GBP Chapter 189: Locusts Cannot Be Eaten
Chapter 189: Locusts Cannot Be Eaten
Seeing such wealth and power, the village head was speechless for a moment, and finally took out an abacus and silently calculated the price for Lin.
"The three existing houses plus the front and back yards are worth seven taels of silver." He paused and glanced at Lin's reaction.
The yards in front and behind the house are very large, and the house covers at least two acres. The price of seven taels is twice as expensive as buying the land directly. Moreover, because no one has lived in it for a long time, the house is in a very dilapidated state. Even if it is not rebuilt, it will cost three or four silver coins to repair it.
Besides, the Lin family will definitely tear it down and rebuild it.
All the houses to be traded in the village have been reported to the government office. Although this house is dilapidated, the original owner spent a lot of money to build it. One and a half rooms in the main house were even built with blue bricks.
Therefore, it has been idle for many years and has not been sold, because no one in the village can afford it.
Because the government had registered the case, they couldn't demolish the house and sell it to the Lin family at the price of a vacant lot.
The village head wanted to suggest that Lin change the land.
Lin carefully inspected the house inside and out. Although the mud on the outer wall was peeling off, most of the blue bricks inside were still intact. After peeling off the mud, they could be picked up and used, and were worth more than one or two taels of silver.
"no problem."
Her attitude is simple: you can find ways to earn more money, but you can't settle for a mediocre life.
The village head continued calculating on his abacus: "The land at the back will be given to you at the price of wasteland. It's about eight mu...a total of fifteen taels."
The two went to the site for measurement. The village head found a few wooden sticks, measured them, and inserted them into four locations.
Lin bought several acres of land leading to the river, and the total price was twenty taels.
"This is seven taels of silver." Lin poured out a few pieces of silver from her purse. All this silver had been exposed and could be used openly. As for the remaining thirteen taels -
"This is the deed to twelve acres of land. I'll mortgage it to you first. I'll collect enough money to redeem it within three months."
The lands under Lin's name were all top-quality fields, more than enough to be worth thirteen taels of silver.
Although the head of the village has been a village official for half his life, he lives a down-to-earth life and does not approve of Lin's risky behavior.
It was not just one or two taels, but a full thirteen taels of silver.
What kind of business can make so much money in three months?
"How about I keep these lands for you first and promise not to sell them to others. You can come back and buy them when you have money." The head of the village gave a suggestion.
The reason why Lin was in a hurry to buy was because he urgently needed to build a few workshops.
The village head had no choice but to accept the land deed and secretly calculate how much silver his family could come up with.
On the way back, I saw a lot of people gathered at the edge of the field.
It was almost noon, and people were packing up their farm tools and going home to eat, or rushing to do some more farm work. But I didn't know what happened that made the villagers stop working and gather together.
The village head and Lin hurried forward.
Outside, Erlang was carrying Xiaoliu on his back and holding Xiaoqi in his arms, and he was looking inside.
Erlang suddenly felt his shoulders lighten, and when he turned around, he saw Aunt San pulling Xiaoliu away.
Lin put Xiaoliu on the ground and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Locusts. There were inexplicably a lot of dead locusts on the field this morning. The villagers wanted to pick them up and take them home to eat, but Mr. He wouldn't let them." Erlang explained the reason in a few words.
When Lin heard about the dead locusts, he knew that the diseased locusts had taken effect.
The village head tried hard to squeeze in.
"These dead locusts are really inedible. Trust me, everyone. Dig a hole and bury them all."
In the crowd, Mr. He's face turned red and his voice became hoarse from shouting.
"No one else has tried it, how come you're the only one who knows it's poisonous?"
"You're stopping us from eating it. You're not going to dig it up right after we bury it, hide it back home and eat it secretly."