Yang Yufen had just come down from the mountain. The fruit trees were growing very fast this year, with branches sprouting tall in just a few days. She had to keep the branches in suitable positions, press down some branches, prune others, apply fertilizer, and weed. She was extremely busy.
“Yu Fen, I think these mountains around here are also good. Director Zhou said that these mountains can be rented to grow fruit trees. The young people in the nearby villages have gone to work in other places, and the fields are not cultivated much anymore. They were originally allocated to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but they are not being cultivated properly, and it is all wasted.”
How much is the rent?
Yang Yufen's eyes lit up. She wasn't worried about the loan money; there were many major projects in Beijing this year, and she wouldn't have trouble selling the chickens from her chicken farm.
"Director Zhou said that we will still be paid the same price as before, and the mountain land will be given to us to use, while the farmland will be reserved for the students and teachers in the college as much as possible."
"Sure, is it possible to get a loan?"
Yang Yufen experienced the benefits of loans. With connections, agricultural loans meant they didn't have to pay high interest rates, and they could purchase all kinds of equipment at once. Moreover, with experience, they weren't afraid of failure.
"Yes, because the area is bigger than before, and we have two chicken farms, so we can get a larger loan."
Addicted to making money, the two old ladies put their heads together, found an accountant, and went to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to find Director Zhou.
"This tricycle seems too small; it's not enough to carry fertilizer. I'll see if we can get a bigger one later. It seems that Lianxiang's husband's family has connections."
Yang Yufen suddenly spoke up while riding her bicycle.
“We definitely need to get a big truck. Now that the loan is approved, we'll have enough money to buy one. Xiao Zhang is a good driver and can operate an excavator. A big truck isn't hard to learn. We'll let him drive it later.”
“That’s good. Old Yang is well taken care of. I didn’t expect that he can now move around by himself while being pushed in a wheelchair. Xiao Zhang even specially wrapped the edges of the wheelchair. He’s very thoughtful.”
"The arrival of the two of you shows that it takes the older generation like us to have the courage to think and act."
Director Zhou greeted us with a smile and poured us tea.
"Young people have things they want to do. Look at the development of our country now. We never dared to imagine it before. Those tall buildings, you can see the mountaintop from the top, they are even taller than the mountains."
Aunt Wang took the tea and drank a sip.
"That's right. Trains are much faster now. Before, it would take a long time to get there, but now it's an hour or two earlier."
Yang Yufen thought of what her nephews and nieces from the village had said when they came to visit her.
Deputy Director Zhao brought over all the contracts, and Aunt Wang and the accountant carefully looked through them, while Yang Yufen and Director Zhou chatted.
It turns out that someone has their eye on the land near the Academy of Agricultural Sciences again. People from nearby villages have been tricked into working there, complaining that farming is hard work and doesn't pay well. They want to incite these villagers to cause trouble. The young people can't resist the temptation, and for the money, they are inevitably tempted.
The older generation cherishes the land, and they don't feel bad about their children selling their ancestral land, thinking that the older generation has to endure hardship.
"These kids have forgotten the hardships of the past as soon as they've had a full meal, and they've become stupid from watching TV."
Director Zhou felt annoyed just thinking about those who came to cause trouble.
"Not all children are like this; they just need to be disciplined and are too full."
Yang Yufen remembered what Guixiang had said: the noodle shop was now having much more leftover noodle soup and noodles every day than before. It wasn't that they couldn't sell them, but rather that the people eating there had left them over.
The noodle shop isn't suitable for raising chickens, so every day they're cleaned up and sent back to be raised in the suburbs. There aren't enough chickens to eat, so now they've also started raising two pigs.
Seeing this, Gui Xiang's husband went to other restaurants and found that the situation of leftover food was very serious. In order not to waste food, he discussed with someone to take away all the swill and then bought more than ten piglets to raise.
After developing a love for farming, Er Shun also developed a love for raising pigs. Even when it came to fetching water, he would clean the pigs thoroughly every day.
Liu Ping came to find Er Shun and told him that she wanted him to come to her house. However, although Er Shun liked this friend very much, he was reluctant to leave his home.
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