Regarding Wang Ruiniang's begging Aunt Zhang to come and say goodbye to Ran'er, Ran'er and Qinglian didn't tell anyone, and the two sisters were not people who talked about other people's strengths and weaknesses behind their backs. Although Aunt Zhang is a matchmaker, her mouth has always been very strict, and she has not spread it around. This matter was gradually forgotten by the sisters, and it was only remembered when they occasionally saw the Wang family. The two sisters just acted as if nothing had happened, how they said hello before, and how they still greeted each other now.

After June, in July, the sisters began to pick up grass mushrooms, and every day as soon as the sun appeared, they went to the grass around the bamboo forest behind the house, picked them up, wore them in strings, and hung them on the fence wall to dry.

Since the new house was built, the fence yard has become a lot bigger, and in the past, Rhubarb and Xiao Hei had to go outside the yard if they wanted to have fun, but now they can barely run around the yard. However, Qinglian didn't like it very much, every time Rhubarb and Little Black ran crazy in the yard, they would make those chickens panic. Qinglian would take a branch and pretend to beat rhubarb to drive them out. Ran'er and Qinglian have never really beaten rhubarb, and the sisters can't forget the scene of rhubarb standing in the snow in front of the house with a rabbit in their mouths on a snowy day that year. Rhubarb has already become a member of the fence courtyard in the hearts of the sisters.

As the day came to the end of July, the heavy ears of rice in the field began to turn yellow, and Ran Er and Qinglian often went to the edge of the field to have a look, and estimated the yield of this year's rice.

On July 29, after lunch, the two sisters walked around for a while and came to the rice field. Seeing that Uncle Zhao, who was also there, stepped forward to say hello:

"Uncle Zhao also came to see the grain?"

"Oh, it's Ran'er and Qinglian. I'm not idle, I'm fine, so I'll come and have a look. This year's millet is growing well, and it is not a problem to see that five or six stones per mu can be beaten in this way. ”

"Uncle Zhao's land has three acres, and he can harvest seventeen or eighteen stone millet, which is enough for the uncle and the aunt to eat for two years."

"We eat so much where the old couple eats, and it's not all for your brother and sister-in-law in the city."

Uncle Zhao and his wife have only one son, Zhao Daliang, who is now doing business in the county town and rarely comes back. During the New Year's holidays, most of them invite the second elder to the city.

"Uncle hasn't been in the city to follow Da Liang's big brother to enjoy the blessings, why are you still farming at home?"

Qinglian spoke much more directly.

"I wanted us to go to the city a long time ago, but I couldn't let go of these three acres of land. Some time ago, I sent someone to move everything that could be moved from the house, saying that after harvesting this stubble of rice, I would let someone come and take me and your aunt to the city. It seems that if you don't go this time, you have to go. It's easy to say anything else, but I can't bear this kind of land for a few lifetimes. ”

"The land can be rented or sold, even if it is sold, when you want to come back in the future, you can buy it again, why should the uncle be like this?"

"Where do you doll know this? In a good year like today, the land is easy to sell, but it is not easy to buy. When it is a cheap year, the land is easy to buy but not easy to sell. Countryside people will not buy or sell land, and land is our lifeblood. ”

Qinglian was a little confused by Uncle Zhao's sentence that it was easy to sell and a good to buy, but she didn't ask anything again. Ran Er asked:

"Uncle Zhao, is he going to sell, or is he going to rent?"

"Isn't it difficult to rent it out according to my meaning and sell it according to my child's meaning."

The sisters talked to Uncle Zhao again and returned home. Qinglian asked Ran'er:

"Is my sister tempted by Uncle Zhao's three acres of paddy fields?"

"As far as Xiao Lian'er is clever, she can guess immediately if her sister has any thoughts."

"Hehe, it's not that Lian'er is clever, it's that the desire in my sister's eyes is too obvious, if it weren't for Uncle Zhao's embarrassment about whether to sell or rent, I'm afraid I would have seen it."

"Is it that obvious?"

"Hmm."

"My sister really wants to buy those three acres of land, and when I buy it, it happens to be connected with the two acres left by my mother, which is much more convenient to cultivate."

"Why don't we go to Grandpa Li to discuss, okay?"

"That's the only way, I hope Grandpa Li didn't take a fancy to Uncle Zhao's three acres of land."

Ran Er thought in her heart, if the Li family also wanted it, they could only cut their love. Ran Er was worried that someone else would get it first, so she came to Grandpa Li's house that evening. After explaining his intentions, Grandpa Li was surprised again. The last time he built a house, the sisters surprised him once, and this time they wanted to buy land, and it was three acres.

"Let's not talk about whether Zhao Lao Er is selling or renting, I've heard about it. Do you two have the money to buy it? ”

"Grandpa, I don't know how much land like Uncle Zhao costs per mu?"

"If you don't say anything, it will cost eight taels of silver per acre. Three acres of land, plus taxes, will cost at least twenty-five taels. ”

"Oh, grandpa, when my mother left, I left some money for Ran'er, but Ran'er didn't move. Although it is not much, if you make it together, you can still make it up. Ran'er wanted to trouble Grandpa and talk to Uncle Zhao. If it weren't for the fact that the three acres of paddy fields were next to our two acres, I wouldn't have wanted to buy land. ”

"Since you really want it, Grandpa will go and ask for it. What if Zhao Lao Er only rents and doesn't sell? ”

"As long as the rent is reasonable, we'll do it."

After returning home, Ran'er began to look forward to it with trepidation. Uncle Xu is Uncle Zhao was also really embarrassed, and it was not until the rice was harvested and winter wheat was about to be planted that the news came. Grandpa Li came to Ran'er's house in person.

"Zhao Lao Er promised to sell it, I heard that it was your sisters who asked for it, and it was also very refreshing, the price was twenty-five taels, and he paid the tax."

"Thank you, grandpa."

Seeing that Qinglian was going to pour water, Grandpa Li stopped:

"Don't be busy, bring the silver, go to the house with grandpa, and after a while, Zhao Lao Er and the village chief will go over, and the village chief and I will be the guarantor."

Ran'er knew that after the matter was completed, he would have to thank the guarantor, at least he would invite the guarantor to have a banquet. Originally, this kind of thing was either arranged at the seller's house or at the buyer's house, but today it was arranged at Grandpa Li's house, and it is estimated that Grandpa Li wants to save Ran'er a banquet. After thinking about it in his heart, he asked Qinglian to sit with Grandpa Li for a while, went back to the house by himself, counted the silver coins, and took an extra five hundred copper coins, all of which were put in the basket, picked up twenty eggs, covered them with a blue cloth, and then came out and said to Grandpa Li:

"Grandpa, it's all ready, let's go."

Ran Er and Qinglian followed behind Grandpa Li, and came to Li's house in a short time, and saw that Uncle Zhao and the village chief were already waiting in the house, and Grandma Li and Li Shun were talking together.

"Uncle Zhao is here early?"

"I'm causing trouble for the village chief."

"Grandma, Uncle Shun."

Ran Er entered the room and put the basket at her feet, and after greeting a few people one by one, she took the seat handed by Li Shun and sat down. The next thing is very simple, the price is set, the guarantor has it, it's just a matter of writing a paperwork. Ran'er handed the money to Grandpa Li, and after Grandpa Li and the village chief looked at it, he handed it to Uncle Zhao. The four of them drew a pledge on the paperwork, and after signing, they just waited for Uncle Zhao to go to the county to pay the tax and stamp the county government's big seal on the title deed, and the matter was clear.