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Chapter 223: Chapter 225 Bargain Sale!_1
Tan Zhenghong greeted Tie Niu to come in and sit down, and Qiao Duo’er brought in a bowl of sugared water for him.
In landowner families, sugared water was used to entertain honored guests.
Tie Niu received it with a smile, having just become thirsty from his walk.
After drinking a couple of sips of water, he brought up the matter at hand.
"Ah Hong, today the Second Master Xiao came over and said it was his sister’s follies, so I came to ask you if you were still interested in buying that piece of land."
"Uncle Tie, my wife and I naturally like that piece of land, but we landowners always look for good omens, and I’m afraid we might not be able to purchase it now," Tan Zhenghong said with regret.
No sooner had they discussed buying the land than Xiao Biyu came to stir up trouble, wasn’t that a bad sign?
Tie Niu let out a sigh, "What a pity for such a good piece of land. Are you interested in any other foundation?"
Tan Zhenghong shook his head; if it really didn’t work out, he might have to look for a homestead in another village.
Tie Niu felt even more regretful inside. The land had to be sold together with the pond, so the price was a bit steep, and nobody had inquired about it for so long.
Just when someone finally showed interest, Xiao Biyu had to interfere. The deal was probably off now.
Every year, the village chief also had a performance evaluation, and selling homesteads was a part of it.
If he could sell this one, his scores for this category would surely surpass others by a lot.
Alas, it was all Xiao Biyu’s fault.
The Xiao Family never had any intention of buying the homestead. She just had to run over to join in the excitement, even shouting out such a high price.
Less Than an Hour had passed before Xiao Lingchuan came over.
Although Xiao Lingchuan was very polite and even brought gifts, his every word seemed to say that Xiao Biyu was ignorant—didn’t you know to stop her?
In all fairness, Xiao Biyu hadn’t given him the chance to advise her at all!
"How about this, I’ll spend some silver to invite a master to change the Feng Shui, and we can let bygones be bygones," he offered.
Tan Zhenghong responded helplessly, "It’s not really about the Feng Shui for my wife and me, but we want to live peaceful lives. If the Xiao Family comes by often..."
Tan Zhenghong doesn’t finish his sentence, but Tie Niu understands. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
The village knew about the incident of Qiao Duo’er’s little firecracker exploding on Zheng Shi, and he had naturally heard about it.
"I can speak to the Xiao Family about this for you," Tie Niu promised.
The Xiao Family, though wealthy, still had to give some face to him as the village chief.
Tan Zhenghong nodded, "Then thank you very much, Uncle Tie."
Tie Niu waved his hand dismissively, "No trouble. If you really want to buy that land, then thirty taels it is. Keep the extra silver to hire a Feng Shui master for yourselves."
After taking out his commission and the one tael of silver the Xiao Family had given, and after a little discussion with the official at the Guang House, that was about the right price.
Tan Zhenghong glanced at Qiao Duo’er, "My wife and I will talk it over. If we decide to buy, we’ll invite you and Grandpa Xiu Cai for a meal and have a deed drawn up."
"That’s great to hear, take your time discussing it. I’ll head back now," Tie Niu said.
Tie Niu nods his head, feeling that the deal was likely done!
After sending off Tie Niu, Tan Zhenghong couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up: "My dear, you really have the foresight."
His wife had said that the land would definitely be theirs. He hadn’t believed her at the start, but now they hadn’t just bought the land, they had also saved Five Liang of Silver!
Qiao Duo’er boasted proudly, "Of course!"
But they still had to wait until the deed was written to truly rest easy.
The village chief’s words might work on other members of the Xiao Family, but they could have the opposite effect on Xiao Biyu.
All of this trouble was Tan Zhenghong’s fault—what kind of bad love interests had he attracted?
