Yan Kong, who made trouble, was cowardly, and the other students in Class A were either friendly, or they had no grievances and no hatred and would not deliberately target Du Jinning, Du Jinning's life was as calm as water for the next day, and there were no more waves.

After evening school, when she came out of the academy, she saw Lu Xiaobei standing at the gate of the academy waiting for her.

Now Lu Xiaobei is no longer performing in the teahouse, he followed Yao Shuqi for a while some time ago, and when Yao Shuqi went to Fucheng, he began to help Du Jinning take care of chores. The monthly money Du Jinning gave him was comparable to that of other housekeepers.

"Young Master." He greeted him, "Today, the Wuzhong people from Yaxing came over and said that there are thirty acres of good land to sell outside the city, so let you take a look." ”

Du Jinning looked around, only saw a mule cart, but no one else, and asked, "What about the people in Wuzhong?" ”

She only has the time after school and before dark every day, and if she wants to see the fields, Lu Xiaobei should take Wuzhong people and mule carts to wait here.

"The people of Wuzhong took people to look at the fields outside the city, and told you to go over after you disperse from school, and he waited for us in Liujiazhuang outside the city."

Du Jinning handed the bookbag to Lu Xiaobei, got into the car first, and then took the bookbag, and Lu Xiaobei then got into the car.

Du Fangfei will get married in the autumn, and the only opportunity for a woman in this era to have private property is the dowry when she gets married. Therefore, Du Jinning decided to give Du Fangfei 30 acres of land to marry. But she had been looking for a while, and the fields were either too scattered, too barren, or too far from the water source, and she was not satisfied after looking at them.

Today, Lu Xiaobei said that it was a good field, so he naturally had to go and see it.

The mule cart went out of the city, after a meal, and when they arrived at a village, they saw a man in his fifties waiting on the side of the road. This person is a native of Wuzhong in Yaxing.

Du Jinning asked the coachman to stop the mule cart, stretched out his head and asked Wu Zhongdao: "How far is it?" ”

"Right ahead." Wu Zhongren got into the car and pointed the coachman to the front.

Sure enough, not long after the mule cart walked forward, Wu Zhongren called for a stop, pointed to the field not far from the roadside, and said, "It's here." ”

Du Jinning got out of the car, looked up, and saw a flat field in front of him, at this time the seedlings in the field were growing green, and the field was watery. Not far from the field, there is a small ditch where water meanders through.

"All of them?" Du Jinning glanced at it, and the fields here were estimated to be more than thirty acres. Lishui County has many mountains and little land, and it is rare to have such a flat field.

"It's not just a few acres on the side of the road, it's the rest."

The Wuzhong people said and complained: "You have to be connected, you have to be close to the river, and you have to have fertile land, and it is really difficult to find such good fields." Even if there were, it was bought by those rich people long ago. During this time, I broke my leg, and I didn't find one that met your criteria. It's also your luck, something happened to this family and they were in a hurry to use the silver, and it happened to be my relative, and they wanted to sell the land and found me directly, but they didn't let out the news, so it was your turn to see this field. ”

As soon as Du Jinning heard this, his brows furrowed, and he asked, "How much is this field per mu?" ”

"Twelve taels." Wu Zhongren gestured.

Lu Xiaobei was anxious when he heard this, and said without hesitation: "Twelve taels, why don't you grab it?" ”

Wu Zhongren's face sank: "How did you talk about this little brother?" Such a field is so flat, it is convenient to plough the land with oxen, the water source is close, it is not far from the city, there is a village nearby, and it is easy to go out; The rarest thing is to be connected. Where do you go to find such fields? After this village, there will be no such shop. Twelve taels of silver, I don't want much from you at all. If it weren't for the fact that people were in a hurry to use the money, they wouldn't have sold it at all. ”

Du Jinning didn't speak, walked in from the ridge, looked at the soil and seedlings in the field, walked to the ditch and looked at it, and then walked back.

"Young Master Du, how is it?" Wu Zhongren asked.

"It's too expensive." Du Jinning shook his head.

The average medium field only costs seven taels of silver per acre, and the best field is nothing more than ten taels of silver. The price of this field is twelve taels, and the price is high. Thirty acres of land, two taels more per mu, is equal to sixty taels more. With these sixty taels, a small yard like Xu Chengyuan's house in a remote location can be bought.

"If you don't want it, I'll just let the wind out, and tomorrow the field will be gone. Young Master Du, you have to think it through. Wu Zhongren looked indifferent.

Du Jinning didn't say much, only said: "Let's go, go back." ”

Wu Zhongren looked at her and scolded in his heart, this child is only eleven or twelve years old, how can he be more calm than him, a man in his fifties? And the city government is still deep, what he thinks in his heart, he can't see it at all from this child's face.

Following Du Jinning back, when he was about to walk to the mule cart, he finally couldn't help it, and said, "Eleven taels and five dollars, it can't be less." You are a student of the academy, and I am also optimistic about your future, and I want to befriend you, the future Xiucai Gong, so I will give you five dollars of silver, otherwise as long as I let the news out, it will not be less than half a penny. ”

Du Jinning only said: "I'll go back and think about it." ”

She was about to get into the car, when she saw a person turn out of the car, it turned out to be Du Yunnian, who she hadn't seen for a long time.

Seeing that Du Jinning was frowning and looking at him, and did not take the lead in greeting, the smile on Du Yunnian's face stiffened, and he had to speak up first: "Brother Ning." ”

Du Jinning looked at the road ahead and asked Du Yunnian, "Why are you here?" "This is not the way back to Peach Blossom Village.

The smile on Du Yunnian's face couldn't hold back, and his face sank: "What's the matter, you are developed now, and you don't even call the second uncle?" ”

Du Jinning sneered: "I didn't take my niece to sell my second uncle to pay off gambling debts." As he spoke, he lifted the placket and was about to get into the car.

"Oops." Du Yunnian stretched out his hand to pull Du Jinning's arm, but was stopped by Lu Xiaobei, who was following behind.

Du Yunnian pushed Lu Xiaobei away, looked at Du Jinning, who had already gotten into the mule cart, and said, "Your grandmother is sick, why don't you go back and take a look?" If this reputation of unfilial piety spreads, you don't want to test your fame. ”

Du Jinning ignored him, and when he saw that Lu Xiaobei also got into the car, he instructed the coachman: "Let's go." ”

Seeing this, Wu Zhongren hurriedly got into the mule cart as well.

Du Yunnian looked at Wu Zhongren and Lu Xiaobei, and then at the coachman, but he didn't dare to stop him.

Du Jinning didn't speak all the way, until he got out of the car and paid the car back in the city, and then asked the coachman: "Did my second uncle ask you about me buying land?" ”

The coachman sobbed and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Honestly, I don't blame you." Du Jinning said, "And I also paid for the car, what else can I do with you?" ”

Then the coachman said, "He asked me what you were doing there, and I said you wanted to buy a field." ”

Du Jinning glanced at him, and then turned around and walked in the direction of Zhuangzi.

The coachman wiped a cold sweat.

is such a big child, and his aura seems to be more than those officials.