Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 26 Negotiating to Buy Land
She didn't have any experience in coaxing children, so she instinctively thought that Luo Ming was crying because the silk flowers were scattered and beaten.

When Fang saw her, her heart ached.

She opened the box, took out the box containing the money, put it in front of Luo Baisu, and said, "Father, you should work hard, and you will pass the exam next year. I don't want my child to follow us to be so useless." gone."

She has been doing business for the past two days, and she just got a little excited. She originally wanted to use the money in her hand as the principal to find some business to do. Today, seeing her child being bullied, she immediately changed her mind. It is also necessary for Luo Baisu to go to the test to get a good name, so as to save the two children from being angry and beaten from time to time at home.

Luo Baisu opened the wooden box and was taken aback: "Where did you get so much money?"

"It was rewarded by the old lady of the county yamen." Fang replied, "After picking out the dike, don't meddle in the family affairs, just concentrate on studying, I don't believe it, you are no better than Luo Baihan in studying."

It is said that people fight for one breath, and one burner fights for an incense. Fang Shi was so angry by Yao Shi, and he didn't think about the future, but only hoped that Luo Baisu would be able to pass the exam next year, and he would be proud in front of Yao Shi.

Luo Baisu touched the money box, and after a long silence, he said slowly, "I'll go find my second brother tomorrow."

"Why are you looking for him?" Fang asked in surprise.

"I'm thinking about [-] yuan. Let's save it. It's enough to build a big house. If you don't want to live in the village, we can find another piece of land outside to build a house. The second brother has been a bricklayer and often helps people Repair and build a house, I know someone familiar, ask him to help and find some more people, if it goes well, we can move into the new house before winter."

When Luo Tiandu heard this, he knew that Luo Baisu had planned to leave the Luo family completely, which was a good thing, but the timing was not right.Luo Tiandu actually had her own plans for the eighteen hanging coins, she wanted to use them to buy land.

Whether it is Fang's keeping Luo Baisu to catch up with the exam, or Luo Baisu planning to buy another land and build a house, it is a good thing, but they have not considered how to live in the future.Just let Luo Baisu go to the township exam, no matter whether he passed the exam or not, it is a long-term cost of money. The [-] hanging money seems to be a lot, but it will definitely not be able to pay for Luo Baisu's journey to the township exam, general exam, and palace exam. Sell, not to mention waiting for officials to leave the relationship.In her heart, she still wanted to keep the money to buy land and endure it for two years, and it would not be too late to consider buying another land and building a house when she was truly free.

Fang has calmed down at this moment, and feels that Luo Tiandu's proposal is a bit whimsical.

"Farmers are counting on the fields to eat, so where can we buy any good land?" Besides, Luo Baisu participated in the provincial examination, no matter how frugal he was, he couldn't get away with five dynasties, and the remaining thirteen dongs If you really want to buy fields and land, how much can you buy?

Luo Tian didn't even think about good land at all. First, good land is expensive and she can't afford it; It was placed on the puddle at the end of Luojia Village.

Luojia Village is backed by a mountain, and there is a small stream winding down the mountain, flowing from the end of the village to the head of the village. The wasteland is a little low-lying, and over the years, a shallow depression has been formed, and the villagers can't afford paddy fields. It was left there all the time, and Luo Tian was planning on this depression.In her opinion, that depression is really a precious land, and there is a small stream passing by it. As long as a solid ridge is built to separate the stream from the land and transform it into a paddy field, it will be very easy for water to enter or discharge. It is convenient, not to mention that only the low-lying areas of the depression will be flooded all the year round. Some of the higher-lying areas can be filled with some soil, which is a good land. The only inconvenience is that the dry land is scattered here and there. It's very scattered, and it takes some work to take care of it.

Fang did not agree.Even if it is to open up wasteland, it is still necessary to find a place with a good terrain and a foundation. What is the use of finding this low-lying land that has been flooded all year round?Not to mention how much effort it took to get out that depression, if the crops were planted with hard work, and there was a flood, wouldn't everything be gone once the flood flooded it?Waste of effort is not counted, even the seed money lost is quite a lot. It is better to save half of the money for Luo Baisu to take the exam next year, and use the other half as the principal to find some business to do.

"Mother, we are peasants. Farming is our duty. There is a lot of profit in doing business, but in a famine year, what can we do with that little money?" Luo Tian slowly analyzed the pros and cons for her, but she didn't I really agree with "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business", but it is because the level of productivity is low in this era, food production is too low, food and clothing is a problem that everyone in the ruling and opposition parties urgently needs to solve.After all, in a good year, it is difficult for people to have enough food and clothing. When there is a famine and there is no food in hand, it will really kill people.What's more, the family insisted that Luo Baisu go to participate in the scientific examination. He usually makes a small fuss, selling some products from his own land and kitchen, that's all. There is no chance of standing up again.

