Households relocated in the 1990s

Chapter 58 Determining the location (Happy New Year everyone)
"Are they digging mulberry fields?" An Songyu asked as he walked towards the third team of Linhe Village under the guidance of Niu Baojia.

"Yes! Not to mention them, even among the other teams in our village, there are not many families that can still keep mulberry fields." As he said this, Niu Baojia couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, in Shuncheng, nine out of ten villages have raised silkworms and planted mulberry trees!

Ten years ago, one of the production tasks of each village was to hand in a certain number of silk cocoons.

Unfortunately, with the development of the times, silkworm breeding in one village after another stagnated and the silkworm houses became vacant.

One silkworm house after another disappears in time.

Now, even the silkworm fields planted for raising silkworms have slowly disappeared.

The An family had also experienced all these changes, so they could only sigh twice.

Soon, the group came from the continuous orchards into a whole mulberry forest.

Different from the mulberry forest in Jiangcun, the mulberry fields of Linhe Team 3 are not only not mulberry-based fish ponds.

It is planted on a small hill that covers a large area.

Not all the hills are covered with mulberry fields.

Instead, when it reaches a certain height, the original vegetation system of the hill is retained.

"This is the last piece of mulberry field for Team Three!" Niu Baojia stopped and pointed it out to everyone. "What do you think after seeing this?"

The An family members looked at each other.

When it comes to ideas, they have a lot.

Firstly, the terrain makes it difficult to build a silkworm house.

Secondly, they are all accustomed to the mulberry-fish pond model.

They don’t have to worry about the silkworm feces that are cleaned out every day.

Not only will the fish in the pond below be processed directly for them, but it will also save fish food.

But this position...

Of course, they were not stupid and they naturally knew that what Niu Baojia wanted to ask was definitely not their thoughts.

"So... Team Three wants to contract out this hill as well?" An Jianguo asked tentatively.

Among the group, he is probably the one who truly understands the bad nature of the villagers the best.

Sure enough, this question of his was finally answered.

An Songyu and the others subconsciously widened their eyes.

But as they looked over, Niu Baojia actually gave An Jianguo a thumbs up.

"This, this is simply..." An Jianmin scratched his short hair in annoyance, and couldn't think of an adjective for a long time.

"But there is also an advantage!" Niu Baojia quickly added, fearing that they would leave before seeing the real person.

"This hill, this mulberry field, and a large reservoir on the hill are almost completely independent."

“If you are really interested in contracting, you can have less dealings with the village.”

"Even to enter or exit, there's no need to go through the same route you came from."

As smart people, we all know what this means.

And when they heard about the big reservoir, everyone's worries were reduced a little.

That is, where exactly is this big reservoir on the mountain?
I heard that several people were interested in the large reservoir.

Niu Baojia simply took a group of people and took a shortcut to go over there to see the situation.

After going around the other side, the group felt a little more relaxed.

In fact, from their previous position.

Although this hill is not very high, there is not much space to grow mulberry trees.

Being asked to take on the entire task is indeed a bit of a rip-off.

After we passed the other side, we found that the hill was indeed not very high, but it covered a large area.

The flatter area on the other side is where the large reservoir and mulberry fields were built.

Moreover, there is an extremely sturdy stone staircase leading from the large mulberry field over there to the large reservoir.

The path An Songyu and his companions took also led to the middle of the stone steps. When they reached the reservoir, they discovered that many old buildings still remained on the mountain side of the reservoir.
"This reservoir was actually contracted out to someone before."

"But because it also used water for nearby agriculture, the income from aquaculture has been fluctuating."

"So in the past few years, when the contract period expired, the contractors would rather move to another place than stay here."

"But unfortunately, over the years, a sluice gate was built downstream of the river next to us."

"We also built canals and pump houses to facilitate irrigation."

"Now, the reservoir that took so much effort to build in the early years has become abandoned."

"But no one needs the reservoir anymore, and silkworm farming has been abandoned."

"This reservoir, this area, and the entire mulberry field are becoming less and less popular."

Niu Baojia was not being modest at all.

An Songyu and his group had arrived at the reservoir and wanted to walk a few more steps to take a look, but they were stumped by the weeds that could trip them.

As they watched, they could imagine how difficult it would be to clean up this place.

But at present, based on the information they have learned, there are not many places left to develop.

Therefore, if they want to find a suitable location, they really have to consider this place carefully.

Next, An Songyu ran outside with his uncles for two consecutive days.

In the end, the new silkworm house was decided to be built in the third team of Linhe Village.

In the past two days, several people drove together and visited almost all the villages around Rongdi where mulberry trees still remained.

But I only found out after I really ran away.

Mulberry-based fish ponds are not only found in Jiang Village, but are also rare in other villages.

It’s a mulberry field as large as their Jiang Village.

Apart from the villages near Jiangcun, you really need to look for it far away from Rongdi.

After selecting the best from among several people, we made this decision.

As for what’s next…

An Songyu returned to the city first, while An Jianguo and others prepared to find someone to demolish the silkworm house in Jiang Village.

Although the demolished silkworm houses cannot be used directly due to the influence of mulberry fish ponds and ordinary mulberry fields.

But with the big reservoir there, it's not impossible to think of a solution.

Moreover, even if it is really impossible to do it in the end, it can still save some materials.

In addition, in the fourth team of Linhe Village where Niu Bao's family lives, An Jianmin has already contracted the land of the orchard.

Speaking of which, this is quite a coincidence.

There is another road going down from the reservoir at the top of the mulberry field contracted by An Songyu and his team.

That road was almost completely different from the direction they came in.

According to the confirmation of An Songyu and his team, it should lead directly to the riverside.

It is just across the river from Liangdi.

Unfortunately, there is no bridge leading to good land and the area has not been developed.

Apart from a narrow riverside embankment road, there is really nothing.

Fortunately, An Songyu and his team only need smooth traffic.

I guess those who insisted on contracting the reservoir for so many years also saw this point.

That is, if you contract here, you won’t have the convenience of Jiangcun.

That’s all!
Although the orchard contracted by Jiang Jianmin was called an orchard, it was actually a piece of empty land.

This even includes a large hillside.

I guess it will take quite a while to sort it out.

Happy New Year on the first day of the new year. I wish all my friends who are reading this book to be more and more beautiful (more and more handsome) in the new year, and good luck in the new year. May we all get rich together this year!

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(End of this chapter)