After returning home, they first put away all the things they brought back from Fucheng, and then cleaned the whole house, and they also went out for two months, and the house was dirty. There is also a hurry to plant some vegetables, they didn't plant vegetables before because they were going to Fucheng, and now there is a ridge of leeks and some old cabbage left in the field. In addition, they had to go to Lijiaao to bring the dog back, and they had been staying at someone else's house for two months, so she still missed it a little.

In addition to these, they also have to go to the lieutenant and the county government to inquire about buying the mountain, and buy the mountain while they have money now. I don't know how much it will cost to buy this mountain, but in her opinion, it shouldn't cost much, after all, this mountain has a bad reputation, and people usually don't come here to hunt and chop wood. There is also the fact that now Li Bokang is admitted to Xiucai and has to visit the county magistrate, and now Li Bokang is admitted to Xiucai and can go to the official school opened in the county for free.

On the sixth day of the fifth month, the day after they returned. Today, Li Bokang is going to Li Jiaao to pick up the puppy Dou'er, and she will tidy up some vegetable plots at home to grow vegetables. This year, a large piece of land at the gate was not planted, and some corn and potatoes were planted in the past, but this year it was not planted because of time problems. In just two months, the grass in the field has grown deeply, but since it has been planted for the past few years, it will not be too troublesome and time-consuming.

In fact, it was originally said that she was going to pick up Dou'er and come back, but now that she is old and unmarried, it is not very convenient to change into women's clothes and go out after coming back. To be honest, this time she went to Fucheng to pretend to be a man, it was really troublesome and painful, she was nineteen this year, and her body was basically fully developed, especially the small bun in front of her had grown into a small hill, and it was very painful to dress up as a man. And although there is no danger or bad guy on the way, Li Bokang is still a little worried, and he himself has nothing to do at home, so he said that he would pick it up.

This time, in addition to picking up Dou'er, Li Bokang also went to the chief's house to ask about buying the mountain, but the reputation of the mountain is not good, and people are a little afraid, and I don't know if the chief can agree. But it shouldn't matter much, now that Li Bokang has won the show, he can be regarded as a famous person, although this showman is not famous, but it is still very popular in the village. At that time, even if the governor has any objections, it will not be too obvious and too direct, so there is still something to talk about.

But this time, they just talked to the governor and let him know that they were going to buy a mountain here. After that, they will go directly to the county seat and buy it directly from the county, and Li Bokang's natural name is still very useful. On the one hand, he has a natural name, and he can also receive a certain amount of money and food from the government every month, and the other convenience is that his status has improved a lot compared to before, and the family can also be exempted from poll tax and land tax. Now I heard that Yusheng can receive three taels of silver from the government every month, and he can still receive more than thirty taels in a year. In addition, after winning Xiucai, the family can be exempted from land tax of 50 acres, and their family can now have 13 acres and another 37 acres. Of course, this is only heard, and the specific ones will have to wait until you go to the county government to register and then ask.

They also want to buy more land when they have money in the future, and in her opinion, the land in this era is real estate, and it is easy to sell the land in case of urgent use of money in the future. There is also at least one house in the town, and in case Li Bokang has classmates and friends to come as guests in the future, it will be easy to receive them. It's just that it's probably a little early to talk about this, but it's time to start preparing.

Li Bokang came back at noon, and when he returned home, he saw that she had already packed up a large piece of land and came out, and it had all been turned over. It is said that after several years, their family has developed the habit of three meals a day, so when he came back, he saw that she was still tidying up the land, so he set up the ox cart and went to cook.

After the meal was ready, the two went to clean up the land together after eating, but this year they didn't plant corn, so they didn't clean up too much, so they packed up a piece and planted enough for the two of them to eat. Because I cleaned up a lot in the morning, I didn't clean up much in the afternoon, mainly by spreading vegetables and watering in the ridges.

In fact, it's not too late now, corn can still be planted, but it's still a little late, but at present, we have to plant some vegetables before we talk about anything else. Today they planted some cabbage, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers and the like, and sprinkled some pepper seeds, and they don't know what the result will be.

The next day, today the two of them are going to the county seat, one is the matter of Li Bokang Xiucai's registration, and the other is the matter of buying a mountain. This time, they also brought all the money from the family, in addition to the five hundred taels from selling Ganoderma lucidum and the remaining ten taels that they brought to Fucheng before, a total of five hundred and ten taels. Although Yang Xue felt that their money was enough to buy that mountain, she was still a little apprehensive in her heart, what if the money was not enough for such a big mountain.

In fact, Li Bokang on the side was also a little worried, but it was only a little bit, he thought that if the money was not enough, he would buy it later. After thinking about it, I still mustered up the courage to reach out and hold her hand, and then said softly, "It's okay." Seeing that she didn't hide from his hand, she kept holding it, until later, both of them had sweat on their hands and Yang Xue took her hand out of his hand. When she took her hand out of her hand, he was still a little unsatisfied, but he was happy to hold it for so long.

Yang Xue on the side was also a little irritable, she didn't know what kind of relationship they had. If it's a brother-sister relationship, they crossed the line, although they just held hands and hugged and didn't do anything else, but in this era, at this age, it's not possible. If it's a romantic relationship, it's not, although Li Bokang expressed to her before that he liked her and wanted to marry her, but she didn't agree at the time. Even if she decided that it was him, they still didn't pierce the window paper in the end. I think they should be ambiguous, but is this really good? She had such doubts in her heart.

When I came to the county seat, it was almost noon, and when I arrived at the county seat, I first set up the ox cart and went directly to the county office. When they arrived at the county office, the county order was not in the yamen because of time problems, and the two waited for a while, and the people from the yamen said that the county commander invited them to the mansion for dinner.

The county magistrate's family lives in the backyard behind the county ya, which is specially designed to house the county magistrate's family, so that if there is an emergency, they can come to the yamen quickly, so the distance is not far, so they can give a reply so quickly. The two were a little surprised when they heard that the county magistrate invited them to dinner, but they wanted to refuse, but the person who came was from the county magistrate's family, so they still agreed. As the saying goes, the county order of the broken family, the destruction of the door of the mansion Yin, although I have never heard of what kind of person the current county order is, but it is always good to be careful, so the two of them went.