"Miss, when the slave maid just went to the big kitchen to serve pastries to Miss, I heard a message from the people in Ziyuan Pavilion that Madame was happy." Orange Rose put the jujube cake on the table, with a smile on her face, and she looked proud.

Du Zilin, who had just stopped, immediately pursed her mouth: "Let's go, let's go to my mother's place to have a look!" ”

Hongying stopped Du Zilin's steps to go out and said, "Miss, don't go for the time being." The slave pondered that Mrs. was pregnant and needed to rest more, so it was not good to disturb her at this time! ”

"Miss, the slave maid also thinks that what Sister Hongying said makes sense, it is better to go over early tomorrow morning, and it will be the same if Miss goes over to say goodbye. It's just that Sister Hongying has a wrong word, Miss went to visit Madame, how can it be called disturbing, that is filial piety. ”

Hongying looked at Orange Luo expressionlessly, and then looked at Du Zilin's unkind gaze staring at herself, so she had to bite the bullet and slap herself: "The slave said the wrong thing, please forgive the young lady!" ”

"It's good to know your mistakes, Orange Rose is right, Miss Ben went to visit her mother, how can she be disturbed. It is done, listen to you, and go again tomorrow. ”

Du Zilin became more and more satisfied with the orange dill at the beginning, so the girl didn't bother in vain, and it was much easier to use than Hongying.

The corner of Orange Luo's eyes looked at the five finger prints on Hongying's face, and then her eyelids drooped, her hands hidden in her long sleeves clenched into fists, and the corners of her mouth that were originally smiling, if you look closely at this moment, you will find that there is only a faint mockery left.

As soon as the peasant family enters the lunar month, it is time to start preparing for the New Year. Despite the snow, the road to the town will surely be trampled in mud.

In previous years, when winter came, people were at home, except for going out of town to buy New Year's goods, they were nesting at home and too lazy to go out. Since the Liu family released the news that they were going to open a small shop in the village a year ago, the little daughters-in-law of Liujia Village did not need the instructions of the village chief to spontaneously leave their relatives.

For the people of Liujia Village, who doesn't have a relative in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages? To go to the town to do New Year's goods, not to mention the long distance, the road is still difficult to walk.

Now it is Layue, and Duyi's shop has not yet opened, but the Liu family has already said that the price is the same as that in the town. The New Year's goods that should be prepared will definitely be available in the store, which makes everyone happy.

The Liu family wants to open a small shop, which is a good opportunity to become famous in the village, and the village chief is undoubtedly the happiest one. Even if he has seen the world, he knows that with this small shop in Liujia Village, the surrounding villages will be centered on Liujia Village in the future, and they will communicate with each other.

This year, the Peach Blossom House is not as deserted as in previous years, and a horse-drawn carriage will come every day to pull fresh vegetables. In the eyes of the people of Liujia Village, the Peach Blossom Family is already one level higher than everyone else.

Liu originally planned to go to the town with the village chief to cancel the household registration, but due to heavy snow, it was delayed. On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow outside had stopped, and a round of red sun slowly rose from the east, and Liu Wang, the son of the village chief, came in the direction of Taohua's house.

"Auntie, are you at home?"

Du Yi and Li Niang's bellies gradually got bigger, and Liu, who had been in the Du Mansion for a long time, had a scruple, that is, if he was pregnant, he couldn't use needlework, otherwise it would be bad for the child.

Liu, who was making children's clothes with Peach Blossom, heard the shouts outside the door, and hurriedly put down the embroidery shed in his hand: "Ah Wang, why are you here, is there something your father wants to find us?" ”

"Auntie, my father said that the sun is good today, and it is best to go to town. If it's a few days in the evening, I'm afraid those documents will have to wait until the New Year's Eve. ”

When Liu Wang said this, he remembered what his father had told him before: get along with this family well in the future, and never stiffen the relationship.

"Oh, Ah Wang, come in and have a cup of hot tea, and my aunt will come when she goes to change her clothes!" When Liu heard this, he nodded quickly.

Liu Dazhu had just come back from outside, and Du Yi pulled him and said, "Dad, my mother is going to cancel my household registration today, and my second brother is looking at the greenhouse, so you can go with my mother!" ”

"Cheng, then I'll go change my clothes!" Liu's household registration is a disease in Liu Dazhu's heart. Hearing that he was going to cancel his household registration today, his steps suddenly became a lot lighter. The original fatigue on the body has long since disappeared.

Du Yi glanced at the dark shadow under Liu Dazhu's eyes, and couldn't bear it. Now in this family, it is inconvenient to have no subordinates after all. Du Yi wanted to buy someone, but this family was really not enough to live in.

