Li Dong's father, Li Dong's uncle, and Li Dong are twelve years apart in age.

Li Dong's father is forty-eight this year, Uncle Li Dong is thirty-six, and Li Dong is twenty-four.

All three of my sons were born in the year of Tiger.

When Li Dong was young, he often played with his uncle, and the uncle and nephew had a very close relationship.

Li Dong's uncle has no abilities.

He is also rather dull, and his legs and feet are somewhat disabled.

He can't do the heavy work.

I would just farm a piece of land at home and do odd jobs in a nearby breeding farm during the off-season.

Earn tens of thousands of dollars a year.

But Aunt Li Dong is quite shrewd and eloquent.

When Li Dong asked his uncle to do something, his uncle smiled naively and said, "What I can do is farm a field and do odd jobs to earn pocket money. It's pretty good. You don't have to worry about me."

, just do your own thing, and I will be happy to see you heal."

Auntie hesitated to speak.

Li Dong's father also wanted to help his brother. After pondering for a while, he asked Li Dong: "What good job do you have for your uncle to do? It's best to do something light, don't be too tired, and there's no need to do any big business. You

My uncle is not a big business guy, he just needs to be able to support the family."

Li Dong's mother said: "Can you let Shuguang build a shrimp pond? It doesn't need to be more. Ten acres and twenty acres. Shuguang and Wenjuan can take care of it. We can also go and help.

Earning 108,000 yuan a year is pretty good."

Li Dong's father and aunt were both a little moved.

Li Dong shook his head: "Raising shrimp is not good, it's too hard work, and you don't make much money."

"Oh, this isn't much? How much more do you want to earn?" Li Dong's mother said immediately.

Aunt Li Dong also said: "One hundred and eighty thousand is quite a lot."

Li Dong still shook his head: "My uncle raises shrimps. It's not like you don't know that raising shrimps means you'll be hungry and full every year. It's not safe. You have to deal with those second-rate dealers. My uncle is such a powerful one.

People, why don’t we still have millions of dollars in debt out there that we don’t want to pay back? How many shrimp farmers do we have, and how many of them ended up being dried up because they couldn’t get the money?”

Li Dong's father nodded: "That's right, those second-rate dealers are nothing."

"Then what are you talking about?" Li Dong's mother asked.

"Don't you like to farm, uncle? Let's rent out Mabupo behind our village to grow cherries, grapes, and strawberries. What do you think?" Li Dong said.

There is a small barren hill behind Lijia Village, with about a thousand acres of land. Because irrigation is inconvenient and the soil is not suitable for growing crops, there are only a few scattered pieces of cultivated land developed by individuals. The rest are all barren hills.

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In the past two years, the cherry and grape picking industries have just emerged and have not yet become popular. In addition, there are people in their village nearby, most of whom rely on the sea to eat, so no one has thought of picking up a package.

Coming down to this mountain top, it has been deserted.

In the past life, a few years later, a foreign boss took a fancy to the barren mountain behind their village and contracted it for 100,000 yuan a year for fifty years.

Then they planted cherries, grapes, and strawberries on this barren mountain, and built a resort. I don’t know if it was a problem with the soil or because they were just good at planting. In short, the cherries, grapes, and strawberries here are very delicious. Every year they come here.

During the picking season, there is an endless stream of tourists coming here to pick.

It just so happens that the top of the mountain is right next to the sea. After picking, we go to the sea to catch some fish, and then come back to have a farm dinner at the resort. We stay for one night. The tourists have a great time and the boss also makes a lot of money.

Moreover, this picking garden also greatly promoted the development of the local economy. In the next few years, hundreds of picking gardens sprouted up like bamboo shoots after a rain in the local area. The government even held a picking festival, which brought the local people to the forefront.

The coastline has been carefully planned and built into a leisure resort. During the annual sea festival, not to mention the surrounding cities, even some tourists from the capital and the south come from thousands of miles away. Several locals

Villages also merged together, and for a time, rural development was on the fast track.

And all of this started when the out-of-town boss contracted the barren hills.

Although by the time he was reborn, the popularity of the picking garden had subsided a lot, but at least in the past ten years, he could still make a lot of money.

In this life, how could Li Dong give up this opportunity to make a fortune to others?

However, it is still difficult to truly build this barren mountain into a famous picking garden.

Such as planting technology issues, management issues, publicity issues, etc.

These problems can be solved by my second uncle.

But, isn’t there still him?

Li Dong doesn’t know much about cherries, grape growing techniques, and management is a mess, let alone publicity, but he has money.

As long as you have money, you can find someone who knows how to teach you if you don't know about planting technology. If you don't know how to operate and manage, you can find someone who is good at it. Publicity will be easier, just spend money on advertising.

As the saying goes, nothing is difficult in the world except for the rich.

When they heard that he wanted to take over the barren hill behind the village, the whole family hesitated.

Mom first said: "Is this possible? On that barren hilltop, if nothing else, watering is a big problem."

"For irrigation, we can dig wells. There is underground water under our barren mountain." Li Dong said.

