As soon as the official left, everyone began to ask.

How much is it?

What are you going to do with it?

Can they still go up to the mountains to collect firewood and hunt, etc......

Lu Xu answered them one by one.

He didn't say how much it was, only that he owed the government a thousand taels in order to buy the mountain, and he would have to pay it back in three years, and if he didn't pay back the mountain and the deposit, he would have to confiscate it. In the future, he will plant fruit trees and sell them to pay off his debts, so don't eat too much fruit when everyone goes up the mountain to collect firewood in the future.

Everyone gasped when they heard this.

A thousand taels?!

Enough to spend a lifetime!

Lu Xu is crazy!

As for the fruit, that's not good!

Lu Xu made it clear that he was still counting on selling fruits to pay off debts, everyone is a villager, and they are related to their relatives, who will steal the fruit Isn't there a lack of great virtue!

Although Lu Xu said that everyone wanted to go up to the mountain to collect firewood, hunt, and find herbs as usual, the villagers thought that it would be better to go to the wild mountain a little farther away to find it.

There are mountains all around them, and Lu Xu hasn't finished buying it, so it's better to keep it for Lu Xu to pay off his debts.

The family who originally wanted to marry the Lu family suddenly hesitated again.

I owe a thousand taels......

It's not enough to sell people back.

Lu Xu is too crazy and too thoughtful, so he has to worry about living with him!

They introduced the little girls...... Forget it!

In case Lu Xu can't do it, isn't this pushing the little girl into the fire pit?

If you can't get married, it's troublesome if you make an enmity.

Lu Xu didn't know that he could buy a mountain and get rid of the trouble of being surrounded by matchmakers, and he was busy talking to Li Zheng about bringing back eight families.

It's hard for a person to make up his mind in this matter.

If these eight families settle down in their village and open up wasteland in the village in the future, they will occupy the public resources of their Lujia Village, and they will have to inform the whole village.

The village held another meeting, and I heard that these eight families were going to build houses on Lu Xu's mountain and plant trees for Lu Xu, and the people in the village did not have much opinion.

Isn't it, what about the three mountains, where can Lu Xu hire people to plant them?

As for the future, if they don't get along with the people in the village or behave badly, it's a big deal to discuss collectively to drive them away. If they are of good character and have no contradictions with everyone, Lujia Village doesn't mind adding a few more families.

Population is also strength, in case there is a conflict with any village in the future, and there will be more than eight families.

The people of Lujia Village think about it very much.

But for now, I still have to keep an eye on these outsiders for Lu Xu.

Especially Lu Xu is a half-grown child, he is not at home all day, he is not reliable in doing things, and he can make money, but he is far from being old enough to be old, and he has to rely on his elders to know people, so they will keep an eye on him!

The relatives and elders of the same clan in the village silently gave themselves this task, and decided to wander around the village more often if they had nothing to do. Especially Lu Xu's house, as well as the vicinity of those three mountains.

Lu Xu didn't know about these things, he arranged the eight families, and began to persuade Yuan Manniang to live in the county.

But this time Lu Xu unexpectedly touched the nail.

Yuan Manniang listened to him and said softly: "You take Zhou'er with you, you are busy with business, he wants to study, it is more convenient in the county, I won't go." ”

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Chapter 112: Lobbying

"Why?" Lu Xu asked.

He expected that Yuan Manniang might resist changing the environment, after all, he had the impression that this little stepmother was still quite soft and cowardly.

Most of the people with such an honest and soft personality are reluctant to leave the familiar environment, but if he is put on the scale, Lu Zhou, and Layue don't want to be separated from his brother, this balance should be easy to tilt.

Is it because she doesn't want to give up her career?

Lu Xu pondered.

I have to say that Yuan Manniang is still very ambitious.

Since I started teaching others embroidery, I have more ideas and opinions than before, and I am not too afraid to go out to meet people, and I also like to chat with people.

This confidence and cheerfulness are visible to the naked eye.

In the past, Yuan Manniang was ashamed that she couldn't do anything well, and she had to panic in the kitchen for a while when the dishes were fried, no matter how big or small, she had to grab someone to discuss.

Now, Lu Xu hasn't heard Yuan Manniang ask if this is okay or not, if that is good. He doesn't have to worry about everything at home.

This kind of self-confidence is embroidered by her stitches and threads, and it is also the girls and sisters-in-law in the village who get along with her day after day.

Now who is in the village and who has something to do, Yuan Manniang is clearer than Lu Xu.

He wanted to replace the roof with green tiles in the spring, and he didn't have to ask his grandfather and third uncle about them, so Yuan Manniang told him in a soft voice which people he was looking for, how much money he spent, and where to buy green tiles.

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Lu Xu found that he still didn't seem to care enough about his family and didn't care much about his family.

