"Please, mother~"
Mrs. Shen was a little helpless at her daughter's coquettishness. This child really had too much to worry about.
"Aunt, what's wrong with sister Ruiying?"
Shen: "It's okay. The kid is having a tantrum and insists on following us to Xiaoxi Town."
Zhu Ruiying ran to Ning Xingyu and grabbed her hand: "Brother, will you take me there?"
Ning Xingyu took a deep breath silently, and then said to Mrs. Shen: "Aunt, just let her go. I can help look after her."
Zhu Jiahuan and Zhu Jiasheng were reading a book on the side. When they heard this, they immediately stood up and said in unison: "Then I want to go too!"
Mrs. Shen raised her forehead helplessly: "We are not going out to play, children."
All in all, the last four children, followed by two adults, went to Xiaoxi Town.
As Ning Xingyu said, Xiaoxi Town is actually a large piece of land with no serious houses. There are only temporary huts built for people to rest in for farming. These small huts are also called shacks and are only for temporary rest. .
Looking around from the small slope, only a small half of the land is actually sown.
Shen: "Xingyu, is the land in this town specially planted for the people of Huaxiang Town?"
Ning Xingyu thought for a while and said: "There are no clear regulations, but most of them are planted by Huaxiang Town, because only the land in Xiaoxi Town is rented to the people of Huaxiang Town."
Shen nodded slightly.
Zhu Yingzhuo: "What's wrong? What's wrong with this place?"
He just saw Shen squatting down to check the geology, and then he asked this question, so he must have noticed something.
"It's not considered good land. It can be planted, but it will take a lot of effort later. You see, the soil is light in color and light yellow. The texture is rough, the particles are large, and it is not sticky. Judging from the characteristics, it should be sandy. The soil, in this kind of land, has poor moisture and fertilizer retention capabilities, and nutrients are easily lost, making planting a bit challenging.”
In such a land, not only will a lot of energy be spent in the follow-up, but the rewards obtained are likely to be disproportionate and simply not worth the sky-high price.
Ning Xingyu followed Zhu Jiahuan and the others in a low voice and exclaimed: "Wow, Aunt Shen is so amazing."
Zhu Jiahuan's eyebrows almost rose to the sky: "That's natural, my mother is amazing."
Zhu Ruiying: "Then is my mother right?"
Ning Xingyu: "That's right. Renting this land will give you a toothache, and planting it will give you a headache."
No one in Ning Xingyu's family knew much about land. Only when they started planting did they realize how deceptive the land was.
But there is no other way. There is only one road in front of them. If they don't plant the land, they will have to wait for death, so even if they know it, it is of no use. They can only grit their teeth and plant.
Zhu Yingzhuo's face turned dark: "These grandsons are too bullying. The land in Huaxiang Town cannot be sold, and the poor land in Xiaoxi Town is sold at a high price."
Mrs. Shen smiled sarcastically: "This land in Xiaoxi Town may be leased exclusively to Huaxiang Town."
As soon as they entered the boundary of Xiaoxi Town, Shen and Zhu Yingzhuo could tell at a glance where they should go if they wanted to rent land.
When they first entered the town, a very eye-catching small house caught their eyes because of a sign in front of the small shack.
Zhu Yingzhuo and Mrs. Shen went over and entered the room. There was only half an earthen kang in the temporary small house, and there was less than three feet of free space underground, just enough for water and food.
When Zhu Yingzhuo and Mrs. Shen came in, there was a person lying down and sleeping inside.
Zhu Yingzhuo cleared his throat and walked over to wake him up.
"Brother, brother?"
The man was pushed awake by him and sat up with a sigh.
"What's wrong with you?"
"We want to inquire about the land price and consider renting an acre of land."
The man yawned and stood up, leading them out.
Standing outside, he stretched out his hand and gestured: "Have you seen the cornfield? The one on the left of the cornfield is fifty-five taels an acre a year, and the one on the right is sixty-five taels an acre. In Xiaoxi Town To farm, you have to pay a protection fee of ten taels of silver every season.”
Shen: "Brother, this, this is too expensive, and the geology is not very good. It is completely higher than the market price. Our life is not easy. Do you think... can it be lowered a little?"
The man smiled and looked them up and down: "Have you just arrived in Huaxiang Town?"
Mrs. Shen nodded and said: "Yes, you need money everywhere you come here. Since our family has a large population, the expenses will be even greater. Brother, do you think we can be a little more friendly?"
"The people in Huaxiang Town are all exiled. They have a low life. It is our master's charity to give you land to farm. Are you not happy to show mercy to you?"
Zhu Ruiying looked at this mean man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks with an unkind expression.
Why does this little dwarf speak so unpleasantly? He needs to cut out his tongue.
Mrs. Shen looked a little embarrassed, but she still said flatteringly: "We really have no choice at this time. I hope that your eldest brother will be more lenient and give us a way to survive. When we get better in the future, I will definitely thank you again."
