Early the next morning, Lin Zimo was picked up early, and after getting dressed, he found that Lin Huaide was also wearing a new tuft, revealing a white middle coat under the dark gray cocoon silk robe. Seeing his son looking at him, Lin Huaide smiled "hehe": "Your mother is afraid of embarrassing you, so she drove me out with a dress last night."

Lin Zimo nodded, the Lin family used to be a well-off family, and they wanted to save face, but they really had no choice after the defeat, but now that they have the conditions, they must wear decently when they go out.

He followed Lin Huaide to the county seat on the ox cart. It was easy to get to the county seat, and Lin Zimoti, who was about to fall apart, said: "Dad, let's buy a carriage too, and it will be indispensable to go out in the future, and it will be convenient to come and go." "And my dad is wearing a silk robe to drive an ox cart, how unpleasant it looks like.

Lin Huaide, who was sitting on the wheel, nodded while paying attention to pedestrians: "I know, it's time to buy, the car is easy to buy, but the horse is not easy to buy." Lin Zimo was curious: "Why?" Are horses contraband? Lin Huaide smiled: "Sort of, but the check is not strict, you can still buy it if you have money, but there are too few horses flowing into the people, and generally just a few horses come out, they are robbed, so you have to wait for the opportunity, mules and donkeys are easy to buy." ”

He sighed: "I really can't buy it, so let's buy a healthy mule, that thing runs fast." ”

When I arrived at Liu Langzhong's pharmacy, there was already a man in his fifties waiting, short in stature, with a shrewd face and a wisp of goatee. After Liu Langzhong's introduction, it was the southern merchant who wanted to sell Xiao Zhuangzi - Master Wang.

After greeting for a while, the group ran to a small farm located more than ten miles south of the county seat. This small Zhuangzi is closer to Linjia Village than the county seat, and it looks like a shortcut of about 20 miles.

Sitting in Liu Langzhong's car, Liu Langzhong said with a smile: "Your family now has some conditions, you should buy a carriage." Lin Zimo nodded: "My father also said so, but he couldn't meet the right one at that time." "Yes, it's just that opportunities are not easy to find in the county seat, and the horses are generally almost sold out in the state capital, and the capital city is rare." After thinking about it, he said: "In this way, my family only brought three horses from the capital, and one of them was not needed at that time, so I will give it to your family first, and I will have the opportunity to change it at home, and there are many opportunities in the capital." ”

The father and son of the Lin family were very grateful, and it was useless to say extra words, so they had to have the opportunity to repay: "Then thank you Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu will be useful to my house in the future, just speak." Lin Huaide also nodded violently: "Thank you, Brother Liu, I am clumsy and can't speak, if you have something to do, please feel free to speak." ”

Get off the road, the road to the small Zhuangzi is not bad, you can see that there is usually maintenance, relatively straight, but also relatively flat, poplar trees are planted on both sides of the road, green and quiet, plus the planning of a very good square field, look particularly comfortable. Lin Zimo was very satisfied with this. It may be a private manor with hired workers to maintain it, but no one in an ordinary village will take care of such things.

There were a few people standing at the edge of the village, who greeted them from a distance. The leader was a man in his thirties, with a bronzed face and a tall body dressed in a muslin shirt, and he looked strong. Several people followed behind, all wearing coarse cloth clothes, looked at the people who got off the car, and stammered with a smile.

Master Wang pointed to the man and introduced: "This is Zhuangtou Sun Er, usually when I am not here, he is taking care of here." Lin Zimo looked carefully, this Sun Er looked naïve, looking at the broad hands and feet of the bones, he knew that he was a capable person, and he did not be lazy and slippery and exploit the tenant farmers because he was the head of the village here. Lin Zimo nodded quietly, there is a familiar person who can use it, it saves a lot of trouble, and many things can be mastered quickly.

The group visited the courtyard of the two-entry blue brick house in Zhuangzi, which is the main courtyard of Master Wang here, surrounded by rows of adobe houses, and the tenants who live here.

600 acres of fields are superior, 300 acres of thin fields are also good, the overall planning of the neat atmosphere, there are 100 acres of thin alkaline land next to the thin field, surrounded by a large pond in the middle, the thin alkali land can not grow things, sparse and sparse land grows a lot of miscellaneous forests, green trees and clear water, the scenery is really good!

The father and son exchanged glances, were very satisfied with the place, and decided to buy it. After negotiation, the high-grade fields were counted at six taels of silver, the thin fields were two taels, the thin alkaline land and the pond were not counted, a total of four thousand two hundred taels of silver, and the manor was counted as one hundred taels for a dozen houses.

