When Yaren saw that the customer was dissatisfied, his heart sank.
It's been many days, and no one has been willing to come and take a look. I've finally been looking forward to seeing such a person, but it's obvious that I don't like this place!
"Master, take a look again. Although this hilltop looks a bit desolate, there is no need to pay taxes when buying a place like this. Even though you spent 920 taels to buy 780 acres of land, this There is a lot of produce in the mountains, and when autumn comes, you can bring your family over for hunting, which is also a good place."
Xie Xiuwen didn't say anything. What good could come from this broken mountain?
He had just done a rough sweep and found that the trees on this mountain were basically common in the north, and there were no particularly precious varieties. He only occasionally saw a few fruit trees, which were just ordinary pear and peach trees, nothing unusual.
Xie Xiuwen was just thinking about it when he felt his sleeves sink, and it was Xie Rongzhao tugging at him.
"Baby, what's wrong?"
Xie Xiuwen picked her up directly and moved two steps to the side.
Xie Rongzhao didn't know why, but he just felt that there was something good in this mountain.
"Dad, buy it."
Xie Xiuwen raised his eyebrows: "Are you serious?"
"Yeah, dad, buy it. I just saw a rabbit. Maybe there is a rabbit nest."
After he finished speaking, Xie Rongzhao leaned into his ear and whispered: "Dad, when you buy it, I will take you to find something good."
Xie Xiuwen had dug things with her in the mountains of her hometown, so she naturally knew that her luck was not ordinary.
With this in mind, it would be a good idea to buy it, at least until next spring, he would have a place to take a few of them to relax. Besides, it's not like he couldn't afford more than nine hundred taels. At worst, he would have to be more restrained in spending in the future. Especially for some unnecessary cultural gatherings, don’t go if you can.
Xie Xiuwen had a plan in mind, but he didn't show it on his face.
"Sir, you see, although you can't grow food on this mountain, the trees are lush. It's quite fun to come here to hunt and pick fruits in your free time."
Yaren didn't want to miss this order, so he naturally picked something nice to say.
"Exactly how much land is there? Also, who was the land tenanted to, or are they all farmed by the servants of the original owner's family?"
As soon as Yaren heard that there was something going on, he immediately introduced it in detail.
After some haggling, the deal was finally settled for nine hundred and ten taels, and now all the crops growing in the field must belong to the buyer. In other words, once the money is paid and the deed is changed, the things here will be the same as those in the original owner's house. It’s related.
There is a house on the mountain. It is not big. It has about ten rooms in total. It is said that the owner used to come here for spring outings when the family was in glory.
The house was actually in a state of disrepair and looked like it had not been lived in for at least six or seven years.
Fang Hu went in and walked around, looked around and reported back.
"This house needs to be renovated. There are also missing tiles on the roof, and several doors and windows are broken. Besides, I don't see any decent furniture in it. I might as well just chop them all up and use them as firewood." good."
Xie Xiuwen nodded. He wouldn't be coming back for a while anyway, and there was no rush to repair the house.
"Let's do it when it gets warmer next year."
"Yes, sir."
Now that the group of people came out, they naturally wanted to relax for two days. Yaren had already gone to the Yamen to go through relevant procedures, and he had to introduce the host family to the tenants here, etc. After all, they were busy.
There was not much land, and there were seven tenants in total. Both parties met and a new lease was written, and the old one was burned in front of them.
Because Xie Xiuwen was the new owner, he was particularly easy to talk to. He only said that next year's rent would be reduced by 10%, which made the farmers present very happy.
This year's rent has been paid long ago, and Xie Xiuwen is not in a hurry. Anyway, with this mountain here, at least the firewood used at home is available, which is much cheaper than buying firewood directly in the capital.
Fang Hu went out for a walk and reported the truth truthfully when he came back.
"The younger one has already found the second son of the Song tenant family, and asked him to deliver a load of chopped firewood to our house every day. The price is twenty cents a day. If it rains or snows, there is no need."
Xie Xiuwen nodded, Fang Hu considered these trivial matters very carefully.
Liu Ruolan was also very satisfied with the housekeeper: "I went to see the firewood shed yesterday. The firewood in it can last for at least half a month. From now on, there will be a load of firewood a day, which is a lot. We are afraid There’s no need for these.”
"It's better to be prepared."
This is the north. Although the weather is dry, it is not always humid and rainy compared to the south. But the problem is that once it snows heavily, it will be impossible to move forward.
Therefore, Fang Hu's arrangement was not wrong.
Moreover, they have such a big family now, and they only store firewood for half a month, which is really not much.
"Fang Hu, don't get a load of firewood a day. Tell the Song family and ask them to help dispose of some dead trees on the mountain. Then chop the firewood and send it to Beijing. Give them five dollars a day." Ten cents."
Fang Hu was silent for a moment: "Sure, I'll go and give you the instructions. I'll tell you at least one load of firewood a day. Together with the wages for trimming these dead trees, the total is fifty cash."
Xie Xiuwen nodded: "Yes."
In the evening, they stayed at an inn in the town.
We have to go up the mountain again tomorrow, so there is no need to go back and forth.
Because it is under the emperor's feet, the security here is still very good. When Xie Xiuwen was buying cakes for Guobao outside, he also saw several inspectors patrolling with knives.
Just after breakfast the next day, Yaren came over with a happy face.
"Thank you, Master. These are the land deeds and the land deeds. I have brought them to you. Now everything is in place, and you are the new master here."
"Okay, thank you."
In addition to the nine hundred and eleven taels of silver used to buy the land, Xie Xiuwen also paid Ya Ren a reward of ten taels.
This can be considered an unwritten rule.
Generally speaking, what a fan earns is given by the seller, but some decent families will give a reward, which makes it easier to deal with them.
What Xie Xiuwen was thinking was that he would have a lot of things to buy in the future. Seeing how sincere this man was, he could look to him to do more work in the future.
The man was so happy that he couldn't see his eyes. He was so happy that he took out two children's deeds from his arms.
"Look at my memory, you can take a look at it. These are a pair of grandsons who stayed here from the original owner's family. They have no abilities. It is said that the grandpa fought with the general before, and later joined his family and became a family. Servant. But now the old master has been here for a long time, and the new master doesn’t have much affection for him, so I might as well leave this deed to you."
Xie Xiuwen raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking of the grandfather and grandson he saw in the wooden house at the foot of the mountain yesterday.
"The lame old man?"
"Exactly, half a leg is missing. I was disliked by the new owner a few years ago, so I was sent here to be a mountain watcher. In fact, I just feel that they are a burden and I want to drive them out." (End of Chapter)
