Chapter 52

"If I don't eat my sister, I'm full." Lan Jian patted his stomach and didn't tell a lie, such a big pear really supported his stomach.

"Then let's continue shopping." Ye Lan proposed.

"Okay." Qiao Zi nodded, led the carriage, and continued to walk around the city with the two children.

Almost bought everything that should be bought, and when the three of them were about to go home, Ye Lan suddenly became excited, she had been trying to find it but couldn't find anything, and finally appeared.

"Lan'er, what's wrong with you?" Following Ye Lan's excited gaze, Qiao Zi only saw a few children playing.

"Mother, wait a minute." Ye Lan asked Qiao Zi and Lan to wait for her, while she walked over to the children.

Suddenly, I saw a very beautiful little girl coming over, and several children stopped playing, looking at her curiously, not knowing what she wanted to do.

"Hello, I would like to ask, where did you come from to draw things?" Ye Lan stopped when she was still two steps away from a few people, pointed to the house on the ground, and asked one of them who looked a little older.

"This one is made of stones."

"Stones? What stone? ”

"No, this is it." Talking to Ye Lan, the boy picked up the thing that was thrown on the ground by himself from the corner next to him, Ye Lan took it, looked at it carefully, sniffed it again, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, it was really lime, he didn't guess wrong, "Can I ask, where did this thing come from?" ”

"My dad brought it back, and I don't know where he got it from."

"Sister, what do you want this for? There are a lot of these stones in the mountains behind our village. Lan couldn't stay where she was, jumping behind Ye Lan, seeing that she was interested in a stone, she couldn't help but make a sound.

"There are a lot of mountains behind our village, why didn't I know about it last time?"

"Because we haven't been to a place where there is this thing, sister, why do you want this white stone, if you want to go back to the village, I'll take you to get it, how much do you want."

Ye Lan Xiaolan'er couldn't find any memory of lime in her memory, she once turned around and asked Qiao Zi if she had ever seen lime, but she gave herself a negative answer, so Ye Lan guessed that lime has not been found to be useful in this era, but it does not mean that there is none, so she originally planned to look for it slowly, because lime can be sterilized, and it can occupy a very important position in agricultural production, and she could not find lime for the time being, she had a vague plan in her heart for the time being, and now that she has found lime traces, Ye Lan feels that her plan may be able to be advanced.

Although Lan Jian said that there was a lot of lime in the mountain behind the village, Ye Lan still handed the limestone in his hand to Lan Jian, and asked him to take a closer look, smell it, whether it was the same as the stone in his hand, and after getting a positive answer, Ye Lan decisively decided to go home immediately,

"Mom, Lan Jian, let's go, let's go home, it's been so long, it's time to go back."

"Okay." Sometimes, Qiao Zizhen felt that she couldn't understand her daughter.

After returning home, let Qiao Zi slowly pack up her things alone, while Ye Lan couldn't wait to pull Lan Jian up the mountain and ask him to take him to the limestone place.

Although he didn't understand what was the use of Ye Lan, Lan Jian still immediately took her to the back mountain, this time he took her around the back mountain for half a circle, and then Ye Lan saw a different face from the front of the small village relative to the back mountain, the light was sudden, and compared with the beautiful forest in front of the back mountain, this side looked extremely desolate.

However, a large area of white limestone was exposed, and Ye Lan almost rushed over with excitement, with these limestones, her agricultural plan could be carried out, and she could do a lot of things.

Fortunately, Ye Lan has a very good ability to calm down, as a child who grew up eating hundreds of meals, she is very interested in the three words of ownership, and to some extent, it can even be described as a perverted word.

So after calming down, Ye Lan began to think about the issue of ownership, once she carried out large-scale mining, it would definitely attract the attention of others, no one knew what the lime was for, but once the lime effect was discovered, it would be difficult to ensure that no one would be red-eyed, so what she had to do was to obtain the ownership of the mountain, if she couldn't get the ownership, she also had to find a way to get the right to mine.

Thinking of this, Ye Lan pulled Lan Jian to turn around, "Lan Jian, follow me to see the village chief." ”

"See what the village chief is doing, sister?" The village chief is an elder-level figure to Lan Jian, and he is the only official in the village, and the children in the village respect the village chief very much, of course, there are also some fears.

