The four villagers didn't expect Chen Yan to come back, and Lord Hecheng personally came to visit the New Year, and they were all overjoyed. The patriarch and the head of Wangjia Village led the villagers to the head of the village to greet them. Chen Yan didn't have the slightest official position, and when he came up, he greeted the clan elders, which made relatives and friends happy.

Wang Dawhip's family has added two new grass houses because of Qi Suniang's help from time to time, which is very lenient, and Wang Dawhip's two sons are married to the daughters of Qi Village, and Qi Qiang is naturally closer. And all the people of the village gathered together at his house. The whip mother-in-law took two Qi daughters-in-law and a Song nephew and daughter-in-law, and brought out fried melon seeds, fried millet seeds, fried fire, fried rice, dried dates and other kinds of food to entertain relatives and friends, so it was not lively.

Most of the children in the village are in love with the colored threads proposed by Qi Su Niang, as well as the bulging oil paper bags. They crowded one after another, bowed their faces and bowed to the New Year, not caring about their father's scolding, they rushed up and grabbed it, and after they got their hands, they ran away in a blink of an eye, causing everyone to laugh.

The artillery battle in the village exploded non-stop, and Chen Yan and Qi Qiang were all with the men, sitting and drinking in the hall, and bursts of laughter were heard from time to time.

Qi Su Niang and her mother-in-law sat in the house and talked about the farm work in the spring and the village school to be run, and after a while, they talked about the flood last year, and Wang Dawhip's mother-in-law grabbed a handful of fried melon seeds and stuffed them into Qi Su Niang's hand, and sighed: "Although I came back a lot of people who escaped the disaster last time, more died outside." The land at the head and end of the village is all barren. The government is holding on to it, and most of them won't be surnamed Wang. He said worriedly: "I heard that the Weng officials of Wengjiazhuang are going to take away our land, and his rent can be high, and he will have to pay the rent money." ”

Everyone agreed, and Qi Su Niang muttered: "Auntie, I heard that the rule of buying land is that neighbors get it first? ”

Wang Dawhip's wife sighed and said: "Weng Daguan's family was famous in the previous dynasty, although he is not an official now, his family is also full of rice and silver, and he is very close to the lords of Zhizhou and the county. In addition to your family, who is worthy of competing for land with Weng Daguan in this area? After that, I couldn't help but look at Qi Su Niang, and the mothers-in-law in the room all quieted down.

Qi Su Niang was silent for a moment, then raised her head and smiled: "Auntie, I know what you mean, but this matter has to be decided by Brother Chen." ”

Wang Dawhip's wife heard that she had no intention of shirking, and was already overjoyed, and hurriedly smiled: "It should be like this, it should be like this, eldest niece, you remember this thing." ”

Qi Su Niang secretly pondered about this, the displaced people fled and had no return, and the fields were returned to the public and sold everywhere, mostly benefiting the local rich eunuchs. The villagers of Wangjia Village are poor, and if they want to rent a few more acres of land, it is a big deal to find a more compassionate owner. Although this place is remote, an acre of medium-sized fertile land costs three or four taels of silver, and the ownerless land in Wangjia Village is afraid that there are not hundreds of acres. It's just that floods happen every year, and it's not a safe plan to invest all the family's money in the ground.

Before Qi Su Niang could figure this out, the relatives and friends of Qi Village, Song Village, and Chen Village all talked about it, and it turned out that the Weng officials actually wanted to buy all the terra nullius in this area.

The three of them had dinner at Chen's house, and when they were about to leave, Chen Yan knelt down and kowtowed to the patriarch Chen Chuan's old man to celebrate the New Year. Chen Chuan knocked on his crutches and shouted to stop, "Acting official, acting official, your mother took you at the beginning, orphans and widows, there is nowhere to stay, there is no reason to see death and not save you!" You are now an official-" Even so, it didn't stop Chen Yan from making three heavy noises.

On the way home, Chen Yan rode on the horse and said slowly: "Su Niang, I have calculated, the land of the four villages must be bought separately, and I still have a hundred taels of silver by my side——"

Qi Qiang smiled and said, "What's the matter?" Half of these ownerless fields are in Baoying County and half are within the boundaries of Gaoyou Prefecture, and I am afraid that they have not been put into the public account, waiting for the rich masters to collect them. He sold it privately and put it in his own pocket. You hand over a post, give some gifts, and ask him to sell it to you at a discount per mu is serious. ”

Qi Su Niang was shocked, she and Chen Yan shared half of the eight hundred taels of household silver saved. Chen Yan has always saved, and after only a few months of using four hundred taels of silver, there was only one hundred taels left, most of which were used for entertainment in the officialdom. Chen Yan was promoted to the eighth grade, and his annual silver was only forty taels, so if he went down like this, he had to think about buying land.

When I got home, it was pitch black and the cold wind was blowing. Qi Qiang spoke in Chen's room, and then went home to sleep. Qi Su Niang estimated that she was too tired during the day, and Chen Yan would not be too late to read tonight, so after thinking for a while, she pushed the door and entered the left wing.

Qi Su Niang added some charcoal to the newly set charcoal basin, put a few pieces of orange peel, and removed some charcoal, and sure enough, Chen Yan put down the book in his hand, walked over with a smile, and said: "Su Niang, don't work for me, I'm tired today, so I should rest early." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled slightly, poured a glass of water from the tin hanging pot on the charcoal basin, handed it to Chen Yan, watched him drink it slowly, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, I want to talk to you about something." ”

Chen Yan nodded, pulled her to sit side by side at the table, Qi Su Niang took out the account book, and explained in detail the money transactions in the past few months.

Four hundred taels of silver and one tael were not touched, and one hundred and twenty taels of gifts were received from Gaoyou Zhizhou, Baoxing Zhixian and Xinghua Zhixian, two jasper cups, a set of gold head jewelry, and two celebrity calligraphy and paintings.

The Chen family leased out 17 acres of land, which should be 8 taels of silver a year. I planted three acres of vegetable land, and I couldn't eat it all by myself, so I exchanged vegetables for cornmeal, salt, and oil.

Chen Yan listened with a smile, Qi Su Niang turned another page, bought 300 catties of cotton seeds on credit in Gaoyou City, and said that she would pay again when it was fruitful in the coming year, and the profit was three points.

The 300 catties of cotton seeds bought on credit and Wang Tianwang planted 60 acres of cotton fields in partnership, and said that they would bear fruit in the coming year, and after paying back the credit, they would be divided into five or five points.

Chen Yan looked at Qi Su Niang, pondered for a while, and said in a harmonious voice: "Su Niang, why didn't you let out the capital?" We only charge three percent of the profit, which can also make you work less. After a pause, he stared at Qi Su Niang, "Where did the sixty acres of land come from?" ”

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