Chapter 53

Spend a few thousand taels to buy a few mountains, Qiao Zi is angry, this mountain was originally a common property in the village, as a villager in a village, whether it is to go up the mountain or dig wild vegetables, or to do something else, no one will stop you, this is the principle since ancient times, others buy the mountain that is useful, or the mountain itself has a relatively large value, but the mountain behind the splendid village, no, it should be called Qiao Shan now, she really can't see what is the use of Qiao Shan to buy it. No matter how rich you are, you can't use it like this, Ye Lan has more than 10,000 taels of silver on her, and now she went to 4,000 taels and bought a few useless mountains at once, even if she said that she wanted to hurt her daughter, Qiao Zi was angry that Ye Lan didn't discuss with herself at all about spending so much money alone.

Not to mention that the two of them have no backstage now, even if they are still staying in the Ye family, Ye Lan's behavior is not allowed.

Qiao Zi was very angry and locked herself in the house and ignored Ye Lan, although she couldn't let the village chief return the money, but she wanted her daughter to know that she was dissatisfied.

Compared with Qiao Zi's anger, the villagers of Jinxiu Village have now regarded Ye Lan's mother and daughter as Bodhisattvas, since their mother and daughter came, the villagers' living standards have been greatly improved, first Qiao Zi's mother and daughter built a house to invite people, and then soon after they came, Ye Lan found a dead wild boar on the mountain, so that the villagers made a wild boar banquet and opened a meat, and then asked everyone to help open up the wasteland, and now Ye Lan generously took money to buy the mountain.

Thousands of taels of silver, in the eyes of the villagers of this splendid village, it is a legend, not to mention them, even their ancestors have never seen so many silver taels at once.

After the village chief discussed with several elders, he was very generous and decided to sell the mountain money this time, in addition to buying Shanqiao's house, the villagers of Jinxiu Village, the elderly over 50 years old, regardless of the male or female, can get 30 taels of silver, the villagers between the ages of 16 and 50, as laborers, each male can get 20 taels of silver, each woman can get 15 taels of silver, children under 16 years old, boys can get 10 taels each, girls can get 5 taels each, and the village chief and several elders in the village can get an extra 20 taels of silver, and the rest of the money will be put into the village public funds. It is used for village construction.

As soon as this plan came out, the family had a large population, there were elderly people, and most of the villagers were men, but the villagers were a little depressed, but after all, this was a windfall, and it was also a huge amount of money for them, so everyone figured it out, and they waited for the village chief to share the money.

According to this distribution plan, almost 1,000 taels of silver were allocated, and there were more than 3,000 taels left in the 4,000 taels, and the village chief announced again that he would take out 1,000 taels to repair the ancestral hall in the village, and at the same time take out 200 taels to build a school in the village and a gentleman's house. I have to mention here that Ye Lan told the village chief that he invited a Xiucai to the village to be a gentleman, and he came over every two days, and the other party also had an old mother to bring over at the same time, and the village chief, who had a huge amount of money, immediately generously said that this gentleman's salary was paid by the public funds in the village, and there was no need for Ye Lan to pay for it himself, after learning that Ye Lan gave the salary, the village chief felt a pain in his flesh, but when he thought that the other party was a Xiucai-level person, maybe one day he could let the children in the village be admitted to a Xiucai, which can be regarded as a glorious ancestor, for ordinary people, The scholar is very respectable, so even if it hurts a little, the village chief has no regrets, which makes Ye Lan look at each other differently.

The villagers have just received the money, and when they heard that they could repair the ancestral hall in the village, and they could let their children go to school for free, they all cheered, they had been farming here for generations, not that they didn't want to come out, and they wouldn't say that knowledge would change their fate, but they still understood the truth, but they were suffering from no conditions, and the existing conditions, of course everyone cheered.

When the village held a meeting, except for Qiao Zi who lost his temper and locked himself in the room, everyone arrived, Ye Lan was also among them, and after listening to the village chief's plan, some villagers immediately proposed that the construction of the ancestral hall and the school required manpower, but the labor force in the village had already cleared the wasteland for the Qiao family, and everyone immediately looked at Ye Lan.