"Naturally, there is something." Walking into the courtyard of the village chief's house, Ye Lan stood in the courtyard and spoke loudly, "The village chief's house?" ”

Hearing the voice, the village chief's daughter-in-law poked her head out of the house, saw Ye Lan and the two, and showed a smile, "It's Ye Lan and Lan Jian, come in." ”

"Hello Auntie." Ye Lan and the others politely greeted the village chief's daughter-in-law, and then walked into the village chief's house, and saw the village chief sitting on the kang with his eyes closed and recuperating, and there was a cigarette stick next to him, but it was not lit.

"Village Chief, I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

"Hehe, it's okay, Ye Lan and Lan are looking for me for something?"

"Uncle Village Chief, what's the matter, it's my sister looking for you." Lan Jian said respectfully.

"Oh, what's the matter with Ye Lan looking for the village chief's uncle?" Such a lovely doll, the village chief's voice is unprecedentedly gentle.

"There is indeed one thing, Uncle Village Chief, Ye Lan wants to know, who does the ownership of our back mountain belong to?"

"Back Mountain?" The village chief was stunned for a moment, and didn't know why Ye Lan asked, "Although our Jinxiu Village is relatively poor and there are relatively few people, but the land is very wide, with our village as the center, and all directions are 1 mile wide, which is the boundary of our Jinxiu Village, and the past five hills in the back mountain are the territory of our Jinxiu Village. ”

"The five hills are all splendid villages? I didn't expect our Splendid Village to be quite big. Ye Lan was stunned and sighed sincerely.

"Haha, we don't have it in the north, it's just a wide land." The village chief laughed.

"The village chief, I want to ask, do you want to sell the five hills that belong to our Splendid Village?"

"Sell?" The village chief looked puzzled, "These five hills have always belonged to Jinxiu Village, our villagers have lived here for generations, and the back mountain is shared by everyone. ”

"That's because no one can afford it." Ye Lan chuckled, "There is always a precedent for everything, Ye Lan wants to ask, if I want to buy five mountains and sell them or not, how much will it cost, and what are the procedures?" ”

"These five mountains are the same as the Northern Mountain Range, there is nothing special, why did Ye Lan buy them?" The village chief still felt a little incredible.

"I want a mountain of my own, like the king of the mountain, the village chief can be my personal hobby, in fact, I don't have to be behind the mountain, I just feel closer to home, if we don't sell the mountain behind the village, I can go to find other mountains, after all, there are not many mountains in the north, there are many mountains." Ye Lan smiled and didn't tell the village chief the truth,

"Of course, even if I buy the mountain, I will always be a villager in this village, and this mountain still belongs to the boundary of Jinxiu Village, and whether the villagers go up the mountain to hunt or go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, I will not stop it, but if you want to carry out large-scale mining, cutting down trees, etc., you have to get the consent of my master."

The village chief was a little moved when he heard this, except for the villagers who went up to hunt, dig some wild vegetables, and cut down some trees when building things, it was not of much use to the villagers of Jinxiu Village, even if it was sold, there was not much loss, and Ye Lan was right, she was always a villager of Jinxiu Village, even if the five mountains changed owners, they still belonged to the boundary of Jinxiu Village, and she also said that the villagers could still go up the mountain for activities, so there was no loss in selling the five mountains in Jinxiu Village, but there were benefits, and the money from selling them, In addition to giving a sum to the villagers to increase their income, the rest can be put into the village public funds, which can be done a lot of things, such as the ancestral hall that is already very dilapidated can be rebuilt, and the village can also hire a gentleman who can't afford it.

Thinking like this, the village chief had an idea, "I can sell these five mountains to you, as long as we sign a sales treaty and then go to the government to prepare a case, they will be you." ”

"And how much is the village chief going to sell? First of all, if I can't afford to buy five hills, I can only buy one or don't think about it for the time being. Ye Lan smiled reservedly,

"After all, it's just my personal hobby, and my mother will spoil me, but it's also limited."

Hearing Ye Lan say this, the village chief hesitated, stretched out five fingers, and Ye Lan's mind immediately flashed fifty thousand taels, and she couldn't help frowning, if this was the case, wouldn't she not be able to afford it?

Seeing Ye Lan frowning, the village chief hesitated and reduced a finger, "Four thousand taels, this is already very low." ”

Ye Lan looked up at the village chief in surprise, four thousand taels? Five mountains, she heard it right, the village chief just five fingers mean, five thousand taels?

