“Building a shed is good, it’s not difficult. The old lady said she’d provide lunch, could you add a stove so people can cook dinner?”
"It's a small matter, of course no problem. We don't have that much time to cook anyway. We order the staple food from the compound canteen. If that's the case, we can hire two people to be in charge of cooking. This job takes quite a while."
Aunt Wang thought for a moment.
"Should we discuss this with Aunt Yang as well?"
"I'll definitely say it, but with your personality, Aunt Yang, you'll definitely agree."
Aunt Wang waved her hand.
Shen Xianjun stared at the two mountains for a long time. His mother really wasn't going to admit she was old. She just bought such a big mountain without hesitation. His wife was also quite calm and didn't object.
Gui Xiang returned, and Yang Yufen felt a little relieved to see that Gui Xiang wasn't being stubborn, so she threw herself into the land reclamation work.
Xiao Zhang carried his luggage, thinking he would have to build the shed himself, and he had prepared all the tools. But when he arrived, the wooden shed was already almost finished, and there were more workers than he had imagined.
Beside the shed, a burly man with a limp lifted a large iron pot and placed it on the earthen stove that had been set up. He then turned around and deftly chopped cabbage and potatoes into chunks.
“Young man, you’re here. What are you standing there for? Hurry up and get ready. We’ll be eating soon. This is our first meal of the day. After you’ve eaten, let’s go up the mountain and get to work.”
As soon as the burly chef spoke, Xiao Zhang snapped out of his daze.
"oh oh."
Xiao Zhang nodded and quickly found a place to put his things down. These people seemed to know each other very well.
"Young man, come stay here, there's still a spot available."
A tall, thin man with severe burns on his face spoke, which almost startled Xiao Zhang.
"Did I scare you? It's okay, you'll get used to it after a while."
The tall, thin man spoke up dismissively, offering a word of comfort to Xiao Zhang instead.
While queuing for food, Xiao Zhang noticed that everyone was very orderly, lining up voluntarily without needing to be called out, and getting their food was very quick.
Aunt Wang and Yang Yufen were discussing fruit tree planting.
"Planting only one type of fruit tree is too monotonous. I think this area can be used to plant grapes. Currently, the main fruit tree varieties are pears, apples, and jujubes."
I think jujubes are fine to plant, but it's not good to plant apple and pear trees together. It's better to separate them. We can choose one of each and plant jujube trees in between to keep them separate and prevent them from getting diseases from each other.
"Can."
Yang Yufen had no objection; both types of fruit were easy to sell and kept for a long time.
“My side faces east, which is suitable for planting apples. Both apples and pears like sunshine, but pears don’t need as much sunlight in autumn and winter.”
“Okay, I like pears too. Planting pears is good. This area is suitable for planting jujube and peach trees. Peach trees don’t grow that tall. What kind of medicinal herbs did Director Zhao say were suitable to plant here?”
Yang Yufen pointed to the crevice between the two mountains.
The two of them had planned out every part of the mountain.
"I did suggest several options, but those aren't urgent. I think beekeeping is more suitable. Next year, I'll bring in bees and raise them for a few years. Once the number of bees increases, the fruit trees will be in bloom just in time."
"That's true."
"We're discussing it. I have some good news for you. Look, the loan has been approved, and I've also found you a batch of agricultural machinery, all of which are eligible for subsidies."
Deputy Director Zhao happily took the documents out of his bag.
Good news kept coming in; we had the money and the right machines—it was wonderful!
Yang Yufen rode her tricycle with her best friend to go see the machine.
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