Rebirth: I Have a Spiritual Spring

Chapter 453 The situation in Xiapu Village, disappointment

Leng Zi was more and more cheerful, "The village chief is joking. We have a lot of land to buy, and it needs to be in tracts. This kind of thing might not be possible without your intervention."

"Oh? How much is a lot?" The village chief looked at the man and woman in front of him curiously. To be honest, this temperament didn't look like someone from a small place like them. He really didn't understand young people like them. What are you doing here to buy land? The thin skin and tender meat don't look like farm work material.

Leng Ziyue looked at Zhang Wanwan and motioned for her to speak, and Zhang Wanwan said politely: "I need twenty acres of land."

"Hiss!" Both the village chief and the homeowner gasped, "What do you want with so many fields?"

"Of course it's farming, otherwise what can I do?" Zhang Yuanyuan said funny.

The village chief calmed down a little and said solemnly: "Miss, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that you want too many fields, and they are spread out. The fields in the village have long been divided into pieces. In addition, the young people have gone out, and the old people who can't cultivate so many fields have used them to return homesteads and trade them back and forth. Now no one in the village has so many acres of fields.

Moreover, the older generation has a deep obsession with their fields. If there is really no other way, no one will sell their fields. They would rather let it grow grass than allow others to take advantage of their own fields. It is just for them to think about. I'm afraid the work will be difficult. "

He himself was from that era and could understand the villagers' thoughts, so he didn't even think about trying to persuade them.

When Zhang Wanwan heard this, she turned around and looked at Leng Ziyue, and whispered, "What should I do?"

Leng Ziyue motioned for her to calm down, and raised his head to meet the village chief's troubled eyes, "Well, village chief, I think your village is not small. If the villagers don't want to sell those fields, see if there are about 20 acres here." Wasteland, the kind that can be reclaimed. "

Speaking of wasteland, the village chief's frown suddenly relaxed, and he laughed and said: "There are quite a lot of wastelands here, to be honest. Our village has also tried to develop special agricultural products before to increase the villagers' income. At that time, I heard about grapefruit from the county. Although they are famous at home and abroad, they are much richer than us because of their grapefruits, so we also grow grapefruits. I think they are all in Pu City, which is not that far away. Is it possible that the grapefruits they grow there are delicious and we grow them here? It doesn’t taste good, right?

When someone started, others agreed. At that time, we leveled a patch of forest in the west of the village to plant grapefruit. We all worked enthusiastically and had high hopes for the grapefruit. We finally waited until the grapefruit came into fruition, but God didn’t like it. People wish that the price of grapefruit was not good that year, and the grapefruit in He County could not be sold at a good price, let alone the grapefruit here. All the grapefruit grown were sold at a low price, and we could not even get our money back.

In the second year, there were continuous rainy days and typhoons, and the harvest was bleak. Everyone worked hard for a whole year, but in the end they couldn't even pay for their children's school fees. At that time, some people gave up. In the third year, half of the people planting grapefruit were reduced. Those who stayed were unwilling to give up and wanted to continue trying. Those who left either went out to work or went to Vietnam and the Philippines. Those who work in the Philippines and have some skills can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. Although it is hard work, the income is not comparable to that of growing grapefruit. Those who go out to work hard come back during the New Year, spread the news and stay in the village. The young people couldn't sit still anymore and all followed him away. Now the village gradually lost its young and middle-aged people, with less than thirty people left. Those who stayed did not continue to grow grapefruits, but went to work in factories. To be honest, even if they worked hard in the factory, the wind would not blow and the sun would not shine. Even if they worked hard a month, they would be paid five or six thousand. Sometimes If you work a lot of overtime, you can get seven to eight thousand.

No one took care of the grapefruit forest, and it gradually turned into a wild land covered with weeds. Those grapefruits are still growing, but no one fertilizes or sprays pesticides, so the fruits are inedible. If you want that grapefruit forest, you can sell it to them. You guys, the grapefruit forest is not big, only about ten acres, but there are some wastelands on the side. The total area is nearly twenty acres. However, this grapefruit forest is the property of the public. Do you really want me to follow you? It can only be done through discussion with several elders in the village. "

Zhang Wanwan did not decide immediately. To be honest, it would take a lot of effort to cultivate this kind of wasteland, and the cost would also go up. These are not the most important. The wasteland is relatively barren. If you really want to grow vegetables, you must first fertilize the land. This has to be done. How long does it take?

The more Leng Zi saw her hesitating, he asked the village chief: "Since the young people in the village don't grow grapefruit, why don't the old people do it? I think there are quite a few old people in the village."

"Why is there no one doing it?" The village chief sighed, "Young people don't have perseverance, and old people are reluctant to waste good things. Since their children and grandchildren don't want to do it, then they can do it. But at their age, even if they have the will, they can't do it. Plus, they still don't have the courage to do it. You have to take care of children, raise chickens, ducks and grow vegetables. After two or three months of hard work, they can't bear it. In the end, even if you are reluctant to let it go, you have to let it go. If you want that grapefruit forest, I guess the old people in the village will let me plant those grapefruit trees first. Sold."

Zhang Wanwan knew the nature of the villagers well, so she twitched her lips, but there was no unexpected reaction. After thinking about it, she didn't directly say that she wanted to buy the grapefruit grove, but proposed to go there for a walk.

The road to the grapefruit forest was not easy to walk. Even though Zhang Wanwan was driving the off-road vehicle that Leng Ziyue gave her, she was still knocked around. She couldn't stop cursing her mother in her heart. What was even more embarrassing was that the road turned into a small trail halfway through. She The car couldn't be driven in at all, so Zhang Wanwan could only get down and go on foot. By now, Zhang Wanwan was so depressed that she lost her temper. She started to retreat even before she saw the grapefruit forest, and wanted to turn back the same way several times.

If Leng Ziyue hadn't been walking in front of her, she would have turned around and left.

Twenty minutes later, they finally reached the grapefruit forest that the village chief mentioned. Zhang Yuanyuan looked around and her face turned completely dark. "Village Chief, these weeds are half as tall as a man. Can you tell me about this grapefruit forest?" Can I enter the forest? There should be a lot of snakes, insects, rats, ants and so on. If I really want this forest and you want these grapefruit trees, you have to find a way to get rid of the grapefruit trees. I don’t want to be taken advantage of. !”

What's more important is that this place is too remote. If she really wants to buy this forest, she has to find a way to build a road leading to the outside of the village. Otherwise, how will she sell it? Calculated like this, the cost suddenly went up. Zhang Wanwan’s body ached and her heart tightened just thinking about it.

The village chief laughed twice. He really hadn't thought about it so much before. Now that Zhang Wanwan mentioned it, he naturally wanted to express his position, "Don't worry, Miss Zhang. If they decide to keep these grapefruit trees, we will find a way to remove them ourselves." ”

(End of chapter)