After agreeing with the chief, the three of them went to Lijiaao together, and the things they brought were also left, and the three of them rented an ox cart in the town and went to Lijiaao.

When she came to Lijiaao, she found that this was the village where they went to Ah Fu's house to eat wine last time, and the chief took the two to the family who was going to sell the land. After telling their family why they had come, they went to see the fields together.

When I came to the field, there was nothing planted in the field, and it was still empty. However, the two of them did not look at the quality of the field, but she still reluctantly felt that it should be good land from the location of the field and the soil. After looking at the ground, she glanced at the chief, and then went to the side with Li Bokang.

The chief over there was also saying to the family member who sold the land: "Old Li Tou, they want me to ask you if they can buy it all less, you are indeed a bit expensive, you see?" "Lichang, my fields are all good, you can plant them if you buy them now, and you can get the title deed immediately, if they are too expensive, forget it, anyway, the land is not worried about not being able to sell it now." The man who sold the land said. Then the lieutenant also said: "I know that your fields are all good, but you see that you have a lot of fields, and you don't just sell them, those big families buy too little, and ordinary people buy too much, and they can't afford to pay for it. Why don't you give them three or four taels of silver? You're not at a loss, are you? After listening to the chief, the man seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by the chief and said, "Why don't you think about it again, don't reply to me for a while." With that, the lieutenant walked away.

Yang Xue and Li Bokang here were also discussing this matter, Yang Xue said, "Bokang, what do you think?" "Sister, I think it can be, but we can't be sure if it's a good place, and we don't have that much money." "The words of the land should not lie to us, and besides, the chief should not lie to us just for this little land. As for the money, you don't have to worry, I calculated that if he has a lot, it will probably cost one hundred and forty taels, and we can make up enough for it. It's just that I originally wanted to send you to the academy this year, but now it seems that it is going to be postponed. "Sister, do you really want to send me to study?" Li Bokang was surprised, his mind was completely attracted by the matter of reading at this moment, but fortunately he still knew how to keep his voice down.

"Why am I lying to you, you are still young and can't let you stay at home all the time, my sister still thinks that you will have a career in the future, after studying, you can at least find an easier job, farming is too tiring." It's just that if we buy land now, you will have to postpone your study. "It's okay, Sister Xue, it's good that you're willing to send me to study, and you also said that I'm still young and can wait." And I also bought books at home, so I can read them at home first, it doesn't matter, buying land now is the most important thing. "Okay, let's buy it, but we'll have to talk to him about the price, I think it's a bit expensive, and it would be better if he could have less." As soon as the two finished speaking, they saw the lieutenant chief walking towards them, so they stopped talking.

The lieutenant came over and asked them, "Miss Yang, how did you discuss?" "Because later, the lieutenant also knew that she was the one in charge, so he asked her opinion." Captain, I think the land is good, but the price is indeed a bit ......" She didn't finish speaking, but she knew what she didn't mean. For this lieutenant chief, he also smiled and didn't speak, after all, he told Lao Li Tou, but the person hadn't given him an answer yet, so he didn't know what to say. Later, when they were about to leave, the old Li Tou invited them to his house for dinner, and then discussed the matter of selling the land, and the lieutenant chief agreed, but she and Li Bokang were still a little hesitant, but later the lieutenant also said a few words and they stayed.

When he came to Lao Li Tou's house, it was almost noon, and Lao Li Tou beckoned his wife to cook, and several of them sat in the hall and talked. It's really not good for her to be inside, but who told them to take care of this matter, so in the end, they opened the door, and then the lieutenant sat with Lao Li Tou and she sat with Li Bokang and talked like this. At first, because Lao Li Tou hadn't decided yet, they said something else, and then she said: "Speaking of which, I have been to your village before, that is, didn't there be a marriage named Li Afu in your village last year, and we also came to eat Brother Afu's wedding wine at that time." Uncle Li, do you know Li Afu? "Yo, aren't you talking about Ah Fu who works in the town's grain store?" "yes, that's it." Hearing her words, the old Li Tou smiled in surprise and said, "Speaking of which, Ah Fu is still a relative of us." "yes, what a coincidence." "yes, that's a coincidence." The two chatted like this as if they had found a topic, and then the old Uncle Li didn't know what to do but when he came back, he said to them: "That's it, I have dinner here today, and I will discuss it with our wife tomorrow, she has been with me all her life, and she can be a little master, I can't decide behind her back." ”

Looking at Uncle Li's expression, she knew that there was a play, and she felt that the latter sentence he said really moved her, and it was really good that he could say such things in this era of male superiority and inferiority. After lunch, they told Uncle Li that they would follow the lieutenant back to the town after coming back tomorrow. When he was on the way, the lieutenant also said: "It seems that Lao Li Tou will give you less when the time comes, but do you really know what Li Afu you are talking about?" "Of course, but I really want to thank the lieutenant today, and I will let you bother more in the future." "It's okay, besides, you brought me something too, didn't you?"

When they arrived in the town, they sent the lieutenant home first, and then the two went to the grain store, and they were going to ask Ah Fu about the family they wanted to buy land. After greeting Ah Fu at the grain store, she asked, "Brother Ah Fu, do you know that there is a man named Li Quanshou in your village?" At that time, Ah Fu was a little stunned when he saw a strange girl greeting him, but fortunately Li Bokang was beside him, so he looked at Li Bokang and asked, "Bokang, who is this girl?" Li Bokang didn't know how to answer him, or she said herself: "Brother Fu, it's me, Yang Zi, you don't know me?" "Yangzi? But isn't Yang Zi a man, you? Later, after a series of explanations from her, he finally understood and accepted.

Then he said: "Li Quanshou? …… Oh, you're talking about Uncle Shou, right? "It should be, it's the one in your village who said that there is a son who has developed his business outside." "That's it, what's wrong?" "That's right, don't we want to buy some land, we went to the chief and asked, and we heard that their family was going to sell, and then we went to look at it, and later found out that it was from your village. However, we don't know much about it, and we think that you know a lot about it, so we want to come and inquire with you. "Well, I haven't heard that his family is going to sell land, but the chief knows that it's true. As for his family's land, it is really good, basically good land. How much do they sell you for an acre? "The top field is twelve taels, and the middle ten taels are also ten taels." "Well, it's a bit expensive, but it's about the same time of year." "That's it, then thank you Brother Afu, we'll go to see it tomorrow." After that, the two took their leave and went home.

When she went back, she took out all the money in the family and counted it, a total of 173 taels and 44 coins and 30 wen. She counted out another thirty taels and put them back, put the remaining three taels aside, took a piece of furoshiki and loaded the remaining one hundred and forty taels to buy land tomorrow.

The next morning, after breakfast, the two went down the mountain with the silver, went to the town's money village to exchange ten taels of broken silver, and then went to the chief's house, found the chief and went to Lijiaao together. After that, the matter of buying land went very smoothly, and Uncle Li also gave them five taels of silver cheaper, spent one hundred and thirty-five taels to buy thirteen acres of land, and got the title deed on the spot. In the end, he also wrote a document for selling land, which Li Bokang brought at home yesterday and today, and the witness was Chen Laixi, the chief of the house. The name of the lieutenant chief was asked yesterday, and after the three parties pressed their fingerprints, it was considered a formal sale.