"The reclamation is not a day or two can be completed, the construction of ancestral halls and schools is also very important, our village can use the labor force has been used, in the final analysis, or our village labor force is too small, both sides of the matter is very important, can not stop, so my suggestion is, the village men, first stop the wasteland, the ancestral hall and the school affairs first, as for my side of the labor, one is the women of the village, second, you can go to the other village to please, now is not the busy season, it should be more convenient to invite people, village chief, what do you think I suggest?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Ye Lan stood up, she already had the idea in her heart, just waiting for the right time to say it, now she has already bought the mountain, in addition to clearing the wasteland, she also has to dig the mountain, how can there be dozens of people in the village.

"Ye Lan's suggestion is excellent, I agree, what do you think?" The village chief nodded, so that there was no delay on both sides, and it could be said that he was very satisfied with Ye Lan's suggestion.

The ancestral hall is a place where the villagers worship their ancestors, and the school is a place for their children and students, both of which are very important, and are related to the interests of themselves and future generations.

"Village chief, I want to ask the labor force to continue to open up the wilderness for me, do you have any suggestions?" Ye Lan asked the village chief.

"The labor force over there, Ye Lan can go to Wangjia Village next door if you still need it, Wangjia Village is a village with a large population outside the northern city, but the living standards of the villagers are similar to ours, it is not the busy season for farming, the labor force over there is absolutely full, Li's mother's family is from Wangjia Village, Li's family, Ye Lan doesn't know the situation over there, why don't you take her there." Just received Ye Lan's money, and directly raised the villagers' deposits to a higher level, how could the village chief not be attentive to Ye Lan.

"That's no problem, Ye Lan, how many people do you need, I will definitely help you pick a good labor force from my mother's village." Lee patted his chest and assured.

"How far is Wangjia Village from here, is it convenient to go back and forth, and how long does it take to walk every day?" Ye Lan was more worried about the distance, to see if they needed to provide them with accommodation.

"It's close, it's a little bit of footsteps, and a pot of tea will be there." It's just that Ye Lan hasn't walked in the direction of Wangjia Village, so she still doesn't know that there is another village not far from the village.

"I know, let's put the labor matter first, while everyone is today, I still have one more thing to discuss with you, seeing that there is still a month old guy corn harvest is about to be harvested, I want to rent everyone's land, I don't know if everyone is willing to rent."

"Rent land?" The villagers looked at Ye Lan unexpectedly, they don't have much land in the north, no one has ever wanted to rent land, and the soil in the north is not suitable for growing crops, who will plant crops in a large area, the more you plant, the more you lose.

"Yes, rent land, give you a tael of silver rent per acre of land a year, a rent every ten years, after the land rent is given to me, I will ask everyone to farm for me, and there is another salary for farming, and every year when it comes to the New Year, I will also give different rewards according to my harvest and everyone's performance in a year."

"Ye Lan, you plan to open up a hundred acres of land in this wasteland, this is already a lot, you still have to rent land, we have a very small harvest in the northern realm, you rent it, it's not cost-effective." Jinhua, as Ye Lan's neighbor, was the first to accept Ye Lan's mother and son, she really thought about Ye Lan, it was really not cost-effective to rent land and hire someone to farm it.

"Aunt Jinhua, I know you mean well, but I naturally have my intentions when I do this." Ye Lan smiled and spoke, "This northern land is indeed not suitable for growing crops, but what if I have the ability to make it suitable?" ”

Ye Lan's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, the villagers who have lived here for generations don't believe looking at Ye Lan, although she has money, and she has done something to change everyone's living standards, everyone thanks her in their hearts, but so many people in the past have not improved the harvest in the north, just relying on Ye Lan's doll words, it's not that they don't believe it, it's really too difficult.

"I know you don't believe it, so let's do it, everyone is planting corn in the field, if you are willing, you can rent the land to me now, where you plant corn land, I will buy your corn for one or two silver per mu, and there is a month to harvest, this month, let us witness the miracle appear, I can not only destroy those hateful insects, but also let our corn grow smoothly, are you interested?"

Ye Lan's price of renting land can be said to be very high, you must know that these villagers have worked hard for a year as a family, and it would be good to be able to fill the food and clothing, not to mention making money, and now they don't do anything, as long as they rent out the land, one acre of land can earn one or two silver a year, not only that, Ye Lan asked them to farm and calculate the salary, how can this be considered a sure thing.

Seeing that there is still a month before the corn is about to be harvested, but there are a lot of insects this year, everyone has no way to take these insects, seeing that this year's efforts are going to be wasted, Ye Lan proposed to buy the corn in the field at the price of one mu and one tael of silver, and the villagers discussed it a little, and they expressed their willingness to rent the land to Ye Lan.

