At a farm in the Chaling Mountains of Huguang, Yu Yu piloted an aircraft and landed slowly with his wife Zhang Yao and their children.
"Old classmate, welcome~welcome!"
As soon as he got off the aircraft, Zhang Yao's old classmate Li Qing smiled and expressed his welcome.
"Okay, Lawyer Li, why did you build such a big manor?"
Zhang Yao got off the aircraft, looked around and said with a smile.
"Haha, average, average, so-so~"
Li Qing said with a smile: "The entire manor includes the mountain behind us, the terraces at the foot of the mountain, and the pond being dug by the river. I will plant some lotus flowers in the pond and build a pavilion in the middle.
, in the summer, you can drink tea and chat in the pavilion, which is also very good."
"I plan to use half of the mountain behind here to grow tea leaves, so that I can drink the tea I fry myself in the future. The other half will be planted with some fruit trees, grapes, kiwis, plums, huanghuali, loquats, etc., and a little of each."
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"I have now started to grow all the vegetables in this farmland at the foot of the mountain. There are dozens of kinds, including leeks, celery, coriander, tomatoes, cabbage, radishes, water spinach, loofah, etc. There are all the vegetables that everyone usually eats.
Everything is made with organic fertilizers and no pesticides, and even the soil is black soil I bought from the Northeast."
Li Qing took Zhang Yao and Yu Yu around his manor.
"In this area, I plan to have a special catering or something. The scale will not be too large, and the number of receptions every day will not be too many. However, I will invite some famous chefs to cook some special dishes."
"Is it possible to do catering here?"
Zhang Yao thought for a while and asked.
"Of course. Now, when it comes to eating, everyone likes to fly all over the world. There are fewer and fewer people eating in the city. One is that it is inconvenient to park the aircraft. It takes a long time to find a place where you can listen to the aircraft."
"The other thing is that land and rent in the city are too expensive, and often the environment cannot be arranged to be more comfortable and spacious."
"It's different in the countryside. Land and capital are cheap, and the environment can be quiet, spacious and comfortable. In addition, now that there are aircraft, it's actually very convenient to travel around and park."
"Now it has become popular. The established catering companies are relocating to various places. Many well-known catering companies have even invested in rural areas on a large scale and provided many unique catering services."
"Last time, I went to a floating restaurant in Jiangnan Province. It was built directly on a small island in the center of the lake. It felt quite good. You could fish, eat, chat, play cards and so on. It was very relaxing.
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Li Qing said with a smile.
Times are changing rapidly, and now the environmental requirements for eating are getting higher and higher. As for whether the place is far away or whether it is in a remote rural area, it no longer matters.
Because aircraft are so convenient, it is very easy to go anywhere. Guests come from all over the country, and many even come from all over the world.
"Let me tell you, those better restaurants have recently sent messages saying that they have moved to such and such a place, inviting people to come and experience them, and even give them discounts."
After Zhang Yao heard this, he immediately remembered something and said.
"Of course there will be a discount. The rent in the city is so expensive. Renting a place of just a few hundred square meters would cost at least several hundred thousand a month. Plus hiring employees and so on, this dish is naturally not cheap.
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"But when you move to a rural area, the rent is very cheap. When I rent this large piece of land, the annual rent is less than 30,000 yuan, which is very cheap."
"This catering business will definitely be moved out of the city in the future."
Li Qing nodded and said.
He has carefully figured out these things. In the catering industry, taste is very important and service is also important, but the profit is actually quite considerable. If you can do it, it is still very profitable.
Now that we have aircraft, everyone can fly everywhere, and everyone has chosen to return to rural life. The pressure is much less, and the consumption of food and beverages is much stronger than before.
This is also the reason why he wants to set up this manor. He has seen the future development trend and believes that with his own connections and circle, there is no problem in setting up a manor and restaurant.
"In fact, not only restaurants, but also factories, companies, etc. are now constantly moving to smaller places."
"The rent in the city is too expensive, and everyone flies aircraft. There is no extra land to park aircraft in the city."
"But in small places, it is very easy and cheap to obtain land. You can also enjoy a lot of preferential policies. The governments of small places are also very happy for everyone to invest and drive local employment and economy."
