In October 1998, this wasteland was contracted by an out-of-town vegetable processing company, and a vegetable processing factory was built on the vacant land, drawing water directly from the bottom of the ditch.

Why a vegetable processing plant was built this year is also related to the special national conditions in 1998. At that time, the supply of vegetables was seriously insufficient, so people across the country were working hard to grow vegetables, and Qingcheng was no exception. By the spring of 1999,

Almost every family has planted several acres of radishes, peppers, etc., causing the prices of peppers and radishes to plummet.

In his previous life, Zhao Peng's family also planted more than an acre of radishes and more than an acre of peppers. In the end, no one wanted the peppers for 5 cents a pound, and the radishes rotted in the ground.

It is for this reason that some businessmen from other places wanted to build a vegetable processing factory. They were immediately welcomed by the Huangqiao Town Government. After screening in many places, they decided to place it in the third team of Zhaozhuang, which is the team where Zhao Peng's family is located.

The location is fifty acres of wasteland beside the ditch.

Now that Zhao Peng knows this news in advance, it is an excellent opportunity to make money.

He is going to ask his father to contract the 50 acres of wasteland with the team. No one knows that the wasteland will be used as a vegetable processing factory in the future, so the price of the wasteland must be very low, and no one will cause trouble.

The only trouble is that Zhao Peng's fourth uncle is still the village director. Although he will be replaced next month, he is still in his position. He is the biggest obstacle to Zhao Peng achieving his goals.

The time that that piece of wasteland can be effectively used is limited, and it may not necessarily wait until next month.

It rained for three consecutive days on May Day.

The sky finally cleared up on the 4th, and the students all returned to school.

During morning self-study, Teacher Song brought unexpected good news. The winners of the last Olympic competition have been announced. Three students from Yucai Middle School won the prize.

There is exactly one third prize, one second prize, and one first prize.

Before the teacher finished speaking, the students in the classroom began to scan Wu Qian, Zhang Yun and Zhao Peng with their eyes.

These three contestants represent Class 9 of Grade 3 in junior high school. If the winner is awarded, it will definitely come from the three of them.

Wu Qian smiled faintly. She felt like warm water, neither hot nor cold, just comfortable.

Zhang Yun pretended to be calm, but in fact her legs were shaking with excitement.

As for Zhao Peng, he was discussing comics with Lun Shuangsan. Regarding his academic performance, he was not interested in paying attention to it for the time being.

After all, with his current grades, no matter how abnormal his performance is, he will still be admitted to Yucai Middle School.

Hu Li was worried about Zhao Peng, but when she saw that guy whispering to the little beauty, she immediately became unhappy.

Hum, I hope I don’t have you, I don’t want you.

But the same clenched fist betrayed her true thoughts.

In addition to these closely related people, there is another person who also hopes that Zhao Peng will not have any achievements, and that is of course Liu Longgang.

The young man's jealous heart almost burned him to death.

Of course he doesn't want Zhao Peng to get what he can't get.

"The better news is that our class happens to have a third prize winner and a first prize winner. Now let's announce the list of the third prize winner first, that is..."

Teacher Song didn't learn well and didn't know where he learned his bad habits. He deliberately prolonged his voice and his eyes lingered on the faces of the three people for a long time before falling on Wu Qian.

"Classmate Wu Qian won the third prize in the mathematics competition."

Wu Qian felt a little regretful, but for a moment, she smiled and accepted the applause of her classmates. She had experienced this kind of occasion many times and lost the freshness.

What she is curious about is who is the other first prize?

Logically, she hoped it was Zhang Yun, but subconsciously she felt that it must be Zhao Peng.

She didn't know why, but she had a special admiration for the recent Zhao Peng, and felt that he seemed to have a very comfortable and down-to-earth feeling.

She had never felt this feeling from other classmates.

Therefore, when she was waiting for the teacher's announcement, she did not look at Zhang Yun beside her, but kept staring at Zhao Peng. She suddenly wanted to see how Zhao Peng would react when he heard the news.

You should know that once you win the first prize, you will represent Qingcheng City in the provincial selection, and you may be ranked in the national competition in the future.

Once you can participate in the provincial competition, you can already add 20 points to the high school entrance examination. If you can enter the national competition, you will have to add extra points to improve your grade in the college entrance examination.

What student doesn’t crave this kind of opportunity?

"Okay, now we announce the first prize. I believe everyone can guess who it is. Yes, that's right, our first prize winner in English is...Zhao Peng, everyone applauds."

Zhang Yun's face instantly turned pale.

Liu Longgang fell back on his chair and couldn't breathe for a long time.

Hu Li was so excited that she almost jumped up, as if she was even happier than she was about winning the lottery.

Wu Qian smiled calmly. She had already had psychological expectations, so she was very calm.

but……

If we talk about calmness, the most calm people in the classroom at the moment are Zhao Peng and Lun Shuang30.

The two of them were still pointing at a piece of paper on the table and chatting quietly, without any reaction at all.

It wasn't until Teacher Song called Zhao Peng that he suddenly returned to the mortal world from the comics. He quickly sat upright and stared at the blackboard and the teacher seriously.

The students and teachers were all confused.

Then Teacher Song smiled bitterly, and the classmates burst into laughter.

Zhao Peng smiled so hard that he looked confused.

He wanted to ask what happened, but he thought that Lun Shuangsan was beside him. She was a criminal just like him, the culprit, and could not provide any useful information at all.

I could only scratch my head, looking embarrassed.

"Zhao Peng, I won the first prize in this English competition. Do you have any thoughts that you would like to share with everyone?"

Fortunately, Teacher Song added another sentence.

Only then did Zhao Peng realize that it was because of this incident that he had vaguely heard the students applauding. He was not surprised.

After taking the exam, he felt that English was very easy and he would be sorry if he didn't get a perfect score, so getting the first prize was almost a sure thing for him.

Unlike the other two subjects, there are still some questions that I am not sure about.

He scratched his head, not knowing what to say for a moment.

But Teacher Song asked him to stand on the podium and speak to everyone.

Totally fatal.

Zhao Peng now has a little money, and the economy is not as tight as before, so his current clothes can basically meet the clothing standards of ordinary middle school students.

For example, today he is wearing a snow-white shirt.

In this era, the way boys wear shirts is what he yearns for and likes the most, so when he was a little richer, he immediately prepared two sets of shirts.

The morning sunlight shines in from the classroom door and just shines on Zhao Peng's face, making half of his face bright and the other half slightly solemn. Between the light and dark, his nose is rendered more three-dimensional, even though it is relatively reduced. The eyes are also much prettier.

The students in the classroom, especially the female students, suddenly discovered that Zhao Peng actually had a special charm. They couldn't help but think of a saying: A gentleman with words and thoughts is as gentle as jade.

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Chapter completed!