roccoschili Chapter 198 Buying Field
Chapter 198 Buying Field
"Alas, Lian'er, you have grown up and still remember to come and see your father."
Wang Qing is still single and has not married, so Xu Lian'er is his only child.
Xu Lian'er and the other constables opened the door and walked in, but they didn't know what to say.
"Allow half an hour at most."
The constable left after saying this.
Wang Qing was also a little nervous. He looked around hastily, but there was no clean place.
"Lian'er, this place is very unlucky, there's no need to stay any longer. Come here and I'll tell you something."
Xu Lian'er stepped forward obediently. What the grandmother said was right. Her father did have something to say.
"The jewelry box I gave you yesterday has a layer with 10,000 taels of silver in it. This is what I earned from doing business over the years. It's all clean. Remember to keep it well and don't take it out. You will be alone after tomorrow, Lian'er, remember, when you leave here, you must immediately buy a small yard and find a middleman to buy some land. When you were a child, the master and I took you to the countryside to see the farmland and produce. Do you remember? The principle is the same. Be more experienced and don't let people think you are easy to bully."
"The yard doesn't need to be big, less than 20 taels is enough, and don't buy too much land, acres is definitely enough. You can't keep more. Wrap the remaining money in three layers of oil paper and divide it into three places. Don't tell them even if you get married. This way you have a place to live, and the annual output of the land is enough for you to eat. The extra can be stored or sold. On weekdays, you can do embroidery when you have nothing to do, and earn some snack money is enough. Lian'er, you have to stand on your own in the future."
Xu Lian'er burst into tears and nodded desperately. She was madly trying to remember her father's words. Time was short and if she didn't remember them now, she would never have the chance to do so in the future.
"Lian'er, remember, you will be an orphan with both your parents dead. I think this county magistrate is a rare good official. Go and ask for a name change. It would be the best. I am worried that your maternal family will come to harass you. None of these people are good. From now on, you can only trust yourself. Don't rely on others for everything. It is right to establish yourself."
"You've already paid back the money, and Master Xu doesn't want to pursue the matter anymore. Why do you still want to die?"
Wang Qing smiled bitterly. Even if he paid back everything, the best outcome would be to do hard labor. What's more, the goods in the cargo hold were gone. He had promised Lao Dao that he could take some of the goods in the cargo hold away, but he didn't expect Lao Dao to be so greedy and took it all.
"There is no regret after something has been done. Dad has to take responsibility for what he did wrong. Lian'er, don't blame your mother. Be a good person in the future and don't let anyone know your origins."
Wang Qing couldn't bear to see his daughter, who was still like a child. He thought of the group of people on the first floor.
"Lian'er, go find Su Hehua. They are a united group of people with good hearts. If they are willing to take you with them, you can give Su Hehua two thousand taels and settle down with them in Qingshan Village. They don't ask for anything. They just want us to take care of you when you have any problems. Child, don't yell at people anymore. I just don't like them. Just have less contact with them."
Xu Lian'er knew that no one would protect her after tomorrow, so she was particularly well-behaved and agreed to everything Wang Qing said. The two talked for a long time, until the constable came to urge her, Xu Lian'er cried and left. Zhu Yue had gone crazy, and Xu Lian'er said goodbye to her mother in tears.
"Remember to come to the south gate at noon tomorrow to claim the body."
The constable gave some instructions and wanted to leave.
"Sir, I can't do it alone. Can you please help me? I will come directly to collect the ashes when the time comes."
Xu Lian'er thought of her father's words and handed over 10 taels of silver.
The constable weighed the silver ingot and looked at Xu Lian'er, who was crying with tears and snot running, and his words became softer.
"Okay, as a girl, you'd better not watch this bloody scene. Don't worry, we will never cheat you after we take the money. Go to the coffin shop at the South Gate to collect the ashes before noon tomorrow."
Xu Lian'er quickly agreed, "Don't be too sad. Your parents died quickly. They stole hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Even if they return it, they will be punished. It's better to kill them with a knife. Not everyone can endure such torture."
The constables were well-informed and knew what Xu Lian'er's parents had done wrong. To bystanders like them, beheading was indeed much better than being tortured.
Xu Lian'er stared at the constable walking away in a daze. After a while, she came to her senses, thought of her father's words, wiped her tears and ran to find Su He.
Su He and his family gave the chief clerk two taels of silver and successfully obtained the layout map of Qingshan Village. A group of people gathered around the layout map to discuss how much land to buy and how many houses to build.
"The best we can buy are second-rate paddy fields, and most of them are planted with rice. We have never planted rice before and have no experience at all, so if we plant rice, we will probably have to ask tenants for help in the first year."
"As for the rest, I thought about it. I can grow soybeans and corn, but the yield may not be higher than that in Huaihe River. Another option is fruit, but I need to think about it again."
The family members around were puzzled. Didn’t they say there was no shortage of food in the South? How could there be no shortage when the output was even lower than that of the Huaihe River?
"The climate here in Huaihe is different from that in the north. One is in the north and the other is in the south. For example, wheat is suitable for the north. If you plant it in the south, it won't grow well. Even if it grows, the yield will be very low."
There are only three siblings in Su He's family, so they didn't buy much. Su He decided that 15 acres would be enough for the time being.
10 acres of paddy fields and 5 acres of wasteland.
The paddy fields were all sold for 3 taels of silver, which was a concession given by the county magistrate, and the wasteland was sold for 500 wen per mu, which was 32 taels and 5 qian of silver.
After the purchase, Su He chose a piece of land near the foot of the mountain to build a house, and Zhou and others also followed Su He to buy a house.
Yanzhi also bought 10 acres of paddy fields and did whatever Suhe did.
Zhou and Ma each bought 30 acres, including 20 acres of paddy fields and 10 acres of wasteland. Jin had two sons, so he bought 40 acres of land.
This time, Wen's family also made a big investment and bought 40 acres of land.
Shunzi bought 20 acres of land for himself, and Juhua's family bought 20 acres of land for themselves.
Seeing the amount of land bought by the Wang family, others also followed suit. Li Si's family bought 10 acres of land, Dali and Erli each bought 20 acres of land, and Goudan's family bought 30 acres of land.
Because the paddy fields were cheap, Wang Laowu greedily wanted to buy 100 acres of them. However, he was stopped by his grandfather. He said that the paddy fields were cheap because the magistrate was taking care of them, and that people should be tactful and not buy too much.
Therefore, Wang Laowu only bought 60 mu, of which there were 10 mu of wasteland. His three sons each bought 20 mu of land. Wang Laoliu did not buy so much, so he bought 30 mu of land, and Wang Huahua bought 10 mu of land.
Liu Niang was the last to buy. She only bought 6 mu of land, mu of which was used to build a house, and the rest of the paddy field was used for farming with Su He, as long as it was enough to feed herself. She was very good at embroidery, and she had planned her future life well. When Liu Bai went to farm, she would stay at home and do some embroidery to supplement the family income.
Everyone paid the full amount on the spot.
The chief clerk wrote a list for each family and asked them to go to the village to find the village chief to mark out the land, and then come to the yamen to receive the land deeds.
Originally, the government was going to send people to the village to measure the land, but maybe because Chen Shi had a lot of face, this step was skipped.