The two acres of land of Laizi's family are right by the river, and irrigation is convenient. However, Laizi usually doesn't have time to take care of it. He has a bad reputation in the village, and no one dares to rent his family's land. Therefore, his family's two pieces of land have long been cultivated.
It was wasted.
At a glance, the grass in the field is growing tall. Except for the new growth this year, no one has cleaned up the dead grass in the field in previous years. The green grass is stacked on top of the waste grass, and they are piled up in groups, which are as clean as those of other people next to them.
The fields are out of place.
"You've ruined the land too much. You're just letting such good land hang here?"
The two brothers Lin Qingyun are also farmers. Seeing these two acres of abandoned fields, they felt very distressed. Lezi looked indifferent, "I'm too lazy to farm, and no one in the village dares to rent my field. That's what it's like."
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"Your two acres of land are in a good location. It's right by the river and can be easily irrigated. However, there are too many weeds in this field. Even if we two brothers put in a lot of effort to cut them, I'm afraid they will grow again.
" Lin Qingyun said.
There are a lot of weeds and there are a lot of grass seeds in the ground. If they are not taken care of for a few years, the weeds in these two fields will grow more than in other fields.
"As you said, if the grass won't grow again after being cut, then why do people still have to work so hard?"
The leper raised his hand and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore. I won't talk nonsense to you. If you want to buy it, just bring me ten taels of silver. If you don't want to buy it, forget it. Don't ask questions."
"Then you wait until we get back to discuss it with my sister-in-law." Lin Qingyun said.
There was a trace of ridicule subconsciously on Lezi's face. If he had followed his past character, he would have laughed at them and asked a woman for everything, but today he held it back and only said: "Then I'll go with you."
Go, get things done quickly, I don’t want to waste my time just for this matter.”
"Oh well."
After hearing what he said, Lin Qingyun agreed and led him to Ye Chuqiu's home.
This time when he came to Ye Chuqiu's house again, Laizi behaved a lot more. He didn't look carefree like before. Instead, like the two brothers, he got Ye Chuqiu's permission before entering.
Ye Chuqiu was sitting in the courtyard. She re-extracted the knowledge from the book, such as pastry recipes, so that when she taught them to them, she could just read what she had excerpted, so as not to dirty the original book.
Seeing them coming in, Ye Chuqiu put down his pen and asked, "How is it?"
"The land is good, and it is easy to irrigate by the river. It was originally supposed to be a first-class field, but the land was not taken care of properly. It is full of weeds. It has probably degraded into a middle-class field or even a low-class field."
Hearing this, Laizi couldn't help but interjected, "It was originally a high-quality field, but there were just a few more weeds. How can you say it is degraded or not? Anyway, I told you, ten taels of silver, not even a penny."
few."
"If you don't plant crops, you don't understand. The fields must be taken good care of. If you don't fertilize or plow the land, the fields will slowly stop growing crops." Lin Qingyun explained.
"Anyway, don't be so verbose. I want ten taels of silver. Please tell me if you want to buy it or not." Lezi waved his hand and said.
"What do you think?" Ye Chuqiu asked Lin Qingyun and the two of them, "If you take good care of it, can you grow crops?"
"That's okay." Lin Qingyun nodded and said honestly, "When the time comes, we will pull out the grass in the field, re-water it, apply more fertilizer, and take good care of it, and we will definitely be able to grow it back."
"Since it's just a little effort, let's buy it." Ye Chuqiu said: "We don't lack strength anyway, right?"
"That's the truth." When Ye Chuqiu said he was willing to buy it, the two brothers were very happy.
"Ten taels of silver and two acres of land are not expensive, so I won't bargain with you." Ye Chuqiu said, looking up at Laizi, "Let's go to the village chief to make a contract, hand over the money in one hand and the land deed in the other.
It’s done.”
He also said to the two brothers Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingshi: "You two brothers went to look for this matter. There are exactly two acres of land. Each of you brothers will have one acre. I will lend you the money first, and our family will wait for the next time."
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"Then... how about that? Otherwise, sister-in-law, you will also have a share." Lin Qingyun said quickly.
"It doesn't matter. We can't just buy these two acres of land. If we have another chance next time, it will be our turn."
Ye Chuqiu said, stood up, went into the house to change clothes, put on a hat and veil, and then walked outside.
When she goes to the village, she always wears a veil. This has become a habit of hers. Therefore, she is quite mysterious in the village.
When they arrived at the Li Zhang's house and heard their intention, the Li Zhang frowned slightly and said, "Ms. Lin, it's not that I don't want to, it's just a matter of signing documents. You have to go to the Yamen to handle it, so what's the use of coming to me?"
