Orion's pretty daughter-in-law

Chapter 44 Buying a Homestead
"What did you say? Are you going to buy a homestead?" Liu Lizheng looked at Yun Jinghao and Luo Jinxiu in shock, and Aunt Lizheng also opened her mouth wide, her face full of disbelief.

"You, where did you get the money to buy the homestead? We know that the cheapest homestead in the village must have at least four or five taels of silver." According to his estimation, the couple may only have two or three taels of silver at most. Not to mention that the homestead cannot be bought, but if you buy it reluctantly, how will you live after that?If you don't have the money to start a house right away, why are you in such a hurry to buy a homestead?

Yun Jinghao didn't explain much, and directly took out the 20 taels of silver note that Luo Jinxiu handed over to him in advance and put it on the table.

Liu Lizheng took a breath, "This is——!"

Aunt Lizheng couldn't help coming over, she couldn't read a few words, but she could still read the number on the bank note, "This is 20 taels, where did you get so much money?"

Yun Jinghao said according to the negotiated words: "Jinxiu and I went to town today, and Jinxiu sold a few prescriptions at Baiweiju."

"Seller's prescription? What prescription?" Liu Li was looking at Luo Jinxiu in surprise.

"It's just a few kinds of food recipes. I used to like to think about these things when I was free. Whether it's candied haws or hot and sour noodles, I've thought about it before but I haven't really tried it. Originally, I wanted to wait for the sour food from the Yun family. After the hot noodle business stabilized, I tried the other ones one by one, and gradually increased the types of business, but what happened later..." As he spoke, he sighed in a serious manner, with a gloomy look on his face.

Yun Jinghao's face was sullen, but there was an imperceptible smile in his eyes.

Liu Lizheng and Aunt Lizheng were also taken aback, and they couldn't help but sigh when they thought of what the Yun family had done.

This time the Yun family really picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon, and did something stupid!If they had known that Jing Hao's daughter-in-law could not only make hot and sour noodles, but also other things, they would have separated them in a hurry.

"Since you still have other prescriptions in your hand, why don't you keep them for yourself, so that you can make a living in the future."

"The Yun family is in the catering business. If we do the same, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to them."

To put it bluntly, I was afraid that there would be nonsense over there. According to the Yun family's behavior, Liu Lizheng also felt that this would happen in all likelihood.

"Hey, it's hard for you too." Liu Lizheng shook his head helplessly, "Since you have money in your hands, it's a good thing to buy a homestead early. Are you planning to build a new house before the winter, or?"

Yun Jinghao said: "The silver ticket is not only 20 taels, after we bought the homestead, we thought of a new house."

"That's good." Liu Lizheng nodded, "My old house is a bit dilapidated after all, and it can't keep out the wind in winter. It's very cold. How big a house do you think of? I'll show you where there is a suitable house. The base, what is the specific price."

"We are going to build a yard with three entrances."

"Three enters... what—!? Three enters the yard!?" Liu Lizheng was full of astonishment, and Lizheng's aunt was even more confused.

"You, you... do you know how much it costs to build a three-way yard? You only have two people, why build it so big." No one in the village will build a three-way yard, only those in towns or even cities Only rich people can afford such a big yard.

Neither Yun Jinghao nor Luo Jinxiu spoke.

Liu Lizheng looked at them for a while, and said: "Forget it, if you have already made up your mind, I don't have much to say. Let me think about it first. There are not many houses in the village that can build a three-in-one yard. There are only two places, one is at the east end of the village, near the foot of the mountain, not far behind Lao Li's house, the size should be just right, and there is a stream flowing by the side, the only disadvantage is that it is only far away from the mountain. It’s too close, and I’m afraid that if we build a house there in winter, it will be dangerous if wild animals come down the mountain.”

"The other one is in the southeast corner. The place may be a little smaller, but it's almost on the edge of the village compared to the east end of the village. This one is inside, and the neighbors on the left and right will be closer together."

Yun Jinghao and Luo Jinxiu discussed in a low voice, and they unanimously decided: "I want the land at the east end of the village!"

Neither of them likes to hang out with their neighbors very much. If there are too many neighbors, there will be more troubles. It is better that the side near the foot of the mountain at the east end of the village is clean. Isn’t Lao Li’s family Zhou Xi’er’s husband’s house, and Uncle Hong’s house is far away from the Orion. It's not too far away, so it's nice to have two neighbors.

Liu Lizheng did the math, "The specific area of ​​the land will only be known after the people from the government office come and measure it. The exact amount of silver, according to my estimation, is between 15 taels and 18 taels."

This price coincides with the price range that Yun Jinghao mentioned to her before.

"Then Laurie is worrying."

Liu Lizheng waved his hand, "This is what I should do as a Lizheng. I will go to the town tomorrow. If there is no accident, someone should come to measure in the afternoon, and then go through other procedures and get the land deed. Back and forth After adding up, it will take about three days."

