The head of the farm spoke first: "Guys, do you plan to sell or exchange that piece of land?"

Xia Chun asked back: "How do you say sell, and what do you mean by exchange?"

Tian Fu had already made a plan in his mind and smiled slightly: "According to the current price, the land will be sold for 4,000 yuan per acre. In exchange for the land, we will give you two acres for one acre."

"What? Mr. Tianzhuang, are you remembering it wrong?" Shu Yan immediately stood up and asked Tian Fu: "The price was not this last time. It was obviously five thousand and five baht. How did it change to four thousand?"

The money is one acre? And exchanging land is not like this. You said you could exchange three acres for one acre. How come it’s now two acres for one acre?”

Tian Fu sneered: "Last time was last time, now is now, the current price, do you understand?"

When Xia Tingchang heard this, it was clear that the Shi family wanted to deliberately lower the price and bully the two children. Is this okay?

"You two, don't argue for now. Whether this transaction is based on the last verbally agreed price or the current current price, as long as both parties are willing, it is reasonable. If the head of the farm insists on settling at the current price, that's fine."

Tian Fu was amused and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, the transaction should be at the current price."

Shu Yan blushed anxiously: "Eunuch Xia, why are you...?"

"Yan'er, please sit down first." Xia Chun waved to him, then turned to Tian Fu and said, "Now that the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty is in Weijiahai, the war has subsided. Except for Sun Wu who still lives in Jiangzuo, the world is at peace. The imperial court

Encourage displaced people to return to their hometowns so that ordinary people can live in peace

There is a lot of waste to be done, and land prices will definitely rise year by year. As the director of the pavilion, and as a witness, I have experienced a lot of buying and selling land in the past two years, and there has never been a drop in land prices. Not only

If it doesn’t go down, it will go up immediately!”

"What are you arguing about? What's going up or down? It's so boring!" Shi De listened on the sidelines. He didn't understand these things at all. He felt impatient. What's four thousand or five thousand, isn't it just a few five baht?

Is money worth fighting for? He is the same age as Shu Yan, and Shu Yan has already made money for

The whole family was independent in making a living, and he was still basically in a state of infancy. He saw that Shu Yan was so excited about this matter, and found it funny. How could he know how much a thousand five bahts could do for the Shu and Han families to survive the winter?

With the clothes, how much medicine can I grab for Eunuch Xie and Zhixin’s mother!

The head of the farm just kept silent.

Shi De said something unintentionally, but when Zhixin heard it, she thought he was speaking for their own family. She felt angry that the Shi family had gone back on their word, so she stood up, put her hands on her hips, and said angrily: "Eunuch Xia,

The Shi family is not trustworthy, so let’s leave and not do business with people like them.”

When Tian Fu saw that Zhi Xin wanted to leave, he immediately panicked. He thought: My master has been planning to build a water dam by the Ru River for a long time. If this goes wrong, the master will never let me go. Although he was a little panicked, but

He pretended to be calm again, his face

Calmness returned again: "Hmph, even if you don't think about the people on both sides of the Ru River, you should always think about your family. Don't think I don't know. There is a patient in both of your families who is waiting for the money to buy medicine.

.”

Zhixin was struck by what she said, and she also didn't want to let the deal go wrong. The Chinese New Year was about to come, and there was nothing at home. Even if she didn't buy anything for the New Year, her mother's illness might happen again one day.

If you do it again, you will really have no money to buy medicine.

Shi De heard from the side that Zhixin's family didn't even have money to buy medicine, and asked in confusion: "Your family doesn't have five baht. Don't you even have gold, silver, pearls and jade?"

This sentence almost made everyone laugh. Shu Yan and Zhixin did not refute him, because they understood that Shi De was really ignorant of the world and was not maliciously sarcastic.

A Miao was by the side, lying in Shi De's ear and whispering: "Young master, don't talk nonsense, people will laugh at you. Of course they have no money, otherwise why would they come to sell the land?"

"Oh, if they really have no money, A-Miao, go to my house and bring them my gold lock."

The head of the farm quickly stopped: "Young Master, you have worn that gold lock since you were a child. How could you give it away so easily? The old lady will be angry. Today you just need to sit down and don't care about anything. Just sign at the end."

.”

Shi De felt that it was boring, so he told A Miao, "Go get the pen and ink paintings." A Miao heard the order and knew that he wanted to paint. It was better to paint than to talk nonsense here and make people laugh. She hurriedly put the drawing paper, pen, and ink,

Bring all the paints. Even though Shi is only fourteen years old, he can paint

It has been several years. Unlike the Shu and Han family, his family has never been short of paper, and he can practice whenever he wants. Shi De is good at calligraphy, and he is also interested in painting. At a young age, he is very good at painting.

.He glanced sideways at Zhixin and then immersed himself in painting.

Everyone was not as leisurely as him, and continued to negotiate. Neither party was willing to make concessions, and neither dared to miss the deal, so it was a stalemate.

After a long silence, Chief Xia Ting first spoke to mediate: "I think it would be better to adopt a compromise approach of half selling and half replacing."

The head of the farm asked: "How come it's half sold and half exchanged?"

