Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

"Ahem, where's Wang Ergou? Is he home? I have something to talk to him about."

"Yes, yes, I'll go and call him for you. Hey, head of the village, how come you have time to come here? Is there anything you need our Ergou's help with?" Qi shouted into the house with a flattering smile.

"Boss, come out quickly. The head of the village is here and says he wants to see you for something. Come out quickly!" Qi shouted at the top of her voice as she walked into the house.

The village head and his son were standing in the middle of the yard. Lanxiang came over to greet them and brought them two stools with barely intact legs.

Then he ran to the kitchen in the yard and brought two bowls of water to the father and son.

Wang Ergou's family lives in real poverty. Even the bowls have many cracks on them. I don't know how the couple can survive as they are so poor.

I guess it’s not even possible to plant the potatoes, which is really hard for Lanxiang. Not only does she have to suffer with such parents, but she also has to take on all the work in the fields at home and work all day long.

Every girl is pampered, but neither does she have to work in the fields with strong laborers all day long.

During the autumn and spring sowing and autumn harvest, the girl is always seen working in the fields. The couple also come, but their work is really not up to standard.

They are just little kids who are only eleven or twelve years old. This couple is really worthless! Qing waited for his eldest daughter to do the work and serve him.

Alas, the village head and his father sighed heavily in their hearts, but couldn't say anything more. They took the water poured by Lanxiang and nodded to her politely to express their gratitude.

Lanxiang smiled and went to the side to collect the firewood she had just chopped.

Hearing some clanging noises in the house, Wang Ergou came out with his shoes dragging on his feet. When he saw the head of the village, he hurried over to greet him, seeming very respectful.

Zhao Lizheng looked at his sloppy and unkempt appearance. Even though he was a rough man, he could not stand the smell coming from his feet and the pungent smell from his body that came from not taking a bath for years.

He resisted the urge to cover his nose and briefly explained his purpose. Finally, he added, "This is a major event that will greatly benefit our village. You two should think carefully about it and don't do anything stupid."

When Wang Ergou and Qi heard that they were going to buy their own land to build a workshop and would also give compensation, their eyes immediately lit up and they couldn't hide the greed in their eyes.

"Haha, Uncle Village Chief, it's not that we don't cooperate with this matter, but this is the land passed down from our ancestors after all. If I really sell it, I'm afraid my ancestors will point at my nose and scold me in the middle of the night."

Wang Ergou's eyes rolled around, but his expression showed that "I really want to contribute to the village, but my ancestors won't agree if I sell the ancestral land."

Qi also pursed her lips excitedly, with the same greedy glint in her eyes.

As for the Xiao family, they lived in a mountain village. The couple knew that not only did they set up a workshop in the village, but they were also appointed officials by the emperor.

How could they not know? The workshop was not far from them. At that time, the workshop was recruiting workers and Qi also wanted to go. Unfortunately, everyone in the village knew what kind of person she was, and Aunt Xiao San refused to hire her.

I heard that working in the workshop not only paid wages, but also provided benefits and bonuses during the New Year. Qi would occasionally sneak over to the workshop to eavesdrop.

Unfortunately, I didn't hear it in the corner, but was mesmerized by the smell of meat coming from the workshop while cooking at noon.

Oh my God, is this workshop a place for working or eating meat? Why does the food smell so good? It would be great if she could go in too.

Qi was intoxicated by the aroma of meat in the corner, with tears of envy streaming down her face.

Unexpectedly, today the Xiao family wanted to expand the workshop and buy his land. She had heard that the Xiao family was very rich. Not to mention the gold rewarded by the emperor, the workshop made a lot of money.

Haven’t you seen the large horse-drawn carriages coming to the Xiao family workshop to buy potato flour?

There is also a food shop owned by the Xiao family in Jiyun City, and they have expanded their workshop. My God, how rich is the Xiao family?

Since the Xiao family is so rich and has asked the village head to be the middleman to buy the land, they must pay them a lot of money, because this is for their family to grow crops.

After hearing the couple's pretended refusal, Zhao Lizheng knew clearly that they just wanted the Xiao family to give them more money. They were greedy!

"Your land is not fertile, and you can't grow any crops on it. You can only grow sorghum or something like that. It's not very big, only about three acres at most. According to the market price, it can only be worth one or two taels of silver at most."

Zhao Li was estimating in his mind that all the land in the village was registered with him. He had looked through the records of Wang Ergou's land before coming here.

This piece of land can basically only be used to grow sorghum or something, and it is not very big.