Seeing that the coachman was gone, Du Jinning stopped and said to Lu Xiaobei: "What Wu Zhongren said is definitely not the truth, the field is estimated to have problems before it is sold." ”

Lu Xiaobei asked curiously: "What's the problem?" ”

He also looked at the field with Du Jinning just now, but he didn't see any problems.

"It was a paddy field, and seedlings had been planted, and the soil underneath was supposed to be loose and wet. But I found cracks in the soil in the water beneath the seedlings. It is only when it dries up to a certain point that the land cracks. And do you see that? The leaves of the seedlings near the roots are yellow, and the growth is not good. This shows that this field has been seriously short of water some time ago. This field is right next to a ditch, as long as you take care of it and put water in it when it dries up, how can it be missing to the point where the land cracks? ”

Lu Xiaobei's brows furrowed: "Could it be that there is something at home that delays and doesn't take care of the crops in the field?" ”

Du Jinning shook his head: "The other few acres are not the same family's fields, but there are also the same problems. ”

"What do you mean about the field......" Lu Xiaobei's brows furrowed even tighter, as if he had captured something in his heart, but he couldn't remember it all of a sudden.

He has been praised for being smart since he was a child, and his mind is much more flexible than the people around him, even those adults, and he also feels that he is no worse than them. But beside Du Jinning, he always felt a kind of crushing of IQ. There seems to be nothing that Du Jinning doesn't know, which makes Lu Xiaobei benefit a lot, but his self-confidence keeps being hit.

But the curiosity to absorb new knowledge like a sponge made him always want to be closer to Du Jinning, and closer. This thirst for knowledge made him happier than the eight coins a month.

"That ditch, it is estimated that when the water season reaches the fields, the upper reaches will be stopped and cut off. You don't have to go to the city to ask your acquaintances in Wuzhong, just go upstream along the ditch and see if there is a village to stop the water. ”

Lu Xiaobei's thinking suddenly brightened.

Yes, there were ditches, but the fields lacked water, so there was only a problem upstream.

Although Du Jinning asked him to confirm this matter, Lu Xiaobei was already sure in his heart that things must be like this. Moreover, the problem of the interception of upstream water sources has definitely existed for many years, but it is difficult to solve it, so the owner of the 30 acres of land will sell the field while there is water in the field now.

He wanted to go and verify it immediately, but it was almost dark at this time, and he couldn't see anything when he left the city, so he had to give up.

"I'll go see it early tomorrow morning." He said.

Du Jinning nodded: "If things are indeed as we guessed, you can contact Pang Zhongren, and we will buy the fifteen acres of land we saw last time." Then you ask the people of Pangzhong, whether the hill near the field is sold, if it is sold, let's buy the southern foot and plant tea trees. If not, ask him to help us see if there are any good fields elsewhere. ”

Lu Xiaobei hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question in his heart: "Young master, why do we have to buy land?" Wouldn't it be nice to buy fifteen acres of land and then buy a small shop? ”

According to ten taels of silver per acre, fifteen acres will cost one hundred and fifty taels of silver. With this money, it is no problem to buy a good storefront. At the beginning, the shop on Yiqian Street was only one hundred and eighty taels of silver. If you buy a shop and don't use it as a teahouse, you don't need to buy it so spacious at all, and it's more than enough to buy a small shop for one hundred and fifty taels.

Du Jinning shook his head: "My eldest sister's future mother-in-law, when she has time, she sells dried tofu and tofu outside with a burden. If my eldest sister has a shop, would she rather rent it out for rent than give it to my mother-in-law to sell? But once the shop is given to her mother-in-law, the rent is not easy to calculate. The loss of rent is nothing, I am worried that over time, the Xu family will treat the shop as their own property. Although I can trust the character of the mother and son of the Xu family, people's hearts will always change, and greed will grow little by little with the entanglement of money. In the end, it would be my sin to make a mess of the house for such a shop. Therefore, it is better to buy land, directly rent it out, and collect grain or rent by quarter, which has nothing to do with the mother and son of the Xu family. At that time, even if my eldest sister uses this grain and silver to subsidize the Xu family, the mother and son of the Xu family will have to accept her affection, at least they will not regard her field as the Xu family's own property. ”

This consideration is both thoughtful and appropriate, and Lu Xiaobei feels that he has gained something again - everything should be thought deeper, and it is not easy to make mistakes in this way. Moreover, the young master can think about his sister so hard for her, as long as he does things well, he will definitely not treat himself badly.

"Young master, I understand. I'll get it done. He said.

Du Jinning nodded, waved his hand to Lu Xiaobei, and went home.

At home, the Chen family is worried about Du Fangfei's dowry.

In the past six months, the family has made a lot of income every day, and they can earn a few hundred dollars every day. And the expenses are not large, the grain was originally advanced by Dong Dacheng, there is no need to buy vegetables, the family has its own chickens and duck eggs, only occasionally buy some pork and other meat dishes, and then each person makes a few clothes, and there is no other expense.

Originally, it was for a scholar, even if there were many daily inputs like the Du family's small third room, they couldn't save much money. But Du Jinning can make money by herself, and her expenses such as his bundles, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and personal contacts with classmates and friends are all borne by herself, so the family's money is saved.

In the past few days, the Chen family has calculated, and he also has a hundred taels of silver savings on hand.

Seeing that summer is about to pass and autumn is approaching, Du Fangfei's wedding date is just around the corner, and she needs to prepare the dowry.

Clothes, shoes, socks and wedding dresses, these don't have to worry about Chen, when Xie taught Du Fangfei to do embroidery, Du Fangfei was already doing it, and the two younger sisters also helped to do it together. Quilts, pots and pans and other daily necessities can be bought directly when the time comes, which is very simple. The most important thing is to play furniture, plus prepare some dowry.

What to prepare for the dowry, the Chen family thought for a long time and decided to buy some gold and silver jewelry for Du Fangfei, so that he could wear it when he got married, and it could be regarded as showing off the Du family's dowry to relatives and friends; Second, he also gave Du Fangfei private money. Once something happens, you can also take it out for money and use it urgently.

While Chen was doing the work in his hands, he was thinking about this matter, when he heard a crisp voice sound: "Mother, I'm back." ”

"Why is it so late?" Chen put down the work in his hand and went to pick up the bookbag in Du Jinning's hand.

"Went out of town." Du Jinning entered the room, poured a cup of tea and drank it, then breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.