Chapter 264 Wasteland Arrangement
This time, the contract between him and Deputy Captain Wang was expanded from eight acres to six acres, and Zhang Lanxiang also contracted four acres of wasteland.
Zhang Lanxiang got the contract for the wasteland and went home excitedly, preparing to write back to Shang Ruolian to inquire about the use of the wasteland.
In fact, Shang Ruolian had not yet decided what to do with the wasteland.
Ever since she and Qiao Yuan returned to the city, she has been staying at home to take care of her pregnancy.
After all, she had just returned from the hospital and was in a hurry to go back to the city with Qiao Yuan without having a good rest.
Qiao Yuan's parents also understood a little about the reasons why their son married this woman, and knew that their son did not really want to marry this woman.
Moreover, seeing how haggard his son looked after he came back, he couldn't like Shang Ruolian at all.
If she wasn't pregnant with the Qiao family's child and hadn't shown signs of miscarriage, the old couple wouldn't have let her idle around the house.
Qiao Yuan was lucky. Just after the Chinese New Year, he received a notice from the nail factory, asking him to report to the factory immediately.
Now, Qiao Yuan also has a job.
As Shang Ruolian expected, after the two returned to the Qiao family, Qiao Yuan was worried that their quarrel would be laughed at by the neighbors, and he also wanted to protect his only child in his life, so his temper calmed down a lot.
Although he rarely lost his temper with Shang Ruolian, he never gave her a good look.
Seeing that Qiao Yuan was depressed all day long, Qiao's parents thought it was because he didn't want to marry Shang Ruolian.
Gradually, their attitude towards Shang Ruolan changed from lukewarm to cold.
Shang Ruolian knew that it was not yet time for her to make a big splash. Although she was unhappy in the Qiao family, she just regarded it as a transition.
In order to cause trouble for Qiao's father and mother, she deliberately hid in the house every day and did not do any housework.
When I am free, I will go to the newsstand to buy a newspaper and read it, which is also a way to pass the time.
Just a few days ago, she saw the news in the newspaper that Fengxian County was a pilot county for the national household distribution system, so she hurriedly wrote a letter home.
Because she knew that land would become more and more valuable in the future. Even if it was wasteland, it would become fertile land over time. At that time, her family would have more security.
As for the present, she really didn't think about whether she would lose money or what to do with the wasteland.
Although she had seen other people build greenhouses in her previous life, she herself did not understand the principles behind it.
Zhang Lanxiang excitedly returned home with the contract for four acres of wasteland, and showed it off in front of Shang Lichun.
"Shang Lichun, your ancestors must be very happy to marry such a capable wife like me. I just went to the team and the wasteland has been contracted out. I managed to snatch four acres from the two team leaders."
Shang Lichun has always been a professional at throwing cold water on her: "There are only a few of us in our family. Jianguo is still young and can't work, and I don't have much strength. I wonder what you will do with these wastelands when the time comes?"
Although Zhang Lanxiang didn't like to hear this, she knew it was true.
"Ruolian must have her reasons for letting us contract the wasteland. I'll write her a letter right now and ask what we're going to do with the wasteland."
As she spoke, she didn't intend to argue with Shang Lichun anymore and went into the house to write a letter to Shang Ruolian.
When the Shang family contracted the wasteland but didn't know what to do with it, Tan Chen and Shang Ruoting had already planned the use of their own ten acres of wasteland.
They decided to use one acre of land to build a farm, focusing on raising chickens, ducks and geese for the time being.
In addition, the two of them went to the fields to take a closer look and found that there were exactly six acres of land next to the river. These six acres of land were reclaimed into paddy fields according to their previous plan.
The two men planned to build a greenhouse on the remaining three acres of land.
The three acres of greenhouse will not be used to grow vegetables and strawberries. Shang Ruoting plans to use it to grow mushrooms.
Tan Chen fully agreed with his wife's plan. After having a detailed plan, he started running back and forth to the city to buy various materials.
This kind of plan did not put any pressure on Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen. Even if they did not have the money from selling ginseng and stamps, they had earned a lot from selling strawberries and vegetables during this period, so there was no problem in building a farm and a greenhouse.
As for the six acres that need to be converted into paddy fields, no matter how capable Tan Chen is, he cannot handle it alone.
Therefore, the couple decided to hire villagers to help with this job, paying each person one yuan a day.
A wage of one yuan a day is not much in the city, but for these country people, it is already a lot.
Especially since this is the slack season for farmers, there are not only a lot of idle people but also many hardworking people who are willing to come and earn this money.
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