Chapter 41: Rouge Gouache
In the evening, Village Chief He came to Xiao Ding's house. After the greetings, the village chief asked Tian Dabao about Xiaoding's purchase of land.
In fact, after Xiaoding came back from the village chief's house, he told his family that he wanted to buy land. According to Tian Dabao's meaning, he only bought the land in his yard, and he could buy it for only ten taels or twenty taels.
But Xiao Ding disagreed, saying that the land in the yard was too small, and he would have to buy it again if it was not enough in the future, which was too troublesome. It's better to buy more land at a time and use it to do something later.
Tian Dabao didn't know that Xiao Ding still had silver to sell ginseng, and thought to himself that more than 30 taels of silver, after buying the yard, no matter how much he bought, there would not be much more, and the silver was in Xiao Ding's hands, and it was all exchanged for Xiao Ding's life, so Tian Dabao stopped talking.
Li has never had many opinions, as long as Tian Dabao does not object, she basically will not object. Several children have always been full of yearning to buy land and build a house, and they don't care how much money they spend.
So when the village chief asked Tian Dabao, Tian Dabao nodded, indicating that he already knew about it. This time, the village chief didn't say anything more, chatted for a while, and then got up and left Tian's house.
That night, the second girl took off her coat and skirt again and got into Xiaoding's bed.
Originally, Xiao Ding bought two more futons in the county during the day and came back for backup. Last time, I bought it according to the head, but it turned out that Tang Yunzhi came, and there was one less bed. This time, Xiaoding bought a futon, and he also wanted to let the second girl sleep alone in a quilt.
But Erniu disagreed, and said that Xiaoding didn't hate her and wanted to divorce her.
Xiao Ding was speechless for a while. Looking at the narrow shack, the two of them sleeping separately will indeed be a little cramped. looked at the aggrieved little face of the second girl again, and thought to himself, forget it, let's just do it like this, and then sleep separately after buying the land and building the house.
The second girl was naturally overjoyed when she saw that Xiao Ding agreed, and she opened Xiao Ding's quilt and slipped in. Then he suddenly remembered something, and slipped out of the bed, crawling into the inner corner of the shack and rummaging through it.
Xiao Ding looked at the second girl wearing only a belly pocket and obscene pants, and the obscene pants were still open crotch, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Although the second girl is young and her development is not good, she is also a half-grown child, so it is indeed a little indecent to be naked underneath.
He suddenly thought that in the original world, women's underwear and underwear styles could not only cover shame, but also show a sexy figure, and it was also very convenient to wear.
The second girl Xiao'e and they have all learned to be female red since they were children, and they can do needlework such as sewing clothes and embroidering handkerchiefs. Xiao Ding thought that when he had time to buy some paper and pens and come back, draw the drawings of the underwear, and let the two girls make a few clothes to wear by themselves.
Erniu quickly took a cloth bag from the corner, which was the same bag that Xiao Ding used to hold silver during the day. When he came back, he handed the cloth bag to Erniu and asked her to hide it in the shack.
More than 200 taels of silver, there are four of 50 taels of ingots, and there are three 10 taels of ingots, plus some other scattered pieces of silver, which are also bulging in their pockets, and Xiao Ding can't always carry them with him.
"Xianggong, how much silver is this, why is it so heavy?" The second girl held the silver pocket in her arms, put her hand into the pocket and fumbled, with a look of love.
"It's more than two hundred and thirty taels in total." Xiao Ding replied truthfully.
"So much? Did you get it by selling ginseng? "Erniu has never seen so much silver when she is so big, and she is even more reluctant to let go when she holds her pocket.
"Well, that ginseng plant is hundreds of years old, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy directly offered me a price of two hundred taels." Xiao Ding said.
"How much silver will it cost to buy land tomorrow?" Erniu asked.
"I can't say this well, it is estimated that it will be a few dozen taels, and if it is more, it may have to be spent......" Xiao Ding guessed.
"Ah......" The second girl heard that it might be all spent, and she was very reluctant.
After feeling distressed for a long time, the second girl whispered again: "Xianggong, discuss something with you......"
Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the matter?" ”
"Xianggong, can you leave me a little silver?" After speaking, the second girl looked directly at Xiao Ding's face, looking like she was afraid of being rejected.
"Yo, what do you want to buy for money?" Xiao Ding asked strangely.
