Farming and reading family

She has never shown up at Qingtan Academy, so how did these people find her?

"Mrs. Chen is back, Mrs. Chen is back..." Someone with sharp eyes saw her carriage and immediately surrounded her.

Gao E was bewildered by the surrounding situation and could only nod and smile. The key point was that she didn't know any of these people.

Gao E soon found out what was going on. It turned out that these people were the families of students who came to Qingtan Academy to study, and they wanted to buy houses around Qingtan Academy.

The fields around Qingtan Academy all belonged to Gao E, so they planned to buy some land from Gao E.

Families who can travel so far to study must have more than one child. If all of them want to study at Qingtan Academy, it would be better to find a place for them to stay.

Besides, the land price here should be very cheap at this time, so it would be easy for them.

"I'll pay 20 taels per mu of land for three mu." Someone rushed to make an offer.

"Who are you looking down on? I'll pay thirty taels per mu for five mu."

"I'll give you forty taels..."

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Nowadays, the land price in He County is twelve to fifteen taels per mu of good farmland, which is already very high.

Gao E originally wanted to sell some of the land, but seeing the current situation, she was not in a hurry to do so.

Although other families hoarded land to benefit their descendants, Gao E was an exception and was unwilling to own more land.

"I have a suggestion." Gao E said suddenly.

All those competing for bids fell silent.

"You are all outsiders. It is very troublesome to buy land and build houses. Why don't you just let me build the houses and buy them directly." Gao E said with a smile.

Everyone looked at each other. Although this suggestion was good, each family had different circumstances and wanted different houses.

"My family has a ready-made brick and tile kiln and the best craftsmen in He County, so the house was built quickly." Gao E continued, "The houses in our Batou Village were built in a unified manner. You can come and see them."

The houses in Baotou Village are now well-maintained, neat and beautiful, and pleasing to the eye.

Everyone thought so.

Anyway, it’s just a place to stay, so the requirements are not too demanding.

“What if we all want houses close to the mountain pass?” someone worried.

Gao E originally wanted to give the highest bidder the house, but after thinking about it, she felt that was not a good idea: "They are all students studying at the academy, so there should not be so much comparison, so that they can focus on their studies. The houses will be built starting from the area around the mountain pass, and those who have paid the deposit will draw lots to decide when the time comes."

In this way, there is no hierarchy.

As for their future transactions, that is their own business.

Everyone thought so too. Even if someone was dissatisfied, it would be difficult for them to say it to their face.

"You go back and discuss it with your family, and I will also come up with a detailed set of rules." Gao E prepared to see the guests off.

This really needs to be discussed, and everyone said goodbye.

After those people left, Gao E looked at the gifts placed in the yard. These people were quite polite.

Gao E never thought that she would work in real estate one day.

Du Weiqing returned at dusk and he also knew that Gao E was going to build a house.

"Since you want to build houses, you might as well rent them out. This way you can earn a steady income in the long run," Du Weiqing suggested.

Another advantage of this is that it is easier to manage, and you can make your own decisions if anything happens in the future.

"They are all students of the academy. If we do a business like this, we will be criticized if we handle it carelessly." Gao E also thought about renting, but gave up.

So is Du Weiqing.

"You shouldn't think about these trivial matters every day. You haven't decided on a place to build a library in the academy yet." Gao E said to Du Weiqing.

"That's called being cautious," Du Weiqing said seriously. "I plan to hire a few Feng Shui masters to make sure the location of the library is well chosen."

Gao E looked at Du Weiqing suspiciously: "Why do you start to believe in supernatural powers?"

"I didn't believe it at first, but the academy is so popular, so I have to be cautious." Du Weiqing couldn't control the current situation, so he began to believe in ghosts and gods.

Gao E didn't know what to say: "Then don't worry about these things, I'll just keep an eye on it."

When Du Weiqing heard Gao E say this, he wondered how he had suddenly become a worrywart. He wanted to ask about anything related to the academy.

Du Weiqing had dinner at Chen's house before leaving, and met Tao Meiyu who came to visit.

"Your house is getting more and more lively." Tao Meiyu said as she walked into the main room.

"Those who are capable should work harder." Gao E shrugged helplessly.

"I heard that those people today came to buy from you?" Tao Meiyu asked tentatively.

"Ah."

"Are you willing to sell it?" Tao Meiyu joked.

"Why would I be reluctant to give it up?" Gao E said with a relaxed expression. "Excessive blessings will weigh down the descendants. Each generation has its own struggles, otherwise the road will go downhill after a few generations."

Tao Meiyun looked at Gao E and said, "Who wouldn't want to leave something for their descendants?"

"You can keep the family will and family motto, and you still have to keep the basic material things, but you can't just accumulate them blindly." Gao E looked at Tao Meiyun seriously, "I think I should prepare family rules."

"Do you really want to sell those lands?" This was what Tao Meiyu cared about.

"Hmm." Gao E was puzzled. "You don't want to buy it too?"

"It depends on whether you want to sell it or not." Tao Meiyu said that she really wanted to buy it.

"Sell it, how much do you want?" Gao E said directly.

"Think carefully, with your family's current status, you don't have to pay taxes," Tao Meiyu reminded.

"Stop nagging. If you don't want to buy it, forget it." Gao E joked.

"I want to, I want to, I want to." Tao Meiyun laughed. "I want 600 acres."

Gao E thought they were all born in the Year of the Leo: "Three hundred."

"I'll go back and get the money for you." Tao Meiyu said as she left, fearing that Gao E would go back on her word.

Gao E laughed.

She sold 300 acres of land to Tao Meiyun at the price of 12 taels per acre, and went to the county government office to transfer the ownership the next day.

Cao Geng also didn't understand Gao E's behavior of selling land, but he didn't ask about it.

Gao E asked about building a house on the farmland. The government did not interfere, but required a small amount of silver to be paid when the government issued the house deed.

However, due to Chen Kezhen Yongbo's status, he does not have to pay this money.

This can also be considered the benefit of Chen Ke having a title.

In the next few days, Gao E asked Master Xie to plan the place to build the house around the mountain pass and decide on the house type.

The courtyards are all one acre in size, and the house types are similar, except for the differences in terrain and orientation.

Those who wanted to buy the houses had also discussed it and decided to buy ready-made houses. One house cost one hundred taels, and the deposit was twenty taels. This was more expensive than the houses in Hexian County, but they had no objection.

A total of sixty-three people paid the deposit, which was more than Gao E had expected.

She checked carefully and found that someone from He County bought a house here, probably intending to trade it.

She didn't ask anything, she was just a house seller.

As for others wanting to build houses here, that is impossible at all. All the land in this area belongs to her, even the mountains.

Before winter came, Xu Boyan came again and took away the food and clean coal prepared by Gao E.