After hearing Pan Xiaolian's words, Li Qingfeng thought for a moment and then shook his head.
He said to her, "Aunt Pan, you are still a bit too impatient."
"Our Mopan Village has only just begun to develop. We don't need too many people right now. If we recruit a lot of people now, it will be difficult to manage."
This was Li Qingfeng's thinking; the current situation was within the optimal management range.
The three people he trusted most held the three most important positions.
The rest was all thanks to the spiritual liquid. After all, planting vegetables and fruits could be done by any villager.
Thinking this, Li Qingfeng decisively rejected her suggestion.
With too many people, his deepest secret might be exposed.
The spiritual liquid was something that could never be known to others; this was the only thought Li Qingfeng had.
So, this discussion ended hastily.
The next morning, Li Qingfeng went to his Isatis root medicinal garden at the foot of the mountain near Mopan Village.
Since all the vegetables and fruits had been sold, the remaining villagers came here to help manage the Isatis root.
Looking at the busy villagers, Li Qingfeng casually glanced over them. Just as he was about to leave, someone called him from behind.
"Brother Li!"
It sounded like a boy's voice. Li Qingfeng turned his head to look.
He saw two people.
One, if he remembered correctly, should be the village's beautiful lady, Yan Chunyu, and the other was her son, Mo Nian.
If the village chief, Shan Feiyang, were here at this moment, he would realize that things were starting to develop in a direction beyond his control.
Yan Chunyu looked at Li Qingfeng in front of her and greeted him with a smile.
"Qingfeng!"
After all, she was a seasoned socialite. Although it was often for her child, these behaviors and habits had deeply controlled her.
Unconsciously, she revealed a very alluring demeanor.
Looking at Yan Chunyu, who was once also beautiful, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Auntie, what is it?"
"I just wanted to ask, are you still hiring people? Auntie wants to come and work for you," Yan Chunyu said.
Hearing her words, Li Qingfeng immediately thought of someone: the village chief, Shan Feiyang!
If he remembered correctly, in recent years, Shan Feiyang had been involved in many rumors with this Yan Chunyu.
Especially after Yan Chunyu's husband, Mo Ming, went to work in the big city due to debt, these rumors intensified.
In fact, Li Qingfeng held a skeptical attitude towards these rumors.
However, he would never believe anything that was groundless.
Therefore, Li Qingfeng became several times more vigilant about Yan Chunyu's sudden arrival.
Li Qingfeng tentatively asked, "Aunt Chunyu, if I remember correctly, you've been working with the village chief for quite some time, haven't you?"
The implication was, why wasn't she sticking with the village chief and instead wanted to come to him.
Yan Chunyu was also a smart person and quickly understood Li Qingfeng's meaning.
She could only shake her head helplessly and said sincerely, "As a respectable woman, if my husband is not home, I can only follow Shan Feiyang's arrangements."
"However, the village chief's salary is indeed not very high, only a little over a thousand yuan a month. You know my child's schooling expenses are a bit high. I wonder if you could take me in?"
Yan Chunyu stated her situation very honestly, holding her son Mo Nian, and said earnestly to Li Qingfeng.
Indeed, after hearing her words, Li Qingfeng nodded.
"In that case, Auntie, you can come and register your information now and start working! Although half of today has passed, I will still calculate a full day's wages for you. Consider it a welfare for our new employee!"
Li Qingfeng said confidently.
He was now very adept at using these small benefits.
As expected, after hearing his words, Yan Chunyu quickly agreed, saying she could start working immediately.
Seeing that she was wearing some new clothes, Li Qingfeng still reminded her.
"Auntie, there's no rush. You can change into some work clothes before coming!"
Hearing his words, Yan Chunyu was somewhat touched. She pulled her son and thanked Li Qingfeng profusely.
Then she went home, changed her clothes, and came to work.
Li Qingfeng didn't have any particular thoughts about this small interlude.
In fact, ever since he began to gradually establish this Chinese herbal medicine base, he had already anticipated that he would stand in opposition to the village chief, Shan Feiyang.
However, on second thought, he and Shan Feiyang were already at odds, and their enmity dated back a long time.
He wasn't afraid of Shan Feiyang anyway. At most, he would just have one more employee to pay.
Perhaps because of the many orders from the city, Jiang Xing came to see him again.
Looking at Jiang Xing, who had a smiling face, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but joke, "What's wrong, Boss Jiang? Did you pick up a golden phoenix on the road and you're so happy you can't contain yourself!"
However, Jiang Xing did not show any impatience towards his teasing; instead, he accepted it all.
He happily took out a slip of paper and pointed to many detailed dates, saying, "See these dates? These are all orders!"
Listening to his excited words, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but take it and glance at the orders on it.
Good heavens, it was densely filled with writing. There were a total of six orders spanning over three months.
The closest one was for a transaction of about 100,000 jin of vegetables, to be delivered in a little over half a month.
Seeing this order, Li Qingfeng couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"You're going to make things difficult for me, aren't you? You know I don't have that many vegetables!"
The few acres of land where he planted vegetables and fruits, even with the full use of spiritual liquid, could only yield around 40,000 jin at most, more than double the amount needed.
"You have so many barren mountains behind you. Can't you just open up a couple more plots? If you feel that your brother is offering too little, I'll increase the price when the vegetable prices go up later."
Jiang Xing said directly.
Indeed, Li Qingfeng really couldn't dislike this guy.
Every time he said, "I'll pay more!"
So, starting today, Li Qingfeng gave Jiang Xing a nickname.
"Money-Adding Boss!"
After finally sending away this Money-Adding Boss, Li Qingfeng fell into deep thought. Where should he find more land?
With no other option, he decided to plant fruits and vegetables on all the land left to him by his grandfather. Only then could he barely meet the transaction volume.