"Tsk, that's it. I can give you a five-tael reduction, and I can waive the protection fee for you for a quarter. Just treat it as taking care of the newcomers. This is my biggest step back. If there is any more, I can't explain it to my boss."
Shen and Zhu Yingzhuo looked at each other, and just as they were about to speak, their hands were grabbed by Zhu Ruiying.
"Mom, I want to eat apples. Let's go home."
Mrs. Shen: "Ruiying, be good, please wait for me for a while, okay?"
【Are you waiting to be tricked? Go back quickly, mother! I have a way, don't be fooled by him! 】
Mrs. Shen was confused. Now that things have come to this, how can this child find any solution?
"Mom, go back~"
Zhu Ruiying struggled to carry Shen away, but she couldn't drag her at all.
[When I get rid of that big snake, we can farm at home! 】
Shen frowned slightly.
What snake?
What does farming have to do with snakes?
Although Shen couldn't figure it out, she could also sense that this was a very dangerous thing.
She looked at her daughter and had to say that sometimes this child was very well-behaved and sometimes very willful.
Doing dangerous things is a very willful thing.
"Huan'er Sheng'er, take good care of your sister."
Even if this business is a bit deceptive, they have no choice. They have to live here. It is deceiving people but not life-threatening. Ms. Shen thinks that their family can still accept it for now.
The daughter's method is very dangerous at first glance and is not advisable.
No matter how difficult it is for them, they cannot let a three-year-old child take risks for the sake of the family's livelihood.
What's more, this is my daughter.
Zhu Ruiying couldn't break free from the hands of her two brothers, so she just watched helplessly as Shen chose the land and paid the short man.
Zhu Jiahuan was a little panicked when he saw Zhu Ruiying making a fuss. His sister had always been very obedient and had never needed anyone to coax her.
"Sister, please don't make trouble. Brother, let's play with you. Do you want to play in the mud?"
Zhu Jiahuan's coaxing words made Ning Xingyu on the side almost choke on his saliva.
"I want my mother, let me go!"
Zhu Jiasheng held the child's hand firmly and discussed with his brother: "Is Ruiying hungry?"
"Maybe." Zhu Jiahuan held Zhu Ruiying's other little hand, feeling a little distressed, "It will take a while."
Zhu Ruiying was so anxious that she jumped up. She was not hungry, she wanted her mother! She wants to get the money back!
But it was no use, no one paid any attention to her, and her two brothers were selectively deaf.
Zhu Ruiying sighed. To be honest, she really wanted to hit their heads with a clod of soil.
Ning Xingyu: "Ruiying, what's wrong with you?"
"I don't want the ground!"
Ning Xingyu coaxed her: "Don't worry, your family doesn't need you to farm the land."
Zhu Ruiying: "..."
This is where ineffective communication comes from.
The lease contract was signed in front of Zhu Ruiying, and an acre of land that was worth a fortune was in their hands.
After the Shen contract was signed, Zhu Ruiying's heart broke.
"It can be seen that Madam is also a happy person. If you come to me again in a year, because of your happy spirit, I will give you a reduced price."
"Then thank you first, Brother Chen."
Chen Shan smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome. If you rent the land, I will also make a profit. Madam, is that your daughter?"
Shen: "Yes, children have tempers that come and go. Brother Chen, don't be surprised."
"No, for the sake of both of you having a cheerful temperament, I will give you some directions first. If you are desperate in the future and cannot survive, I may be able to help you."
Zhu Yingzhuo: "Brother Chen, please speak."
"Girl dolls under ten years old can be exchanged for money here, and they are valuable."
The faces of Shen and Zhu Yingzhuo sank unabashedly.
Mrs. Shen: "Sorry, Brother Chen, selling our daughter to survive is not an option for us."
Chen Shan shrugged nonchalantly: "That's what I said, and you just listened to it. But one thing, you can remember, if one day comes, you come to me and I will set up a line for you."
Zhu Yingzhuo: "I'm afraid I'm going to live up to Brother Chen's kindness, and that won't happen one day."
Chen Shan didn't care much about the attitude of the two of them. This was the case for all newcomers. From this, it seemed that he was from a noble family.
When they experience hunger, they won't be so stubborn and stick to the bottom line.
Sometimes, for the sake of oneself, people can sell anything and any emotion, and hurt anyone.
On the way back, Zhu Ruiying lowered her head the whole time and felt sad secretly. She was trying to rebuild her broken heart.
The distance between Huaxiang Town and Xiaoxi Town is not far, and they will arrive at Huaxiang Town soon.
Mrs. Shen asked Zhu Yingzhuo to go back first while she took several children to the Department Store.
The department store has a full range of items, including candies and snacks.
Mrs. Shen bought some, gave some to Ning Xingyu to take home to eat, and gave some to the children.
Zhu Jiasheng and Zhu Jiahuan kept eating while worrying about the family's financial situation, and they jumped ahead.
Zhu Ruiying was led back by Mrs. Shen. She was still in a bad mood. She didn't expect that even though she was there, she didn't change the fact that she was buying a place to cheat people.
