Chapter 21 About 50,000
An Jianping didn't expect his wife to observe so carefully, and wanted to give a brief explanation that avoided the main point.
I saw a rare seriousness in my wife's eyes.
What he originally wanted to say, he could no longer utter for a moment.
Seeing that there was no one else around, An Jianping could only confess honestly: "The total cost of the contract was about 50,000 yuan."
"About fifty thousand?" Bi Lizhu was a little unconvinced.
Judging from the area she had just seen, it would not be this price at all.
"The mulberry garden and fish pond don't cost much, and no one has been willing to take them over for many years."
"I agreed to contract 400 acres at once, at a price of 50 yuan per acre, so the total is no more than 20,000 yuan." An Jianping explained very carefully.
It’s not that he is arrogant.
But it was the Lin Village next door, which was demolished the year before last.
Just the short-term crops such as rice fields and vegetable fields have suffered losses of more than 500 per acre.
Compensation for fruit trees is paid directly on a per-tree basis.
I heard that the village chief had planted longan trees for decades, and he lost as much as two thousand yuan for each tree.
Lin Village has always been mainly engaged in grain cultivation.
There are very few large orchards, and An Jianping has no reference.
“As for the fruit trees here, except for the papayas and bananas in the corners, they have been planted for nearly ten years.”
"They are basically all in the peak fruit-bearing period, so the contract price is a bit higher, calculated at 80 yuan per mu."
"A total of 400 acres have been contracted, for a total of 32,000 yuan."
"So the total is exactly fifty-two thousand."
Fifty-two thousand is acceptable, but...
Bi Lizhu looked at An Jianping suspiciously: "Where did you get so much money?"
"Didn't you apply for housing plots for both Yu and Xiang? How much will it cost to build four houses together?"
"This, about 40,000 per building." An Jianping's tone became even lower.
He was afraid that if his wife continued to ask, she would find out that he had taken his two daughters to apply for a loan.
I guess that would make her countless times more angry than finding out that he had applied for residential plots and built houses for his two daughters!
This is also the reason why An Jianping took Bi Lizhu into the village without any hesitation today.
Anyway, the fact that the house had been rebuilt could not be concealed.
It would be better to let her watch it when she should.
However, An Jianping did not expect that his daughter's heart was completely different.
The wife looked at several houses that were under construction, although she did not look well.
But he didn't just turn around and walk away angrily.
I continued to follow him and visited all the mulberry fields and orchards.
Everything that he had not yet figured out how to explain was exposed.
Bi Lizhu really felt that something was wrong with her husband's expression.
After all, how could Bi Lizhu not know how much wealth her family had?
These four houses alone almost emptied out the family's assets.
The rest is left for the down payment of my son’s new house.
Before today, An Jianping would not have touched this money.
So, where did he get the money to contract these mulberry fish ponds and orchards?
"It's just... I borrowed some money!" An Jianping felt even more guilty.
At this time, not to mention Bi Lizhu, even An Songlin and An Songxiang next to him were looking at him seriously.
Waiting for his more detailed explanation.
"That's it..." An Jianping glanced at his future daughter-in-law obscurely, signaling his wife not to ask any more questions.
Bi Lizhu pursed her lips and could only suppress the anxiety in her heart.
After leaving Congjiang Village, An Songlin sent Xuan Ying home first.
On the way, Xuan Ying asked anxiously:
"Songlin, uncle... isn't this a bit too aggressive?"
Xuan Ying was also aware that the money originally used by the two to buy a house would be used for the development of Jiangcun.
But now I heard that my future father-in-law not only invested the money, but also repaid the loan.
Xuan Ying felt a little uneasy.
An Songlin thought about it and then answered: "It probably doesn't count."
"I just heard from my grandparents that the silkworms will hatch in about a week."
“It only takes about 40 days to raise silkworms before you can pick them.”
"In a year, we can raise it four times."
"Each time, we can earn one to two thousand yuan per mu."
"We actually have a lot of mulberry fields here, and even those mulberry trees that are not managed by anyone can still be used to pick mulberry leaves to feed silkworms."
"It's just that the mulberry leaves in the unmanaged mulberry fields grow better and are easier to pick."
“I just don’t know how big the silkworm house my father built is.”
"You can earn one or two thousand per acre in one season?" Xuan Ying widened his eyes in disbelief.
Uncle An just said that he has contracted 400 acres of mulberry fields.
Well, well...
"It's not calculated that way." An Songlin tapped his fiancée's forehead with some amusement. She looked so cute with her greedy little look.
“Not to mention the investment in building the silkworm house, managing the mulberry fields and fish ponds, etc.”
“Even the 400 acres contracted were not all mulberry fields.”
"In our village, mulberry and fish ponds are contracted together, and pure mulberry forests may account for less than half of the land."
"It all depends on the location my dad chose. I wasn't able to get a closer look today."
"But even if it's only half, or even if you have to invest in building a silkworm house and managing a mulberry field, you can make it back quickly!"
Xuan Ying felt that no matter how she calculated, she could not make up for the loss.
"So, why is there no one raising silkworms in your village now?"
"Because it's too hard!" An Songlin rubbed his fiancee's head helplessly.
How could this matter be as simple as she thought?
He then explained in detail: "Although silkworms may not look small, they are very gluttonous."
"It's OK when they are small, but when they grow to be the biggest, one silkworm can eat more than 200 kilograms of mulberry leaves a day."
"If we assume that one acre of mulberry trees can support five or six silkworms, how many mulberry leaves do we need to pick in a day?"
Xuan Ying roughly calculated it and couldn't help swallowing: "At least one thousand kilograms?"
Xuanying had never picked mulberry leaves.
But just thinking about the weight, with her limited strength, she probably wouldn't be able to move it from the mulberry field to the silkworm house even if she worked from morning till night all day.
It seems that this is hard-earned money!
No wonder there are so many mulberry fields in Jiangcun, but they will eventually remain idle.
However, after An Songlin's words, Xuan Ying no longer felt that it was too risky to ask her father-in-law to take out a loan for contracting in the future.
That is, I don’t know how he will manage it in the future?
And Songlin, I listened to what my future father-in-law said last night.
Even if they put in the down payment for their wedding house, it would all be under Songlin's name.
I don’t know these either. Do I still need Songlin to manage them?
However, after returning home, Xuan Ying thought about what happened today and decided not to tell her family.
She is unable to fully judge whether the contracted mulberry fields, orchards, and silkworm farming will ultimately generate sufficient profits.
But think about how worried she was when she first found out.
Xuan Ying didn't think she could understand the situation as well as An Songlin and could explain all her family's concerns.
It would be better not to let them know.
It also saves them from worrying in vain.
(End of this chapter)
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