Jia Lei said goodbye to his godfather's house with a sad face, although he still wanted to stay for a while, but because there were still very important things, he had to give up this good opportunity.

After arriving home, Jia Lei told Sanni what others said about the value of ginseng, but Sanni was not surprised at all.

"Old mountain ginseng is expensive, I know that mountain goods dealers and medicinal herb dealers have to come to us every year to collect medicinal materials. My fourth uncle and grandfather of the old Jia family are the ginseng masters who put the mountains, and the men in the Jia family will all put the mountains to collect ginseng, otherwise where do you think the ginseng in the family came from? Last year, the grandson of the seventh uncle and grandfather also dug up the old ginseng for more than ten years and sold it for 100,000 yuan!" said Sanni.

"Isn't our hometown a black province and not a Ji province? Why does our hometown also have ginseng?" Jia Lei asked.

"Who told you that there are ginseng in only Ji Province, and there are ginseng in the entire three northeastern provinces! Cousin, when he was a soldier, is in the deep mountains and old forests, and the environment is particularly good! Every winter, when he goes up the mountain to cut wood, his cousin lives in the deep mountains and old forests for two or three months, and when my cousin has time, he goes around the neighborhood to see if there are any valuable medicinal materials. A few years ago, my grandmother was not in good health, but my cousin gave her a lot to go to the mountains to pick ginseng, and what the family has now is what was left at that time. I saw that you have lost a lot of weight recently, so I picked a good one for you to make up for it, but I didn't expect you to give it away stupidly in less than three days. If it weren't for the fact that there was only a small section of this ginseng left and it didn't sell for a good price, I wouldn't have taken it out and used it. Sanni said very distressedly.

You must know that his mother is a woman, and she can't learn the unique skill of picking ginseng from the Jia family, and she only learned the craft of making ginseng and arguing ginseng!

After Jia Lei and the others came, he barely cheered up, if today's vote is done well, he will make up for all the losses he lost before!

No matter how fast the price of old ginseng rises in later generations, it can't be faster than the housing prices in first-tier cities.

＊＊＊＊

Jia Lei and Sanni followed the five members of the Zhou family on the train and sat for half an hour to the river, then took the ferry to cross the river, and then went to the bus station to take the bus. It took nearly an hour and a half to get to Chow Tai Fook's grandmother's house, and Jia Lei was so bad that he almost didn't vomit out.

Jia Lei got out of the car in a daze, but fortunately, he had to walk a few hundred meters from the bus station to the village Jia Lei was no longer dizzy when he arrived at Grandma Zhou's house.

The roads in the village are stronger than outside, because the people of the village repair them at least every year.

Zhou's mother walked in front with her head raised with her head in large bags of gifts, and the three children of the Zhou family followed behind in new clothes.

Jia Lei was sitting on a chair in the courtyard of the Zhou family, scraping a thick layer of mud stuck to the soles of his shoes with a piece of wood, his shoes and pants were dirty. Sanni was very skillful in finding a big stone and rubbing it with her feet, as for the five members of the Zhou family, they had already changed into a pair of shoes prepared in advance and entered the house.

The atmosphere in the room was very happy, and Jia Lei and Chow Tai Fook sat quietly on the side after worshipping together. Chow Tai Fook was busy showing off his new clothes and toys to everyone, while Chow Hui Kee handed over the gifts to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Yo, the second brother-in-law is making a fortune, let me take a look...... There are cans, cigarettes, and alcohol, and it costs a lot of money. There's actually a pair of leather shoes!" Uncle Chow Tai Fook said in surprise.

"Where will I get rich, these are all earned by your sister and your nephew! This year, when I was lucky enough to get a fortune, your sister bought a pair of leather shoes for my father-in-law, and my father-in-law wore them just enough to go out. Zhou Huiji explained on the side.

Mother Zhou is riveted this year, and she wants to crush the other sisters when she goes back to her parents' house!

In the kitchen, Chow Tai Fook's grandmother was taking several daughters and daughters-in-law to prepare lunch while chatting.

