pjbooks Chapter 5 Ideas
Chapter 5 Ideas
Upon hearing his father's question, Shan Yaowen answered without hesitation:
"Let's keep some meat at home, send some to my older sister and grandparents, and sell the rest."
"You don't need to send it to your older sister's house. I've already asked someone to tell your older sister about my injury. She might come to see me, and then I'll have her take it back with her."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shan nodded, thinking that she still had some filial piety, and that he also thought so: "Keep the food and gifts, and you and your eldest son can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell the rest tomorrow."
Although the family, except for the youngest sister, doesn't like Shan Yaowen, when it comes to witty banter, they have to admit that the second son is indeed better than the eldest.
Just then, the father also wanted to see if his second son had really changed his ways.
"What are you planning to do from now on?" Seeing that his second son was showing signs of change, the father decided to strike while the iron was hot and get him to settle down, lest his mind wander again.
Shan Yaowen didn't actually think that much at first; he just wanted to save a family and prevent the tragedy of his previous life from happening again.
Now that his father had asked, Shan Yaowen quickly came up with a general idea after a moment's thought.
Although he was reborn, he didn't know anything other than hunting and raising animals in his previous life. He was only familiar with a couple of major historical events. He himself thought it was impossible for him to make a fortune from that.
Moreover, having been given a second chance at life, all he wants is to stay by his family's side and make sure they all live a good life.
After thinking for a moment, Shan Yaowen asked in return, "Dad, has the matter of us contracting the ranch started?"
He remembered that in other places the household responsibility system for farmland had been almost completed. Their area was a pastoral region, so they started late, but it should have started in the last two years.
However, unlike the household responsibility system, what they call "ranch contracting" is not free; it costs money.
"It's started." Mr. Shan nodded. "What, you want to take over?"
Shan Yaowen didn't hide anything, "Yes, I plan to earn more money during this period and then contract a ranch to raise cattle and sheep."
He didn't have any grand ambitions; having been reborn, he only planned to do these things, and that was all he knew how to do.
"It will cost a lot of money to contract it out." Father Shan frowned. "I've inquired about it. It costs one yuan per mu of grassland per year, with a minimum contract of ten mu. The minimum contract period is ten years, and it's a dual contract for grassland and livestock. If you contract the grassland, you also have to contract the cattle and sheep."
Only one yuan per mu per year?
That's too cheap!
In later generations, an acre of grassland cost at least 100 yuan a year, and better grasslands were even more expensive.
"Can."
After doing some mental calculations, Shan Yaowen now only wanted to make more money and then contract a large ranch. Putting aside everything else, he could make a lot of money from this ranch alone in the future.
"What's enough?" Shan Yaowu, who hadn't spoken until now, couldn't help but ask when he saw his younger brother looking like he was about to make a fortune: "Don't be like before, all you think about is making big money and doing nothing else."
"Don't worry, I have a plan." Shan Yaowen patted his chest and said, "I will definitely work hard to make money during this time, and then I will contract a ranch. After that, you two can prepare to enjoy your retirement. And the same goes for my older brother. You didn't get to live in a new house when you got married. I will build you a small villa to live in."
"Go away, go away! You haven't even earned the money yet and you're already thinking about how to spend it." Shan Yaowu glared at his younger brother with annoyance.
But I was already imagining what the little villa would look like.
"With things like this at home, how do you plan to earn the money from the contract?" The father ignored his second son's sweet talk.
Although he wasn't very confident about his son's idea of starting a livestock farm, the good thing was that his second son was finally willing to do something serious. Besides, with him watching over him, it shouldn't be a problem to start by leasing a small pasture and raising about ten sheep.
The father had already considered helping his son, but since the eldest son hadn't spoken up yet, he couldn't openly help the second son for the time being. Otherwise, the eldest son would feel that he, as the father, was showing favoritism, which would cause a rift between the brothers.
"Don't worry about Dad, I have a solution."
Shan Yaowen may not be good at anything else, but he has lived in his hometown all his life and knows what is valuable on this land.
In this era, aside from other things, the wild flora and fauna resources were truly abundant, unlike in later generations, where you could find protected plants and animals just by going into the mountains.
To the east are the Anling Mountains, and to the west are grasslands and pastures. With his memories from his previous life, if this place still can't be developed, Shan Yaowen feels he can apologize to the deity who gave him a second chance at life.
