Dressed as a cute kid with a farm: Pick up a brother to farm

"Xiao Meng, Yaoyao, why are you here?"

It has been a long time since they last set up the stall, and with so many things going on recently, Ye Yaoyao and her friend haven't seen Grandma Niu and her family for several days.

"Grandma Niu, is the village chief at home? My brother and I came here specifically to look for him!"

Ye Yaoyao grinned brightly and reached out to hold Grandma Niu's hand.

"Why? You only look for the village chief and not for Grandma Niu? Grandma Niu will be jealous, right?"

Grandma Niu was smiling and leaning forward with a playful look on her face.

“I found it!”

Ye Yaoyao's face pouts as if she has thought of something. She immediately rummages through her pockets and pulls out a handful of maltose.

"Milk lady, please have some candy!"

"Ouch! Grandma is kidding you!"

Niu Nainai smiled and pushed Ye Yaoyao's hand back, asking her to put the candy back.

"What's the matter with you, Yaoyao baby, coming to see the village chief?"

"It's my brother who's looking for me!"

Ye Yaoyao pulled Meng Huaishao, who had been watching them, beside her.

"Grandma Niu, we want to buy some land. Is the village chief at home?"

"You want to buy land?"

Grandma Niu was surprised, but didn't ask any more questions.

Buying land is a good thing!

No need to ask any more questions?

"I'm here! Come in and sit down! I'll go get someone for you!"

Grandma Niu picked up Ye Yaoyao and then called Meng Huaishao into the house.

It's cold and snowy outside, and it feels freezing cold if you stand there for a long time.

There was a charcoal fire in the house, and the hot air that hit me as I entered the room made me feel extremely comfortable.

Grandma Niu put Ye Yaoyao down, turned around and closed the door, blocking out the howling cold wind.

"Wait a minute, I'll go call the old man!"

"good!"

"Thank you, Granny!"

After waiting for a short while, Grandma Niu and the village chief came to the main hall together.

Milkman was holding two cups in her hands.

She poured hot water for Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao and handed them over.

"Drink something hot to warm yourself up!"

"Thank you, Granny!"

Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao each held a cup. The hot cups made their cold hands feel a little hot.

Ye Yaoyao put the cup on the table, climbed onto the stool and sat down. While warming her hands with the cup, she pricked up her ears to listen to what Meng Huaishao and the village chief were saying.

As for Grandma Niu, she sat back by the stove, picked up needle and thread and started mending clothes. While mending, she did not forget to speak well of Meng Huaishao.

"Old man, the Xiao Meng brothers and sisters are planning to buy land, you have to pick a better place for them!"

"Xiao Meng is planning to buy some land? Sure! No problem!"

The village chief readily agreed.

Most of the fields in the village are owned by others, and there is not much public land left.

It’s no big deal to pick and choose.

Things went smoothly.

The village chief took out the cadastral map of the small mountain village and showed it to Meng Huaishao.

Ye Yaoyao was curious, so she ran over and stood on tiptoe to take a look.

Seeing her like this, Meng Huaishao simply picked her up and put her on his lap to watch together.

"This piece of land is all the village's land."

The village chief marked off a large area and pointed out the ownerless territories one by one.

"Here, here, and here... All these places are empty. Which one do you like?"

Meng Huaishao and Ye Yaoyao took a look and found that most of these vacant places were far away from the central village.

Yes, those that are close are not only convenient, but also have flat land, so they are definitely the most popular at any time.

"Grandpa Village Chief, which of these places are more suitable for growing crops?"

"Do you want to grow rice or grains?"

The village chief did not say it directly, but instead asked Meng Huaishao about his purpose.

"If you want to grow rice, there are two more plots of land along the river, but they are quite far away and require work to level the fields."

"If you want to grow grains, there's a large piece of land near the back of the mountain. There's also some over here..."

"By the way, how much do you want to buy?"

"About five acres."

Meng Huaishao looked at Ye Yaoyao and added.

"I want you to have two acres of paddy fields and three acres of dry land. That way, the harvest from the land will be enough for Ye Yaoyao and I to eat."

"Buy so much?"

Meng Huaishao said it easily, but the village chief was shocked.

If I had known earlier, even for an adult man, it would be very hard to cultivate five acres of land a year.

What’s more, he is only eight or nine years old.

"not much."

Meng Huaishao smiled and said, "Yaoyao and I have discussed it. During the autumn harvest season, we can just ask the villagers for help."

"I usually farm the land evenly, so I never leave the land empty."

"Okay!"

The child has ambitions and plans, and the village chief will not force him to change his mind.

"So where do you want to go?"

"As for paddy fields, this one is okay, but it's too far from the village."

"What about here? I remember this is also a paddy field."

"Here!"

The village chief took a look and said, "The location of the paddy fields here is pretty good, but because it is not near the river, it is inconvenient to draw water, so no one chose it."

"I don't recommend you choose this place. It's too troublesome to irrigate."

Meng Huaishao didn't care too much about this issue.

It’s just carrying water, he has plenty of strength!

Besides, it’s not like the irrigation problem is unsolvable!

“I think it’s nice here.”

Meng Huaishao pointed to the side and said, "There is dry land here, right? I want this piece, five mu is fine, how much silver is it in total?"

Meng Huaishao simply chose a place without any hesitation.

Ye Yaoyao did not participate in the site selection, so she couldn't see anything special no matter how hard she looked at it.

For her, it doesn't matter where the land is bought!

“These few pieces…”

The village chief made an estimate and rounded it up: "I'll give you ten taels of silver for these plots of land."

These two paddy fields are good, but better than dry land. The land is not cheap, and ten taels is the bottom price after the village chief's discount.

Meng Huaishao glanced at Ye Yaoyao and saw that she had no objection, so he nodded.

"Row!"

After saying that, he readily took out his purse.

He had prepared enough money to buy the land today.

After counting out ten taels of silver, he handed it to the village chief.

"Village Chief, we are going to buy these plots of land. We would like to ask you to help us get the land deeds."

"to make!"

The village chief saw that Meng Huaishao was straightforward and not shy about doing things.

As long as they can afford it financially, they can sell the land!

"Old lady, where is Hongcai? Ask him to write two deeds!"

Of course, if you receive money, you need a receipt.

The village chief will not waive any procedures just because he is familiar with someone.

To put it another way, as the head of the village, he is familiar with every household in the village.

If no one does what is required, wouldn't the affairs of the village be in chaos?

Grandma Niu put down her needlework, put on her thick cotton-padded jacket and went to look for Niu Hongcai.

Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao were invited by the village chief to warm themselves by the fire.

There was a kettle on the fire, warming the roasted sweet potatoes that Meng Huaishao brought.

“Is this a sweet potato?”

Only then did the village chief notice the big, red sweet potatoes, which were much bigger than the ones they dug up in the mountains.