Zhou's mother's sister is secretly angry, you must know that she used to be in the limelight on the day she returned to her parents' house! She works as a salesperson in a department store, and her husband is now a rare only child! All the property of her mother-in-law's family belongs to them, and the living conditions at home have always been the best among her siblings.

"Second sister, I didn't say you, if you have money, you shouldn't spend it indiscriminately, but you should save it and keep it to buy a house. Your family of five lives in a palm-sized house, what should you do if you get married in the future?" Zhou's mother's sister pretended to mention it casually.

In the past, Zhou's mother would be angry immediately when she heard this topic, but today Zhou's mother smiled uncharacteristically and nodded in agreement with her statement.

"Xiaomei is right, if you have money, you should buy a house! You work in a department store and know a lot of people, so why don't you help me inquire about where to sell houses. Zhou's mother said happily, not caring at all about what her sister said just now.

"Sister, do you really want to buy a house, where can you buy it?" said Zhou's mother's sister in surprise.

"Of course it's Puxi! It's better to be closer to the factory where I work, not too much forty square meters, don't be old alleys, it's better to be a building. The trouble of no toilet and no gas in the old house is dead!" Zhou's mother said with a little disgust, and the other people in the house stopped their work when they heard her say this.

"Such a house costs at least more than 20,000 yuan! Do you have that much money?" Zhou's mother's sister asked in surprise, and Zhou Taifu's grandmother also hurriedly came over to look at her daughter.

"When you came back last time, you asked me about the house of Zhao Xiaowen's house next door, 4,800 yuan is still expensive, and now you actually have the money to buy Puxi's house, is it really fake?

Mom, you remember to help me invite Uncle Zhao next door over for a meal and talk about buying a house. Zhou's mother hurriedly said that her sisters and sisters-in-law around her had just finished speaking.

Her second sister-in-law also opened her mouth and said, "It's pretty much the same!" implying that what Zhou's mother just said about buying a house in Puxi was a lie.

"Mom is not going to buy the house next door, it's the two people who came with me. I'm going to buy a house in Puxi City!" how could Zhou's mother let herself be looked down upon by her mother's family, and said with a raised neck.

Chow Tai Fook's grandmother had been wondering why her daughter had brought two strangers back to her parents' house, but now she finally knows the reason.

"The two of them don't look like they're big sisters and brothers, right? Why did they have two and a half children coming over to buy a house?" asked Chow Tai Fook's grandmother.

"There are no adults in their family! The two outside are not sisters and brothers, but aunts and nephews. Don't worry, they have money! Zhou's mother said in a low voice.

"Who is the little one, why is he so rich?" asked Zhou's mother and sister curiously.

"It's from Jia Aiguo's family in the No. 2 Textile Factory!" you know?" asked Zhou's mother.

Now everyone in the room nodded, Jia Aiguo is a hero in Mingzhu City, everyone knows it. The money must be a bonus from the state!

"Don't they have a house of their own, why should they go to the countryside to buy a house?" asked Chow Tai Fook's grandmother.

He just wanted to buy a cheap house in the countryside and put it there, so that no matter what happened in the future, he would have a place to live. Zhou's mother whispered.

Chow Tai Fook's grandmother nodded and stopped asking, the child can't hold the money in his hand! It's better to buy a house and land than to spend money casually, this child is smart.

＊＊＊＊

When eating at Chow Tai Fook's grandmother's house, Jia Lei finally felt the taste of the big family in the 90s, and this big family sat down at three tables without sitting down. The children have to set up a side table alone, and Jia Lei and Sanni can sit on the main seat because they are guests.

Jia Lei saw that a plate of braised pork and stewed potatoes was just served on the table, and the braised pork in it was taken away by one person and one chopstick. Jia Lei saw that there were already two seven or eight-year-old children fighting at the table full of children to grab a piece of meat, and the adults didn't react at all when they saw all this, and they had long been accustomed to it.

Jia Lei ate a big bowl of rice and came down from the table, there were many people to eat, Jia Lei ate until he was walking in the yard to eat, when a man in his forties came over.