The next morning.
Shan Yaowen went to bed early. Yesterday, he was reborn and spent his time saving people and hunting wild boars. He was so happy that he drank a little too much afterwards. When he got up, everyone in his family was awake.
I pushed open the door, and it was snowing outside.
The snow came earlier than expected.
However, the snow wasn't heavy at this time, so people could still go out and make a living. If it snowed harder, when a snow disaster came, they would basically have to stay at home.
In my past life, when conditions improved, snow was quite pleasant. Outside it was a world of ice and snow, while inside I was wearing short sleeves and enjoying popsicles. But now I don't have those conditions; I have to make sure I don't freeze to death this winter.
"Mosquitoes, are you up yet?" Shan Yaowen was still sighing when he heard someone calling him from outside the yard.
"What's wrong?" Shan Yaowen opened the courtyard gate and saw Lin Hao rubbing his hands outside. "Come in and sit down."
"No, I came to ask if your family is going to sell pork. If so, we can go together."
"Yes, we are going. Wait a moment."
"Then I'll go back and prepare. Call me when you're there."
Just as Shan's mother rekindled the fire in the kang (a heated brick bed), poured in a pot of water, and was about to come out to call for help, she only saw Lin Hao's retreating figure.
"This child, in this freezing weather, you don't even offer someone a seat. Running around in the snow must be so cold!"
Hearing his mother scolding him, Shan Yaowen brushed the snowflakes off him. "It's nothing. By the way, is my older brother up yet? Get ready to go sell meat."
"I got up a long time ago. You think everyone sleeps until this late? I'm probably gathering firewood in the back right now." Mother Shan went back into the house, took out the thermos, poured the hot water she had boiled last night into a basin to wash her face, and prepared to add more hot water to the thermos.
After Shan Yaowen finished getting ready, his younger sister immediately started clinging to him, calling out, "Erguo, Erguo~"
The little guy is fine, but he likes to keep calling out "Erguo" to him all day long.
Previously, Shan Yaowen didn't like this little thing following him around. After all, in his opinion, what kind of guy would bring his little sister around every day when he was out having fun? But in this life, he really cherishes his little sister.
"Be good, wait at home. Your second brother and eldest brother are going out to work and will bring you back some good food." After helping his little sister put on her boots and pinching the little one's cheek, Shan Yaowen called his eldest brother to go out.
"What's the rush? Drink the milk tea you just made, and the noodles will be ready soon. You can't stand not eating anything in the morning."
Although the family didn't have much, the mother still took good care of the laborers who went out to work. She wouldn't let the workers go hungry even if she herself wasn't full.
After breakfast, the Shan brothers drove their horse-drawn carriage into town, and called Lin Hao over when they passed by his house.
Lin Hao's family also had two people selling pork, but the person who went out with him was not his father, but his sister.
Like Shan Yaowen, Lin Hao also has a younger sister, but his sister is much older than Shan Yaowen's sister. She is Lin Hao's twin and is only half a year younger than Shan Yaowen.
"Xiao Nian, instead of resting at home, you're going out with your brother?" Shan Yaowen greeted her with a smile.
Lin Nian gave Shan Yaowen a sweet smile. "Yes, my dad said that Yaowen is really amazing. He hunted two wild boars and wanted me to come along and broaden my horizons."
"Oh, it's just luck. But you're getting more and more beautiful."
Shan Yaowen waved his hand. For some reason, seeing Lin Nian again gave him a completely different feeling than in his previous life.
In his past life, he was always alone. In the beginning, Lin Nian and Lin Hao visited him quite often, but he never noticed Lin Nian.
After being reborn, Shan Yaowen saw Lin Nian again. Although she wasn't stunning at first glance, she was very pleasing to the eye. Moreover, she looked at him with admiration, which pleased Shan Yaowen greatly.
"Really? But my mom also said I'm so skinny, like a bamboo pole, that I can't have children and will never get married."
"She doesn't understand, this is called..."
Seeing the two still chatting, Lin Hao interrupted them impatiently: "Hey, hey, hey, can't you talk about what you have to say on the way? Didn't you just meet yesterday? What's there to talk about?"
Dan Yaowen shrugged, said nothing, and drove the carriage ahead, with Lin Hao following behind, rushing towards the town without stopping.
It was an hour later when they arrived in town.