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

Chapter 47
The village chief beamed. He was really happy. The house and homestead that had been stranded for a long time had a place to go, and the village's public accounts could earn a lot of money. It seemed that there were no benefits for this tribe to live in.

He Jiuniang asked again: "May I ask the village chief, is there any fertile land for sale in the village? Or is there anyone in the village who wants to sell land?"

The village chief stroked his mustache and shook his head: "According to current regulations, the land in the village cannot be sold at will. It must be kept and distributed to the men in the village. After you live in the village for three years and become stable, the land in the village will be settled." Men can also be allocated land, but there are too many people here, so we can’t get too much, and the place is relatively remote, and it’s not fertile land, so you have to be prepared!”

Once there are more people, he will go to the county government to apply for land grant to the village, but the surrounding villages will definitely be unwilling to give up the land, so he will have to apply for more remote land, which is barely possible.

"As for the village, I don't know yet which family wants to sell their land. I'll ask you later. I just don't know how much you can ask for?"

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, Mrs. Sun replied generously: "As much as you want!"

The village chief looked at her with some surprise. Can this woman make the decision?

It didn’t matter that He Jiuniang kept talking just now and no one stopped her. Now, such a big matter as buying a field can be decided at will?
Old Man Lu noticed the village chief's probing gaze and thought of his own reputation as the head of the family. He coughed hastily: "That's right, hehehe, that's what I meant. There are many people in the family, so I can feel at ease if I buy more land."

Sun looked at the village chief dissatisfied. This village chief's behavior of favoring sons over daughters was very annoying. She, the old woman, has always been the head of the Lu family, okay?What does the old man know?snort!
Old Man Lu touched his nose with a guilty conscience, and looked at Mrs. Sun with a little bit of a flattering smile in his eyes, just to give him some face outside.

Mrs. Sun rolled her eyes and said nothing arrogantly.

This made the three daughters-in-law laugh for a while, and the village chief was shocked again. How dare the daughter-in-law laugh at her parents-in-law like this?
This family is really crazy!
"Ahem, okay, I'll keep an eye on it and help you ask, but the big guys in our village don't have much land in their hands, so naturally there are very few people willing to sell it."

The village chief broke the embarrassment and spoke, thinking of the problems they were facing now, and said: "It will take some time to build a house. If you don't have a place to live, you can ask the villagers to rent a house. Most families can still have one or two empty rooms, but this is The rent is hard to say.”

After all, it was a room in someone's home, and it was much better than that empty house in a deserted household. The rent for a room might be more expensive than an entire yard in a deserted household.

But in this case, the Lu family will definitely have to live separately, and ordinary people can't accommodate so many of them.

He Jiuniang frowned, not wanting to be separated from her family.

And it’s not a good feeling to live under someone else’s roof.

Boss Lu asked: "Village Chief, do you know if there are any old houses that are vacant in the village? If so, the price can be higher."

The village chief shook his head regretfully. It would be good if every household could fill their stomachs these days. How could there be enough money to buy so many houses?

"In this case, my family will no longer rent. I have homesteads on both sides. It's summer, so I can build a few straw sheds to last for a few months.

He Jiuniang made up her mind. It is not troublesome to build a thatched tent. If there are many people, it can be built in an afternoon. It just needs some thatch and oilcloth. The thatch has a big roof and the oilcloth covers the surroundings. It can be regarded as a more refined tent.

Anyway, I have been sleeping in the open for more than two months. There is no more difficult environment than that. Sleeping in a straw hut is really nothing.

The others were still a little hesitant about renting a house from the villagers. After hearing what He Jiuniang said, they immediately said, "Yes, we can just build a thatched shed. We don't have to bother the villagers."

But the village chief thought they were fooling around. What was wrong with such a large group of people living in a thatched hut?Can't you run when the wind blows?
"Isn't there something wrong with this?" the village chief reminded him tactfully, but everyone had blind trust in He Jiuniang and thought that the straw shed was good.

Old Man Lu felt that he had no voice to speak. He was afraid that someone would steal his words again, so he hurriedly said to the village chief: "Can the village chief help my family to ask who has dried thatch? We want to buy some."

The village chief was speechless, right? It's okay for an ignorant little woman to make nonsense, but this old man is also so unreliable?
But the village chief couldn't control a wider area and had no choice but to comply.

He Jiuniang took out her purse very sensibly, without even looking at how much money was in it. She stuffed it directly into the village chief's hand and said with a smile, "Thank you, village chief, for working for us and buying some sweets for the children at home!"

The village chief weighed it and found that it should be all copper plates, but it was so heavy that there were still dozens of pennies in it.

Mrs. Sun felt very distressed when she saw this, but she also knew that what He Jiuniang did was right. They had just arrived and they really needed to have a good relationship with the village chief, otherwise they would have a hard time in the village in the future.

What's more, the village chief is not willing to work hard if he doesn't give him some benefits.

The village chief was really curious about who was in charge of this family, but he took a sneak peek and found that no one had objections, which meant that this woman's status in the family was indeed extraordinary, so he pretended to decline: "Thank you, no need to Yes, this is what I should do."

He Jiuniang smiled and pushed him back: "Just accept it, village chief. We will have many troubles for you in the future!"

After going back and forth, the village chief accepted the money bag, and then said with a smile: "In that case, I will accept it. Let's go, I will take you to see the house and homestead first. If you want to build a straw shed, You have to hurry up, otherwise there will be no place to sleep tonight!"

The group of people followed him out, but when they opened the door, they found that there were many people standing outside, all of whom had just come back after the village chief asked them to leave.

"What are you doing? Just go ahead and do what you have to do!"

The village chief was displeased, but everyone was very thick-skinned. Someone came up and asked, "Village Chief, there is nothing to do during the off-season, so let's join in the fun! Have they bought a homestead?"

"I want you to take care of it!"

The village chief glared at him and ignored them, then took the Lu family to see the house first.

It is indeed in disrepair. It is dirty everywhere, with cobwebs all over it, and the thatch on the roof is also broken. If you are not diligent, you will not be able to live in it tonight.

But now everyone is very satisfied with this condition.

"Since you are paying rent, the money is in the village's public accounts. I will send people from the village to help you repair and clean up. Don't worry."

The village chief was worried that they would lower the price because they thought the house was dilapidated, so he said with a smile.

Everyone nodded in agreement. It would be better if someone helped clean up, and they could save some effort.

(End of this chapter)