Yan Nian walked along the village road to the Li family ancestral hall, and walked to the gate of the black-painted ancestral hall, Yan Nian pushed the door in.

The main entrance of the ancestral hall was still closed, and suddenly someone came to the courtyard, and a black cat jumped from the house to the back.

In the side room, Yan Nian heard Uncle Song's voice, "You live here first, and Uncle will help you pay attention to where there is an idle house in the future." ”

Hearing movement outside, the two men in the room looked out of the open window.

Yan Nian hurriedly said, "Uncle, are you here?" ”

Song Shanren saw that it was Yan Nian, and hurriedly turned around and walked out of the house, "Yan Nian, why are you here?" Seeing the basket on Yan Nian's arm, he asked again, "Did you just come down from the mountain?" ”

Yan Nian said with a smile: "Well, I just went to Dongshan, stepped on some wild fruits and wild vegetables, and just now I saw my aunt, saying that you are here, I will come to look for you." ”

Li San, who came out from behind, saw Yan Nian, nodded hurriedly and said, "Sister Yan Nian is here." ”

Yan Nian hurriedly said, "I heard from my aunt that your body is recovering very well, and my uncle sent you rice and flour oil, I just went up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables, give you some, and treat it as a meal." As he spoke, Yan Nian lifted the weeds covered with the basket, grabbed a handful of wild vegetables and handed them to Li San.

Li San embarrassedly stretched out his hand to take it, and when he picked up the wild vegetables, Yan Nian looked at the slender and white hands again.

"Thank you, girl." Li San lowered his head and said with some embarrassment.

"I heard what my aunt said, you will be a member of this village in the future, so you should help you." Then Yan Nian turned to Li Zheng and said, "Uncle, I have something I want to discuss with you. ”

Li Zheng nodded and asked, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

looked at this poor little daughter-in-law, who was rescued back to the village by Sandezi with two children at that time, but the mother-in-law of the Liu family was really inhumane, and Sandezi bullied this little daughter-in-law out of the village within a few days of her death, and she was very worried when she looked at it.

Li Zheng didn't know how to help her, and when he heard Yan Nian ask himself like this, he said: "Yan Nian, if you have anything, just tell your uncle, uncle can help you, try his best to help you." ”

"Well, uncle, I want to buy the mountain forest in Dongshan, and my two children and I may not be able to rely on the few acres of thin fields at home, so I want to plant fruit trees on the mountain, and when the fruit is ripe, I can sell the fruit, and I can also raise chickens, ducks and geese." So, Yan Nian told Uncle Song again about his thoughts.

Hearing Yan Nian say this, he shook his head and said, "Then how can it be done?" How do you work in the woods as a woman? ”

Yan Nian said with a smile: "Uncle, look at Yan Nian's strong body, it's not a problem to do some work." ”

Li San behind him said in a low voice: "There are wild boars and wolves on the mountain. ”

"Yes, Yan Nian, Lin Zi can be contracted to you, but Uncle really doesn't want you to take that risk."

Li Zheng was about to leave as he spoke, but Yan Nian hurriedly said, "Uncle, you just promise me, you said that if I don't contract the forest, what else can I do?" ”

Hearing Yan Nian say this, Li Zheng glanced at Yan Nian, thought about it again and said: "Then if you find a partner to contract the forest in Dongshan, it's okay, yourself, Uncle is really not at ease." ”

Yan Nian shook his head, "Uncle, Yan Nian doesn't want to partner with anyone, I like to do my own things independently." ”

Li San in the back suddenly said: "Uncle, what do you think I am with her or what?" Anyway, I didn't have any land when I first arrived here, so I just had to find something to do. ”

There was a hint of approval in Song Bo's eyes, but then he shook his head and said, "Yan Nian is with you to contract the forest, it's a little inappropriate, a lonely man and a widow, I'm afraid of being rumored to gossip." ”

Yan Nian nodded vigorously and said, "What Uncle Song said is also what I Yan Nian is worried about, this person has two layers of skin on his mouth, I'm afraid he has everything to say." Yan Nian remembered Feng Shuang's sister-in-law, Jiang Shilai.

Hearing Yan Nian say this, Li San stopped talking.

Li Zheng thought about it and said, "Then how many forests do you want to contract?" ”

"I want to give me all the places on the top of the mountain, uncle, you can see how much money you can contract." Yan Nian saw that Song Bo agreed, and his heart really brightened, but he was worried that the money in his hand would not be enough.

Li Zheng thought about it and said: "That's okay, anyway, that forest is idle, and you can help your wife when you manage it." In this way, you give the village 200 taels of silver a year, and you can contract, and you will go to my house to write a contract, the contract period is unlimited, as long as you like to farm, you can plant, but you must pay taxes on time according to the provisions of the contract. ”

Yan Nian heard Uncle say this, thought about it and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll sign this contract with Uncle." ”

In this way, the uncle took Yan Nian home to sign the contract.

Li San, who was standing behind, watched Yan Nian follow behind Song Bo with a basket, shaking his head, with a trace of sadness and helplessness on his face.

When I came to Uncle Song's house, my aunt was cooking.

Yan Nian told her aunt about contracting the mountains again, and her aunt knew that Yan Nian's character was very stubborn, and as long as she recognized it, others would not be able to persuade her to repent.

Yan Nian took the contract in his hand and promised his uncle to go home and go to the money.

Back at home, Yan Nian put the basket of wild vegetables on the stove, returned to the house and took out the silver ticket and put it in his sleeve, turned around and walked towards the door again.

Nuno and Yeon-yeon are very curious, and they don't know what their mother is busy with.

After paying the money, Yan Nian was very happy, and immediately ran to the mountain, happy as he ran, and muttered in a low voice, "Yan Nian has a mountain!" ”

When I ran to the foot of Dongshan, I happened to see Brother Huai coming out to carry water, and when I saw Yan Nian's elated appearance, I really didn't know what was going on, so I hurriedly stepped forward and asked Yan Nian: "What are you happy about?" Talk to me, a troubled person? ”

Yan Nian said with a smile: "Why are you distressed, you are about to become a groom, you can steal the fun." Yan Nian walked up the mountain again.

Brother Huai saw that Yan Nian ignored him, and asked in the back: "What is the matter?" ”

Seeing that Brother Huai wanted to know like this, and followed behind him, Yan Nian didn't want to cause trouble, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Huai, you better hurry back, I don't want those gossips to take advantage of the loopholes." ”

Hearing Yan Nian say this, Brother Huai stopped behind Yan Nian and said loudly, "Why is it so hard to talk to you now?" ”

Yan Nian simply said: "Brother Huai, I have contracted this forest!" Then he danced and pointed to the surroundings of the forest and shouted, "This is my Yan Nian!" ”

Brother Huai was a little confused, and hurriedly asked again: "You said that you contracted this forest?" How much money did you get in your hand? ”