Chapter III 1
After dinner, Bai Jiaxuan walked into the Chinese medicine hall in Bailu Town, and his face was exactly the opposite of his state of mind.
His heart burned with a blazing enterprising **, but his face showed a pitiful helplessness, and his tired and haggard look made people feel pity.
In a deep and sad voice, he told Mr. Leng about the violent death of his father, the short-lived life of his wife, and the well-known disasters of the family, lamenting that he was almost at the end of his rope, and that his fate was destined to be ruined in his hands.
This is really the destruction of the Bai family, and it cannot be reversed. He has reached this point, and the next step is that he has to jump down the cliff and well, so he has to sell the meat of his ancestors' hearts - the two acres of water in the river.
Dig through Bailu Village door to door, and if you have the strength to buy these two acres of water land at one time, unless Lu Zilin can't count the second one.
I hope that Mr. Leng's brother can come forward to negotiate with the Lu family and mediate in the middle because of his deep friendship with his late father.
Speaking of this time, tears flowed down his eyes, and it was not a shame to sell his ancestors' property! Bai Jiaxuan will have a shameful reputation as a loser among the villagers of Bailu Village and even Bailu Plain.
After hearing this, Mr. Leng asked coldly: "Do you think about it again if you don't sell the land?" Bai Jiaxuan went one step further, the first six women had already spent all the money their father had saved up over decades of frugality, and they had sold two mules in a row.
Even if the existing red horses and cattle in the trough are all pulled to the market and sold, it is not enough to order a daughter-in-law's dowry, and he now spends more money on a woman than he did to order five women before, not to mention how to farm the land after selling livestock?
He has thought about it countless times, but there is only one way to sell land. Mr. Leng's face seemed to move: "You just have to ask someone to be a matchmaker to marry a wife, and if you don't have enough money, take it from me." Land is not for sale. It's easy for you to sell two acres of waterland, but it's hard to buy another two acres of waterland. Seeing that you sell your land and want me to be a middleman, I have no shame to go to see Uncle Bingde when I die!" Jiaxuan seemed to be even more hurt and was silent.
When Mr. Leng's father, Mr. Leng, opened this traditional Chinese medicine shop in Bailu Town, he had the full support of Jiaxuan's grandfather, otherwise it would be difficult for a foreigner from the southern mountains to gain a foothold in Bailu Town.
Jiaxuan's grandfather used a pack mule to transport Chinese medicinal materials from the mountains, and Mr. Leng unloaded whatever he needed, and the trade of Chinese medicinal materials developed into a righteous intersect between each other, and it was passed on to Mr. Leng and Jiaxuan's father Bingde At this time, it has become a good friend.
Mr. Leng's righteous help made Jiaxuan deeply moved and complained. Bai Jiaxuan is seeking the feng shui treasure land of the Lu family, and uses the strategy of retreating first and then advancing; Brother Leng, who is deeply righteous, still doesn't know the bottom line, and it is inconvenient to explain it.
He still said euphemistically: "Sir, you always have to pay back what you borrow." According to my current family luck, if you dare to give it to me, I won't dare to take miles! What if you marry a woman and have three longs and two shorts? When my father was alive, he told me more than 100 times that our two families are righteous friends rather than beneficial friends, and righteous friendships can be world friends. What if I go bankrupt and can't pay off my debts? I can't ...... it anyway" Jiaxuan's sincere words said that the righteous Mr. Leng had to change his original intention, sighed and finally agreed to go to Lu Zilin to say, and solemnly declared that this is the only time, if he sells his business again in the future, don't come to him, he can't bear to deal with this sad thing.
In this matter, Mr. Leng didn't need to predict the ending at all. The river land is a golden basin of two harvests a year, the Lu family has been prosperous in recent years, has long planned to expand the real estate but suffers from not being able to do so, those who were knocked down by bad luck would rather pull the jujube stick out to beg for food than sell the land, occasionally there are most of the people who endure the pain to cut and love to sell the land are selling the original slope dry land, there are really people who can't pull the bolt to grit their teeth and sell the water land, but it is only three points and eight cents, which is not very meaningful.
Out of etiquette considerations, Mr. Leng personally walked into the courtyard of the Lu family. Lu Zilin's father, Lu Taiheng, heard that the Bai family was going to sell two acres of water land, and thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and looked at Mr. Leng's cold face with a stunned look, and then he was sure that this person was not deceitful or deceitful, but he raised his head and said: "Although Brother Bingde is no longer alive, how can I go to buy his land!" Jiaxuan's nephew has had bad luck in the past few years, so he can't come and tell me. You bring my words to Jiaxuan, if you are in a hurry to use the money and food, take it from me, and you will not dare to sell the land. "Lu Taiheng is completely the kindness and gentleness of a kind and righteous elder.
Mr. Leng repeatedly explained the motivation for Jiaxuan's land sale, and testified that he wanted to lend money to Jiaxuan.
Lu Taiheng was still unmoved: "Jiaxuan's nephew should sell the land sincerely, and I can't buy it." What's up? Let people say that I take advantage of people's danger to pick up stubble! How can I be worthy of the Bingde brothers who are gone! I can't stop Jiaxuan's nephew from selling water land, but I can't buy it, so let him sell it to others. Mr. Leng smiled and said, "Good uncle! Who can buy two acres of water land at a time for a small family in Bailu Village? You are vague in your heart, in fact, you bought this land to relieve your nephew Jiaxuan! You don't have to worry about anything anymore. At this point, Lu Taiheng's heart was completely down-to-earth, and the surprise when he first heard the good news had turned into a reliable and unmistakable reality, and his mood calmed down.
