Households relocated in the 1990s

Chapter 21 About fifty thousand
An Jianping didn't expect his wife to observe so carefully, and wanted to give a brief explanation that avoided the main points.

I saw a rare seriousness in my wife's eyes.

What he wanted to say could no longer be said for a moment.

Seeing that there was no one else around, An Jianping could only confess honestly: "The total cost of the contract was about 50,000 yuan."

"About fifty thousand?" Bi Lizhu was a little unconvinced.

Judging from the area she just saw, it would not be this price at all.

"The mulberry orchard and fish pond don't cost much, but no one has been willing to take them over for many years."

"I agreed to contract 400 acres at once, at a price of 50 yuan per acre, so the total is no more than 20,000 yuan." An Jianping explained very carefully.

It’s not that he is arrogant.

But it was the Lin Village next door, which was demolished two years ago.

Just the short-term crops like rice fields and vegetable fields have lost more than 500 yuan per mu.

Compensation is paid directly on a per-tree basis for fruit trees.

I heard that the village chief had been raising longan trees for decades, and he lost a full two thousand yuan for each one.

Lin Village has always been mainly engaged in grain cultivation.

There are very few large orchards, and An Jianping has no reference.

"As for the fruit trees here, except for the papayas and bananas in the corners, they have all been planted for nearly ten years."

"They are basically all in the peak fruit-bearing season, so the contract price is a bit higher, calculated at 80 yuan per mu."

"A total of 400 acres have been contracted, totaling 32,000 yuan."

"So the total is exactly fifty-two thousand."

Fifty-two thousand is acceptable, but...

Bi Lizhu looked at An Jianping suspiciously: "Where did you get so much money?"

"Didn't you apply for residential plots for Ayu and Axiang? How much would it cost to build four houses together?"

"This one is about 40,000." An Jianping spoke in a lower tone.

He was afraid that if his wife continued to ask, she would find out that he had taken his two daughters to apply for a loan.

I guess that would make her countless times more angry than finding out that he had applied for residential land and built houses for his two daughters!

This is also the reason why An Jianping took Bi Lizhu into the village without any hesitation today.

Anyway, the fact that the house had been rebuilt could not be concealed.

It would be better to let her watch it when she should.

However, An Jianping did not expect that his daughter's heart was completely different from his.

The wife looked at several houses under construction, although she looked unhappy.

But he didn't just turn around and walk away angrily.

I continued to follow him and looked at all the mulberry fields and orchards.

Everything that he had not yet figured out how to explain was exposed.

Bi Lizhu really felt that something was wrong with her husband's expression.

After all, how could Bi Lizhu not know how much wealth her family has?

These four houses alone almost drained the family's savings.

The rest is left for the down payment of my son’s new house.

Before today, An Jianping would not have touched this money.

So, where did he get the money to contract these mulberry fish ponds and orchards?

"It's just... I borrowed some money!" An Jianping felt even more guilty.

At this time, not to mention Bi Lizhu, even An Songlin and An Songxiang next to him were looking at him seriously.

Waiting for his more detailed explanation.

"That's it..." An Jianping glanced at his future daughter-in-law obscurely, signaling his wife not to ask any more questions.

Bi Lizhu pursed her lips and could only suppress the anxiety in her heart.

After leaving Congjiang Village, An Songlin first sent Xuan Ying home.

On the way, Xuan Ying asked anxiously, "Songlin, uncle...isn't he being too aggressive?"

Xuan Ying was also aware that the money originally used by the two to buy a house was used to develop Jiangcun.

But now I heard that my future father-in-law not only invested the money, but also repaid the loan.

Xuan Ying felt a little uneasy.

An Songlin thought for a moment before answering, "Probably not."

"I just heard from my grandparents that the silkworms will hatch in about a week."

"It only takes about forty days to raise silkworms before they can be harvested."

"In a year, we can raise it four times."

"Each time, calculated on an acre basis, we can earn one to two thousand yuan."

"We actually have a lot of mulberry fields here, and even those unattended mulberry trees can still be used to feed silkworms with mulberry leaves."

"It's just that the mulberry leaves in unmanaged mulberry fields grow better and are easier to pick."

"I just don't know how big the silkworm house my father built is."

"You can earn one or two thousand per acre in one season?" Xuan Ying widened his eyes in disbelief.

Uncle An just said that he has contracted 400 acres of mulberry fields.

Then, then...

"It's not calculated that way." An Songlin tapped his fiancée's forehead with amusement. She looked really cute with her greedy little look.

“Not to mention the investment in building the silkworm house, managing the mulberry fields and fish ponds, etc.”

“Even the 400 acres when we contracted it weren’t all mulberry fields.”

"In our village, mulberry and fish ponds are contracted together, and perhaps less than half of the land is pure mulberry forest."

"It all depends on the location my dad chose. I haven't been able to get a closer look today."

"But even if it's only half, even if you have to invest in building a silkworm house and managing the mulberry fields, you can make it back quickly!"

Xuan Ying felt that no matter how she calculated, she could not make a loss.

"So, why doesn't anyone in your village raise silkworms anymore?"

"Because it's too hard!" An Songlin rubbed his fiancée's head helplessly.

How could this matter be as simple as she thought?

He then explained in detail: "Although silkworms may not look small, they are very good at eating."

"It's fine when they're small, but when they grow to their full size, a silkworm can eat more than 200 kilograms of mulberry leaves a day."

"Assuming that one acre of mulberry trees can support five or six silkworms, imagine how many mulberry leaves we need to pick in a day."

Xuan Ying roughly calculated and couldn't help swallowing: "At least a thousand pounds?"

Xuanying had never picked mulberry leaves.

But just thinking about the weight, with her limited strength, she probably wouldn't be able to move it from the mulberry field to the silkworm house even if she worked from morning till night.

It seems that this is hard-earned money!

No wonder there are so many mulberry fields in Jiangcun, but they will eventually be left idle.

However, after hearing what An Songlin said, Xuan Ying no longer felt that it was too risky to ask her father-in-law to take out a loan for contracting in the future.

That is, I don’t know how he will manage it in the future?

And Songlin, I listened to what my future father-in-law said last night.

Even if they put in the down payment for their wedding house, it would all be under Songlin's name.

I don’t know these things either. Do I still need Songlin to manage them?
However, after returning home, Xuan Ying thought about what happened today and decided not to tell her family.

She cannot now fully judge whether the contracted mulberry fields, orchards, and silkworm breeding will eventually generate sufficient profits.

But think about how worried she was when she first found out.

Xuan Ying didn't think she could understand the situation as well as An Songlin and explain all her family's concerns.

It would be better not to let them know.

It also saves them from worrying in vain.

(End of this chapter)