Chapter 70 Leave Him to Me for Proper Training
After more than an hour of climbing, Xia Liu and Gu Fangxia finally reached the mountaintop.
Gu Fangxia was so exhausted that she could barely catch her breath, and she was certain that without Xia Liu, she would never have been able to make it up here.
Standing on the towering mountaintop, Gu Fangxia felt a mix of excitement and helplessness, for the mountain was simply too big. Stay tuned to empire
Moreover, with mountains linked to one another, carving a path through these mountains would be an adventure and a waste of money, unless it was absolutely necessary.
Behind the mountain lay a slope, not very rocky, but what lay underneath the soil was unknown.
The distance from the base to the summit was about three hundred meters, a somewhat terrifying distance. To develop the area in a short period of time, they would need to use those exceptionally large construction machines.
"Xia Liu, how thick do you think this layer of soil is?" Gu Fangxia asked, pointing to the soil on the slope.
"I'm not sure about that," Xia Liu replied. "It probably isn't too thick, but we may need to resort to blasting if necessary." He had given this a lot of thought; no matter how challenging the conditions, this road had to be carved out.
"I see. This project is quite big and involves many issues; we must have official documents to proceed. Can you handle that?"
"No problem. The paperwork can be sorted out in a few days, and I'll also speak with the landlords about the lands at the foot of the mountain."
"That's great. With that settled, we'll face much less trouble and can start work without any worries." Gu Fangxia looked at Xia Liu with a smile of appreciation. She had come to realize that this man, slightly younger than herself, was not only skilled physically, but also had powerful connections and always considered others.
They say when a woman begins to see a man's virtues, she gradually becomes enraptured and then finds it hard to disentangle herself.
Gu Fangxia didn't even notice how Xia Liu's image had begun to deeply embed itself in her eyes and her mind.
By the time they descended the mountain, the sky had dimmed to a dusky yellow. Zhang Xiaoxue said that Xia Liu had brought the engineering team's boss back to the village.
Li Zhong immediately mobilized the villagers to slaughter pigs and chickens and prepare a feast; this was a big deal for Osmanthus Village.
The villagers had realized that while they might not be able to help Xia Liu with money, they could certainly help with manpower and resources—every little bit counted.
The arrival of the engineering team in the village required a show of sincerity.
When the villagers saw Gu Fangxia, they were stunned; they hadn't expected the boss of the engineering team to be a woman, especially one as stunningly beautiful as a TV star.
Gu Fangxia had truly felt the villagers' enthusiasm that day and was also moved. She silently vowed to herself that she would ensure this project was a success.
Overwhelmed by happiness, Gu Fangxia indeed got drunk. Xia Liu and Zhang Qing had to support her as she kept clamoring to drink a few more bowls of Osmanthus Wine.
"Xia Liu, this woman is even more beautiful than Sister, should we, while she's asleep, maybe…" As they were walking, Zhang Qing gave a suggestive wink and started messing around on Gu Fangxia's body.
"Sister Zhang, don't joke around. I'm not that kind of guy," Xia Liu responded calmly. "Even if I wanted to, it would have to be with the other person's consent or even their initiative."
"Like me?" Zhang Qing gave Xia Liu a meaningful glance with her big eyes.
"Uh…" Before Xia Liu could respond, Zhang Qing had already taken Gu Fangxia into her house, and Xia Liu was dragged in as well.
After settling Gu Fangxia in, Zhang Qing said, "Your rooms at home are all occupied. Let me handle this beauty, I'll take good care of her."
"Heh, I was about to say that." Xia Liu chuckled. "But what do you mean by 'take good care of her'?"
"Hmm, don't you know? Let Sister teach you!"
With that, Zhang Qing pulled Xia Liu into the room across the door. Soon, the faint sounds of high and low pitches began to resonate weakly…
Xia Liu arrived home late at night, taking advantage of the fact that the two girls were asleep, he quickly took a shower, the scent on his body was too strong.
If the girls found out, they would definitely start having wild thoughts.
Early the next morning, Xia Liu first went to the hilltop to check on the Osmanthus Chickens.
Unexpectedly, these chickens stopped growing after they stopped eating the feed containing Spiritual Energy.
Xia Liu couldn't help but smile, Fang Fei had explained that Osmanthus Chickens around five or six pounds were the best to sell, so stopping their growth was very good.
When he was about to leave, Li Dazhuang arrived in a truck, accompanied by several women.
According to Fang Fei's arrangement, now they needed to transport twelve hundred Osmanthus Chickens every day; after several continuous days, there were now only over ten thousand chickens wandering on the hilltop.
If they waited for the chickens to be sold before bringing in new chicks, the supply would be interrupted, so Xia Liu had an idea to make the women gather all the Osmanthus Chickens on the hilltop together.
Later on, they would set up a net to separate the two areas, one for raising the chicks and the other for free-ranging the chickens ready for sale.
As soon as this idea emerged, a woman volunteered to take care of it, she immediately went to town to buy the net, and after everyone was done collecting oysters for the day, she notified them, and everyone quickly came over to set up the net.
All was understood without being said; after spending two days in Osmanthus Village, Gu Fangxia had learned a lot about the villagers.
After discovering some facts, she had been in awe up to this point, especially about the villagers' income, which could reach five or six thousand a day!
That was simply terrifying, the workers under her charge, who worked hard all day, would only earn about two hundred after the pay was distributed.
And that's with her not withholding any wages; if she increased her own salary, those workers would earn only a hundred or so a day.
Whereas, the people of Osmanthus Village just needed to collect oysters, and they could make five or six thousand a day.
What's more terrifying, she found that several of the women raising chickens were earning a monthly salary of ten thousand yuan.
This nearly made her bite her tongue; ten thousand a month, and that's just for looking after chickens!
If it wasn't for the fact that she saw the villagers collecting their money every evening, she would never have believed that all of this was real.
And this was happening in what was rumored to be the poorest village in Hejing County, which made her doubt those rumors.
How could Osmanthus Village be the poorest village? Even if it was the best village in Huaxia, it wouldn't be possible to distribute thousands of yuan to the villagers every evening.
It was only after making several inquiries that Gu Fangxia realized that a month ago, Osmanthus Village was the poorest village.
But everything changed after Xia Liu's return; the villagers started to earn money, and ever since the oyster farming got on track, some had already saved several tens of thousands, even a hundred thousand.
Gu Fangxia was once again amazed by Xia Liu; she couldn't fathom how a man could change the village so much in just one month.
On Gu Fangxia's third day in Osmanthus Village, those workers finally arrived in Hejing County.
Upon learning of this, Xia Liu directly drove over to meet them.
After settling them in, he went to Li Zhong's office and got a bag of documents, permissions, and recommendations for moving mountains and building roads!
With this document and the arrival of the workers, the project officially began!