Chapter 53 Measuring the Land for the New Year
Seeing Fugui coming over with an ox cart, Goudan Daddy hurriedly walked over and said with a smile: "The village chief asked me to look at your land, and I thought it would be okay to be idle, so I will help you pull out some things." ”
Ji Xiang looked over, and it turned out that there were some clay pots and porcelain bowls that had not been smashed, as well as some tables, chairs and benches with broken legs, wooden toys of Fubao, and some old clothes that the children were worn out but reluctant to lose.
"Thank you Daddy, thank you Xiangyang, I'll do it myself." Fugui and auspiciousness said at the same time.
Jixiang carried the things pulled out to the ox cart, Fugui continued to pick and pull with a hoe, and Old Man Xiang went to the village chief's house, he had important things to say today.
"Uncle Han Lin, you're here, I'll let Xiangyang and the Goudan family help you watch it." As soon as the village chief saw Han Lin, he stood up.
"Thank you, village chief, I have something I want to discuss with you, I don't know if you have time."
"Well, you name it." It doesn't matter if there is time, it is important to look at whom.
"You see my house has collapsed like this, I want to change the place to build the house." Old Man Xiang said.
"Change places, that's for silver, you ......" The village chief didn't say anything later, but of course Old Man Xiang understood what the village chief meant.
"I want to change the current piece of land to the back mountain, so that it is more convenient to chop wood and dig wild vegetables." Old Man Xiang said with a smile.
"The land can be returned, but your silver will definitely be lost, and the back mountain is too close to the mountain, which is not appropriate."
The village chief didn't understand the old man's thoughts, the back mountain was not farther away from the village, and it was close to the mountain range, and the danger was also greater.
"It's okay, I have three sons, although I don't come back safely, but the wealth and auspiciousness are here, and the grandchildren are about to grow up, I need a bigger place." Old Man Xiang continued to explain.
Also, their family has six grandchildren, of course they need a bigger place, the village chief has a bottom in his heart, and took the old man Xiang to the chief's house and told the chief about the matter.
Li Chang frowned slightly, the land of Xiang Hanlin's family is a good place, and it took a half of silver to buy a family business, so it was so easy not to want.
"Han Lin, your piece of land is worth one or two halves of silver, and if you return it, you will lose half of the silver, and the land in the back mountain is not cheap." The lieutenant said.
"The chief, the village chief, I won't tell you, I have to change places even if I lose money, the dog next door really likes to pick up the wall too much, even if you lie on the wall, the character is too unpleasant." Xiang Hanlin never spoke ill of people, but he told the truth today.
The village chief and the chief glanced at each other, and couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh, the woman in the dog family is indeed like this, always thinking about taking advantage of others, but even if you take advantage of it, you have to spread the loudspeaker everywhere.
"Cheng, then now I'll go to the county government with you to report, return the land, and then measure the new place, but Hanlin, you have to prepare this." The governor made a silver gesture.
You must know that if you are engaged in measuring the land, you will have at least half a cent of land, and with that half of the land, you can't build a firewood house thatched house and a pigsty.
"Then it's going to be a long trouble." Old Man Xiang felt a little guilty in his heart, on such a cold day, he had to run a long distance in such a cold day.
The village chief said disapprerovingly: "What's the matter, he's just by the way, the house in the east collapsed and killed someone, so he can't go to the county office to report it." ”
Chief: "...... "Can I get a piece of cow dung to gag this kid's mouth?"
Accompanied by the chief, the old man Xiang went through the procedures for returning the land, got more than 700 copper plates, returned the title deed, and the two people who measured the land were still scolding at the beginning, and they had to go to the village to measure the land on such a cold day.
But when they got on the ox cart and felt that there was an extra purse in their hands, their faces immediately became cloudy, and the clouds turned clear, and they knew that there was at least half a tael of silver in the purse with a slight pinch of their hands.
When I came to the horseshoe-shaped place, I was a little surprised to see such a large place, one or two pieces of silver and three acres of land, this land is at least a dozen acres.
It took two hours, plus the loosening of his hand, this land is as much as fifteen acres, that is, it costs five taels of silver to get the title deed.
The old man Xiang nodded without hesitation, and then returned to the county office, engaged in handing over the terrain and area map, and the old man Xiang paid five taels of silver and got the land deed.
Looking at the newly baked land deed, the old man Xiang smiled, and when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, they will build two rows of blue brick houses in this place, and it will be convenient for Fubao to go to the mountains in the future.
In the blink of an eye, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the new house of the Xiang family was hung with red lanterns, the yard was plugged with oil and shiny, the stove was jumping in the kitchen, and the candlelight was swaying in the hall.
Children gathered around a large bundle of firecrackers, and women boiled water around the stove to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces.
The old man Xiang accompanied Fu Bao, said nursery rhymes in his mouth, and wrote down the nursery rhymes by the way, so that Fu Bao could recognize the words, Fu Bao listened to it and read it directly:
"Sheep and sheep, jumping on the flower wall, breaking the flower wall, donkey pushing and grinding, pigs picking firewood, dogs making fire, kittens on the kang pinching dumplings."
Old Man Xiang was taken aback, a child who was not yet one year old could actually recite it after listening to it once, although his speech was slurred, but not a word was much, and a lot of words were read out.
"Fubao, grandpa's baby, you are really a little fairy, you can understand it after listening to it, then grandpa will read to you every day in the future, well, don't read much, it's good to read a paragraph every day."
Fu Bao nodded happily, she desperately wanted to integrate into human life, understand the human way of thinking, and how to get more merit.
This year's Chinese New Year's Eve meal was very rich, not only chicken, duck, fish, meat, rice buns, but also expensive fruits and pastries.
Each child has ten small red envelopes with copper plates, but Fu Bao is an exception, and her New Year's money is a gold collar of one or two.
Sister-in-law Fugui was a little worried that her daughter's New Year's money was too much, but when she looked at everyone's approving eyes, she couldn't help but feel relaxed.
After dinner, the children, under the leadership of Ji Xiang, gathered around the yard and began to set off firecrackers, and the sister-in-law actually found that there were not only firecrackers in the house this year, but also a small number of small fireworks.
"Peace, at this time last year, our family was waiting for your salary for the New Year, and my mother still had to save money and calculate it, and we didn't dare to eat enough.
There are also clothes for children, this year I made Xiangchu, next year I have to make Xiangjin, I can only make new clothes for one child every year, but you see this year, even I have new clothes to wear. The sister-in-law said happily.