Walking into the original location of Liu Yi's hometown, there was no initial construction, and there was a chaotic scene everywhere, only to see a three-storey building come into view, the whole house should be completed, the roof glazed tiles are all paved, and the roof beams and arches have also been built.

On the surface, the whole villa-like building is a bit monotonous. The foreman of the construction team was afraid that Liu Yi would not know the situation, and specially introduced, "Now the dougong has not been painted, and the exterior wall has not been whitewashed. ”

"Oh, how much time is it going to take?" This is the topic that Liu Yi is most concerned about.

"We've got the materials ready for the two buildings here, and you'll sort them over there."

As he spoke, he motioned to Liu Yi with his hand to look over, and without waiting for Liu Yi to speak, he said again, "But your uncle's family can only finish the last process today, and when the two are done, we will continue to do the rest of the work, and the people working here will be transferred to the house under construction on the side of the highway to do things." ”

"3 houses lived in a year ago, that's for sure, these two houses are still early, as long as you have all the furniture or something, there is no problem to move in half a month." The foreman said slowly.

"Really? That's great. When Liu Yi heard the exact time he could check in, he waved his arms a little excitedly.

"It's the winter solstice in two days, I invite everyone to shake mutton that night, as long as you can guarantee that I can stay in the half moon, my original words remain the same, and there are a lot of red envelopes." Liu Yi expressed his thoughts with great momentum.

"Brother Liu, this—this is great."

"Brother Liu Yi is righteous."

"Well, I haven't eaten lamb this year!"

“……”

"I said don't talk about it, let's get started! Hurry up and hurry up to work, if you want to get the red envelope, everyone works harder, and takes out the housekeeping skills to let the Liu Yi brothers see! As the worker spoke, a group of workers dispersed.

Leaving the enthusiastic workers who were working again, Liu Yi found his uncle Dong Shangyuan, who was already supervising the transplantation of fruit trees, thinking that he would be the shopkeeper and pull his uncle to be a strong man, Liu Yi was very unhappy.

"Uncle, there's nothing wrong, right?"

"No, everyone is very meticulous. After transplanting these fruit trees in the village today, there is not much left, and some of the families have already transplanted them today. Tomorrow will take half a day at most, and everyone will be able to finish all the fruit trees, and there will be nothing else. ”

"Oh, it's fast! I heard that some villagers still have some centuries-old trees waiting to be sold? Liu Yi was very satisfied with the current speed of fruit tree transplantation, so he asked his uncle about the ancient tree.

When my uncle heard this, he paused and said, "Yes, it turns out that when the land was divided into fields, it was not cut down in that turbulent era, and now it is distributed to each family, but there are only a few of them." ”

"Oh, as long as you have it, I'd like you to help me count which villagers have and are ready to sell." Liu Yi said to his uncle.

"What? You still want those ancient trees, which don't bear fruit and have no economic value, what do you do with them? "My uncle was also curious.

"Why is there no economic value, the ancient trees in the city are still very expensive, I just want to think that at this time, your area is occupied, and the villagers do not have sales channels for these ancient trees, so buy some when they are cheap......"

Without waiting for Liu Yi to finish speaking, his uncle spoke, "Do you want to make the difference in the price of these ancient trees, the survival rate of moving around is a problem, can you make money?" Besides, you're not doing this, how much more can you sell? ”

"I don't want to buy it to make the difference, but ......" Liu Yi then explained to him the purchase of the ancient tree.

As a result, Uncle Dong Shangyuan is not much better than his uncle, and he looks a little unbelievable. From the perspective of rural people, what Liu Yi did was indeed a waste of money, because it was too common to see an old tree anywhere in the countryside, so he usually ignored this thing.

But they also don't know how much they don't know, the speed of urban construction in China can be said to be changing with each passing day, high-rise buildings don't know how much they build in a year, but trees can only grow so tall and so big a year, and they can't keep up with the intensity of real estate development.

However, urban construction requires more than 35% of the green area of each real estate, and these real estate will buy ancient trees and transplant them in different places to decorate the space of the real estate, improve the grade and taste, and create a unique environment.

Secondly, there is also an overall green area in the city, and squares and parks need to be decorated with ancient trees. It can be seen how popular ancient trees are in the city, but there are still not many ancient trees in the city.

Liu Yi has been working in the city for so many years, and of course he understands the role of ancient trees in urban construction and the great impact on the city. Now that there is such a good opportunity, why don't Liu Yi fight for it.

Let this rural hometown be planted everywhere with ancient trees that are regarded as treasures in the city, and when tourists from the city see how much shock it can give them, then Liu Yi's rural hometown will naturally leave people with deep memories, and the purpose of opening a farmhouse will be achieved, at least it has a certain popularity!

I kept telling my uncle that owning the ancient tree would be beneficial to the development of this side, and it was not something that could be done with the money spent now. And the uncle looked at Liu Yi as if he was not bad for money, so he promised to go back and help him ask.

It took a few words to get his uncle to agree to help him count the situation of the ancient trees, Liu Yi was really relieved, I believe that there is a little news from the uncle, and the villagers who want to sell the ancient trees will flock to him to inquire about the sale of the ancient trees, and the price and cost of the ancient trees can be controlled at that time.

