Chapter 21 Buying Land
"Buy land!" Xia Huai wanted to persuade Xia Yan to give up, but thinking that her sister had made a lot of money recently, her decision would definitely not be wrong. He thought for a while, "There shouldn't be much land to buy in the village, and the land that can be sold has already been sold out." ”
He took a breath and said, "We can't buy the land in the hands of the villagers, we all count on this little land to eat, who will sell it?" Besides, even if they are willing to sell, it must be a lion's mouth, and it is not their style to slaughter us ruthlessly. ”
"You're right." Xia Yan's eyes were full of fighting spirit, "However, one day, they will cry and shout to hand over the land to us." ”
"So where are we going to buy land?"
"Isn't that vast expanse of land ownerless, where we live now?"
"But it's a wasteland, and we can't replant anything at all, or we wouldn't have been able to live there as a family."
"I have my own way, brother, take me to Lizheng."
Xia Yan's confident look infected Xia Huai, so he had no intention of continuing to ask. Now he just wants to hurry up and buy the land and watch his sister do wonders.
The two of them hurried away and finally returned home at lunchtime.
After eating, Xia Huai took Xia Yan to Lizheng's house at a trot. hurriedly explained the intention, and just figured out the intention of the two, Li Zheng, who had not recovered from the shock, was pulled away by Xia Yan in a daze.
It was not easy for Waiti to accept the reality that Xia Yan wanted to buy land, and when he came to his senses, he found that he was already standing in front of the small fence courtyard of the Xia family.
Li Zheng's white beard curled and said with a smile: "You two little dolls, you are too impatient, my old bones are about to be pulled apart by you." ”
"Grandpa Lizheng, take a break and drink saliva." Xia Yan helped Li Zheng to sit on the chair set up in advance, handed over the teacup, and blinked innocently, "At your house just now, you have been in a daze, no matter what my brother and I say, you nod, we pulled you over in a hurry, please forgive me for the neglect." ”
"Ahem." Li Zheng cleared his throat in embarrassment, "The old man is not in a daze, but I haven't heard that anyone wants to buy land for many years, and it's still your house, so I'm a little surprised and out of shape." ”
"I don't know which piece of land Yan'er are you going to buy?"
"This is the one in front of you."
"Ahem, ahem..."Li Zheng was so surprised that he almost squirted out the water he had just drunk in his mouth, "I heard you right, right?" It's a wasteland, and you can't grow anything if you buy it. ”
"Hey." Li Zheng shook his head, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that Xinhe has only been gone for a few years, and your houses and fields have been occupied, so that you have to buy wasteland to make a living." Then the Xia family is really not a thing, I didn't think about how you orphans and widows would live without a house? ”
"Grandpa Lizheng, I'm ......"
Xia Yan just wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Li Zheng, "Hey, the old man knows that you have had a bad time over the years, but I didn't expect it to become like this." The old man violated Xinhe's entrustment, and he knew that he might be complaining about the old man. ”
"You and my father?"
"It's a long story." Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Back then, Xinhe was kind to the old man, and he told me to take more care of you before leaving. The old man who has been bullied by you for so many years also sees it in his eyes, but thinking that this is your family matter, the old man is not easy to intervene. Who would have thought that they would go so far as to leave you a house? ”
Li Zheng's concerned tone made Xia Yan's heart warm, and she comforted: "Grandpa Li Zheng, although they came to rob the house, I am willing to give it as an exchange, just to cut off all relations with the Xia family." They have already crossed out our family from the Xia family tree in front of me, and in the future, my family will have nothing to do with the Xia family, and they will no longer be able to bully us. ”
"Well, that's fine." Li Zheng was a little amazed at Xia Yan's decisiveness, and nodded reassuringly, "My family still has a few acres of land, and my wife and I can't finish planting, so let's plant it for you." If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to the old man. You better not buy this piece of land, the gains outweigh the losses. ”
"It's okay, this piece of land will do. If you give us the land, Uncle and they will definitely complain about Yan'er, this is really more than worth the loss. ”
"They dare! The old man is not dead yet, and I am still in charge of this family. Li Zheng was a little emotional, and he relieved himself and asked, "Are you sure you want to buy this piece?" ”
"Sure, Grandpa Lizheng, please help me measure how big this land is."
Looking at Xia Yan's determined eyes, Li Zheng stopped saying anything and began to measure the ground seriously.
From the foot of the foggy mountain to the back of the fence courtyard, several people were busy panting.
Finally, more than an hour later, Li Zheng took a breath and said, "I didn't find out before, this land is so big, a hundred acres. Hey, it's a pity it's a wasteland. I don't know how much you need Yan'er? ”
"I want this 100 acres of land."