Both parties were very satisfied, and Master Wang was also in a hurry to return to his home in the south, and under the witness of Liu Langzhong, the two sides signed a contract. When Lin Huaide took out the four thousand three hundred taels of silver, his hands were trembling, one was happy to cure the land, and the other took out such a large sum of money just after he arrived, and he couldn't bear it in his heart.

After a few simple explanations to Sun Er, the Lin family's father and son and everyone returned to the county seat, and such a large deal was done, no matter what, they had to ask for a meal. Looking at the backs of everyone in the distance, Sun Er's honest face blossomed, since the new owner did not remove him and explained the matter, then, the position of the head of the village can still be done and earn an extra monthly money.

In the evening, a large family looked at the yellow horse and the beautiful carriage bought for thirty taels of silver, and their eyes widened in surprise. There are also hot land deeds, people are full of joy, with these land, it means that you can live a good life, you can go to school to study, you can buy real pen and paper to write.

After being happy for a long time, the Huang family asked the Zhou family to put away the title deed, and looked around at the children and grandchildren: "There are still 1,700 taels of silver left, and I will go to the patriarch's house tomorrow to see if there is any land to sell in the village, and some fields under the rule of the village, it is better to put things in the money, the fields will not be stolen, and they will not run away with long legs." "The patriarch also serves as the village head, managing the affairs of Linjia Village.

Lin Zimo interjected: "I also want to build a base and build a big house." "Everyone agrees that Chinese people have a common disease, they can wear less clothes, they can also eat less delicious food, and they must buy a house and land when they have money.

With everyone's heated discussion, Lin Zimo remembered the place he saw when he was playing pigweed: "At the entrance of the village, the open space on the north side of the road is good, next to the river, all the way to the official road, there are about dozens of acres." Everyone was in an uproar, and Zhou glanced at his son: "How big of a yard do you want to build?" Want dozens of acres of land? ”

Lin Zimo smiled: "It's impossible to build a house, the land there is better than the thin alkaline land, it's no problem to plant fruit trees, and if you grow fruit, it will also be a future income." Lin Huaide's eyes lit up, his family had a different name from the native village, at least, he had seen it in the city and knew the benefits of fruit trees. The villagers just planted jujube trees and pear trees in front of and behind the houses, and harvested some fruits to eat for themselves.

Lin Huaide clapped his hands and didn't say anything else, but their golden silk jujubes were transported to the city and ready to be sold.

Lin Zimo opened his mouth again: "There is one more thing, I built yì to donate one hundred taels of silver to the clan to repair the ancestral hall." "Since ancient times, the hatred of the rich has been strict, their family is still a village halfway back, and the relationship with the villagers is not too deep, and the cold family is rich, I am afraid that the clansmen will not be able to accept it, which will cause unnecessary trouble. This is the ancestral land, it is impossible to leave completely, so it is necessary to have a good relationship with the clansmen, and if you spend some money to repair the ancestral hall, almost all the villagers surnamed Lin can benefit.

Huang nodded and glanced at his grandson approvingly: "This is the money that should be spent, our family has been out for decades, and no one bullied us when we came back three years ago, which is good." Now that it is developed, it should be used to build an ancestral hall for the clan. ”

Lin Zihao touched his brother's head and said with a smile: "Is this still my brother?" How did you get so smart? Lin Zimo was startled, seeing that the eldest brother was joking, he was relieved, and thought that the eldest brother had seen something

The family laughed, and Zhou sewed the new clothes for the old lady, and looked up: "Your brother is already very smart, and his family is stained with his great light." Lin Zihan said with a smile: "Smart is smart, but I don't like to read." ”

Everyone laughed again, no matter which Lin Zimo was, he had a headache about studying, and his family knew it, and he was still anxious before, afraid that he would not be able to go to school in the future, and he would not be able to plant the land, and his life would be difficult in the future. Now the family conditions are good, thousands of acres of land, rented out can have enough food.

Lin Zimo pushed the second brother with his shoulder: "Second brother, let's not expose the short." Looking at the bitter look on his face, the laughter was even louder.

Lin Zimo is most satisfied with the use of candles, and the oil lamp is used all night, and his nose is black. The new quilt was only driven out of one bed, Lin Zihao and Lin Zihan agreed to cover the younger brother first, since he was a child, he was weak and sickly, and Lin Zimo's body became the unanimous concern of the family.

Covered with a soft quilt, although Lin Zimo was very embarrassed, he was physically and mentally comfortable. Comfortable cotton cloth, handmade cotton, compared to the modern noble dead high-end goods are not below at all.

"Poof" blew out the light, the three brothers lined up to sleep well, the sound of cooing was interrupted by a cough from Lin Huaide in the back room, in the quiet night, only gentle breathing came, although there is no network, no computer, no mobile phone, but warm