farmer's little girl

Chapter 85 Building a House and Buying Land

Back then Han Jin's father died on the way, and because the body couldn't be taken away, he was buried on the spot, so he was buried with his younger sister.

In these years, Han Jin has visited twice, and he is still in place, but he has not moved.

He still bears the surname of Han, so why would he have the face to move the remains of his father and sister back to his hometown.So every few years when Han Jin went to see it, he would tell himself in his heart that when he could change his surname back one day, he would come to relocate his father's grave.

Now that everything has come true, he naturally wants to finish what he hasn't done.

Han Jin told the matter to his father-in-law and his family, and the couple in the second room were very disappointed.They had also heard Mei Zhuangyi mention Han Jin's life experience. Before Han Lamei came to Erfang's family to propose marriage, Mei Zhuangyi told the Erfang couple all the twists and turns.

From now on, it will be the relationship between the Weng and the son-in-law, so naturally we can't hide anything. Although the second wife and husband lamented the chaos in the Han family, after all, Han Jin promised to separate them, and Han Jin was willing to marry his daughter to him. .

Hearing what Han Jin said, Lu Minghai didn't say anything else, but just told him to go early and return early, and pay attention to safety on the road.

Han Jin said that he was safe on the road with his sister and brother-in-law, and he will be back in about a month.Then I talked about buying a homestead in the village, thinking about a house, and buying some farmland nearby.The time is too tight, the wedding is not far away, but the matter of relocating his father's grave has to be done.Mei Zhuangyi is the best candidate, but he is busy with some business these days, so Han Jin can only entrust the matter to his father-in-law's family.

The couple in the second bedroom did not refuse. Seriously speaking, they were very happy that Han Jin settled down in Daxi Village. This way, they could take care of each other, and they were not afraid that he would go back and bully their daughter.

After the matter was agreed, Han Jin went to the backyard to talk to Lu Jiaoyue with the acquiescence of the second wife.

Lu Jiaoyue blushed, probably because the two were engaged, and she always felt a little involuntarily awkward when facing Han Jin, probably because the two met this time at her own home, under the nose of her parents.

"Well, I've made two more clothes for you, and I'll bring them to you when you leave."

Han Jin knew that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were mostly watching the movement here. After all, the father-in-law's family was a decent person. According to the rules in the countryside, a man and a woman cannot meet before they get married.This time, it was because he was going to travel far away again that he let his daughter see him.

So he obviously has a lot to say, but he still chooses to make a long story short, "I told your parents about building the house. As for where to choose, it's up to you to decide. How to build the house is up to you. Here There are 500 taels of silver, you hold it in your hand, and the money to build the house will come from your side. By the way, there is also the matter of buying fields. You can ask your father and your elder brother to help you as consultants. First, buy one or two. Ten acres, let's buy it when I have money in my hands."

"How can this work? We are not married yet, so I can't ask for your money." Lu Jiaoyue didn't expect Han Jin to act like this, and she was a little flustered for a while.

Han Jin said helplessly: "You said that we are going to get married, and you will not be in charge of the family's money in the future. These money will also be used for our future life, and I will put it with you in advance." Without saying anything, he stuffed the bank note into her hand.

Lu Jiaoyue clutched the bank note in her hand, feeling a little sweet in her heart.To put it bluntly, Han Jin was willing to trust her so much, and she was also very happy.She thought for a while and said, "Then leave it with me first. Don't worry about the house and land, I will hurry up and take care of it. Be careful on the road, go early and return early."

"Just want to tell me this?"

Lu Jiaoyue's face blushed immediately, and she glanced at the front yard. Obviously her parents should be in the house at the moment, and she still felt flustered because she couldn't see anything going on here.

"Then what else do you want to hear, I, my parents are still here..."

Han Jin smiled, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore, do you really think I'm ignorant? If you delay any longer, I think my future mother-in-law will come and take you back to the house."

Just as he was talking, Mei's voice came from ahead, "Yue'er, Yue'er, where did you put my clothes?"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Guangzhi ran over and looked at Han Jin with some embarrassment, "Uncle Jin, uh, brother-in-law, my mother called my sister to help her find something."

Lu Guangzhi's brother-in-law made Lu Jiaoyue blush, but Han Jin was delighted to hear it.