"Kid, I heard that you want to buy my house, right?" Uncle Zhao came over and asked with a full smell of alcohol, Jia Lei nodded.

Uncle Zhao immediately pulled Jia Lei down to his yard to look at the house, and several villagers who loved to watch the excitement followed him on the way. Zhao Xiaowen's house is an ordinary brick house, the walls are all made of yellow mud, only the foundation is plastered with a thin layer of cement, Jia Lei estimates that the cement may have been added in the last two years. Jia Lei knew that this house was built ten years ago after a little inquiry, and he had a score in his heart.

"The house is a little old, the tiles are a little broken, and I have to replace the tiles again after I bought them, and the window frames are also painted......" Jia Lei walked around the house with his hands behind his back, picking faults while walking, how to bargain if he didn't find faults. Many villagers looked at him like a little adult!

"I know all of what you're talking about, and if it weren't for the fact that this house is old and broken, I wouldn't have sold it so cheaply. It's only four thousand eight! Uncle Zhao said.

You can't be unheard of the phrase "asking for money to pay back, don't you want to fool my nephew when I'm no longer there." Sanni ran over and spoke seven or eight meters away, Uncle Zhao lowered his head weakly, he really had this idea.

"Can the house be cheaper?" Jia Lei asked bluntly.

"Then it's cheaper, how about four thousand seven?" Uncle Zhao said.

"It's cheaper than a hundred yuan, it's cheap! It's worth four thousand!" Sanni said breathlessly.

"Four thousand is not good, absolutely not!" Uncle Zhao said.

"Four thousand one?", "Four thousand and one hundred!", "Four thousand three?", "No, four thousand six!......

Sanni and Uncle Zhao began to bargain back and forth, and finally after some quarrels, the price was set at 4,500 yuan. During this period, Jia Lei never interjected, he was very manly and looked at the house back and forth with the shelf.

As a "real" man, Jia Lei disdains such a thing as bargaining!

"Uncle Zhao, we are all from the village, we all know everything in the village, can we first set the boundary between the foundation wall and the vegetable garden before we give money? I don't want to quarrel with the neighbors because of a tree and half a brick in the future, but I am an outsider, and the people in the village will be in the village when the time comes, isn't it clear who they will face!" Jia Lei said.

Even if there is still a story of Six Feet of Renyi Lane in ancient times, it is in the textbooks of primary schools in the 90s, to put it bluntly, it is the story of two families who were officials fighting for the top of the wall in ancient times.

"Yes, yes, yes! I almost forgot about it! This year, the Ye Xing family and the Feng Feng family in our tun were built because of the courtyard wall, and you are going to draw the baseline for us today. It's not enough to just let you draw it yourself, you have to call all the neighbors out to make sure it happens. Sanni hurriedly followed.

This time it was lively, and half of the people in the village came out to see the excitement. As expected, when the foundation was drawn, there was a problem! The aunt next door and Uncle Zhao quarreled over the fence of the vegetable garden.

Jia Lei listened to their quarrel, but Sanni listened to it with relish like everyone else, so she almost applauded and cheered. Jia Lei had no choice but to find a way to solve it by himself, and he took a closer look at the controversial place.

At that time, the fences in the countryside were all tied up by people who found some thorny shrubs, and many of them were alive! They grew up and the fence was crooked, and this is how the fence of Uncle Zhao's house protruded into a small piece to the next door.

"You two don't quarrel, I don't want this place next door!" Jia Lei said, Uncle Zhao was not happy to hear it.

"This is my room, why are you messing around?" Uncle Zhao asked angrily.

"Do you mean you don't want to sell?" Jia Lei asked him, and Uncle Zhao stopped talking.

"Don't feel distressed, after the house is bought, I have to build a wall with bricks, and the wall should be built in a straight line, and this land will still be outside at that time, so it is better to give it directly to the neighbor as a personal favor. Jia Lei said.

