Wutong Lane is not far from the Yamen, and there are police officers patrolling the area every day. It is not a big problem for Ya'er to stay alone in the house.
Before leaving, Song Xixi repeatedly told her that if Mr. Zou found this place, she must go to the Yamen and report to the officials in time. If she reported her name, someone would help her deal with Mr. Zou.
Ya'er agreed with tears in her eyes and stood at the door watching her grandfather and grandson go away.
When they arrived in Hongfeng Town, they went to the tofu shop and told Song Cai and others about buying a house and farm.
"If you buy well, if you buy well, you will have a place to rest when you go to Fucheng to do business!"
Song Cai rubbed his hands in excitement, and then talked about the farm: "These eighty acres are fertile land. Our family alone may not be able to handle it. Should we rent it to others or hire people to farm it in the future?"
Song Wufu had already thought about this problem: "Hiring people to farm is a bit troublesome, but your eldest and second brothers are both good at farming. Having them take care of you will definitely be better than collecting rent!"
As for the more than ten acres of paddy fields in the village, it can be cultivated for a few more years. In the future, it will be either cultivated by oneself or rented to the village.
Song Cai agreed: "Indeed, it is easier to watch others work than to do it yourself. From now on, the eldest brother and the second brother will be able to relax."
Song Wufu rolled his eyes at his son: "You think it's just like you who are afraid of taking easy things and shirking the hard ones, for fear that doing more work will end up killing you!"
Song Cai was unhappy and spread out his hands to show the old man: "I have been grinding tofu for more than a year. Who else has the thinner calluses on my hands? I get up early and stay late every day. Have I ever cried out in front of you?"
Looking at his thick calluses, Song Wufu's eyes showed relief, but he said: "You can't get the sun or the rain. You are much better than your eldest and second brothers. Just be content."
Song Cai was completely speechless and turned towards Niu Hua'er: "My wife still knows how to love others."
Niu Hua'er rolled her eyes at him and only focused on making housework with her daughter.
Seeing her third uncle's depressed look, Song Qingqing pursed her lips and snickered, with a hint of envy in her eyes.
Song Wufu remembered another thing and reminded the couple: "The tenth day of next month is the day when your parents will move and warm up the house. You two must go back in advance to help. Don't forget to tell the guests."
The Niu family's house was built a while ago. It is a spacious and bright house with three large rooms. When Niu Fang's family of four comes here later, it will be enough for a family of six.
Song Cai was happy for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and asked, "Do you want to do something big?"
Song Wufu nodded: "We must do it. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are outsiders. Take this opportunity to get acquainted with the villagers. From now on, when we live in the same village, we must help each other and look after each other."
Niu Hua'er smiled and said, "That's right. My parents built the house, and most of the village contributed. It's time to hold a few tables to thank them."
Song Cai was eager to take this opportunity to rest for a few more days, and hurriedly said to his old father: "Dad, warming the house is a big deal. When the time comes, we will end the business three days in advance and take back the meat and wine that will be used at the banquet!"
Song Wufu couldn't see his little thoughts, and laughed and scolded: "It's getting hot in June, and the dogs will be disgusted by the meat you brought back in advance! Okay, okay, my in-laws haven't seen you for a few days, so I'll tell you in advance
Stay with them for the next three to five days."
After receiving his old father's correct words, Song Cai was beaming with joy: "It's done!"
After lunch, Song Xixi and Song Wufu returned to the village.
There was still a long way away from home, and when they heard the familiar sound of wheels, the dogs came running wildly. With a kick of their thick hind legs, they jumped into the car and howled at Song Xixi. They were so happy that they didn't know it.
What to do.
Erbai Wu, who had the best nose, smelled the smell of Maji fragrant duck, and immediately left Song Xixi as the owner. His wet nose immediately searched back and forth on the donkey cart, and soon found a roast duck that was still fragrant after cooling.
"Don't touch these, this one is yours!"
Song Xixi stopped drooling, and took out a roast duck that had been cut apart in advance and fed it to the impatient dogs one by one.
Looking at the three dogs lying on the car eating duck meat, Song Wufu couldn't explain how he felt: "I never thought that one day I would feed the dogs the roast duck I bought for one tael of silver!"
It had been less than two years since he had escaped from the famine. If someone had told him on the way to escape the famine the year before last that his family dog would eat meat every day, he would have thought that the person was going crazy and was not in his right mind.
"There is a saying that 'one person can achieve the Tao, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven'. We have lived a good life, so naturally they cannot be left behind." Song Xixi rubbed the dog's head and handed them three pieces of duck meat.
Song Wufu sighed: "Yes, good dogs like them can live a good life with other owners."
After finishing the roast duck, the donkey cart also drove into the village, and the villagers' greetings continued all the way.
There is not much work in the fields at the moment. Zhang Xiaomei and the others are weeding Song Xixi's "flower field" behind the house.
This land has been fertilized with fertilizers produced by the system. Not only have watermelon seedlings and more than a dozen kinds of flower plants grown wildly, but weeds have also grown so tall overnight that they can cover the entire land within three days if not removed.
This piece of land is Song Xixi's treasure. How could Zhang Xiaomei and the others let it fall into disrepair? They have spent only half an acre on it in the past two days.
When she learned that the house had been purchased and that she had also spent one thousand five hundred taels on an eighty-acre farm with a house, Zhang Xiaomei asked her whose idea it was.
Song Xixi immediately admitted that it was her idea, and also told what happened yesterday and the reason why she kept Ya'er.
The old lady's attention was immediately attracted to Ya'er: "She is a helpless little girl and it's hard to make a living. It's okay for you to let her guard the house. She's just afraid that her disgusting cousin will make trouble for her and falsely accuse you of abducting her.
His niece."
She has never met Ya'er and doesn't know what Ya'er's character is like. She is very worried that Ya'er will be persuaded by Mr. Zou and eventually bite Song Xixi in return.
"It was with this in mind that I rejected Ya'er's request to sell herself." Song Xixi sympathized with Ya'er's experience, but she would not completely trust someone she didn't understand. She might be tricked one day.
Zhang Xiaomei nodded repeatedly: "This is the right thing to do. If we have a good place to go later, and we can arrange her properly, your efforts to rescue her will be worthwhile."
But Zhu Sanyu was worried about another thing: "These fields have been cultivated by the Zou family for decades. I think they have long regarded them as their own. It may not be easy to harvest the fields in three days."
Even Song Wufu became worried when he mentioned this.
"It's okay. I have already thought of a way to deal with it. No one can stop us from harvesting the fields."
Song Xixi thought it was troublesome, but she was not afraid of it. She had all the land and house deeds with official seals in her hands. Even if those people refused to hand over the eighty acres of land they occupied, she had many ways to make them spit it out, but it took some effort.
That’s all.
After hearing what she said, everyone felt relieved and decided to go there together in three days. They couldn't let their granddaughter (niece) and a little girl take the lead in everything.