The fierce stepmother of the farm family, brought her cubs to get rich

Chapter 167 Buying Wasteland

Gu Manxiu also wanted to chat more with this girl Haitang in the capital, but she didn't dare to delay the affairs in Jiangnan.

If the matter of medicinal materials cannot be settled for a day, they will have to endure the price offered by the medicinal material dealer for another day.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of medicinal materials everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. If the medicinal materials merchants deliberately raise the price of medicinal materials at this time, it will be a disaster for the people in the Jiangnan area.

After coming here for such a long time, Gu Manxiu has a general understanding of the prices here.

Knowing that ordinary people don't eat or drink for a year, they may not be able to save ten taels of silver.

If it is medicinal materials, it will cost a year's savings, and I am afraid that more people will no longer be willing to spend money on herbal medicines.Jiangnan will also have more people die because of the increase in the price of medicinal materials, which is not what Gu Manxiu wants to see.

"No, the situation in Jiangnan is urgent. After the matter is resolved, I will bring Yue'er and the others to the capital to play."

Although Gu Haitang did not give up on Gu Manxiu, she also heard Jiang Wen and others mention the Jiangnan incident.

Seeing Gu Manxiu's anxious expression now, he no longer insisted on letting people stay.

Uncle Fu originally thought that Jiang Yichen would be able to stay at home for a few more days when he came back this time, but he didn't expect Gu Manxiu to leave, and Jiang Yichen actually wanted to leave with him.

Looking at Jiang Yichen's leaving carriage, Uncle Fu couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't know if the young master will be able to settle down properly."

Jiang Wen persuaded: "Uncle Fu, the elder brother left with Miss Gu is actually because of Jiangnan's affairs..."

Uncle Fu waved his hand, "The old man knows what the young master is thinking."

Jiang Wen's explanation suddenly stuck in his throat, and he couldn't explain it for a while.

Jiang Yichen ran around with Gu Manxiu all day long, and now everyone knows what Jiang Yichen was thinking.

Uncle Fu shook his head, "I just hope Miss Gu can enter my Jiang's house as soon as possible, so that the young master won't run away all day."

Jiang Wen could only smile awkwardly, not daring to say more.I'm afraid that the more he talks, the more Jiang Yichen will be exposed.

After Gu Manxiu picked up a few children and went home, she immediately went to the village head.

"Village Chief, we have a lot of wasteland in Chen Xing Village, I want to buy them all."

Since Gu Manxiu's family opened a school, many children in the village can read and write.The village head is also very grateful for this, after all his grandson is also studying with Jiang Yichen.

For Gu Manxiu, who proposed to open a school for the village, the village chief also valued it very much.

Hearing that Gu Manxiu came to see him today, the village head also guessed that she might have something important.

But when he heard that Gu Manxiu was going to buy wasteland, the village head was still taken aback.

"Ms. Yuanshan, you... why do you want to buy land when you are so good? We have a lot of fertile land in our village. If you feel that your family has little land, I will find you some fertile land from other families. You just need to give them some money. It's not easy to plant wasteland..."

Gu Manxiu knew the village chief's concern, so she explained: "Village chief, I have a better way to open up wasteland. You can just calculate with me how much wasteland there is in Chen Xing Village."

Seeing Gu Manxiu's persistence, the village head knew that it would be useless to say more.

"Hey, you girl. Do the two boys from the distant mountains and long rivers know about this?"

Although Gu Manxiu is said to be smart, but in the end it has to be a man who is in charge of the family.Although Gao Yuanshan is young, he is smart enough, and the village chief also believes that he has his own judgment.

Hearing this, Gu Manxiu frowned unconsciously.

But thinking about the current environment, it is a patriarchal existence.

What's more, she is still a widow without a husband in name. Doesn't this mean that the husband dies and obeys the son?

"They know, but they just bought the fertile land. I bought it in my own name."

Hearing this, the village chief took a serious look at Gu Manxiu.

It wasn't until Gu Manxiu felt a little uncomfortable that the village chief said: "Ms. Yuanshan, I know you are capable, but I'm afraid it's not appropriate to buy a field in your name."

"What does the village chief mean?"

"It's not impossible for me to sell the wasteland in the village to you, but our dynasty has never established a female household. Even if you buy the wasteland, the wasteland will not be assigned to your name."

Gu Manxiu was stunned for a moment, she did not expect such a result.

The village head suggested: "You can buy it in the name of distant mountains or long rivers, and then you can transfer the wasteland to your home."

Gu Manxiu did not respond immediately, but carefully recalled the laws of this era.

In the dynasty she is in now, there is indeed no such thing as a female household.

But the wasteland she bought now is not used to grow food, but to grow medicinal materials, which means that these wastelands will be tied to the Chang'an Medical Center in the future.

The Chang'an Medical Center was entrusted to her by Doctor Chen, and she never thought of taking the Chang'an Medical Center privately.He also thought about handing over the Chang'an Medical Center to Wu Wang when she was 19 years old.

Before that, she didn't want people to be constrained by the Chang'an Medical Center because of the medicinal materials.

The village chief didn't know what Gu Manxiu was thinking, but he just watched her keep silent, thinking that she didn't want to buy the wasteland and put it under the name of Gaoyuan Mountain or Gao Changhe.

After all, neither of these two children is Gu Manxiu's own son, and now that Gu Manxiu is getting close to Jiang Yichen, it is inevitable that Gu Manxiu will not have her own thoughts.

But as an outsider, the village chief really couldn't say anything about this kind of thing, so he could only sigh in his heart.

"Yuan Shanniang, why don't you go home and think about it, if you make up your mind, it won't be too late to come find me."

Gu Manxiu had no choice but to go home temporarily.

Jiang Yichen also just came back from teaching the children in the village. Seeing that Gu Manxiu seemed to be thinking about something with his head down, he couldn't help asking.

"What's the matter? But what's wrong?"

Gu Manxiu shook her head, she didn't know how to explain this to Jiang Yichen.

Jiang Yichen didn't like the feeling of being concealed by Gu Manxiu, seeing her in a daze, Jiang Yichen directly pulled her into the yard.

After closing the courtyard door, he asked her seriously: "What happened?"

Gu Manxiu came back to her senses, and seeing Jiang Yichen's anxious expression, she suddenly smiled.

"I'm fine, don't worry. I just want to buy some wasteland from Xinghua Village, but I heard from the village chief that I might not be able to buy land in my name."

Jiang Yichen knew what was going on after careful consideration.

"If you need a field, where do I have a few Zhuangzi at that time, I will put it under your name at that time."

Gu Manxiu looked up in surprise, seeing that Jiang Yichen didn't mean to be joking, she couldn't help but said: "You are so generous, this Zhuangzi will give it if he asks. But I bought the wasteland to grow medicinal materials, Zhuangzi probably can't."

(End of this chapter)