"Village chief, I have another question, if I buy these five mountains, how many years will I own them?" The price is much lower than she wants, Ye Lan originally planned to buy a mountain, but there are five mountains in Jinxiu Village, so she mentioned it by the way, thinking that if the money is not enough, she will only buy one, but now the five mountains are only four thousand taels, maybe these mountains are not worth much in the eyes of others, but in Ye Lan's eyes, it is different, so she immediately asked the question that she had forgotten to ask before but was very related to her own interests.

"As long as you don't sell, it's naturally you." The village chief felt that Ye Lan's question was really not like a child could ask, and began to wonder if Qiao Zi taught her.

In the 21st century, it has only been 70 years since she bought a house, and the ownership of land here is so lenient, Ye Lan is happy, but she doesn't show it much on her face.

"Village chief, is four thousand taels really the reserve price, can't it be cheaper?"

"It's already cheap." The village chief was a little embarrassed to speak, in fact, he was also a little weak in his heart, after all, in his eyes, there were a few useless mountains, in his eyes, the people of the north would never spend money to buy mountains, of course, unless it was those rich masters or there were some good things on the mountain, but the villagers of Jinxiu Village have lived here for generations, and they have never found anything good about the back mountain.

"Actually, I think it's a bit expensive." Ye Lan pretended to be embarrassed, not wanting the village chief to feel that he had a lot of money, "However, when my mother and I first arrived in your land, it should be more expensive, just make a contribution to the village, village chief, I bought it, when will we go through the formalities." ”

"Buying five hills is not a trivial matter, I have to gather the village elders to witness together, if you have the money ready, I can gather everyone at any time." Four thousand taels, the village chief has never seen so much in his life, and seeing that Ye Lan agreed, his old heart has begun to get a little out of control.

"Now it's okay, I'll go home and get the money." Ye Lan replied quickly.

"Alright, I'll gather the elders now." The village chief is also very fast, this is a big deal.

"Okay, then I'll come over after I go home and get the money." Ye Lan nodded and pulled Lan Jian away.

As soon as the two of them left, they hid in the outhouse and eavesdropped on the village chief's daughter-in-law and rushed in, looking at the village chief with an excited face, "His father, I, I heard it right just now, four thousand taels to buy five mountains, does that Ye Lan really want to buy it, my God, I have never seen so much money in my life, and I don't know what it is." ”

"What are you excited about, this money is sold, and it is also in the village, and it is not in your pocket." The village chief glanced at his daughter-in-law, "You quickly go and call the village elders over, and say that there is something important." ”

"Four thousand taels, not a little?" The village chief's daughter-in-law was a little dissatisfied and stood still.

"A little bit is naturally you, if you want a little, just do as I say, otherwise the little will be gone." The village chief glared at his daughter-in-law angrily, his daughter-in-law, everything is good, but he takes the silver too seriously.

"I'll be there right away." Hearing her husband say this, the village chief's daughter-in-law didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to find someone.

The so-called going home to get money is actually just a fool of Ye Lan, she doesn't want outsiders to find out that she has put a large amount of cash on her, and she can't do without people.

On the way back, Ye Lan told Lan Jian not to tell her about it, but Lan Jian vaguely only Ye Lan was the leader, so of course she nodded again and again and agreed.

After returning home, Qiao Zi also cleaned up, Ye Lan stayed for a while and found a reason to leave, this time she went to the village chief's house alone, and the village chief's house had already sat a few people, it was the village elders, the elders witnessed that the two sides handed over the notes with one hand and the other hand, and the major events in Jinxiu Village in the past fifty years have been done in this way, extremely fast.

After getting the money, the village chief and the elders were excited, the ancestors of Jinxiu Village have been poor for generations, when have they seen so much money, if it weren't for the duty of the village chief to remind themselves, the village chief has an impulse to take the money for himself.

"Village chief, when are we going to the government for the record?" After confirming that the note was correct, Ye Lan carefully accepted it, and then asked the village chief.

"It's too late today, let's go to the government early tomorrow morning." The village chief is also a cool person.

"Okay, then we'll go tomorrow at dawn, and we'll take my carriage." Ye Lan nodded, she could already drive the carriage by herself.

"No problem." By the time Qiao Zi found out about this, it was already the next day, Ye Lan and the village chief entered the city early in the morning, found the government to file a case, and renamed the mountain behind Jinxiu Village as Qiao Shan, which became her and her daughter's private property.

(End of chapter)