pastoral beggar woman

Chapter 60 Buying a Broken Temple (2)
After a while, the village chief seemed to nod his head, Liu Lang showed gratitude, and Qin Shuang, who had been paying attention to them, also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.

When Ah Chen saw that she smiled, she laughed too. What she has to do must be for the sake of their future, and it must be a good thing!
Soon Liu Lang came back, and as expected, he brought good news to Qin Shuang, "It's done, the village chief said that he can sell the ruined temple to you."

"Huh?" The brothers and sisters of the Liu family were shocked. They never thought that this was the matter they were talking about. In other words, Qin Shuang's so-called help was to buy this ruined temple?What is such a dilapidated temple bought for?
Although Ah Chen was equally astonished, he understood Qin Shuang's intentions clearly, and finally understood some things that he hadn't figured out before!No wonder she said she would repair it after she got married. She was probably worried that if the villagers came over and saw that the dilapidated temple had become too good, they would be tempted to continue living in the temple.

But if the ownership of the ruined temple belongs to them, then even if they completely renovate the temple to make it look brand new, no one can take it away from them!You know, despite its dilapidation, this dilapidated temple occupies a larger area than any other household in the village!There is even a large open space behind the temple, which can be used as their vegetable garden if it is cultivated!

"But I'm afraid it will take some time to transfer the name of the land deed to you, and you need to go to the town to manage it, and you need to spend some money." Liu Lang said: "As for the price of this temple, because it is too dilapidated, although the place occupies a lot , It’s useless to keep it, so the village chief promised to give it to you for 30 taels. What are you going to do with this money, Xiaoshuang?”

"30 taels?" Qin Shuang nodded. The price was within her expectations. To be precise, it was lower than her bottom line, which was a pleasant surprise. Maybe it was because the temple was built privately?
It is said that there used to be a successful wealthy businessman in the village. Because he was grateful for the care of the elders in the village when he was young, he bought a piece of land to build this temple in return after he developed. This kind of private construction is in such a small town In the village, the temple has not been recorded in the official booklet, and this land is no different from private land, so we can ask the village head for help in private sales, but only with the consent of the villagers, after all It is also public property.

Qin Shuang knew that no one in the villagers would object to this matter. To them, keeping the ruined temple was just occupying space. Because of the particularity of the ancients, it was difficult for them to overthrow the construction of residential houses in places where they had seen temples. If you sell it, you can get some money. The whole village adds up to only about fifty households. On average, a family of 30 taels of silver can get about five hundred Wen. Also think she is crazy.

But buying this dilapidated temple should not have been so easy, thanks to the presence of Liu Lang. Although Liu Lang was not from Tongfu Village, his late wife, Qin Shuang's aunt, grew up with the village chief's wife. They are all from Yunde Village, the village chief must have agreed so easily because of this friendship, maybe there is also a factor of sympathy for her?

"I don't have enough silver to buy this temple right now." Qin Shuang pretended to withdraw money, and took out a total of ten taels of silver from his backpack, "In addition to these, the things given by the villagers today should be sold for about four taels." Five taels, the other half may have to be borrowed from my uncle, I don’t know if it’s convenient for my uncle to let it go.”

Liu Lang's family has a little more land than the Qin family, and the Qin family has a larger population than the Liu family, so they can have at least two taels of silver left over every year. She thinks that Liu Lang should have at least two or thirty taels in his hand. Since Liu Lang He really cared about her, and if he had money in his hand, he would not be unwilling to lend it out.

Sure enough, Liu Lang said without hesitation: "What's so inconvenient! 15 taels, right? I'll lend it to you! But uncle didn't expect to spend so much money when he came here this time. I didn't bring it with me. I'll hurry back tomorrow to get it. "

"Thank you uncle, we will write the IOU later, and I will definitely pay back the money as soon as possible."

Liu Lang frowned, "Look at what you said, it's all an excuse from my family."

Liu Yan also said: "Yes, Xiaoshuang, there is no need for an IOU."

"That can't be done." Qin Shuang said seriously, "It's not easy for Uncle to save this money. I'm touched that Uncle is willing to help me like this. I can't be so ignorant that I don't even have an IOU." Money, but in order not to let the people in the village think too much, and in order not to frighten Liu Lang, they can only pretend to borrow money from Liu Lang temporarily, and give the money to Liu Lang after the matter fades out of everyone's sight in the future.

"You guys don't want to shirk it. Of course you have to pay an IOU if you borrow money, and your brothers are still clear about it." Ah Chen made a final decision.

Liu Lang had no choice but to nod, feeling more pity for this niece in his heart. Originally, he didn't think about asking her to pay back the money. He only thought that it would be worth it if spending the money would make their life easier in the future, but Unexpectedly, Qin Shuang was so persistent, looking into her eyes, he unconsciously had a premonition that she would not only be able to repay the money in the future, but also live a good life.

Afterwards, Qin Shuang called Qin Tian and said that he wanted to buy the ruined temple. Qin Tian was not stupid, and soon understood her thoughts, and couldn't help being happy.

"Then I'll live here and not go back to Qin's house from now on!"

"Of course no problem." Qin Shuang patted him on the shoulder, how could she miss such a good labor force.

Brothers and sisters Liu Lang and Liu Yan looked at Qin Tian with subtle expressions. They knew that Qin Tian's mother was the widow who had an affair with Qin Fuxi, and it was also the main reason for Liu's departure.

Qin Shuang looked at Qin Tian's shoulder clearly, "Uncle, this is my brother Xiaotian, do you remember?"

Liu Lang's expression changed slightly. He didn't expect Qin Shuang to recognize this younger brother. He clearly remembered that Qin Shuang and Qin Tian were very cold in the past.

But today, it was clearly a statement to him.

Qin Tian also seemed to understand something, looked sideways at her, his eyes had a strange brilliance, his heart was indescribably warm, he grinned unconsciously, and called out 'sister' in a low voice.

Seeing Qin Shuang hugging him, Ah Chen felt sour in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't disturb him at this time, so he could only stare at her hand with a straight face.

Liu Yan and Liu Qianqian looked at each other, and then looked at Liu Lang. The latter sighed and said, "Forget it, the things of the previous generation should not be related to you juniors." If you really want to blame, you can only blame that bastard Qin Fuxi, Since Qin Shuang is willing to recognize this younger brother, it's hard for him as an uncle to say much.

(End of this chapter)