The general's wife knows medicine

Tang Peipei did what she said and went to find Lu Gang immediately.

"Grandpa, I want to discuss something with you. Do you think it's feasible?" Tang Peipei said with a smile.

Lu Xinyu followed behind Tang Peipei and smiled ingratiatingly at her grandfather.

When Lu Gang saw this, he knew that it was Tang Peipei who came to discuss something with him, and it was most likely that Lu Xinyu asked Tang Peipei to tell her fortune.

But he still nodded in cooperation, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Tang Peipei got permission and recounted the conversation between the two sisters, then said, "Grandpa, I think Xinyu's suggestion is feasible. I have indeed read about how to grow medicinal herbs in a book. Since we don't have good farmland to grow, why not try growing some medicinal herbs?"

Lu Gang thought for a moment and said, "But it's troublesome to deal with the wasteland at the back, and are you sure it's suitable for growing medicinal herbs?"

Tang Peipei said: "Sure, we can plant and cultivate the land at the same time. We can plant some common herbs first, such as dandelions, licorice and windproof herbs, and then slowly plant other varieties."

Seeing that Tang Peipei had an idea, Lu Gang said, "Then you can buy some first. We will try to grow them first. If it works, we can expand the purchase."

Tang Peipei said: "Okay, then I'll go to the village head's house and talk to him."

Lu Gang nodded, "Go ahead."

After getting Lu Gang's permission, Lu Xinyu took Tang Peipei and was about to go out.

Tang Peipei laughed at her and asked why she was so anxious. The ground was right there and it wouldn't run away.

Lu Xinyu said: "Sell it sooner so you can have something to do sooner."

Lu Lifeng came back from fetching water and happened to meet the two sisters going out.

"Hey, what are you two doing?"

Lu Xinyu said happily: "Let's buy some land."

When Lu Lifeng heard about buying land, he stopped and asked, "Do you have good farmland?"

Tang Peipei replied: "No, we are going to buy wasteland and plant medicinal herbs."

Lu Lifeng was surprised. "Buy wasteland? And grow medicinal herbs? Why do you suddenly want to grow medicinal herbs?"

Lu Xinyu wanted to hurry to buy land, so she said, "Dad, I won't say any more to you. Come back and talk to you if you have anything to say. We're leaving first."

After saying that, he took Tang Peipei and left.

Tang Peipei was dragged by Lu Xinyu all the way to the headman's house.

The village head went to the fields again.

This time, Tang Peipei did not let Aunt Zhao run away. She took Lu Xinyu to find the village head's land.

Most of the fields in Wolf Hunting Village are together, and the people in the fields are busy with their work, chatting and laughing.

"Isn't that the girl from the new tenant's family?" Mrs. Lu pointed at Tang Peipei and Lu Xinyu and asked the man next to her.

Lu's husband was called Tian Dalu.

Tian Daliu looked up and saw two unfamiliar girls walking towards them from afar.

He shook his head, "I don't know, do you know him?"

Mrs. Lu said, "I saw them the day they first arrived."

Tian Dalu said, "There are no fields in the village. They came here to look for the head of the village."

As he spoke, Tang Peipei went towards the head of the village.

Tian Dalu said, "See, he is really looking for the head of the village."

Seeing that it was true, Mrs. Lu stopped talking.

Tang Peipei walked to the edge of the village head's field and saw the village head pulling a cow and plowing the field.

Tang Peipei shouted, "Uncle Lizheng."

When the village head heard someone calling him, he stopped and looked towards the source of the voice, and saw it was Tang Peipei.

He handed the work in his hands to his second son and walked towards Tang Peipei with difficulty.

When he got on the bank of the field, he asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Tang Peipei explained the purpose of her visit.

The village head was so happy that he took Tang Peipei home barefoot.

"Are you really planning to reclaim the wasteland?" asked the head of the village.

"Well, I wonder, Uncle Village Head, how much silver is one mu of wasteland if we want to reclaim it?" Tang Peipei wanted to understand the price first so that he could know how many mu he could sell.

