Chapter 38 You Don't Care About Me
After a few days of calm life, I came to you.
The second batch of vegetables could be harvested at a glance, but they were thieves for several nights. The losses of several vegetable fields were very serious. Many vegetables were secretly poached at night, leaving only empty holes. More vegetables were trampled and damaged by those guys when stealing vegetables, and they could no longer survive. What's even more annoying is that they even broke the newly built greenhouses. Together, the losses were quite large.
I lost hundreds of kilograms of vegetables in a few days, and tens of thousands of dollars were lost inexplicably. No one could be calm.
But Luo Chen was not furious.
Looking at the messy vegetable field, Luo Chen thought for a while and found Niu Baili and said, "Brother Niu, please arrange it and find a few people. Starting to take turns to watch on duty to prevent vegetables from being stolen and the vegetable field from being destroyed, it is best to catch the vegetable thief. The overtime subsidy is calculated separately and will not be included in the salary."
Niu Baili is now Luo Chen's right-hand assistant and is very good at hiring villagers, so Luo Chen improves his treatment and authorizes him, which is equivalent to giving him a supervisor.
In the past, Niu Baili was very enthusiastic about work and got things done in just a few seconds.
But this time, after hearing Luo Chen's words, Niu hesitated and said: "Boss, this...isn't that good, right?"
Luo Chen frowned and said, "What's wrong with catching thieves and stolen goods? Those guys ruined the vegetable fields like this, and the farm suffered a lot of losses. And this was not once or twice, and they showed no sign of stopping."
"Boss, actually... I don't need to catch it, I know who stole it..." Niu Baili said hesitantly.
Luo Chen knew that this was not simple when he saw him, so he asked him to sit down and talk slowly.
Niu Baili rubbed his hands and said nervously: "It's the young people in this village and the next village. They are used to being idle."
Luo Chen said: "You can't be spoiled. Let's go and find them now!"
Niu Baili said panickedly: "Old... Boss, it's not that I'm a man who is afraid of trouble. Let me tell you this, those young people are Wei Haoteng's friends, and Wei Haoteng is Director Wei's son... So, they usually steal chickens and dogs, but no one dares to care. If they stop them, they may be beaten."
Luo Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "You dare to hit people even if you steal something, you are so arrogant?"
Niu Baili sighed and said, "The village is not as good as the city. All village committees make the decision. Although there is a police station in the town, no one calls the police and people don't care, so..."
Luo Chen already understood what he meant, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, you can go and do it first."
After Niu Baili left, Luo Chen went to the Nanxiu Village Committee and directly found Wei Shengjin who was fighting against landlords online while drinking tea.
Seeing Luo Chen walking into the office, Wei Shengjin calmly put down the teacup, turned off the game, and then said lukewarmly: "Xiao Luo, you are such a rare guest. You have never been here since you signed the contract. Why did you remember to come to me this time?"
The reason why Wei Shengjin used this tone was because he felt a little resentful towards Luo Chen.
First, you are a kid who runs a farm with mountains and land on the territory of Nanxiu Village. The business is so prosperous that you don’t even come to give yourself the meaning. You are really ignorant; second, you were with me when you rented land, signed contracts, and handled the procedures, but now you are with the village party secretary. Even if you don’t have any ideas, others will have ideas... After all, Nanxiu can only have the final say.
In fact, Luo Chen didn't want to do this either. He has always been kind to repay you. If you are kind to me, I will treat you better. However, Wei Shengjin had a scammer from the beginning when dealing with others. His greedy face left a bad impression on Luo, so he did not interfere with the other party. But this time, the farm suffered a lot of losses, and there seemed to be some connection between them, so he came to Wei Shengjin to test it.
"Director Wei, I'm here to report a problem to you." Luo Chen didn't bother him and said straight to the point, "Someone went into my field to steal things. Some of the vegetables were stolen, some were ruined, and the greenhouse was also destroyed. This caused me a lot of losses. The public security in Nanxiu Village is not good. As the village committee director, should you be in charge?"
Knowing that Luo Chen was not here to make trouble, Wei Shengjin immediately sank his face and said, "Xiao Luo, are you kidding? The villagers of our Nanxiu Village have always been honest and honest. They have never even had any quarrels and fights. How could anyone steal your food?"
Wei Shengjin pretended to be the director of the village committee and was really powerful. This look was enough to scare the villagers of Nanxiu Village. However, Luo Chen had even seen the emperor in his previous life, so how could he take this trick?
He just smiled faintly and said, "I already have the information about the suspect in my hand. If Director Wei doesn't believe it, you might as well visit several families with me. My 'jade vegetables' are easy to identify, and there will be no problem catching thieves and stolen goods!"
Wei Shengjin frowned secretly when he heard this, knowing that this young man was not easy to deal with. In fact, Wei knew very well about the vegetable stealing incident these days. He also knew who the stole the vegetables. Now his family has jade cabbage that his son "Feijing" came.