"The Shuhan family exchanges their best land for the Shi family's inferior land, and then the Shi family makes up the difference. What do you think?"

In fact, this method is what Dr. Shu meant. Before leaving, Dr. Shu told Shu Yan that this field cannot be sold. No matter how much money is sold, it will be spent one day, and it will be terrible if there is no source of food and clothing. It is best.

Use a compromise method: trade your own good land for a slightly inferior land, and use the price difference to solve an urgent need. In the future, the source of food and clothing will not be cut off, the Shi family can still build his water dam, and the common people can still get

convenient.

Upon hearing this, the head of Gianzhuang thought that it was not a problem to remain in a stalemate like this. It would be a good idea to break the stalemate, "Please tell me more specifically, Mr. Xia Tingzhang."

"Yan'er, please tell me the specific method of exchange." Xia Ting thought that it would be inappropriate for him to speak out directly as a middleman. His role is to mediate between the two parties. If the Shi family thinks the price is high, he can help broker the deal.

Shu Yan understood and said: "I think this is good, one acre for one acre, but we don't want the lowest-quality land you mentioned last time. Your wealthy families have many uses for that kind of land, at least it can be used for horse racing."

field, but for us

But it is of no use at all. We want second-class land or third-class land. If it is second-class land, one acre will be exchanged for one acre, and we will receive a price difference of 2,500 yuan per acre; if it is third-class land, one acre will be exchanged for one acre.

Mu, we need to pay a price difference of three thousand yuan per mu."

As expected, Gianzhuangtou kept shaking his head: "No, no, it's too high."

Xia Tingchang immediately played the role of a middleman: "Let me see it this way. Whether to switch to a second-class land or a third-class land is decided by the Shi family. As for the price difference, I will make a decision for you. Second-class land

The subsidy is two thousand yuan per mu, and the subsidy for third-class land is two thousand five hundred yuan per mu."

The head of the farm looked hesitant: "If Mr. Xia Ting said so, I can't make the decision. I'll go ask my master for instructions."

Tian Fu turned to leave, and Xia Chun stopped him: "Tianzhuangtou, if General Shi agrees, you can bring the land deed to him; if he doesn't agree, please reply to us as soon as possible so that we can go back, but we will never

I will give in again."

Shi Hui's elegant gathering was not over yet. After hearing Tian Fu explain the situation, without thinking, he handed over the land deed of a piece of third-class land to Tian Fu and notified the accountant to withdraw 95,000 baht.

According to the third-class land, the price difference is 2,500 yuan per mu. The Shu family has 20 acres and the Han family has 10 acres. The Shu family and the Han family add up to 30 acres of land. Seventy-five thousand yuan should be enough. Why?

Tian Fu wanted to receive 90,000 yuan? It turned out that what Tian Fu reported to Shi Hui was the price difference of 3,000 yuan per acre, not 2,500 yuan. In this way, he got 15,000 yuan in private money.

Tian Fu first withdrew the 15,000 yuan he had embezzled from the accountant and asked his confidants to take him out of the house. Why did he dare to take private money so blatantly? When negotiating the deal, it was clear that Shi De, and A Miao was also present? It turns out that

Tian Fu knew that Shi De was a dandy

The young master, besides, is still young and doesn't care about these things at all; as for A Miao, her duty is to serve the young master. As for the negotiated price, she basically doesn't care much about it, and as a slave, she can't talk nonsense in the Shi Mansion.

So Tian Fu was relieved.

Tian Fu, Shu Yan, and Zhixin's family exchanged land deeds. Both parties signed the contract and wrote the documents. When it was time to sign and pledge, Shu Yan signed first, and it was time for the Han family. Zhixin is a girl,

After all, he was an outsider and it was inconvenient to sign. Although Ruoxin was young, he was still the official member of the Han family, so Ruoxin signed. As for the Shi family, Tian Fu couldn't do it for him. The Shi family had to sign.

During this time, Shi De was concentrating on painting and had no idea what the conversation was about. When he was asked to sign, he was still painting something with black paint seriously. Everyone was waiting for him, but he ignored them.

After a long time, Shi De excitedly raised the painting to Zhixin and said, "Okay, okay, the painting is finished. What do you think of it, Zhixin?"

Zhixin turned around and saw that the painting was of a girl in her prime, wearing a red skirt and a double bun, with fair skin, her hands on her hips, pouting, and glaring angrily. It was exactly how she looked angry just now.

It's lifelike, especially the pair of eyes that have just been carefully painted with black paint. They are even more vivid. On the left side of the painting are the words "skin like gelatin".

Zhixin was about to lose her temper, blaming Shi for drawing herself without her consent. But when she saw this painting, she painted herself so beautifully, and her anger was half gone: "How could you draw me without my consent?"

?”

"Who said it was you who drew the picture? There are more than a hundred women in my house. It's none of your business to draw anything you like!" Shi De was lying.

"You——? Humph!"

Seeing Zhixin's helpless look, Shi De then held up another painting, smiled evilly at Zhixin, and said in a long voice, "It doesn't matter whether that painting is of you, but this one might be of you.