The three of them returned to the front yard together, and Mei stood under the eaves with a smile, and explained to Han Jin: "Jinzi, Yue'er doesn't know where I put my clothes, I asked her to help me find them."

Naturally, Han Jin would not be ignorant, expressed his understanding, and then bid farewell to several people.

After Han Jin left, Lu Minghai took a look at Mrs. Mei, "Look how nervous you are, Mr. Jin is not an outsider, and he will be our son-in-law in three months, so you need to guard against others like thieves. "

Mei was embarrassed for a moment, and said stiffly: "Isn't this not married yet? What's more, if people see it, they should be talked about."

Lu Jiaoyue was so ashamed that she hid in the house long ago, while Lu Minghai shook his head helplessly.

The new house is related to whether the wedding can be held as scheduled, so the next day Lu Minghai was busy and started making arrangements.

Han Jin has already said hello to Lizheng, and he just needs to choose the homestead, and then pay money to buy it.Ordinary villagers can apply to the village for homesteads to build houses, as long as the land is not too enclosed, they can just pay some money.Of course, if you want a larger area, you just need to pay the money. This is the village practice, and everyone knows it.

Lu Minghai walked around the village a few times, took Lu Jiaoyue to look around, and finally decided on a place tentatively.

The reason why it is tentative is that it is a little far away from Erfang's house, and it is near the end of the village.Now that the village is located in the center, there is almost no suitable place to build a house. Anyone who wants to build a house has to go to the back.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the end of the village. The place is big and wide. As long as you can afford the money, you can circle it however you want, but it is a bit sparsely populated.Lu Minghai thought that if Han Jin wanted to go out to do business in the future, only his daughter would be left alone at home. He was afraid that the daughter would be afraid, and also for the sake of safety, so Lu Minghai hesitated.

Others in Erfang went to check it out. The place is really good. There is a small hillside on the right side, and there is a small stream running across it. to the main road.The place in front of the door is big and wide, so there is no need to worry about the problem that the house is too big.But just as Lu Minghai hesitated, it was less populated.

In the end, Lu Guangzhi gave some advice. He said that the house is too small, and the elder brother will have to rebuild the house after he gets married.Instead of building a house in the same place and spending that much effort, it's better to change to another place and be next to his sister's house in the future.In this way, the old house does not need to be pushed, and the space at home will be more spacious in the future.

These words are quite reasonable, after all, the place where the Erfang family lives now is separated from the old house of the Lu family.Looking at it now, it's just enough to live in. It can be said that the next few sons will get married and have children, and the place will be a little hard to move.
The couple in the second room were a little moved, but thinking about the money spent by the family last year to build the courtyard wall, they felt a little pained.If a new location is selected, then the money spent on this courtyard wall will be wasted.

"How can it be in vain? The house is still there. If it doesn't work anymore, discuss it with the third uncle and his family to see if they want our house. When the time comes, give us some money at will, and it will be sold to them, so as not to let them I get mixed up with those people in the upper room all day long."

Mrs. Qiao has been complaining for a long time, saying that there are many troubles in the upper room, although watching the excitement all day long is not afraid of being lonely, but now Qiu Cuihe and Mrs. Hu have a big fight for five days, and a small fight for three days, no one can stand it live.Especially when Liulang was studying again, the child didn't even have a place to study quietly.Lu Guangzhi also knew about this, that's why he said this.

"We're all brothers, so asking for money might be a little bad, right?" Mrs. Mei glanced at the man and said hesitantly.

Lu Jiaoyue said: "Mom, you're thinking about it now. The so-called brothers settle accounts clearly, and the third aunt is not someone who likes to take advantage of others. Let's not talk about the house. Our yard is new, and she won't waste it." Want ours. Or you can talk to Third Aunt to see what she means? And even if Third Aunt and the others don’t want it, we can put it there. The house is not a living thing, so it won’t break if left there.” She said I also want my home to be closer to my mother’s home in the future.

The couple thought for a while, and felt that this statement made sense.In particular, there are some deeper ones. Although the children didn't mention it, the second-bedroom couple will not fail to consider it.In the future, the sons will all get married, and the children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. There will always be a day when the family will be separated. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer places in the village where houses can be built. Might come in handy too.

The couple looked at each other, and at that moment they both understood what the other was thinking, then Lu Minghai nodded, and the matter was settled for the time being.

After the agreement was made, Erfang's family went to see the land again, and there was only joy left, and the more they looked, the happier they became.

