Farm widows have space, pick up a treasure on the way to escape

Chapter 46 Buying a Homestead
This is also expected. After all, there is no reason for people to give you a house for no reason.

"Village Chief, how can I rent this house?"

Lu Fugui couldn't help but ask. They didn't have much money to buy it now, and they still owed the Lu family a lot of money. They couldn't borrow any more money now, so they could only rent it temporarily.

"It's like this. There are four houses in total. The two are larger and can accommodate about ten people. The rent is 25 cents a month. The smaller one can accommodate five or six people in a squeeze. The rent is fifteen cents a month. You can Consider sharing a house, it’s relatively cheaper.”

The price given by the village chief was quite fair. After all, the house was in disrepair and it was impossible to ask for a sky-high price.

The price is acceptable to everyone, but the problem is that even if all the houses are rented, there will not be room for so many of them.

There are five or sixty of them.

But before they could speak, the village chief continued: "There is no room for so many of you. There are still several homesteads in the village. You can buy them and build your own house. However, our village has a large population and great competition, so the homesteads are relatively small." It’s also more expensive.”

The reasons why the abandoned houses I just mentioned are so cheap are, on the one hand, they are in disrepair, and on the other hand, people have died in those houses before, which is somewhat unlucky.

Most people in the village buy houses because of happy events in their families. It would be unlucky to buy a house like this, so the house has been empty over the years.

But homestead land is different. This is new land. If you buy it, you can do whatever you want with it, and it will add joy.

Because of this, the price is expensive. Except for a few wealthy families who bought it, the rest are left.

The village chief paused, and then said: "The smallest piece of homestead is only five cents, and it is sold in the village for three taels of silver. The larger ones of one acre and two acres are six taels of silver for one acre, and [-] taels of silver for two acres. Look. What kind do you want to buy?"

From this perspective, two acres of land is more cost-effective, but ordinary farmers don't actually have that much money to buy such a large land, and most of them buy five cents or one acre.

And if the current group of people, except the Lu family, really spent money to buy a homestead, they might not be able to spend any more money to build a house, let alone buy fertile land.

Cui'er's family wanted to buy it by themselves. After all, it would not be very convenient for the three of them to rent together with others, so Lu Daping asked: "Village Chief, is there any smaller land?"

The village chief shook his head: "No more."

He Jiuniang gave them an idea and said: "If you are willing, two families can buy a fifth of the land together and then divide it equally. The worst that can happen is that the yard at home will be smaller."

Yup!

Everyone's eyes lit up. The village didn't give them small portions, so they could buy it and plan it themselves!

"Okay, if my family buys five cents of land, who is willing to share half of it with our family?"

Lu Daping looked at the crowd. Some people had made up their minds to rent it temporarily, but others wanted to make plans in advance.

Tiedan's mother Li stood up and said, "Let's go to my house. I have two children and I can't afford a big place."

The three of them had received nine taels of silver in the rogue den, and six taels of silver when they came to Jingzhou. They had not spent any money on the way, so they had plenty on hand.

Cui'er's family and the Li family are all members of the Lu clan. They are related to each other, so there won't be much conflict if they live together. What's more, Cui'er and the Li family and the Gao family have also established a relationship along the way. Revolutionary friendship, I am very happy to be neighbors with them.

"Okay, Sister-in-law Li, we will be neighbors from now on!" Cui'er happily held Mrs. Li's hand and smiled sincerely.

The Gao family and her daughter were not willing to share a flat with others, so they took the initiative and said, "My family can also buy a five-cent piece of land. Sister Liu, it's inconvenient for you two little girls. Why don't you buy it with my family?"

The Liu sisters were very obedient along the way, and they were young and did not dare to commit crimes. Gao felt that although he could not understand their previous behavior of wanting to rely on the Lu family, he was still willing to be neighbors with them.

The Liu sisters no longer dared to follow up on the Lu family's affairs, and they felt that they would be easily bullied if they lived in a shared apartment with others, so they nodded timidly.

Liu Daya said: "Auntie, we sisters don't know anything. How can we build this house?"

They are only 13 years old, still too young to have haircuts, and they really don’t understand anything.

"What's the point? We've all come here all the way, why don't we care about you kids? When we settle down, we'll start building a house for you!"

Lu Fugui stood up and responded readily, and everyone nodded. Yes, they were taking care of each other along the way. How could there be no reason to ignore it?

"Thank you, thank you uncles and aunts!"

The two sisters were so excited that they were about to shed tears. They thought they had been abandoned by their parents and would be their fate in this life. They never expected that there would be such a turning point and opportunity.

"Okay, okay, no need to shed any tears on the big day, that's settled!"

Mrs. Gao couldn't help but feel a little moved, and came over to pat them on the shoulders to express comfort.

Therefore, a group of people who were rescued from the bandit den and had relatively more money were unanimously willing to team up and spend money to buy land and build houses, while a group of Lu family members they met in Qianzhou City still had so much money in their hands. , I temporarily rented an empty house in the village.

As for Lu Guilan's family, they didn't have much money, and the rented house was no longer enough. It was even more difficult to build one by themselves. They remained silent for a while and followed the Lu family quietly.

The village chief didn't expect that they would be so humble and give in to each other. After all, a ready-made house is definitely more convenient and economical than spending money to buy land and build it. He thought they would fight over each other, but he didn't expect that they would resolve it so amicably. Everyone looked happy.

In this way, the village chief has something to consider in his mind. They are members of the same clan, relatively united, and there are quite a few of them, even comparable to some old households in the village. In this way, no one in the village can bully them in the future. of.

As the village chief, he naturally couldn't think of bullying this group of newcomers. Not only did they have a large population, but they also had a lot of merit. They could directly arrange a place for them to live in the state capital. There must be someone behind them to help them.

At this time, the Lu family also discussed it, and Old Man Lu said: "We have a large family, so let's buy two acres of land and build a house. It will be convenient for the children when they grow up in the future."

This was something that everyone expected. They all knew that the Lu family had money along the way. They had sold horses before and lent them some. The Lu family still had some left, and Mr. Qin, whom they had rescued before, would definitely give them. Remuneration and the like.

But no one is jealous. They all feel that this is the Lu family’s ability, and that they are still standing here alive because of the Lu family’s help. With the Lu family in the future, life will definitely get better and better!

The village chief was surprised again. This family didn't look like anything special, but they were able to buy two acres of land just by asking. This was something that many families in the village couldn't do.

"Okay, okay, now that everyone has decided, come with me to see the house and homestead, and then just sign the paperwork and report it to the government."

(End of this chapter)