That night, the family gathered under the lamp and listened to Aoki settle accounts.

Aoki held a piece of paper in his hand and said to his father and Chrysanthemum: "I went to the village chief's house and asked, our Xiaoqingshan, a better wasteland costs seven taels of silver per mu, and even the inferior ones cost four taels of silver." Those fields that have been planted are more than ten taels of silver per acre. I thought about buying some good land, planting it for a few years, and it will be ripe; I also bought some inferior ones, and kept them with good potatoes and corn, which can be fed to pigs. ”

Yang said: "Then buy less good land and more bad land." ”

Zheng Changhe hurriedly agreed: "Yes! Anyway, the potato and corn are not very picky, and that thing is very cheap and easy to feed. ”

Chrysanthemum proposed: "When the time comes, don't you plant beans on the edge of the ditch in the potato field, and you will have more harvest?" ”

Zheng Changhe patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Our chrysanthemums are just like the old farmer, this is a good idea!" ”

And so everyone laughed. In the end, the plan was settled, buying 10 acres of good land, 20 acres of inferior land, and keeping the remaining money for next year to build a house and hire someone to open up the wasteland.

Aoki calculated carefully, and set the time for clearing the wasteland at the time when spring plowing had not yet begun after the Chinese New Year; The construction of the house was scheduled to begin as soon as the spring ploughing was completed. He remembered that there was a lot of rain in those days, and he hesitated.

Yang said: "If you can't do it, wait until next autumn to build a house." Let's dig some adobe at home first, build a simple pig pen and use it first. ”

Zheng Changhe said: "That's not possible, it's in vain." It is better to ask some people to make the pigpen cover stronger. When the house is built next year, this pigpen will not be demolished, isn't it good to use this? Think about where to build the house, plan it, and set aside the land first. ”

Aoki agreed, "That's it." After all, the pen is going to be enlarged. This arrangement does not seem panicked, and it is not possible to catch the head when you save it. ”

The men did the rest.

Aoki told the village chief about buying land, and Li Gengtian kindly said to him: "If you want to buy it, buy more." You don't know that in the past two years, our Qinghui County is the commander of Hu County, he is a good official, not only does things for the people, but also strictly manages the servants below - those people dare not stretch out their hands indiscriminately when they come out. You must know that when the previous Gao County Commander was there, you bought a few acres of land, and if you didn't send some silver to the people in the yamen, you just wanted to get the land deed; Collecting taxes is also a matter of scraping a layer of skin. In the past two years, you can see the old men who collect taxes reaching out? The term of office of this Hu county order is about to expire, and it is not certain that he will still be a county commander in Qinghui County at that time. You hurry up while he is there, and you would rather suffer some hardships at home and save some money to buy more land. It's better to do it once than to buy it again next time and spend money in vain. ”

This Li Gengtian is quite knowledgeable, and he is also dedicated to helping the villagers, and he speaks fairly, so the people in Qingnan Village respect him very much.

Seeing that he kindly mentioned himself, Aoki said gratefully, "Thank you Uncle Li." Then I'll go and talk to my dad about it. ”

Li Gengtian hurriedly said: "Go ahead." This is a big deal, and we need to discuss it properly. Your family bought more this time, no more than the one that only bought three acres and two acres, I will help do it, and I have to ask someone to go to Qinghui County with me to do this. ”

Aoki nodded in agreement.

When I came to the house and told my father and mother the reason, Yang said loudly: "In my opinion, we should buy it as we discussed." That's enough for us to be busy. If you have to buy more, you won't have enough money; If you can't plant it, you have to rent people to plant it, and there are few people in our village who rent people's fields. If you ask someone to plant it, it's also troublesome, obviously you don't have money, and you make it wind and rain, how bad it is. The people in the village will definitely raise pigs next year, and everyone will have money by then, so let's buy whatever we need to buy together, and it won't be outstanding. ”

Chrysanthemum secretly praised her mother for being thoughtful, and she was going to say the same thing just now! There is a lot of money, a lot of people, and a lot of things. Before I had time to enjoy the money I earned, I was busy taking care of those worries all day long.

When Aoki saw Chrysanthemum smiling, he knew that his sister was also in favor of his mother's opinion. He asked, "My sister thinks the same way?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Brother, we haven't had a good life for a few days, don't get tired and tired." The fields were planted first, the houses were built, the front and back of the houses were tidied up, trees were planted, and there were more vegetables in the garden. After raising pigs for two more years, when my brother marries his sister-in-law and enters the door, there are more people and helpers, and I will not be panicked when I buy land again. ”

She's happy with a day like this, but don't make it too complicated.

