Chapter Twenty-Eight: Buying Fields
The ox cart drove for half an hour before finally arriving at Shangling Village.
When Daddy Gu parked the oxcart in front of the courtyard of the Gu family, Daddy Gu hugged Gu Chengyu down.
"Mother! I am back! Gu Chengyu ran to the main house.
"It's Xiaobao who is back! Come on in! When Gu Chengyu walked to the main house, the Lu family had already heard the voice, and when he got down from the kang, he was about to meet the door of the main house.
"Why did you come back so late? But you are going to school today, is the master strict with you? Do you get along well with your classmates? No one bullied you, right? "The old son of the Lu family has returned, and the heart that he had been holding for a day has finally been soothed.
Gu Chengyu answered Lu's words very patiently, although these words had already been asked by Father Gu on the way.
"That's it! The baby is tired from a day of school, and when he comes back, he has to be asked by you, so can't he rest? Later, the master also assigned homework, and he had to do it in a hurry, and when it was dark, he couldn't see clearly when he lit the oil lamp. Let's set up dinner first! After eating, let Xiaobao write in this main house. Father Gu hurriedly interrupted Lu's chatter, and if he didn't stop her, maybe he would have to ask for a long time.
"Hey! Why do you still have to read the handwriting when you come back? Isn't it the first day I've been to a private school? Then I have to hurry up and ask the second family to set the meal. After Lu Shi finished speaking, he hurriedly went to the stove.
"Daddy! How's the matter of buying land and homestead today? Gu Chengyu remembered that in the morning, Daddy Gu and they went into the town to find Yazi.
"Oh yes! At the dinner table, he said that I didn't go home for a while, but went to see the ground. Regarding the homestead, I asked the eldest and second to come back to talk to Lizheng, and I don't know what they were talking about. When Father Gu thought that he had successfully bought Tian today, his heart was happy. This is a legacy for future generations!
In order to celebrate Gu Chengyu's first day of school, the Lu family specially asked Gu's father to cut a small piece of meat from the town and come back, ready to make up for Gu Chengyu.
"The second family, don't think about stealing it, I have cut a few slices of meat, I have counted them, if I find out that you are stealing, I will let you go back to your parents' house, do you hear?"
Gu Chengyu heard his mother admonishing He in the stove in the main house. Alas! Still short of silver! By the way, the honeysuckle should be able to be picked in the next two days, so I have to ask his father to take a look.
When the Fang family came in with vegetables, paste, and nests, He's eyes were about to fall into the vegetable pot, this pork is really fragrant!
Gu Chengyu glanced at a plate of meat dishes on the table and saw that it was fried pork slices with Chinese cabbage. In ancient times, selling pork was much more fat, so the pork in it was fat. Gu Chengyu didn't eat fatty meat in his previous life, but the fatty meat here is very fragrant, and every time he cooks meat, he will eat two pieces.
Gu Wan came back from outside, and it is estimated that she is looking for spring flowers again. Gu Chengchi still ran to Li Langzhong's house during the day, and when Gu Chengyu came back, he had just come back from Li Langzhong's house and lay down and rested for half an hour.
Regarding Gu Chengchi's matter, Gu Chengyu changed his mind and didn't plan to go to Li Langzhong. Everyone's path is their own, he doesn't know why Li Langzhong disagrees, but Li Langzhong has his own intentions in doing things, whether he really doesn't want to, or the test, he shouldn't meddle in this matter, it's better to let it be.
Daddy Gu picked up the dishes first, and everyone raised their chopsticks one after another. There are only five slices of meat in the cabbage fried meat on He's table, of course, the first to start, the meat slices are all in the cabbage, He took the chopsticks in his mouth and took a sip, and immediately checked the meat slices in the cabbage. Gu Chengyu found that this was his second sister-in-law's habitual action, before eating, he had to put the chopsticks in his mouth and take a sip, and then pick up the vegetables, and he also liked to turn over and over in the vegetable bowl, which made people lose their appetite when they looked at it.
Erya saw that He Shi had made a move, and immediately took chopsticks and learned to check He in the vegetable pot, and He Shi was about to turn his face when he saw this. But he didn't want to, Fang's chopsticks were drawn on the back of Erya's hand, and everyone at the table was stunned. Even the table on Gu Chengyu's side, when he heard the movement, looked over there.
"Who taught you to be so unruly? What does a girl look like like this? Fang snorted coldly at Erya, she would rather not eat meat, than her daughter to learn a temperament like He's, and promise her in-laws in the future, which will be disgusting.
"Mother! I ......" Erya covered the back of her hand, her eyes reddened aggrievedly, didn't she want to clip two pieces to her eldest brother?
Fang Shi saw that his daughter's eyes were red, and he was so sad that he opened his eyes.
When Gu Chengyu saw this scene, he didn't expect the Fang family to pay so much attention to the virtues of their children, no wonder Da Lang and they were all honest, at least they had a good temperament.
Daddy Gu looked at the table and frowned, if he didn't do something at the dinner table every day, it seemed that the meal would not be fragrant.
"That's it! Eat quickly, and say something after eating. ”
When everyone had almost eaten, Father Gu asked the Fang family to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and planned to start discussing the construction of the house.
"The second child and I went to the town early in the morning and went to find Liu Yazi to see if there was a large piece of high-quality land to sell, and Liu Yazi said that he wanted to wait. was going to come back, but Yazi, who he was familiar with, said that there was a large piece of land to sell in Xialing Village, so Liu Yazi took us to take a look. I went with my second child, and there are fifty-five acres! Divided into two places, the field is a good field! It's a pity that we can't buy so many. Daddy Gu took out his cigarette stick, lit it and took a puff.
"Dad, if you don't buy that field, it's really a pity! Our village does not have those high-quality fields that are connected into patches, and it is rare to have a few acres of land for sale, all of which are scattered and cannot be put together! Gu Chengyi continued to say with emotion. But if he bought 55 acres, his family would be able to get so much silver, even if the family still wants to build a house, 60 or 70 taels I am afraid that there will not be many large tiled houses, which is really embarrassing.
"Then only buy thirty-five acres! What's this? "The rest of the silver is for Xiaobao to study, and the second child is afraid that he wants to play silver again? Lu felt that the second child was a white-eyed wolf, and he would not be satisfied no matter how much he took out.
"But people's fields are to be sold in a row, one is twenty-five acres, one is thirty acres, this is still the land of Master Qin's family in Xialing Village, and I also met with Steward Qin today. He said that his uncle would have to do business in the capital in the future, and he didn't want to go back to Xialing Village. This is not? As soon as they left, there was no one to take care of the field, so they wanted to sell the field. Otherwise, in more than half a month, the seeds will be sown, who is willing to sell the land? "Father Gu is also panicked, Xialing Village is also close to Shangling Village, and it is easier to take care of it. Besides, it's not easy to buy land in this neighborhood, it's all scattered, although there are still large and small Zhuangzi, but his family can't afford it, right?
"That's the only one who sells land? Is there anything else on the side? When Gu Chengyu heard this, he also felt that it was difficult to do, he felt that it was too small to buy any piece alone, and if he bought them all, the family would have to live a poor life.