Chapter 2259: Start to Take Shape

Editor: Atlas Studios

Qiao Mei raised her eyebrows and looked at Sun Tian. She was very surprised to hear of this. Why would so many girls come to the greenhouse? Did he want to recruit female workers?

The greenhouses spanned a big area. Sun Tian had asked all the young men in their prime from his extended family to work here. The salary was high and the benefits were good. Food and accommodation were also provided for. Many of Sun Tian’s relatives even gave Sun Tian gifts so that they could send their sons over to farm here.

Sun Tian was not a greedy person. He only wanted down-to-earth and hardworking young men and rejected anyone who was lazy and sly!

If people came to apply for the job, he would also hire them but on a longer probation period. As long as these young men worked hard and stayed employed here for more than two years, they would have a chance to transfer their household register to the city. Every year, the most outstanding worker would be given a spot in the city’s household register.

These were all things that Xia Wen had managed to get for Qiao Mei. After all, this enterprise was not considered a state-owned enterprise and their application was still under review. They could only provide dormitory accommodation for their employees and could not give them a property after a certain number of years like a state-owned enterprise. In order to motivate their employees, Xia Wen and Qiao Mei could only come up with schemes like this.

Qiao Mei had tacitly agreed to whatever Sun Tian had done. After all, she had agreed to let Sun Tian be in charge of everything related to the greenhouses. If she still interfered with the management issues, it would seem like she was being too nosy.

This village was located in the urban-rural intersection area. Girls would usually want to marry a man with a city household register and the young men working in the greenhouses happened to meet their requirements.

“Oh I see,” Qiao Mei conversed with Sun Tian with a smile as she looked through the memories of the vines.

She had already seen the “bloodbath”. There were too many wolves and too little meat. There were so many girls and they even almost fought over these unmarried young men. They came to deliver food on time every day at noon. The canteen aunties here were not needed anymore.

“I’m really sorry… I won’t let strangers into this place in the future!” Sun Tian said apologetically.

“It’s not your fault. I know you’re doing this for the good of these young men. Just be more careful next time,” Qiao Mei said.

There was nothing strange about these girls, but behind them, there was a strange woman. She had wrapped her entire face tightly with a veil. She did not take a fancy to any young man nor did she send food to any young man, and it was as if she had followed them to enter the greenhouse.

“I have noted everything you said. Let everyone have a good rest for a few days. During this period of time, don’t walk around for no reason and don’t tell anyone about this,” Qiao Mei instructed.

“But… but what about these fields? With such a high concentration of pesticide, we won’t be able to grow crops in these fields for at least four years!” Sun Tian said regretfully.

“Don’t worry, I have a way to revive the land. The most important thing is to catch the culprit.” With that, Qiao Mei left the greenhouse and secretly drove to the Huang family’s property in the capital.

That woman she saw in the plants’ memories resembled Tan Jing. Qiao Mei wanted to see for herself if it was really this woman!

The Huang family members sat around the small living room. This was the house Huang Quan lived in before his marriage. The floor area was about 60 square meters and there was one bedroom and one living room. It was more than enough for a young couple to live in. However, with so many Huang family members living here, it was now very crowded.

“Why do we need to come back here! Can’t we just sell Eldest Brother’s house? Our family is so short of money now. Then at least Eldest Brother can at least be considered to have contributed to the family,” the second son, Huang Mian, said.

“We can’t sell it! This house belongs to your brother. If we sell it now, the money will go to that b*tch and her child! I’d rather starve to death than give the Huang family’s money to the mother-and- son duo!” You Yu said agitatedly.

“She’s a jinx! Let’s chase her away! Let her divorce Eldest Brother!” Huang Mian said.

“That won’t do! If we chase her away, who’s going to wait upon Eldest Brother on the day he’s released?” the third son, Huang Can, said unhappily.

Huang Zhong was furious. He smacked the coffee table and roared, “I can’t believe you still think he can come back alive! The Xia family will probably arrange for Huang Quan to die in prison before his release date! Just chase the mother-and-son duo out!”

“… But that’s Huang Quan’s child. Let’s keep the kid,” You Yu said.

Their family was in such a difficult situation now. It was hard to say if their second and third sons would be able to get married. This child might be the last bloodline of the Huang family. She wanted to protect the child no matter what.

“Then are you going to take care of the child?” Huang Zhong asked.

You Yu did not dare to reply. She had been a rich wife for so many years that she had long forgotten how to do housework. During this period of time, Tan Jing had been the one doing all the chores in the house. If not for Tan Jing, the Huang family members would have starved to death!

“Then let’s wait for the child to grow up before we get her to divorce Huang Quan!” You Yu said.