12. Chapter 12
Discovering the cave is equivalent to having a natural refrigerator, which makes Shen Ning have a lot of ideas, of course, before that, he has to buy this "refrigerator" back!
So, the original idea is even more obvious, anyway, sooner or later, you have to buy it, just go and buy it back now!
After thinking about it, Shen Ning went to the house to find Tang Yanxiu and asked him to accompany him to find Lizheng.
"Tang Yanxiu." Shen Ning knocked on the door, at this time, Tang Yanxiu usually rested in the room, or read a book.
"Come in."
Shen Ning pushed the door in, and sure enough, he saw Tang Yanxiu sitting on a chair, and on the table in front of him, there was a book.
I don't know where he got so many books!
Shen Ning has already begun to learn to write, so he naturally knows how expensive paper is in this world, and white paper is still the worst for a penny! Not to mention the books that are printed in volumes.
Looking at Shen Ning who entered the door, Tang Yanxiu said something that made him vomit blood.
"The five big characters I taught you, do you know?"
This is like a college student, who has no choice but to learn how to write with kindergarten students, but the teacher is still very uneasy, do you have to remind you to study hard, otherwise you will be illiterate......
Except for a mouthful of old blood, Shen Ning really didn't know what else to express his feelings.
It's just like learning a foreign language......
However, it is clear that everything is the same, why is the writing so bad......
Thinking about what Tang Yanxiu wrote, and then thinking about his โกโก of crawling words, Shen Ning is very self-aware not to waste paper.
"Got it." Aggrieved is aggrieved, you should still learn, it's just that if only it wasn't so awkward!
"Write it to me."
Tang Yanxiu looked at him with a smile, Shen Ning walked over, dipped some water, and wrote on the table one by one.
"I've learned." Tang Yanxiu was a little emotionally aware of Shen Ning's understanding, as far as he knew, if a person was over fifteen years old, it would be difficult to learn to write again, but he didn't expect Shen Ning to learn so quickly.
Five words a day, basically after teaching it twice, you can write it, and sometimes you can even draw inferences from one another and write other words.
If you are a kid, maybe you will also be a good material for the imperial examination!
Tang Yanxiu sighed in his heart, but Shen Ning was not satisfied at all, nothing else, it was just that the writing was too ugly!
In modern times, no matter how good he is, he writes with a beautiful block letter, what the hell is this messy character......
Seeing Shen Ning frowning, Tang Yanxiu knew what he was thinking, and he was a little emotional.
"Is there anything wrong with you?" Practicing calligraphy is not a matter of one or two days, you have to take your time, Tang Yanxiu can only divert Shen Ning's attention first.
"Well, can you accompany me to Lizheng's house?" Shen Ning told him his plans.
"You say, you want to buy that whole mountain?" Tang Yanxiu's expression was a little shocked.
"What's wrong? Isn't it okay? Shen Ning asked, in this world, the fields can be privately owned, as long as you pay the tax, no matter how much you buy, no one will care.
"Yes." Tang Yanxiu put away the complicated look on his face and began to think about the consequences of doing so.
If it is really as Shen Ning said, that karst cave has such a big effect, then it is worth buying it, even if it is to avoid disputes, it has to be bought, and when the time comes, no one will dare to say anything when the words are there, but is it really that valuable?
Thinking about what Shen Ning said, I have to say, it's really whimsical! But it's exciting.
"I'll accompany you to find Lizheng." Tang Yanxiu thought for a while, and finally agreed with Shen Ning's idea.
Seeing Tang Yanxiu agree, Shen Ning's eyes instantly narrowed with a smile.
"Don't worry, you'll definitely make a lot of money!" In fact, there was another reason why Shen Ning wanted to buy that cave, and that was his space.
In this way, a lot of things can be disguised......
The two walked all the way to Lizheng's house, occasionally saying hello to the villagers passing by.
"Boy Yan, Brother Shen, where are you going?"
"Go to Lizheng's house, find Uncle Lizheng for something!"
"It must be good, isn't it?" Since what happened last time, the people in the village know that Shen Ning and the two went up the mountain to find good things and make money, and later looked at the two of them buying this and that, and they confirmed this idea, and some villagers went up the mountain to look for it like the two of them, but they didn't find anything, some sighed that these two people were lucky, and some of them were red-eyed and said cool things behind their backs.
"This Brother Shen is like that, and now that he has money, I don't know what to do with this Yan boy's life in the future!"
