirty acres of land specifically growing seedlings on the mountain. Once this batch of vegetables is harvested, we’ll immediately replenish. It’s more than enough for what we promised to sell to the villagers."

"As for when the busy work will finish... the fruit trees on the mountain are already planted, fertilizing and weeding are done, and even the tea trees along with the sunflowers and Ai Cao on Shitou Slope have sprouted..."

She calculated: "Once the vegetables are harvested and seedlings are replanted, it’ll basically be finished—though these are slow and meticulous daily tasks. The large-scale labor will end in at most three days."

This spring should be the most prosperous one for Yunqiao Village’s inhabitants.

Every day there’s work to do, and wages to earn, especially since it’s not light work, with a minimum of 100 to 200 earned daily, leaving everyone thrilled.

Secretary Xiaozu was also delighted:

"Help find out approximately how many people from the crew might come tomorrow? And how long they’ll stay specifically?"

She was planning diligently: "If there are many, meals and buying vegetables will be a big issue, right?"

"When the time comes, I’ll mobilize our villagers to plant more vegetables. You won’t need much of your good seedlings, but regular vegetables are always in demand."

"Since they won’t work in spring, doing some odd jobs at your place and then tending to their own vegetable plots—it’s best if everyone grows different varieties."

"Once the crew comes, with so many people eating and drinking, having fresh produce picked and sold daily will mean another source of income."