After this conversation, he not only ruled out the bad reputation of taking advantage of people's danger to plunder family property, but also verified that Jiaxuan's sale of land is true and will not change halfway.
Lu Taiheng made a helpless tone and said: "If you say so, then it's the final action!" This matter, you come down and negotiate with Zilin, he and Jiaxuan are brothers, and it is easy to talk and do things, how can I say this and do this with the doll as an elder! Besides, Zilin is also an adult, this is to buy him land......" Mr. Leng assigned Wang Xiang, the man from the pharmacy, to order eight dishes at the restaurant in the town and bring a bottle of soju.
He sat on the top seat, and let the principals of the two Bailu families sit on one side, and the remaining side of the square table sat on the old Xiucai Lu Taihe.
Mr. Leng has always been concise and to the point, and when he didn't see greetings, he took the lead in raising the wine cup and drinking it with the three of them, and then went straight to the point: "There is no need to say anything about things, now I just talk about how to get it, I have something to say, and I won't say it later." "Everything went according to the predetermined trajectory of each person, and there were no mistakes.
Jiaxuan naturally put on a shameful face of the loser, and after taking a glass of wine, he said: "Kicking and selling the property of the ancestors, shameless to meet people, how dare you argue more and talk less?" Mr. Brother is fair, you can do whatever you say, I have nothing to say. Lu Zilin had already received his father's teaching, strictly grasped his emotions, completely hid the pride and excitement of the land buyer, showed sympathy and compassion for the unfortunate experience of the Bai brothers, and said generously: "Sir, brother, you can watch it!" Since our brothers can trust you, who will say anything in the future still be human? You can do whatever you say. Mr. Leng drank a few glasses of wine in a row, and his cold face began to be ruddy and lively, and he saw an upright demeanor: "I'm afraid to say it." Your two families are the big families of Bailu Village, and the two Lingzun and your father are righteous friends. Although I have no intention of taking sides, then again, no matter how accurate the ruler is, I can't measure the cloth, and I need the forgiveness of the two virtuous brothers. After saying that, he glanced at Lu Zilin sharply, and Lu Zilin replied with the same firm eyes.
Mr. Leng turned his head to look at Bai Jiaxuan again, but Bai Jiaxuan covered his cheeks, as if he was about to cry, and lowered his head.
Mr. Leng asked tightly: "Jiaxuan seems to have regretted it?" If so, it's still too late. People say that the water that has been spilled has knocked down the wall—it is difficult to collect and support. Now that the water hasn't splashed the wall yet, it's not too late for you to say it. Jiaxuan raised his head, a layer of fine sweat appeared on his head, and said: "I don't regret it, but I am afraid of the resentment of my descendants and the shame of the township party." Then he said the idea of exchanging land: two acres of water land was still sold to Lu Zilin, and the two acres of slow slope land on the original slope of the Lu family were transferred to the Bai family, and the difference between good land and bad land was paid by the Lu family to the Bai family.
After Jiaxuan said this plan, he suddenly stood up, touched his chest with his hand and said with a red face: "It's all about saving face!" I also hope that Brother Mr. and Brother Zilin will be tolerant. As soon as these words came out, after all, it was an extraneous branch, and Mr. Leng said unhappily: "Since you have said this, you should have said it earlier, and I should have explained it to the buyer as soon as possible." But it's good to say it now......" After speaking, he glanced at Lu Zilin.
Lu Zilin originally thought that Jiaxuan was going to regret and change his hexagram at the end of the matter, but he was afraid that the two acres of water land in his hand would be yellow again, but when he heard that it was a land exchange, he made an open-minded spirit and said: "This is good!" As long as Brother Yu Jiaxuan looks good-looking, he will do so. Of course, Mr. Leng himself did not have anything to say about the matter of consensual thinking, but this sudden change disrupted the estimate of the land price that he had exchanged with the two parties in advance, and the improvisation method was soon formed.
"Since there is such a small change, this matter is not difficult to do." Mr. Leng said,
"Jiaxuan's water land is the land of the sky, the slow slope of Zilin is the land of the people, and the price code of the land of the sky and the land of the people can be exchanged according to the amount of grain collected by the imperial court. If the two of you agree to this approach, things will be simpler. "Whether it is Bai Jiaxuan or Lu Zilin, the most familiar may not be their own palms but their land.
None of them could figure out which emperor of which dynasty had started to press the land of Bailuyuan
"The right time, the right place and the right people" are divided into six grades, and the number of imperial grain paid is levied according to different grades; They are as familiar with the rank of each piece of land as they are with the amount of imperial grain they pay, and with the accuracy of their own hands.
The grade of the land was determined by the government and county government, and the figure of the imperial grain was also determined by the officials.
Mr. Leng took the abacus and pushed it to Lao Xiucai and said, "You can calculate the exchange." Lao Xiucai crackled and flicked the beads on the abacus, and dialed it twice, and one acre of land can roughly be equivalent to four acres of land.
In this way, it was calculated that Lu Zilin should give Bai Jiaxuan a net silver tael, and if it was converted into grain or cotton at the market price, it would be how many stones and how many bundles.
Mr. Leng tilted his head and said to Lao Xiucai, "It's time for you to be busy now." At this time, Lao Xiucai took the inkstone sent by Wang Xiang, a fellow in the pharmacy, and began to study ink.
He was asked to write a contract for the sale and purchase of land after the two parties had turned their words down.