From the next day to a long time from now on, Shen Zhiyao discovered that Brother Biao and Damao were indeed not seen at the dock.
In recent days, the biggest novelty in Tongfang County is that the new county magistrate Gan County Magistrate has been in place, and he has also arrested many local gangsters and solved some crimes.
Within a few days, the people of Tongfang County had a favorable impression of Magistrate Gan. When people talked about him, they always praised him.
As for Shen Zhiyao's stall, there are many more students from the county school every day.
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"Miss Shen, the land you want has been secured."
On this day, Shen Zhiyao had just returned home from selling the morning food, when Wumiao, a clerk from Yahang, came to the door.
A few days ago, she asked Wu Miao to pay attention to whether there was any land for sale in Tongfang County, but she didn't expect the results to come out so soon.
"Where is the land for sale?" Shen Zhiyao asked after taking the rich donkey to the donkey shed that had just been set up.
Wu Miao smiled and said, "It's in a village two or three miles away from the city."
"The farm occupies a total of thirty acres, of which twenty-four acres are rented to tenant farmers and are now growing crops. The owner of the remaining six acres has asked people to grow some fruits. The entire farm is now sold for Three hundred taels.”
"It sounds pretty good. Master Zhuangzi, why are you selling it?" Shen Zhiyao wanted to know the reason.
A hint of sadness appeared on Wu Miao's face: "The owner of Zhuangzi is a famous Panglao clan in Tongfang County. After his parents died, he left him a large amount of land inheritance. Even if he does nothing, it will be enough for him." Eat and drink all my life.
But he fell in love with the oiran girl Xiangxiang from Yihonglou. Because of her, he was still in his twenties before getting married. I heard that in order to redeem Miss Xiangxiang's life, he sold almost all the property left by his parents. "
Yihonglou Xiangxiang, the woman who obsessed Shen Sili?
Shen Zhiyao raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a sigh: "If his parents know about it, they will be so angry that the coffin board cannot hold it down."
"That's not true!" Wu Miao strongly agreed.
Seeing Shen Zhiyao's interest, he continued: "There are many men who are obsessed with girl Xiangxiang. A scholar from Lihua Village below the county town had borrowed money from the madam of Yihonglou for girl Xiangxiang, but he couldn't pay it back in the end. The madam chased him to his house, cut his penis into pieces, and turned him into a eunuch.
I heard that the scholar came to the county town and spent the past few days in front of Yihong Tower, calling for a meeting with Miss Xiangxiang. Every time, he was beaten half to death by the people from Yihong Tower. "
Tsk, isn't the scholar Wu Miao mentioned the same as Shen Sili?
This matter has spread to Tongfang County.
"Miss Shen, I'm sorry, I didn't keep my mouth shut." Wu Miao suddenly patted her mouth in embarrassment.
Miss Shen is still a little girl who has not yet had haircuts. Why is he saying this in front of Miss Shen?
Shen Zhiyao waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's okay, just keep talking."
Talk more, she loves to hear it!
Before going to see Zhuangzi, Shen Zhiyao entrusted Shen Yueya to Lin Suxin's care. On the way there, Wu Miao told Shen Zhiyao a lot of gossip about Tongfang County.
Shen Zhiyao listened with gusto, but before he could finish listening, he went to Zhuangzi.
Golden rice fields and lush green vegetable fields.
It is now the end of the rice harvest, and tenant farmers can be seen everywhere drying the rice in the village.
After Shen Zhiyao followed Wumiao to look at the village, she was quite satisfied with the small village and asked Wumiao to make an appointment with the owner of the village.
As Wu Miao said, the owner of the village is a man in his twenties.
When he saw Shen Zhiyao, he looked confused for a while.
After a while, he lowered his head and murmured guiltily to himself: "No, I can't be sorry to Xiangxiang."
Shen Zhiyao: "..."
Zhuangzi finally closed the deal for two hundred and ninety-five taels.
The moment I got the land deed, a familiar ding sound sounded.
Shen Zhiyao entered the space and took a look. Sure enough, there were thirty acres of land in her space.
Buy one get one free, so delicious!
Shen Zhiyao happily planted peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, etc. on the extra land in the space.
After finishing the land in the space, Shen Zhiyao went to meet the tenant farmers on Zhuangzi.
Zhuangzi was small, with only three households of tenant farmers. Shen Zhiyao took the land deed and stopped an old man at random, asking him to call all three households of tenant farmers over.
"Everyone, come here, the new owner is here!"
The old man was very efficient and soon summoned everyone over.
After Shen Zhiyao and the others completed all the formalities about Zhuangzi's change of owner, the previous owner had already informed the tenant farmers.
Standing in front of the tenant farmers, Shen Zhiyao glanced at everyone first, then with a serious face and an unpredictable temperament, she said:
"My surname is Shen, and I am the new owner of Zhuangzi. When you rent the fields from Zhuangzi, the rent you paid before was 60% of the harvest?"
"Master, yes."
The old man who summoned the crowd answered.
"Okay, you will still pay this much from now on."
Shen Zhiyao felt that the sharecroppers in ancient times were really miserable. After working hard for more than half a year, most of the land was given to their employers.
But she doesn't plan to change at the moment. She doesn't know these three households of tenant farmers.
"I will collect this year's rent in a few days. You go ahead and do your work while I walk around the village."
After making the tenant farmers familiar with her, Shen Zhiyao asked them to disperse and walked around the village alone.
The six acres of fruit forest on Zhuangzi are at the back, with only some pear trees, peach trees and persimmon trees planted in it.
In front of the orchard, there are three earthen houses, which are exactly where the three households of tenant farmers live in Zhuangzi.
On the earth dam in front of the house, there are bamboo mats on which the rice is drying.
When Shen Zhiyao approached, he saw a young woman in her twenties in one of the households, holding a dustpan and throwing the rice grains and chaff into the air to separate impurities. .
"My boss."
When the young lady saw Shen Zhiyao, she put down the dustpan and gave a bright smile.
"Master, would you like to come in and have a glass of water?"
"OK."
Shen Zhiyao walked into the Bazi, taking care to avoid the bamboo mats.
"Thank you, what would you call me?" Shen Zhiyao took the water she brought and took a sip.
"My surname is Wu, my boss can just call me Mrs. Wu." Mrs. Wu smiled and poured a glass of water for her daughter next to her.
Her daughter looked about the same age as the crescent moon. She had a pot-top haircut and bangs. On such a hot day, her bangs were completely wet with sweat.
"Ms. Wu, I just saw you using a dustpan to separate rice husks. Does everyone use this method to separate rice husks?"
Shen Zhiyao thought of something in her mind and asked.
Madam Wu nodded: "Yes, they are all done this way. Why does the boss ask this?"
"nothing."
Shen Zhiyao took another sip of water and chatted with Mrs. Wu about other things.
After staying at Mrs. Wu's house for a while, Shen Zhiyao went to the orchard again, and then went back to prepare the food to be sold in the evening.
At nightfall, Shen Zhiyao came back from the stall. Shen Baiqiu had already returned home from school and had cooked the meal.
After eating, Shen Zhiyao went to Lin Suxin's house next door and knocked on the door.