Lu Minghai is a man of action, so he immediately took the money to find Li Zheng.

Li Zheng happened to be at home, so Lu Minghai first told Han Jin about buying a homestead.

Han Jin just came to the village to settle down, and Liu Zhi County issued a document to move here. Lizheng understood the powerful relationship inside, and he was very face-saving. He asked which piece of land he liked, and agreed.

A total of two mu of homestead was given three taels of silver.

Then, Lu Minghai talked about his family wanting to buy a homestead.

Because the Erfang family has many sons, the place where they live now is still separated from the old house, especially when Lu Guangyi is getting married again, it is reasonable to prepare a piece of land in advance.So Lizheng was not embarrassed, he also charged the same price, and granted two acres of homestead to Lu Minghai.

Lu Minghai knew that Lizheng didn't ask for more money, and the money was not collected by Lizheng personally, but was a fee for him to go to the county government to apply for the land deed.Of course, there will be some left over, just treat it as a hard-earned money, you can't let people who are old enough to make this trip for themselves, but it is impossible to leave too much, after all, there is only such a small amount of money.

Lu Minghai felt that it was too troublesome for Li Zheng, so he wanted to invite Li Zheng to drink at his house.

Li Zheng smiled and declined: "Your family has a lot of things recently, when the house is built and Jiaoyue gets married, just come and buy me a drink at that time."

"Uncle, we will definitely not forget when the time comes. The first person we want to invite is your old man." Li Zheng is kind and fair, has a good reputation in the village, and is also a warm-hearted person, so what Lu Minghai said is not at all Unconscionable.

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Lu Minghai hurried back to tell his family the good news.

On the other hand, Mrs. Mei also mentioned the matter of the house to Mrs. Qiao.

This was in Qiao's arms, she had been talking about this with Lu Mingshan earlier, even if it was for Liu Lang, they would definitely move this family.

Naturally, he was reluctant to part with his own house, especially if it was mixed with the big house, this house would not be sold in the future.But it's not okay to be reluctant. In this regard, Qiao still can distinguish which is more important.

It just so happens that the second room is willing to sell its house to the third room, which does not just solve the problem of the third room.And the second room didn't ask the third room for more money, as long as it was ten taels of silver for building the courtyard wall last year, the five houses inside and the vegetable field behind it were considered free.

Mrs. Qiao was very excited, but she couldn't make up her mind for a while, so she said that she would go back and discuss with Lu Mingshan.

In fact, the reason why Mrs. Qiao hesitated was because she felt that the fence was too expensive, but when she went back and passed by Lu Mingshan, she turned around.

The fence is indeed expensive, but it is solid, and you only look at the fence as expensive, why didn’t you look at the house inside it is free.It’s not too much to build three big tile houses, one or twenty taels of silver is also worth it, not to mention the two adobe houses.Others don't know, but the three-bedroom couple know how much thought the second-bedroom family has put into it, and it can be lived in as a big tile house.Not to mention the vegetable field at the back, which happened to be connected to my own vegetable field. Once the courtyard wall was demolished and re-enclosed, the home was spacious again.

There are few people in the three-bedroom family. Once the two sisters Lu Jiaoxing and Lu Jiaoe get married, there will only be a family of three left. These places are enough for Liu Lang to marry a wife and have children.The second elder brother's family only wanted such a small amount of money for the sake of being a brother, so it would be unnecessary to think about changing it to someone else.

Having said that, Mrs. Qiao didn't hesitate immediately, and immediately took the money to the second room.Lu Mingshan has been doing business over the years and has saved some silver in his hands, ten taels of silver is not a problem.

Lu Mingshan grabbed her and spat: "Look at you, you are in a hurry, even if you want to live in a hurry, you have to wait for the second sister-in-law's family to build the house before you can move in."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qiao immediately withered.In other words, they will have to live in the same yard with Dafang and his group for a few more months.

But after thinking about it, I will move out soon, but I have unlimited expectations for my future life.

After the matter was settled, Lu Minghai's family began to get busy.

Except for the two businesses in the county and the town that have not been lost, now Lu Guangyi does not go out to sell tofu.After the family is busy with business and field affairs, they are busy with housework.

Because of the limited manpower, this time I can't do it by myself, so I can only hire someone to build the house.Lu Guangyi used to be a mason, so he immediately approached his former friends to discuss building a house for the two families.

