He bent down and began carrying the vegetables by his feet towards the village head's house.
"These vegetables and fruits were specially kept for our own consumption. This year's produce has been quite good, so I'm bringing them over for you, Second Elder. Please don't find them wanting!"
The village head replied politely to Liu Yifeng's words:
"Not at all! Your vegetables, Yifeng, are the best grown compared to ours in the village! You bringing these vegetables for me to eat is a sign of respect."
After some pleasantries, they both entered the main hall.
The village head's daughter-in-law had already prepared tea and placed it on the table.
Seeing the fruits and vegetables Liu Yifeng had brought in, she picked some, washed them, and placed them on the table.
Inside the main hall, four uncles and elder relatives who rarely stayed home were seated. Liu Yifeng's uncle, whom he hadn't seen in years, was among them.
Upon entering, Liu Yifeng exchanged greetings with his uncles and elder relatives:
"Long time no see! Uncles and elder relatives, it's my fault for not coming to visit you. I apologize for having you all travel here. How have you all been recently?"
Hearing Liu Yifeng's words, the uncles and elder relatives quickly responded:
"How could that be! We are all very healthy! You are a busy man now, and you are leading Liu Family Village to greater economic development. We couldn't wish for more!"
"No time to visit? The New Year is just around the corner, won't you have some free time then? Don't worry about these small matters. We are all family, and these things don't matter."
Liu Yifeng nodded repeatedly at his uncles' words and said:
"You are right."
After the polite exchanges, they got down to business.
Among the uncles and elder relatives the village head had invited:
An uncle around the same age as the village head was the village head of the neighboring village.
Those who looked to be around the same age as Liu Yifeng's Fourth Uncle, Liu Shuisheng, was Liu Shuisheng's wife's elder brother, who ran a tourism business in the county.
A man slightly older than the village head was the father of the village head's son's friend, who operated a farmhouse resort business in the suburbs of the city.
Liu Yifeng felt a sense of admiration upon seeing his long-unseen Fourth Uncle:
His Fourth Uncle had ventured out on his own and seemed to have achieved considerable success, otherwise, he wouldn't have been invited by the village head to discuss the promotion of the family entertainment park.
The four uncles and elder relatives, along with the village head and Liu Yifeng, sat around the room, eating the fresh winter dates Liu Yifeng had brought, and discussing the promotion of the family entertainment park.
They were willing to set aside their elder status and wait for Liu Yifeng to discuss matters with them, firstly out of respect for the village head, and secondly because they had heard from the village head that collaborating with Liu Yifeng was a sure profit.
Therefore, they also wanted to benefit from Liu Yifeng's success and hoped to make a profit in the coming year.
Liu Yifeng understood this and thought that as long as the uncles and elder relatives contributed, he would not be stingy with their rewards.
After discussing with the uncles and elder relatives, Liu Yifeng had preliminarily formulated a promotion plan.
Once the promotion plan was roughly in place, Liu Yifeng contacted Du Ziheng to inform him about the matter.
Du Ziheng received Liu Yifeng's call:
"Brother Liu's efficiency is indeed remarkable! The promotion plan for the family entertainment park is almost done!"
"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Brother Du! By the way, there's one more thing. We discussed before about arranging some professionals to guide the customers who come to play. Could you see if you can find these professionals first?"
"I've already been looking into that! I'll bring them over this afternoon to get familiar with everything!"
Hearing Du Ziheng's words, Liu Yifeng replied:
"No problem, I'll be at the park waiting for you this afternoon!"
After finishing their conversation, they hung up.
In the afternoon, Du Ziheng arrived at the family entertainment park with three young people.
Two were young men, and the other was a cheerful-looking young woman in her early twenties.
Liu Yifeng explained the various attractions of the family entertainment park to them and took them for a site visit.
Based on their previous work experience, the three individuals, along with Liu Yifeng and Du Ziheng, initially formulated safety precautions for visitors.
Seeing these arrangements, Du Ziheng said:
"Brother Liu, I think we should let others try it out, so we can see if there are any loopholes."
"Yes, Brother Du, your consideration is thorough. We should indeed conduct a trial run of our equipment and facilities and investigate the customer experience at our farm stay – the family entertainment park."
"In a couple of days, I'll invite you. I heard about this family entertainment park I opened and have wanted to check it out for a while. I'll bring some friends along to get an early experience of our family entertainment park's equipment and attractions!"
"Great! It's a deal then. Brother Du, please contact me then."
The three coaches they had invited stayed at Liu Yifeng's home.
After bidding farewell to Liu Yifeng and the others, Du Ziheng thought about Xia Qianqian's recent work in Haicheng.
He then called Xia Qianqian, asking her to come to the farm stay in a couple of days.
When Xia Qianqian received the call, she initially tried to decline, saying she had no time off recently. Du Ziheng said:
"Brother Liu will definitely bring Tongtong to the family entertainment park then. What will happen if Tongtong has no one to look after her while you're busy? Think of it as accompanying Tongtong."
Upon hearing that Tongtong would have no one to care for, Xia Qianqian felt a bit worried and agreed.
As the New Year approached, many people began their holidays.
Liu Yifeng's vegetable company also started organizing staggered leaves for its employees.
To prepare for the trial run of the family entertainment park project at the farm stay, Liu Yifeng also worked tirelessly to invite professionals to inspect all the park's equipment and facilities.
That evening, upon returning home.
Tongtong said to Liu Yifeng:
"Daddy, is the farm stay – the family entertainment park project that you and Uncle Du are collaborating on going to have a trial run?"
Hearing Tongtong's question, Liu Yifeng asked in surprise:
"Tongtong, how did you know? Tongtong, you didn't try to calculate it again, did you? Does your head hurt?"
"Daddy, it's fine. This is just a small matter, and I didn't intentionally calculate it."
Only then did Liu Yifeng relax and say:
"That's good. But Tongtong, what do you mean by asking that? Will something happen during this trial run?"
Tongtong shook her head and looked at Liu Yifeng, saying, "Yes! There will be a small accident, but it's nothing bad. Just a little attention is needed."
Hearing Tongtong's reply, Liu Yifeng became a little nervous:
"What do you mean by 'nothing bad'? Is it?"
Tongtong continued:
"Daddy, there are some things I can't say too clearly. This little accident won't be harmful to you or Uncle Du."
"Alright then. Since Tongtong cannot explain it clearly, Daddy won't force you."