Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 236

Yan Kong, who caused the trouble, was discouraged. The other students in Class A were either friendly, or they had no grudges or grudges, and they would not deliberately target Du Jinning. Du Jinning's life for the next day was as calm as water, and there were no more disturbances.

After late school, she came out of the academy and saw Lu Xiaobei standing at the gate of the academy waiting for her.

Now that Lu Xiaobei no longer performs in the teahouse, he worked with Yao Shuqi for a period of time, and when Yao Shuqi went to Fucheng, he began to help Du Jinning with chores.The monthly salary Du Jinning gave him was equivalent to that of other housekeepers.

"Young Master." He greeted him, "Today, the people from Wuzhong from Yahang came and said that there are [-] acres of good land outside the city for sale, and I want you to take a look."

Du Jinning looked around, only saw a mule cart, but no one else, and asked, "Where are the people from Wuzhong?"

She can only control the time after school and before dark every day. If it depends on the fields, Lu Xiaobei should wait here with Wu Zhongren and the mule cart.

"Wuzhong people took people to look at the fields outside the city, and told you to go there after school. He is waiting for us in Liujiazhuang outside the city."

Du Jinning handed the book bag to Lu Xiaobei, and got into the car first, then took the book bag, and Lu Xiaobei got into the car afterward.

Du Fangfei will get married in autumn, and the only chance for a woman to own private property in this era is the dowry when she gets married.Therefore, Du Jinning decided to marry Du Fangfei with [-] acres of land.But Tuo Yaxing has been looking for it for a while, and the fields are either too scattered, too barren, or too far away from the water source, and she is not satisfied after looking at them.

Today, since Lu Xiaobei said it was a good field, he had to go and see it.

The mule cart left the city, walked for a meal, and when it arrived at a village, it saw a man in his fifties waiting by the side of the road.This person is from Wuzhong of Yahang.

Du Jinning asked the driver to stop the mule cart, stretched out his head and asked Wu Zhongren, "How far is it?"

"It's just ahead." Wu Zhongren got into the car and directed the driver to go ahead.

Sure enough, not long after the mule cart moved forward, the Wuzhong people called to stop, pointed to the field not far from the road and said, "It's here."

Du Jinning got out of the car, looked up, and saw a flat field in front of him. At this time, the seedlings were growing green and the field was watery.Not far from this field, there is a small ditch with water meandering through it.

"This area is all?" Du Jinning glanced at it, and the fields here are estimated to be more than 30 mu.Lishui County has many mountains and little land, so it is rare to have such a flat field.

"It's not just the few acres by the roadside, but the rest."

Wu Zhongren said, complaining: "You have to be connected in one piece, near the river, and have fertile land. It's really hard to find such a good field. Even if there is, it will be bought by those rich people early on. I've been running around for a while, and I haven't found anyone who meets your requirements. It's also your luck. Something happened to the family and they were in a hurry to spend money, and they happened to be my relatives. They came to me directly when they wanted to sell the land, and didn't make any noise. Go, this field is your turn to see."

Du Jinning frowned when he heard this, and asked, "How much is this field per mu?"

"12 taels." Wu Zhongren made a gesture.

Lu Xiaobei became anxious as soon as he heard it, and said indiscriminately: "12 taels, why don't you grab it?"

The people of Wuzhong lowered their faces: "How do you talk, little brother? This kind of field is so flat, it is easy to plow the land with cattle, the water source is close, and it is not far from the city. There are villages nearby, so it is easy to rent out. ;The most rare thing is that it is connected together. Where can you find such a field? After this village, there will be no such shop. 12 taels of silver, I don’t ask you for more. If they are not in a hurry to spend money, they will not Sell."

Du Jinning did not speak, walked in from the ridge of the field, looked at the soil and seedlings in the field, went to the ditch to look at it, and then walked back.

"Master Du, how is it?" Wu Zhongren asked.

"The price is too expensive." Du Jinning shook his head.

Generally, a medium-sized field only needs seven taels of silver per mu, and the best field is only ten taels of silver.The asking price for this field is 12 taels, which is really high.For 60 mu of land, an extra 60 taels per mu is equivalent to an extra [-] taels.With these [-] taels, you can buy a small yard like Xu Chengyuan's in a remote location.

"If you don't want it, I just need to let the wind out, and the field will be gone tomorrow. Young Master Du, you have to think carefully about it." Wu Zhongren looked indifferent.

Du Jinning didn't say much, just said: "Let's go, go back."

Wu Zhongren looked at her and cursed inwardly, this child is only eleven or twelve years old, how can he be calmer than a man in his fifties?Moreover, the city is still deep, so what's going on in his heart can't be seen from the child's face.

He followed Du Jinning back, and when he was about to reach the mule cart, he finally couldn't help it, and said, "11, two or five dollars, nothing less. You are a student of the academy, and I am also optimistic about your future, and I want to make friends with you." This future scholar gave you five renminbi, otherwise, as long as I let the news out, it would be worth half a penny."

Du Jinning only said: "I'll go back and think about it."

She was about to get into the car when she saw a person turning out from the back of the car. It turned out to be Du Yunnian whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

Seeing that Du Jinning was frowning and looking at him without first saying hello, the smile on Du Yunnian's face froze, so he could only speak first: "Brother Ning."

Du Jinning looked at the road ahead and asked Du Yunnian, "Why are you here?" This is not the way back to Taohua Village.

The smile on Du Yunnian's face couldn't hold back, and his face sank: "What, you're well-developed now, you don't even call Second Uncle anymore?"

Du Jinning sneered: "I didn't sell my niece to my second uncle to pay off my gambling debts." He lifted his front and planned to get in the car.

"Hey." Du Yunnian stretched out his hand to pull Du Jinning's arm, but was stopped by Lu Xiaobei who was following behind.

Du Yunnian pushed Lu Xiaobei away, looked at Du Jinning who had already boarded the mule cart, and said, "Your grandmother is ill, why don't you go back and have a look? If the reputation of being unfilial spreads, you don't even think about getting a job. gone."

Du Jinning ignored him, saw that Lu Xiaobei had also gotten into the car, and told the driver, "Let's go."

Seeing this, the Wuzhong people quickly got on the mule cart.

Du Yunnian looked at Wu Zhongren and Lu Xiaobei, then at the coachman, but he didn't dare to stop him.

Du Jinning didn't speak all the way until he got off the car in the city and paid the fare, then he asked the driver, "Did my second uncle ask you about my purchase of the land?"

The coachman murmured and remained silent for a long while.

"To be honest, I don't blame you." Du Jinning said, "And I paid for the car, what else can I do to you?"

Then the coachman said: "He asked me what you were doing there, and I said you wanted to buy a field."

Du Jinning glanced at him, then turned and walked in the direction of Zhuangzi.

The coachman wiped his cold sweat.

For such an older child, his aura seems to be stronger than those poor officials.

(End of this chapter)