"Since you were sleeping so soundly, I didn't call you."
Lin Chaonan offered a rare explanation.
Because this explanation was so rare, Lin Chaobei's complaints suddenly stalled.
Did his third brother have a stroke today? Why did things suddenly change?
Little did he know that Lin Chaonan was also provoked by Lin Chaodong's letter yesterday. He felt that he was the pillar of the family and could no longer remain silent as before. He had to make changes, starting with speaking up and speaking properly, so that his mother, Yue Jiuyue, would feel that he was a good son she could rely on.
Although Yue Jiuyue was also quite surprised by Lin Chaonan's change, he was already an adult, and making positive changes must have been a well-thought-out decision. As for why he changed, she didn't know. Maybe it was to make it easier for him to find a wife? After all, he was considered quite old in this era, and it was considered late to get married.
However, it shouldn't be a secret that she bought a mountain for each of her four brothers, right? So why haven't we seen many matchmakers coming to her door? Is it because there aren't any girls of suitable age? Or did all the matchmakers just happen to have gone to escape famine last year? Anyway, it can't be that her cheap sons aren't in demand.
Yue Jiuyue frowned, pondering what could be the reason why her son couldn't find a wife.
This led Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei to believe that Yue Jiuyue was calculating how many fruit trees she wanted, so they kept quiet, afraid of disrupting Yue Jiuyue's calculations.
It wasn't until after the meal that Yue Jiuyue remembered the fruit tree seedlings again. She thought that the spacing between the fruit trees was three or four meters, and one mu of land was about 666 square meters. Dividing that by the area of a single tree, which was about 12 square meters, one mu of land could plant about 55 trees. A hilltop was about 100 mu, so that would be 550 trees. 500 trees of each kind would be about right, and it wouldn't matter if there were a few less.
"We need a maximum of 500 of each type of fruit tree. A little less is fine, but we can't accept more."
If there are too many kinds of fruit trees, she can just keep buying more hilltops. Buying more on the back hill would be too far inland and would easily attract wild animals. But there are no such restrictions on the East Ridge. Except for the ridge itself, it is all sand and gravel, and even the grass is less than in other places. It is possible to buy it to plant other trees, such as pines and cypresses, to cultivate the land first.
Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei were stunned when they heard the number Yue Jiuyue mentioned.
Five hundred of each type of fruit tree?
They can't imagine how much fruit they'll harvest if they plant five hundred trees at a time. Shouldn't they start looking for sales channels now? Otherwise, they're afraid they won't have enough time next autumn.
"Ahem, Mother, I understand, but I don't think there are that many."
Lin Chaonan felt his throat was a little dry, so after he finished speaking, he quickly drank another bowl of water, which made his already full stomach feel bloated.
"It's okay, just make sure it doesn't exceed five hundred trees. You can handle the rest as you see fit."
Other places have ten miles of peach blossoms, thirty miles of pear orchards, and apple orchards, but hers is a hundred miles of peach blossoms and a hundred miles of pear orchards. Isn't that impressive?
In the spring, could we invite the scholars, ladies, and young women from the town and county to come and see the peach and apple blossoms?
Yue Jiuyue was still planning whether she should prepare some things in advance if people really came to see the flowers next year, such as inns, restaurants and other service venues, or bring forward the plan to build a few small courtyards in the orchard so that guests could stay for a while.
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