Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

That day, Riyue Niang came to the county to discuss with Du Wenxiu, saying that the grandson of a wealthy family in the countryside was lured to a casino and lost all his family property.

The debtors from the casino came to his home. In order to give up the money to save his son's life, he had to sell all the good land he owned. In a hurry, the price was very low.

Du Wenxiu was somewhat moved by what he heard. At this time of year, only the fields were real.

Most people in this era choose to buy land when they have money.

Even officials in the imperial court, if they have money, will buy some land in their hometown. When they retire and return home, wouldn’t it be better to own thousands of acres of fertile land and become a rich man?

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became. Even if there were high taxes, my son-in-law was just a scholar.

With their current financial resources, they could not buy a hundred acres of land. By registering the land under the name of the scholar, they could avoid the heavy taxes and grow some food.

Du Wenxiu hurriedly pulled Yue Niang to find out the truth. This wealthy family was the Meng family in Xiaodian Town, and it turned out that one of their ancestors had been a scholar.

But the scholar was not in good health and died of illness at a young age.

I originally wanted to cultivate another scholar in the family, but I don’t know if it ruined the feng shui of the ancestral tomb, and each generation is worse than the previous one.

Fortunately, his descendants were able to preserve the success. Although they did not expand the family business much, they did manage to preserve hundreds of acres of fertile land.

Now, even this fertile land cannot be preserved. I can only hope to sell it as soon as possible in exchange for the life of this unfilial son.

But after all, it is the inheritance passed down by ancestors, and the amount of gambling debts owed by the prodigal son is also there, so it can't be sold at a lower price.

For top-quality farmland, five taels of silver per mu is still required.

Du Wenxiu gritted his teeth. Now that the world was at peace, it was not too much to have the land in his hands.

Xiaodian Town is adjacent to Shihe Town and not far from Taohua Village. It’s a rare opportunity, so buy it first.

"But even if it's five taels of silver per mu, the money I have can't buy much."

Du Wenxiu talked to Yue Niang, which made Yue Niang laugh at her.

"You're dreaming. I've made this trip back and forth just to let you buy the fertile land by yourself. What do I want in return?" Yue Niang said angrily.

Du Wenxiu then woke up and asked her how much she wanted to buy.

"In fact, we are not the only ones who want to buy it. Other companies have also contacted me to inquire about it."

Yue Niang now relies on the methods taught by Du Wenxiu to grow and dry black fungus and make salted eggs.

In addition to those supplied to Hui'anlou, a lot of extra was sent to the county. Although the price given to Du Wenxiu was close to the cost, she sold them quickly in the county.

With small profits but quick turnover, little by little adds up to a lot, and the family was frugal, so they did save a lot of money.

Those who knew her saw that her family was getting better off, so when they heard the news, they couldn't help but come over to pass on the message.

"If we buy it, I estimate that our two families will only get a share of 50 acres of land."

Yue Niang considered carefully and said, "I came here now, firstly to tell you about this matter, and secondly to see how much you want to buy. I will collect the rest of the money later."

After hearing her say this, Du Wenxiu finally sorted out his thoughts, lowered his head and thought for a while, then said:

"I'm afraid the money I have now is enough to buy thirty acres of land. As for the remaining twenty acres, can your family afford it?"

Yue Niang smiled and said, "Just now you were thinking that the more the better, but now thirty acres is the limit. Tell me the truth, are you thinking of leaving more for my family so that I can remember your kindness?"

Du Wenxiu also laughed and said, "Yes, yes, yes, you should remember my kindness, so that I won't be greedy and buy all the fifty acres..."

After chatting and laughing, Yue Niang said:

"I discussed almost the same thing with Qiu Yong before I came here. We have to borrow some more money to buy 20 acres of land. But this is a rare opportunity. Normally, even if we want to buy it, I'm afraid no one will sell it. We don't have the ability to rob other people's good farmland. This time, even if we have to borrow money, we have to buy it first."

After the agreement was reached, Du Wenxiu asked his sister Du Wenchan to go to the government office to call Lu Fanghai back and tell him about buying the land. As expected, Lu Fanghai agreed.

The two reached an agreement and took out the silver and handed it to Yue Niang in person. When they had agreed on the contract and wanted to sign it, they would go directly to the yamen to find Lu Fanghai.

Old Man Lu spent his entire life to buy two acres of land here. Although it is cultivated by Mrs. He, they don't care about the harvest. If anyone gives them money, they will accept it, no matter how much, as it is a token of their love.

If not, just ignore it, and think that the harvest is poor and there is not much left.

Now they also want to buy dozens of acres of fertile land. Not to mention that Du Wenchan and A Luo were full of envy, even they themselves almost couldn't sleep late at night.

Lu Fanghai only felt that his generation had finally acquired more permanent properties than his father, which was a sign of a prosperous family business. He couldn't help but feel very emotional, tossing and turning on the kang.

"Everything else is fine, but among the money I gave to Yue Niang today, there was some that Qiao'er asked Fan Chengyi to send. We also said that we would not spend her money and save it for her. Today, the family was short of money, so I didn't think much about it and gave it all to Yue Niang..."

Du Wenxiu remembered something at this moment.

After Qiao'er married into the Fan family, Mrs. Fan did not set rules for her. Instead, she was considerate of her in everything. She was also worried that Qiao'er was short of money, so in addition to the monthly allowance, she also gave her some pocket money from time to time.

Qiao'er had been used to being frugal since she was a child, and Fan Chengyi was a spendthrift, so she returned the money to her sister-in-law so that she wouldn't have to ask for money everywhere when she needed it.

Du Wenxiu knew that she was well-intentioned. Now that there were only these two siblings left in the family, she did not shy away from the other party and accepted the money. She said that if Fan Chengyi bullied her one day, she would use the money as a security money.

For this, Lu Fanghai even laughed at her, saying that she took the money of the Fan family and was on guard against the people of the Fan family.

Du Wenxiu, however, argued that this man always loves new things and dislikes old ones. Even if they are a young couple now and their relationship is good, there is no telling whether people's hearts will change in the future.

Du Wenxiu didn't care what he said. A man's thoughts are different from women's. Even if she hoped that Qiao'er would live in harmony with Fan Chengyi for the rest of her life, it would not prevent her family from making more preparations.

Lu Fanghai just said it was okay and told her not to worry, as he could support his sister himself.

But since Fan Chengyi gave it to me, I accepted it and regarded it as my filial piety to my elder brother-in-law.

Now that he has really used the money to buy the land, he can no longer just joke about it like before.

"Since there is my sister's money in it, I will talk to Chengyi later. Anyway, the land will be registered under his name after it is purchased, so we can give them some of the proceeds."

After Lu Fanghai said this, Du Wenxiu agreed.

After Yue Niang had finished her work, she registered these dozens of acres of land under Fan Chengyi's name, which was also a pleasant surprise for Fan Chengyi and Qiao'er.

Fan Zhao's family lived in Haizhou, which was close to the capital. Mrs. Fan had looked down upon the land in Dongxing County at first. Later, Mr. Fan had never been promoted, and when he wanted to buy some good land, no one was selling it.

What's more, it was bought in the name of Fan Chengyi and his wife. Mrs. Fan said that since it was bought with the money given to Qiao'er, it should be Qiao'er's dowry.

Only then did they feel a sense of security that they had a stable property of their own, and they also felt more motivated.