The Lucky Star Blessing the Whole Village

chapter 60

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Buying a Combine Harvester

The unthreshed rice was directly carried to the grain drying field.

The grain drying field was a large flat area, paved with cement, and was where the villagers of Xiao Family Village usually dried their things.

However, the drying field was only so big, with a capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 pounds at a time, and there would be no space for any more.

Thus, families who wanted to dry their grain here had to make arrangements in advance, agreeing on when to harvest and ensuring enough time to allocate space on the drying field.

Xiao Wanshan’s family had five acres of land and 16 dan of unthreshed rice. After removing the rice spikelets and leaves and drying the water content, there would be around 12 or 13 dan of rice, which was considered a good yield.

Xiao Junxuan and Xiao Siqian were waiting at the drying field, sitting on a pile of straw in the shade of a tree, chatting.

Xiao Siqian asked, “Brother Xuan, is the rice harvesting done all by human labor? Aren’t there combine harvesters available now?”

He didn’t know much about agriculture or crop harvesting, but he had watched the news and had some knowledge of it.

The news reported daily on combine harvesters being used to harvest rice, wheat, and various other crops, with very high efficiency, capable of harvesting tens or even hundreds of acres of land in a single day.

Xiao Junxuan replied, “In the countryside, each household doesn’t have much land, and combine harvesters are very expensive, costing tens of thousands of yuan. Rural people’s money is hard to come by, and no one is willing to spend such a huge amount to buy a combine harvester.”

The general thought of rural people was that they were reluctant to spend money.

Furthermore, rural people tended to be more conservative, feeling safer with money in their hands.

Xiao Siqian said, “Hasn’t anyone thought about buying a combine harvester and using it not just for their own rice but also for harvesting other people’s rice and charging a fee for it? I’ve heard that a combine harvester can harvest dozens of acres of land in a single day, saving a lot of manpower and time.”

After hearing Xiao Siqian’s words, Xiao Junxuan was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, “Xiao Quan, I didn’t expect that you actually have a business mindset.”

Xiao Siqian was also slightly stunned, a little confused. Was this what having a business mindset meant?

Had he, the inheritor of a business conglomerate, not have this kind of mindset?

Xiao Junxuan didn’t care about what Xiao Siqian thought. He laughed and said, “Of course people have thought about it. But many people would be reluctant to spend a large amount of money on a combine harvester that costs tens of thousands, or even over a hundred thousand yuan. There’s also the uncertainty of when they’ll make their money back. What if it takes several years to make their investment back, and by then the harvester has broken down? So, there are many factors that make farmers hesitate when it comes to combine harvesters.”

Xiao Siqian couldn’t understand rural people’s thinking.

To him, this seemed like a huge business opportunity.

Of course, in the business world, every opportunity comes with risks alongside its potential rewards.

But to make money, one needs courage and determination.