They not only turned ghost towns into fertile land rich with crops, they "took out and sold everything that could be turned into cash," and they seemed to get wealthier by the day.
他們不僅把鬼村變為物產豐饒的沃野，而且還「把所有能變成錢的都拿出來賣」，眼看著便一天天富裕起來。