Seeing that they were talking about the same, Aunt Lizheng interrupted, "The homestead business is done very quickly. You need to hire a lot of people to build a new house. You should start building it early. The people in the village happen to be free after the busy farming season." After coming down, many people went to the town to find odd jobs, but with so much work, there should be many people in the village who are willing to help, and the wages will not be higher than those in the town."

"That's what we planned too." Yun Jinghao said, "However, we're planning to build a green brick and tile house, and there's a small garden behind the courtyard, dig a pond, and build a pavilion. I'm afraid these villagers won't Well, besides asking uncles for help in the village, I’m afraid we’ll have to find a group of people to do it together in the town, so that the building can be done faster, before it snows.”

Luo Jinxiu actually has another idea that I haven't had time to mention to Yun Jinghao. People here just need some firewood or charcoal for the winter. Get a charcoal basin to heat the house, but the charcoal must be well ventilated, otherwise It is prone to accidents, once ventilated, there is not much heat left in the room, and the effect of keeping warm is mediocre, and it depends on wearing warm enough.

She doesn't want to suffer this kind of trouble. The newly built house needs not only a heated kang, but also a fluted wall. The fireplace in the west must ensure that as long as they can afford firewood, the house will be like spring all year round!

"By the way, Lizheng, we plan to buy some fields while buying a homestead." Luo Jinxiu suddenly remembered another thing.

In ancient times, farmers valued the land the most. As long as they had some money in their hands, they would basically use it to buy land.

She doesn't have much enthusiasm for farming, but this doesn't stop her from planning to buy more fields. At worst, she and Yun Jinghao won't be able to grow them and rent them out to others. They will be 'landlords'!

Liu Lizheng no longer wanted to know how much money they had in their hands, so he wiped his face and asked helplessly, "How much land do you want to buy? Right now there are many land sellers in the village, and there are only two families, one of which sells two acres of medium-sized land. , it costs seven taels of silver, and there are five acres of low-grade land, which costs eight taels of silver. If you don’t like the fields of these two families, or if you are not satisfied with the quantity or location, you can only go to the town to buy it from Yazi. There should be a lot of land from other surrounding villages in it, including the upper-class Tianzhong and the lower class.”

"I don't know what the price is for the top-grade fields?"

"Generally, as long as the location of the top-class fields is not too bad, there are five taels of silver per mu, especially good fields may be seven or eight taels, middle-class fields may be three taels, and low-grade fields may be one and a half taels."

Luo Jinxiu said: "Let's go to the town to find Yazi another day to learn more about it. Regarding the fact that we want to buy a field, please ask Li Zheng to keep it secret."

Liu Lizheng naturally knew what she was worried about, and didn't think there was any problem, so he agreed.

He was the one who went through the formalities to buy it in their village, so he definitely couldn't hide it, but if you buy it from other villages in Yazi Town, as long as the couple don't tell anyone, it's really not easy for people to find out.

After Yun Jinghao and his wife left, Aunt Lizheng said to Lizheng: "I see that Jinghao's daughter-in-law is really capable. Everyone in the village thinks that they will not have a good life in the future, but I think they might It will be more enjoyable than the Yun family!"

Li Zheng also agrees with this point, so what if the Yun family makes a living with hot and sour noodles?I didn't see that they could afford to build a three-entry yard, and they had to support Yun Chengyao's studies. There were so many people in the family, and the more money they earned, the more people they had to share, so they might not be able to leave much.

When Yun Jinghao and the others returned to the old house, not only were there many villagers, but also Mrs. Zhao and Yun Xiaoting, but this time they didn't show any jealousy on their faces, instead, they kept mocking and kept going. The son sneered, saying that they had money and had nowhere to spend it, but they got back two half-dead cows.

Luo Jinxiu didn't bother to talk to them at all. After Yun Jinghao sent the other villagers away, she just slammed the door of the old house and let them bark outside.

After all the outsiders dispersed, he went out and used supernatural powers to recuperate the bodies of the two cows, and after recovering a little bit, Yun Jinghao temporarily set up a cowshed to come out.

Zhou Xi'er, who was busy with her work, also came over after receiving the letter. She could ignore other insignificant people, but this little girl who cared about her could not ignore it. It was inevitable to listen to her chattering for a long time.

Luo Jinxiu looked helpless: "I have a way to keep these two cows alive. If they don't die, wouldn't we make money by buying two cows for three taels of silver?"

Only then was Zhou Xier reluctantly persuaded, and temporarily calmed down, but for the next two days, she still ran to them every day with anxiety, just to see if she could really save the two cows.

Before the cow had fully recovered, the story about their purchase of the homestead was spread in the village by people from the government office who came to measure the size. Originally, once this matter got into the ears of the Yun family, it would inevitably cause a disturbance, but what happened next Another matter made the Yun family forget about it for a while.

Yun Chenghui's involvement in selling Hot and Sour Noodle Fangzi was exposed!

(End of this chapter)