Chapter 1057: The Grand Villa (2)
In the early 1990s, average wages were better compared to the 1980s. The good ones could make two or three hundred, and even the worse ones made at least over a hundred.
Ruan Jianguo took out ten thousand yuan to fix the road, which greatly surprised Wu Guoqun.
Because nowadays, road repairs mostly involved paving cobblestones, and covering the entire village road wouldn’t require that much money. For Ruan Jianguo to take out ten thousand yuan—it looked like he had been making quite a bit of money.
But even so, Wu Guoqun was still deeply grateful to him. After all, there were plenty of people who made money these days, but not many had this kind of selfless spirit.
When Ruan Jianguo withdrew the money from the bank and handed it to Wu Guoqun, somehow the news spread throughout the village. A crowd of people came over, surrounding Ruan Jianguo, saying all kinds of nice things about him, practically putting him on a pedestal.
Over the years, almost every family in the village had received some form of help from the Ruan Family. With the Ruan Family’s rise, their business had expanded to include eight restaurants in total, which meant the demand for ingredients was extremely high.
Anyone in the village who was hardworking could sell livestock, vegetables, dried goods, and wild produce to the Ruan Family. Many people even quit their outside jobs, choosing instead to farm and raise animals at home to supply food to the Ruan Family—it paid better and was easier. After all, farming was their trade, and as long as they worked diligently, they’d see good returns.
Families with agile, somewhat knowledgeable young men and women could even get jobs at his restaurants, where meals and lodging were provided along with preferential treatment.
So now, Ruan Jianguo held substantial prestige in the village. Having just donated ten thousand yuan for road repairs, the villagers practically revered him as a god.
If some people had been jealous of the Ruan Family a couple of years ago, now that sentiment had completely disappeared.