Sure enough, in the evening of the same day. Liu Yi received a call from his uncle Dong Shangyuan, according to the news passed by his uncle, as of 6 o'clock in the evening, there were 3 or 40 villagers who came to him, and each villager had ancient trees for sale, a total of more than 100 trees.

There will definitely be people coming in the evening to inquire about the situation, and when the news spreads tomorrow, the rest of the villagers will do the same. My uncle also called to ask what the price of the ancient tree was and what standard it was set according to.

Liu Yi didn't reply to his uncle on the phone, but just told him, "I'll come over tomorrow morning to have a look, and the price will be discussed at that time, depending on the age and variety of the ancient tree, anyway, everyone has to agree on both sides." ”

As a result, Liu Yi missed the appointment with the workers of the construction team in the evening, and he was going to get drunk with them, but he had to go to his uncle's side early tomorrow morning, and if he was drunk, it would delay things.

However, although he did not participate, Liu Yi still went to Luoshi Town to buy a box of 6 bottles of Shixian Taibai (a more famous liquor in the mountain city) with a mid-range price of dozens of yuan a bottle for them to drink, and the beer tube was enough.

The next morning, Liu Yi did his usual thing, that is, he went to the market to buy daily ingredients and went back to the countryside, and after throwing the things to his aunt, he drove to his uncle Dong Shangyuan.

When I arrived at my uncle's house, "Ho" was quite lively. Maybe they are all villagers who are ready to sell ancient trees, so they won't be waiting for Liu Yi to arrive here, this early in the morning, so many people gathered, it seems that there are a lot of ancient trees.

When my uncle saw Liu Yi coming, he took out a small notebook seriously, on which Liu Yi glanced at it, and it was dense and unclear, a series of numbers. However, the uncle looked at the small book and described in detail the varieties and quantities of ancient trees that the villagers were going to sell to him.

There are a total of 263 ancient trees, which is somewhat beyond Liu Yi's estimate. Among them, the number of yellow cypress trees is the largest, with 142 trees. The tree has scattered branches and looks like a big umbrella when it grows, and its shade is a good place to escape the heat and cool in summer. So the price won't be cheap.

The second place is the camphor tree, there are 67 trees, this kind of tree, the shading effect is not very good, but its own wood has a fragrance, it is said that the camphor tree also has a mosquito repellent.

Others, there are 3 kinds of ancient trees, they are locust trees, osmanthus trees, ficus microphylla trees, a total of 54 trees, among which the osmanthus tree is more expensive, and the others are popular ancient trees, like the locust tree in general, no one wants it.

Huai from the wood, ghost (sound return). Take the meaning of "ghost - the body of a person dies into the soil, and the soul returns to the ancestral temple" as a reference, indicating that the locust tree is a "soil tree", which is generally planted at the entrance of the village or in front of the temple gate, in order to wait for the wandering leaves to fall back to the root.

Some people are still very taboo about locust trees, but Liu Yi doesn't care, the locust trees on this side of the mountain city are generally black locusts, and black locusts are also known as acacia, white black locust, and German locust. It is a deciduous tree of the butterfly family; The bark is brown with longitudinal cracks. The flowers are white with red markings on the calyx, and they look great when they bloom in May and June.

"Let's go, whoever is closer, let's go and see how these trees are growing, and I'll buy them if they're good." Those sick and disabled trees, I first declare that I will not want them, and no one wants this tree to buy it back and not survive! Liu Yi said first and then did not mess up.

"Okay, go and see me, I have a few trees nearby." A villager stood up and said.

What his family is going to sell is two camphor trees and a yellow cypress tree, the trees are not bad, but they are not necessarily stout, and the age of the trees is less than 100 years. Liu Yi took a closer look and there were no pests and diseases, so he nodded and said, "These trees are still ready, 500 camphor trees, 800 yellow cypress trees, do you think it's okay?" ”

"How about two thousand yuan for these three trees?" The villager bargained with Liu Yi.

Liu Yi thought for a while, it was originally one thousand eight, two hundred more, two hundred more, "Okay, I want it." ”

Then he followed the surrounding villagers and said, "If any of you have a tree that is about the same size as these trees, I will also buy it at this price, and if I agree to this price, I will register with my uncle Dong Shangyuan." ”

Liu Yi followed several villagers to see a lot of trees, and they all gave the intended price, and if the trees of other villagers were the same size, they would all be purchased at this price. The villagers agreed to buy Liu Yi, and if they didn't agree, he didn't care about two more or less, but Liu Yi didn't push the price too hard, so most of the villagers could afford the price proposed by Liu Yi, and kept saying that Liu Yi was fair.

At this time, Liu Yi followed a villager to his field to look at the trees, passing by a big tree that dried up quickly, and was attracted by the tree, which must be far more than a hundred years old.

I saw that the diameter of the big tree could not be closed by one person, but there were not many branches and leaves, and it seemed to be sick.

Liu Yi turned his head and asked his uncle and the villagers on the side, "Who owns this tree?" ”

Uncle scratched his head, looking like he didn't know what to do.

A villager stood up next to him and asked, "This is a sick and disabled tree, don't you buy it?" ”