So, under the witness of the village chief and several elders, Ye Lan signed a contract with everyone one by one, and rented the land of the whole village, a total of 65 acres, of which there are 50 acres of corn land, one acre of land is rented for one year, ten years is ten taels of silver, sixty-five acres is 650 taels, plus the price of one tael per mu of corn land, renting these lands for ten years, Ye Lan took out another 700 taels of silver.

In order to prevent someone from tearing up the contract, Ye Lan also specifically stated that if anyone has not recovered the land within the contract period, she will be compensated at a hundred times the rental price per mu of land, which is to prevent her from fattening the land in the future.

However, there are very many people who regret deciding today, but there is a contract hand, and they can only stare dryly, of course, these are all later words.

Signed a contract with everyone, the village chief left the village men to discuss the repair of the ancestral hall and the school, Ye Lan asked the Li family to go back to Wangjia Village to find labor, and there was no doubt about employing people, she told Li that she wanted a lot of labor, and she could bring a hundred strong men, still twenty literary wages a day, you can eat a meal at noon, come in the morning and go back in the evening, this matter will be directly handed over to the Li family to do.

It is a great honor to be trusted by Ye Lan, and said that he will definitely select a strong labor force for Ye Lan, although there are many people in Wangjia Village, but the craftsmanship is not as good as the men in Jinxiu Village, so most of the families have nothing to do now, Ye Lan's move is undoubtedly to provide employment opportunities for many people.

Qiao Zi was also angry in the room, her daughter didn't come to comfort herself, she was angry, her daughter came back, but not only did she not apologize to her for buying the mountain, but spent a lot of money, and in a hurry, she pointed at Ye Lan and scolded 'unscrupulous girl', and fainted directly on the bed.

"Mother......" Ye Lan saw that Qiao Zi was stunned by herself, and she was also a little anxious, so she hurriedly stepped forward to pinch Qiao Zirenzhong, and Qiao Zi woke up as soon as she used her strength, and pointed at her with teary eyes to accuse,

"No, girl, you really want to strangle your mother."

The reaction of "......" will not be pretending to be dizzy.

Ye Lan looked at Qiao Zi with tears on her face, she didn't know that Qiao Zi still had such a lively side, but this also meant that she was stronger than she imagined, so it was naturally suitable for her to carry out her plan.

"Mother, Ye Lan knows why you are angry, it's just that you're worried that your daughter is ignorant and spends money where she shouldn't be spent, mother, no matter what your daughter says, it's empty words, why don't we make an agreement?" Ye Lan felt that she was too young and had a lot of inconveniences, so she needed Qiao Zi's 100% support.

"What agreement?"

"My daughter rented the villagers' land, isn't there corn in the field, there is still a month is the corn harvest time, what is the situation in the corn field in the village, my mother must also know, those insects can not even be solved by the villagers, if it continues like this, when the harvest comes, the corn has nothing left, we will bet on these insects, if the daughter can solve these insects and keep the corn field, then the mother will promise her daughter, from now on, this family, the daughter has the final say."

"What if you can't get rid of these bugs?" Qiao Zi felt that her daughter's words were completely unbelievable.

"Then I will get my mother's permission before doing anything in the future." Ye Landau.

"Deal." Qiao Zi thought about it for a while and felt that this thing was feasible.

"Before the corn field is harvested, my mother can't question my affairs, and she has to announce to the people in the village that I am in charge of our family affairs, so that others will always treat me as a child, and I have to ask if I have your consent for everything." Ye Lan took the opportunity to put forward conditions.

"Okay."

The two mothers and daughters high-fived each other, and when they reached their eyes, Ye Lan was full of smiles, "Mother, I'll go make lunch." ”

Usually Qiao Zi is reluctant to let her daughter do these rough jobs, but today she was depressed, and she waved her hand right away, quite a bit of a landlord's wife squeezing the little girl.

"Go ahead."

After getting Qiao Zi's holy decree, Ye Lan naturally wanted to let go of her hands and feet to do a great job, before finding the lime, she didn't know how to solve the cornfield bugs, so she didn't make a move, now the time has come, she should not let Qiao Zi take the right to take the house, soon after lunch, Ye Lan bought seeds from the shopkeeper Feng and sent them, and asked someone to move the things to the grocery room, Ye Lan invited him to drink a glass of water, and then gave a tip of ten cents, and the man left with a smile.

(End of chapter)