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"But the district chief, wasn't it all done by you before? When we were in Linjia Village, these things were all handled by the district chief." Lin Qingyun asked with some confusion after hearing this.
Unexpectedly, the village chief suddenly turned his face, "That's your Linjia Village. In our Lin'an Village, this is the rule. If you feel it's inappropriate, you can go back to your Linjia Village!"
"Zhang Lichang, look at what you said. Are you deliberately making things difficult for us? We are now villagers in Lin'an Village. I don't know where I have offended you and allowed you to eliminate us like this." Ye Chuqiu said.
One sentence.
"I'm not embarrassing you. It's just that these land-related matters should be handled at the Yamen. I am a small village manager, so how can I have such ability." The village manager said.
"That's right, we helped you handle it before. It was just a matter of love. This was not our business in the first place. After hearing what you said, you are still complaining about us?" The eldest lady on the side also said something.
"Is it because of Wu Ming's incident?"
Ye Chuqiu asked: "Is it because of them that you want to use this method to force us away?"
"I don't know about Wu Ming and Wu Ming, and I have no intention of forcing you away. It's just that this matter is indeed beyond my control. Please forgive me for being powerless."
As the chief said, he stood up and looked like he was seeing off guests.
"Fortunately, I always thought that Zhang Lichang was a sensible person, but I didn't expect that he was also a person who didn't know right from wrong and listened to rumors."
Seeing him like this, Ye Chuqiu also lost her temper. She stood up and said, "Since you don't want to help, that's it. You said you have to go to the Yamen to handle it. You should tell us which Yamen to go to, right?"
I heard that the Yamen also has three classes and six rooms, who should we look for when we go to the Yamen?"
Zhang Huaiyuan became even more sulky after hearing Ye Chuqiu's words, and said coldly, "How many other yamen are there? The yamen in Dong'an City is the one. As for who to look for, wait until you go to the yamen and you will have a mouth. Go there by yourself."
Just ask.”
"Okay, since you said so, then we won't cause trouble here."
After hearing what he said, Ye Chuqiu turned and left.
"Sister-in-law, they have gone too far. They are clearly bullying us foreigners. These matters are originally under the jurisdiction of the chief, but he actually asked us to go find someone from the yamen."
Coming out of the mayor's house, Lin Qingyun's face was filled with anger.
The leper on the side snorted coldly, "Don't you know these people? They are all people who flatter the superior and despise the inferior...Brother Lin, I'm not lying to you. I told you that you have a bad reputation in the village. They
This is another way to drive you away."
"They want to drive me away, but I won't leave until they insist." Ye Chuqiu said: "The house I built with two hundred taels of silver can't just be left here in vain. Isn't it just to look for the Yamen? I will look for it.
That’s it.”
"Ms. Lin, you put it lightly. Even if you go to the Yamen, things may not be done," Lezi said.
"Why? Why can't I get enough money if I use the money?" Ye Chuqiu said.
"You use money, but how much money do you have? The people in the yamen are colluding with the village chiefs. Don't you understand the principle that officials protect each other? They are still waiting for the autumn harvest, and the village chiefs will help them
Collecting land taxes will not offend them.
Believe it or not, even if you go to the Yamen, you will not only have to go through a big circle and waste time, but even if you finally find the right responsible official, they will definitely ask you to come back to the ward chief."
"Leizi, when you say that, it sounds like you are very familiar with the Yamen?" Ye Chuqiu said doubtfully.
"No, I'm not familiar with yamen, I just know a little more about the world than you do."
The leper said, "Actually, there's no need to go to such trouble. Let's just sign a contract in private. There's no need to make it so formal. Don't worry, I, the leper, will never go back on his word."
"Do you think I am afraid that you will regret it?"
Seeing him like that, Ye Chuqiu said: "I'm not afraid of you even if you regret it. I'm afraid that you owe gambling debts. When the time comes, your creditors will come and want to use these two acres of land to pay off the debt. I won't have the paperwork in my hand."
, if the name is not justified and the words are not justified, don’t we have to argue with them again?”
Hearing Ye Chuqiu's words, the mangy man spread his hands and said, "Since you said that, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Let's see, Lezi, you can go to the city with us tomorrow and I'll ask. Even if you don't get things done, it won't hurt to get a little more familiar with the Yamen, don't you think?" Ye Chuqiu said.
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"That's okay." Seeing that she was still determined not to see the Yellow River, Lezi nodded and agreed.