Inadvertently threw housework and family to Yuan Manniang, she had to take two children alone, do the housework of the family, and embroider to make money, and carry all kinds of affairs for him in the relatives and townships.

In the past, Lu Zhou could still help, but now Lu Zhou goes to school, has a day off in October, and has most of the day in the grocery store to teach people to read.

The more I thought about Lu Xu, the more ashamed I became.

But the more he did this, the more reluctant he was to be separated from his family.

Lu Xu made up his mind to persuade Yuan Manniang.

Moreover, he felt that Yuan Manniang still had greater potential, and he should not just stay at home and teach a few relatives to embroider. Even if she just likes to stay at home and stay in the village, at least she has tried other ways of life, and she doesn't like to go back!

Unexpectedly, Yuan Manniang said: "Your father is in the village." ”

Lu Xu was stunned.

Yuan Manniang looked at the direction of the ancestral tomb and said calmly: "We are all gone, he can't see us on the mountain alone, how lonely." ”

This answer left Lu Xu speechless for a while.

Lu Zhou, who originally wanted to live in the county seat with his brother, also wilted.

Lu Zhou snorted and said, "I don't want to go either." ”

Yes, what else can Lu Xu say.

He also went out to find Yan Junqi in a daze.

Yan Junqi sighed for a while when he heard him, and he didn't want to persuade anything, but just asked, "Why do you want to live in the county?" ”

Lu Xu blurted out: "It's convenient for Lu Zhou to go to school, now is the time for him to grow taller, and he can grow taller by sleeping more." ”

Yan Jun Qiguaner: "Just because of this? Is there any other reason? ”

Lu Xu thought for a while, "I want to save some time going back and forth, be more with them, and at least eat three meals together every day!" Moreover, the Guanyang Alliance has fallen on my shoulders, so many people trust me, I can't just pick and choose. ”

Shops, docks, shipping, there are many things to be decided by him every day, even if he is only now buying mountains and fields in the village, but the more urgent thing is still the matter of the Guanyang Alliance.

He still has to go to the county every day.

Lu Xu said while thinking, "You see, it takes one and a half hours to take the boat back and forth every day, plus waiting for the ship, loading and unloading, and getting on and off the ship, it takes almost two hours. It's not easy to go home in the rain and snow. If all this time can be saved, at least the family can eat three meals a day, and I can take Layue and Lu Rui to play when I have time. ”

Yan Junqi nodded and said with a smile: "Then you just say it to your aunt." ”

Lu Xu was stunned.

When he went home at night, he didn't rush to tell Yuan Manniang, but continued to slowly think about what the benefits and disadvantages of the county were, and what Yuan Manniang wanted.

Lu Xu thought over and over again.

He didn't go home for several days, Lu Zhou, Layue, and Lu Rui were very happy, and they had to stick to him one by one at night.

Eat next to each other, and sleep next to each other.

Layue said well, but Lu Xu was a little afraid that Lu Rui would wet the bed in the middle of the night.

But the little guy was so enthusiastic that as soon as he said he was sleeping, he ran to pull his little bed.

Lu Xu was deeply moved, and led Lu Rui to the bed at the risk of wetting the bed.

This night was lively, and I didn't sleep when it was dark, Layue stuck to Lu Xu to tell stories, and Lu Rui ran and jumped all over the bed.

Lu Xu and Lu Zhou were responsible for watching him, saving him from accidentally getting out of bed.

Thanks to the earthen kang, if the wooden bed is not strong enough, Lu Xu will have to worry about the bed being trampled.

In the middle of the night, Lu Xu drove the three little ones inside and ordered them to sleep.

Lu Xu lay on his side with his chin propped on one arm, and his thoughts gradually became clear - he didn't want to be separated from his family.

Early the next morning, Lu Xu said frankly.

The whole family sat around the table, and they all looked at Lu Xu in a daze.

Layue held the bun and said in a milk voice: "Won't my brother go home in the future?" Ah Niang, Layue doesn't want to be separated from her brother. As she spoke, she was still a little crying.

Layue put down the bun and ran to Lu Xu, grabbed his arm and asked, "Isn't my brother going home?" Brother doesn't want Layue and Rui'er? ”

Although she was used to him not being at home during the day when she pushed the cart to the county to sell fritters in the county, she was used to seeing Lu Xu every day after the New Year.

This time, Lu Xu walked for several days, and he didn't come back at night, Layue was not used to it, so he had to go to the door every night to look in the direction of the mountain road and the river, to see if his brother would come back.

Now that Lu Xu said this, Layue didn't know if her brother would not go home for several days, and she couldn't help but feel aggrieved when she thought that she couldn't see her brother every day.

When Layue asked this, Lu Xu also asked his heart, "I think, of course I want to, I think about it every day." ”

Layue blinked her eyes and let out a tearful "um".