After breakfast on the second day, Old Man Zeng invited Li Zheng and several old people from the clan over. Zeng Ruiqing and Zeng Ruixiang had to go to work the next day, and the time was relatively tight. According to what was agreed yesterday, the family agreed, and the outsiders went through the motions. Ziqing finally saw the household registration book of this period, two thin pieces of paper, Zeng Ruixiang wrote, filled in the place name, Anzhou Mansion, Linjiang County, Dongtang Village, and the difference from modern times is that the field property and direction will be indicated. This is just a blueprint, and it has to be filed at the county office, and the seal is official. However, there is a fee to be paid, and the tax will be paid according to this in the future, and the tax will be converted into grain or silver after the autumn harvest. Li Zheng explained it one by one.

Zeng Ziqing learned some general information from their small talk, Anzhou is located at the junction of three provinces, there is a river through Anzhou, there are many mountains and few fields, paddy fields are generally planted with two seasons of rice, and rapeseed is generally planted in winter. There are a few families who grow a small amount of sweet potatoes and potatoes that have been passed down from Fanbang. Ziqing guessed that it was a sweet potato or a potato or something. There is no large-scale planting, so you can seize the opportunity at home. The paddy field at home is only one acre, and there is definitely not enough food to eat. It's just that how to convince parents to listen to themselves has to be carefully pondered.

After the matter was done, Zeng Ruixiang wanted to go to Dongtang Village to see the land where the house was built, Zifu went with him, Ziqing was finally able to make the trip after grinding for a long time, and Zilu stayed to take care of the Shen family.

After walking about 100 meters from the cobblestone road at the entrance of the front house, there is a small dirt road, and there are paddy fields on both sides of the dirt road, and the dirt road is about three or four hundred meters to the entrance of the village. Ziqing found that whether it was the small street of Grandma's house or the house in the village, they were all next to each other, no one had a yard, and it was not that there was no land, they all lived together. Ziqing doesn't like to live like this, she wants to get rich.

The three of Ziqing's family looked at the open space in front of them, which was the size of the house where the old man Zeng lived now, and the wall foundation was still there, so only four rooms could be built, and there were houses on both sides, and there was no way to expand it.

"Daddy, Qing'er doesn't like it here, it's too small. Qing'er wants a big house, one eldest brother, one second brother, one Qing'er, one father and mother, and one younger brother also want to live, and Qing'er also wants a big yard. Qing'er has to feed the chicks, feed lots and lots of chicks. "I'm so tired, pretending to be a child is the same as technical work plus hard work.

"Then Qing'er said what to do, it's such a big place."

"Dad, the child can buy a piece of wasteland in the village, it is indeed a little small here, we have a lot of children, they are slowly growing up, they need more rooms, and the wasteland should not cost much silver, buy the land first, and the house can be built slowly." Zeng Zifu's brain is still spinning fast, and it all comes to Ziqing's heart. Don't worry about it now.

"Okay, let's go around the head and end of the village."

Eventually, they fell in love with a piece of wasteland at the end of the village, which was said to be quite close to their own sandy land, and a little below the sandy land was the official road. The head of the village is closer to the town. But the place is too small, and the wasteland at the end of the village used to be a small hillside, full of weeds and thorns, and there were many small clods and stones, perhaps because no one came to open up the wasteland. The small hill used to be the foot of the big hill. Ziqing wanted to buy Xiaoshanpo if she had money in the future.

"Let's go home and discuss it with your mother first."

When I returned home, I found that there were guests at home, the three uncles and the little uncle Shen Jianren came, Shen did not lie on the bed anymore, leaned on the head of the bed, the eldest uncle Xu and the little uncle Xiao sat on the bed, and at first glance they could speak well, and the second uncle Zhao sat on the chair, not very squeaky, and spoke slowly. Shen Jianren and Zeng Ruixiang went out to talk.

Xu Shi hugged Ziqing, "Oh, my niece has suffered and suffered, poor child, my aunt will come to see you if she knows about it." Poor your mother has been pampered like a treasure at home since she was a child, how can she ever receive this. Listen to your aunt's words, go home with your aunt today, let your grandmother take a good look at it, and let your aunt take care of you, your mother can't take care of you now, and your grandmother must not jump to her feet in a hurry to know your sin. Good boy listens to his aunt. ”

"Thank you, auntie, Ziqing's illness is cured. Ziqing wants to stay at home to take care of her mother, her father will leave tomorrow, and her eldest brother will also go to school. Qing'er also has to help her little brother wash diapers. ”

"Listen, what a sensible child, this little mouth is neat." Xu said.

