Chapter 28 Buy Wasteland

   "The son of the Mu family at the head of the village and his wife, the head of the village, came to ask you to do something."

   Dahe replied to the village chief, and then let Qiao Yi and the others enter the yard.

   Entering the courtyard, I saw Village Chief Mu sitting on the wooden pier at the door weaving baskets.

  Village Chief Mu looked up and saw that it was Qiao Yi, he was stunned for a moment.

   But it quickly returned to normal.

"looking for me?"

  The tone was quite gentle, but Joey could hear a little impatience and rejection, as if he wanted to stay away from her and didn't want to see her.

   This made Qiao Yi puzzled. She didn't seem to have offended the village chief, did she?

  Of course, except for what happened that day, it was a complete coincidence, she is not a broom star.

   "I want to buy the wasteland around our house, how much money do you need?"

  Joe straight to the point.

   "The wasteland of your house is located on a hillside, and there are many stones and trees on it. The geology is not bad, but it will be difficult to open up wasteland. Do you really want to buy it?"

  Cunchang Mu frowned slightly, wondering if Qiao Yi was out of his mind.

  Buying that piece of wasteland is not as good as buying two acres of high-quality paddy fields.

   "That's right, I got a reward from the palace today, I decided to build a house where we live, and plant some fruit trees around it."

"The wasteland in the village is usually 200 Wen per mu. Although the land where your family is located is halfway up the hillside, the soil quality is not bad. After the land reclamation, the yield must not be low. If you really want to buy it, I will sell it for 50 Wen per mu. Here you are, but you have to buy all the wasteland on the top of the hill."

   Village Chief Mu's eyes flashed.

No one wants that place at all. No matter how good the soil is, there are too many trees and stones. Most people don't want to waste that energy. If she can sell it, not only will the county government get some benefits, but her status in the village will also rise. a little.

  Joy raised his head and touched his chin.

  The hillside where their home is located is about 100 acres. If they are all bought, it will cost ten taels of silver.

  Thinking of this, Qiao Yi said: "Village Chief, although it is said that we have received rewards, it is not much. We also plan to build a tile-roofed house and keep it for the winter, so there is not much money to buy wasteland."

  The hillside location where their home is located is really good, with Mujia Village to the west and the official road leading to the county to the east.

  The village head asked her to buy so much at one time, and it was still at the price of 50 yuan per mu. It seems that there is something tricky about it.

   "This is a rare good thing. You have to know that the minimum price of wasteland is usually 100 yuan. If it weren't for the fact that you are far away from the village, I wouldn't be able to directly sell you 50 yuan."

   Village Chief Mu's words were full of temptation.

  Mu Yun's heart was moved, but he didn't speak. He knew that now was not the time for him to speak.

   "Village chief, this place is a good place, but you also know that we are very poor. That piece of land has more than 100 mu of land, and we still need to build a house, but we don't have that much money."

  Joy's words were full of excitement, but there was a sense of embarrassment on his face.

   "Not enough money?"

  The village head heard what Qiao Yi meant.

"It's really **** our pockets. Apart from building the house, we only have ten taels of silver left. We have to buy the house deed. After buying this land, the government still needs some management. After removing these, there is basically not much left. It's worth two taels of silver. It's really a pity, such a good wasteland, it seems that it can't be bought today. Sigh!"

  Joy sighed while speaking.

  The village head rolled his eyes and understood what Qiao Yi meant.

   "If you really want to buy it, you can give me ten taels. Before tomorrow night, I will handle all the title deeds of this wasteland and your house. What do you think?"

  The village chief thought about it, smoothed out the interests inside, and said his minimum.

  If Joey is still not satisfied, then the land is not for sale.

   "Thank you so much, village chief."

   Qiao Yi thanked him directly, without giving the village chief any time to react.

  Mu Yun has been listening quietly at the side, and when Qiao Yi promised to give the money, he immediately took out a silver ingot of ten taels from his bosom.

   "Good girl, you actually plotted against me."

  The village chief came to his senses, pointed at Qiao Yi and cursed with a smile.

   In fact, she is also to blame, who made her rush to sell the wasteland. Otherwise, he wouldn't have offered the lowest price as soon as he heard that Qiao Yi wanted to buy it.

"Village chief, don't blame me for calculating. The family is too poor. I need to buy this land and build this house. I have to leave a way for myself, right? The palace has left so much reward money, so I have to figure it out." Hua, of course this can't make you work for nothing, the two taels of silver are for your hard work, and this kind of work always needs some management, and I don't have money, so I can't let you pay for us."

   After Qiao Yi finished speaking, Mu Yun took out another two taels of silver.

  Hearing what Qiao Yi said, Village Chief Mu took a rare look at Qiao Yi.

  She knew what Joey was like before, but she didn't expect such a big change in just a few days.

   "You still have a conscience, it's getting late, you go back, this matter will be done for you before tomorrow evening."

   With Qiao Yi's two taels of silver for traveling expenses, the village head felt a lot more at ease.

   "So we take our leave."

  Qiao Yi declined Uncle Da He's offer to see him off, and walked home with Mu Yun along the path.

   "My wife, that wasteland is more than ten taels of silver."

  Dahe looked at Village Chief Mu in confusion.

   "You, the village head will be re-elected in the spring after the new year. If I don't make some achievements, the position of the village head will be hard to guarantee."

   Village Chief Mu sighed, otherwise twenty taels of wasteland would be more than enough to rub.

   "My wife, you have worked hard for so many years, everyone knows you are good, and the next village chief will be yours."

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. I don't want to hear about the village head. If you have nothing to do, go out and chat with those gossips. You are doing them a little bit of good. I don't think I need to say more about some things. Bar?"

   "Understood." Dahe nodded.

   To continue to be the village head, it is inseparable from the support of the villagers. As a husband and wife, the only thing he can do for his wife is to spread a good name for her.

   "Joy and his family are a bit evil, don't provoke them."

  Leaving behind this sentence that made Dahe puzzled, the village chief went back to the house.

  …

   On the way home, Mu Yun kept peeking at Qiao Yi.

  Watching Qiao Yi felt uncomfortable, so he could only stop and look at Mu Yun suspiciously.

"What's wrong?"

   "My wife, why do we buy so much wasteland?"

  Before the village chief said that the wasteland was very cheap, fifty cents an mu, he was moved, really moved, but when he turned his head and thought about it, he felt that so much land was not a good thing.

  This is wasteland, and it needs to be reclaimed. There will be no harvest in three to five years.

  There are only a few people in their family, when will so much wasteland be finished?

   "If you want to cultivate a good land, it will take several years, but I don't want to plant farms, I want to plant trees."

  Qiaoyi smiled mysteriously, raised her hand, and rubbed Mu Yun's head on tiptoe.

   After rubbing out two dull hairs on his head, he walked away.

  Mu Yun patted his head, his face was blushing, his eyes shimmered, and then he chased after him.

  (end of this chapter)