Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 237 Considerations
Seeing the coachman leaving, Du Jinning stopped and said to Lu Xiaobei: "The people in Wuzhong are absolutely not telling the truth. There must be some problems with the field before they are sold."

Lu Xiaobei asked curiously, "What's the problem?"

He also looked at the field with Du Jinning just now, but he didn't see any problems.

"It's a paddy field. After plowing and planting seedlings, the soil below should be loose and moist. But I found that the soil in the water under the seedlings has cracks. Only when it dries up to a certain extent will the land crack. And you Did you see that? The leaves near the roots of the seedlings are yellow, and the growth is not good. This shows that this field suffered from severe water shortage some time ago. This field is next to the ditch. As long as you take good care of it and put water in when the field dries up, How can it be lacking to the point where the ground is cracking?"

Lu Xiaobei frowned: "Could it be that they were delayed by something at home and didn't care about the crops in the field?"

Du Jinning shook his head: "The other few acres are not from the same family, but the same problem exists."

"You mean the field..." Lu Xiaobei frowned even more tightly, as if he had captured something in his heart, but he couldn't remember it all at once.

He has been praised for being smart since he was a child, and his mind is much more flexible than those around him. Even those adults, he feels that he is no worse than them.But beside Du Jinning, he always felt a kind of IQ crushing.It seems that there is nothing that Du Jinning doesn't know. While Lu Xiaobei has benefited a lot, his self-confidence is constantly being hit.

But the thirst for knowledge that absorbs new knowledge like a sponge makes him always want to be closer to Du Jinning, and even closer.This sense of acquisition after thirsting for knowledge made him more happy than the monthly rule of eight coins.

"That ditch, it is estimated that when it is the season for watering the fields, the upper stream will be stopped. You don't need to go to the city to ask the acquaintances of Wuzhong people, just walk up the ditch and see if there is any water along the way. You will know when the village blocks the water."

Lu Xiaobei's thinking suddenly enlightened.

That's right, there are ditches, but the fields are short of water, so the problem is only upstream.

Although Du Jinning asked him to confirm this matter, Lu Xiaobei was already certain in his heart that this must be the case.Moreover, the problem of interception of upstream water sources has definitely existed over the years, but it is difficult to solve. That's why the owner of the [-] acres of land will sell the land while there is water in the field now.

He wished he could go to verify it immediately, but it was almost dark at this time, and he couldn't see anything when he went out of the city, so he had to give up.

"I'll take a look tomorrow morning," he said.

Du Jinning nodded: "If things are really as we guessed, you can contact Pang Zhongren, and we will buy the fifteen acres of land we saw last time. Then you can ask Pang Zhongren whether the hills near the field are for sale. If it is sold, let’s buy Nanlu to plant tea trees. If not, ask him to help us see if there are any good fields elsewhere.”

Lu Xiaobei hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question in his heart: "Master, why do we have to buy a field? Wouldn't it be good to buy fifteen acres of land and then buy a small shop?"

Calculated on the basis of ten taels of silver per mu, fifteen mu would cost 150 taels of silver.With this money, it is no problem to buy a good shop.The shop on Yiqian Street back then was only 180 taels of silver.If you don’t use it as a teahouse, you don’t need to buy such a spacious shop. 150 taels is more than enough to buy a small shop.

Du Jinning shook his head: "My eldest sister's future mother-in-law sells dried tofu and tofu with a load when she is free. If my eldest sister owns a shop, would she rather rent it out for rent than sell it to her mother-in-law? Things? But once the shop is given to her mother-in-law, the rent is not easy to calculate. It’s nothing to lose some rent. I’m worried that over time, the Xu family will treat the shop as their own property Although I can trust the character of the Xu family's mother and son, people's hearts will always change, and greed will grow little by little with money entanglements. In the end, it is my sin to make the house restless because of such a shop. So it’s better to buy a field, rent it out directly, and collect grain or rent according to the season, which has nothing to do with the Xu family’s mother and son. Even if my eldest sister uses the grain and money to supplement the Xu family, the Xu family’s mother and son will have to accept her love. At least she won't treat her field as the Xu family's own property."

This consideration is thoughtful and appropriate, and Lu Xiaobei feels that he has gained something again - he should think deeply about everything, so that it is not easy to make mistakes in doing things this way.Moreover, the young master thought so much of his elder sister's consideration for her, as long as he did his best, he would definitely not treat him badly.

"Master, I understand. I'll get things done," he said.

Du Jinning nodded, waved to Lu Xiaobei, and went home.

At home, Mrs. Chen is worrying about Du Fangfei's dowry.

In the past six months, the family's daily income has been quite a lot, with a daily income of several hundred Wen.And the expenses are not big, Dong Dacheng paid for the food in advance, no need to buy vegetables, the family has chickens and duck eggs, only occasionally buy some pork and other meat dishes, and then each person made a few clothes, other than that, there is no need There is no other overhead.

Originally, for a scholar, even if he had a lot of income every day like the Du family's third bedroom, he couldn't save much money.But Du Jinning can make money by herself, and she has paid for his repairs, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and relationships with classmates and friends, so the family's money has been saved.

In the past few days, Mrs. Chen has made the calculations, and has savings of 100 taels of silver on hand.

Seeing that summer is coming to an end and autumn is approaching, Du Fangfei's wedding is just around the corner, and she needs to prepare the dowry.

Chen didn't have to worry about clothes, shoes, socks and wedding dresses. When Xie taught Du Fangfei how to do embroidery, Du Fangfei was already doing it, and her two younger sisters also helped.For daily necessities such as quilts, pots and pans, just buy them directly, which is very simple.The most important thing is to play furniture, plus prepare some dowry.

Chen thought for a long time about what kind of dowry to prepare, and decided to buy some gold and silver jewelry for Du Fangfei. Make private money.Once something happens, you can take it out and exchange it for urgent use.

While doing the work in hand, Mrs. Chen was thinking about it, when she heard a crisp voice: "Mother, I'm back."

"Why is it so late?" Mrs. Chen put down her work and went to pick up the book bag in Du Jinning's hand.

"I went outside the city." Du Jinning entered the room, poured a cup of tea and drank it, then heaved a sigh of relief and sat down.

(End of this chapter)