farmer's daughter

Chapter 232

Chapter 230

The village head laughed and said:

"Don't worry about this. People in our village are still very self-conscious. They all know what to do. Whoever buys a piece of land owns it. If you bought this mountain, no one would dare to buy it without your consent." Go up the mountain. Besides, even if you didn’t buy it, no one would dare to go up the mountain. As for the money, I asked. This is sold according to the barren mountain. We counted from here to the seaside behind the mountain. I didn’t know this mountain was so big before.”

Xue Jian's eyes lit up when she heard this, it was a surprise that such a big mountain could be bought with just a few hundred taels.These people don't know what their vision is, this mountain is full of treasures.They only saw the horror of the beasts on the mountain, but they didn't know that these beasts were also valuable!
Xue Jian nodded repeatedly and said:
"Okay, I'll buy this mountain, how do I go through the formalities? Who will pay for it?"

"It's simple. First, I sign with the patriarch and elders. Second, I submit the signed contract to the county for record. Third, I hand over the money to us, and the village keeps some for the village's expenses. The clan will keep some Part of it, and the rest will be handed over to most of the county."

Xue Jian nodded and said:
"Then I'll trouble Grandpa Village Chief to handle this matter. I'll sign it when it's done. Is Grandpa Village Chief free now? If we are free, let's go to Grandpa Chief. We agreed to build the ancestral hall for the clan. I'll send the money over, I think it's better to have a witness."

The village chief was stunned for a moment and laughed loudly:

"Okay, okay! You girl, okay, I'll walk with you."

Xue Jian turned around and called Grandpa. She originally wanted to call her Father, but Father has been busy measuring the Jiang family's house these two days. Anyway, Grandpa loves this kind of face-saving thing most.It was right to call him.

Before Xue Jian and the others reached the patriarch's house, the patriarch's little grandson saw them and the group from afar.Just outside the courtyard gate, he called:

"Grandpa, the village chief's grandpa is here, as well as the grandpa from Tongsheng's family, and that Xuejian."

Xue Jian heard the child's cry across a field ridge, not to mention the people in the house.Xue Jian couldn't help laughing.It's a bit of a sentinel.

The village chief took the lead, and the three of them came to the gate of the patriarch's house.The patriarch's wife came out to greet her, with a smile on her face, she opened the door and said:

"The distinguished guest is here, come in."

"Sister-in-law, where are the distinguished guests? We are all a family."

The village head went in while replying, and Xue Jian also went in behind his grandfather.An old man sat directly above the main room, who was the patriarch.It seemed that several people came in, but he didn't get up. Anyway, he took a sip of the tea beside him and put it down slowly, but he didn't meet the few people who came in. He looked a little guilty and pretended to be tough.

While laughing, the village chief sat on a chair on the left without the master's arrangement, and said with a smile:
"Patriarch, we have something to discuss with you today. The first thing is that Xueer brought you the money she promised to build the ancestral hall. Xueer, tell the patriarch yourself .”

"Yes, Grandpa the village chief."

Xuejian followed her grandfather and sat on the chair on the right.Although old Mr. Shen straightened his back, he didn't say a word, didn't make a sound.Xuejian stood up and said:

"Grandpa patriarch, I don't know how much it costs to repair, but at the beginning I said to hire a gentleman and run a school, and I have done everything. The gentleman is the Mr. Tian who taught my brother Chengye. His wage-earner I don’t care about it, I will give it to him. The family only gives him two rooms, one room for people to live in, and one room for him to cook. I want to mention this issue. Because I said that the children of the whole family can go to school for free , but I hope that the family will make a plan, and each family will provide the husband with some firewood. He is a scholar, so it may be difficult to do this. But it is not difficult for our Zhuang family. The problem of the husband’s food is covered by our family. But the burning of kang It’s for firewood. So please tell the patriarch grandpa to the people who study in each family. I don’t think it’s difficult.”

"Master, all the money is with you, you can give it to the patriarch to see if it is enough."

Looking back, Xuejian said to the silent grandpa again.Old Shentou took out a purse from his body, took out two silver ingots from the purse, put it beside the patriarch's teacup and said:

"This is 20 taels of silver, which is enough to repair the ancestral hall. There are also [-] taels of silver, which Xuejian said were used to make desks and benches for children studying."

Old Shen didn't say much, put down the money and sat back down.Only then did Xue Jian stand up again and said:

"Grandpa patriarch, regarding the issue of my wanting to buy the back mountain behind our house, let me first say that I didn't buy the back mountain to make money, but because my master likes to use this kind of high mountain to practice qigong. Build a house to live in. I just want to buy it to honor Master. Grandpa the village head will talk about this again today. I will say it today. If the village and the clan agree to sell this mountain to me, then I will follow the county The set price will be given to 50 taels for the purpose of opening ancestral halls in the clan. I only hope that the patriarch grandpa will agree to sign when the time comes."

"Sell it, buy it if you have the ability, and I will sign it when the time comes."

Only then did the patriarch say such a sentence, and he didn't say anything else.Seeing him lightly stretching out his hand to drink tea, Xue Jian said again:
"Then I am relieved to have the patriarch's grandfather's words. Grandpa, let's go."

"Wait a moment."

Xue Jian looked back at the patriarch who pronounced it.The patriarch sighed long and said:

"I'm getting old, and I'm going to open an ancestral hall to worship the ancestors in the next year. Let the whole clan re-elect the patriarch when the ancestral hall is opened this time. I'm old, and I can't take care of my body. thing."

This surprised Xue Jian for a moment, he didn't expect the patriarch to bring up this question, although he was the oldest in the clan, but he wasn't too old to be out of control.Thinking about it, it was because of what happened last time that he was still afraid that he hadn't disappeared.Of course, there is nothing to say about seeing a child in this matter.Even the old head Shen raised his head and looked at the patriarch in surprise.The village head frowned slightly and said:

"Where can I find a candidate at this moment. Brother, you are doing well."

The patriarch waved his hand and said:
"No, I'm not healthy. No one can choose, you two are fine. As long as you are not a fool, you can come from our old Shen family. No one in the village can say that you two are qualified talk."

"But, but you know I'm a village chief,"

The village head said with some embarrassment.

The patriarch waved his hand again:
"What do you want to be the village chief? Tell me you are not young anymore. You have to run to the county town in front of a village chief. Are you not tired? If you come to be the patriarch, let a Let the young village head run away."

The village chief was still in deep thought, but Old Shen stood up suddenly and said:
"If the village head is the patriarch, then the village head will be my third child. Anyway, he has lost his work as a servant. With my third child's ability, it is still possible to be a village head."

Xue Jian was stunned, this is called 'do not avoid relatives'?How could grandpa have the confidence to let dad become the village head? He suggested it!
(End of this chapter)