Chapter 366: Zhang's mother's intention, brother and sister talk
Not long after, Zhang's mother came back on a motorcycle, carrying a bunch of things and laughing with everyone, "I went to the evening market and bought some fresh seafood. I'll cook for you later. Big brother and second brother haven't eaten my cooking in years."
Seeing her busy and efficient manner, Li Yongfu nodded with satisfaction and said, "It seems that you are really fine. I was very worried when you came home before the New Year. Now it seems that my worries were in vain. Since you can live in the countryside and support your family, you can live here in the future. Anyway, you can't do that job anymore. It would be nice to do a small job nearby. You can earn some living expenses and you don't have to spend the children's money."
Zhang's mother nodded seriously, "I just wanted to do something, so I asked the child's father to come over to discuss the land. I'm very anxious now. Have you discussed a rule?"
The three men were all stunned for a moment. Li Yongshou replied unhappily, "You called us over and then left. We still don't understand what you want to do. How can we discuss it? Jianye just said that he would pay back the money he owed us. I said that if you don't have money, don't worry. We are all relatives and we are not in a hurry to use the money now."
Upon hearing this, Zhang's mother was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhang's father in confusion, as if asking where did he get so much money.
Father Zhang pointed to Zhang Wanwan's room and said, "Your precious daughter is back and is in her room!"
Mother Zhang was overjoyed. She quickly put down her things and ran directly into Zhang Wanwan's room. "Girl, when did you arrive?"
Zhang Wanwan changed into clothes suitable for work and said with a smile, "I just got home and just changed my clothes."
"Um. Your dad said that you meant to pay back the money?" Zhang's mother pulled Zhang Wanwan inside and asked in a low voice. Seeing Zhang Wanwan nod, she immediately asked in surprise: "How much money have we made in the past few months? Is it enough to pay back the foreign debts?"
Zhang Wanwan nodded and gave her mother a reassuring look, "Mom, don't worry, I just transferred 100,000 yuan to my dad. He still has more than 40,000 yuan saved, and there is still some left after paying off the foreign debt. If you want to open up the land, I will pay for it. Although I don't have much left, I can still afford it. This year is only halfway through. If we work hard in the second half of the year, our family will definitely be able to save money again."
"Okay, okay, I feel relieved to hear you say that." Zhang's mother couldn't stop smiling. She had no place to vent her excitement, so she simply turned it all into cooking skills. She returned to the kitchen and started cooking non-stop.
Zhang Wanwan also went in to help her.
While Zhang's mother wasn't paying attention, he added a small amount of spiritual spring water to the dishes she cooked to enhance the flavor.
After the food was served, even the serious Li Yongshou showed a shocked expression, "Lan! You have improved your cooking skills after so many years away from home! It's even more delicious than your second sister-in-law's."
Li Yongfu also nodded, "Even your sister-in-law's cooking skills are inferior to yours."
With the delicious food, everyone started talking. Zhang's father took the opportunity to ask, "Mother, how do you think we should open up the land? Which piece of land do you want to open up?"
"I want to open up that large piece of land near the mountain at the end of the village." Zhang's mother said calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang's father dropped his chopsticks in shock, "Those fields at the end of the village? That's a huge area, and it's connected to the mountain!"
The Zhang family has a lot of land, but they sold some of it over the years because they spent a lot of money. He didn't touch the remaining tracts of land at the end of the village because they originally belonged to Zhang Jianguo. They were transferred to him by his father before he died. He always felt something was wrong, so he ignored those fields. He didn't expect that Zhang's mother actually wanted to move that large piece of land.
Seeing Zhang's father's shocked look, Zhang's mother rolled her eyes and said, "I want a big place. I wouldn't even mind a small place! Anyway, that big piece of land has to be turned over."
Zhang Wanwan listened quietly on the side, but she focused on the mountain and reminded her mother, "Mom, the mountain needs to be treated as well. You can plant fruit trees and raise chickens and ducks. Then fence it off so that no one else can get up. It's safer and more useful than those plots of land."
"What? Turning the soil isn't enough, but you have to turn the mountains over too?" Father Zhang looked at the mother and daughter in astonishment, his voice rising several degrees.
Li Yongfu at the side pondered and said, "We can turn over the land and mountains, but there are only a few people in your family. Can you serve us?"
"Is there anything that can't be taken care of? My eldest sister and her family have contracted so many fields to raise chickens and ducks, and they are taking good care of them, aren't they? We are not as big as them, we are just doing small things. Otherwise, what else can I do in the countryside?" Zhang's mother said confidently.
Looking at her attitude, it was clear that she was determined to mess with those fields. Zhang's father looked at Li Yongshou helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Brother, take a look at how much it will cost."
Li Yongshou had no idea how big the fields that Zhang's mother was talking about were. He looked at the sky and said, "How about this, if the place is not far away, you can take me over to have a look so that I can give you a price. After all, I can't do it myself, so I must ask a master to come over."
Every profession has its own expertise, so work like plowing the soil still needs to be done by a tractor driver.
Zhang's mother put down her chopsticks and was about to go out with Li Yongshou.
Zhang's father and Li Yongfu also followed.
Not long after they left, Zhang Baiyan came back. Seeing him looking like a frosted eggplant, Zhang Wanwan asked in confusion, "Didn't you go to practice driving? Why are you so tired?"
"Try to feel how it feels to be busy from the moment you open your eyes to the moment you go out!" Zhang Baiyan said listlessly. After charging his electric car, he washed his hands and was about to eat. He then noticed that there were several sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table. He looked at Zhang Wanwan in surprise, "Who's here?"
"Uncle, uncle, and dad." Zhang Wanwan served Zhang Boyan some rice and asked, "Did mom tell you about the land reclamation?"
Zhang Baiyan nodded, "That's what I meant. We only have one acre and three mu of land at home. As the number of orders increases, our pressure is getting greater and greater. Didn't you also say that if the place at home was bigger, we could have long-term cooperation with big orders like those from the provincial capital in the future? We don't need many orders of that kind, as long as we can have one or two orders a month, we will make a steady profit. The best way is to expand the scale of planting and breeding. I've seen that piece of land. There are not many people there, and it's mountainous. We can raise chickens and ducks without worrying about the strong smell that will cause dissatisfaction among the neighbors. But after we open the business, we have to get a container house to live in temporarily. I don't think it's safe if no one is there to watch over it. After all, there are many people in the village who are greedy for small profits."
The people in the village are not very courageous and would only do some petty thefts or stealing. If they knew that there were people guarding there for a long time, they would never have any thoughts. Otherwise, Li Meili and Zhao Guoqing would not have set up simple tents near the contracted land and taken turns on duty.
(End of this chapter)
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