Yo——”

Zhixin looked at this painting. It showed a girl from the top, wearing dirty clothes full of mud, black hands and face, messy hair with a few thatch sticks, and the toes of the shoes on her feet were exposed.

The left side of the painting is also decorated with four words "

Her skin is like ink." Zhixin suddenly remembered that this was the image of herself being teased a few years ago when she was weeding in the fields by the Ru River, and her face immediately turned red with anger: "You - bastard, tear it up quickly!

"Zhixin reached out and grabbed it.

Shi De dodged and saw Zhi Xin blushing, and became even more proud: "Why should I tear it up? Is this you? Is this you? You have to admit that the painting is you, and I will tear it up immediately."

Shu Yan also hated Shi De's pranks, but he was angry and had to admire Shi De's talent in painting. When he saw the first painting, he was really surprised. The Zhi Xin in the painting was so lifelike that he couldn't help but admire Shi De.

Good drawing skills

, indeed exquisite. Shi De’s second painting was drawn bit by bit based on memory, recalling scenes many years ago. This surprised Shu Yan even more. Shi De was not only excellent at painting, he also

His memory is also quite strong.

Of course Zhixin didn't want to admit it, she was ashamed and angry, so she came over to grab the painting.

Shi De hid behind a few cases, then ran out of the house, sticking out his tongue at Zhi Xin outside the door.

Shu Yan advised Zhixin: "If he likes to paint, just paint. With your hands on him, paint however you like. You can't catch him at his house. Let's sign quickly and get the money so we can go back to Aunt Han."

Let’s get some medicine with Mr. Xie.”

Zhixin also thought: She and her brother have been out for a long time. I don’t know how my mother is doing now. Anyway, there is nothing I can do about this bastard, so I might as well let him go and paint as he likes. It’s business to go home early.

When Shi De saw Zhi Xin sitting down, he stopped grabbing the painting. He was worried and asked A Miao to take the painting to his room before sitting down. He signed the document without even looking at the contents of the document.

Xia Chun looked at the signatures of Shu Yan, Ruo Xin, and Shi De. Shu Yan was vigorous, Shi De was elegant, and Ruoxin's handwriting was also very good, but after all, she was still younger and a little immature.

, all three people’s calligraphy is excellent calligraphy.

Although Xia Chun is the chief of the pavilion, he is just a low-level official. He has not read many books. His handwriting cannot be compared with the three of them, but he has no choice but to be embarrassed. Who wants to be the middleman?

, he signed his name in the center position. After the four people signed, they stretched out their index fingers at their respective names and drew three lines on the three knuckles to show the signature.

After Shu Yan finished drawing, he looked at his fingers, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: The current me, Ruoxin, Shi De is still young, and my body has not yet matured. When I grow up, my fingers will become longer.

Isn't this pledge in vain? Zhixin and I will definitely not regret it, but we just don't know what the Shi family thinks. He was thinking wildly here, but he heard Shi De say: "Hey, you two don't want to go back on it in the future."

What a deadbeat!"

"Why should we regret it?" Zhixin asked him.

"We are still young now, and the handwriting we write in the future will definitely change compared to now. In addition, our fingers will definitely become longer in the future, and the handwriting and signature will be different. When the time comes, you will spend all your money, so don't regret it.

What a shame."

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this, and couldn't help but look at Shi De with admiration. No one else had thought of this. Shi De, although he usually didn't care about worldly affairs, was smarter than others.

Xia Ting said with a smile: "Don't worry, after all, there is someone like me!"

"You - you are so old, what will you do if you die?"

Shi De's words made Chang Xia Ting turn pale with anger: "Your wealthy family controls the government, and you have always been the only one who oppresses the people. How can the common people dare to fight with the wealthy families!"

The head of Tianzhuang thought: Although Shi De's worry is reasonable, at such a young age, how could he know that his father had connections everywhere from the court to the counties. Only wealthy families have always oppressed poor families, but he has never heard of poor families oppressing wealthy families, so

He wasn't worried at all.

Shu Yan intervened and said: "Master Shi, I have thought of what you said. Don't worry, we will not go back on our word if we don't stand up without trust."

Zhixin said angrily: "Who is as scoundrel as your family? Not only scoundrels, but also cursed Eunuch Xia! Huh, Brother Yan, let's go, I don't want to stay here for a moment."

Tian Fu took them to the accounting office to collect money. Shu Yan and Zhi Xin had never seen so much money in their lives. Shu Yan's family received 55,000 baht, and Zhi Xin's family received 25,500 baht.

This is enough to last them for many years.

Zhixin lowered her head and was thinking about something. She pulled Shu Yan and said, "Brother Yan, five baht is so heavy and the market is unstable. Why don't we go back in exchange for some silk, silk or something."

Silk and silk could also be used as currency at that time.

Shu Yan also agreed: "Okay, anyway, the Shi family has money, grain, silk, and silk."

The Shi family had everything they wanted in their treasury. There were mountains of five-baht coins, silks and silks all over the house, and countless grains in the granary. Shu Yan and Zhixin both exchanged some silks.
Chapter completed!