After crossing over: kidnapping a female hunter to be the stepfather of the three cubs

The village chief pondered for a moment and said to Zhao Huanxi:

"Although the land there is cheap, it's not suitable for growing crops, girl. I think it would be better to buy a few acres of land to feed you and your daughter."

Zhao Huanxi was confused as to what the word "di" (earth) meant, so he asked the village chief.

The village chief patiently explained, "Land is divided into six levels: Heaven, Time, Land, Profit, and People. Common people like us usually farm the Land with the word 'Di' and the Land with the word 'Li'. If you're lucky and have some connections with the government, you might even get some Land with the word 'Shi' allocated to you."

After saying that, he picked up a cup of tea and took a sip slowly.

Zhao Huanxi then realized that there were so many things to pay attention to about this land, and asked the village chief:

"Uncle, how much silver is one acre for the large piece of land I want to buy?"

The village chief smiled and said, "If you really want to buy that piece of land, I can measure it for you. You don't need to go to the county government to get it stamped."

"Is there such a good thing?"

"Our county magistrate, Bu, and county magistrate, Jiang, have decided to distribute the deeds to the worst-quality land to the village heads. This is because these plots are generally unsold. If anyone buys this land, if it's less than five mu, the tax will be waived."

As he said this, he stretched out five fingers towards Zhao Huanxi. Zhao Huanxi suddenly remembered that the middle-aged county magistrate who went to register the household last time was actually surnamed Jiang.

"Uncle, you still didn't tell me how much it costs per acre..."

I got distracted and almost forgot the main thing...

"One or two."

One tael of silver per mu! So cheap?

"Really? If I open it up and make it into good farmland, won't I have to take back the top part?"

"You little girl, do you think the officials in the Surveying Department are just idlers? Since the land is returned to its original location and the land is just gravel, if you want to open up, you might as well buy good land with that money, right?"

Zhao Huanxi thought about it and felt that this was the truth. He smiled awkwardly at the village chief.

"Hey, thank you, Uncle Village Chief, for clearing up my confusion. I have one more thing I want to ask you."

"What's going on?"

"You know, the shabby thatched hut we live in is about to rain. I'm afraid it'll rain hard outside and drizzle inside, so I want to build a new house."

"You're buying land and building a house. Did you dig up something good in the mountains?"

"I was lucky enough to get a Ganoderma lucidum from it. I took it to the town and won the favor of a nobleman there. I sold it for a small profit. I also hope that the village chief will keep it a secret for me. There are only a few women in my family, and I am afraid of attracting attention."

"Well, that's the point. You can rest assured. What kind of house do you want? A brick house or an adobe house?"

The village chief knew that this girl was a person with her own ideas. Now that she confessed to him, he definitely couldn't tell the villagers. After all, Zhao'er had just been attacked by a wild beast in the mountains two days ago. If any more villagers were in danger because of what he said, it would be his responsibility as the village chief.

Zhao Huanxi chatted with the village chief and the other man in the house for half an hour. After finalizing the land purchase, he said goodbye to the village chief and went home.

After leaving the village chief's house, Zhao Huanxi walked and thought all the way, and unknowingly arrived at the door of his own home.

"Mom~" Xiao Nian saw her mother coming back and ran over with open arms. Zhao Huanxi also took the opportunity to hug her in his arms.

After entering the house, the eldest and second eldest brother cooked some vegetable and meat porridge. They had lunch with the pancakes they had made in the morning, and then asked the children to go to the vegetable garden to pull weeds.

I haven't taken care of the vegetable garden in the backyard these days, and a lot of weeds have grown in it. I asked a few children to come and pull out the weeds, and I went to fetch water to water the vegetables.

Those beans have grown a lot. In a few days, we will have to cut some bamboo and insert it for them to climb.

He went to a place near the forest and cut some bamboos and carried them back home. The three chickens at home had stayed in the woodshed for several days. Now Zhao Huanxi was preparing to build a house for the chickens.

The bamboo there was as thick as a bowl, growing in crowded clusters. The bamboo shoots were too big to be eaten, and I couldn't remember who owned them.

I took it home and used a sickle to cut the bamboo into several pieces as tall as a person. I then placed them one by one, found a piece of ground in the backyard, inserted the bamboo strips, and tied them firmly one by one with the cut cloth strips.

Then, I used bamboo strips to tie them together to form a small door, and tied ropes to the two ends of the bamboo circle. This is how the chicken coop takes shape. But when it rains, the chickens have nowhere to hide, which is really pitiful.

But it's getting late now, and my back is aching. I'll continue tomorrow.

The children had also pulled out all the weeds in the field. Zhao Huanxi went to check and found that they had pulled them out very cleanly and had not pulled out her vegetable seedlings as weeds.

Zhao Huanxi realized later that the three girls had been working since they were young and could probably tell the difference between weeds and vegetables better than she did. Her worries were completely in vain.

The few of them had a simple dinner, cleaned up and fell asleep.

Zhao Huanxi got up early the next day and went to the next room to make the bed, only to find a small purse under the pillow. After opening it, he saw that it contained the silver he had given to Pang Hongying for the night's escapade.

"Oh...did she forget or...I need to return it to her sometime. I can't let her make this trip in vain."

Zhao Huanxi put away the purse, planning to return it to Miss Pang next time he went to town.

Today the village chief is coming to take her to measure the land, so she has to clean the house to avoid being laughed at.

Soon the village chief's voice was heard at the door, and his wife, Dasun, came with him.

These past two days, Da Sun has been taking care of Xu Qingzhao at his house. When she learned that the village chief was coming to Zhao Huanxi's house, she came to see him and brought a basket of eggs.

"Aunt Sun, how can this be possible? Brother Xu came yesterday and gave me something."

The two were invited into the house, and the three maids obediently called for help and brought stools for them to sit in. Da Sun put the eggs into Zhao Huanxi's cupboard without any explanation, and Zhao Huanxi couldn't stop her.

"This is a gift from your uncle and the village chief. It has nothing to do with Zhao'er. I also like you, a girl. I will be angry if you don't accept me."

"Please accept it, little girl Zhao. Your aunt Sun got up early in the morning to pack it and kept urging me to come over. Don't refuse your aunt's kindness."

Zhao Huanxi had no choice but to accept it with a smile, sat down, drank two sips of sugar water, and went out to the back to measure the land.

The village chief took out the prepared land book. This piece of land was issued by the county government at that time. Special officers and soldiers came to measure it, and then asked the village chief to record it in the land book. If someone wanted to buy it, there was no need to measure it again, and they could just buy and sell according to the area on the book.

I have to say that this method is a good idea for the common people. Delegating this kind of power, which is neither big nor small, to the hands of the village chief saves a lot of trouble for the local officials.

Zhao Huanxi followed the village chief back home from the back of the mountain. According to the land register, there were a total of nine acres of He-shaped land and three acres of Ren-shaped land. Zhao Huanxi took them all.

Go back and write the deed, stamp it with the village seal, and the village chief will sell the land to Zhao Huanxi without going to the town to get the seal. When he goes to the town next time, just report it to the county government office.

He paid sixteen taels of silver to the village chief, who took the money and left with his wife.

Zhao Huanxi took her own land deed and looked at it for a long time. Oh my god, I am finally not an ordinary person anymore.