When it comes to Luo Baisu's future, Fang's heart is a little moved. If there is a way, who doesn't want their man to stand out and follow their husband and wife.If we talk about the time when we just separated a few days ago, Fang thought that Luo Baisu would have no hope of studying in this life, and only hoped that the two of them could do something to support the family, but after doing a small business for two days, Fang's heart was refreshed. , as long as you are willing to use your brain, work hard and not be lazy, you may really be able to make money for Luo Baisu's exams in the future.She also agreed to buy the land, but Fang was very opposed to buying the depression, insisting that it was just a waste of money. If she really wanted to buy land, she would rather search slowly. most.

Luo Tian had no choice but to settle the accounts with her carefully.

"It's only [-] yuan in total. It just happens to be enough to buy two acres of fertile land, and tax stamps are required. I'm afraid we can't buy two acres. We have a family of four. What can we grow with more than one acre of land? It's different to buy wasteland. The government Support land reclamation, tax stamp deed does not have to be paid, the money alone saves almost two heels, wasteland is enough to buy two acres, father is a scholar, land tax does not need to be paid, we buy a few more acres of wasteland, just people Work harder, you can grow whatever variety you want, it’s not better than buying fertile land at that price?” What’s more, her plan is to turn the lowlands into paddy fields to grow rice, which is definitely more cost-effective than buying fertile land to grow wheat.

However, Mrs. Fang was very persistent on this point, and for the first time put on the airs of an elder: "What do you know as a child, you put it lightly."

Luo Tian was depressed. With the combined lifespan of her two lifetimes, she is several years older than Fang Shi. Don't look at her occasional flirtatious and cute act. In the bottom of her heart, she always regards Fang as her younger sister and Luo Mingdu as her daughter.

Nowadays, the Luo family has a sense of democracy when it comes to matters in the family. They like to gather the family to discuss everything, solicit everyone's opinions, and then make up their minds.Luo Tian couldn't convince Fang, so he had to seek support from Luo Baisu.

"Father, do you agree with mother's idea or mine?" This is a choice between the two, and Luo Baisu's own opinion is directly ignored.

Luo Baisu wanted to move out to protect his wife and daughter from being bullied. Seeing that Luo Tian was thinking so long-term, he also agreed to buy land. Those who have a stutter can't die of hunger. As for where to buy, the family discussed for a long time but couldn't come up with a compromise. In the end, they had to give up and buy the right one.

In the next few days, the Fang family really entrusted people to inquire about the purchase of land, but several of them brought the news. When they really asked people to discuss the business, one family asked for too high a price of [-] yuan per mu; It was suitable, but it was sold together with [-] mu of land. Fang didn't have enough money at hand, so he thought about buying only [-] mu of land.

After running for several days, the soles of the shoes were worn out, and the negotiation failed, but the news that Fang had made a fortune and wanted to buy land spread like he had grown feet, and everyone in the village knew that Fang had just been divided. home, I saved up enough money to buy land.Back then when Luo Baisu's family of four were separated out, they only got one grain of grain. You Lizheng testified that everyone in the village knew that there were many poor families at that time, so they came here to inquire with Fang, hoping to get her advice. , making the whole family dumbfounded.

In the end, even Fang's natal family was alarmed and sent their second daughter-in-law, Liu's, over.

The Fang family is the eldest in the family, and was the first to marry. When the Liu family married into the Fang family, the Fang family was already married, and the Luo and Fang families have not been in frequent contact in the past few years. Familiar with.

Just like Caimu came to Luo's house last time, Liu Shi also entered the door empty-handed. The difference is that Liu Shi has a face on his face this time, and his attitude is very affectionate.

Because of the matter of Caimu last time, Fang was quite disappointed with her natal family. When she saw her second siblings coming in, she didn't seem to be very friendly. Even in the first few years, she always thought that her natal family had many brothers and wanted to help them more. The encounter really made her cold-hearted.

Mrs. Liu entered the door, looked around calmly, and saw that there were only two old beddings and an old box in Mrs. Fang's room. There was nothing special about it. Like a person who has spare money to buy land, he can't help but feel a little disappointed, but quickly puts away this disappointment.

Mrs. Fang sat with Mrs. Liu for a while, and when she saw that Mrs. Liu did not speak, she asked her, "How is the family? Are father, mother and children all right?"

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "Everyone in the family is good. Dad, elder brother, Cai Shui, and third younger brother are picking soil from the embankment. Mother is looking after the family."

Fang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as her mother's family is safe and peaceful, it's better than anything else.

Mrs. Liu looked at her expression and felt that Mrs. Fang still cared about her natal family very much. She was [-]% sure of what she discussed last night, so she smiled and said, "Actually, it's okay for me to come. It's just that my mother said it's been a long time." I’ve met you before, and I miss you very much, but the third brother and sister just gave birth to a nephew, tomorrow will be a full moon, and mother can’t leave, so I asked my eldest sister to go back and have a full moon wine.”

(End of this chapter)