Chapter 29 Tasting
Then the grandmother picked up two sacks of all the vegetables and fruits that she had mentioned and not mentioned, and only then were An Songyu and her grandson let go.
After carrying the things with difficulty to the newly built residential plot with a small two-story building, An Songyu simply put them down.
Anyway, she will have to pass by here when she goes out from the silkworm house later.
"What a joke your dad is. Is he really planning to build a five-story building? It's not just one building, it's four buildings in total?" Shi Youqin couldn't help but ask when she saw the house her third son was building.
An Songyu smiled and nodded.
If it weren’t for the village, the houses would be at most five stories high.
Her father probably wants to build a few more floors.
But it is also true that if we build a few more floors, the current foundation will not be able to withstand it.
By then, I don’t know if it can be completed before the demolition.
Seeing her granddaughter still smiling, Shi Youqin was even more speechless: "Do you think everyone in your family is more careless than the other?"
"Our village is not as close to the new district that will be built in the future as the Lin Village next door."
"Although there are indeed five-story buildings in the village, other people have farmhouses, fishing grounds, and even swimming pools, barbecues, and camping, which are very successful."
“There is no shortage of guests all year round!”
"What about your family? There's not even one person who comes to the village to run the business."
"If you build so many houses and then leave them empty, you won't even be able to make back your investment. What will you do then?"
"Grandma, don't worry!" An Songyu quickly comforted her. She also knew that the old lady meant well.
But how can we talk about something as uncertain as demolition?
As for the uncles in the family, her father and uncle are the ones who find ways to take care of them.
As for the current situation, it seems to be pretty good.
At least after An Songlin's wedding, not only my uncle and fourth uncle's families increased the area of their contracted orchards.
Even my two aunts have returned to the village to visit more than once.
I guess they all have some ideas, but I don’t know how long it will take them to make up their minds.
In addition, seeing the appearance of the An family, the fruit forest in the village that had been ignored before also began to attract attention.
Although no one in the village has started contracting yet.
But it’s hard to say what will happen next.
I don’t know how many people will take action before the demolition.
An Songyu thought about it while observing Shi Youqin's expression. Seeing that she was still frowning, he quickly said:
"Grandma, maybe Dad...just wants to do it right the first time?"
"After all, our family has built a silkworm house and an orchard in the village. I believe that Dad's development focus will move to the village in the future."
"Now he is still young and has a job."
"But what if he retires in eight or ten years?"
"Then won't you go back to the village and run the business like my uncle and the others?"
As he spoke, An Songyu felt that it was the case.
She couldn't help feeling a little guilty, but she saw that Shi Youqin's expression had actually relaxed a little.
An Songyu breathed a sigh of relief, finally she didn't have to continue making up lies.
In the afternoon, when An Songyu left the village, he called An Jianping's office.
When she loaded all the harvest from the village today into the car with the help of An Jianmin and drove to the station, An Jianping was already waiting there.
The father and daughter moved the things out of the station together and put them on the back of the bicycle, and then An Jianping left quickly.
He came out temporarily while at work.
The bus terminal in Rongdi is actually not far from Shuncheng No. 1 Silk Factory.
However, buses going outside the city do not pass by the First Silk Factory.
If you want to transfer to the entrance of the family quarters, you have to go around a long circle.
That's why An Jianping came here specially.
An Songyu rode his fully loaded bicycle towards home with some difficulty.
It was not until we entered the family area that some acquaintances came over to help, greeting us.
There is strength in numbers.
With everyone working together, they moved all the things in the car to An Songyu's house in just one go.
An Songyu quickly asked everyone to sit down, and Aunt Chen next to her quickly waved her hand and said with a smile:
"Ayu, you are really something. It's just a matter of lending a hand. Is it worth it to be so polite to the aunties?"
The other two aunts who came to help also happily refused.
They were just chatting downstairs in the family quarters.
It was because he saw that the things in An Songyu's car seemed heavier than hers that he lent a hand.
"Auntie, please don't be polite!" An Songyu neatly opened the basket that had just been hung on the handlebars and motioned for everyone to take a look first:
"This is the first crop of mulberries from the mulberry field contracted by our family this year."
"I picked half a basket today!"
"It's a good opportunity to invite the aunts to taste it."
Mulberry fruit is not really a common thing for the residents of Shuncheng city nowadays.
However, as a family member of a silk factory.
They also knew that although mulberry fruit was uncommon, it was not a precious thing.
Now, the aunts were no longer in a hurry to leave.
So, An Songyu quickly went to the kitchen and soaked the mulberries in salt water.
Aunt Chen and her companions became the first people in the family quarters to taste the delicious mulberry fruit this year.
"These mulberries are so fresh!" Aunt Liu, who lives in the building in front of An Songyu's house, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after tasting one.
"It's really fresh!" Aunt Chen couldn't help but nod before she even tasted it.
After eating two, I couldn't help but sigh: "It's been a long time since I tasted this flavor!"
"How long has it been since you last tasted it? We haven't even eaten it a few times!"
"That's true! Nowadays, it's becoming increasingly difficult to harvest local silk cocoons."
“I don’t even know how many of these mulberry trees are still left.”
"Will our factory be affected?"
"If it was going to have an impact, it would have already happened long ago!"
"How many of the materials in our factory are now supplied locally?"
"Really? But isn't Shuncheng a famous silkworm base?"
"How many years old is that?"
Listening to the three of them talking to each other.
An Songyu has a clearer understanding of Shuncheng's mulberry planting and silkworm breeding industry.
In the evening, the family ate the first batch of fresh mulberries, and An Songxiang felt particularly regretful:
“I was there just two days ago.”
"Why didn't I see the mulberries ripen at that time?"
"Then you didn't eat it either?" An Songlin deliberately smiled at his sister.
"I just want to eat them? I also want to pick and eat them!" An Songxiang said, hugging An Songyu's arm, seeking approval.
An Songyu also smiled: "Don't worry, when you go there again this week, you will be able to see ripe mulberries in any mulberry field."
This is not An Songyu trying to fool his sister.
When she was picking mulberries today, she really saw that the mulberries in almost every mulberry field were starting to turn red.
At the rate it matures, there won't be too many by Sunday.
After being reminded by An Songyu, An Songlin quickly said goodbye to his family:
"Mom and Dad, Aying and I won't stay."
"I'll go to my classmate first and ask about the situation."
(End of this chapter)
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