How much did Chapter Twenty cost in total?
The construction speed of the residential land in Jiangcun is really fast.
With the combined efforts of An Jianmin and Jiang Wenlin, several homesteads, including silkworm houses, were started at the same time.
After two weeks, the silkworm rearing room has been completed and is ready for use.
On the contrary, it's the homestead side.
The newly completed foundation was clearly visible to Bi Lizhu.
An Songxiang was extremely nervous, glancing repeatedly at her father and brother who seemed to have no idea what to do.
Once again, I mentally complained about my sister not being able to come along.
Yuan Qionghua, who had come with the group, was also secretly observing her sister-in-law's expression.
It all started when the third brother decided to return to Jiangcun, and began building a house and tending to the mulberry-fishpond system there.
Her sister-in-law only came over once.
However, at that time, several residential plots had just been allocated.
Even the workers haven't all been booked yet.
So unless someone brings it up, it's really impossible to be sure if she knows or not.
Judging from my second niece's reaction last time.
Perhaps the third brother kept this from more than just one or two people.
Yuan Qionghua always thought she knew her own family affairs and considered herself to know her sisters-in-law quite well.
But her two younger siblings, who should have been like her, though they valued their son more and were not harsh on their daughter, suddenly faced this situation.
It made it seem as if her family was particularly biased towards their son.
During those days, Yuan Qionghua observed her younger siblings more than once, trying to see if the youngest sister was willing to do this.
But that person was busy every day, plus the house construction.
She didn't even get to see anyone, let alone observe anything.
Now that she had finally seen her third sister-in-law, Yuan Qionghua couldn't believe that her third sister-in-law was willing to be with her.
After all, she had seen firsthand how her third sister-in-law treated the children.
Bi Lizhu was indeed very shocked.
At one point, they were even a little slow to react.
But after realizing what was happening, Bi Lizhu's first reaction wasn't the shock of her two daughters also owning homesteads.
It was An Jianping who concealed it from her.
In fact, she knew An Jianping better than her two daughters.
Despite hearing him repeatedly say that he wanted to contract the village's mulberry fields and fish ponds.
He's never mentioned the homestead he built, yet he's managed to make such a huge mess of it.
So, how many mulberry fields and fish ponds did he contract?
So how exactly was the contracted contract obtained?
Yuan Qionghua waited for a long time, but Bi Lizhu's expression did not change.
However, when An Jianping and his companion were about to check on the mulberry fields, she followed them without hesitation.
Yuan Qionghua sighed, "It's just different when it's not something from our own family."
In the past, this sister-in-law from the city had returned to the village countless times.
But apart from the initial curiosity, I almost never went there again.
Today, she didn't need anyone to remind her; she just went along on her own.
As you walk out of the village, the first thing you see are well-maintained vegetable gardens and orchards.
Once you leave this large area, you'll find scattered flower fields, some of which still have some flowers and trees growing.
Some still have flower pots of various sizes left. In some of these pots, there are still plants growing that have clearly not been well cared for, while others are broken or empty.
In addition, there are flower fields that have obviously been empty for quite some time and are now overgrown with weeds and wildflowers.
Once you pass this side, you'll reach the mulberry-dike-fishpond system and the orchard.
Compared to the flower fields in front, there are basically no vacant fields here.
Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that these mulberry fields, fishponds, and orchards have not been carefully managed.
The weeds in the field have grown back again and again.
The once meticulously managed orchards and mulberry fields have clearly not been pruned for a long time, and are now growing wildly.
Fishponds of all sizes, with wild grass growing exceptionally lushly along their edges.
In some cases, the edge of the fishpond is no longer visible.
If someone unfamiliar with the area comes here, they will not only lose their way, but they may also easily fall into the trap.
But right here in these mulberry fields, fishponds, and orchards.
There was a large area that was completely different.
The mulberry tree, which has clearly undergone simple pruning, may have missed its prime time for growth, and now new branches coexist with old branches.
In the open spaces between the rows of mulberry trees, most of the weeds have already been cleared.
