Qi Ning told him his thoughts in detail, and Village Chief Zhu listened to the black lines in his head, and he couldn't tell whether it was good or bad for a while

"The girl said that she would build many yards on the dry land and sell them to the villagers. Tear down all the houses in the village and buy these lands? ”

"Yes, I brought you the drawings of my yard."

Qi Ning handed him a piece of paper on the village plan: "The five rows in the back are five main houses, three east and three wings, with an inverted courtyard, a one-color blue brick house, and a land deed for only seventy-five taels." The courtyard in front is three main houses, three west wings, and a courtyard with an inverted seat, with a title deed of only fifty taels. All the yards also have a two-foot-wide backyard. It is convenient for everyone to raise some chickens and ducks and put some sundries. In addition, I purchased the yards of the villagers at the rate of 20 taels per mu. Vegetable gardens and wasteland without land deeds are harvested according to three taels and one acre. I also paid for the courtyard left by Zhu Caidong to the village, and the silver was handed over to the village. ”

Village Chief Zhu couldn't settle the account for a while, and his mind was chaotic: "The owner wants to buy the whole of our village?" ”

"Yes, my newly built brick house was sold to the villagers, and the land was given away for free. I plan to turn all the original villages into paddy fields and rent them to the villagers. No rent is collected for the first three years, only 10% is collected after 3 years, and 50% is collected in the fifth year. ”

The land in this era is permanent, as long as it is bought, it can be passed on to the son and grandson, and the grandson will pass it on to his grandson, and there is no time limit.

"It's not easy to let everyone move for no reason." Village Chief Zhu nodded at the bag under his eyes and took a deep breath.

"So it's up to you, uncle, you calculate this account carefully, it turns out that their yard can also be sold for dozens of taels of silver, which is equivalent to getting a courtyard of a blue brick house for nothing without spending a few dollars, and some people may have some silver left. Moreover, I also gave them to plant the land for three years, and after three years they only received 10% of the rent, and after five years they only harvested 50%. You don't have to calculate it carefully, but you have taken a big advantage. “

Seeing that Village Chief Zhu was still hesitating, Qi Ning smiled calmly: "Actually, I can buy those ready-made paddy fields, the reason why I do this is that I think that our village people are honest and have a hard time, I want to help and have more fields myself." And this thing is done, there is an uncle's fifty taels of hard work. ”

Hearing the silver, Zhu Wanfu came to his senses, and stood up with the cigarette pouch and pot in his hand: "The owner will follow me to the mill in the village, and I will gather everyone to talk." ”

"Uncle Lao will tell them in a while, after all, you are the village chief, and you speak more forcefully than me. But I'm going to be ugly, I've already drawn the layout of this village, and I know exactly what it's like, and if someone steals to expand the yard, I won't eat that. There are also those who want to sit on the land and raise the price or make trouble and don't want to move, I am not reluctant, it turns out that if I rent my land, I will take it all back, and I will not plant it for them in the future. ”

Zhu Xiuwen was already standing outside the door with the package and waiting, so Qi Ning got up and went out: "Brother Zhu, you put your things at home first, and bring some pen, ink, paper, and inkstone with me." ”

Zhu Xiuwen carried the package and put it on the table, and followed his father and Qi Ning to the open space in front of the grinding plate. Village Chief Zhu stood on the grinding plate, carrying the gong and knocking it out, and the people in the village came over one after another.

It's almost time for the people to arrive. Village Chief Zhu stood on the grinding plate and shouted loudly: "Be quiet, don't wow, I have something important to inform you." The crowd fell silent in an instant.

Village Chief Zhu said Qi Ning's words in a loud voice, and the next side was instantly fried, buzzing and shouting everything.

"Miss Qi, you want to sell us the yard of the blue brick and big tile house, don't say that we don't have the money to buy it, there is no shadow of the tile house now, just talk about it, when the time comes, our house will be demolished by you, where will the family live?"

"That's right, my house is a rented house, covering more than four acres."

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"Don't worry, the house will start to be built in a few days, and when it is finished, everyone will go to see it for themselves, and we will sign the contract when we are satisfied." Don't worry, I will ask the best craftsmen in Qing'an City to build houses for everyone with the best bricks and stones. I've already seen it, your yard is large and covers several acres, and there is still a yard left with the money from the sale. Even the yard is small, and there are almost few. ”

"Then we moved over, how will we grow vegetables in the future?" A woman in her thirties and forties stood up and said.

"I have left a large space in front of and behind the house, each alley is nine feet wide, and there is a two-foot backyard, and you can plant a few seeds anywhere enough for your family to eat. Besides, the yards are very spacious, and if the family has a large population, you can build a few by yourself. ”

Some of the people below are in favor and some are shaking their heads in doubt.

