Abandoned Daughter's Beautiful Pastoral

Chapter 56

Without moving his face, he just said: "That's good, are you going to buy all the wasteland, or even the dry land?"

Zhang Xiaocao thought for a while, and made some calculations in her heart. Now that the family has more than 200 taels of silver, they can spend 200 taels to buy land and reclaim wasteland. The taels can buy more than 120 mu of wasteland, and the rest of the money is enough to ask for help. If all the money is used to buy wasteland, and 80 taels are reserved for labor, it can buy about 20 mu of wasteland.

However, the output of wasteland will not be very large in the first year, and it will take two to three years to catch up with the seven or eight percent of dry land. Cotton still has high requirements for fertility. Since she wants to seize the opportunity, she must strive Earn more money in the shortest time, and with money, you can buy more land.

After thinking this through, Zhang Xiaocao said, "Grandpa Lizheng, we bought the [-] acres of dry land, and another [-] acres of wasteland!"

Lizheng listened, no surprises, nodded calmly and said: "Then prepare your money, tomorrow we will first get the title deed for the [-] acres of dry land, and then find a few people to measure the wasteland!"

Coming out of Lizheng's house, Zhang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about the cotton planting plan for more than two months, and finally took the first step!

The next day, Zhang Xiaocao and grandma brought enough money to Lizheng's house. After the procedures for the transfer of the dry land were completed, they went to the river beach to measure [-] acres of wasteland, paid the money, and waited for Lizheng to get the land deed. Go to the county government to stamp the seal, and the title deed will come into force!
Zhang Xiaocao’s real name, Zhang Yunhua, was signed on the land deed. Zhang Xiaocao didn’t agree with it at first and wanted her grandma’s handprint, but grandma said it was her future dowry, so she refused. name.

In fact, apart from this reason, Grandma Zhang has another worry. She has several cousins ​​who are closely related by blood. She has no sons or grandchildren. Those cousins ​​and granddaughters won't get anything, she doesn't want to take advantage of those white-eyed wolves for nothing!
Zhang Xiaocao vaguely guessed something, so she didn't insist.

Lizheng was very efficient in handling affairs, and on the day of Xiaonian's seal, he completed the land deed and handed it over to Zhang Xiaocao.

Zhang Xiaocao is very grateful to Grandpa Lizheng. Zhangjia Village is a bit far away from the county seat, and she has to hurry back and forth in a day. Going to the county government office for errands must be done. She originally wanted to give the money directly, but she thought it was too vulgar. There is no shortage of these yellow and white things, so I made a steamer of glutinous rice cakes, and brought two marinated hares and a small jar of wine to send.

Lizheng was very happy when he saw these things, and his impression of Zhang Xiaocao got better in his heart, so he accepted them without any refusal, and immediately tasted the glutinous rice cakes, eating several in a row.

When Lin Zhaoyuan learned about it, he felt so depressed. He also helped this girl a few times, but when he saw her thanking her, he refused to even say a word to him, looking at the glutinous rice that was no longer warm. Ci, still eating bitterly, wondering if I should come to ask for a reward.

Zhang Xiaocao was very happy after finishing the important matter of buying land, and then started to prepare for the New Year. She spent the past few days in the kitchen, making some fried food, such as fried tofu, fried tofu balls, fried fish Balls, deep-fried meatballs, and made some deep-fried food with flour seasoning, as snacks for Mu Hua.

Grandma Zhang is smiling every day, basking in the sun in the corner, making new clothes for her grandparents and grandchildren. She has spent more than 20 lonely New Years alone. This year, a pair of grandchildren have been added to the family. Grandchildren come in and out, not to mention how happy I am.

I have earned a lot of money in the past few months, so I bought a lot of fish and rice noodles. In addition, I bought a lot of rabbits here and there, but I didn’t sell them. I pickled them and ate them. It can be said that this year is a rare fat Year.

Today is the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and the day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. Zhang Xiaocao finished her work in the kitchen, moved a stool, sat in the corner of the wall and basked in the sun, watching grandma make the last piece of new clothes.

"Grandma, the embroidery is just like the real thing, it's so beautiful!"

Zhang Xiaocao was full of amazement. It was not the first time she saw a piece of ordinary fabric turned into a work of art in the hands of her grandma, but every time she saw it, she would be deeply shocked in her heart. There were embroidery elements on some clothes in her previous life. But most of them are done mechanically, lacking the delicacy and agility.

Grandma Zhang bit off the thread and said with a smile: "When you are free, grandma will teach you. You are too old. If you don't learn, it will be too late!"

Zhang Xiaocao was sweating profusely. Embroidery was okay for her, so forget it if you do it yourself!
Grandma Zhang ignored her reluctance, and continued: "In a few years, you will be a big girl. If you don't learn this, going to your in-law's house will make people disgusted and make outsiders laugh!"

Zhang Xiaocao's scalp was numb when she heard it, and she felt very anxious. When she was bullied by Zhang's family and couldn't think of a way to get rid of it, she did think about getting rid of Zhang's family by getting married, but that was a bad idea. Now she has left Zhang's family. Home, life is very contented, she never thought about getting married!

Grandma Zhang didn't know what she was thinking, otherwise she would definitely hold her ears and brainwash her. Seeing that she didn't make a sound, she thought she was shy, thinking that her granddaughter was still young, and it was inappropriate to mention this now, so she didn't say any more.

In the windless weather, the sun shone warmly on the body, which was very comfortable. This comfortable life made Zhang Xiaocao squint his eyes and really wanted to sleep.

At this moment, Mu Hua, who was called out by Xiao An to play, came back disheveled, with a few clear scratch marks on his face, and ran back to the room gloomy and full of viciousness.

When Zhang Xiaocao saw it, his first thought was that he was injured, and his second thought was that he had fought with someone!
Grandma Zhang also saw it, and the two hurried to Mu Hua's room, opened the curtain, and saw Mu Hua's small figure lying on the bed, trembling, and there were bursts of suppressed growls.

Grandma Zhang sat on the bed and asked anxiously: "Mu Hua, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you, tell grandma quickly, grandma will teach him a lesson!"

But Mu Hua didn't seem to hear it, he was only immersed in those painful memories, and the suppressed crying made the grandparents and grandchildren beside him feel very distressed.

Zhang Xiaocao stood there, a few guesses flashed in his mind, it should be Mu Hua who went out to play, but someone stepped on his sore foot with something bad to say, that's why he got into a fight and came back. What made him so sad was probably due to his life experience.

Grandma Zhang kept persuading her, and shed a lot of tears, but Mu Hua didn't get better.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaocao said to her grandma: "Grandma, let him cry, he feels uncomfortable, and it will be better if he cries! You go out first, and I will ask him after he is finished crying!"

When Grandma Zhang heard this, she sighed sadly, knowing that Mu Hua was closer to her granddaughter, the elder sister, and it would be better to let her persuade her, so she stood up and went out without saying anything.

(End of this chapter)