"Mom, I spent a total of one tael of silver and eighty-five copper coins to go to the city today. This is the remaining money."
During the evening break, Lin Dahu handed over the remaining money.
Ye Chuqiu sat on the bed without raising her head, "You should keep the money yourself. You are also married, so you need to have some money."
She was impatient with these trivial matters. Seeing that although Lin Dahu didn't talk much on weekdays, he was quite considerate in welcoming people and sending them off, so she decided to delegate power to them, slowly train them, and let the couple help them in the future.
housekeeper.
Otherwise, if she had to rely on herself for everything, she wouldn't die of exhaustion.
"By the way, did the village chief show you the homestead on the way today? Where does he plan to divide us?" Ye Chuqiu asked again.
"The chief told me that there are about three places that can be used as homesteads for us. It depends on how we choose." Lin Dahu said.
"Which three places?" Ye Chuqiu asked.
"This..." Lin Dahu scratched his head, "The chief didn't say anything about this."
"Forget it, we'll see tomorrow. You've been tired for a long day, so go to bed early." Ye Chuqiu said, lying on the bed, pulling up the quilt and getting ready to rest.
Since Huang Tiesheng is back, Ye Chuqiu and Lin Dahu are now staying in the guest room. Ye Chuqiu takes Qiaoer to sleep on the bed, and Lin Dahu and his wife naturally sleep on the ground.
It seemed that because they were about to settle down and stop wandering, Ye Chuqiu and the others were a little unable to sleep, and they were also a little hesitant and worried about the future.
Fortunately for Ye Chuqiu, he was an outsider to begin with, but Lin Dahu and the others had lived in Linjia Village all their lives. The thought of settling down in a strange place soon made him feel hesitant.
Fear of being looked down upon by others, fear of being bullied, and many other emotions made him very uneasy.
The next day, before dawn, he got up early and helped the Huang family fill the water tank with water. Zhao Hehua also helped with the housework. After all, they had low self-esteem and felt uncomfortable living in other people's homes. They had to do it.
You will feel more comfortable if you help others with some work at home.
In the morning, Zhang Huaiyuan came with several respected village elders in the village. They were all wearing long veils and gray goatees. Their dark black clothes made Ye Chuqiu feel a little cramped and depressed for no reason.
"If you want to choose a homestead, you still need the testimony of the village elders."
Zhang Huaiyuan said, and introduced them one by one to Ye Chuqiu and the others, "This is Huang Sanye. He was here when Lin'an Village was first established; this is Zhang Wuye, he is an old boy in the village. There are no other people in the village."
When a young man gives birth to a baby, he will always come to his home and ask him to help him name it..."
In addition to Huang Sanye and Zhang Wuye, there are also Qu Wuye who opened a restaurant in Dongyang City, and Deng Qiye, whose son works as a policeman in the yamen. Because of this, he is also a prominent figure in the village.
Now that everyone is here, it's time to choose a homestead. With so many clan elders, of course they won't follow them around. They only went to Huang Tiesheng's house together and let him entertain them on his behalf.
After getting to know each other, Zhang Huaiyuan took out a map from his sleeve. It was a map of Lin'an Village. Although it was not particularly detailed, it could still give people a glimpse of it.
"One is in the east of the village. Well, this one is half an acre, which is enough for the three of you to build a yard." Zhang Huaiyuan pointed to a homestead in the east of the village and said to Ye Chuqiu and the others.
"Hey, Uncle Zhang, this is a good piece of land. At the east end of the village, many people are vying for it. Even if they open a small teahouse and sell wine and tea for passers-by, they won't be able to afford it." Huang Tiesheng said at the side.
: "I'm afraid it will take a lot of money to take over this land, right?"
"It's not much. I discussed it with the village elders. If they want this homestead, they only need five taels of silver." Zhang Huaiyuan said.
Five taels of silver was indeed not much for Ye Chuqiu and the others. After all, in order to settle down in this village, Ye Chuqiu and the others had spent more than ten taels of silver.
However, Ye Chuqiu was not very satisfied with this piece of land, for no other reason than that the homestead was at the east end of the village and she didn't like the crowds of people coming and going.
Another thing, Huang Tiesheng also said just now, there are many people vying for this land. Why should they, a foreigner who has not yet established a foothold, compete with others?
Maybe he didn't win the land and ended up becoming enemies with others. This was not in line with Ye Chuqiu's temperament.
Thinking of this, Ye Chuqiu said bluntly: "This homestead is really nice. The more I see it, the more I like it. It's just that we are new here and wanted to choose a slightly remote place."
"That's okay." The head of the village nodded and pointed to the second piece of land. "This piece of homestead is a bit far from the center of the village, but it is close to the river and the place is large. One acre of land only costs two taels of silver. If you choose
Here, the space can be bigger."
"Mom, I think this place is nice. It's close to the river. I don't have to worry about water shortage anymore." Lin Dahu couldn't help but said.
They had escaped from the drought all the way, and now that they heard what Li Chang said, they liked the land by the river very much.
"It's such a beautiful place by the river. It's too conspicuous for us outsiders here." Ye Chuqiu still shook his head and only looked towards the inner room, "Where's the third place?"
"The third place is the mountainous land here. This area belongs to the imperial court. If you want it, you can just choose a place for one tael of silver and one acre of land."
Seeing that Ye Chuqiu was dissatisfied with the first two pieces of land, the village manager had no good words. The first two pieces of land were the best homesteads he was optimistic about, especially the land at the east end of the village. If it weren't for Huang Tiesheng's
In terms of face, he wouldn't even let them choose.
"Then let's choose mountainous areas."
Ye Chuqiu said: "I heard Mrs. Chen say that people from other places generally choose places in the mountains to build their homesteads. We are also new here. The village chief and brother Tiesheng think highly of us, but we don't want to make it difficult for you two.
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Hearing Ye Chuqiu's words, Zhang Huaiyuan nodded. If it was for this reason, he would be more accepting. However, he still said: "It doesn't matter. As long as you are a serious person who bought the homestead with money, no one in the village will say anything."
It’s nothing, after all, several village elders are here.”
"Okay, thank you very much for your love, sir. Can you allow us to choose a place in the mountains as a homestead?" Ye Chuqiu still insisted.
"Okay, since you insist on choosing the mountainous area, I won't stop you. But I have to make it clear to you that this mountainous area is not safe for snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Needless to say, there may be jackals in snowy weather.