"If you agree, sign a preliminary contract with me first, I will go to your house to measure the land, give you a part of the deposit, and when the house is built, you can choose whether you want the big one or the small one, and then we will pay off the money."

"My family will sign first, I want two yards." Village Chief Zhu stood on the grinding plate and shouted loudly.

"I want two yards." Wu stood in the crowd and shouted.

Someone started, and then more than a dozen people also asked for a sign, their houses are all adobe thatched houses, and it is enough to sell their yards and vegetable gardens and buy a large yard. So I stood up in a hurry, for fear that I would fall behind and not be able to choose a good yard. Once someone makes a start, most people agree.

"Okay, agree to take me to your yard today." Qi Ning struck while the iron was hot, took out the prepared tape measure and took Zhu Xiuwen and Qi Fugui to measure the yard.

After measuring the family's yard and vegetable garden, Qi Ning asked Zhu Xiuwen to write a simple reservation agreement, and the family gave a deposit of one or two silver.

At night, Qi Ning didn't let Zhu Xiuwen go back with him, and he would go back together after dealing with the affairs in the village. Qi Ning took Zhu Xiuwen and Qi Fugui to get up early and be busy for seven days before they measured the courtyards of most of the people in the village and signed the agreement.

There are only two households, one is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, two widows and a twelve-year-old boy, they only have two thatched huts, and the yard and vegetable garden are not enough for one acre of land. Last year, they also rented ten acres of paddy land in Qi Ning to plant.

Qi Ning took Zhu Xiuwen to take the initiative to knock on the door: "Auntie, sister-in-law of the Zhu family, are you there?" ”

After a while, a woman about thirty years old came out and opened the street door with tree branches: "Qi Dong's family is here, come in and sit." ”

Qi Ning looked at the two low thatched houses in the courtyard, and followed in: "Sister-in-law, why didn't you sign the agreement?" Is there something wrong with it? ”

"Qi Dongjia, I know you are a good person, but our yard adds up to less than half an acre of land, and the vegetable garden is only half an acre, if we sell it, we can't afford to buy that green brick house!" The woman covered her face and began to weep as she spoke.

"Who's coming?" A blind old lady covered in patches groped her way out of the room.

"Auntie, it's me, I'll come to see you." Qi Ning went over and helped the old lady to the stool in the courtyard.

"You are Qi Dong's family, you are a good person, you charge us less than 10% of the rent a year, but our orphans and widows can't afford to buy that house." The old lady's cloudy tears flowed down her eyes.

"Auntie, I heard that your family is in some difficulty, and I didn't come today to force you to move out. Your sister-in-law is a woman who farms so much land, it's really hard, I think I bought your yard, and then you buy the house with a lot of money and let my sister-in-law help me work, can I deduct it from my salary? Qi Ning hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe the old lady's tears.

"Really?" The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were crying, asked in unison.

"It's true, after a few days, I will start to build a house, first let my sister-in-law go every day to chop wood and boil water for the people who work, cook, have lunch a day, and boil some hot water in the morning and evening for the working people to drink. If I give you 800 yuan a month, will I deduct 500 yuan a month? Qi Ning looked at Sister-in-law Zhu with a pleasant face.

"Girl, thank you, girl." Sister-in-law Zhu knelt down.

"Sister-in-law, get up, you're tormenting me like this." Qi Ning hurriedly helped her up.

"I'm going to help light the fire, although my wife is blind, but it's okay to light the fire."

"That's fine, so that my sister-in-law doesn't have to go home to cook, just cook more and eat with my aunt and your son on the construction site."

Finally solved the difficulties of the family, Zhu Xiuwen took out the agreement and asked Zhu's sister-in-law to press a handprint, and Qi Ning took him to the next house.

This family is a little difficult, the woman is a well-known difficult commodity in the village, and the man is also a leper, they have more than a dozen acres of land by themselves, and they do not rent Qi Ning's field. Walking to the door of his house, Zhu Xiuwen was just about to knock on the door, but Qi Ning stopped him: "Don't knock, let's go." ”

"The owner, he is the only one left!" Zhu Xiuwen said anxiously.

"Well, don't worry about him, let's go back to the city, and wait until he takes the initiative to come to the door." Qi Ning had long heard that they wanted to sit on the ground and raise the price, so he simply ignored it, let them beat the drum in their hearts, and wait until he couldn't hold his breath and took the initiative to come to the door.

After finishing speaking, he left ahead, and Zhu Xiuwen followed Qi Ning into the carriage and returned to the city.