The next day, Zhao Shen went to the chief's house.

"Aunt Zhao, why are you here, come in."

Chun Tao, who was playing at the door, was busy calling Zhao Shen.

Zhao Shen asked kindly, "Is your mother at home?" ”

"Here it is!" Chun Tao shouted loudly into the house: "Mother, Aunt Zhao has come to our house." ”

"Come in, come in." The Li Liu people in the house hadn't seen it yet, and the enthusiastic voice came out first.

As soon as he stepped into the door, Li Liu walked out quickly, and said with a smile on his face: "I always said that I wanted to go to your house, thank you Zhao Lan for teaching spring peach embroidery." ”

"The children are playing with it, thank you for it!" Zhao Shen excused himself.

"Playing with it, it's also teaching my spring peach! You don't know that I taught her embroidery at home, and it was like killing her, and I never sat down to study hard. She said that I didn't believe it when I went to your house to embroider, but I didn't think about it, and after a few days, I embroidered a decent handkerchief. Thank you so much, Lan'er. ”

Li Liu was very enthusiastic: "It's almost noon, just have a light meal here." ”

Zhao Shen hurriedly refused: "No, the family is still waiting for me to go back to get vegetables!" Qiu'er still has to watch and eat. ”

"That's it!" Li Liu was slightly disappointed, "Then tomorrow, bring the child with you tomorrow." ”

Zhao Shen was not very accustomed to Li Liu's enthusiasm, his expression was a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly got to the point: "You are too polite." Not to mention this, I came to ask how the price would be calculated if the wasteland behind my house was bought. ”

Li Liu thought for a while and suggested: "That's wasteland, you might as well buy the land next to Zhang Quan's house at the west end of the village, although that land is not good, it is better than the low-lying land with many trees growing behind your house!" ”

"It's not leaning on the doorstep. Is it convenient. Zhao Shen explained.

Li Liu sincerely persuaded: "That land is really not good, it will take a few days just to cut down trees." The ground is certainly not fertile, there is a small hill behind it, and when it rains, the rain drains directly down, and the ground must be flooded, and besides, there is still a water beach in the east. The land at the west end is just some weeds and stones, and if you clean it up, you can grow rice if you soak it for two more years. ”

Zhao Shen looked embarrassed and said, "Let's tell the truth!" It's Zhao Lan who wants to plant some fruit trees or something, if I buy land to grow food, I really can't plant it alone. You know, Da Zhuang doesn't come back much. ”

Li Liu paused before saying, "That's it! When Chun Tao's father comes back, I'll ask. This wasteland is really not worth it, although it was not taxed in the first year, but it was in the future. You think about it again. ”

After two days, Li Liu replied that the wasteland would be taxed according to one tael of silver in two years.

Zhao Shen bought the land behind the house under Zhao Lan's soft grinding and hard bubbles, and when he was measuring, at Zhao Lan's request, he also counted the beach land in the east by the way, and paid a total of three taels or four coins of silver.

The next day, Zhao Lan's grandmother came to the door with a fierce attitude.

"Ju'er, where is your mother?" Zhao Lan, who was embroidering flowers, heard the sound of talking at the door.

"Mother, grandma is here, mother!" Zhao Ju shouted loudly and ran in, "Sister, where is my mother?" Grandma came to find her mother. ”

"Coming, coming," Zhao Shen hurriedly walked out from the back of the house and said, "Mother, why are you here." ”

"Why am I here," the grandmother was very angry, like a lion about to get angry, and scolded Zhao Shen, "I don't come, you still ruined my son's family?" ”

Zhao Shen couldn't figure it out, and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter, mother?" Didn't I do anything? ”

Grandma pointed to the back of the house, and her fingers trembled: "Didn't do anything?" What are you doing? You bought the land behind the house! ”

Zhao Shen listened, lowered his head and replied: "I bought it." ”

Grandma Zhao's voice was high and sharp: "You ruined girl, that land that can't be wasted anymore, you still spent more than three taels of silver to buy it." My son's hard-earned work all year round has been lost by you. ”

Zhao Shen didn't speak, Zhao Ju said in a childish voice: "Grandma, that's not my father's money, that's my sister's money." My sister also wants to buy the land, so it can be useful. Last night, my sister told me that I would plant several kinds of fruit trees. In this way, my family has fruit to eat all year round, and my sister will build me a swing on which I can sit on and swing in mid-air, swinging back and forth, which is fun. ”

Zhao Ju said what Zhao Lan had said with anticipation on her face, and Zhao Lan couldn't wait to cover her mouth.

It's really a little girl who can't hide it.

Grandma Zhao looked at her beloved granddaughter and asked, "How much money does your sister make?" Where did you earn it? What do your little ones know? ”

Zhao Ju pursed her lips and said, "I don't understand, my sister's purse from the town has six taels of silver, which is the money my sister earned." My sister embroidered and made a lot of copper money, a lot. ”

Grandma Zhao listened, raised her head and asked Zhao Shen: "How much money does Lan'er make?" Still six taels? ”

Zhao Shen respectfully told Grandma Zhao the truth of the matter: "Lan'er can plant flowers, and two pots of flowers were sent to Mrs. Liu in the town two days ago, and Mrs. Liu rewarded her with six taels of silver. ”

Grandma Zhao asked suspiciously, "Flowers?" What flowers are so valuable? Spend six taels of silver, is this old lady Liu a fool? ”

"Mother, it's not that the flower is worth six taels of silver, it's the reward that the rich and noble like to spend."

"Give so much?" Grandma Zhao didn't seem to believe it, and turned her head to look at Zhao Lan.