The village head smiled and said, "Because no one wants the wasteland in the village, the price of wasteland in the village is very cheap. Generally, one mu of good farmland costs eight taels of silver, but our wasteland only costs three taels of silver. And there is no tax for the first three years."

Tang Peipei calculated that one mu of land cost three taels of silver, so ten mu would cost thirty taels, which was indeed quite cheap. Moreover, being exempted from taxes for three years was indeed good.

Tang Peipei went back home with the villager.

The head of the village took out the document and asked, "Have you decided how much to buy?"

Tang Peipei said directly: "Thirty acres, we want thirty acres of wasteland."

The village head was shocked and asked uncertainly, "What? Thirty acres? Are you sure?"

Lu Xinyu wondered why the guy was so long-winded. He had already mentioned thirty acres, so why was he still asking?

But she didn't dare show it obviously and could only complain in her heart.

Tang Peipei confirmed: "Yes, it's thirty acres."

Seeing that Tang Peipei did not seem to be lying, the village head wrote the document quickly, asked Tang Peipei to sign it, and handed one copy to Tang Peipei.

He added, "I will bring someone to measure the land later. You can decide which piece you need. After the measurement is completed, I will go to the city to register it for you tomorrow. You can come to me to get the land deed tomorrow afternoon."

Tang Peipei nodded and said, "Thank you, Uncle Lizheng."

Then he took Lu Xinyu back home.

Seeing Tang Peipei and Lu Xinyu coming back, Lu Lifeng hurried forward and asked, "How is it? How much did you buy? Why do you suddenly feel like buying wasteland?"

Tang Peipei said: "Uncle, let's go back to the house and talk."

Buying land is a big deal, and we have to notify everyone no matter what.

Everyone gathered in the main room.

"Peipei, I heard that you went to the village head to buy some wasteland." asked Tang's mother.

Tang Peipei nodded, "Yes, we bought thirty acres of wasteland. The village head uncle said that since no one in the village is willing to reclaim wasteland, the price is three taels of silver per acre, and we can be exempted from taxes for the first three years."

Everyone was thinking about it and they all thought it was a good idea, except that it would be troublesome to deal with the wasteland.

"Is thirty acres too much? After all, you and your uncle will be going to Suzhou soon." Chen Cuihua asked.

"Yes, there are only two people in the family. Thirty acres is not a small amount. It will take a long time just to pick up stones." Liu Yeling was also worried that they might end up picking up stones on the wasteland until the end of spring plowing. What would be the point of reclaiming the wasteland by then?

Tang Peipei naturally knew the specific reasons why Chen Cuihua and Liu Yeling were worried, and said, "Grandma, aunt, it's okay. We didn't buy the wasteland for spring farming. After all, there's no way to plant anything on the newly mined wasteland."

Everyone heard this and thought, if we don’t have spring ploughing, then why buy wasteland?

"What Peipei said is right. I asked Peipei to buy wasteland not for spring plowing, but for growing medicinal herbs." Lu Gang said.

Everyone was surprised. Why did they suddenly have to grow medicinal herbs?

"Dad, why do you suddenly want to grow medicinal herbs? We don't know how to do this." Liu Yeling said.

Tang Peipei smiled and said, "Don't worry about how to grow medicinal herbs. I have seen in a book before how to grow them, and I know how to do it."

Tang's mother looked at Tang Peipei, "Peipei, this kind of medicinal material is not a trivial matter, are you sure you can do it?" Tang's mother was a little worried. Her daughter had basically never even worked in the fields at home before, so how could she know how to grow medicinal materials?

Tang Peipei said confidently: "Mom, don't worry, I won't do anything rash, I really won't."

Seeing Tang Peipei's confidence, Tang's mother felt relieved.

Lu Gang said, "Okay, I agree with this, too. I believe Peipei won't do anything that he is not sure of." Then he looked at Tang Peipei and asked, "When will the village come to measure the land?"

Tang Peipei said, "Uncle Li Zheng's family is busy with spring ploughing right now. I'll come over when they have a break."

Lu Gang nodded and said, "Then you all go and do your own things." Everyone dispersed.