Crossing the road to riches

Chapter 21
Wen Fugui put on his coir raincoat to find the patriarch, and Wen Hao also planned to follow. It was raining heavily, and the dirt road in the village was not to mention how difficult it was to walk, but even in this state, he had to go.

Wen Fuwang had heard early in the morning that Fugui's family was buried in a mudslide, but she didn't go there when she heard that there was nothing wrong with her. The main reason was that she disliked that the family would not come. Usually during the holidays, no one can come to get something. Her family will see Look, Fugui's family always visits for everything. If Wen Hao's niece passes the exam, she will naturally raise their family a bit more, but it's nothing.

But now that she's here, she still has to act like a patriarch, but she won't do the thankless and offending things.

People were invited into the house, before Fugui could speak, the patriarch spoke first: "My niece, although I am the patriarch, it's not easy to force people. There is no room in our village that is empty. You and Wen Tu The niece is always a family, and it is better to discuss it at home than to ask others."

Wen Hao knew the patriarch well. He was drenched in the rain when he entered the house, not to mention that he didn't have a linen cloth to wipe the water, and he didn't even have a cup of tea.

It would be fine if he came alone, but it was extremely embarrassing to be like this in front of his daughter.

Wen Hao saw Wen Fugui's embarrassment and spoke first: "Grandma Zu, you misunderstood, we are not borrowing a house to live in, we want to sell our family's field, please let us know when the rain stops, and see who in the village If you want it, it’s not justified to sell the land in your own village to people from other villages.”

This surprised her a little: "You guys, don't you plan to live here anymore?".

Wen Hao replied calmly: "There is no other way. You see, our house and food are gone. There is really no other way, so I plan to temporarily move my family to the town. I happen to be doing a small business, so I can have some food." I have a place to live, but I can’t afford to support a large family for a while, so I plan to sell the land first, and then build the house when I make money, and then slowly buy the land.”

He seemed helpless and sad again: "If it weren't for the fact that the family really had no other options, we wouldn't have come up with such a solution, but the family grandma, although we have moved, our roots are where the Wen family village is." .

The patriarch was a little moved. This niece Wen is really unlucky. I am afraid that the grand-niece is going to be the head of the family at a young age, but it is moved. Wen Fugui's family is indeed good with several acres of land. It is not bad to buy it for yourself. However, it would be even better if the remaining few acres that were not so good could be harvested.

It's urgent, it's easy to lower the price, and they have to rely on themselves to go to the government to change their households.

In order to distinguish tax payment, it is divided into four types of household registration, farmers, artisans, merchants, and tax-exempt government households.

Farmers pay two hundred catties of grain per person over the age of ten, if the grain is not enough for the mortgage, artisan households are paid one month of official service per person over the age of ten, and the length of time is not enough for the mortgage, so you don’t have to go. Mobile merchants do not need to pay taxes directly, and those who have merchants pay the fee based on the number of people employed by the merchant plus the head of the family over ten years old.

This year's drought has not yielded a good harvest. Good fields only yielded more than 300 catties per mu, while bad fields only harvested more than 100 catties. Wen Hao's family has a lot of blessings. Only when the elder sister leaves is the tax paid.

When the harvest is good, the family can have more than 1000 catties of grain left over, and then grow artichokes, taro, and sweet potatoes. Half of the remaining grain at home can be sold for home use, but the weather is not smooth every year, just like the past two years.

The patriarch pretended to be sad: "It's not easy for your family, you will pass by, but the procedures for changing farmers to merchants are complicated, and I can't do it for you for a while, but if you are in a hurry to sell the land, I can do it." Can help, my family has a large population, and I have never had a good time to buy a few acres of land to grow some food for a living.”

The abacus is rattling, and they want to be cheap and have a good reputation. Their family needs the money but they won't sell it cheaply: "If you want it, it's cheaper for me if you want it from my own family." Here you go, see how much money is suitable."

Wen Fuwang, a shrewd old woman, was rattling her calculations. Among them, there are six acres of good land, and the other four acres of land are not so good: "Your family is also in a hurry for money. The ten acres of good and bad ones are all covered by the family milk. It's a help." If you give me one tael of silver per mu for a good field, how about a total of two taels for the four acres that are not so good?".

Wen Fugui doesn't know how to deal with the world, but he knows it when he is bullied. Isn't this a cheap sale? When she bought it, it cost three taels of silver per mu. Among them, two acres were not good, and she spent two months The ones that have been opened up and raised for several years, even if they are not so good, are worth more than this amount of money.

His face darkened, but he was forced to not be offended, and he couldn't yell at him, so he wanted to take Wen Hao away, but Wen Hao held down his thigh.

Wen Hao smiled harmlessly: "Mother, we appreciate your kindness, but some of my family's fields cost four taels of silver per mu when they were bought at the beginning. The fields are very fat, but they are old this year. It’s just that the sky has no eyes, even if my family is in a hurry, I can’t sell it for such a small amount of money, for fear that my ancestors will scold me in my dreams.”

The patriarch regretted: "It would be great if the patriarch's grandmother used some at home, and the whole family has only this little money."

Gritting his teeth again, he patted the table: "Forget it, I don't want the coffin of the clan's grandma, how about 14 taels? It just so happens that the land deed and the merchant will handle it for you, and the two will do it together quickly, without delay."

The patriarch was biting about this matter in his words. I'm afraid that if Wen Hao refused to agree, the transfer of the account would take a long time.

Wen Hao pinched his thigh, and the circles of his eyes were red instantly: "My family, this field should have been sold for at least 20 taels, why don't you add more, how about 18 taels? My family really can't help it Yes, if it’s only 14 taels, I’ll sell it to you. If I tell you, I’m afraid that people in the village will call my mother a fool and unfilial. I’m sorry for my ancestors. Even my grandma won’t agree, and your reputation as the patriarch is not good.”

18 taels is lower than the normal price, but it is not a cheap sale if they are all sold at once. If the patriarch really wants this field, he will not let it go.

This price exceeded the patriarch's budget, and Wen Hao's words were unexpected. She wanted the field, fame, and a low price. The price is impossible, she can still spread the word to the village, if she has a bad reputation as the patriarch, she will be stabbed in the back.

But to be honest, such a big family only has this little money in total, and she has no idea if the family has no money, but if the field comes to her own house, there will be a harvest every year, plus the more than 30 mu and a piece of fruit forest at home, can It can be regarded as a landlord's house if it can catch up with Dong Grandma's house.

She didn't expect Wen Fugui to be such a wimpy person, but the daughter she raised is very shrewd. The books she has read over the years have not been in vain. It seems that she has given some blood to send her children to Uncle Wen's enlightenment. Incorrect.

The patriarch wanted to say something else, but Wen Hao also set the bottom line here. If it wasn't for Wen Hao's hope that the transfer of households could be done quickly, he would not have made concessions. If the patriarch was shrewd enough, he would not be so verbose It's useless and asking for trouble.

It is indeed as Wen Hao said, after all, Wen Fugui belongs to the Wen family, at most she can procrastinate, and in the end she will have to make a trip.

As if he had made a difficult decision, he gritted his teeth: "Okay! I want all the family milk, and the coffin is posted for you, grand niece, if your family becomes prosperous in the future, you can't forget the people of our Wenjia Village." .

It's nice to say it's taking advantage, but Wen Hao just smiled and said politely: "That's natural."

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