Ziqing and Lin Kangping naturally didn't know everything that happened in the old house, and the two were enjoying the sweetness of staying together. Because in the following days, there is no need to go anywhere to pay New Year's greetings, Lin Kangping accompanies Ziqing every day, Ziqing's two feet are injured, but the right foot is more serious, and it is Lin Kangping who comes out and goes in holding Ziqing. Shen was both happy and worried when she saw it, happy that Ziqing found someone who was good to her wholeheartedly, worried that the two were tired of being together, and had the experience of Ziping, afraid that Ziqing would do something that would damage her reputation. Fortunately, Lin Kangping also knew how to avoid outsiders, and when there were guests, he was more or less restrained, and the Shen family turned a blind eye.

Zifu wants to prepare to go to Beijing to catch the exam, of course the Shen family can't be idle, originally Lin Kangping wanted to send Zifu over, but there are still some things that have not been done here. Zifu said that he had made an appointment with his classmates, and this time there were four people in the Egret Academy, and the four of them made an appointment to go together. Lin Kangping suggested that it was best for them to divide the silver tickets into small denominations, sewing two pieces of each garment, and Shen Shi was busy dismantling the clothes and sewing the silver tickets after hearing this, but fortunately, the guests at home gradually decreased, and they were not very tired.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Zifu went out, and it was far away to go to the capital, and he was afraid that some things on the road would be delayed, so he was richer when he went out earlier. The four of them shared a horse-drawn carriage. Lin Kangping asked Zifu to bring a letter, and asked Zifu to live in his house, with two small servants, and it was convenient to go out.

Before leaving, Zeng Ruixiang said to Zifu earnestly: "Whether you are in it or not, you must keep a normal heart, reading is not an overnight thing, and the exam is not that you will be able to do well if you read well, and there are many external factors. After all, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and everything must be careful. Zifu agreed again and again. Shen was crying and speechless.

After a few days, Ziqing's feet could walk, and Lin Kangping was going to take her out, saying that he was going to see the place, it turned out that Lin Kangping felt sorry for Ziqing, and he also promised Zeng Ruixiang when he proposed marriage earlier. You have to buy land and build a house nearby. Ziqing is closer to her mother's home, and she can go home whenever she wants.

Lin Kangping solemnly discussed the matter with Zeng Ruixiang and Shen again this time, and Zeng Ruixiang and his wife were willing and full of joy. Who in the world wants their children to stay away? The two of them also helped to carefully recall which places in the neighborhood would be more suitable.

In fact, a little further back to the east of Ziqing's house, there is a piece of wasteland, with about 20 acres. It's just that most of them are reed lakes that no one has cleaned up, and they are covered with reeds half a person high, one on the left and one on the right. It is not connected into a piece, and the dry land that can really be used is less than ten acres, and it is not connected into a piece, with a small piece of bamboo forest, so it has been abandoned.

This time, Ziqing is going to see the mother's house of the Apotian family, Lingshang Village, which is said to have a large barren mountain behind the village. Their village was small and empty. Because the weather is fine. Zeng Ruixiang invited the Shen family to go out for a walk together, and Ziyu Zixi also followed, and finally it became a family outing, the rape flowers on the roadside had bloomed sporadically, and the farmers in the field had begun to work.

Ziqing likes this simple rural life very much, of course, provided that she does not have to work in the field herself. Thinking that his landlord-like rice worm career is about to begin, his heart is full of longing.

Lingshang Village has a relatively flat path from the town, just near the private school in the town, it takes more than two quarters of an hour to walk from Ziqing's house, there are only about ten households in the village, there is an abandoned ditch behind the village, the ditch used to be that barren mountain, there is a large flat land under the mountain, there are a few pine trees in the corners, red soil, used to plant fruit trees and have to be fertilized well, watermelons can not be planted, not sandy land, but also overgrown with weeds, not too barren.

"This is too big, there must not be a hundred acres, such a large wasteland, a family living in it is too remote, no." Zeng Ruixiang first denied.

"But no, what if Kang Ping is not at home, and Qing'er still doesn't dare to live alone? At the foot of the mountain, it is said that there are still jackals. Shen also said.

Ziqing and Lin Kang didn't speak on average, Zixi said: "Daddy, you are too anxious, my sister hasn't said whether to buy it or not, and she hasn't said what to do when you buy it, but you should worry about it first." ”

Lin Kangping glanced at Ziqing and said that he would go back to discuss first. After the family went back, Ziqing took everyone to stand on the edge of the reeds again, to be honest, Ziqing is still more in love with this place, the key is how to design, the design is good, plant lotuses, raise fish, and also stocking ducks and geese, count in one fell swoop, but the project is very huge, you have to dig the reeds first, and the silt in the pond is cleared, and it is more troublesome to think about it.

Zeng Ruixiang also objected, saying: "This land is too wasteful, it is better to buy a piece of wasteland directly." In addition, the cost of this clean-up is more than the silver taels to buy the land, which is too cost-effective. ”

Ziqing was noncommittal when she heard it, Ziqing discussed with Lin Kangping after going home, the land in Lingshang Village was bought first, and it was still okay to cover the courtyard wall to plant oranges. He still understands Ziqing's thoughts, and sets up his home next door to his mother's house, making it much easier to come out and go in.