This is not nonsense, because every time it rains in that barren mountain, there are several springs halfway up the mountain that gush water out.

The big boss in his previous life just dug several wells in the mountains, and later the government built a canal, which solved the water problem in one fell swoop.

"It's true. Look at Longwang Bay on the mountain. No matter how dry the weather is, the water in that bay never dries up. The older generation said there is a dragon down there. I guess, just like Xiaodong said, it must be

There is groundwater, and there is quite a lot of it. If we take over this mountain and dig a few wells, it should be no problem." Li Dong's father said.

The aunt was a little confused and said: "The key is that we don't understand cherries and strawberries. We can grow wheat, corn, and peanuts. We are not good at it. We have never planted cherries before."

Li Dong waved his hand: "That doesn't matter. I'll contact a few experts then and come over and give them some advice."

In fact, Li Dong doesn't know any experts, but it's no problem. He has money. Yuncheng Agricultural University has many experts in this field. When the time comes, he can find their teachers at Yuncheng University and he should be able to get in touch with the experts and professors at Agricultural University.

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The uncle added: "Oh, that hill is not small. If you rent it out, it will cost a lot of money. You also have to buy seedlings and dig wells. It's such a mess. It will cost a lot, right?"

Li Dong said directly: "Uncle, don't worry about money. I will pay for it. I will pay for it and you will contribute. How about each of us owning half of the shares?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his father slapped him on the head and cursed: "You little white-eyed wolf, are you helping your uncle or instructing your uncle? Give him back half of his shares! You

My uncle has loved you so much since childhood. Isn’t it right for you to help your uncle rent a hilltop with some money? If you give me any more shares, I will cut you off!"

Li Dong was about to cry but had no tears, so he said: "Dad, how can it be as simple as you said? Do you think it's just a matter of wrapping up a hill and planting trees?"

"What else can we do?" Dad asked back.

"I want to own this hilltop, not only to help my uncle, but more importantly, I want to develop this hilltop." Li Dong said.

"Develop that hilltop? What can be developed on that broken hilltop?" Dad was puzzled.

To put it bluntly, the hilltop is just a small bumpkin, not even a small hill.

Apart from planting some fruit trees and not knowing what they would be like, Dad really couldn't see anything worth developing on that broken hilltop.

Some people wanted to contract it to mine stones before, but after digging a few pits and exploring, they found that the stones here were not good enough and had little mining value.

Otherwise, the mountain top would not have remained barren until now.

Li Dong said: "I want to build several cherry picking gardens, grape picking gardens, and strawberry picking gardens on this hilltop for tourists to come and pick."

"What the hell? Picking garden? What do you mean?" Dad became even more confused.

"The picking garden allows tourists to pay money and then go to the orchard to pick at will. In addition to eating fresh fruits, more importantly, it allows tourists to experience the fun of picking." Li Dong explained.

"Isn't that nonsense? If you let people go in and pick at will, wouldn't they have been picked clean for you?" Dad said immediately.

"That's right, even if I don't pick it clean for you, it will be ruined by you." Mom also said.

"Oh, it's not as bad as you said. Now there are many picking orchards here in Yuncheng. Even Beigou has a cherry festival, which attracts many people to pick cherries every year. Of course, other orchards also have requirements.

Yes, you can eat the picked cherries on the spot, but if you want to take them away, you have to spend money. Think about it, how much can a person eat if he eats them openly? Two or three kilograms will suffocate him. How much is a kilogram of cherries now?

Money? When it’s the cheapest, it’s ten yuan for three catties, which is still very good. A ticket costs twenty yuan per person. Even if you eat three catties, you still earn ten yuan in vain. It’s much more cost-effective than picking it off and selling it yourself.

"What's more, picking cherries yourself is not an easy job, isn't it? It costs money to hire someone to pick cherries, but now we let tourists pick them themselves, which not only saves the effort of picking, but also makes more money, killing two birds with one stone." Li Dong

said.

"That's true." Li Dong's father nodded slowly.

"I'm just afraid that people will mess with you." Mom was still a little worried.

"Oh, Mom, don't worry. I've been using this picking method for many years, and I haven't seen any waste. The tourists are just here to have fun. Who has nothing to do to waste it for you? Besides, we can

Install a few surveillance cameras in the orchard and it will be fine," Li Dong said.

My mother was relieved a little, and my father thought about it again: "Even if we let people pick it by themselves, it's not development at all? Just let your uncle do it by himself, why are you meddling in it?"

Li Dong was helpless and had to explain patiently: "Dad, do you think the picking garden is just for people to pick it by themselves? If you just have a dilapidated orchard with just a few trees, who will do it?"

Ah? It needs to be developed, constructed, and managed. We need to provide tourists with one-stop services for eating, drinking, and having fun. We need to build the entire orchard like a park. In addition to the picking garden, I also plan to build a resort. It depends on the situation in the future.

To rebuild a few more parent-child experience farms, these will require continuous capital investment, operation and management. I roughly estimated that the investment will be at least tens of millions. If you let my uncle do it by himself, what can he do?"
To be continued...