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Father Liu walked beside the village chief. They talked a lot in the beginning, but there was nothing much to talk about in the end. The village chief was tired, so he went to the back to replace the others and drove the ox cart.

The man who had driven the ox cart walked behind with the two men and did not come to talk to Liu's father and his friends. Liu's father and Liu Hao and his three brothers walked in pairs, one in front and one behind.

Although this place didn't seem very far away, it still took the group about an hour to reach the village after leaving the county town.

That is, at the foot of the mountain at the end of the depression. Looking from the foot of the mountain, there are some high and low fields, and some houses scattered around, some brick houses and some thatched houses.

There is a small hill in the distance. The hill does not look very high. From a distance, there are some houses on the hill. Some paddy fields have been reclaimed at the foot of the hill. The other places that cannot be reclaimed into paddy fields are arable land.

Village chief Wan led a group of people to a big locust tree. There was a small courtyard in front of the tree. When they got closer, they could hear some sounds coming from the courtyard.

If you listen carefully, you will find that the people inside are reading. The voices are relatively childish, probably those of children.

"This is the school in our village. It recruits children aged five to eight in the village. The teachers are the students in the village. The imperial examination has been suspended for three years. The students here have reached the age to take the exam. Some of the richer families have sent them to private schools in the county. Those from poorer families just read books at home.

Now there are all new children. The tuition fees for the villagers are relatively favorable. The previous few villages that don’t have schools will send their children here if they want to study. Our village is indeed more convenient.”

Father Liu could hear the pride in Village Chief Wan’s tone.

In those days, it was really not easy for a village to produce two students who became scholars. Among the thousands of scholars, only a few of them could pass the examination.

"We have several children going to school next year, so this will be a lot more convenient."

Village Chief Wan handed the rope to the man who had been driving the cattle: "Take them back first and drive the cattle to my cowshed. I will show them the place."

"Okay, Third Uncle."

After the man left, Village Chief Wan led Liu's father and the others to the foot of the mountain. When they passed by the school, the door on the side opened and a woman came out. Seeing that it was Village Chief Wan with his group, she asked, "Village Chief, what are you doing?"

"There are several new families living in our village. I will take them to the wasteland over there to select a piece of land for housing."

"There's a new person here. It's quite close to the school, so we'll be neighbors from now on. Come and say hello if you need anything!"

Liu Caixia stepped forward and said, "Thank you very much, sister-in-law. This is my father. My name is Liu Caixia. What's your name, aunt?"

"My husband's surname is Wan, and he is the teacher in the school. My name is Liu Hongjin, and everyone in the village calls me Aunt Hongjin. You can call me whatever you like."

"Aunt Hongjin, please take good care of me in the future!"

"Okay okay."

Seeing Liu Caixia's expression, Liu Hongjin thought that the newcomer should be easy to get along with. He smiled knowingly, greeted the village chief, and went into the house.

Liu Caixia also felt that Liu Hongjin was not the kind of person who was difficult to get along with. Living here meant that one had to interact with people. Having such a neighbor would make life much more comfortable, especially since it was a school in the village.

After passing a relatively large bamboo forest, you will reach the official road at the foot of the mountain. To the east is the other side of the village, and to the west is the depression.

Village Chief Wan pointed to a piece of wasteland to the west of the bamboo forest and said, "This is it. See how much land you need. I'll ask someone to measure it out for you as your homestead."

Father Liu looked at the wasteland. It was indeed not small in size, and it was covered with gravel of all sizes. Looking from the other end, he could vaguely see the backyard of the school through the bamboo forest. There were also several paddy fields there. There was no water in the fields at this time, so they were reclaimed in clumps and some winter vegetables were planted.

Looking further ahead, in the distance is the official road they passed when they came here, and they can also see wild reeds. Looking further to the right, there are depressions with some small puddles of water among the weeds.

Father Liu was very happy from the bottom of his heart. This piece of wasteland was tailor-made for their family.

"Village Chief Wan, I want to buy this piece of wasteland."

"Why did you buy all this? You can build houses here, but there's no way you can cultivate it to grow crops or even trees. Didn't you see that the bamboo forest isn't expanding towards this side?"

"It is used to build houses. We have relatives behind us. When the time comes, we will build houses here so that everyone can take care of each other."

Village Chief Wan: "I know there are people behind you, but this place is too big. More than twenty acres?"

How come Father Liu didn’t know that this piece of wasteland was large?

He wanted to buy it to prevent someone from coming to buy land and build a house near them in the future and interfering in their affairs when their family becomes prosperous.

"It's okay. Just tell us the number and we'll try to make up for it. Don't worry, we won't make things difficult for you."

"It's not difficult. No one wants to live here. We wanted to build the school here before, but they thought the bamboo forest was too far away, and the children would be scared if people from other villages came to school sooner or later. So they chose a location outside. I'll give it to you at the previous price. It's about 21 acres, so I'll give it to you at 21 acres, 1 tael 21 acres. You can discuss it. If you want it all, just pay me and I'll write you a land deed. Just take it to the government office for filing."

"Okay, let's trouble the village chief to do it for us. I'm sure I want to buy them all."

"Okay, then come with me, and we'll go to the school and have Mr. Wan write for us."

A few people looked around the wasteland again and then followed Village Chief Wan away.

This bamboo forest is indeed quite large, and it took a quarter of an hour to walk through it.

Arriving at the school gate, Village Chief Wan knocked on the door. After a while, a little boy about ten years old ran over to open the door. The little boy was wearing a gray padded jacket and a long gown with no patches. He should be from a well-off family and was probably the son of the teacher at the school.

When the little boy saw the person coming, he shouted respectfully,

"Uncle village chief!"

"Xiaozhi, we have something to ask your father."

"Come in, Uncle Village Chief. He is doing dictation for everyone. I'll go call him."

The little boy took them to the reception room on the right and said, "Uncle Village Chief, please wait a moment, I will go call my father over."

After speaking, he left.