went to the grocery store, but Wu was not there, and went to his daughter's house, Qi Ning was not good at chatting with Boss Zhu, a big man, and went home to take a nap.

Now Qi Ning basically doesn't care about trivial matters, the back kitchen Zhao takes someone to do it, Handong Station counter is very dedicated, Tie Niu and Qi Zhong run the hall, Qi Fugui helps kill ducks and pluck feathers in his spare time, so Qi Ning eats every day either to read the account book or sleep in a daze and think about Wang Qingyuan.

She originally wanted to learn to make clothes for Wang Qingyuan, but after trying a few times, she couldn't bear it.

As soon as breakfast was finished the next day, Ya Yu drove a carriage to pick up Qi Ning, Qi Ning instructed Tie Niu to collect money to look at the shop, and took Han Dong to get into the car and follow Ya Yu out of the city.

Out of the West City Gate to the north turned about four or five miles, through a village of seventy or eighty households, along the dirt road out of a forest, the eyes opened, the late rice in the large paddy field had just been planted, Ya Yu stopped the car: "Miss Qi has arrived at the place." ”

Qi Ning jumped out of the car and helped Han Dong down. Walking along the path, Zhujia Village is a small village surrounded by mountains and rivers, because most of the people in the village are surnamed Zhu, so it is called Zhujia Village.

Although there are not many people in the village, it occupies a large area, and each household is far apart.

To the south of the village is the village's own dry land and dozens of acres of paddy fields.

From the woods in the north of the village, the west of the road is the forty acres of dry land that Yayu said, and the east of the road is a large paddy field.

A small river flows out of the mountains in the north of the paddy field. To the north of the fields are patches of high and low mountains. June is the most beautiful time in the mountains, with green bamboo forests and colorful wildflowers.

Qi Ning walked along the dirt road between the fields unhurriedly and watched, although she didn't know how to farm, but she couldn't show her timidity, she had to make some insiders to negotiate the price. Seeing the bamboo on the mountain swaying gently with the wind from a distance, after seeing the fields, Qi Ning took the lead in walking towards Zhushan, and the Ya Yu hurriedly followed behind the car, and when he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Qi Ning asked, "Is this mountain?" ”

"Yes. There are only bamboos and some trees on the mountain, but I heard that there is a spring. I haven't been up either. ”

"Uncle, wait here, let's go up and have a look."

"The road on the mountain is not good, don't go deeper, girl, just look at the front, the two mountains on the left and right behind are from the village, and the mountains behind are from the official's."

"Okay, let's just take a look and come down." After speaking, he pulled Handong along the one-foot-wide path and climbed up the mountain. On the gentle slope of the halfway up the mountain, there is really a small spring in the depths of the bamboo forest, dripping with water, Qi Ning took the water and washed his hands, and then drank a few sips of the spring gushing out of the crack in the stone, and the spring water was very sweet.

Han Dong saw Qi Ning drinking and took a few sips: "It's so sweet." ”

"Let's go to the top of the mountain." Qi Ning poured the original water and filled a gourd of spring water.

It took two cups of tea to reach the top of the mountain, and Han Dong followed behind and finally got up and sat on the stone with his hands and feet, and he was so tired that he hummed.

"Little girl, it's hard for you to eat, you don't have the strength." Qi Ning handed her the gourd filled with spring water. Han Dong took the gourd and drank it in one go.

To tell the truth, Qi Ning couldn't climb on such a hot day, so he stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the back in general, indeed most of the trees in front of the mountain were bamboos and some bushes, and there were some trees behind the mountain that were sloppy and neglected, but some of them were also bamboo. Looking down from afar, clusters of wildflowers of all colors bloomed.

After resting for a while, they picked some wild fruits on the way, and the two of them went to the spring to wash and eat a few, and the rest Qi Ning wrapped it in a handkerchief: "Take it back to Tie Niu to eat." ”

"The girl is eccentric, and she gives Tie Niu anything delicious." Han Dong pouted and coquettish.

"You little conscienceless, who shouts every day that you can't eat in the bitter summer, and I make cold noodles for her every night?"

"Han Dong is wrong, Han Dong can follow the girl is a blessing accumulated in his previous life."

Looking at Han Dong, who had a sleek face, Qi Ning smiled and pinched her face: "Let's go, go down." The two men went down the mountain with their arms in their arms.