However, for the sake of the village chief's face and his son, Wei Shengjin chose to suppress this matter. His fat hand slapped the handrail of the sofa and said, "No, you are doing such a big business. I don't know if it's illegal to break into a private house? You can go to which house you want to go, but you will get the police station first and wait for them to issue a search warrant! Even if I am the director of the village committee, I don't have the right to break into the villagers' homes at will, do you know? You don't have to come to me again about this matter!"
Luo Chen sneered in his heart. He came to find Wei Shengjin. He only wanted to restrain his family through indirect attacks and not make trouble in the farm again. But he didn't expect that the other party was so arrogant and unreasonable, and he pushed all the responsibilities completely. Luo Chen felt that there was no need to continue the talk, so he stood up and said slowly: "Since Director Wei doesn't care about this matter, I will take care of it myself. Anyone who dares to steal things in the farm again in the future will never be polite!"
Seeing Luo Chen leaving without looking back, Wei Shengjin, who was so angry that his face turned pale, called: "Hao Teng, ask your friends to quickly get rid of the vegetables and deal with them completely! Why? Everyone has come to the door, why do you think? Don't make trouble soon, it's not too late to move when you figure out the kid's background!"
On the other side, Wei Haoteng, who put down his cell phone, looked gloomy. He said to himself: "The old man is old after all, and he is afraid of trouble. But our Wei family in Nanxiu Village has the final say. How can a person who comes from outside be so arrogant? He beats him with a few dishes and is ungrateful. He dares to find my father directly? He is so impatient to live! If you don't give it a good look, I won't call him Wei Haoteng!"
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After leaving the village committee, Luo Chen returned to his farm and explained some things, so he took urban and rural buses to the city's flower and bird market.
What to do?
Those vegetable thieves acted at night, and Luo Chen could not keep it in vain every day, so he decided to adopt a biological anti-theft method that had been passed down for thousands of years - to buy a dog to see the fields to protect the land.
The Chengnan Flower and Bird Market is the largest flower and bird market in Yunzhou. Even if it is not a weekend holiday, it is still very lively.
Luo Chen walked around and then went straight to the dog trading area.
There are many dog dealers in the market, some resell their pets. Some sell small toy dogs, and some sell large dogs like sleds, German Shepherd, and Su Mu.
There was a dog dealer who drove a truck specifically. The iron cages on the car were filled with big heads, long hair, high backs, and very ferocious dogs. According to the boss, the cages were all Tibetan mastiffs, and the cheapest one was more than 40,000 yuan.
Luo Chen felt that these dogs were not suitable, especially Tibetan mastiffs that were sold for tens of millions of yuan at a time, so he was even less interested.
It’s not that he is reluctant to spend money. First, the high price of Tibetan mastiffs is now being hyped up, and the money spent is in vain. Second, he has no feelings for Tibetan mastiffs. Yun Xiaozi also raised animals in his previous life and raised tiger bears. It is the same as getting along with animals and people. It depends on fate and feeling. If you don’t have any feelings, don’t be together.
So Luo Chen continued to walk forward for a short distance and saw a dog selling stall in front of him. This time his eyes lit up and finally found the dog he wanted to buy.
There were seven or eight puppies on the stall, with dark and shallow fur. They chased and played with each other, and looked very lively, but only one dog was very quiet and stayed alone, as if he was unwilling to join them.
Although it is independent, it does not appear lazy at all. It does not fall asleep while lying on its tummy, but instead squats with its pride, with bright eyes.
It has a symmetrical appearance, smooth, square shape, elegant head and neck, strong muscles, short hair, light yellow-brown to reddish-brown hair, and black hair tips. Although it is still small now, it can be seen that it is full of strength, agility and vitality.
Luo Chen didn't know what kind of dog breed this was, but he just thought that this dog, which looked like a wolf, was very spiritual. When Luo Chen looked at it, it also turned his head to look at Luo Chen, and spiritual light flowed in his dark eyes.
Seeing that Luo Chen seemed to be interested in his dog, the vendor warmly greeted him: "Brother, you have a good attitude! This is a purebred Marinua, and it is rare now..."
Luo Chen was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and asked directly: "How to sell it?"
The vendor said: "Believe me, the only one of the thoroughbred dogs in the entire south of the city market is mine, and it was finally obtained... Since we are destined to be, I will calculate that you are a little cheaper, 2,400 yuan."
Luo Chen said: "It's up to 1,800, and I think it seems to be injured."
The vendor pointed to the Marinua dog and said, "How is it possible? Look at it so energetic, how can it be injured? In this way, we each give in, 2200, you will take it away!"
Luo Chen looked at the dog and said, "Don't lie to me. There are more than ten injuries in its front legs, hind legs, abdomen, back and waist. It has a strong personality and will never show weakness in front of similar and other creatures. It is so spirited and depends entirely on will. As for how it was injured before, I won't pursue it, but one thing is certain, you can only sell this dog to me. If someone buys it, it will never leave, so 1,800 points cannot be more than 1,800 points."
The vendor said "Huh" and seemed to feel incredible.
Chapter completed!