Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 153 Homecoming
This night, the lights of Lu's ancestral hall were not extinguished.

The monks and priests who chanted scriptures took each side, and the noise didn't stop until midnight.

Lu Yange was very cautious, fell on the thick pile of straw, wrapped in a quilt and slept soundly.

Only Lu Quan, holding the tablet in his arms, sat in a corner with his knees wrapped.

It was as if Lu Quan had smashed the tablet in his arms. Since Yange was still alive, this tablet could not be enshrined in the ancestral hall.

But he also knew that it would be somewhat inconvenient to be here, and if someone saw him, he might even bring Xiao Si into trouble.

Still bear with it and wait until I get back.

Although the quilt was wrapped by Xiao Si, Lu was wearing new cotton clothes made by the Qiu family, and being so close to his brother Lu Yuanshan, he felt as hot as a fire in his heart, and did not feel cold.

He just sat in the hut of Lu's ancestral hall, guarding Xiao Si, chatting with his brother Lu Yuanshan in his heart all night.

Early the next morning, Lu Quan led Xiaosi and followed Lu Yuanping to Dongyang County.

After spending two taels of silver, the land deed of Dayun Mountain was quickly exchanged. Regardless of Lu Yuanping's persuasion, the father and son hurried back.

He didn't return all night, and he didn't know how anxious Qiu was.

Fortunately, before their father and son left, they had told Mrs. Qiu that there was a long way to and from Dongyang County. If they didn't come back at night, they would definitely go back in the morning.

Because she was told in advance, even if Qiu Shi was impatient and wanted to rush back early in the morning, she wouldn't worry too much.

The father and son walked through a wilderness, and the Lu family's boat was tied alone by the river.

Lu Quan waited for Lu Yange to jump into the boat, he untied the rope and boarded the boat, and the boat left the shore with a tap of the bamboo pole.

"This is the remaining 250 taels of silver."

Lu Quan handed the remaining 250 taels of dual-purpose money to Lu Yange: "It cost 200 taels to buy the mountain, and I gave you 50 taels to Yuan Pingbo, and asked him to surround the horse drinking pool on the mountain and build a Big yard. Anyway, there are many stones on the mountain, so we can build the yard with stones."

Just build a yard, no house or house, no need to throw adobe, no need to buy black bricks, just use large and small stones from the mountain, ten taels is enough.

Lu Quan gave 50 taels and didn't intend to take it back. The patriarch asked someone to do things for you, so you can't let them work for nothing.There are other patriarchs, the patriarch pressured them to agree to sell him Dayun Mountain for 200 taels, and later the patriarch had to buy some snacks and tobacco for these patriarchs, which also cost money.

At that time, Lu Quan said that he wanted to buy a mountain, and a clan elder opened his mouth and asked for 500 taels. Although the lion opened his mouth, the other clan elders looked at each other but no one said anything.When it's cheap, who can dislike less money, of course, the more the better.

Without Lu Yuanping, 200 taels would definitely not be able to buy this mountain.

There were also two clan elders, seeing that Lu Quan only paid 200 taels, they said they wanted to sell Xiaoyun Mountain to Lu Quan.

Comparing Xiaoyun Mountain with Dayun Mountain, it is more than half smaller.

It costs the same money, everyone knows to pick a big one.Even if it is a barren mountain, it is more cost-effective to buy a big one than a small one.

Lu Quan guessed the reason why Xiaosi didn't want to buy Xiaoyunshan. Probably the child disliked Xiaoyunshan being too close to Lu's ancestral hall.

The location of the ancestral hall was the manor of the Lu family back then.

In the future, if I really want to build a house on this mountain, I will let my children see that their original manor has become a ancestral hall every day, and they feel somewhat blocked.

It's better to be a little farther away, Dayun Mountain is better, even if it is not far from Lu's ancestral hall, it is not a place that can be seen at a glance.

Lu Quan hadn't refuted the clan elder's proposal yet, and Lu Yuanping was the first to refuse.

The reason was similar to the reason why Lu Yuanshan bought Xiaoyun Mountain back then, but the Lu's ancestral hall was at the foot of Xiaoyun Mountain.Lu Quan will build a house on the mountain in the future, so Lu Quan's family cannot be allowed to live on top of Lu's ancestral hall.

As soon as Lu Yuanping said this, several clan elders immediately fell silent.

Lu Quan had to bear this favor. Since Lu Yuanping was required to help build the yard, he could simply give him the money, and the rest would naturally be considered as a reward.

Lu Yange took the money bag and asked, "Father, is 50 taels enough to build a yard?"

"Enough, why is it not enough? Uncle Zhang and the others have built more than a dozen houses, and they didn't even spend 20 taels of silver."

The adobe and labor are all their own and cannot be counted as money.The most expensive thing is to buy house beams. Their wasteland is full of miscellaneous trees, and there is no proper tree, so they cannot be used as house beams.

The windbreak forest in Happy Ridge is full of thick metasequoia trees, but they are managed by the government, and they dare not cut down a tree to bring it back.

While rocking the boat, Lu Quan settled accounts with Lu Yange, "There is one on the rocky mountain, and it only takes some effort. It's winter now, it's cold, and there's no work outside. One person can hire one for thirty yuan a day." It is a very good strong labor force, and there is no food. Quarrying, transporting, and building walls are all simple tasks that everyone can do. I have calculated that if the yard you want is not too big, five taels will be enough for labor. Now the yard It’s big, it’s only seven or eight taels if you’re exhausted. You didn’t see me when I said I would use 20 taels to build a stone yard and not build a house for the time being, and those clan elders looked at me as if they were looking at a fool.”

In the countryside, as long as the 20 taels is not a big house made of blue bricks and black tiles, several mud houses have to be built.

Lu Quan is not a fool, he bought a barren hill for 200 taels, and built a stone yard for 20 taels.

"Uncle Yuan Ping was very helpful to buy the mountain this time. I estimated at the time that it would cost at least 300 taels, but I didn't expect to get it for 200 taels."

Because of buying the mountain this time, the relationship between Lu Quan and Lu Yuanping has become much closer. When talking to Lu Yange, he also talked about you Yuanping Bo.

"Anyway, the 50 taels were given to you Yuan Pingbo. He only needs to take out 20 taels to build a yard for me, and distribute some of the extra to those elders to stop their mouths. As for the remaining 30 taels, that is Thank you Uncle Yuan Ping. He is the head of the patriarch. If we really want to move to Dongyang County in the future, we must make good friends with him. Even if we don’t move here, the mountain is here and the yard is here. Does he have to give it to him from time to time? We will take care of it. Don’t just watch the courtyard being built, if no one comes to live in it, sooner or later the courtyard wall will be ripped off and the stones will be moved back home.”

"Besides, the money is given to him to build the yard. He always wants to build our yard. You can't be fooled, can you? Dad has considered all aspects of this. We are not familiar with the people in the clan. It's presumptuous Coming here to set up a family, even if you are a clansman, you will be somewhat xenophobic..."

"Father." Lu Yange interrupted Lu Quan's nagging, "We are not coming to Dongyang County to settle down."

"It's not that I'm reluctant to part with the 50 taels, it's just... what..." Lu Quan was taken aback for a long time before he realized it, "What did you say? Why don't you come to Anjia?"

Why don't you buy a hill and build a yard if you don't come to settle down?
Too much money to burn?
(End of this chapter)