Yang said: "That's it. The village chief's family has no money? Why don't you see him like a big landlord? He is now dedicated to training his son to study. We, the cropsmen, just live a real life. ”

Zheng Changhe said indispensably: "Then buy less—I can't take care of it if I buy more!" ”

Aoki doesn't like to get a bunch of people, but if he doesn't find someone, he won't be able to grow too much land at home, so he said, "That's it." The village chief said that he wanted us to go to the county yamen with someone to do this. Dad, I'll go with him. ”

Zheng Changhe said disagreeingly: "Isn't that delaying your study? ”

Aoki looked up at his father and said, "If it's not in the way, my family will come to the master to make up for it." I want to go to Qinghui County to see and learn. ”

Chrysanthemum smiled knowingly and said to her father, "Dad, call my brother to go." After my brother reads the book, he should go out and have a look and learn more. ”

Aoki smiled at his sister, who was the sweetest he had and knew what he wanted.

When Zheng Changhe heard this reason, he hurriedly said, "Hey! You go, you go! Be careful, those who go out are no better than those at home, although they are poor, they can be practical; The people in the city are not as real as the people in the countryside. ”

Chrysanthemum chuckled when she heard this - the people in the city are not tigers either!

After this matter was decided, taking advantage of Aoki's holiday, the village chief Li Gengtian took Zheng Changhe and his son to demarcate the plot they wanted to buy, not far from Chrysanthemum's house, and it looked like a mile away.

Chrysanthemum also went to take a look. It turned out that this small green hill was in the northwest to southeast, the Chrysanthemum family lived in the middle, the twenty acres of inferior land were in the southeast direction of her house, and the other ten acres of land were close to Jinghu Lake, which was to be opened out for paddy fields.

Looking at the large wasteland on the side of the mountain, Chrysanthemum smiled and thought, "We also have land." This is private land, and I will live here until my hair is gray. Of course, you can't fight, otherwise, there will be no war and nothing will be saved. ”

Two days later, Aoki was going to Qinghui County with the village chief.

He asked Chrysanthemum, "Chrysanthemum, what do you want to buy?" ”

Chrysanthemum thought, what do you want to buy? My brother also has a little bit of silver on him, and he can't afford to buy similar things, and he is not rare - he has seen some things in his previous life, but he lacks this green and pollution-free food and clothing the most, and now she is enjoying it.

Oh! It's just that the variety of food is single. With these good materials, she can't cook a lot of things, and she just cooks some farm food. Then buy some and try them, the pastries here will definitely not have added colors, flavors, or preservatives.

So she said to Aoki, "Brother, you can buy some good snacks and come back and taste them for me." Also, you go to the bazaar and look for some good seeds, which we don't have in this place, so buy some. We have land, and we can grow a lot of things. ”

Aoki nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Don't you want to buy some good fabrics to make clothes?" ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Brother, this cotton cloth is comfortable to wear." If the good material of silk is worn on the body, it is uncomfortable to sit, and you have to stand up straight, and it is even more troublesome to wash, isn't that a sin? I like to move around, and when I wear such clothes, I want to work, and I can't go to the vegetable garden, but I like to go to the vegetable garden the most. That's not what our croppers wear, it's a waste of money. ”

Aoki couldn't help but laugh too—he thought so too.

The people in their village are just simple and accustomed to it, and those good things are just beautiful in their eyes, but they are extremely inappropriate. Of course, not everyone thinks this way, at least Liu Er's mother is different from what they think.

Thinking of this, he remembered that Liu Er was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and his heart was also depressed. Alas! Chrysanthemum is right, it's really her bad luck to have such a mother!

The night before Aoki went out, Chrysanthemum helped him sew pockets in his underwear and put some silver in it, saying that if something happened, there would be a way out.

Yang praised her for being careful and thoughtful. When you're away from home, people are the most important thing.

So, the two of them gave a lot of instructions, but they were extremely uneasy. You must know that it takes most of the day to take a boat to Qinghui County, and if they don't have a big deal in the countryside, who will spend that unjust money to go shopping?

Chrysanthemum hurriedly interrupted her father's words - let them continue to talk, it should be dawn. She said, "Dad, mother! My brother is very smart and will be fine. Besides, isn't there still the village chief with him, but the village chief is knowledgeable. Didn't the village chief also say that when he got to the city, let Aoki live with him at his sister-in-law's house, what else did my mother worry about? ”

Only then did the two of them stop. I thought about what to bring to the village chief's sister.

Chrysanthemum said, "What to send?" Naturally, it was sent to them that they did not have in the city. Can we countrymen afford to send valuable things? Just carry the spicy cabbage in two large jars, and I like it with my aunt Bao Changyu. ”

Yang thinks about it, Li Gengtian will also give his sister to the general country things, only this spicy cabbage is not available in other people's homes, and it is rare to eat.

So, the next morning, Aoki took two large jars of spicy cabbage on the road.

The weather was fine for several days, and the snow had already melted. It's just that it's colder. Braving the biting cold wind, Zheng Changhe sent Aoki to the entrance of the village, and earnestly asked the village chief again and again to ask him to take care of this son.

Li Gengtian smiled and said, "I said Brother Changhe, can I still sell your son?" Aoki follows me, what are you worried about? ”

Zheng Changhe smiled.

The Yang family sent them directly to the dock of Erlipu before turning back.

The mother of the child is worried, this is only a few hundred miles!

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