Liang Chuan cured He Baozheng's cow, He Baozheng heard that he was not the first cow to suffer, and immediately collected the cow rope and prepared to pull the cow home, and by the way, Liang Chuan recruited the two brothers to his home.

He Baozheng asked Liang Chuan and Zhaodi to sit at home, led the cow to the cowshed by himself, and added a handful of forage.

At this time, a young woman came in from outside the door, with a headscarf wrapped around her head to prevent her hair from coming down, holding a little girl in her left hand, holding a half-faced water scoop in her right hand, and walked in directly without any expression on her face.

He Baozheng happened to return to the middle hall, and suddenly saw a woman coming in directly with a child, and she didn't scold or say anything else, but her face was so black that ink could drip out, and her breathing was obviously a little messy.

The young woman led the child to He Baozheng, Liang Chuan stood beside him, as if Liang Chuan and Zhaodi did not exist, and looked at He Baozheng straight from beginning to end, until he walked to He Baozheng, pushed the little girl to He Baozheng, and said, "Niu'er, don't call grandpa soon." ”

The child was only three or four years old, although the clothes were simple but quite clean, a small face was white, but not very ruddy, looking at He Baozheng timidly, according to her mother's instructions, she called out crisply: "Grandpa." ”

The little girl's voice is quite good, but it seems a little rusty, and it makes people feel sad in their ears.

He Baozheng is only in his forties, and it is normal for a grandfather to be in his forties in this era, and his hair is gray, which is more worthy of this title, but He Baozheng's mouth is like a dry chimney, so dry that he can't make any sound, and looks at the little girl who greeted him distressedly, his eyes are a little red, and it took a long time for his throat to make a sound and say: "Hmm... Well.. A pair of big rough hands caressed the little girl's head lovingly.

The young woman didn't speak until He Baozheng spoke, and said, "Dad, there is no rice at home, I will bring Niu'er to borrow some rice from you." ”

He Baozheng listened to her, the muscles on his cheeks trembled and looked like Liang Chuan and Brother Zhao were shocked next to him, as if a volcano that had been holding back for a long time was about to erupt in a moment, the green tendons on his forehead were high, he glanced at Liang Chuan and Brother Zhao next to him, forcibly suppressed his anger, and pointed to the inner room, "Go find your mother, she is inside." ”

The young woman still had no expression on her face, and led the little girl into the house without saying a word.

He Baozheng looked at her like this, full of helplessness, and let out a "sigh!" ”

He Baozheng looked at Liang Chuan and Brother Zhao and said, "Let you see and laugh." Liang Chuan knew that this was someone's own family matter, and no matter how much he said, it didn't sound like a good thing in people's ears, so he didn't answer it directly, and asked directly: "He Baozheng, where did we just talk?" ”

"Do you really want to buy land?"

"This is natural, my house was burned last night, the family has to have a place to go."

He Baozheng, as the person in charge of this Helu Village, must take responsibility for the turmoil that has occurred in this village, and he can solve the ordinary trivial matters by himself, but if he encounters such a big and important case as a robbery, murder, and arson, he must report to the county government and let the county send someone to solve it.

Last night, he didn't know that Liang Chuan's grass house had burned down, and now that he heard Liang Chuan say this, if there is a correct answer in the government in the future, he must ask clearly.

"What's going on? Gone water? ”

"I don't know what's going on yesterday, I fell asleep with Yi Niang and I suddenly gave it to the roof, the fire burned too fiercely, and a good house will be left with a mess of scum in a while."

"It wasn't arson, was it?"

"That shouldn't be. When we ran out, we also saw other people, besides, Yiniang and I went out less on weekdays and interacted less with people, which shouldn't offend anyone and make people retaliate. ”

"That's good, I have an answer when someone in the county asks me about you. Since the house has burned, it is necessary to build a new one. How do you want to cover it, do you know where to ask for a master? ”

Liang Chuan looked around at the house where He Baozheng lived, and said with a smile, "I think He Baozheng's house is very good, tall and bright, almost like you." ”

As soon as He Baozheng heard Liang Chuan's words, a mouthful of old blood almost didn't spurt out of his mouth, looking at Liang Chuan's eyes were straight, his mouth was a little quirky, and he asked: "It's not that I'm too talkative, my old man thinks that he relies on these real estate inherited from his ancestors, and he has been busy all his life and has no ability to say that he will add face to his ancestors and build this big house like this, Liang San, you can neither do business nor serve crops, do you have the ability to start such a big house?" ”

Liang Chuan knew that others would be suspicious, and there had to be a reasonable explanation for this problem, so he said: "I met Zheng Yuanwai in Xinghua a few days ago, he was not bad, and he borrowed me some silver taels, so that I could get through the difficulties when I encountered difficulties, how could I have that ability, He Baozheng, what you can't do, boy, I don't have the ability to do it." ”

He Baozheng smiled, a little nostalgic for his grandfather's style, although the memory was a little vague, but it still reminded him of the spirit of his grandfather who built this big mansion back then, when he was still a yellow-haired boy, and now his hair is gray, and the years are not forgiving.