＊＊＊＊

After the price was negotiated, the foundation was drawn, Jia Lei directly asked for two blank pieces of paper and set up a contract, and he told Uncle Zhao that he would go to the town government to transfer the money on the fifth day of the new year.

"This house is much cheaper than in the city, and I really want to buy one! It's a pity that I only have a thousand yuan to buy it!" Sanni said with a little regret.

"Girl, do you want to buy a house? I'll sell you a house for a thousand dollars. A man in his twenties suddenly came up and grabbed Sanni's hand and said, Sanni immediately shook off his hand in disgust and stayed away from him.

"Let's see?" Jia Lei walked up to Sanni and said, he remembered that Pudong was going to be developed in two years, and now as long as he can buy a house, he will definitely make money.

Sanni was very unhappy and pulled Jia Lei to follow the young man, although Jia Lei had already prepared for a thousand-yuan house in his heart, but when he saw the thatched house that was similar to the house of the African natives, his jaw was still shocked, and his jaw was about to fall. The door of the house was broken, and the house was empty, and even the pot was taken away. Fortunately, it hasn't leaked yet!

Jia Lei didn't finish the room here, and there was a fight outside, it turned out that the young man who pulled them over just now was the fourth child in the family, and there was a sister and two brothers on top. This house was lived in by their father when he was alive, and now I heard that someone bought it and the other two brothers came to their house.

Jia Lei listened for a while and found that none of the three sons were filial, and when the old man was alive, he was kicked out and taken care of by his married daughter, but after he died, he all came to fight for the family property. These three brothers actually fought because they couldn't divide it into three parts because of a thousand yuan, Jia Lei glanced at them with disdain and walked to the woman who was said to be their sister.

"Later, when the contract is made, you can sign it, and I'll give you a hundred dollars. Jia Lei said that the woman looked at him in disbelief and didn't understand what he meant.

"Why should he, a married woman, share the old man's inheritance?" asked the second child.

"If she doesn't divide it, you can continue to fight, I'll go to the village chief to buy another piece of land in the village! Anyway, the land in the village is cheap, and it won't cost a thousand yuan, and without her signature, I'm afraid that someone will find me to fight an inheritance lawsuit in the future." Jia Lei said.

As soon as the three brothers heard this, they immediately stopped fighting, and if this thatched house made of yellow mud was left uninhabited for a year, it was guaranteed to collapse, and it would be worth a penny at that time.

So Jia Lei and Sanni signed a contract to buy a house with the two families under the witness of the village chief, and they also went to the town government to transfer their ownership on the fifth day of the new year.

＊＊

"Village chief, let me ask if the thatched house has no house deed, is it okay?" Jia Lei specially asked the village chief of this village before signing the contract.

"Houses in the countryside are like this, whoever lives in it is whoever, as long as the village agrees, not everyone has procedures. It costs money to approve the formalities!" said the village, ignoring it.

Jia Lei immediately took out half a box of special cigarettes from his pocket, smoked one and handed it over, the village chief took the cigarette of this unseen brand, lit it and took a puff, and immediately noticed that this was a rare good cigarette.

"What brand of cigarettes are good?" asked the village chief.

Jia Lei was waiting for his words, he deliberately brought out this cigarette today to load 13.

"This is a special cigarette that can only be smoked by officials in the capital, and I have not bought it on the market, and I also gave it to a relative. If you feel good, take it all, I don't know anything and don't know anyone in the town, can you help me go to the town to transfer the formalities on the fifth day of the junior high school?" Jia Lei said and pushed the cigarette forward.

Giving gifts and asking the village chief to help with the transfer of ownership is just one of the meanings, Jia Lei really wants to rely on this box of special cigarettes to calm the village chief, so that in the future, the village chief will not look at the trouble that the village chief wants to find his own trouble, and he will be more or less afraid of the forces behind him to stop the villagers.

Personal debts are the most difficult to repay, Jia Lei will never trouble his mayor godfather if he is not necessary, always use trivial things to trouble his godfather, sooner or later he will be disgusted, after all, the godfather is not his own father!