The two also heard such and such rumors, and Shen Ning also went to talk to Tang Yanxiu, to the effect that as long as Tang Yanxiu did not dislike it, he would always live with him, and if Tang Yanxiu fell in love with other brothers one day, he could also tell him that he must have helped him get married in a beautiful manner.
Who knows, after listening to Shen Ning's words, Tang Yanxiu looked sad and depressed.
"Are you unwilling to be with me? I know I'm not in good health, and I don't have the ability to make money to make a good living, and if you really want to marry someone else, I don't have a problem. โ
Shen Ning's original intention was for Tang Yanxiu's sake, but he knew that the ending would become like this, so he was immediately anxious, and he almost swore that he didn't want anyone but Tang Yanxiu......
Later, after knowing someone's big-tailed wolf attributes, Shen Ning realized how wrong he was.
But now, the relationship between the two is getting better and better in the eyes of outsiders, and Shen Ning did not hide from Tang Yanxiu when he stuck to him intentionally or unintentionally.
Forget it, let him go......
Walking to the center of the village, I arrived at Li Zheng's house, with two wooden doors hanging on them, which were nothing in the eyes of Shen Ning and Tang Yanxiu, but they were extremely magnificent in the eyes of the villagers.
"Uncle Lizheng, are you at home?"
Shen Ning stood outside and shouted a few times, and after a while, a young man walked out.
"Are you looking for my father?" The young man looked at the two of them a few more times, and he was not to blame, but there were too many "rumors" in the village recently.
"Yes, let's find Uncle Lizheng and want to talk about buying land." This time it was Tang Yanxiu who spoke, and he had to say about buying a mountain, but not now.
Buying land? Shen Ning looked up suspiciously, but Tang Yanxiu motioned for him to wait a while. So Shen Ning stopped talking.
The young man walked in, and the two stood in the courtyard waiting, and after a while, Li Zheng came out.
"Boy Yan, you want to buy land?"
Li Zheng looked at Tang Yanxiu, with the shrewdness to see through personnel in his eyes.
"Second uncle, don't you invite me in to sit?" Tang Yanxiu was like a junior who hadn't seen his elders for a long time, "Boy Yan has always been in poor health, and he hasn't come to see the second uncle, so he really can't help it!" โ
"Hahaha, what are you talking about, come in and sit." Li is the only one in the village with high eyesight, as soon as he saw Tang Yanxiu, he knew that his life outside must not be simple, but he didn't talk much, but when he was about to go back to the old house, he helped him.
Entering the room, a few people sat down, and Tang Yanxiu said the true purpose of his coming.
"You say, you don't just want to buy land, you also have to buy mountains!" Li Zheng looked at Tang Yanxiu in surprise.
"Yes, buy a mountain, it's the one behind my house."
"That mountain has hundreds of acres, even if it is the cheapest barren mountain, it is not cheap to buy the whole mountain! Do you really want to buy it? โ
Someone wants to buy a barren mountain, Li Zheng naturally agrees, but the only thing is that he is afraid that he will not be able to take out the silver.
"Second uncle, you say, how much?"
Li Zheng looked at Tang Yanxiu, and seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he took out a booklet from the back room.
"The mountain behind your house is a total of three hundred and seventy-five acres, and one acre is five hundred and sixty-two taels according to one or two and a half."
Five hundred and sixty ...... Tsk, Shen Ning smacked his mouth, originally thought that his eight hundred taels was already a huge amount of money, but he didn't expect it to be gone as soon as he spent it.
"Uncle Lizheng ......"
Shen Ning just wanted to say if it could be cheaper, but Li Zheng spoke.
"Yan boy Fulang, don't worry."
Shen Ning's face was flushed by his title, but he didn't speak anymore to see what he wanted to say.
"However, it is recently estimated that farmers will reclaim wasteland, and the price will be as long as one or two, and they will not have to pay taxes for the first three years."
"So, only four hundred and fifty taels of silver?"
Shen Ning calculated, this directly saved more than a hundred taels of silver!
After that, the two bought a few more pieces of land, spending a total of fifty taels, but Shen Ning gave Li Zheng five hundred and ten taels.
"Listening to the ceremony, he is studying in the town, so this should be regarded as adding some paper and ink to him!"
Li Zheng didn't refuse and accepted it, but looking at Shen Ning's eyes, he became more and more kind.
The two went back to the house, and now they are only waiting for the people from the government to come and stamp the official documents.