"I was shocked when I saw it, I had never seen so much money." Zhao Lan said in a slightly exaggerated tone. Grandma Zhao doesn't believe this, and we don't believe it in order to cater to her ideas. Those who stand on the side of the team will naturally form the idea that we are our own people.

Grandma Zhao listened to Zhao Lan's words, and nodded and said, "It's hard to believe, Lan'er turned out to be the same." ”

I thought that this matter would be revealed, but who knew that Grandma Zhao turned her head to reprimand Zhao Shen again, but her tone was much softer than when she entered the door, and her face was much more relaxed: "Even if Lan'er earned six taels of silver, you can't use it to buy that wasteland!" The field was full of half-sized trees, and if they were cut down, they could only make fires, and they were of no great use. It's going to take a few days to cut down the tree, who will cut it! Even if it's all packed, what can I plant? You just listen to your mushroom and plant fruit trees, can that thing be full? Can I exchange money? Even if you exchange two dollars, I am afraid that you will not even be able to pay taxes. Why are you dizzy, listen to a child. I don't consult with you men. ”

Zhao Shen didn't dare to reply when he stood there, and counted straight down by Grandma Zhao.

Suddenly, Grandma Zhao changed her voice: "Is it that there is a bad heart asking you to buy it, last time Sanya had an opinion, he had an opinion on our Zhao family." Zhao Shi's shrew, she couldn't swallow this breath after getting twenty taels of silver, and scolded the Liu family and scolded the Li Zheng family, I think she is crazy. Biting everywhere. If Li Zheng has a bad heart and proposes that you buy this land, you tell me, I will go to him to settle the account, and our Zhao family is not without one. ”

Zhao Shen hurriedly persuaded: "Mother, it's really not about the right thing, Li Liu's also asked me to buy the land in the west of the village, it is the land I want to buy, rely on the family, if you plant fruit trees, you can prevent children from picking them indiscriminately." ”

Grandma Zhao squinted at Zhao Shen and said, "Li Liu really said that? ”

"Really, I can't lie to you." Zhao Shen said very sincerely.

Grandma Zhao said to Zhao Shen earnestly: "If you want me to say, you should buy the land in the west of the village, that land can be grown with a little tidying up, and there is a big brother's house over there, and our few acres of land are there, and we can also help you when you are busy." You said you, why don't you discuss it with us? ”

Zhao Shen hurriedly said yes.

Looking at the respectful appearance of the second daughter-in-law, Grandma Zhao's anger almost disappeared. Glancing at the yard, I wanted to nag a few more words, but suddenly found that the yard had changed.

So clean, so good-looking! Grandma Zhao can't speak other adjectives.

Am I in the wrong place?

Grandma Zhao looked back at the door, that's right! Turning his head, there are three rooms, left and right wings, a window is wide open, and the second son also said that when the time comes, he will make a study for his grandson, with good lighting, which is convenient for reading and studying. At that time, I came to help build it!

Grandma Zhao looked at it carefully with surprised eyes.

There are a few flowers in the corner of the wall, which is very beautiful. The chicken coops are so clean. This is the yard of the rich lady!

Grandma Zhao raised her finger and pointed at the courtyard again, and before she could speak, several people from Zhao Shen's family raised their throats: This is going to be scolded again?

Grandma Zhao pointed to the yard and asked in surprise, "This is your yard?" “

Isn't this nonsense? If it's not my yard, who else can it be.

Zhao Lan, Zhao Ju, and Zhao Shen looked at Grandma Zhao suspiciously, and no one answered, as if they were wondering: Grandma was faint just now.

Grandma Zhao asked again: "You made the yard like this?" ”

Zhao Shen nodded hesitantly.

Isn't the yard good?

Grandma Zhao asked again: "Make it so clean and beautiful?" ”

That's right! Is it wrong to be clean?

Zhao Ju tilted her head and looked at her grandmother in confusion and asked, "Grandma, is your head broken?" This is my yard, it's so clean and beautiful! Chun Tao envied me. Grandma you don't like it? Grandma, you're weird today. ”

My Godla, it's a child's talk!

Zhao Lan hurriedly pulled Zhao Ju behind her and explained again: "Grandma, I learned from the yard made by Master Liu's house, it's beautiful!" The people in the town have made their homes so beautiful and clean, and we countrymen can make them too! Do you say? Look good! ”

Grandma Zhao didn't care about what Zhao Ju said, she just took Zhao Lan's words and said, "Beautiful!" It's so pretty! We countrymen can make the yard so beautiful! ”

Zhao Ju's little girl kept muttering: "Obviously, I didn't go to Master Liu's house, my house is so beautiful." ”

However, except for Zhao Lan who heard what Zhao Ju said, no one else cared.

Grandma Zhao walked around the front and back yards, and nodded her head straight.

"I'm going back to cooking, next time there's such a big event, remember to talk about it, and we'll help you get an idea, so as not to make a mistake." Grandma Zhao raised her feet and was about to leave.

Zhao Shen hurriedly said: "It's almost noon, you stay for a meal, I haven't been here for a long time." ”

"No, your sister-in-law doesn't know when she will come back from being busy in the fields." Grandma Zhao refused.

Zhao Ju took grandma's arm and said, "Grandma, will you stay?" I'll cook something delicious for you to eat. ”

"There's something delicious for grandma?" Grandma Zhao squatted down and touched Zhao Ju's head and said kindly.

Zhao Ju said coquettishly: "Yes." Just stay. ”

Grandma Zhao picked up Zhao Ju: "Okay, grandma stay, see what is delicious." ”

It is not without reason that Zhao Ju is loved.