"But such a large piece of wasteland to plant fruit trees, you must hire someone to take care of it, not to mention that you have to raise thousands of chickens and dozens of sheep, if possible, put in a few hares, a few pheasants, and preferably a few sika deer, and you can go hunting or something in the future." Ziqing began to fantasize.

Lin Kangping pondered for a moment and said: "In the past, when I was in the Wen family, Uncle Wang and I who were in charge of the flower garden have always been good, and his mother-in-law has been in the stove room, but now that he is older, the old servants of the Wen family generally go out when they are fifty years old, if I go to find them, it would be best if I was willing to come over." The children of his family are also in the Wen family, and the old couple have some silver in their hands for the elderly, so I am afraid it is not easy to invite. ”

"Try it, it's man-made, it's okay if you don't sign a deed of sale, just hire them. When we are busy, we can hire part-time workers. ”

"There are two small servants around me, who have been with me for two years, and now they are staying in the capital, and I now rely on them to take care of the jade business in the capital, and I am afraid that it will be a little overkill to see the orchard. Besides, I think maybe I might be able to use them in the future to open my own shop. ”

"When you say you want to open a shop, I think the 1,000 taels of silver might as well be used to buy two shops or some paddy fields, which is always stable."

"It's better to buy a shop, I'm not at home, it's inconvenient for you to collect land rent."

The two discussed, and talked about some gossip, Lin Kangping was going back to Beijing after the Lantern Festival, except for sleeping, almost not an inch or so. Fortunately, the Zeng family doesn't treat him as an outsider now, except for occasionally making fun of him, Shen has observed for so long and knows that the two of them are measured, but they didn't say anything deeply, not to mention that there have always been many people in the family, and people come and go, and there is no mistake.

The Lantern Festival passed quickly, Lin Kangping spent one hundred taels on the first day of the opening of the Yamen, he bought the small slope under the barren mountain for one hundred taels, the area of the barren mountain is too big, and he can't take care of it at all, Ziqing is not a person with lofty pursuits, things have to come step by step, Lin Kangping is also worried that Ziqing is too hardworking, and the two of them gave up without thinking about it.

Ziqing took the title deed and looked at it, and asked, "Isn't there a hundred acres?" How do you spend all this money? ”

It turned out that Lin Kangping spent a little bit of broken silver to make some points up and down, so the land was collected according to the land price of the barren mountain, one or two silver per mu, and it was said that there were 100 acres and zero points.

Ziqing glanced at Lin Kangping, and said with a smile: "No wonder people often say that profiteers and profiteers, no businessmen are not traitors, you are worthy of rolling in the business field, you know that exploiting loopholes, that land is between barren mountains and wasteland, spending a small amount of money saves a lot of money, you must know that the price of wasteland is more than two hundred taels of silver." ”

Lin Kangping saw Ziqing's smiling appearance, his heart was itching, and he deliberately gritted his teeth and pinched Ziqing's cheek and said: "Okay, I ran hard for most of the day, and it was easy to save more than a hundred taels of silver, and my daughter-in-law didn't praise me, so how could she scold me?" ”

Ziqing's face turned red when she heard this, and she said, "Don't talk nonsense, my mother heard the scolding of you, who is your daughter-in-law?" It's still early, who can say what will happen in the future? ”

Lin Kangping's face sank when he heard this, and said: "Qing'er, I don't care about anything else you say, but I can't say that we can't make it, I feel pain in my heart when I hear it, I will recognize you in this life, you can't run, don't want to run." ”

Ziqing saw that he really changed his face, and was busy pulling his clothes, just when Zeng Ruixiang came in and asked Lin Kangping if he was going to Anzhou, Lin Kangping was about to go to Yaxing and followed. Ziqing's heart was still unhappy, worried that he was still angry in his heart.

Lin Kangping's luck was good, he bought two shops in two days, spent 1,000 taels of silver, just shops, no backyard, because of the prosperous location, the rent is also fifty taels a year. Even with the Shen family, he also bought a shop and 100 acres of paddy fields, and in the old years, the income of the family's watermelons and fruit trees was 3,000 taels, the income from raising chickens and growing potatoes and rape was 200 taels, and the income from shops and paddy fields was almost 1,000. Because the Zeng family's shops and paddy fields are rented out and relatively scattered, except for their own family, outsiders can't imagine that the Zeng family now has a lot of family background, with ten shops and 320 acres of paddy fields.

Lin Kangping handed over the rent of the shop to Ziqing, Ziqing didn't want it, Lin Kangping insisted: "My own daughter-in-law raises it herself, you can buy something new, be obedient, take it." And these. ”

Because the 1,000 taels of silver had already bought the shop, Lin Kangping knew that Ziqing had no money in his hand, so he left everything in the title deed and house deed here with Ziqing this time. Yilin Kangping's meaning all of these want to fall on Ziqing's account, but the law of this dynasty stipulates that underage women cannot buy property without a separate household registration, and Ziqing despised it when she knew it.

"This big holiday, we didn't find a chance to say a few words alone, even the last mountain to pick up eggs also followed, good, to wait at home for me to come back, the courtyard wall of the orchard will wait for me to come back next time, and the reed lake of the land will wait for me to find someone who knows how to talk. You don't have to worry about this, I will arrange it properly, you can rest assured, I will definitely give you a home you want. After speaking, he held Ziqing's hand tightly, said "wait for me to come back", and then hurried back to Beijing. (To be continued)