amaotonovel Chapter 196 Town Meeting
Chapter 196 Town Meeting
After knowing the mayor's thoughts, Lin Xia finally put her mind at ease. After leaving the mayor's house, she took a walk in the grove behind the church.
It hasn’t rained much recently, so there aren’t many mushrooms, but Lin Xia still found some.
Recently, because of entertaining Sister Juan and a few others, Lin Xia has basically used up all the mushrooms she picked before. The last time she went up the mountain with Sister Juan and the others, she didn't pick many mushrooms, but she did pick a lot of chestnuts and walnuts. However, Lin Xia didn't want any of them and took them all back to them.
In the remaining days, she will go to the mountains to look for mountain products and stock up, because after winter comes, these will no longer be available in the mountains.
We also need to find some wild animals. We don't need to raise cows, sheep, pigs, or chickens, as we have them at home. But we have to hunt rabbits, deer, roe deer, etc. if we can come across them.
Although the meat of the Angora rabbit at home tastes great, the portion is not that large, so it is a pity to use it as food. So if you want to eat rabbit, you should go to the mountains to find wild rabbits. The rabbits are still very fat at this time.
So about a month later, Lin Xia started setting traps in the mountains again. This time, he did not choose the old site to set traps. Instead, he consulted Da Zhuang's opinion and set a total of 5 traps based on Lin Xia's needs for prey types.
In three of the locations, Lin Xia followed the clues provided by Da Zhuang and chose places where rabbits were more likely to appear. He placed 3-2 small animal traps in each location. These were all included in the hunting kit and were very useful. Lin Xia covered the surface of the animal traps with grass that rabbits love to eat, and also sprinkled some chicken and rabbit feed on the grass.
At the other two locations, a pit trap was dug to catch deer or roe deer, and was placed in places where these two animals often appeared.
In fact, Lin Xia also knew that the best way to hunt deer or roe deer was to track them personally with a bow and arrow, which would be faster. If you simply rely on traps, you can only pray for better luck.
But Lin Xia thought, putting the trap there doesn't consume water or electricity, so it's better than nothing!
In addition, Lin Xia has already decided what to raise in the not-so-big breeding pond next to the gate of the ranch, which is crayfish and snails.
Recently, the net that Lin Xia placed in the ditch has not been able to catch so many lobsters, and the snails have to be pushed with a push net, which is really inconvenient.
But if you put them in a breeding pond, it will be different. You can just catch them with a net anytime you want to eat them. It is so convenient. Besides, breeding crayfish and snails is not troublesome either.
So recently, Lin Xia didn't throw the particularly small lobsters and snails back into the ditch when she caught them. Instead, she threw them directly into her own breeding pond. She hopes that in late spring and early summer next year, she will have plenty of crayfish and snails to eat, haha~
In the last week of autumn, Lin Xia no longer shipped the vegetable crops harvested in the ranch planting area. Those that needed to be dried and preserved were first processed using a crop processing machine and then all kept.
Those that need to be eaten fresh, such as cabbage, spinach, eggplant, etc., are directly put into the warehouse for preservation and storage.
It rained again on Saturday. Fortunately, Lin Xia had already dug all the traps the day before, so there was no need to worry about wasting time. She could attend the town tourism discussion meeting in the morning and process the harvested crops at home in the afternoon. After the rain stopped, she could go to the mountains to look for mushrooms and mountain products.
When Lin Xia arrived at the church holding an umbrella, many people had already come in. When Lin Xia folded her umbrella and walked in, she greeted everyone who came one by one, and finally sat down next to Huo An.
According to Lin Xia's observation, almost every household had someone come. Grandma Ailian did not come, but Ellie came as a representative. People from other families came, including two new residents in the town, Brandon and Jennifer.
After the last family - Cebala and Gray arrived, Mayor Thomas, as the host of the meeting, began to speak. He first talked about the theme of today's meeting - about developing the mineral town into a tourist town, and asked for everyone's opinions and whether they agreed.
As soon as this question came up, everyone sitting together started a heated discussion. Some of those who knew about it, such as the Dekmana couple, began to enthusiastically tell others around them what kind of changes their orchard would experience if they developed tourism. . .
When people first heard about this idea, their reactions varied. Some were excited and immediately joined in the heated discussion; some were lost in thought, as if thinking about the feasibility and potential impact of this idea; and some looked puzzled, puzzled by this novel concept. However, no matter how people reacted, this idea was like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples and sparking a heated discussion.
After listening for a while, Lin Xia found that the development of tourism will have a great impact on most people. As to whether this impact is good or bad, it depends on personal opinion.
For example, for a group of people doing business, their business will undoubtedly get better, but the relative workload will also increase. At the same time, if the town is used as a tourist destination, then they may have to adjust the closing dates of the original shops.
Moreover, if the town develops tourism, some people's shops may have to face some changes in business direction. For example, in a fruit orchard, they originally only sold alcohol and beverages, but later they will need to add fruit picking, sales, and tasting in the orchard.
The Gulp House and the Sheep and Cow Ranch were originally only for the sale of animals and side dishes, but they will also need to add tourist visits, intimate feeding interactions, and other activities.
Dortmund’s hospitals also have to cope with a possible surge in population, and will have to increase the number of medicines, medical staff, etc. in the hospitals accordingly.
Dart's hotel will need even bigger changes. Tourism will generate a large number of tourists dining and staying overnight, so the rooms on the second floor of his current hotel may not be enough, and further expansion will be needed.
Although the Blacksmith House and the Lumberjack House are not responsible for tourists, they will receive new commissions due to changes in other shops.
The ones who will probably not be greatly affected are the Bakir family and the Ellen family. Other places such as Carter's church, the mayor's house, and Mary's library will also be affected to some extent due to the increase in tourists.
Not to mention Harris, the only policeman in the town, the increase in traffic is also a considerable challenge for him to maintain the town's law and order.
Lin Xia was thinking in her mind as she listened to everyone's discussion. She realized that developing tourism might bring more customers to the ranch, but it also meant that she would need to work harder to operate and manage it.
At this time, Mayor Thomas clapped his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet. "I understand that everyone has their own concerns, but we can't miss this opportunity. Next, we need to develop a detailed plan that fully takes into account everyone's interests and needs."
Lin Xia nodded slightly. She felt that the mayor was right. Although the development of tourism would bring some challenges, it was also expected to bring new vitality and opportunities to the mineral town.
“In addition, once tourism develops, the existing shops in our town may not be enough to serve everyone, and we will need to add more. So I plan to build another commercial street on the vacant land in the north of the town. People with ideas can claim a shop there and build their own, or the town can build one and provide rental services.”
As soon as Thomas proposed this idea, it aroused heated discussion among everyone. Huo An, who was standing next to Lin Xia, had his eyes shining with excitement.
It seems that Huo An wants to open his own shop in Mineral Town. Come to think of it, his goods are much richer now than when Lin Xia first came. Moreover, every time he wants to sell something, he needs to use the square, and he can only sell for one day. If he has his own shop, wouldn’t it be much more convenient?
Moreover, once tourism is developed, there will be no need to worry about the source of customers. We may even be able to attract people from outside to open shops in Mineral Town!
Should she open a store? But after thinking about it, she decided to give up. With such a large ranch, she could sell goods directly to the outside world. She could then add a farm stay or something. She would be very busy already, so she should not be greedy!