After getting the answer he wanted to know, Ah Si turned to look at Ying Qingci and the others, "Miss Ying, let's go."
After they left, the old woman's eyes kept focusing on them.
The other villagers in Qingyang Village also followed Ying Qingci and the others with vague eyes.
"Settled in our Qingyang Village?"
When Xu Chuanqiang, the head of Qingyang Village, heard what Ah Si and the others had come, he couldn't help but look at them in shock.
"What, is there a problem?" Ah Si frowned. He was afraid of going all the way and didn't want to return without success.
Xu Chuanqiang heard the impatience in Ah Si's words and quickly said, "No, no, no, sir, I misunderstood. It's just that I'm a little confused."
"Our Qingyang Village has always been poor. How come someone comes here to... settle down?"
"You don't have to worry about this. This is the arrangement of the county magistrate. After the refugees and refugees from all over the country arrive in Nanning Prefecture, there will be refugees who settle here."
"Just ask, can you settle down?"
"But...it's okay."
"Okay, just make arrangements for them. I'll leave first."
There are still many things to be busy with at the county government, and Ah Si must go back as soon as possible.
Xu Chuanqiang nodded quickly, and after sending Ah Si away, he immediately turned around and looked at Yi Ying Qingci's family with a gentle expression. "There are more wastelands in the village now. In recent years, young people in the village have gone to the town whenever they find an opportunity." Or they work in the county, so there are relatively few people in the village, and most of them are elderly people."
"It's like this. When outsiders settle down, they need to buy land and houses in the village. You are refugees. You can live in the thatched houses in the village first. The village will take them back when you have enough ability to build houses. Thatched hut.”
This also gives the refugees a buffer period, but if they want to farm, they must purchase land.
"Since you want to settle in the village, the village will naturally not leave you without a place to live, so we will temporarily arrange you in the thatched hut behind the village."
"Village Chief Uncle, is there any land near the foot of the mountain? Or is it an empty house?"
Ying Qingci's eyes fell on Xu Chuanqiang. She still had a lot of food on her, which she originally prepared for her escape. Unexpectedly, she arrived at Qingyang Village early, and there was a lot of supplies left in the space. She ate some on the way. , but the leftovers can last for many days.
She also has enough money in her hand, so there should be no problem in buying foundations and fields.
Instead of renting a thatched house in the village, it is better to build a house directly, which will give you a lot of peace of mind.
Xu Chuanqiang pondered for a moment, then nodded.
"There is indeed land at the foot of the mountain, but it is relatively barren and full of wasteland."
“I wonder how much an acre of farmland in the village costs?”
"Good farmland costs five taels of silver. As for wasteland, it only costs three taels of silver at the least. You need to cultivate it yourself. However, there is an advantage to the wasteland. If you cultivate it yourself, you can be exempted from taxes for the first three years."
This is what Daling proposed in response to the disaster, encouraging refugees and people to open up wasteland and farm.
"Okay, let's buy the land at the foot of the mountain."
Ying Wangzhu and the others are all farmers, so they naturally know the difference between wasteland and fertile land, but since Ying Qingci has spoken, Ying Qingci must have his own plans.
Xu Chuanqiang was shocked, "Are you sure? This is a lot of money."
They had just fled the famine and came here. If they bought land, they would not have much money with them. What would they eat in the future?
"In my opinion, it is better for you to live in thatched huts first, and then consider buying land after you are completely settled. Moreover, although wasteland is cheap, the food output produced by them is far behind that of fertile land."
"Thanks to the kindness of the village chief, Uncle. We still have some money on us. If we buy some wasteland and build houses earlier, we can feel more at ease earlier."
"Forget it, how many acres of land do you want to buy?"
Xu Chuanqiang sighed and took out the book that recorded the land in the village. Because of the poverty in Qingyang Village, even Li Zheng in the village had moved away.
Therefore, now everything in the village is recorded by the village chief alone. Thanks to the small number of people in Qingyang Village, the village chief can manage it alone. Otherwise, the village chief alone would be extremely busy.
Ying Qingci thought for a moment and said.
"Is there a wasteland connected to the foot of that mountain?"
"Wait, let me take a look." Xu Chuanqiang picked up the booklet and looked through it carefully. "Yes, there is a connected wasteland, about twenty acres."
Twenty acres?
"Okay, we all want it!"
"Be good?"
"little six?"
"What?"
Several people spoke in unison and looked at Ying Qingci in shock. Not only Xu Chuanqiang, but even Ying Qingci's family did not expect that Ying Qingci blurted out that it turned out to be twenty acres of land.
"My dear, twenty acres of wasteland is too much, isn't it?"
Huang Xuecao was dumbfounded when he heard this figure. Twenty acres of wasteland cost sixty taels of silver. They couldn't come up with so much money after eating it, right?
"Yes, dear grandson, this is too much."
Ying Wangzhu also looked at Ying Qingci with a sad face. Twenty acres of wasteland, not to mention the reclamation, would cost sixty taels just to buy it. This... they didn't save that much when they were in Yingjia Village. Money...
"little six……"
Zhu Qing and the others also looked at her in shock and panic. Ying Qinghao was the only one who didn't know what happened, but he knew that he was echoing Ying Qingci.
"Sister, buy it~"
"Xiaoqi!"
As soon as Ying Qinghao finished speaking, Ying Qingjia, who was closest to him, covered his mouth.
"Grandma, grandma, I understand your worries, but I will have some use for it after buying it."
As soon as Ying Qingci finished speaking, Huang Xuecao and the others still wanted to speak, so they continued.
"Moreover, if we buy it and build a house early, we will have a place to live. Our family will have roots."
"But, money..."
"Nai, you don't have to worry about money. You have forgotten what I told you before. I still have some money with me, so you don't have to worry."
After finishing speaking, Ying Qingci took out a fifty-tael silver note and a silver ingot worth exactly sixty taels, and handed them to Xu Chuanqiang.
It was the first time that Xu Chuanqiang saw so much silver, and he couldn't help but swallowed subconsciously.
He tremblingly received the banknote. This was the first time he had seen so much money.
"Okay, here is the land deed. I will go to the county office with you to register it tomorrow."
"As for tonight, you can make do with the arranged thatched cottage for now."
"Okay, thank you, village chief."
Arriving at the thatched hut, Xu Chuanqiang looked at the Ying family behind him with some embarrassment, "No one has lived here for a long time. You can make do with it for now. I will ask the tribesmen to help you repair it tomorrow."
"It's okay, thank you village chief."
After the village chief left, the Ying family did not speak for a long time, but Ying Qingci was the first to break the silence.