They are all acquaintances, so the price is naturally low, and they don't even need to pack meals. Generally, masonry teams have people who cook by themselves.Even the materials used are taken care of by someone. Except for the occasional supervisor, the second-bedroom family can directly act as a shopkeeper.

Of course, a lot of money would have to be spent in such a calculation, but after thinking about it, although the money was spent here, the outside business was still making money, so it was more cost-effective after all.

After finalizing the deal with the masons, within two days the village end became lively.

This movement was not small. For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the village, and many people were jealous. They all said that the second-bedroom family had become rich, and they were going to build new houses.Others said that Lu Minghai and his wife were really lucky. They found a rich man for their daughter, and the daughter and son-in-law built a house, and by the way, they even paid for the mother-in-law's family.

Those who can say this, of course, have no good intentions, and plan to instigate one or two in the middle, it is best for the son-in-law to hear, and directly fall out with the mother-in-law's family, so that the daughter-in-law of the Lu family will not be able to marry.

So, sometimes people have weird thoughts, which is obviously a good thing, but if they talk about it like this, good things can turn into bad things.It's a pity that this idea will come to nothing. Han Jin is not here now, and even if he is, he can't listen to such instigation.

Of course, there are still more kind people, and they all congratulated the family of the second room, and envied that the Mei family would find a son-in-law. From now on, the daughter-in-law and his family will settle down nearby, and they will take care of each other, and they will not be afraid that their daughter will marry and be bullied.Generally, those who say this are those who have daughters in their families and love their daughters more.

Because of this incident, the second room of the Lu family struggled to buy land after that, so no one was surprised.

Buying land is not a trivial matter, especially when the autumn harvest is coming in a few months, who will sell the land at this time.

Not to mention, there really was, and the sale was exactly the few acres of land that old man Lu and the others had exchanged.

Back then, in order to save his eldest son, old man Lu sold the land that the family depended on for a living. At that time, all the seedlings in the field came out, which made old man Lu feel distressed.But no matter how distressed it is, it's useless to wait for money to save my life.

The land was originally sold to Yahang, the land is good, and the key is not much, so it has not been sold, and Yahang sent people to take care of it during the day.Every time the villagers see people from the dental shop coming to clean up the ground, there are quite a few people who are tempted, but it's a pity that there are too few who can take out a hundred and ten taels of silver at a time.

This time Lu Minghai went out to find out where there was land for sale nearby, and a dentist recommended this land to him.

In fact, Lu Minghai really wanted this land. After planting it for so many years, no one knows better than him that there is no better land around here than his home.But thinking that this place belongs to the big house, he inevitably hesitated.Although it's normal to sell and buy, it's not that the family doesn't spend money, but thinking about it always makes people feel a little delicate.

After all, it was bought for the son-in-law's family, Lu Minghai didn't make up his own mind, so he told Lu Jiaoyue about it.

After Lu Jiaoyue finished listening, she thought for a while and asked, "Father, the family has some money now, don't you think about buying land?"

Lu Minghai understood what his daughter meant, and said: "Father has this idea, but this place is not considered. If someone else buys it, it's okay, but if our family buys it, it's always a bit bad, and the money at home is not available for the time being. Sufficient, your two younger brothers are still studying, and your elder brother is not too young, so you have to keep some money in your hand for emergencies."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded and said: "Then buy it. Anyway, this land is not for our family. Since there is nothing better than this nearby, it would be a pity to give up."

Lu Minghai thought about it for a while, and felt that it was a pity to give up, so he said, "That's fine, dad will go and tell that toothbrush right now."

A total of six acres of land cost 90 taels of silver, which was ten taels more expensive than what Old Man Lu sold it for.But after thinking about it again, this price is really not expensive, and the price is almost the same for high-quality fertile land. It can only be said that the dental shop lowered the price of old man Lu.

After buying the land, it took another five taels of silver to issue a red deed before the land was truly in his hands.As for the grain grown in the field, the dental shop will continue to send people to take care of it, but the grain harvested at that time will be divided in half with Lu Jiaoyue.The land will not be handed over to Lu Jiaoyue until the grain is harvested.

