GBP Chapter 138 The Jiang Family Visitors
Chapter 138 The Jiang Family Visitors
As soon as Xie Jiaojiao sat down, she stated her purpose directly without beating around the bush and said that she wanted to buy land.
Chen Shouren stroked his beard and asked: "Buy land?"
Wang Qiushi poured water for the two of them. He was happy when he heard about buying land. In the village, any land purchase must go through the village chief. The village chief acts as a middleman to ensure the interests of both parties. Both parties have to show some appreciation. If nothing else, they can earn hard-earned money.
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "It's best to have the ones that are connected in a piece, more doesn't matter."
Upon hearing this, Chen Shouren asked tentatively, "Have you ever thought about how many acres of land you want to buy?"
Xie Jiaojiao paused as she scooped up the silver in her hand: "About thirty or forty acres!"
what!
Wang Qiushi's hands were shaking as he was adding water, and he almost spilled it.
Chen Shouren frowned slightly and glanced at her, then said to Xie Jiaojiao, "Buy so much?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Paddy fields are best."
Paddy fields!
That would be so expensive!
Wang Qiushi was filled with sighs in his heart!
If my eldest brother and sister-in-law could have such in-laws, then Xie Jiaojiao, a daughter who is about to get married, wouldn't all these fields and property belong to Xie Zhiyi in the future?
Thinking back to the last time I went to Xie Jiaojiao's house, that magnificent house...
If they could really get married, my eldest brother's family would also be able to grow sugarcane, and then they could build a similar one, and her family would become powerful...
When I thought of this, I felt that I had to give some pointers to that useless niece of mine!
"You want a lot, and you want to connect them together. I'm afraid our village doesn't have it! How about I go to the next village and ask for it for you?"
"Thank you so much!"
Xie Jiaojiao said this and stood up to say goodbye.
Chen Shouren did not keep anyone behind, after all, he also had to go and help find out!
To be honest, anyone who is a village chief hopes that the people in his village will be successful. As long as they are successful, it will give him face as a village chief!
Unlike later generations, a small village official only cared about making money...
When Sun Ruhua arrived, Xie Jiaojiao had already gone out.
Seeing that Xie Jiaojiao had finished the discussion so quickly, she gave him two more words of advice: "My daughter, when buying land, try to buy more paddy fields and less second-class fields."
Xie Jiaojiao held her arm and said, "Don't worry, Mom. I know! It's all paddy fields!"
Sun Ruhua was relieved, patted Xie Jiaojiao's hand and said, "Mom was worried that you didn't know."
The mother and daughter walked towards home as they talked. On the way, they met the crazy Xie Kun. There was not a single clean spot on Xie Kun's body. He had a messy head of hair. He was sitting on the edge of the field, holding a branch in his hand and drawing something on the ground.
Xie Jiaojiao was a little curious and took a look...
This……
What is this madman Xie Kun drawing?
Could it be that he...used a tree branch to draw a picture of his mother and Wu Dashan making love at home?
Sun Ruhua also took a look and blushed immediately.
He quickly covered Xie Jiaojiao's eyes and said, "What the hell is this? Oh my god, what a sin!"
Having said that, he pulled Xie Jiaojiao and stopped her from looking.
Xie Jiaojiao actually wanted to say that Xie Kun's painting was quite good. Although it was a tree branch, it was painted very vividly. She thought it must be the painting skill he learned during the half year when he was brought back to the Song family.
But if it was seen by passers-by, it would be a different story.
Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao and walked away, complaining as she walked: "Is Xie Kun really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? That stinky woman Zhou Cuihong doesn't even know how to control herself! It's so embarrassing!"
Xie Jiaojiao pulled her aside: "Why are you angry? Zhou Cuihong and Xie Kun have nothing to do with you now."
Sun Ruhua nodded: "I just feel ashamed."
But then, Sun Ruhua also thought that Xie Jiaojiao was about to get married, and it was time to educate her...
When they got home, Sun Ruhua went to work in the fields, and Xie Jiaojiao started to steam soybeans. During this period, Manager Chen asked for more and more soy sauce. Fortunately, when the house was renovated, she built a large kitchen next to it and ordered a super large iron pot for herself, which could steam and cook a lot of soybeans at one time.
Xie Jiaojiao first fetched water and then started a fire.
Tian Hu helped her chop firewood.
Seeing the pile of things in front of the stove, Xie Jiaojiao spoke hurriedly.
Tian Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down to rest.
Xie Jiaojiao handed him a bowl of water: "Thank you for your hard work."
Tian Hu took it with a smile: "No, you took the money."
Xie Jiaojiao took the bowl of water from him.
Tian Hu said, "Xie Xiaogu, Mr. Gao who came to your house yesterday, does he have a big business?"
Xie Jiaojiao followed him and sat on the doorstep: "Why? Do you really want to go out and do business?"
Tian Hu pursed his lips and said nothing.
My eyes turned to the yard, where my grandmother was busy hanging clothes.
"Are you worried about your grandma?"
Tian Hu nodded: "Grandma is old, and I am her only relative."
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and joked: "I think you have reached the right age to get married. You might as well marry a wife and give birth to a big fat grandson for your grandmother, and then go out and earn money yourself."
Tian Hu looked at Xie Jiaojiao, shook his head and lowered his head again: "It's still early for me, no hurry."
Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything either.
Tian Hu helped Xie Jiaojiao steam soybeans throughout the afternoon. The steamed soybeans filled the winnowing basket in the yard.
The wedding is just a few days away.
Sun Ruhua handed over the task of collecting porcini mushrooms to Tian Hu and concentrated on decorating the house.
The red cloth that was originally bought for Xie Jiaojiao to make new clothes was cut into several pieces by her and used to wrap the cotton quilt. She also went to the town to buy a lot of red paper to paste on it.
Knowing that Xie Jiaojiao's wedding was approaching, Mrs. Wang came to help a few days earlier and helped Sun Ruhua to paste window decorations and red paper.
Sun Ruhua was really grateful.
The village chief also came over and said that he had helped her look at two places, one of which was about 35 acres, and the other was much larger, nearly 50 acres. It was up to Xie Jiaojiao to choose.
Xie Jiaojiao thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we look at both places?"
The village chief nodded, and that day Xie Jiaojiao rented Uncle Li’s ox cart and took the two of them to look at the land.
One is next to their village, Taohuagou, very close to their village, just a few kilometers away; the other one is far away, requiring climbing over several hills to get there.
After looking around for a whole day, Xie Jiaojiao finally chose the 30-plus acres of land in Taohuagou.
After all, it is much easier to manage since it is closer.
And she also learned that the 30 acres of land in the neighboring village belonged to a wealthy family in the town. Their son passed the imperial examination and was going to work in the provincial capital. They thought this place was too far away, so they wanted to sell it. The 30 acres of land were connected into one piece, and there were crops on the land, but the old landlord didn't want it anymore.
Moreover, there happened to be tenant farmers on this land, which saved Xie Jiaojiao the trouble of finding tenant farmers to rent the land.
Xie Jiaojiao gave the deposit on the same day and said that she would go to the town with the village chief to transfer the ownership the next day.
On the way back, I saw a luxurious carriage parked in front of my house from afar.
Before reaching the door, Xie Jiaojiao got off the ox cart and Tian Hu was waiting for her.
As soon as he saw her, he came forward and said, "Xie Xiaogu, you are finally back. Someone from the Jiang family is here and has been waiting for you for most of the day."