The Feng family's land is in the north of the village. It took a long time to walk through more than ten acres of land before we finally reached the end. At the end of the field was the ditch. Next to the ditch, there were two mulberry trees that had lost all their leaves.
Father Wei picked up a clod of soil from the field, slowly crushed it, looked at the color, and showed a satisfied look on his face, "Feng Laoshi has taken good care of this piece of land. It is a good piece of land."
Shen Xiu didn't understand the quality of the fields, but she fell in love with the two mulberry trees at the edge of the field.
If there are mulberry trees, silkworms can be raised. Shen Xiu plans to ask Aunt Cui to teach Yang how to raise silkworms after buying this land, so that she will not have to worry about running out of silk embroidery thread in the future.
The silk embroidery thread Li Miaoer brought back from Jiangnan is good, but the price is a bit expensive.
Instead of buying silk embroidery thread from Jiangnan at a high price, she might as well ask her family to help her raise more silkworm babies.
With this plan in mind, she wanted to buy these more than ten acres of land as soon as possible.
Yang said: "Second daughter-in-law, no one will buy this land for a while. If you want to buy it, you might as well wait until the second one passes the examination to become a scholar."
Shen Xiu was worried that someone would beat her, so she said: "Mom, the field tax is paid during the autumn harvest. At that time, my husband would have already passed the scholar examination. So there is no need to worry about the field tax. But if you miss this
If we have this opportunity, it will be difficult for us to buy such good farmland in the future."
Shen Xiu was very confident that Wei Yan would be a scholar, so he wanted to buy these more than ten acres of land as soon as possible.
Most of the land around Weijia Village is owned. Most people would not buy such good farmland. It was rare to encounter such an opportunity, and Shen Xiu just wanted to buy the land quickly to avoid long nights and nightmares.
Father Wei also felt that what Shen Xiu said was reasonable, "Then listen to the second wife's advice. We will go to Feng Laoshi to discuss buying the land."
Feng Laoshi has not moved to the town yet, and this year is the last year he will stay in the village.
When Father Wei and the other three went to Feng's house, Feng Laoshi had already bought some New Year's goods and was cooking pork. The aroma filled the yard.
Feng Laoshi is a well-known honest man in the village, otherwise he wouldn't be called Feng Laoshi, but honest people also have an honest mind.
When he heard that Wei's father wanted to buy his own land, he said, "You are a little late. Someone has already looked at this land. They will come to pay the money tomorrow."
Shen Xiu didn't know Feng Laosheng's character, so she believed it to be true and was a little disappointed immediately.
However, Father Wei was not fooled and said directly: "Feng Laoshi, don't be too clever. Someone has come to see it. If someone really came to see it, the news would have leaked out long ago."
Feng Laoshi smiled and said: "This is true, why did I lie to you?"
Yang said: "Well, Feng Laoshi. People in the village say you are honest. I think your honesty is a lie, but your treachery is true. Will your land be sold? If not, we can leave."
Feng Laoshi originally wanted to raise the price, but when he saw Yang making a gesture to leave, he hurriedly said: "Why are you in a hurry? I just cooked the pork and it will be cooked soon."
Shen Xiu listened for a long time and understood. She didn't say anything, just listened quietly to Wei's father and Feng Laoshi's dealings.
Father Wei said rudely: "You think your land is good, but in my eyes it is nothing. When you meet people, you always say that your land is the best farmland, but the land in the east is much higher than that in the west."
One foot, then when it rains, all the rainwater will flow to the west!
This land is dry and flooded at the same time, but you still call it fertile farmland. There are also those two mulberry trees at the edge of the field. Those mulberry trees have absorbed the surrounding air, and I'm afraid the surrounding crops will not grow so well!"
Father Wei picked out two faults at once, and he made them so well-founded that Feng Laoshi was speechless.
Feng Laoshi smiled and said, "But my land is indeed very fertile. I have to harvest a lot of grain in a year!"
Father Wei said: "If it weren't for the fact that your land is quite fertile, do you think we would buy it? Let's do this. We won't bargain with you anymore. We will buy your more than ten acres of land for forty taels of silver.
Just say yes or no!"
Of course Feng Laoshi thought it was too little. He originally wanted to sell it for at least fifty taels of silver, but Wei's father just paid back ten taels of silver.
"Forty taels of silver is too little. It would be better to have fifty taels of silver."
Father Wei began to bargain with Feng Laoshi.
A quarter of an hour later, Feng Laoshi stretched out his finger and said: "Forty-eight taels of silver, not a penny less."
The forty-eight taels of silver was two taels less than the fifty taels Feng honestly received. Father Wei was very satisfied with the result and glanced at Shen Xiu.
Only then did Shen Xiu realize that Father Wei was able to bargain better than Yang, and he lost two taels of silver.
When Father Wei looked over, she nodded invisibly.
Wei's father and Shen Xiu had the same idea. They were both afraid of long nights and many dreams, and were afraid that Feng Laoshi would regret it, so he took him to the village chief's house and wrote a deed on the spot, transferring more than ten acres of Feng Laoshi's land to his own name.
Down.
After the deed was written, Shen Xiu paid forty-eight taels of silver on the spot in exchange for the land deed in Feng Laoshi's hand.
The family suddenly gained more than ten acres of land, and Father Wei and Mr. Yang walked a little more briskly when they returned home.
Shen Xiu said with admiration: "Dad, I only found out today that you are so good at talking. Feng was stunned for a moment to tell the truth."
Father Wei smiled and said: "Then Feng Laozhi is a bit young after all. He still wants to play tricks in front of me. He also doesn't think about my reputation in the village when I was young."
"What reputation?" Shen Xiu asked Yang curiously.
Yang smiled and said: "Your father is confused. Feng Laoshi is a foreigner and has only moved to the village for more than ten years. How could he know your father's reputation when he was young? When he was young, your father liked to give advice to others, and later he had a son.
Little Zhuge’s reputation. I don’t think it’s worth it. Ever since your father got this reputation, no one likes to deal with our family anymore, for fear that your father will plot against them.”
When Yang said this, he laughed.
Father Wei also smiled and said: "You old woman, you really don't say anything to anyone."
The three of them chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at the door of their house.
Shen Xiu stepped forward and pushed open the courtyard door. Just as she was about to call Wei Yan out and tell him the good news, the courtyard door was opened from the inside, and Wei Ping's honest face was revealed.
"Brothers and sisters are back." Wei Ping said hello to Shen Xiu with a smile. When he saw Wei's father and Yang behind Shen Xiu, he called his father and mother.
Father Wei looked calm, "Why are you here?"
Wei Ping said with a sneer: "I heard that the second brother was back. I thought that our brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, so I came over to see him."
When Shen Xiu saw Wei Ping, she knew that Zou was indispensable. Sure enough, when she came to the yard, she saw Zou talking to Daya. Shuanzi was sucking his fingers beside him.
Shen Xiu glanced casually, but his eyes stopped on Zou. He was wearing a cotton-padded jacket made of coarse cloth, and his wide waist did not cover his slightly protruding belly.
Next, Wei Ping's words confirmed Shen Xiu's suspicion, "Your sister-in-law is pregnant again. She has been pregnant for six months."