The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 87
One day, Zhao Yunlan was drying the quilts in the yard, and the village head brought two officials to Li's house.

Zhao Yunlan hurriedly washed her hands and asked Li Mingren to greet the officials first. Zhao Yunlan went to make three bowls of tea. Now that the economic conditions are better, Zhao Yunlan will prepare some tea at home.The village chief held up his teacup and lamented how life in the Li family had changed so quickly.

Many people in the village knew that an official sent to Li Ping'an's house, they were all curious, and they all ran to Li's house to join in the fun.Old man Li was working in the field, when he heard someone calling him, saying that an official came to his house, he didn't care to take the hoe, so he ran home, Li Mingli had to pick up the hoe and run after him.

The Li family members were all present, and Zhao Yunlan arranged for everyone in the village to sit in the yard. It didn't matter if there were not enough stools, everyone found a place to stand.The officer drank tea, rested for a while, and then took out the document and read it in front of everyone.The general meaning is that the magistrate approved Zhao Yunlan to plant peppers, and only Zhao Yunlan's family was allowed to plant them. Villagers are not allowed to destroy or steal them at will.Liu Zhifu asked the county magistrate of Xihe County to approve a piece of land in Qingshui Town for planting peppers. Zhao Yunlan was in charge of the specific matters, and the county magistrate planned to approve this land in Lijia Village.

There was an uproar in the village. At first they were still guessing what the pepper was, and then they were shocked because Zhao Yunlan was valued by the prefect.Li Pingan felt proud, look, this is the daughter-in-law of my old Li family.

Li Mingren was also proud for a while: Take a look!This is my wife.

Zhao Yunlan took over the paperwork, and the officer planned to go back to the county government. Zhao Yunlan hurriedly asked Li Mingmei to fetch some soap and some sweet potato powder and pretended to give it to the two elder brothers of the officer.

Originally, the official did not want to ask for any benefits. After all, Liu Zhifu personally went to the county government to find the county magistrate of Xihe County to explain it.But Zhao Yunlan insisted on giving it, and the official saw that it was just sweet potato flour, so he didn't notice the pieces of soap, so he didn't think it was anything valuable, so he took it and rushed back to the county.When I got back to the county, I saw that there was soap in the package. Now the people in the county basically knew about the scented soap. The two were a little apprehensive, so they decided to tell the county magistrate. The county magistrate thought for a few seconds: "No problem. , you take it."

Ever since Li Family Village found out that Zhao Yunlan was helping the magistrate, everyone respected the Li Family even more.Mrs. Wang asked the family to treat the villagers as usual, and to do what they should do at home. The villagers in Lijia Village found that Li Pingan's family was still the same as before, and they did not put on airs, so they returned to their previous attitude. The one who should make fun of old man Li is still joking as usual, but in his heart, he secretly envies old man Li that he is a fool who enjoys a great blessing.

The days passed like this, Li Mingli was 16 years old, Zhao Yunlan got up early in the morning and made Li Mingli a bowl of longevity noodles, laid an egg, and the Li family brothers also came back.Mrs. Wang made a new set of clothes for Li Mingli, and old man Li wrapped a small red envelope for Li Mingli. The red envelope was really small, and Li Mingyi didn't need to open it to know that there was only ten coins in it.Li Mingren wrote a birthday congratulations to Li Mingli.What Li Mingyi gave was also a red envelope, but it was one or two or six dollars.Zhizhi and Mingmei gave Li Mingli a small hoe made of silver.It's not good for Li Mingli.

After the family had eaten, the village chief came to tell Li Mingli to visit Ding Tian.Most of the Koufen fields are next to the Li family's fields, and Yongye Field is the hilltop that Zhao Yunlan and the others were optimistic about before.The villagers didn't have any objections, but they were happy that Li Mingli took that remote mountain land.

After the formalities were completed smoothly, Li Mingli had his own land.As soon as Zhao Yunlan saw Li Mingli's land distribution document, she couldn't wait to go to the village chief to buy the remaining hills.

The village chief didn't ask any further questions, thinking that Zhao Yunlan was now helping the yamen, so he nodded in agreement.Zhao Yunlan paid 110 taels to buy the remaining mountain, plus various handling fees for the land deed, a total of 120 taels was given to the village chief.

