Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 93
Lu Quan propped up the boat and before he turned into the river, he saw the dark green rice fields on both sides of the river connecting together.

A gust of wind blows, heavy ears of rice, neat stalks, rice waves rolling, one after another, like a green ocean.

There is still a month or so before the autumn harvest, and the weather is good this year. The rice in the fields has been filled with pulp and is growing well.

It looks like a harvest season is in sight.

When the boat entered the river, the rice grains were hanging heavily and landed on both sides of the river, which made people feel excited and wanted to stretch out their hands to grab them.

"Lu Quan, is this the land you bought?"

Seeing Lu Quan nodding, everyone became more and more elated. They bought the land, and they also bought the land with the best terrain in Jiangjiaba. Can you be unhappy?

The original anxiety was attracted by the scenery in the field in front of them, and they fantasized that when they bought the land, they would be able to plant wheat in autumn, and they could transplant rice seedlings when the wheat was harvested around the Dragon Boat Festival next year.

At that time, I want to eat white noodles and eat white noodles, and I want to eat rice and rice.

It is grown in my own land, so I am willing to give up a full meal of dumplings.

"Such a good place, why is shopkeeper Li willing to sell it at such a cheap price?"

"Didn't Brother Lu say that the long fish dish made by my sister-in-law was replaced by the recipe. Do you know how much a dish of Lai Fushun's long fish dish sells for?"

"how much?"

"I heard that what is the dish called Butterfly costs two taels of silver per plate, and how many long fish can be ordered for one dish. I also heard that Lai Fushun's long fish banquet has eight long fish dishes. Think about it, one dish costs two. Two taels of silver, how much do you earn for eight long fish dishes?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, two taels of silver? What you have to eat is dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder!"

"Dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder are not worth two taels of silver per plate. No wonder Zhuangzi is willing to sell it to the Lu family. We are in the honor of Brother Lu. If it were someone else, let alone sell it to us for ten taels of silver per mu." Even if it is 12 taels and 13 taels, you may not be willing to sell it."

"That's right, let me tell you, the cheapest land here is 13 taels per mu. The harvest was good the year before last. Li Laocai's land in Lijiazhuang was sold to his brother and he bought [-] taels per mu."

A group of people chatted and laughed, and followed the river all the way to the north. After about a stick of incense, Lu Quan pointed to a rice field and said, "Here we are, here it is."

The Lu family's boat was parked on the river, and if a rope was tied to a random tree beside the embankment, the boat would not be able to escape.

Everyone, you drag me, and I drag you, and climbed ashore one after another.

It was only when they landed that they discovered that their land was not connected to other land.

It is not right to say that it is not connected. There is an additional irrigation canal in the middle of the south side. The canal is neither wide nor narrow. It is not suitable for boats, but it is convenient for watering.

This irrigation canal was dug by shopkeeper Li himself after he bought it. Because there is this canal, it has nothing to do with the land next to it.

The same irrigation canal on the north side used to be a large gentle slope with slightly higher terrain. Because no one cultivated it, it was covered with weeds and weeds.

The gentle slope here is the embankment of Honghu Lake. Because it is not the main river channel, the embankment is not too high. Even if the water rises, it will not be able to flood this area.

Climbing up the gentle slope, you can see Honghu Lake not far away. Because it has entered autumn, the river water has fallen, and a large area of ​​the river beach is exposed outside, and it is also covered with weeds.

The Zhuangzi that shopkeeper Li sold to Lu Quan happened to be at the place where Honghu shook his head.

This place is closer to Jiangjiaba and closer to the gate, but because it is blocked by a large windbreak forest, coupled with a large area of ​​farmland and a winding river, it has become a quiet and unobtrusive place.

Here, Lu Quan led the other six families to look carefully.

Looking at the golden rice in the field, looking at the neat fields, looking at the surrounding wasteland that has not yet been opened.

As long as anyone who has seen it, there is no one who will not be moved.

This is the love field of their dreams, there is no place more suitable for the seven of them to live in than this place.

Everyone has an urge to cry.

From now on, they will also have land and houses, and they will no longer be the fishy and dirty fishermen that other people talk about.

What fascinated them the most was the large piece of wasteland near the windbreak forest. The wasteland is good and cheap. The wasteland can be used to build houses or be reclaimed to grow crops.

Even if the terrain is too high and not suitable for growing rice, planting soybeans, peanuts and bracts can be considered as a ration for the family.

Everyone walked around the ridge and looked at all the plots.

Originally, everyone still wanted to choose a good one in their hearts, so that when the time came, they would have a good idea when dividing their land.

The good land must score points, and the bad land cannot be given to only one family.

But walking down this circle, the big guy found that all the land is good land, including the ten acres of land newly opened by shopkeeper Li, which are fertile and good fields.

Li Sixi couldn't hold back and asked first: "Brother Lu, where did you say the land was allocated to our family?"

Lu Quan and Qiu Shi had discussed this matter a long time ago, and he pointed to the land in front of him and asked cheerfully, "Which one do you want?"

"I……"

It was not Li Sixi who was troubled by this problem, but the big guy.

All the land was good, and they didn't know which one to choose for a while.

"I discussed it with Xiao Qingniang. My land is located on the south side, and it is easy to harvest and drain water."

Lu Quan pointed to the land near the gentle slope to the north again: "This side will be divided among your six families. When you open up wasteland, you will open your own land to the north, so that each family's land can be connected into a piece. As for the location, anyway It’s all the same, when the time comes, everyone will draw lots, and whoever gets the land will get the land.”

No one objected to Lu Quan's words.

The land is good, and there is an irrigation canal connected to the river on both sides, so the water intake and drainage do not need to pass through other people's land.

It's just a few more steps for those near the river, and guard against livestock for those near Zhuangzi.

At that time, Li Sixi sat down on the field to the north, holding the freshly grouted rice in the field and refused to leave.

"I'm not leaving, I'll sleep here tonight."

"It depends on your future." Brother Zhang went to drag Li Sixi, staggered, and sat on the ridge of the field himself, with the ears of rice hanging upside down on top of his head.He looked up and looked at the heavy ears of rice, his eyes were slightly red, "This land will be ours from now on."

"Yes, this land will be ours from now on!"

The few men at Ye Wharf squatted or sat, like children, squatting in a row on the field ridge.

Only the Chen family did not have a man in charge, and it was Chen Pingan who was not yet an adult.

It's not good for him to squat with a group of uncles, so he just walk away.After walking to another field ridge, he squatted down stealthily, imitating Uncle Li, carefully holding a plant of rice, his throat choked.

"Father, Mother, Grandpa... Ping An also bought land. They are all good land where rice can be grown, not the kind of dry land where we used to grow wheat and beans."

"In the future, when we build a house, we will be able to invite your tablet into our home and worship it properly. At that time, I will definitely take your tablet and walk around and have a look, so that you can see the land of our home."

For the first time, the people at Yewharf have land in Jiangjiaba and a sense of belonging.

Later, this place where people with mixed surnames from outside lived was called Xiaoxinzhuang.

(End of this chapter)