Chapter 276 - 8 Bold Decision_2
Lin Xiaoguai could only think of two possibilities: first, the land had been bought and planned as a commercial area, and second, initially no one wanted to contract the land, so the government had to make other plans.
Thinking it over, she felt the second possibility was more likely. After all, rather than saying the government owned the land, it was more accurate to say it belonged to the Military Department. If it indeed became a base for supplying the military with food, the military would never want to let it go. Moreover, according to what Shen Chi had said, the land was originally used for training, and having experienced the devastation of smoke from gunfire, she didn’t think the land was very fertile. Yet, the contract fee for this land was much higher than that of the countryside. Native city dwellers wouldn’t think of farming, and even those who were from the countryside but had moved to the city wouldn’t want to pay such an unreasonable fee.
But to Lin Xiaoguai, barren land was something she had ways to improve. Moreover, even without much ambition, the ease of possessing such a vast piece of land in the city still filled her with longing.
After all, influenced by the house slaves of later generations, Lin Xiaoguai had an extraordinary craving for land.
Especially considering that a commercial area was to be built nearby, she wouldn’t worry about the sale of produce from the farm. Just the business of the store she was going to open would flourish significantly.
Lin Xiaoguai hadn’t opened the store just for the money, but as the saying goes, love what you do, she saw no reason not to hope for the store to do well.
However, she started to worry about one thing—if things turned out as she guessed and only she was willing to contract the land while other plots remained vacant, and plans were made for a commercial area, might they want to buy back her land?
In other places, she might not have worried, but this was the Capital, the land belonged to the military, and the commercial area was also initiated by the government. She wasn’t confident of keeping her land.