After harvesting the autumn, saving up the mountain goods, and selling most of the corn, peanuts and more than 20 recipes related to corn and peanuts, Mingyue and Old Man Ming, Mingdi, and Mingcheng went to the county to buy a house and land with a few silver tickets exchanged for cash from Jufu Restaurant.

Before the autumn harvest, they had asked He Yaren to help introduce a tooth man in the county, this tooth man's surname was Sun, Sun Yaren was an old acquaintance of He Ya people, he was very old, but he was very kind, plus He Ya people's affection, Ming family he was very relieved.

He found three houses and five Zhuangzi for the Ming family.

All the houses are near the county school with shops, but some are in the bustling area, some are relatively remote, some are three into the house, and some are only two or even one.

Old Man Ming took his son and granddaughter to look at all three houses, and finally chose a second house that was neither very remote but also facing the downtown area.

This house has a small shop with two door faces, there are warehouses, wells and residents' wings behind the shop, bypassing the warehouse, there is a wooden door leading to the second courtyard, Sun Yaren opened the lock on the door, and Mingyue They saw a small courtyard with three main rooms and six wings.

This small courtyard is not large, and next to the wall shared with the courtyard, there are four inverted rooms that are used as stove rooms, firewood rooms, and warehouses, and a well was drilled in the courtyard opposite the main house and the side room, and two persimmon trees were planted.

According to Sun Yaren, go out from the alley behind this house, and then pass through a street and alley, and the gate of the county school can be directly seen.

Mingyue is very satisfied with this, after all, the most important purpose of her buying a house is to facilitate Ming Xu, Yu Jiayan and others to come to the county to study.

The old man Ming paid the one hundred and twenty taels of silver required by the original owner of the house, and then gave ten taels as the hardship fee of the Sun Ya people, the taxes and fees for the red deed, and the tea and silver for the yamen officials and the errands.

At dusk, the red deed of this house fell into the pocket of the Ming family.

Things went smoothly, the old man Ming was in a good mood, he waved his hand, and directly led his son and granddaughter to the noodle restaurant at the mouth of the alley for dinner.

After dinner, the group stayed in the new house.

In the afternoon, Sun Yaren went to help them get the red deed, and the old man Ming had already taken his son and granddaughter to clean the house thoroughly.

They brought pillows, bedding, clothes, shoes and socks, wooden basins, cloth towels, brooms, rags, soaphorns, oil lamps and other things that might be used from Wulitun, and even Mingyue, the fire folder, carried one with them.

This is not all to save money, mainly considering that they are new to the city, and it will take a certain amount of time to buy, so it is better to bring them directly, anyway, they have driven their own mule carts, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to put these things down.

One. There are no words in the night.

The next day, the old man Ming and the others went to the suburbs to see Zhuangzi under the leadership of Sun Yaren.

Sun Yaren found a total of five small Zhuangzi for the Ming family that met their requirements, one of which was in the south of the city, two in the west of the city, and two in the east of the city.

The one in the south of the city has 110 acres of upper fields and a second courtyard.

There are two in the west of the city, one has 120 acres of middle fields and a second courtyard, and the other has 80 acres of lower fields, a small hill and a second courtyard.

There are two in the east of the city, one has 100 acres of upper fields and one second courtyard, and the other has 50 acres of middle fields, 30 acres of lower fields, a small pond, a small hill and a second courtyard.

Old Man Ming took the trouble to run all the five Zhuangzi, and everywhere he went, he and Mingdi would carefully look at the soil, water source, and house, and would also chat with the villagers who lived nearby and the long-term workers in the Zhuangzi.

Mingyue followed behind the adults like a little tail, observing their every move carefully - as an aspiring young man who aspires to become a rich woman, Mingyue said that she needs the farming experience of old crops such as Old Man Ming.

"I think the one in the east of the city has 100 acres of upper fields, and the one in the west of the city has 120 middle fields, you can buy any of them, and the one in the south of the city is too expensive." In the evening, the family gathered in the newly bought house to discuss which Zhuangzi to buy, and Mingdi was the first to speak.

The two who have a small mountain bag, Mingdi has never considered buying it at all, who buys a field and brings a small mountain bag? Except for a few fruit trees, nothing can grow, so it is better to buy fertile land directly.

Old Man Ming was also more inclined to choose one of the two small Zhuangzi proposed by Mingdi, but he didn't express his position immediately, but turned his gaze to Mingyue, who obviously had something to say.

"I want to buy two, one of which I want to buy the one in the east of the city with a small pond and a hill." Mingyue had already decided to buy this Zhuangzi when she saw the pond and the hill, firstly, because the price was cheap, and secondly, it was suitable for her to "grow fruit trees in the mountains and forests to raise chickens and ducks, and grow lotus roots in the ponds to raise fish and shrimp".

As soon as she said her thoughts, Old Man Ming immediately agreed, "Then buy two, anyway, we have enough silver." Let's buy the other one in the east of the city. The one in the east of the city has a hundred acres of fields and a second courtyard, and there is a well in the village, which is convenient for watering. ”

So on the third day, the old man Ming had two more red deeds in his arms, and the price was that they spent almost all the money they brought from home.

The money to buy two Zhuangzi, plus the red deed, to thank Sun Yaren and the servants of the yamen, the Ming family spent two thousand five hundred and seventy taels of silver in one go, and the moment the silver ticket was handed over, Ming Di finally managed to control himself and did not reach out to grab it back.

Three days later, the Ming family, who had arranged all the trivial matters on the two new Zhuangzi, drove back to Wulitun in a mule cart.

Before Mrs. Ming, who got the title deed, had time to be happy, she was first stunned by the poverty of Mr. Ming and others.

According to the usual practice, the first thing the Ming family did when they went out to do errands was to return the remaining silver and copper plates to Mrs. Ming, but Ming took it out of his pocket for a long time, but in the end he only handed back two copper plates to Mrs. Ming.

Mrs. Ming thought that the big money was on Mr. Ming at first, but who knew that Mr. Ming had no intention of taking money out at all.

Mingyue still saw her look at the old man, and explained to her with a smile, "Milk, don't look at my father, I don't have any money." My dad and I don't have any money, and my uncle is already the richest of us. ”

At this time, the Xie family and the others were also dumbfounded, Zheng Caixia stammered and asked Mingyue, "That, that old money, it's only been a few days, you, you have spent it all?" ”

Mingyue nodded, "We bought a second-entry courtyard with paving near the county school, and two small Zhuangzi in the east of the city, one of these two Zhuangzi has a hundred acres of upper fields and a second-entry yard, and one has fifty acres of middle fields, thirty acres of lower fields, a small pond, a small hill and a second-entry courtyard. ”