"Qing'er, your cousin Wenyu is here, playing in your Aunt Xiuying's house, you go find them." Shen still doesn't like Ziqing, listening to adults talk about some parents.

Aunt Xiuying's house Ziqing hadn't entered yet, Ziqing heard laughter outside the door, and quickly pushed the door in, the inside was much brighter than Shen's house, there was a window, there was a wooden board outside the window, and it was supported by a wooden stick, there were two carved wooden beds, similar to those in Shen's room, they were all four bedposts, with a bed top, a tent, and a screen in the middle, and the bed outside was probably the three sons of the Xiao family, and the eldest son had reached the age of marriage. It is estimated that he is waiting for his family to move out to make room, which is also one of the reasons why Old Man Zeng had to agree to split up. Xiao Xiuying, Xiao Xiushui and Shen Wenyu and the two aunts of Ziqing's family, five lively and lovely girls chattered together on the bed inside, and Ziqing spent a pleasant morning with them.

Not long after lunch, the eldest aunt Xu and the second uncle Zhao went back, and there was no place to stay at home, the younger uncle Xiao was the eldest daughter of the aunt, and they were ready to rush back to their home in Linshan County after a day of rest.

Ziqing was worried about buying land, and she didn't know if her parents had discussed the results, so after sending the two aunts, Ziqing rushed into Shen's room, and her little uncle Shen Jianren was talking to Shen. Ziqing's sharp eyes saw that Shen was holding a piece of silver in his hand, and he was bowing his head and sobbing. Ziqing obediently exited the room. When I found Zilu and inquired, it turned out that Zeng Ruixiang took Zeng Zifu to find Lizheng. It seems that Zeng Ruixiang is going to buy that piece of land quickly.

Before dinner, Ziqing slipped into Shen's room, and Shen seemed to be in a good mood and was fiddling with Xiao Zixi. There are two small baby padded jackets next to it, and a white muslin cloth, which seems to be used for making intimate clothes for babies.

"Mother, how much silver did my uncle give you today?"

"You are really a housekeeper, and you are indispensable for everything in the family. Why do you ask so much? ”

"Mother, I'll just ask, I'm curious, if you don't tell me, I can't sleep at night. Mother. Ziqing didn't believe that this glutinous little voice couldn't move her mother. Fortunately, listening to Shen's tone, that Ziqing used to be nosy.

"Okay, okay, my mother has lost to you, my mother told you, don't go out and talk nonsense. Today, your little uncle gave us five taels of silver, he knew that our family was separated and wanted to buy land and houses, and he also knew that your father had no money in his hands, and your little uncle bought a lot of things. ”

While talking, Zeng Ruixiang and Zeng Zifu came in, seeing Zifu's happy face, they must have bought it, and sure enough, before she could ask Zeng Ruixiang, she said. Today's work is quite smooth, Li Zheng said that the wasteland at the head of the village has already been measured, there are more than six acres less than seven acres, the wasteland is calculated as two or five silver per mu at half the price of sandy land, and the village chief sells face even if it is six acres, so it cost fifteen taels of silver. The title deed and household registration will be handled together at the county office tomorrow. But the problem now is that there are five taels of silver left to build a house, besides, in the spring, you have to buy farm tools, Zeng Zifu has to pay a hundred Wen every month, Zilu should also be enlightened, and he will move away after the New Year, or there is not even a stove room here, how to cook?

Ziqing is really anxious, she has no money to build a wooden house, so she will live in it for a year. At this time, Shen spoke: "The silver to build a blue brick house is definitely not enough, today the little brother gave me five taels of silver, and the sum of ten taels to build adobe bricks is enough." But I thought I was a little unwilling. It takes a year to slow down, feed a few more pigs, raise more chickens and ducks, and produce a little more in the field, and I will do some embroidery work, and I can almost make up for it. ”

"Mother, we can build a wooden house, a wooden house like my aunt, if you want to demolish it in the future or use it as a utility room, you can build it on the side, let's live in it first, and then slowly save money." Zifu said. Ziqing once again looked at Zifu with adoring eyes, a nine-year-old child, this is not a little kid who doesn't understand anything in modern times.

"Fu'er said very reasonably, the wooden house does not cost a few dollars, there is wood in the mountains, that is, it must be dried first, and there is still a lot of wood upstairs in our house, find someone to saw, I should take annual leave next time I rest, and then find someone to help." That's it. ”

As he was talking, Zilu came to find dinner.