Hong Kong (CNN) -- Farmers from a village in southwest China literally turned a multimillion dollar windfall into a wall of cash. This week, residents of Jianshe village in Sichuan Province took delivery of blocks of money worth 13 million yuan ($2.1 million) in year-end bonuses they had earned from a rural co-operative scheme. Residents had invested in farmland and small-scale hydropower plants since 2010. Around 340 out of 483 households are shareholders in the small village, which has a population of less than 2,000 people. Before they could distribute their earnings to individual residents ahead of Chinese New Year, they had the problem of where to store -- and guard -- it.Villagers in China's Sichuan province build a $2.1M "money wall" out of year-end bonusesThey run a rural co-operative that invests in farmland and hydropower plantsThe money was heavily guarded before being distributing in time for Chinese New YearGuard: "It was so uncomfortable sleeping on so much money"
Unfortunately, the scheme only allows investors who are members of _ village.