Yu Yu kept listening and interrupted when he heard this.
"Yes, many people are moving back to smaller places now, and so are the people in cities."
"In the past, everyone was eager to go to the city, but now everyone is trying their best to go to the countryside."
"How comfortable it is to live in the countryside. You have your own vegetable plot, land, etc., where you can grow vegetables, raise flowers, and eat green pollution-free vegetables grown by yourself. They are fresh and healthy."
"Look at the village over there~"
Li Qing nodded, pointed to a village and said, "In the past, this village called Shangling Village had more than 200 households with over a thousand people."
"Later, with the development of urbanization, people continued to go to the city to work. Gradually, only a dozen households were left in the village. The rest of the people moved to the city to live. The worst
Some of them also moved to nearby towns and county towns.”
"There are only a few old people left guarding the entire village. A large number of houses have collapsed due to disrepair and no one can live in them. It is very desolate."
"But now, look at it, the whole village is very lively, houses are being built everywhere, and those people who used to move out to live in the city are now coming back."
"They are quarreling every day, just to fight for some homestead land. Many houses have fallen down for many years, and they all want to build bigger houses. When building houses, it is inevitable to quarrel or even fight."
"In the past, the houses were all connected together and were not big. Now every household wants to build a small bungalow, and they also want to build a front garden and a back lawn. Where is there so much land?"
Yu Yu and Zhang Yao looked in the direction pointed by Li Qing and saw that the village was extremely busy. Teams of house builders were busy building houses everywhere.
At the same time, you can also see many scattered mountains, with bulldozers and excavators roaring, constantly bulldozing areas, digging out pieces of flat land to build houses.
Some of the houses that have been built look very beautiful from a distance. The three-story bungalows are definitely of new style. They are also surrounded by walls and have flowers and plants planted inside. They are very nice.
“Times are indeed changing too fast!”
"Now it is indeed obvious that there are far fewer people in the city than before."
Yu Yu looked at the mountain village not far away and sighed.
Think about your own community. In the past, the lights were brightly lit at night. Almost every household had lights on. There were many people in the community and it was quite lively.
But now, many places have no lights at night, and when you look at many communities at night, you can clearly feel that many places are much darker.
The same is true for shopping malls and supermarkets. In the past, shopping malls and supermarkets in Shanghai were very crowded and lively.
However, now, the flow of people in these places is obviously much less than before.
"It's just the beginning now. When more and more people buy aircraft, the city will really be deserted."
"How many people have entered the city in the past, how many people will leave the city in the future. In the future, the city may really be just a place to work, and the place of living will become a countryside."
Li Qing nodded. As a man from the capital city, he still felt a little sad in his heart.
The Magic City is so prosperous and lively. People like them have enjoyed too many benefits and conveniences of the development of the times, and gained a lot of opportunities and wealth from it.
However times have changed.
It is no longer a matter of price reduction for houses in the city, but it is that no one is buying them at all. Even if the prices keep falling, there are still no takers.
Houses that were once worth tens of millions, or even millions more, are now cut in half and no one is willing to buy them. This has caused the wealth of people in the city to evaporate a lot overnight.
Owning multiple properties that I was proud of before is now unattractive and useless. If I have a mortgage, it is even a burden and pressure.
Whether house prices fall or not has nothing to do with the bank. You still have to repay the mortgage you owe, but the house has fallen to the point where it is completely worthless and no one wants it. This is also a tragedy in this era.
The huge magical city that once had a population of tens of millions may lose at least half of its population in the future. At that time, the city will quickly languish as if it has lost its vitality.
To be honest, they really don't want to see this, and they still think it was better before. At least the multiple properties in their hands are still a huge amount of wealth, and they are still the people of Magic City in their childhood.
But times are changing, and they are changing very quickly.
The countryside is prospering again, just like this small mountain village in front of you. In the future, it will become more and more lively, and more and more people will return to the countryside, while the city will gradually become deserted, the prosperity will fade away, and the rest will still be able to live.
What? Just those cold tall buildings.
PS: What do you think the future of cities will look like? In an era of serious population aging and negative population growth, everything will become difficult in the future~