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Chapter 155: The Lin Family’s Orchard (4)
Lin Feng Shou scratched his head and smiled, embarrassed, and said, “Miss Lian is joking! I only know how to grow fruit trees, where do I know how to do business? This was taught to me by my brother who runs a food store in the city! It’s thanks to him, it wasn’t like this before.”
Later, Lian Fang Zhou would learn that the Lin family rules were that the large orchard could only be passed down to the eldest son of the main house. The other sons were given a sum of money to be settled separately when they reached a certain age.
Lin Feng Shou’s brother, Lin Ji Shui, had taken the money to open a grocery store in the county city a few years ago and now owned more than 20 acres of land in Shiwan. His life was very prosperous.
After finishing their transaction, Lian Fang Zhou and the others stood up and said goodbye.
No matter what the others felt, the two little girls, Lin Zao’er and Lian Fang Qing, were quite reluctant to part.
“There are still so many fruit saplings. Sister, should we ask if there are other orchards?” Lian Ze asked.
Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said, “Alright, lets go into the city tomorrow. We’ve already bought saplings from the Lin family, there’s shouldn’t be any other orchards nearby that can compare to the Lin family’s seedlings!”
The others agreed.
Lian Fang Qing couldn’t help but be disappointed. “Then I won’t be able to go to Xianteng Mountain tomorrow?”
“What are you so anxious about? Xianteng Mountain won’t grow wings and fly away! Remember, it’s a very long, difficult walk and you won’t be able to cry if you can’t walk anymore!”
“I won’t!” Lian Fang Qing pouted, looking like a baby. She looked at Lian Fang Zhou, “Sister!”
“Don’t worry, in just a few days, we’ll definitely go there!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled.
Lian Fang Qing was happy again.
When they returned to the village, they passed the construction site at the entrance of the village. The wall near the road was already three and a half meters.
The wall was built with blue bricks and completely obscured the inside of the site.
“It’s so tall!” Lian Che and Lian Fang Qing craned their necks, marveling.
It was indeed very high, at least for Dafang Village, which had never had such a high fence before.
“Naturally, a wall must be very high!” Lian Fang Zhou said with a smile.
This compound would store all of her wealth in the future and she must be wary of jealous eyes.
Not only did the fence need to be high, there needed to be people watching all night and at least two trained dogs!
Ah Ze and I will go take a look. Ah Jian, you take Qing’er and Che’er back first!” Lian Fang Zhou said, asking Ah Jian to stop the cart.
Lian Che hurriedly said, “Sister, Qing’er and I will go back by ourselves! It’s not far! Let Brother Ah Jian accompany you too!”
Lian Fang Qing grumbled with dissatisfaction: “We can also go with sister to take a look!”
“The workers are busy and its messy inside, let’s not go!” Lian Che told her and then said to Lian Fang Zhou, “Sister, don’t worry about us!”
Lian Fang Zhou gave Lian Che and approving smile, this child was the most sensible.
Lian Fang Qing sighed, smiling: “Sister, we can go back by ourselves!” As she spoke, the two of them jumped out of the cart.
Ah Jian smiled as well, saying: “Let them go, we can go in and have a look. Asking Lao Gu a few questions won’t take long.”
Lian Fang Zhou agreed and waited while Ah Jian parked the cart by the side of the road.
Inside was very busy, with workers carrying sand, gravel, and wood to and fro; some on the side of the foundation and some by the wall.
Seeing them, Gu Shi, who had been talking to two of the workers, hurriedly finished speaking and quickly walked towards Lian Fang Zhou with a smile.
Listening to Lian Fang Zhou’s questions, Gu Shi explained the progress they had made, pointing it out to them, one by one.
Everything was going according to plan and there had been no surprises.
The three of them were relieved and after watching for a bit, they left and headed home.
The next day, Lian Fang Zhou went to the city with Lian Ze and Ah Jian to see if there were any other fruit tee nurseries while Lian Che and Lian Fang Zhou stayed home to help Third Aunt and feed the oxen.
Eventually, they found that the Liu family in the easter suburbs of the county city also sold fruit trees.
The family had a 30-acre nursery and also sold a cultivated flowers. The nursery had a wide variety but since they mostly sold flowers, the number of fruit tree saplings was very small. It was mainly for wealthy families to put in their gardens.
At their orchard, they only had 400 persimmon trees, all of which were three-year saplings.
However, hearing that Lian Fang Zhou needed another 1,600 trees, he was very interested in doing business. He explained that he was traveling to Shuangliu County in a few days and offered to buy some saplings for her while he was there, he only wanted two more coins per tree.
Lian Fang Zhou was surprised and delighted when she heard his offer and hurriedly asked him if he could guarantee that he would bring some back?
Hearing her question, Sir Liu laughed and said with a smile, “You can rest assured, Miss Lian! Although Shuangliu County is adjacent to our Yuhe County, it is much richer and more prosperous than ours. The population is also much larger! Not to mention one or two thousand trees, even more would not be a problem! Miss Lian, don’t worry, I will take care of them in my own nursery and when you want them, you can come back in the spring to get them.”
Lian Fang Zhou was naturally very willing and paid the deposit on the spot.
Sir Liu accepted her payment and sent them away with a smile.
Holding the deposit in his hand, he felt very joyful. Though it was just two coins, he was still making a profit. He made a lot of money this time!
And the best thing, it was just a little out of his way, it barely took any effort at all.
After solving this major issue, Lian Fang Zhou was feeling very relaxed. She smiled and said: “The farm tools we ordered at Lao Wang’s blacksmith shop must be finished now, let’s take them back. The land should also be ready on Xianteng Mountain by tomorrow.”
“Shall we go?” Lian Ze’s eyes lit up.
“The weather should be good, so I think we should.” Lian Fang Zhou nodded.
Lian Ze was very excited and sighed unconsciously, “It’s a pity. If I knew, I would have ordered a bow and some arrows. I want to try it!”
He looked at Ah Jian.
Though he was very busy these days, Lian Ze refused to give up his martial arts practice. Every morning and evening, he practiced hard.
Seeing that he wanted to learn, Ah Juan spared no effort to give pointers. According to him, Lian Ze had improved a lot!
After finally having a such a good opportunity, Lian Ze couldn’t wait to try his skills.
Hearing this, Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help but glance at Ah Jian and smile bitterly.
Ah Jian smiled faintly and said: “What’s the difficulty? If you want to hunt, you don’t need iron bows and arrows!”