"There are only three people in your family, how can you cultivate this hundred acres of wasteland? Let's listen to the old man's advice and take my family's land to plant. ”
"I really don't need Grandpa Lizheng, thank you for your kindness. How much does this 100 acres of land cost? ”
"You girl, you really don't listen to persuasion. Hey, whatever you want. According to the rules of the village, this wasteland is one tael of silver per acre, and a hundred acres of land is a total of one hundred taels. But do you have so much money in your house? ”
"Nope." Xia Yan smiled awkwardly, thinking that the wasteland should be very cheap, but who knew that this land was so big, far beyond his expectations.
"Or, I'll give you a deposit of thirty taels first, and I'll make up for the remaining sixty taels for you in a few days?"
"Yes, the old man will write you the title deed." Li Zheng wrote for a while, then looked up and asked, "Who is the name of this land deed?" ”
"Write about my brother."
"No, no, no." Hearing Xia Yan say this, Xia Huai immediately shook his head and refused, "This money is earned by Yan Er's hard work, how can you write me?" Yan'er, you keep it as a dowry. ”
Xia Yan had a tough attitude, looked at Xia Huai seriously and said, "It's okay brother, our family will have it, and we still expect you to plant this land." I'm only seven years old, but I can't grow that much. My mother is weak, and she can't do it anymore. ”
Xia Huai scratched his head and hesitated for a long time, thinking that the things that his sister had decided recently didn't seem to have changed, and he couldn't say anything about his sister, so he could only nod and agree.
Li was busy with everything and was about to go home, when he suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around and asked Xia Yan: "Yan'er, was there a notary present when Old Man Xia removed you from the family tree?" ”
"No, will they be in debt?"
"Old man Xia doesn't." Li Zheng stroked his beard and shook his head, "But his son and daughter-in-law are not easy to say." ”
Xia Yanleng was stunned for a long time, and he also regretted his recklessness, he was too easy to trust others, so he could only sigh and say: "There is such a brazen person in the world? If this is the case, then you can only see the moves, take a step and see a step. ”
Let Xia Huai send Li Zheng home, Xia Yan thought about the genealogy while walking, and returned to the door of the house unconsciously.
But I heard a flattering voice from the yard: "Donkey, you eat more, and after eating the small one, you will take a bath." The weather is nice today, you bask in the sun after taking a shower, and the small one will give you a massage. ”
When the Yan family in the courtyard heard Xiaohu say this, he couldn't help laughing: "Xiaohu, this is just a donkey, don't you need to wait like this." I'll bathe it in a while, and you go home early to rest, you're tired of the day. ”
"Aunt Yan, sit down and rest, I can't let you work. Besides, this is a donkey, it's the first time I, Zhang Xiaohu, have grown so big and touched a donkey. Little Tiger Eyes worshipped, "Our eldest sister is really capable, even a donkey can get it." It will definitely not be wrong to follow the eldest sister, and I don't regret it at all. ”
The more Yan looked at it, the more he felt that this baby was a living treasure, remembering the deed of sale she had written for Xia Yan yesterday, and said with some distress: "Xiaohu, your deed of sale ......"
At this time, Xia Yan pushed the door in and interrupted Yan's words.
She beckoned to Xiaohu, who immediately ran over and smiled flatteringly, "Sister, what do you command?" ”
"Don't use that look at me." Xia Yan nodded and patted Xiaohu's shoulder, "Young man, follow me well, there is endless meat waiting for you." ”
Xiaohu nodded excitedly, and she said again: "Go and gather your group of friends, I have something to do with them." ”
"Eldest sister, don't you want them to sign a deed of sale. Wait, I'll bring them all. Xiaohu smiled evilly, not knowing what his brain had made up.
"What are you thinking about? How can you sell yourself for no reason, you use me here as a robber's den? Hurry up, don't think about it. ”
Xiaohu hurriedly agreed and ran quickly towards the village.
After a while, he took his seven children to the door of Xia Yan's house.
"Xiaohu, you can really do it, enough for a man. I just got beaten, and I thought about coming to this house to find a place to get back. Today, the brethren will not disgrace you, let that little white face taste what it is like to be kicked. ”
At this time, Xia Yan walked out, and when someone saw it, he immediately said disrespectfully: "Yo, ugly monster, what about your little white-faced little lover, shouldn't you have seen a lot of brothers and fled in fright?" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiaohu slapped the man hard, "In the future, she will be our eldest sister, and whoever is disrespectful to her will be against me Zhang Xiaohu." If you want to mix well in the village, follow me Zhang Xiaohu and call her the eldest sister. If you don't want to get mixed up, hurry up and let your father and mother take you out. ”
A few children lowered their heads stupidly, Zhang Xiaohu and they were not too afraid, at most they saw that he was unpleasant and fought with him. The terrible thing is that Zhang Xiaohu has an unreasonable father, who is really a tyrant in the village, and few people who offend him have a good end.
What's more important is that the little tiger father is extremely doting on his only baby son, and everything is up to him. This is also the main reason why the children in the village are willing to let Xiaohu be the boss.