Chu Yue was overjoyed. Normally, the price of high-quality paddy fields was nine taels per acre. It would be a good deal if they could get six taels.
"Go and negotiate. If the other party agrees, I will take the ten acres of land."
"Hey, I'll go right away."
Lu Dagui waved his hands and ran down the mountain.
During this period, the family has successively purchased ten acres of medium-grade paddy fields and five acres of low-grade paddy fields in the village, spending a total of sixty taels. If the ten acres of Zhaojia Village can be negotiated, plus the fields that the family already owns. , there are assets of nearly thirty acres of land.
In Banpo Village, he is considered to be the most wealthy household.
Comparable to the Yao family that Lu Shanshan married into.
…
After lunch, Lu Dagui came to the house excitedly.
"Daughter-in-law Xinghe, the deal has been settled, but the ten acres of high-quality paddy fields have been reduced to twelve acres, and I paid seventy taels of silver. That family said they were in urgent need of money, and they can go to the village today to transfer the household to you."
After hearing this, Chu Yue quickly stood up.
"Brother Dagui, hurry up and get on the mule cart. I'll go with you to Zhaojiacun."
"Why."
Lu Dagui was very fast. He ran to the pig pen, took out the mule, put it on the mule cart, and then took Chu Yue to Zhaojiacun.
Lu Xinghe looked at the little girl's hurried appearance, smiled lightly and shook his head.
Because Chu Yue was in charge of the land purchase, Lu Dagui had almost treated her as his aunt recently, and he simply obeyed her words.
However, Lu Dagui had the experience of hanging around outside in the past, and it was indeed safe to inquire about information and negotiate with people, and he never suffered a loss.
Lu Xinghe felt relieved and let them do whatever they wanted.
Lu Dagui took Chu Yue straight to the family who wanted to sell their land in Zhaojia Village. After arriving at the place, the two parties got acquainted for a while, and then went to Li Zheng in Zhaojia Village to transfer the ownership.
When the two arrived at Li Zheng's house, they happened to see a woman coming out of the courtyard. Seeing the woman, Chu Yue quickly turned her head to the side, and even slowed down and walked behind Lu Dagui to block her.
When Lu Dagui saw the woman leaving, he lowered his voice and asked, "Daughter-in-law Xinghe, what's wrong with you? But you see an acquaintance?"
"That's my mother's natal family. If they find out that I'm buying land in Zhaojiacun, they will definitely tell my mother."
If Zhao Chunhua knew that she had spare money to buy land, she might come to her door together with Chu Youqian.
After all, there are many people who are hungry nowadays, and I think they are no exception.
Lu Dagui understood, turned around and glanced outside the yard. Seeing that the woman who had just left was no longer there, he didn't take it seriously. She might not have recognized Chu Yue.
After negotiating with Zheng here in Zhaojia Village, Chu Yue did not stop, and after asking Li Zheng and the party selling the land to keep it secret, she got on the mule cart and left.
As soon as she stepped forward, she saw the woman she had seen before emerge from behind the big tree nearby.
"Li Zheng, is that girl who left just now named Chu Yue?"
She is Zhao Chunhua's sister-in-law. She has seen Chu Yue in the past, but when she saw her before, she was dark and thin. She was not as tall as she is now. She didn't have such a decent cotton coat and hairpin, let alone The mule cart is gone.
I didn't think anything of it when I passed by him at first, but when I thought about it later, I just felt like we had seen each other before.
It really looks like those little hooves.
Because of Chu Yue's instructions, Li Zheng and the land seller started Tai Chi with her.
"I don't know. That girl didn't tell us her name just now."
"Then why did she come to our Zhaojia Village? We haven't seen many people with mule carts here. Is she probably a wealthy household from a neighboring village?"
"Why do you ask so much?"
The woman laughed, "What else can I ask? Li Zheng also knows that my third son will have his hair tied this year and it's time for him to get married. Isn't this just to see how good-looking the girl is?"
Li Zheng raised one lip.
"Looking for her to be your wife? If she doesn't belong to the right family, how can your third son marry someone else?"
The woman's heart skipped a beat, "What should I say?"
Could it be that that girl came from some wealthy family? In this case, maybe she is not Chu Yue, but she looks somewhat similar to that little hoof.
"Don't say it, don't say it."
After saying that, Li Zheng turned around and went back into the house.
The woman was about to ask the man selling the land when she saw him shaking his head and leaving quickly.
The woman had no choice but to stamp her feet and go home.
…
As soon as Chu Yue arrived home, she saw Wang Xuelan talking to Yun Cuihe in the main room.
She handed Lu Dagui the 120 cents he deserved for buying the land and went back into the house.
"Yueyue is back? Is everything settled?"
Seeing Chu Yue enter the door, Yun Cuihe asked first.
Chu Yue breathed into the palm of her hand, "Everything has been done. I just have to wait to pick up the things in a few days. Then I will ask Brother Dagui to make a trip. I won't go. I'm here today." I also met my aunt in Zhaojiacun."
Then he said hello to Wang Xuelan and sat down next to the brazier.
After hearing this, Yun Cuihe asked with concern on her face, "She didn't do anything to you, did she?"
Chu Yue smiled, "Mom, don't worry, she didn't recognize me at all."
Yun Cuihe breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, so as not to spread this matter to your parents' ears, and then they will come to make trouble again."
Wang Xuelan looked at the two people with confusion on her face.
"You two have been talking for a long time. What kind of riddles are you talking about?"
"Nai, it's nothing, it's just about buying a field."
During this period, they collected fifteen acres of farmland in the village. This was something that the entire village knew. Wang Xuelan and Lu Tiesheng naturally also knew about it, and Chu Yue did not hide it completely, so as to save the elderly from thinking too much.
When she heard that it was about buying a field, Wang Xuelan said oh and didn't ask any more questions.
For farmers, land is the foundation. Rather than spending money elsewhere, it is more practical to buy some land. Although the profit is not as good as doing business, at least it will not lose money.
"Okay, while you two are chatting, it's time for me to go back. Tomorrow Xinghe will go to town and pass by the old house and call your fourth uncle. He will go with you so that he can take care of you."
Lu Xinghe nodded quickly, "Okay, milk."
When Wang Xuelan saw that he responded, she left.
Chu Yue looked at Yun Cuihe, "Mom, isn't the fourth uncle's house running out of vegetables to sell? Why do you want to follow your husband to the town?"
"Your grandma heard that the town has recently begun to distribute disaster relief food, and she wanted your fourth uncle to come and take a look."
"Is there no food in the old house?" Chu Yue asked.
"Isn't that true? After your second aunt knew that your uncle had carried twenty kilograms of brown rice from the old house, she also asked for twenty kilograms of it. Your fourth uncle's family has many children, and the rice she bought was almost enough. At the beginning of spring, I have now lost forty kilograms. I am afraid that before the New Year is over, the food at home will be gone."
Yun Cuihe felt sad in her heart.
"Second Aunt is really..." Chu Yue hesitated, "But it's okay for Fourth Uncle to go to town and take a look. If there is food, bring some back to make up for it. If not, we will inevitably need some relief at that time. Son."
Yun Cuihe sighed.
"Yes, no one can be hungry, isn't your grandma? It's been hard enough for the old couple to live among several brothers and sisters-in-law for so many years."