Because there was no suitable land nearby, Lu Jiaoyue only bought the six acres of land. She planned to discuss it with Uncle Jin when he came back. Buying land is not a trivial matter, and it is inconvenient to take care of it if it is too far away. Even if he goes out, he still has to worry about various chores afterwards.

At the same time, at a place about 1000 miles away from Daxi Village, Han Jin and Han Lamei were standing in front of a grave with desolate expressions on their faces.

No, it should be called Zhou Jin and Zhou Lamei now.The two have recognized their ancestors and returned to their original surnames.

This time Zhang Luo went back to his hometown to move his grave, and when he returned to his hometown, things have changed.

All the people they knew when they were young were gone. The siblings searched the entire village, only to meet an acquaintance. That was Li Zheng, an old man who was so old that he was almost blind.

After some narration, the old man also recognized who the Zhou Jin siblings were.When there was a drought here, the village was empty, and those who did not leave almost starved to death. The old man was very happy to see those who escaped and returned.

Hearing from the two brothers and sisters, the old man was very sad when the scholar of the Zhou family died. After all, he had seen too many lives and deaths in his life, and the old man was not too sad.He also heard that the two brothers and sisters said that this time they moved their graves and returned to their hometowns, so the old man helped Zhang Luo.

The old man's children and grandchildren are gone. Back then, the family members were clamoring to leave. As Li Zheng, the old man was worried about the people left in the village. In addition, he was not too young, and going out with him would inevitably hurt the children, so he kept going. stay in the village.I thought that I would definitely not survive this time, but the remaining people discussed it and fled into the mountains with the heart of death, digging grass roots and gnawing bark for a living, but a few of them persisted.Of course, it is also inevitable that someone is eaten by wild beasts in the mountains, but in that case, death is a kind of relief.

Needless to say the difficulties during this period, when it finally rained, these people returned to the village, facing a messy scene.Afterwards, the imperial court issued a decree to resettle the victims, but it was a pity that those who escaped did not come back, so the nearby victims were reintegrated and formed into a village.

Lao Li was an old man, so he worked as a Li Zheng for a few more years. It was because his health was useless a few years ago that he retired.Therefore, Lao Li is very respected in the village. As soon as he called out, many villagers came to help.

After choosing a place, digging the grave, and choosing an auspicious day for the coffin to be buried, it took more than ten days after this process.

Seeing that time was running out, the group of three said goodbye to Lao Li and prepared to go back home.

Before leaving, he left some money for Lao Lizheng. Lao Lizheng has no heirs, so with some money, he can enjoy his old age in peace.

"Okay, let's go. Let's come back and take a look when we have free time." Li Shuicheng comforted Zhou Lamei while supporting her.

Zhou Lamei nodded leaning on his shoulder, and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"Let's go, Jinzi." Li Shuicheng greeted Zhou Jin again.

Zhou Jin nodded, looked at the grave again, and then walked to the carriage with the two of them.

When Erfang was busy, Mrs. Qiao brought the bad news that Mrs. Hu had returned.

In fact, there were rumors in the village before that the Hu family could wander around the entrance of the village from time to time.After Mrs. Hu returned to her natal family, her life was not good, and she became thin and out of shape. Therefore, when people in the village mentioned this matter, they always used a more sympathetic tone.

Human nature is always used to sympathize with the weak, and now everyone has completely forgotten how they scolded Mrs. Hu for losing his conscience.

The Erfang family also heard about it, but after all, it had nothing to do with their own family, so they didn't take it seriously.Hearing this news now, I feel a little delicate.

In fact, not only the Erfang family is like this, but Qiao's also has some, because she is well-informed and the eldest family is still under her nose, she doesn't know how the Hu family can impress the old man Lu and Lu Mingchuan.I have to say that this woman Hu's methods are really high, she can't even make people dissatisfied, and she can be forgiven for harming the family like this.

When Mrs. Qiao said this, Mrs. Mei lightly basked in the sun and said, "It doesn't matter what they do, anyway, we have nothing to do with that side. From now on, we don't even need to say hello when we walk on the road."

Joe nodded, "That's true, let them do what they want, anyway, our family is going to move out, and it has nothing to do with poking a hole in the sky."

Mrs. Hu didn't poke a hole out of the sky, but old man Lu was going to poke the sky out of the hole.

I don't know why he lost his nerve, but he called Lu Minghai over, saying that he wanted to return the land that was allocated to Erfang's family when the family was separated.

(End of this chapter)