When Liu and Liu Dazhu came out, Du Yi was teaching Xiaohuzi to read and write. Liu Wang, who was originally in the hall, was also standing behind Du Yi at this time, looking at Xiaohuzi with envy in his eyes.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Liu Wang turned around: "Uncle Dazhu, auntie, how are you?" ”

Liu nodded, Du Yi patted Xiaohuzi's hand, let him hold the branch alone, and now write and draw on the snow, and he said: "Mother, I see that our family is a little unable to live now." You ask the village chief, where is there a bigger land, let's buy it, and we can go to the yamen together to file it. When spring opens, it will be possible to build a house.

There will be more and more people in the family, and Xiaohuzi will also have his own room, and when he is older, he can be sent to the town for enlightenment. Gotta give him a room and a small study. ”

When Liu Wang heard this, he was even more envious. Liu nodded, Du Yi had also told her about this before, but he was not in a hurry. But since you go to the yamen, it's better to solve it all at once.

Regardless of whether Peach Blossom will marry in the future, this family is indeed not enough to live in now. When Liniang gave birth to the child, she couldn't live anymore. It is impossible for Yiyi's children to live in this place.

Liu, who was originally quite satisfied with his family, thought of Du Yi's child, so he looked around, and then frowned. The grandson of the Du family categorically can't live in such a broken place, even if he wrongs an adult, he can't wronged a child.

"Cheng, Yiyi, how much land do you want?" Liu wanted to say something, but he was afraid of Liu Wang's presence, so he could only ask.

"Brother Liu Wang, please wait here, I'll talk to my mother and come over soon." As he spoke, Doe suddenly remembered the mountain.

When the summer came, the mountain with its wood salt trees would produce salt, and Doe wanted to buy it first.

Liu Wang nodded, and Du Yi took Liu's hand and entered her and Peach Blossom's house: "Mother, you go and ask, if we buy the mountain with wood and salt trees, how much silver will we need?" ”

Liu's eyes flickered, and she also understood Du Yi's words, but she didn't agree with it in her heart: "Yiyi, that mountain looks not small, if you buy it, it will cost a lot of silver." You've just saved up a little bit of silver, and you've spent it all at once, so ......"

Before Liu's words were finished, he was interrupted by Du Yi: "Mother, I know what you mean. It's just that if you buy the mountain, turn around and start spring, hire some people to tidy up the trees over there and circle them. You can go back and plant some fruit trees, raise some chickens or something, and there is salt there. ”

Du Yi thought that it would be better to plant grapes and other fruit trees in a large area in the coming year, and make it into an ecological garden. Grapes can be made into wine, dried, and sold fresh. Mangosteen can be transplanted in a large area, and when the time comes, a factory can be established in a place near the mountain, and it can be processed there to make soap and the like.

"Nacheng, I'll go ask you. It's just Yiyi, if this is bought, will the name of the title deed be yours or? "The Liu family is worried that when the time comes, Du Ling's people will find out if they follow the check, and they will find out, and they are afraid that they will continue to be in trouble when they turn around.

Du Yi wanted to ask her mother's surname what, and then remembered that Du Mansion in Du Mansion was her mother's sister-in-law, meaning that her mother was also surnamed Ling, so she said: "Mother, my mother's surname is Ling, then write the title deed as Ling Fan." Mother, by the way, you asked the village chief to give me a Ling Fan's household registration, which also fell in our Liujia Village. ”

Du Yi is a woman, in the current society, women do business and show up, even if people don't say anything in person, they will be criticized after all. There is a man walking outside, but it is much more convenient.

Liu naturally understood this truth and nodded instantly. Du Yi took out another silver ticket of 2,500 taels and handed it to Liu: "Mother, I'm going to work hard for you next!" ”

The Liu family now has more than 100 taels of silver given by Du Yi, in addition to the dozens of taels of silver needed to eliminate the household registration, the rest can be bought to build a house for the time being. The mountain is the main event, and I don't know if I can buy it for 2,500.

"Yiyi, don't you have any money?" How much money Du Yi has earned during this period of time, Liu knows in his heart.

"Mother, you forgot that there is still such a long time, and there is still food in this greenhouse every day, how can there be no silver? Besides, when the shop opens, isn't there also silver? Don't worry, it's nothing at the moment, it will be fine later. ”

If you want to make a lot of money, you have to be willing to spend it first. In addition to the silver handed over to the Liu family, she still had more than a hundred taels left, not including the more than one hundred taels that Ziyi City gave at the beginning.

"Nacheng, Ngawang is still waiting outside, and my mother went out first." Liu took an embroidered handkerchief, wrapped the silver ticket in it, put it close to his body, and then walked out.

As soon as the village chief saw Liu, he was shocked when he heard her say that he wanted to buy the mountain. Liujia Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountains are ownerless and tall. If you want to buy it, you will have to spend a lot of money.

Liu Dazhu has never spoken, and when he heard his daughter-in-law say that he wanted to buy a mountain, he naturally did not approve of it. If it is calculated by acres, then the mountain has at least thousands of acres, and it is not as cost-effective to buy a mountain as to buy land.

