A renowned ancient physician transmigrates into the body of an abandoned woman, only to be sold off
Chapter 46 Hiring People to Dig Fish Ponds
Seeing Li Shi's reaction, Song Zhili had no choice but to come to the courtyard and make fish balls with them.
She had barely sat down when Ji Qingqing came over and patted her on the back. "Little sister, come with me for a moment. I have something to tell you."
Upon hearing Ji Qingqing's words, Song Zhili wiped her hands, stood up, and followed Ji Qingqing into her room.
The two entered the house one after the other. Ji Qingqing casually closed the door and asked Song Zhili to sit down. She hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.
"Da Ya, there's something I want to tell you. He Chengjing has been coming to our house for dinner every night, and there have been rumors circulating about you. People are saying that there's something going on between you and He Chengjing. Do you think we should go and explain?"
Song Zhili thought Ji Qingqing wanted to talk to her about something, but she had actually heard about it before.
Sometimes when she went out to deliver lunch to He Chengjing, she would hear some gossip from the aunties, but she didn't take it to heart or care.
"Sister-in-law, there's no need to explain. Let them say what they want. They've got a mouth, and we can't control it."
Seeing Song Zhili's indifferent attitude, Ji Qingqing was taken aback, but after thinking about what she had just said, it seemed to make sense.
"Sister-in-law, is there anything else? If not, I'll head out now."
Ji Qingqing shook her head. Since Song Zhili didn't seem to care about the matter, she didn't say anything more.
The two of them went to the courtyard together and started making fish balls.
After dinner that evening, Song Zhili called everyone into the main room again, and then she took out the land deed and placed it on the table.
"Father, Mother, Grandfather, and Grandmother, do you know about that wasteland near the river?"
"I know, what's wrong with that piece of wasteland? I heard the village chief say before that the location of that piece of wasteland is excellent, very close to the water source, but the price is a bit high, so it has been left unused and no one has bought it."
When Song Hai heard Song Zhili mention the wasteland, he immediately remembered that the village chief had mentioned it to him before. The village chief had said that if no one bought the land this year, the wasteland would be taken back by the government.
“I bought this land. I plan to dig a fishpond on it and raise fish in it.”
"Hehe, raising fish is great. We can raise fish ourselves in the future."
When Song Dashan heard that they could raise fish themselves, he was quite happy. But then, a look of horror crossed his face.
Wait, what did Daya just say? She said she bought that piece of land!
He then looked at Song Zhili in horror, his mouth opening and closing but unable to utter a word for a moment.
"My God, Da Ya, how did you manage to buy this land? How much money must that have cost?"
Li Shi trembled as she picked up the land deed from the table and examined it carefully. However, since she was illiterate, she simply handed the deed to Song Ziyuan.
"Ziyuan, quickly look at what's written on this!"
Song Ziyuan took the land deeds, examined them carefully, and then replied to Madam Li, "Grandma, these are the land deeds."
After answering, Song Ziyuan was also quite surprised, because he saw that Song Zhili had actually bought five acres of land in one go!
I have no idea where she got so much money!
"Grandma, it's like this. Yesterday, when I was picking herbs on the mountain, I found a Ganoderma lucidum. Today, my elder brother and I went to town to sell the Ganoderma lucidum. We sold it for a total of one hundred taels of silver. I spent eight taels of silver to buy this land."
As soon as Song Zhili finished speaking, the entire room fell silent. After a long while, Madam Li finally spoke, "Da Ya, you'd better put these land deeds away carefully, don't lose them. Also, you mustn't tell anyone about selling Ganoderma lucidum. And you have to hide the money yourself, understand?"
"Well, all I know is, Father, Grandpa, I just want to ask, we want to dig a fishpond, should we ask outsiders for help or ask people from the village? If we ask people from the village, how should we ask them?"
As Song Zhili carefully put away the land deed, she asked them a question.
"I think we can ask the villagers to dig fish ponds, but don't say that we bought the land. How about we just say that Manager Xu bought the land? Anyway, he came to our village last time. What do you think, little sister?"
Upon hearing Song Zhili's question, Song Ziyuan lowered his head and thought for a moment before sharing his thoughts.
When Song Zhili heard Song Ziyuan say this, she also thought the method was feasible. Then she looked at the others and saw that they had no objections.
“Alright, let’s do it the way Second Brother suggested. Dad, tomorrow you should go to the village and ask people to help. Give them fifteen coins a day. It’s physical work, and it’s quite tiring.”
Song Zhili was thinking about those aunties who made fish balls for them, earning ten coins a day and also providing them with a meal.
Digging fish ponds is different; it's all physical labor, and she doesn't even provide meals.
"Okay, I'll go find someone tomorrow."
Song Dashan readily agreed.
Song Zhili then took the purse from her waist and handed it to Song Dashan.
"Father, there are about five hundred coins in this purse. Take it first. You can decide how many people you need to find. If you need more, just ask me for more."
The copper coins in this purse were pre-arranged by Song Zhili, so that she could easily pay Song Dashan's wages.
"Okay, okay."
Song Dashan took the packet of copper coins and carefully put it in his pocket.
Seeing that Song Dashan had put the money away, Song Zhili had nothing else to say. "Then I have nothing else to say. Everyone should get some rest. I'll head back now."
After Song Zhili finished speaking, everyone dispersed and returned to their respective rooms.
Before going to bed that night, Song Zhili set an alarm for 5 a.m. When the alarm rang the next day, she opened her eyes and went to the courtyard to practice a set of Baduanjin exercises.
She then went to wash up, and just as she finished washing up, Song Zidong returned from the fields.
She and Song Zidong went to town together again. This time, she bought a lot of things in town and also bought several bolts of cloth, planning to make some new clothes for everyone when she got back.
Originally, Song Zhili planned to buy ready-made clothes directly, but when she saw those ready-made clothes, they were not particularly good-looking, and Song Zidong told her that Ji Qingqing could also make clothes.
So she gave up the idea of buying ready-made clothes, and instead bought a pair of shoes for everyone in the family.
They went to the grain shop together and bought some grain. Finally, Song Zhili went to the pastry shop and bought some pastries before taking an oxcart home with Song Zidong.
When they returned home, Hu Cuicui and the others saw Song Zidong unloading large and small bags from the oxcart, and she immediately surrounded him.
"Zidong, what did you all buy? There's so much!"
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