Chapter 17: Closeness

She praised: "This is Xu'er, right?" What a good look!"

"It's skinned on weekdays, call someone quickly!" As soon as he heard someone praising the little grandson village chief and laughing even more happily, Chu Xu called out hello to his sister, and then his eyes fell on the paper bag on the side.

He sniffed the aroma of the paper bag on the table, and directly reached out and pulled one out of it.

As soon as the village chief turned his head, he saw his small movements, and scolded with a smile: "Hey, you kid, you have begun to learn to steal food?!"

Chu Xu was not afraid of him, even if he picked up the sweet potato pill and took a bite, after chewing it a few times, his eyes suddenly opened round, and he shouted: "Grandpa!" What is this, it's delicious!"

Chu Xinyun replied with a smile: "This is called sweet potato balls, which are made of sweet potatoes and flour. ”

The village chief realized that the things she sent this time were different from before, and after sending her little grandson, he asked, "Are you here today for this sweet potato?"

"The village chief's grandfather is really amazing, I guessed it, this sweet potato is also called sweet potato, I bought it from a traveling merchant some time ago, and I only tasted it fresh at the time, and when I came back, I found that this thing tasted really good, so I thought about whether I could plant some, so I always asked the village chief grandfather if he could sell me some acres?"

As soon as he mentioned the matter of Tian Mu, the smile on the village chief's face disappeared a little, and he pondered for a while and sighed: "It's all farming in the countryside, and no one can get out of the field!"

Chu Xinyun said again: "My requirements are not high, and the land doesn't need to be too good, after all, I just tried it, and the village chief and grandfather, you can help?"

Liu Shi on the side also spoke for her: "Old man, Xiao Yun, this girl is a good girl, I don't have much filial piety to you on weekdays, and you still shouted that yesterday's wild boar was delicious!"

The village chief suddenly blew his beard and kicked her, and only after half a sound did he reluctantly nod and agree: "The field can be sold to you, but at most it can only be given six acres, and this land is not too good, three or two acres of land, if you agree with me, I can give you the title deed tomorrow." ”

Chu Xinyun was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Then I will ask for six acres, thank you to the village chief and grandfather!"

That night, she paid a deposit of three taels, and the village chief asked her to come tomorrow to collect the title deed and make up the rest of the silver.

Three taels of silver and one acre of land is already considered to be the village chief giving her face, and if there is really no way, no one will sell the field.

Anyway, she's a family now.

Chu Xinyun's purchase of land spread throughout Chujia Village for a while, and during dinner, Aunt Wang came to ask her about buying land.

Chu Xinyun admitted very simply: "Yes, I will go to the village chief tomorrow to get the title deed." ”

Aunt Wang was very pleased, but also reminded her: "Xiao Yun, I suggest that you go to the county office in the city as soon as possible to register this title deed, the people in this village say that they are safe and sound on weekdays, but when it comes to the matter of the field, it is inevitable that they will be confused, and they will rest assured if they settle down earlier, right?"

The reason why Aunt Wang said this was that she suffered a loss at that time, and when she divided the field, because she was a few days late in the red deed, someone with a heart cut off the number of acres of her land by a few centimeters, which made her so angry at that time.

Chu Xinyun nodded: "I naturally have to listen to the eldest mother, and tomorrow I will rent a carriage to go to the county government after I get the title deed." ”

With Aunt Wang's reminder, after paying the silver and getting the title deed on the second day, she took the little fool to the town to find a carriage and went to the county office.

The county government is two hours away from Qingshui Town, and it can be regarded as the farthest place Chu Xinyun has been to so far.

"Little lady, there is the county government in front, I will rest at the post station, if you want to go back in the afternoon, you will come directly to find me."

The little brother who drove the car was a warm-hearted person, and he introduced her to a lot of things about the county government, which made her less blind.

Chu Xinyun said briskly: "Okay, I'll look for you then." ”

The prosperity of Yunlai County far exceeds that of Qingshui Town, and the cyan slate of all colors is particularly neat and clean, and as soon as you enter, you can see all kinds of shops on both sides, and the sound of selling is constantly lively!

But Chu Xinyun was anxious to handle the land deed, so she went directly to the county office, and the little official guarding the door heard that she came to handle the red deed, so he took her to a mansion on the side that specialized in handling documents.

"You're going to register the title deed? The master is a somewhat thin middle-aged man, and his shrewd appearance looks a bit like a businessman.

Chu Xinyun hurriedly took out the title deed: "I want to change the title deed to a red deed, I'm sorry for you." ”

The master took the title deed and glanced at it a few times, and said lightly: "The handling fee is two taels." ”

As long as the money is in place, the change of the red deed will naturally be fast, and the master who received the money quickly handed her the stamped title deed.

Chu Xinyun looked at the title deed with the red seal in his hand, and his heart was indescribably satisfied.

The acres of land that have been handled by the red deed have become recognized and protected by the government, and the ownership is hers, and not a penny can be bad, if someone wants to take advantage, then wait for prison food!

Now that the red deed has been handled, the things after that are not in a hurry, how can it be difficult to come to Yunlai County for a good visit?

Otherwise, I'm sorry for the two taels of silver I spent.

I have to say that this county is more prosperous than the town, there are all kinds of things, Chu Xinyun also saw candied melons and fruits that were not available in the town, as well as snacks such as sugar gourds and ice bowls sold along the street.

Seeing that it was approaching noon, although the two of them had breakfast, they had almost digested it at the moment, so they found a clean and tidy inn to eat.

I have to say that the restaurants in the county have more dishes than those in the town, and the little two thieves sneaked up to report the names of the dishes, which were one after another, but unfortunately Chu Xinyun was shy, so he ordered a few signature dishes.