"Miss Yiyi wants to have the identity of Ling Fan, so naturally there is no problem. It's just that I still hope you can think about it. After all, this mountain is not a field, and it is useless to buy it. If you really want to buy it, you might as well buy the east one. At least there can be a lot of purple fruit there, and when the time comes, your family can still make some wine, and there will be a more or less return to the capital. ”

In the village chief's opinion, one or two taels of silver per acre of mountainous land will cost at least one or two thousand. When the time comes, it will cost dozens of taels to work in the yamen. There is no food growing on the mountains, and there is no land to cultivate, so it is useless to buy it.

Even if you sell the mountains in the east, you have purple fruits in the fall, and you pick and make wine, in the past few years, it will not be worth it.

"I understand what the village chief means, but the other hills are relatively high, and we can't afford them."

Naturally, Liu Shi couldn't say that there was salt production in salt skin wood over there. In fact, in her opinion, even if salt skin wood produces salt, how much can it produce in a year? How much salt can you buy for two thousand five hundred taels of silver? But this is Doe's decision, and she can only support it. I believe that she does this, and naturally she has a reason.

"That's it! So I will give you some of the sand that is round about the mountain. Although the yield is not high, there is always a bit of harvest after planting! ”

The village chief shook his head secretly, he really didn't understand Du Yi's thoughts. Soon, the title deeds and title deeds that Du Yi needed to build a house had already arrived, and he was waiting to go to the yamen to file them together.

The specific number of acres in the mountains has not been measured, and now it is the month of Layue, and it is not easy to measure. Because the village chief had respect and flattery for Du Yi, he symbolically wrote 2,000 mu on it, collected 2,000 taels of silver, and divided the surrounding 30 acres of sandy land into Du Yi, oh no, it was under Ling Fan's name.

When Liu and the others came back from the town, Erlang saw Liu Dazhu's heavy face, so he cautiously asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you, is it that my mother's affairs have not been handled well?" ”

Liu Dazhu sighed, glanced at Du Yi, and lowered his head again. He didn't agree with buying such a large piece of mountain. The farmers prefer the land, and they can buy 400 acres of fine land for 2,000 taels. If you don't buy a good field, you have to buy a mountain that is overgrown with weeds and no one in the village likes to go, hey!

"Yiyi, you can take these title deeds. The rest of the silver is here, you count! "Walking around the yamen, the fifty taels of silver are gone, and the two thousand taels are left with four hundred and fifty taels.

Originally, there was no need for so many dotting fees, but the mountains of Liujia Village, the documents in the yamen were naturally clear. The mountain is naturally more than 2,000 acres, and he means to wait until the spring to measure again. Liu looked at the situation, so he stuffed fifty taels into his hand before he got it.

"Dad, second brother, I will make it clear to you today, and it will save you from having doubts in your hearts and being unsteady. In that mountain, I will plant a fruit tree, and when the time comes, I will make fruit wine, and sell preserved fruits and fresh fruits. On the other hand, I'm going to ask you to find someone to reclaim it, and let's start making terraces in the middle of the mountain. As for the water source, do you think that the mountain is so big and there are many trees, and you are afraid that there will be no water source when the time comes? As for the foot of the mountain, one is salt-skinned wood, and the other is that I plan to build a factory there, and besides, the mountain can raise chickens, the paddy fields can raise ducks, and the fields can also raise snails and fish......"

Liu Dazhu and his son were stunned, they didn't think that this mountain could do so many things. It's just that he still asked very cautiously: "Yiyi, how much silver will it cost according to what you said?" ”

Du Yi frowned slightly, so calculated, the labor cost is really a lot. Especially for the terraces, it is not good to do it, and when the trees are cut down, it rains heavily, and the terraces are not done, but a landslide and mudslide flow come out first.

"Oh, that's it. Buy everything, take one step at a time! As soon as Liu Dazhu saw Du Yi like this, he knew that she hadn't thought of this piece yet, and sighed as a summary.

Du Yi frowned, she was indeed negligent in this area. At that time, my brain was hot, and I wanted to buy a mountain, so I really didn't think about it so much. Now that I think about it, it's all a problem.

Seeing Du Yi like this, Liu couldn't help but glared at Liu Dazhu and his son.

"Yiyi, you don't care about your father and them, according to what they said, they were buried in the soil all day long, and they didn't see two pieces of silver come out. Not to mention the tight life, I can't even pay the tax. Mother believes in you, she will definitely be able to. It's not just silver, there will always be a way to solve it. Isn't there still that greenhouse, which will continue until April, and there will be income, what are you afraid of? When the village is opened, please invite some villagers to go to reclaim the wasteland, but you are afraid that you will not be able to toss it? Besides, the trees cut down from the mountain, can't that also make money? ”。

Du Yi roughly calculated, if a person cultivated the land like this a day, it would cost thirty wen. If you ask fifty strong laborers to go, it will cost you fifteen hundred wen a day. With such a large area, it is impossible to complete it in one or two months.