Households relocated in the 1990s

Chapter 29 Tasting
Then the grandmother picked up two sacks of vegetables and fruits, including those she had mentioned and those she had not mentioned, and only then were An Songyu and her grandson let go.

After carrying the things with difficulty to the newly built residential plot with a small two-story building, An Songyu simply put them down.

Anyway, she will have to pass by here when she goes out from the silkworm house later.

"Your dad is really planning to build a five-story building? It's not just one building, it's four buildings in total?" Shi Youqin couldn't help asking when she saw the house her third son was building.

An Songyu smiled and nodded.

If it weren't for the village, the houses would be at most five stories high.

Her father probably wants to build a few more floors.

But it is also true that if we build a few more floors, the current foundation will not be able to withstand it.

By then, I don’t know if it can be completed before the demolition.

Seeing her granddaughter still smiling, Shi Youqin was even more speechless: "Do you think everyone in your family is more careless than the other?"

"Our village is not as close to the new district that will be built in the future as the Lin Village next door."

"Although there are indeed five-story buildings in the village, other people have farmhouses, fishing spots, and even swimming pools, barbecues, and camping, which are all very lively."

“There’s no shortage of guests all year round!”

"What about your family? There's not even a single person who comes to the village to run a business."

"If you build so many houses and then leave them empty, you won't even be able to recoup your investment. What will you do then?"

"Grandma, don't worry!" An Songyu quickly comforted her. She also knew that the old lady meant well.

But it is impossible to talk about something as uncertain as demolition.

Even the uncles in the family were taken care of by her father and uncle.

As for the current situation, it seems to be pretty good.

At least after An Songlin's wedding, not only my uncle and fourth uncle's families increased the area of ​​their contracted orchards.

Even my two aunts have come back to the village to visit more than once.

I guess they all have some ideas, but I don’t know how long it will take them to make up their minds.

In addition, seeing the appearance of the An family, the fruit forest in the village that was originally ignored also began to attract attention.

Although no one in the village has started contracting yet.

But who knows what will happen next.

I don’t know how many people will take action before the demolition.

An Songyu was thinking while observing Shi Youqin's expression. Seeing that she was still frowning, he quickly said:

"Grandma, maybe Dad...just wants to do it right the first time?"

"After all, our family has built a silkworm house and leased an orchard in the village. I believe that Dad's development focus will shift to the village in the future."

"Now he is still young and has a job."

"But what if he retires in eight or ten years?"

"Then won't you go back to the village and run the business like my uncle and the others?"

As he spoke, An Songyu felt that it was the case.

She couldn't help feeling a little guilty, but she saw that Shi Youqin's expression had actually relaxed a little.

An Songyu breathed a sigh of relief, finally she didn't have to continue making up lies.

In the afternoon, when An Songyu left the village, he called An Jianping's office.

When she loaded all the harvest from the village today into the car with An Jianmin's help and took the car to the station, An Jianping was already waiting there.

The father and daughter moved the things out of the station together and put them on the back of the bicycle, and then An Jianping left quickly.

He came out temporarily while at work.

The bus terminal in Rongdi is actually not far from Shuncheng No. 1 Silk Factory.

However, buses going outside the city do not pass by the First Silk Factory.

If you want to transfer to the entrance of the family quarters, you have to go around a big circle.

That's why An Jianping came here specially.

An Songyu rode his packed bicycle home with some difficulty. It was not until he entered the family quarters that an acquaintance came over to offer help, greeting him.

There is strength in numbers.

With everyone working together, they moved all the things in the car to An Songyu's home in just one go.

An Songyu quickly asked everyone to sit down. Aunt Chen beside him quickly waved her hand and said with a smile:

"Ayu, you're really something. It's just a matter of lending a hand, is it worth it to be so polite to the aunties?"

The other two aunts who came to help also happily refused.

They were just chatting downstairs in the family quarters.

It was because he saw that the things in An Songyu's car looked heavier than hers that he came to lend a hand.

"Auntie, please don't be so polite!" An Songyu neatly opened the basket that had just been hung on the handlebars and motioned for everyone to take a look first:
"This is the first crop of mulberries this year from the mulberry field contracted by our family."

"I picked half a basket today!"

"It's a good opportunity to invite the aunts to taste it."

Mulberries are not very common for residents of Shuncheng city today.

But as a family member of a silk factory.

They also knew that although mulberry fruits were not common, they were not precious either.

Now, the aunts were no longer in a hurry to leave.

So, An Songyu quickly went to the kitchen and soaked the mulberries in salt water.

Aunt Chen and her friends became the first people in the family quarters to taste the delicious mulberries this year.

"These mulberries are so fresh!" Aunt Liu, who lives in the building in front of An Songyu's house, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after tasting one.

"It's really fresh!" Aunt Chen couldn't help but nod before even tasting it.

After eating two, I couldn't help but sigh: "It's been a long time since I tasted this flavor!"

"How long has it been since you last tasted it? We haven't even had it a few times!"

"That's true! Nowadays, it's becoming increasingly difficult to harvest local silk cocoons."

“I don’t even know how many of these mulberry trees are still left.”

"Will our factory be affected?"

"If it was going to have an impact, it would have already happened!"

"How many of the materials used in our factory today are still locally sourced?"

"Really? But isn't Shuncheng a famous silkworm base?"

"How many years ago was that?"

Listening to the three of them talking to each other.

An Songyu has a clearer understanding of Shuncheng's mulberry planting and silkworm breeding industry.

In the evening, as the family ate the first crop of fresh mulberries, An Songxiang felt particularly regretful:
"I was there just two days ago."

"Why didn't I see the mulberries ripening then?"

"Then you didn't eat it either?" An Songlin deliberately smiled at his sister.

"Do I just want to eat them? I also want to pick and eat them!" An Songxiang said, hugging An Songyu's arm, seeking approval.

An Songyu also smiled: "Don't worry, when you go there again this week, you will see ripe mulberries in any mulberry field."

This is not An Songyu fooling his sister.

When she was picking mulberries today, she really saw that the mulberries in almost every mulberry field were starting to turn red.

At the rate it's ripening, there won't be too many by Sunday.

After being reminded by An Songyu, An Songlin quickly said goodbye to his family:

"Mom and Dad, Aying and I won't stay."

"I'll go to my classmate first and ask about the situation."

(End of this chapter)