"It's still a big city, if only I could live here in the future." After eating and drinking, she looked at all kinds of delicate rouge gouache and various jewelry on the roadside, and couldn't help but sigh a little.

Xiao Shu, who was left behind, was silent, but his flickering eyes revealed that his heart was not so calm.

On the way back, Xiao Shu asked, "Xiao Yun likes to go to the county seat?"

Chu Xinyun was a little sleepy and leaned on the carriage and said: "Of course I want to go, the county has many east and west boundaries and large boundaries, and it is really much better than the town." ”

"However, small places also have the benefits of small places, do you know how much silver we used to enter the county today?" Seeing her heartache, Xiao Shu couldn't help laughing.

This little money fan!

Now that the title deed is completed, the next step is to think about how to get all the sweet potatoes in the mountains.

In order not to let the villagers in the village find out, she decided to go up the mountain to dig sweet potatoes during the day and quietly transport them down at night, so that even if she was accidentally bumped into by the villagers, how could she see what it was in the dark?

Just do it!

The day after returning from the county seat, Chu Xinyun got up early in the morning and took Ruoxiao into the mountain and went straight to the place where she had marked last time.

Recently, there are not many people in the village, because the busy harvest is over, the young people have gone to the town to find work, similar to carrying goods at the post station, although they are tired, but at least there is some income, and sometimes they can get some rewards when they meet generous merchants.

This is the norm in the nearby villages, and at this point in time the village seems empty.

But this helped Chu Xinyun, she didn't want her sweet potatoes to be discovered by good deeds.

When I came to the place last time, there may be a wild boar's nest nearby, and the originally intact sweet potato vines were not harmed, but fortunately, the sweet potatoes in the ground were not harmed.

Chu Xinyun rolled up her sleeves and began to work, and as the sweet potatoes were dug out one by one, the smile on her face never broke.

The cleaned sweet potatoes were stuffed into a sack, and in a short time three or four sacks were filled, which can be described as fruitful.

"Xiao Yun, you will rest, I'll come."

Xiao Shu took the head in her hand and let her go to rest, Chu Xinyun was not pretentious, took out the tea from the basket and drank a few sips, and looked up at the lush forest, which was so dense that even the sun could not shine in.

"Xiao Kill, do you think this mountain is a good place?"

"Huh?

Chu Xinyun smiled happily: "When I woke up, I was in the mountains, and when I found you, I was still in the mountains, and whenever we didn't eat, we could find it in the mountains, and now I have found a way to make a fortune, isn't this a treasure of feng shui!"

Xiao Shu nodded seriously: "Xiao Yun is right, this is really a good place." ”

The two of them chatted and dug like this, and in the afternoon they filled the sacks they had brought with them, and when they saw that it was getting dark, they were ready to leave for the mountain.

In the evening, Chu Xinyun called Brother Da Long and Xiao Shu to transport all the sweet potatoes on the mountain together, and filled the small side room to the full, seeing Xiaohu's covetous face, she took a basket and sent it to Aunt Wang's house.

"Xiao Yun? What are you doing!" Aunt Wang was a little surprised to see so many sweet potatoes.

"Auntie, what are you still polite to me, Brother Da Long has helped me so many times, don't be polite to me!"

Chu Xinyun touched Xiaohu's head and said, "Besides, Xiaohu also likes to eat, it's not a rare thing." ”

It was uncomfortable, but looking at her resolute attitude, she had to accept it.

"Cheng, then the eldest lady will accept it, if you want to move things in the future, you can call you Brother Dalong, this guy has no merit, he just has strength."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the relationship became a lot closer for a while.

The excavation and transportation of sweet potatoes took two or three days to be barely completed, and Chu Xinyun was so tired in the past few days that he collapsed on the bed to rest almost as soon as he came back, and he didn't even dream at night.

The next thing to be done is to plant sweet potatoes, which is said to be good but not easy to plant, because the first step is to raise seedlings, which is to pick some mature sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces, so that they can grow young shoots with sufficient sunlight and water, and then transplant them with soil.

The transplanted sweet potato seedlings are fragile, so it is necessary to take care of them during this time to maintain sufficient water and light.

Taking advantage of the time for sweet potato seedlings to raise, Chu Xinyun went to the acres he bought to check the situation.

As the village chief said, the land is not so fertile, there are not even a few weeds, it has not been planted for a long time, the surface of the land is dry and cracked, and there is no land at all.

Chu Xinyun stood on the ridge to check the situation, and then went to Wang to ask for some cow dung.

In this dynasty, there were no fertilizer and other fertilizer products, and if you want to fertilize the land, the manure of various livestock is a good choice after all.

And the corrupted Chinese medicine residue can also increase fattening, in this place of more than ten acres per capita, six acres of land does not look much, but if a person is still a little tired, and the matter of nest fertilizer can not be done in a day or two.

Chu Xinyun can only be regarded as a temporary cramming now.

One night, the sweet potato that was arranged in the yard sprouted a trace of small white roots, and in the following days, it looked like a night like eating hormones, and within a few days, small green leaves appeared.

The originally somewhat monotonous and dilapidated yard has added some eye-catching green out of thin air.

In the days that followed, the two of them carefully moved the sweet potato seedlings that were about the same growth to the field, and the two rows of seedlings in an acre of field were loosely arranged.

Aunt Wang, who came to help, was puzzled: "Xiao Yun, why don't you have such a big position next to you?"

"Auntie, don't you know, this sweet potato is mainly the root and stem fruit of the ground, and the top is only used to grow vine seedlings, if it is arranged too crowded, it is easy to grab nutrients from each other, and the sweet potato will not grow big."