The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

After finishing his work, Yan Zhenshen went to Carpenter Tan to buy a wooden barrel and took Yan Zhennan back with him.

When they got home, they smelled a strong aroma. Yan Zhennan helped unload the car while drooling, "Brother, I have meat to eat every time I go home. I can't help but miss it."

Yan Zhenshen just pursed his lips and smiled. Chu Xiao took the meat he bought to the kitchen and asked Zhao Guizhi who was cooking: "Mom, what did you cook today that smells so good?"

Yan Zhennan also joined in the fun and stuck his head out to look into the kitchen. The third sister took the meat from Chu Xiao's hand and made a face at her second brother.

Zhao Guizhi had stewed pork vermicelli today. When she saw Chu Xiao come in, she took out a few pieces and put them in a bowl and handed it to him. Chu Xiao quickly took a bite.

"good to eat."

Zhao Guizhi said, "I'll pickle some sauerkraut later to make it taste better. This one needs to be stewed for a while to make it more flavorful."

Chu Xiao held the bowl and fed a piece of meat to Yan Zhenshen's mouth. He quickly opened his mouth and bit it, with a gentle smile in his eyes.

The lonely and pitiful Yan Zhennan was very envious and jealous. He also wanted to eat meat and wanted to be fed.

Just then, Yan Zhenbei ran out from the backyard, and Chu Xiao handed him the enlightenment book that Lu Zhubu had brought. Yan Zhenbei happily took it and said, "Thank you, Brother. Did you see Qing Ge'er today? Did he miss me?"

Chu Xiao: “…” This little guy seems to be a little in love.

Yan Zhennan: “…” It turns out that I’m the only one who is single.

During dinner, Yan Zhennan turned his grief and anger into appetite, and ate without even raising his head. Zhao Guizhi shook her head helplessly. The second son in her family was like a child, and all he did all day was eat. She had originally planned to find a wife for him, but it seemed she had to wait for two years.

After dinner, Chu Xiao went to the backyard to feed the livestock, and Yan Zhenshen followed him. It was already dark and no one was around, so Yan Zhenshen hugged Chu Xiao from behind and gently bit the back of his neck with his teeth.

"I'm working." Chu Xiao turned his head away.

"I'll help you." Yan Zhenshen let go and went to feed the cow.

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Chu Xiao also had two acres of excellent paddy fields as her dowry, which could be harvested now. Since the fields were small, there was no need for help from others, and the whole family could harvest them all in a day or two.

The harvest from one acre of paddy field is only 300 to 400 kilograms, and from two acres it is only about 700 kilograms. Farmers usually don't keep too much of this white rice, and most of it is sold to grain stores. However, the Yan family is large, and Chu Xiao doesn't like to eat brown rice, so he not only doesn't think it's too much, but he thinks it's too little.

If he wanted to eat well, he had to buy some rice from the villagers. Otherwise, after selling it all, the price he would have to pay at the grain store would be much higher.

Besides, two acres of land is too little nowadays, so we still need to buy some land.

Zhao Guizhi naturally had no objection when she heard Chu Xiao wanted to buy rice. Having food in hand makes people feel at ease at all times.

After breakfast, Zhao Guizhi took her third sister to visit the homes of familiar people in the village and asked them not to sell the rice they had harvested yet, and to wait until the price from the grain store this year came out, and she would buy it at that price.

"My family has six acres of rice planted. Do you want all of it?" Aunt Wu asked in disbelief.

"I want them all." Zhao Guizhi said with a smile, "There are old and young people in my family. Xiao Ge has also been in poor health and needs to be nourished. If we have some extra money at home, we will give them some good food."

Aunt Wu invited the man into the house and made two bowls of sugar water. "My family just harvested rice the day before yesterday, about 2,000 kilograms. It's enough for us to keep 200 to 300 kilograms. If you want all the rest, I will really keep it for you."

"I'll give you two taels as a deposit first, and I'll come back to get it after the price is decided." Zhao Guizhi came here first because she knew that the Wu family grew a lot of white rice. She would go to Wang Wu's house to ask later. Harvesting more than 2,000 kilograms would be enough for food for a year.

Aunt Wu said, "How can I not trust you? But I still have to ask the head of the household about this matter. I am a woman and cannot make the decision. I will tell you in two days whether it is successful or not."

The land tax in Daxia was not very high. After the autumn harvest, the government would send people to weigh the grain and take away 10% of the grain as tax. After the grain was sold, they would start collecting head tax and corvée tax at the door.

Although there will be differences in land harvest, the differences will not be particularly large, so the amount of silver that needs to be paid is generally known.

If you try to lie about the harvest and are caught, you will be beaten with a stick. If the false report is too large, you will be arrested and exiled.

Land transactions cannot be conducted privately. A certificate is required from the village. Otherwise, the government office will not process the transaction. This is to prevent wrong arrests and wrong convictions.

Zhao Guizhi went to buy food, Yan Zhenshen and Chu Xiao came to buy land, carrying two bags of cakes to the village head's house.

"Is the village chief here?" Yan Zhenshen shouted from the doorway, and someone inside quickly responded, "Hey, I'll be right there."

The door opened, but it was the village chief's wife who opened it. Her hair was half dry, obviously she had just washed it. When she saw the visitor, she smiled and welcomed the visitor in.

"Auntie, I have something to tell the village chief." Yan Zhenshen placed the pastries on the small table under the eaves.

Seeing the cakes, the village head's wife felt relieved and went into the house to get two glasses of water: "I just finished the work in the field yesterday. I have been covered in dust for many days. Now I need to take a bath."

Yan Zhenshen nodded. During the busy farming season, people are treated like oxen. They work from day to night and almost fall asleep as soon as they get home. They are too lazy to wash off the dust and sweat stains on their bodies. After a few days of hard work, some of the crops can be pickled.

"You guys sit down for a while, I'll go and urge him."

"We're not in a hurry." Yan Zhenshen was looking for someone to do something, so how could he rush someone?

But the village chief came out soon without any urging. He wiped his hair and asked, "Yan boy, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Yan Zhenshen was not a person who would procrastinate, and he directly stated the purpose of his visit: "I want to buy some land, and I want the village chief to help keep an eye on it."

"Buy land?" Thinking that Chu Xiao's land had indeed been taken away, the village chief nodded and said, "There are not many people selling land now. I'll keep an eye out for you. Do you plan to buy paddy fields or dry land?"

Yan Zhenshen naturally wanted to buy paddy fields, but he still had to ask his husband about this matter. He turned his head to look at Chu Xiao, waiting for him to make the decision.

"It's all fine. As long as the price is right, I'll take both paddy fields and dry land." Chu Xiao has a lot of money now, but it is not enough to build a big house. It is still possible to buy more land. If there is more land, in addition to growing crops, he can also grow some medicinal herbs at the foot of the mountain.

"Okay, it's right to have money to buy land."

"Village chief, can you see if the land near my home can be designated as residential land? I want to buy it first and build a house later." The old hunter's thatched cottage is next to the foot of the mountain, and there are some wastelands nearby. Although it is allowed to reclaim the wasteland, it is not necessarily allowed to build houses.

The management of land is very strict in Daxia, and the area of ​​the homestead and the location of the house are very particular.

The reason why the old hunter built his house so far away was because he had no local household registration and the house had no title deed. He could live there without anyone asking about it, but if the government intervened, the Yan family would be driven out.

"I have to ask about this." The village chief did not dare to agree directly. He still needed to report to the government office. However, this matter was originally under the responsibility of Lu Zhubu. With the relationship between the Yan family and Lu Zhubu, it should not be too difficult.