After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

After dinner, Qiao Chao and the other two went back to their room to rest. They had only slept for a few hours last night and had to go to work early in the morning. They were really tired.

Zhen Yue's legs still hurt a little, and there was nothing to do today, so she sat on the bed and put the table in front of the bed. She covered herself with a quilt and started writing and drawing on the paper and pen bought by Qiao Chao. Little Achu was taken away by his grandmother, so there were only Zhen Yue and Qiao Chao in the room.

Qiao Chao was lying inside and sleeping soundly, and Zhen Yue didn't make much noise. In the other room, Qiao Chen was holding little Achu, and Xiaohua and the other two were learning to read with Qiao San. Qian was doing needlework because Qiao Er had torn his clothes while shoveling snow.

While waiting for Qiao Chao to wake up, Zhen Yue was still writing and drawing. As soon as Qiao Chao opened his eyes, he saw her profile. She looked serious, as if she was about to do something big.

When Qiao Chao sat up, he saw that the paper Zhen Yue had put aside was actually the layout of the entire Qiao family, or rather the planned layout. The houses had not changed, including where to build pig pens, chicken and duck pens, and even a well.

The Qiao family does not have a well, so they have to go to the river to fetch water every day, but the picture drawn by Zhen Yue has a well, and it is also marked with words.

He stared at Zhen Yue's profile, as if he didn't recognize her. He knew that Zhen was good at quarreling and fighting, and she was very smooth-talking and shameless, but she was smart, reliable, good at farming, and kind. Who would have thought that she could draw layouts? And she drew them in detail and realistically.

She seemed like two different people compared to the vulgar peasant woman in the original body's memory, except that they looked the same.

At this time, Zhen Yue was drawing the layout of all the land currently owned by the Qiao family, including the rented land. She had not yet told the village chief about the purchase of land.

"Do you want to dig a well?" Qiao Chao suddenly said as he picked up the layout map.

Zhen Yue then realized that he had woken up. She turned her head and her lips just brushed Qiao Chao's jaw. Both of them were stunned for a moment. Then Zhen Yue stepped back, leaving a hand's width between her and Qiao Chao.

Qiao Chao frowned: "...Are you disgusted with me?" He didn't disgust with her yet.

Zhen Yue looked at him and said, "I remember you didn't take a shower."

Qiao Chao was furious, "It's so cold, and... I went to shovel snow and wash my face." How come this person is more clean than him!

Zhen Yue: "But you didn't seem to wash your feet either." It was good enough that she let him go to bed.

Qiao Chao: "...Isn't this too tiring?" He quickly got dressed and put on his shoes and got out of bed, "I'm going to wash my feet with hot water."

When Qiao Chao walked out, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Wasn't it that she took advantage of him?

He turned around to refute, but when he saw Zhen Yue writing and drawing seriously again, he hesitated for a while and decided to forget it. He smelled his body and it seemed that there was some odor, so he decided to take a shower.

It took him an hour to heat up the water and take a bath. The weather was cold, and right after taking a bath, Qiao Chao sneezed loudly, then returned to the room and jumped into bed immediately.

Zhen Yue had already finished drawing, and when Qiao Chao came over, she slowly answered his question, "We want to dig a well. You can ask dad how much it costs to dig a well later."

Qiao Chao thought for a moment and said, "It probably depends on how deep the well needs to be dug."

Zhen Yue: "We have abundant water resources here, so we don't need to dig too deep. About three or four meters is about right?"

Qiao Chao: "Then I'll ask later. If dad can dig it, we can dig it ourselves." This way there will be no need for money.

"Ah."

Zhen Yue: "This pig pen needs to be built better to avoid it collapsing when it rains heavily or when it snows heavily like before. By the way, if you are free tomorrow, you can go to the village chief to buy land. You and Dad can go together."

"Row."

During dinner, Qiao Chao asked Qiao Dashan about digging a well. Qiao Dashan said, "It may cost two taels of silver, but it's too cold recently to dig a well."

Zhen Yue spoke up at this time, "It doesn't matter, let's plan first and find the person."

Qiao Dashan: "Your Uncle Biao knows how to dig a well. I'll go ask him tomorrow. Besides, you can't just dig any well. You have to consider the location." Uncle Biao is Yan Biao, the husband of Mrs. Yan.

"Okay. By the way, tomorrow, Dad, you and Qiao Da will go to the village chief to talk about buying land. We are going to plant crops in the spring."

"it is good."

Zhen Yue also talked about buying piglets and chickens. If the weather is better, the family will be ready to work hard again.

The next day, Qiao Chao and Qiao Dashan brought a piece of bacon and some vegetables to the home of the village chief Qiao Feng and told him that they wanted to buy land. "How much land do you want to buy?"

Qiao Chao: "We have discussed buying four medium-quality fields and two inferior fields, preferably ones that can be connected together."

Qiao Feng stroked his beard and said, "It's not easy to buy this piece together."

Qiao Chao: "It doesn't have to be connected, but it's better not to be too scattered."

Qiao Feng: "I'm going to go check this out. I'll let you know if I have any news."

Qiao Chao handed over another twenty coins, "Thank you for your help, village chief."

Qiao Feng quickly refused, "No, no."

Qiao Chao: "Yes, thank you for your help." Qiao Chao stuffed the money to Qiao Feng and Qiao Dashan and left.

"Oh my, there's even meat." Aunt Jin on the side looked at the basket that Qiao Chao brought over. She thought there were just some vegetables on it, but she didn't expect there was meat underneath.

Qiao Feng: "This is too expensive. I will return the meat later."

At this time, the daughter-in-law Bao came over and said, "Dad, please help Qiao Da and the others to find some connected land. Keep the meat." As she said that, she looked at the meat and swallowed her saliva. She hadn't eaten meat for several days except for the Chinese New Year.

Aunt Jin on the side thought for a moment and said, "Then keep it. You, the child's father, have helped the Dashan family so many times before."

"That's it."

Qiao Feng: "...Okay then, I'll go out and see if there's any contiguous land for sale."

After Qiao Dashan and Qiao Chao left the village chief's house, they went home to get their things and then went to Yan's house. "A Biao, are you there?" Qiao Dashan knocked on Yan's door.

After a while, Granny Yan came to open the door. Seeing that it was Qiao Dashan and Qiao Chao, she was a little confused, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Dashan: "We need to find Ah Biao for something."

Granny Yan: "Okay, you guys come in first."

Yan Biao came out of the house when he heard the voice, "Dashan? Why are you here?"

Qiao Dashan: "My family wants to dig a well, so I wanted to come and ask you."

Qiao Chao: "Uncle Biao, my family wants to dig a well. I know you can dig wells, so I want to ask when you are free."

Yan Biao: "Now is not a good time to dig a well. And digging a well requires at least two taels of silver, the specific amount depends on the situation."

Qiao Chao: "It's okay. When are you free to come visit my house?"

Yan Biao: "I have nothing to do in the afternoon. I'll go take a look in the afternoon."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Qiao Chao handed over another basket with some vegetables and a few eggs in it.