Heartless Prince's Palm

Chapter 31 Buying Zhuangzi

In this era, agriculture is more important than business. Although businessmen are rich, they have no social status. They are far inferior to big landlords in the countryside. They are decent country gentry.

"Hire long-term labor? Xing'er, you, are you crazy? Dad has a lot of strength, and still uses other people to farm the land?"

Ye Xing sighed softly. Dad was still thinking about the three-acre field. She did a rough calculation and found that 200 taels of silver is not too little. You can buy four to fifty acres of ordinary land, and you can buy a lot of high-quality fertile land. Few, I just don't know if there are any suitable ones in Yunwa Village.

Seeing her daughter's helpless expression, Ye Ying suddenly realized,

"That's right, Dad's thinking about it, do we really want to buy land?"

Looking at the bank note, he seemed to see a large field of crops, and his eyes lit up.

"That's right, you can go to the village head grandpa to find out if there is anyone for sale, preferably not far from our house."

"Don't ask, Dad saw him a few days ago. I heard that there is a small village next to Shannan for sale. The asking price is more than 100 taels. There are more than 30 mu of land, half of which are paddy fields, and the other half is worse. If it’s well-fed, it’s also a good land.”

He listened to it as a joke, and lamented that he had no money, but after only a few days, he could figure this out.

Ye Xing immediately made a decision and asked his father to invite his grandmother to go and have a look. Xiaozhuang is good, the long-term workers have a place to settle down, and they can live there too when they get busy.

"But, it's next to Shannan," Ye Ying hesitated.
She remembered that the two villages shared the same river, and Yunwa Village was in the lower reaches. When it came to the dry season, they were often stuck in the neck, so there were often conflicts, both sides were killed and injured, and they had a feud for decades.

"Let's go and have a look."

When Mrs. Ye heard this, she didn't look up for a long time. Ye Xing was a little uneasy. Could it be that grandma didn't want to?Qi's body trembled, just as she stretched out her hand, she saw tears on her upturned face,
"Is what your father said true?"

"Mom, if you don't like it, we won't buy it."

Ye Ying was terrified, no matter how hard life was, she had never seen her mother's tears, why did she cry like this when she heard that she wanted to buy land?
"Who doesn't like it? It doesn't matter who doesn't like it, hahaha, Ye Hu! Have you seen it? Without you, my son can be a lord!"

She looked towards the void, feeling very emotional, Ye Xing finally realized that her grandmother was crying with joy.

The grandparents and grandchildren went to the village head's house, but the small village was still there. The original owner was a government official who worked in Feng County. After the earthquake, the house was damaged. Help him sell it.

"I heard that it's next to Shannan, will you be bullied?"

Hearing Ye Ying's concerns, Li Zhang laughed loudly,

"Let's go, let's go and have a look. You guys can do it. This Zhuangzi is no less than [-]. Do you really have so many?"

"Then what, my family just sold a tiger."

The village chief suddenly realized that he had heard about it yesterday, and he thought it was a joke, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"Old sister-in-law, you are blessed. Half of this village is water land. Although the house has collapsed a bit, Xiuxiu can live in it. There is also a well in the yard. You must like it."

Sure enough, not only grandma liked it, but Ye Xing also liked it. Zhuangzi actually has a wall, including the fields inside, which is really rare. Considering the height, ordinary people can't get in.

"Master Yan often brings people here to rest, and he doesn't like being peeped at, so he built this rammed earth wall. That's why, although this place is next to the other side, there is no need to deal with people."

After paying the deposit, they agreed to go through the formalities the next day. When they returned home, the uncle and the third uncle were shocked. They never expected that a tiger would change to a different village. They would have followed up the mountain if they had known.

"Second brother, I also want to go up the mountain. You haven't said yet, how did you kill the tiger? The whole skin is not injured."

The tanned leather is hung in the house, and he can read it eight times a day.

Ye Ying hesitated. My daughter said that the Luo family gave the money just to keep a low profile. I can't mention the tiger anymore. He also understands that he can't act like a good boy because of the cheapness. Therefore, no matter who asks, he just laughs. Instead of answering.

"The mountains are full of snow, so it's not easy to walk. Wait until the snow melts before going."

Just kidding, if you meet a tiger again, Mr. Luo won't be able to shoot arrows.

The formalities went very smoothly. After getting the keys, the whole family went to visit.

Seeing Xinzhuangzi, the two couldn't hide their envy. Wang felt regretful. If there was no separation, this place would belong to everyone. Only the third aunt was very happy and sincerely offered advice.

"Second sister-in-law, when the spring comes, let's fix these few houses first, and then hire part-time workers, and there will be a place to stay."

Ye Xing had other ideas about long-term workers and short-term workers. When he went to the town to go through the formalities, he caught up with the government selling people. He heard that they were all official slaves who had committed crimes. If the master was killed or exiled, the slaves were sold as goods.

She inquired about it, and found that the most expensive one was only ten taels. This is a human being, not worth as much as a cow.

Because of the laws and regulations, once sold as a slave, the master has the absolute right to dispose of it, and the management is the most convenient. My father is too honest, and it is better to hire people than to buy people.

"I want to buy a family and let them live here, and just hire short-term labor when the farming season is busy."

As soon as this idea came out, the whole family fell silent. Yes, there are more than 30 acres here, and the second child can’t finish it even if he is exhausted. Buying people is definitely better than hiring people. But, after buying Zhuangzi, do they still have money? ?
"Xing'er, there must be several mouths in the family, and you have to be able to farm the land, even if you don't have labor, it's not cheap."

The uncle spoke slowly, but he was extremely shocked in his heart, although he couldn't see it on the surface.

"That's right, we farmers, it's too eye-catching to buy people. How about we hire long-term workers in the village, a strong laborer, for less than three taels of silver a year. If we take care of food, the wages will be even less."

Mrs. Ye firmly refused. There are village chiefs and day laborers, but there are no slaves. Her family can't start this way, and they will be calculated by the clan.

Ye Xing immediately agreed. After all, Jiang is old and spicy. Buying Zhuangzi has already made people jealous. If he buys another person, there will be more people who are jealous. Everyone was the same before. It is the original sin if you take the risk!

On New Year's Eve, the patriarch's grandfather sent someone to invite Mrs. Ye to go to the ancestral hall to offer incense. Since his father disappeared, he has lost the qualification to enter the ancestral hall because his grandmother accused them of disobedience.

"Second Aunt, Grandpa tells you to go quickly, the sacrifice will start soon, Uncle and the others have already prepared the sacrifice."

The person who came was Ye Hu's third younger brother's son, Ye Zheng's cousin. After the separation, they had almost no contact with each other, so they didn't expect to rush over.

The three brothers of the Ye family changed into clean clothes and went there with their heads held high. They carried the pig's head and four hooves that had been prepared earlier, representing a whole pig. The sacrifice was the most sincere since the disaster had just passed.

(End of this chapter)