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Having made up his mind, Gu Chen no longer kept secrets.
"Village Chief, I won't lie to you, there is something I do need your help with."
"Oh? Let's hear it," the Village Chief said with interest.
If he could help him, that would be great; if not, he would try to find connections to get the matter resolved.
Emotional debts are the hardest to repay; it always felt like there was a knot in his heart, which was quite uncomfortable.
"You see, I'm growing vegetables and need more land to expand production..."
Before Gu Chen could finish, Li You'e interjected, "Village Chief, you may not know, but Chenzi has even dug up the land under his house to set up a big greenhouse planting operation."
"What? That's happening?"
The Village Chief's eyes widened in astonishment. It was his first time hearing about someone digging up the land beneath their own house to farm.
He had seen people take over farmland to build houses, but using a house as farmland—Gu Chen was the first!