I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

After her silver holdings surpassed 100 taels, Liu Nanjia became restless. A few days ago, she received another 20 taels, making her even more eager to try.

She wants to buy something!

But we still need to plan what to buy.

So, during dinner that day, Liu Nanjia brought up the question, "Brother, Song Chen, what do you guys think? Should we buy a cow? Or build a new house?"

Liu Yanxi was so startled by her sudden question that he almost choked. "Sis, why are you suddenly buying a cow? And a new house? Aren't we living here just fine?"

A new kitchen, a new bathroom, and a new classroom—it was only built less than two months ago, why are they already messing around with the house again?

When Fang the carpenter divided the money among them again, Liu Yanxi had a premonition that his sister might have to spend money again.

But he was still taken aback today. Even though he had thought about buying something, he didn't expect it to be this big!

Liu Nanjia looked up at the house she was living in now. The conditions were indeed quite good. After the renovation, it suited her quite well, and it was a decent place to live.

"Okay, then let's not build it for now. I just feel that this place doesn't really belong to us."

“That’s true.” After Liu Nanjia said that, Liu Yanxi also fell silent. In the end, this place was only for them to stay temporarily, and it did not belong to them completely.

“However, you’re right, brother. We’ve just finished renovating here, so there’s no need to rush to build our own house and move out. If we were to build a new house, it would have to be the best. I want to live in a big brick house with tiled roofs, which would probably empty all the money we have right now. Let’s just wait a bit longer.”

Liu Nanjia thought for a moment and then said something, which earned her a helpless look from her brother.

"A big brick house with tiled roof! Even the village head's family doesn't live in such a nice house. My sister is doing great with her money now, but she's spending it even faster!"

Liu Nanjia understood her brother's meaning, smiled at him, and said, "Isn't the point of making money to spend it? I spend most of my day at home, how can I not be more comfortable?"

"What about the cow? Should we buy one? It's quite a hassle to borrow one from Uncle Liu every time we go to town." Liu Nanjia returned to the question from the beginning.

When the topic of the house came up, Song Chen remained silent, since he was only staying there temporarily.

But when it came to cattle, he offered his opinion: "Buying cattle is still an option. Right now, we borrow Uncle Liu's cattle, which are used to make one trip for us and another trip back to the village for other people going to town. We have to make several trips a day, and with the work in the fields, it's exhausting. It would be good if we bought one ourselves, so we could work in the fields."

Liu Nanjia nodded repeatedly. That was exactly what she thought. Borrowing from others every day was never as convenient as having your own.

Song Chen was still saying, "Buying a cow should cost about 50 taels, and if you're lucky, it might be even cheaper. Nan Jia, you said you have 120 taels now, so how about we consider buying some more land?"

"Buy land?" Liu Nanjia hadn't considered this.

The main problem is that she has no experience in farming, doesn't know anything about it, and doesn't expect to make money from farming.

"Yes, your family only has three mu of land, which is a bit small."

Liu Yanxi had just heard them talking about buying cattle, and although it made some sense, the price of cattle still made her feel very pained. But now that she heard about buying land, she became interested.

"It's quite a small amount, and I think we could buy some more."

Liu Nanjia glanced at her brother. Sure enough, he was still a child raised in the countryside, and he valued the land exceptionally much.

Although she couldn't fully empathize, she could understand.

“Alright, then let’s use another 20 taels to buy land. Hmm, let’s use 50 taels to buy cattle, so we’ll have 50 taels left, which should be enough for emergencies.”

Liu Yanxi was once again stunned by his younger sister's extravagant spending. He had intended to buy land, but he hadn't planned to spend 20 taels of silver at once.

She also wants 50 taels for emergencies. In the whole village, there are only a few families who can come up with 50 taels of silver. How did my sister become so arrogant?

However, cattle and land are what every farmer wants; they can never have too much. So, let's buy them!

After reaching an agreement, Liu Yanxi went to see the village head after class the next day and told him about his plan to buy the land.

When the village head heard his purpose, he laughed and said, "I was just thinking about it a few days ago. You kids have money now, why don't you think about buying property for the family? I was even thinking of reminding you. You should buy land, that's the foundation of us farmers."

After saying that, he enthusiastically pulled Liu Yanxi outside and pointed to the land owned by Dushui Village, saying, "Our village's terrain isn't very flat, and there isn't much good land. Some of the more fertile land has already been taken over, and no one will sell that land easily. There is someone planning to sell that piece of land, but it's all dry land, and the soil isn't very good. But if you ask me, why don't you buy some wasteland and cultivate it yourselves? Although it's a bit far from the village center, there's a piece of land that I've got my eye on. You can cultivate several acres of paddy fields from it, and wasteland is much cheaper. What do you think, Yanxi, how do you plan to buy it?"