"I want to ......, I want to ......, I want to buy some rouge ......" The voice gradually lowered, and the second girl lowered her head, not daring to look at Xiaoding.
"Oh, I see!" Xiao Ding suddenly realized, and suddenly he felt a little blamed in his heart, saying that he was a man after all, he didn't understand the needs of girls, and he went to the county twice to buy so many things, but he didn't buy girls' favorite cosmetics and jewelry.
Girls have a love of beauty, and so do children from poor families.
The second girl actually saw Tang Yunzhi using rouge gouache and wearing a lot of jewelry on her head, and she was very envious. Only then did he weakly propose it to Xiao Ding, but he only said rouge, and he didn't dare to ask for more, and he didn't dare to mention the jewelry.
"If Xianggong thinks that the silver is not enough, Erniu can also do without it......" Erniu saw Xiaoding in a daze, thinking that he had committed a stupid illness again, and hurriedly withdrew his words.
Xiao Ding stroked Erniu's face, and said with a smile: "Buy it, you must buy it, and the next time the husband enters the city, I will definitely help you buy some rouge gouache back, as well as jewelry, if I have enough money, I will buy more for you!" ”
"Really, Xianggong! I like you so much! The second girl was so happy that she didn't know what to say, she suddenly kissed Xiao Ding on the face, and then blushed and lay on Xiao Ding's chest like every day, not daring to look at Xiao Ding anymore.
"Okay, let's sleep, and I'll finish buying the land tomorrow." Xiao Ding stroked Erniu's hair and said.
"Hmm!" The second girl responded obediently, put the silver pocket in her hand aside, and then lay on Xiao Ding's chest......
The next morning, Village Chief He took Xiao Ding, as well as his two grandsons, He Nian and He Bi, to measure the land together.
The method of measurement is very simple, first find a long rope, measure the length with a ruler, and tie a knot at the position of each foot, five feet, and one zhang. Then after tying the knot at the position of five zhang and ten zhang, you can use a rope to measure.
In this era, it is customary to measure the length with zhang, ruler, and inch. The ten-zhang rope is about 30 meters long, and it is much more convenient to use the rope to measure the land.
After measuring the data, the results were calculated, and the land in the west of the village plus the yard of Xiaoding's family was about 37 acres of land; The circumference of that small hill was measured to cover an area of about sixty-two acres.
After lunch, Village Chief He took Xiaoding to the town to find Baozheng from Luoxia Town to go through the land registration procedures.
In this era, Bao Zheng was equivalent to the mayor of a township.
Xiao Ding brought the silver, drove the donkey cart, carried the village chief He, chatted all the way, and came to the town.
Through chatting with the village chief, Xiao Ding knew that the country he was in now was called the Great Song Dynasty, and he thought it was the Great Song Dynasty in ancient China, but the village chief said, "What is the Great Song Dynasty?" It's the Great Song Kingdom, not the Great Song Dynasty! ”
The emperor of the Great Song Kingdom was surnamed Song, not the Southern Song Dynasty of the Zhao family that Xiao Ding knew, nor the Liu Song State that replaced the Eastern Jin Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The Great Song Dynasty is divided into 16 states, and the state where Luoxia County is located is called Yongzhou. Xiao Ding couldn't figure out where this Yongzhou was. Obviously, this Great Song Kingdom is no longer the history that Xiao Ding knows, and the division of national regions is naturally different from the division that Xiao Ding knows.
Village Chief He hadn't read much, and he had never traveled far in his life, so he naturally couldn't tell the specific location of Yongzhou. However, he knew that Yongzhou was in the north of the Great Song Kingdom, and he had also heard that it was not too far from the Great Xia Kingdom and the Great Uighur Kingdom to the west of the Great Song Kingdom, as well as the Great Hara Kingdom to the north.
"The Great Song Kingdom, the Great Xia Kingdom, the Great Uighur Kingdom, the Great Hara Kingdom, could it be that the names of the countries of this era all like to use the word 'big'?" Xiao Ding muttered silently.
"Haha, you're really right! I have heard that in the northeast of the Great Song Kingdom, there are also the Great Turgyo Kingdom, the Great Goryeo Kingdom, the Great Tubo Kingdom, the Dali Kingdom, and the Great Southern Barbarian Kingdom in the south......" Village Chief He actually overheard it from an army general during the conscription more than ten years ago.
Xiao Ding: "......"
Some of these countries are familiar with their names, while others have never heard of them at all.