Chapter 265 Finally got a reply
Although Yang Mei's family made some money by growing strawberries with Shang Ruoting, they were not well-off after all. After deducting expenses, they did not have much money.
Even so, it is much better than other families in the village.
Their house also had wasteland next to a small river. Yang Mei listened to Shang Ruoting's advice and also hired people to reclaim it into paddy fields.
As for building a farm and a greenhouse, the cost is relatively high. With their family's financial resources, they can barely build a farm or a greenhouse.
With a horizontal beam on both sides, Yang Mei decided to build a greenhouse. After all, it would cost a lot of money to build the farm and buy the chicken, duck and goose seedlings. She would also need to invest a lot of food to feed them later, and her money was not enough.
Therefore, Yang Mei's family converted ten acres of wasteland into paddy fields, built a greenhouse on one acre, and temporarily reclaimed the remaining four acres to grow high-yield corn or sweet potatoes.
Aunt Chen Si's wasteland is far away from the river, and it is impossible to convert it into paddy fields, so they plan to grow corn and sweet potatoes.
Since she bought the wasteland together with Shang Ruoting, Shang Ruoting couldn't just ignore it.
She suggested that Aunt Chen Si's family plant sweet potatoes and high-yield corn.
Sweet potatoes can be made into vermicelli, and sweet potato vines can be fed to pigs. Their family can also raise a few more pigs, which will bring in a considerable income at the end of the year.
High-yield corn will have a higher yield than ordinary corn when harvested, even if the land is poor. In this way, the wasteland contracted by their family will not only not lose money, but will also increase a lot of income.
Aunt Chen Si and the Yang sisters believed Shang Ruoting's words without a doubt and did as she said.
The same goes for Zhao Fa and Deputy Captain Wang. Their land is far from the river and is not suitable for transformation into paddy fields, so they also plant sweet potatoes and high-yield corn in the same way as Aunt Chen Si's family.
Of course, the high-yield corn seeds must be provided by Shang Ruoting.
As for Zhang Lanxiang, she watched as other people's wasteland was being reclaimed, but her family had no idea what to do.
What's more, there is no manpower at home and no money to hire someone, so I can only watch others work.
She had already sent the letter to Shang Ruolian. Now she just hoped that her daughter would see the letter as soon as possible and write back to tell her the use of the wasteland.
That day, Shang Ruolian had just finished breakfast and was lying on the kang to rest.
Mother Qiao cursed as she cleaned up the dishes: "Our family is so unlucky to have married such a lazy guy who idles around all day. Who do you think you are?"
Shang Ruolan's ears were so callused from hearing such words, but she was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. She pretended not to hear anything and continued to do what she was doing.
Shang Ruolian was rubbing her forehead, which was a little dizzy from the noise, when she heard a man's voice calling her name outside.
"Is Shang Ruolian at home? Here is your letter."
Shang Ruolian put on her shoes, tidied her hair, and walked out. She took the letter from the postman, thanked him, and went back into the house, ignoring Qiao's mother who was standing there staring at her.
The letter was written by Zhang Lanxiang. The general content was nothing more than expressing concern about Shang Ruolian's recent situation, and the most important thing was to ask about the specific use of the wasteland.
Since Zhang Lanxiang asked her what to do with the wasteland, she had to help come up with an idea no matter what.
She knew that Tan Chen's family had built a greenhouse to grow vegetables a while ago. In her previous life, she had also seen many people growing vegetables in greenhouses, but she had never actually done it herself and had no idea about the principles behind it.
But when Zhang Lanxiang asked about the use of the wasteland, she had to give a reasonable suggestion.
So, in her reply, she directly told Zhang Lanxiang that there were considerable profits in greenhouse cultivation and suggested that the wasteland be used to build greenhouses.
When Zhang Lanxiang received Shang Ruoting's reply, it was more than ten days after she sent the letter.
After waiting day and night, the reply letter finally came. Zhang Lanxiang ran home holding the letter like a baby.
At this time, Shang Lichun was sitting at the small table on the kang drinking some wine. He was a little displeased when he saw her running in in a panic.
"What are you so fussy about?"
Zhang Lanxiang was anxious to read the letter and had no mood to argue with him. In front of Shang Lichun, she tore open the envelope and took out the letter inside.
"If Ruo Lian wrote to me, she must have told me the purpose of those wastelands."
During this period, Zhang Lanxiang watched helplessly as Tan Chen's family and several other families who had bought wasteland hired people to reclaim the land, which almost drove her to death.
Unfortunately, she didn't know the specific purpose of Shang Ruolian asking her to buy these wastelands, and she didn't have the money to hire people to reclaim them. Therefore, the four acres of wasteland in their family had not been moved at all.
When Shang Lichun heard that the letter was from Shang Ruolian, he stopped scolding Zhang Lanxiang and stared at her.
"Read it quickly, what's written on it?"
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