Although there are still tender grasses growing continuously in the new spring, they are no longer enough to overwhelm people.
The roots of the thick, sturdy mulberry trees were piled high with mud from the pond, which had clearly been recently formed.
Most of the weeds along the fishpond had been cleared away, finally allowing people to see the fishpond clearly.
In the fishpond, some fish are still drying, while others have already been refilled with water.
Some distance away, on a larger fishpond, along the edge of the fishpond, there is a spacious silkworm house, half of which is built on the bank and most of which is suspended in the air above the fishpond.
Inside, people were bustling about, coming and going.
Bi Lizhu looked up and saw that familiar figure: "Dad? Mom?"
When Grandma An, Shi Youqin, heard the sound, she turned around and saw that almost her third son's whole family had arrived.
Her wrinkled face seemed to have been smoothed out in an instant.
An Jianping clearly had anticipated that the two would be there, and he asked directly:
"Dad, Mom, how's the silkworm rearing going?"
"Everything is ready." An Shun nodded to his daughter-in-law before answering seriously.
"That's good!" An Jianping said, then greeted the two people who came out from behind.
These two were the people he specifically hired to take charge of his silkworm rearing room.
However, the two of them were migrant workers from other places.
Although I had raised silkworms in my hometown, I wasn't a professional at it.
So when the couple saw that their third son's family had actually built a silkworm house, they would come to visit from time to time and help out with some work.
An Jianping simply handed over the silkworm house to the two elderly people to manage.
They were also told that the two of them would be responsible for teaching the two people they had invited silkworm raising techniques.
After the silkworms produce their cocoons, the two will receive a share of their net income.
However, the silkworm rearing room is still empty.
Although the silkworm house has been completed for several days.
But the silkworms have not yet hatched from their eggs.
After leaving the silkworm house here, Bi Lizhu saw several more silkworm houses of different sizes in other places.
This is a characteristic of mulberry-dike-fishpond systems.
Of course, she also felt that this was probably An Jianping's preparation for the subsequent demolition.
After walking through the mulberry fields and fishponds, Bi Lizhu followed An Jianping and his son to a nearby orchard.
However, unlike the orchards in Sangtian, the orchards here are not currently under any meticulous management.
After all, it's already spring, and it's no longer suitable to do too much management of the orchard.
Even so, some of the weeds in the orchard have been cleared.
Some branches that were growing too long and lush were also trimmed slightly.
In addition, some pond mud was filled under each fruit tree.
Clearly, An Jianping intended to leave them as they were, but not to leave them completely abandoned.
As Bi Lizhu looked around, she discovered that the orchards contracted by An Jianping were indeed quite large.
The fruit trees are almost all in their peak fruiting period.
Due to a clear lack of management in recent years.
The spacing between these fruit trees is clearly unreasonable.
There are also varieties; these orchards may have been planted earlier, and the varieties are not divided into whole areas.
Instead, each species is planted in small patches, which are then combined to form a large orchard.
Bi Lizhu roughly counted and found that there were as many as five or six kinds of fruit trees.
This doesn't even include the papayas and bananas planted in the corners and edges.
This... it has practically every kind of fruit tree commonly found in Shuncheng!
During this season, most fruit trees are in bloom.
It's just that this orchard is quite far from the village, otherwise they probably wouldn't have gotten such a good deal.
On the way back, Bi Lizhu still couldn't help but ask:
"How much did it cost in total to contract these mulberry fields, fish ponds, and orchards?"
"I didn't spend much!" A hint of guilt flashed in An Jianping's eyes.
Bi Lizhu naturally didn't believe his nonsense and continued to press him for answers:
"This whole area must be several hundred acres, right? How much is it per acre?"
"There aren't that many!" An Jianping refused to admit it at all.
Bi Lizhu casually pointed to the orchard behind her:
"I just counted the longan trees over there; there are ten trees in each row, a total of ten rows."
"Although the number of other fruit trees varies, some have more and some have less. Even if we take an average, it should be about the same."
"Should I ask how many fruit trees can be planted per acre?"
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