Daily life of a young couple in 60's Hutong

Chapter 361-370

Chapter 361

Ahhh, Wang Juan never thought that Zhang Cuihua's family, whom she had never met, would gamble and owe money in this era.

"Wait, we can still gamble now?" Wang Juan was very confused. Not only was the control very strict, but more importantly, did they have the family funds to gamble?

If the Zhang family had a good life, Zhang Cuihua would have never mentioned the Zhang family. A poor peasant family actually gambled. Was it courting death, or did their ancestors have to be wealthy?

If this is true, Wang Juan really feels that this problem is that serious. No, it is very serious.

"The kind in the mountain valleys, they say they are from Beijing, but they are actually almost out of Beijing. It's more than ten kilometers away from my grandma's house, and that's the straight-line distance. They have to climb over two or three mountains."

Wang Juan originally thought that the distance was not far, and it would only take a step on the accelerator, but she didn't expect that there was a mountain in between. "It's quite remote."

"Then I guess even if there is development in the future, it won't be that place's turn." Wang Juan only remembered the development of some prosperous areas in Beijing, but as for the far suburbs, she really didn't know.

"Maybe there will be some kind of farm stay there in the future?" Wang Juan thought this was a good idea, which would benefit many rural areas and increase the income of the villagers.

Building a farmhouse? Zhao Lei really didn't think much of it. "I've been there once," he said, because he heard about it a long time ago, so even though he was young, he still remembered it. "There was only a small stream there, and the surrounding mountains were bare, there was nothing there."

"Also, how should I put it, the atmosphere in the village is not very good." Maybe many people don't think there is a problem now, but Zhao Lei knows there is a problem.

The atmosphere is not good? "Yes, because there are mountains around and there is not much flat land, so not much labor is needed, and some men don't want to work."

There is not much land in the countryside? Even Wang Juan, who has never been to the countryside, knows that there is a big problem here. "Then how do they make a living?"

"A mountain for support?" Wang Juan felt that this possibility was not great. Zhao Lei had already said that the mountain was bare and there was nothing there.

"Yes." Zhao Lei nodded, "In the past they would cut down the thick wood and sell it."

"It's not that they can't sell the wood, they just need to remember to replant. But they only care about cutting down trees and never think about replanting. As a result, there are fewer and fewer trees on the mountain."

Zhao Qiang and Zhao Liang have no good feelings towards the place where the Zhang family lives and just want to leave. Zhao Lei will ask the old people in the village why the mountain is bare.

Just cut down the trees without replanting them? Wang Juan immediately knew that this was not a small problem. "Although it doesn't rain heavily in Beijing very often, it does happen."

"Yes, every time it rains heavily, there are flash floods."

"And it broke out in the summer." Zhao Lei looked at Wang Juan.

Wang Juan gasped, "That would destroy all the crops."

"So after every heavy rain, they go to the commune to ask for subsidies." Zhao Lei was also speechless. "I guess they are probably hoping for heavy rain so that they don't have to work and have food."