Yayu was sitting leisurely in the carriage smoking a cigarette pouch.

"How does the girl look?"

"It's ok. This mountain has nothing of value except bamboo. ”

"There's really nothing good on the mountain, so why don't you consider going to the paddy field?"

"What am I talking to you about? Or talk to the rich man Zhu? ”

"Rich Master Zhu has already entrusted it all to me, just rest assured, girl."

"Okay, uncle, we are old acquaintances, I won't beat around the bush, you can just tell me the lowest price."

"I really didn't ask the girl much, I still have to earn some money for the carriage and horses. It's better for the girl to give a price, as long as I don't lose money, I'll give it to the girl. Ya Yu looked at Qi Ning with a flattering smile.

"Two thousand eight, I want them all, and you pay the old rules."

"Girl, you're going to kill me. I can't afford to pay a few hundred taels of silver, right? ”

"I know the uncle, at this price, the uncle also earns."

"I'm really sorry for the girl, it's really not good, I won't hide it from the girl, then Zhu Cai's main price is three thousand four, so I will ask the girl for two hundred."

"I believe in the uncle, it's better to do this, the uncle will go and talk to the old man Zhu again, after all, I want it all at once, you can save a lot of trouble."

"Wait here, girl, I'll go." After saying that, Yayu drove to the village, and the last thing they wanted to do was to meet directly between the buyer and the seller, and when the time came, if he met an unruly person who put him aside and negotiated the price directly, he would not be able to earn money.

Qi Ning and Han Dong walked slowly along the path between the paddy field and the dry field, and the north side of the paddy field was a river that was not too big, meandering out of the mountain, passing through the north side of the paddy field all the way to the east, which should flow into the canal in the east of the city.

After waiting for about half an hour, the tooth yagged back in a hurry, and the carriage jumped up and down the bumpy path, followed by six or seven croppers.

"I said all the good things for the girl, but fortunately, the rich man Zhu left in a hurry, so he reluctantly agreed to three thousand two hundred taels, and my draw and tax money will be paid by him." The tooth snatched the reins and said loudly without waiting for the carriage to stop.

"Uncle hard work, I will also have an uncle's favor here at that time."

"These are the original tenants, and they all came after hearing that the land was sold." The tooth pointed to the crowd behind him.

Qi Ning saw a group of farmers looking nervous, and said with a friendly smile: "Everyone turned out to be the people who rented these fields, right?" ”

"Yes, girl, we just planted the seedlings a few days ago, and we heard that the land was sold, what should we do?" An old man in his sixties and seventies ran over out of breath.

"How much rent did you pay to Master Zhu?"

"Sixty percent. There are two seasons a year, and we pay one percent of the tax. Everyone told Qi Ning in a gossiping voice: "How can we live if we have no land to plant, our families all have no land by themselves!" ”

"If I buy it and rent it to you, I will collect 50% of the rent, and you still pay the tax, if the harvest is not good in the future, it will be reduced or reduced depending on the situation, what do you think?"

Qi Ning looked at this group of shabby dressed peasants with dark faces, and his heart softened unconsciously, and calculated that they had paid sixty percent of the rent, and then handed over one percent of the tax money to the government, and there were not many left.

"Really? The girl is a good person...... "A few honest peasants gossiped, some couldn't believe it, and some were skeptical.

"It's true, although I have never farmed, but I know that farming is not easy, facing the loess with my back to the sky every day, working hard to earn food and drink. So I'm not going to backtrack. Rest assured, everyone. ”

"When did the girl buy this land?"

"yes, did the girl buy them all?" A group of people heard Qi Ning's promise and looked forward to reducing the rent now.

"That's it, uncle, I'm sorry for you to go to the yamen to get the deed, and I'll wait for you in the village. This is a silver ticket of two thousand taels, and I will give you the rest when I take the deed back. Qi Ning nodded solemnly before he said to Yayu. Qi Ning didn't have much money now, so she had to touch the silver left by Wang Qingyuan, but she didn't dare to write Wang Qingyuan's name, so she simply only did the deed, and it was okay not to be named. In the future, if there is anything with Wang Qingyuan, it will be done to return the deed to him directly.

"Okay, I'll take the rich man Zhu with me, and the girl will put ten thousand hearts. I'll send the girl to the village first. ”

"No, uncle, let's go, I'll just walk back with everyone."

The tooth thief happily drove the carriage away.