Chapter 102 Enclosure
Inside the hall.

As usual, Fat Miao'er dumped all the money in the purse on the table. There were copper plates and broken silver here, and everything seemed to be quite a lot.

"One two, two two, three two..."

The familiar sound of counting money sounded again in the house. After a while, it was concluded that there were 15 taels of silver in total, and there were more than 300 copper plates in addition.

"15 taels! 15 taels!"

The compass became visibly excited.

Although they already had guesses in their hearts, when they heard this number, they still couldn't help feeling overwhelmed.

"If we don't buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones, we will have more."

The corner of Luo Pan's mouth twitched, revealing a look of pain.

They have earned a lot during these days, and their expenses are not small. In addition to books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and the ragged jackets bought for Su Dashan and Su Qingfeng and his son, they also bought a lot of things themselves. It's about a tael of silver.

Not to mention that, the weather has turned cold now, and it is obviously not suitable to wear single clothes. They still have to buy fabric and cotton to make jackets, which is another expense.

"15 taels of silver is a lot, should we enclose land and build a house?"

Li Xiaodao sat upright, his eyes swept over Fat Miao'er, Liu Ye'er, Wei Shu, and Compass one by one.

"I agree!"

"I support!"

"I agree!"

"I agree too!"

The four expressed their opinions one after another, and the plan to build a house has since been put on the agenda.

three days later.

The autumn wind is rustling.

There were no traces of frogs in the swampy land, and this profitable business had to be suspended.

Fat Miao'er and the others are free, and occasionally go to the pier to sell wild vegetable dumplings.

The rest of the time is spent at home, reading the "Three Character Classic" with Wei Shu, and learning to read.

By the way, stroll around the village and choose a suitable place to build a house.

"Let's go, let's go to Grandpa Li Zheng's house."

Fat Miao'er waved at Li Xiaodao, and the two left the house one after the other.

Go straight west, turn right when you encounter a fork in the road, and when you see the big pagoda tree in the center of the village, you will arrive at Lizheng's home after two households.

Lizheng's house is also a big tile house built with blue bricks, which is spacious and magnificent, and it is one of the best in the whole Dashi Village.

When Fat Miao'er and Li Xiaodao arrived, Sun Li was teaching his grandson a lesson.

"If you're half as smart as Fat Meow, you won't have to worry about it at home!"

Speaking of Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, with the sound of opening the door, Fat Miao'er's chubby face appeared in front of Sun Lizheng.

He looked stunned, then dropped the hand he had just raised, pointed at his little grandson and said, "Let go of you this time, if you want to play again, see if I beat you."

Sun Lizheng gave the little grandson a warning look, and waved him away.

Then he turned his head, the expression on his face instantly softened, and he said softly, "Xiao Dao and Fat Miao'er are here, what's the matter?"

"Grandpa Lizheng, we want to buy a homestead."

Fat Miao'er looked up at Sun Lizheng, and said in a crisp voice.

Buying a homestead?

Sun Lizheng nodded, thinking, Fat Miao'er and the others made a lot of money selling boiled frogs, so they really should enclose land and build a house to have their own home.

"Okay, which piece of land are you looking at, tell me?" Sun Lizheng asked.

"Behind the jujube's house, and even the puddle, we want it."

Fat Miao'er said loudly, this was discussed when they were at home.

Water swamp?
Sun Lizheng smiled, and asked casually, "Are you planning to raise frogs?"

"hey-hey!"

Fat Miao'er grinned, showing a mouthful of small white teeth on her innocent and immature face, as if someone had seen through everything, and said vaguely: "There are considerations in this regard, and the specifics will have to wait until the spring of next year."

Having said that, Fat Miao'er shook her head silently in her heart, she didn't plan to use this land to raise frogs.

One, Li Hongzao hates the sound of frogs. She is a cat who only cares about loyalty, and she must not do things that embarrass her friends.

Two, she has another use for this puddle.

"If they are all circled, the land may not be small."

Sun Li was straightening his clothes, turned his head and said, "Let's go, I happen to be free right now, so I'll go with you to have a look and measure it."

Just as Sun Li was talking, he left the yard with Fat Miao'er and Li Xiaodao, and went straight to the field behind Li Hongzao's house.

Fat Miao'er pointed to the area he wanted to circle.

Sun Lizheng asked the two of them to measure together in the village, and finally came to the conclusion that the land was five mu.

"It's just right to build a house in the front and raise frogs in an enclosure at the back." Sun Lizheng stretched out his hand and gestured.

Li Xiaodao and Fat Miao'er nodded silently, they thought so too.

"It's just a little big!"

Sun Lizheng changed his voice, re-drawn a range, cut off half of Fat Miao'er's desired land, and suggested: "You five children don't need to build too big houses, these are enough."

Sun Li was trying to save a few people some money.

Fat Miao'er and Li Xiaodao looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

Fat Miao'er took a step forward, looked at Sun Lizheng and said, "Grandpa Lizheng, we definitely won't be the only ones in our family. In the future, the eldest and second brothers will marry and have children. The children are having children, and the children's children are having children. There will be more and more people."

"We first enclose the land and build a small house. When there are more people in the family, we will build along its periphery."

In this way, the whole family can live in one compound.

Sun Lizheng listened to Fat Miao'er's explanation, laughed loudly, and jokingly said, "You guys are only too old to think about the sons and grandchildren, but..."

Sun Lizheng smiled slightly, and praised: "It's a bit of a long-term vision!"

In fact, many families in the village do this. They first enclose a large piece of land and build a small house, and when the number of people in the family increases, they will add a building next to it. The excess part can be temporarily used as a vegetable garden, which serves multiple purposes.

"Thank you, Grandpa Lizheng, for your compliment!"

Fat Miao'er's voice was as soft as honey, and hesitantly said: "How much money do we need for this piece of land?"

"This is..."

Sun Lizheng lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and said softly: "Normally, one mu of homestead costs one tael of silver. The land you enclose has more than one mu of flat land and more than three mu of watery swamp."

The terrain of the puddles is the same as chicken ribs. You can neither grow food nor build houses. Except for Fat Miao'er, no one in the village wants it.

"How about this, five mu of land counts as three taels of silver for you."

Sun Lizheng felt that Fat Miao'er was at a loss, so he raised his hand and drew two more areas: "I will also enclose these two flat lands for you."

Fat Miao'er followed Sun Lizheng's hand and looked up. The area he drew was expanded outwards on the original basis, and it was about three points more.

"Okay, that's it!"

Fat Miao'er nodded happily, quickly took off the small purse at his waist, took out three taels of silver, and stuffed it into Sun Lizheng's palm.

Blinking his big watery eyes, he said, "Grandpa Lizheng, I'll leave the land deed to you!"

"That's easy to say."

Sun Li was putting away the money, and said in a deep thought: "Don't worry, it will take three days at most, and after three days, you will definitely see the land deed."

Three days!

Three days!

In three days, they will have their own homestead!

The eyes of Fat Miao'er and Li Xiaodao suddenly lit up, and they became uncontrollably excited.

"Lizheng! Lizheng!"

At this moment, a villager ran over panting.

"The yamen, the yamen is here..."

(End of this chapter)

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