"Borrow yours? How much can I borrow, when my grandfather built this mansion, he spent thousands of dollars before and after, didn't I say you, Xinghua still has such a big landlord and old wealth can borrow so much money from you? Introduced to the old man to know him, and I also borrowed some from him, and I also lent interest. ”

Liang Chuan is not poor with him, and the more he explains, the darker it will become.

He Baozheng saw that he didn't speak, and it was boring to ask too much about other people's money, and said: "I don't care how your money comes from, but as long as it is money from unknown sources, I will definitely send you to the official, you have to be careful." ”

Liang Chuan said with a smile: "He Baozheng, you have 10,000 hearts, my money comes innocently, if the origin is unknown, don't bother you to send me to the official, I will go to the county master to surrender!" ”

This He Baozheng was heartbroken for the government, and he didn't leave the official in three sentences, such an enthusiastic village cadre is really rare!

At this time, He Baozheng's daughter had already led the little girl out of the back room, the half scoop of gourd was filled with snow-white rice, the little girl was still timid, seeing that everyone was scared, the woman's eyes were full of tears, she couldn't bear to let the tears flow, and took the child through the three of them, and walked back directly.

Liang Chuan and Brother Zhao, like trees on the side of the road, didn't react at all, and didn't dare to react. Until the two backs, one large and one small, disappeared outside the door. He Baozheng sighed heavily, his face seemed to be older.

"I'm good at everything, but a few children make me unhappy. Sweet! ”

He Baozheng continued what he just said: "Liangchuan, you are not from our Helu Village, but after you build a house and buy land in our Helu Village, you will be from our Helu Village from now on. This is my admonition to you from someone who has come before. ”

Liang Chuan looked solemn and said, "The kid has been taught. ”

He Baozheng said: "Since you have thought about joining our village, then I can't be too stingy, I will do whatever I need to help." How big of land do you want to buy? ”

Liang Chuan said: "Our yard extends a little outside, almost as big as your house, but I may occupy a little more, and I will build a few more houses at that time." ”

He Baozheng looked at it, calculated it in his mind, and said: "Then you can buy two acres, you can't finish as much as you want to build in the future, and you can also build a yard, which can plant a lot of flowers and plants." ”

"Two acres, wouldn't that be a little too big?"

"Big? One acre is also bought, two acres is also bought, not so bad, it's bigger anyway, it's your own home, and the land near your home is cheap, don't give it away. ”

"Isn't it true that each acre of land costs two dollars? Why don't you want to give it away to everyone? ”

"Two? Why don't you rob it, those dry lands can be worth hundreds of dollars to the sky, hehe, two dollars, see those fertile paddy fields on the south bank, those fields are more than four or five per acre, those are fertile paddy fields, and these dry lands that can't beat a few catties of grain are not the same price, where did you hear that the land in front of your house should be two? ”

Why is the land on the north bank barren, the north bank is dry land, although there is a Nanxi on the side, but the height difference between the river bank is too big, the water can't get up, along the river is okay, those land near Hulu Mountain no one wants it at all, it's worthless.

Those dry terrain are the same as mountains, and there are many mountains in Fengshan, and no one wants to plant them for nothing.

Liang Chuan didn't go to see Brother Zhao, touched his head with his hand, laughed, and laughed at himself: "That may be that I heard it wrong, too, I see a lot of such land being barren, and no one goes to plant it, how can it be valuable." ”

"These lands are worthless, and they can't produce food, but as long as the land is in their own name, they must pay taxes to the government on time every year according to the number of acres of land.

Liang Chuan did not speak.

"So these lands are all deserted, they have all left the place of He Lu, fled the fields, and occasionally there are people who come back, but there are too few. He Lu used to have a lot of excellent young men, but now there are fewer and fewer men, maybe in a few years, our village may be gone. Now that the good offspring has money, he will go to Xinghua, who still guards this place. ”

He Baozheng continued: "The land in front of your house has been deserted for some years, and the house where you used to live has been deserted for several years before you lived in it. Now if you want to buy land, you have to go to the county government to find someone, He Lu, I know, those landlords have been running for many years. ”