The village head looked at Zhao Yunlan's cheerfulness, and asked, "Before the yamen servant said that he would allocate a piece of land in our village, which piece of land do you have an eye on?"

Zhao Yunlan thought for a while, that's right, I let me choose this land, and then looked up at the village chief, thinking that since the village chief asked her, he must have a plan, so she asked, "Where is the village chief?" Is there any room left?"

The village chief didn't hide his secrets: "It's next to the hill you bought."

Zhao Yunlan thought about it, yes!The surrounding mountains are all empty, and the villagers are not very willing to be allocated that piece of mountain land. Hey, the grass in the mountain area is still quite lush, and it should be okay to grow peppers.Zhao Yunlan looked up at the village chief, "Uncle village chief, then I want that piece of land! Please ask uncle village chief to go to the county government to talk about that land!"

Village head Li was happy, someone finally wanted this land.Zhao Yunlan was also happy, now that the imperial court has requisitioned that piece of land, she can use the manpower and material resources of the government to open a road there!Zhao Yunlan's calculations were quick in her mind.After coming out of the village chief's house, he trotted all the way home.

Zhao Yunlan called Li Mingren and Li Mingli: "Master, please help me draw up a contract. After you finish writing, please send the contract to Brother Deng. Let Brother Deng read it first. If there is anything you don't understand, you can discuss it later. If there is no problem, let Brother Deng sign first, if you move here, you still have to wait, I haven't decided where to live here yet."

Li Mingli thought for a while: "Sister-in-law, there is a relatively flat place in the mountain, but it is possible to build a hut, and it is enough to live in Big Brother Deng's family."

Zhao Yunlan thought about it, that's okay, but it's just that we need to clear that side quickly and then build the house.

Zhao Yunlan made a plan in her mind, and asked Li Mingren to draw a plan after writing the contract.Zhao Yunlan watched from the side, and couldn't help saying: "Hey, when can I build the house I live in!" Li Mingren didn't dare to say anything when he heard it.

After Zhao Yunlan got the title deed and documents of the mountain, she asked old man Li to help find someone in the village to reclaim the mountain.Zhao Yunlan paid twenty Wen a day for the wages. It was cold and there was not much work for the crops. Many people wanted to go outside to see if they could find helpers. Now there are jobs in the village, and every household rushed to find out about it. When I came to work, I was afraid that there would be no quota if it was too late. This made old man Li dizzy. Some uncle wanted to find old man Li, and some fifth aunt pulled old man Li to talk.

In the end, it was Zhao Yunlan who came out and told everyone not to worry, there was other work ahead.Zhao Yunlan drew up a task, and the mountain land rented by the county only said to grow peppers, but there were not enough peppers in Liu Zhifu's house, so Zhao Yunlan had to put that mountain aside and put her own mountain first. Straighten out.

That would require a group of people to weed and reclaim land, move the large stones out of the reclaim to the side and leave them behind to repair the road, which also requires a group of people, and then build a house for Deng Yong’s family, and a group of people are also needed here.Zhao Yunlan began to recruit people after the plan was made. Basically, Zhao Yunlan recruited all the able-bodied people in a village.

The county magistrate allocated a sum of money to Zhao Yunlan, but Zhao Yunlan didn't think of acting as a public servant for personal gain. There were two ledgers on two hills, and Zhao Yunlan recorded these accounts clearly one by one.Zhao Yunlan walked around the mountain several times, and finally found a barely gentle downhill road, and it was closer to the village. It only needs to be leveled, so that the two mountains do not seem to be remote.Of course, Zhao Yunlan still paid fifty-fifth of the money for the road construction with the county.

Deng Yong has been waiting at home since signing the contract. After waiting for a long time, no one came to pick him up, so he entrusted his neighbors to help take care of the house first, and came to Lijia Village to see the situation by himself.

Zhao Yunlan saw Deng Yong looking over there from a long distance, and hurried over: "Brother Deng, we haven't finished it here yet, you have to wait, the house will be built in a few days, and I will I'll send someone to pick you up."

Deng Yong was very moved, he didn't say anything, and helped to lift the wood together.

Zhao Yunlan was worried that it would be inconvenient for Deng Yong's wife to be at home, so she urged Deng Yong to go home first.

(End of this chapter)