Chapter Thirty: The Order from Mulberry Wine
"Go on, go on!" An Jianping and his wife quickly waved goodbye to their son and daughter-in-law.
The important thing is to get down to business.
That evening, before An Songlin had even returned from his classmate's house, he called directly.
It turns out that the mulberry wine produced by his classmate's factory was only an internal product.
The reason is that raw materials are not so easy to obtain.
Just then, An Songlin brought ripe mulberries directly to the door.
After listening to his story, his classmate took An Songlin directly to the master craftsman without saying a word.
Recently, the factory has no plans to produce any fruit wines other than loquat wine.
If they have enough mulberry raw materials, their factory can start production immediately.
After receiving the call, An Songyu and his family were somewhat taken aback.
This industry was originally just a preparation for demolition, so why are there one problem after another that never ends?
Of course, no one would turn away money and opportunities that come knocking on their door.
So the family started making plans again.
The mulberry leaves haven't been picked yet, but the mulberry picking is about to begin.
Furthermore, since this batch was supplied to the distillery, every second counted.
After thinking for a moment, An Jianping made a phone call back to the village before starting to contact people.
The mulberry-dike-fishpond system in Jiangcun covers an area of more than 2,000 mu.
Furthermore, apart from An Jianping's large-scale contracting of 400 mu, so far...
In other words, the village officials each contracted dozens of acres of land to show their support for the village's development.
This trip was still motivated by the fishponds that are inextricably linked to the mulberry fields.
Basically, after the fishponds were cleaned up, the mulberry fields were not managed at all.
After enclosing the mulberry fields, they raised quite a few ducks.
Those mulberry fields that are still empty nowadays, even if they can't be used for other purposes, can still be perfectly fine for picking some mulberry leaves and fruits.
I just don't know if the village still cares about this nowadays.
Jiang Wenlin was momentarily at a loss after receiving An Jianping's call.
He hadn't received a call like this for many years since the village's mulberry-fish ponds and orchards were left vacant.
But when Jiang Wenlin thinks about the current situation in the village, he feels like he doesn't know where to begin.
Jiang Wenlin's silence made An Jianping understand.
He said with some regret, "In that case, let's talk to them about our own mulberry fields first!"
"Anyway, this is only our first collaboration, so let's just treat it as a period of getting to know each other."
"That's fine too," Jiang Wenlin replied, but he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The next day, Jiang Wenlin couldn't help but mention it when he saw the other village officials.
The others listened to Jiang Wenlin's words.
Apart from the youngest college graduate village cadre, everyone else had indescribably complicated feelings.
"Actually, the mulberry fields in the village are in pretty good condition!" The young village party secretary had already started thinking.
"The problem is that the weeds in the field are left unattended year-round, so picking mulberries might not be so easy."
As he spoke, he himself felt a pang of regret.
The women's director standing nearby was speechless: "Do you think anyone in the village would be willing to do this job?"
The young village party secretary stiffened slightly and had no choice but to give up trying to find a solution.
After all, in Jiangcun today, almost every family has a business.
Besides the dozen or so different shops on the main street of the village.
Other families either run agritainment businesses in the village or have already made their way in other areas.
If we could get them to come to the village to work like before, it would be a dream come true.
The An family was unaware of what was happening in the village.
Before Sunday, An Jianping and his son took people from the winery to Jiangcun.
Then the mulberries in Anjia's 400 mu of mulberry fields became owned.
Furthermore, since it is for winemaking, the mulberries do not need to be picked when they are at their most ripe.
So, from that day on, Grandpa and Grandma An had a new task.
Fortunately, An Jianping has recently become quite adept at finding people.
The contact information for short-term temporary workers has filled more than half of the notebook.
Picking mulberries is different from picking mulberry leaves; it requires not only careful and meticulous work, but also much more arduous labor.
The nearly month-long mulberry harvest has come to an end.
Anjia's first batch of silkworm cocoons also yielded a return on investment.
However, upon closer examination, the income was actually less than the investment.
Fortunately, the difference is not particularly large.
With the income from picking mulberries, this season wasn't entirely fruitless.
Apart from that, the investment in the silkworm rearing room is a one-time expense.
According to An Songyu's family's estimate, after raising silkworms for another season, they expect that their investment will be fully recovered.
If we want to make money this year, we'll probably have to raise silkworms for the next two seasons.
Unfortunately, only An Songyu himself knew the truth.
They're already doing very well if they can raise the next season of silkworms.
A silkworm rearing season takes about forty-five days.
There will also be a gap between the two silkworm seasons.
So, considering the demolition is scheduled before National Day, there isn't much time left.
Besides that, what An Songyu paid the most attention to were naturally the four small buildings belonging to her family.
Now, the completion of the last half of the floor is not far off.
Looking at the row of four five-story buildings, it's quite impressive.
In Jiangcun, the five-story building no longer belongs to just one family.
It is the first place where several buildings are connected in a row.
Moreover, the architecture of their row of houses is somewhat different from that of other houses in the village.
In Jiangcun, apart from the houses on the main street which have shops but no courtyards in front, the houses are all different.
Other houses usually have a large yard in front.
An Songyu's family owns four plots of land, each nearly 200 square meters in size, all of which are filled with houses.
Even before the house was built, some villagers had already gone inside to take a look.
At first, the villagers couldn't understand it at all, but later they all felt that An Jianping's family had lived in the city for too long and their perspective had changed from that of the villagers.
Whether or not they agree is a matter for each individual to decide.
The main construction work on the small building now is the renovation.
The renovation is progressing quite quickly; it's already up to the third floor.
However, the renovation was extremely simple. Apart from laying ordinary tiles on the floor, they also installed a baseboard.
Then the roof and walls were plastered with whitewash.
The same treatment is applied to the exterior walls.
Although it looks very simple, it is clean and bright.
An Songyu stood in front of her own homestead.
Standing under the rather glaring June sunlight, looking at the small building in front of me, I felt a surge of ambition.
But before An Songyu could think further, An Jianmin, who was passing by with people carrying fruit baskets, was already calling out:
"Ah Yu, come over here and keep count!"
"Why don't you seem to care much about the fruit from your orchard being shipped out?"
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