Chapter 99 Buying Land (1)

  Six mu of land, after deducting the two mu occupied by her house and garden, there are still four mu left. If it is managed well, it will be more than the poor households' fields.

  It was really thanks to the village chief that Zhen'er could get registered, otherwise she and Hu'er would have been black households. Fortunately, it was only Hu'er who suffered for a lifetime. The old man thought about it and called Hu'er over, saying: "Kneel down and kowtow to your Village Chief Grandfather."

  The tiger cub knelt down obediently and knocked its head on the ground with a thud.

  The village head hurriedly pulled up Hu Zi and said: "Why are you so polite? You treat my old brother like a close grandfather, then I am also your grandfather."

  The words were sincere and touching, Zhen Er and Hu Zi listened with great comfort. Since meeting Ye Chunshui, Zhen Er had always admired the village chief, a wise old man.

  The little tiger puckered up his mouth and sweetly said: "Thank you, Village Chief Grandpa."

  "Hehe", both the old man and the village chief couldn't help but laugh.

  Yechunshui, standing behind the village chief, smiled and pulled out a calligraphy book from his pocket. He said to Huzi: "Huzi, your household registration documents have arrived, it's something worth celebrating. Big Brother Chunshui is giving you this calligraphy book as a gift, don't think it's cheap."

  The tiger cub's eyes lit up as he looked at the character poster, and he turned around to look at his sister with eager eyes. Zhen'er smiled and nodded, and he happily took it over, looking at Ye Chunshui's eyes still filled with admiration as always.

  On the other side, Old Ye and the village head had already started chatting. Zhen'er thought that Hu Zi had a letter to write but hadn't actually held a pen yet. He liked Ye Chunshui so much, if he let Ye Chunshui teach him how to hold a pen, he would definitely be very happy. After she told Ye Chunshui about this, Ye Chunshui happily agreed.

  Zhen'er cleaned up the table, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone she had bought last time, set up her writing materials, and let Ye Chunshui and Hu Zi practice their calligraphy.

  Ye Chunshui sent the character poster that he had practiced writing when he first started learning characters, and even his teacher said it was suitable for children who were just starting to learn, which is why he thought of sending an old one.

  He went over the key points of practicing calligraphy. Then he practiced again. Only then did he let Hu Zi start writing, but at first Hu Zi's hand was too stiff and sloppy, and the characters didn't look good. So he held Hu Zi's hand and taught him once more, slowly explaining the key points, not getting impatient at all, very patient.

  Zhen'er couldn't help but admire him from the side. If it were another scholar, they wouldn't just look down on Hu Zi, but also wouldn't have this kind of patience.

  Ye Lao Ye Zi and the village head also finished talking quickly, saw this side Ye Chun Shui teaching Hu Zi to draw red, came over to take a look.

  Ye Chunshui's handwriting was very elegant, and even at a young age, the outline of his writing was already visible. Even the teachers in their village school couldn't help but praise his handwriting, which made the village head proud every time someone mentioned his grandson. Unfortunately, people from rural areas didn't understand much about it, and they only envied his grandson's identity as a scholar, without giving high praise to his handwriting. Now, seeing Zhen'er and Hu'er looking at his grandson like that, and even asking Chunshui to teach Hu'er how to draw red characters, the village head was overjoyed.

  Wrote for a while. Ye Chunshui took the Thousand Character Classic and read it with Hu Zi again, explaining the parts that Hu Zi didn't understand. Then he followed his grandfather home under the moonlight.

  Zhen'er again asked Old Man Ye to find Yuan Zhongren and ask if there were any good fields nearby, she wanted to buy two mu.

  She actually wanted to use the silver she earned to buy land, but she was afraid of drawing attention. Last time Yang Zhuang came over and was seen by villagers, there were many rumors circulating that she and the county magistrate's daughter were close friends, which made people believe even more that she and Hu Zi were close; however, this also had a negative effect, as some lazy or cunning people often lurked around her house, trying to take advantage of her. Last time when they went to pick strawberries, they almost got caught, luckily Ye Lufang's driving skills were good, and they managed to shake the person off halfway, otherwise the secret of the strawberries would have been exposed.

  The old man was happy to help her with this matter. As it happened, he had to go to the county town's pharmacy tomorrow to buy some medicine, so he would just ask then.

  Yushu Village is close to the mountains, and many medicinal herbs can be picked on the mountain. This saves Old Master a lot of money on medicine, so he can charge very little for his medical services when treating villagers. However, some medicines are not available in the mountains, and he has no choice but to buy them from the county town.

  After seeing off the old man, Hu Zi and Zhen Er were both in high spirits. Zhen Er suggested going to the backyard to pick up stones, and Hu Zi happily agreed.

  Now that they have their household registration documents, they feel more grounded and are really going to plan out these four acres of land.

  But first, we still need to pick up these stones on the ground.

  The next day, Zhen'er didn't go to cut the medicinal herbs either. Early in the morning, she got Hu Zi up and went to pick stones in the field. Later, Ye Baiju had nothing to do and followed them over to play, but was caught by Zhen'er as a strong helper.

  As noon approached, Old Ye returned, and the ox cart stopped right in front of Zhen's house. Zhen and his family welcomed Old Ye into their home, followed by a man wearing a long gown with a square face and thick eyebrows, who didn't look like an ordinary person but rather a martial artist.

  Ye Lao Yezi introduced Yuan Zhongren to Zhen'er, and Yuan Zhongren quickly understood the situation. He had heard of Zhen'er before, as the warehouse had been talking about the little girl who sold strawberries and the precious strawberries. Even though he hadn't seen Zhen'er before, he wasn't completely unfamiliar with her.

  Zhen'er wanted to buy land, and Ye Lao had already told Yuan Zhongren about it. He came today to introduce the land to Zhen'er. Considering Zhen'er's situation, Ye Lao made two requests, and Yuan Zhongren happened to have three pieces of land that met these requirements. "The first one is in your village, it's the Ye Chong family, they said they don't have enough labor and need to pay off debts, so they want to sell four mu of land. The land is all top-grade, one mu costs thirteen taels, I think this price is quite reasonable, and it's also convenient for you to cultivate and manage since it's in your village."

  "This won't do," Yuan Zhongren's words had just fallen, and Zhen'er hadn't even opened her mouth when Ye Baiju blurted out that Lian Shu had always been biased against Zhen'er, blaming her for all sorts of troubles, and if Zhen'er were to buy their land, the contradictions would only increase.

  Zhen'er also felt that this place was not suitable. No matter how good the land of Lian Shu's family was, she didn't dare to buy it, as it would be a big trouble and whoever got involved would be unlucky.

  "Is there anywhere else?"

  Yuan Zhongren wasn't quite clear about the rights and wrongs between them, seeing Zhen'er not being satisfied with this land, still thinking it was because she thought the price was too expensive. After all, thirteen taels of silver weren't something anyone could afford to take out. However, Ye Chong had treated him to wine and kept asking him to sell that land, he also wanted to make a deal, so he said: "Why don't I give you a slightly lower price? How about this? Ye Chong is from your village, you all know his family has difficulties, as the saying goes 'distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors', if we can lend a helping hand, let's help. What do you think of twelve taels per mu?"

  Thanks to Shuxinru Xue Mengqin for the peace charm~~

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