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Chapter 270: Chapter 272: Buying Land?_1
In the afternoon, Qiao Duo’er and Hu’s Clan sat in the courtyard plucking vegetables, only half done, when Tie Niu’er hurried over.
"Tan Family Four Sister-in-law, my dad asked me to come and ask if you want to buy land. It’s paddy fields, right next to your fields, four acres total, six taels of silver per acre."
Tie Niu’er had blurted out everything her dad had entrusted her to say in one go.
Having said this, she thought carefully again, making sure everything that needed to be said was said, without any omissions.
Qiao Duo’er called out, "Tie Niu’er, come and sit down, I’ll go pour you some tea, and I’ll have a think about it."
Though they had made quite a sum from selling snow fungus, she and Tan Zhenghong had started from scratch, and there were many expenses, such as the recent drilling of two wells, which had cost twelve taels of silver.
Buying land at this critical juncture seemed a bit of a stretch.
Tie Niu’er shook her head, "Sister-in-law, I had some tea at home before coming here, don’t trouble yourself, think it over quickly. That plot of land is very good. If you’re too late, someone else will buy it."
Her dad was repaying the kindness of Tan Zhenghong, who had let him go first, by informing their family first.
Today, she had heard that quite a number of people had already inquired about it.
Qiao Duo’er still quickly made a bowl of sweet soup for Tie Niu’er, and then asked, "That land is really good?"
"Yep, it used to belong to the Song Family. It’s very fertilized; every year, those are among the fields with the best yields."
Tie Niu’er spoke truthfully. What she said was the absolute truth, since her family would receive a commission regardless of who bought the land, so she had no need to deceive Qiao Duo’er.
Alternatively, it would be okay if their own family bought that plot of land.
Land is the very foundation for a farming family; how could anyone think they have too much land?
Qiao Duo’er then asked, "So why are they selling the land?"
"The Song Family is moving to the town. It seems their house is short of some silver, so they want to deal in silver, and the Song Family member wants to sell it all in one go."
Hu’s Clan chimed in at the right moment, "Are you talking about the land near South Mountain?"
"That’s right, it’s close to the irrigation ditches, making watering easy, plus it gets plenty of sunlight." Tie Niu’er added some praise.
"Duo’er, the Song Family’s land should be good, indeed. It’s worth buying."
Hu’s Clan expressed her opinion. If she had that much silver, she would have wanted to buy it herself.
Qiao Duo’er quickly did the math, she still had forty-eight taels on hand, spending twenty-four taels to buy the land was possible.
Currently, she and Tan Zhenghong only had one acre of paddy field, and the grain they planted was barely enough for their own consumption.
"All right then, when can we write up the contract?" Qiao Duo’er asked.
"We can do it now. The Song Family member is waiting at my house right now. If you agree, I’ll go call Grandpa Zhou to write the contract, but we’ll need Brother Zheng Hong to be there."
The Song Family was indeed in a hurry; they had harvested their crops a few days early.
Now their belongings were all packed, just waiting to sell the land and set off for the town.
Da Ya volunteered eagerly, "I’ll go call Fourth Uncle!"
Buying land was a very happy occasion.
Qiao Duo’er nodded her head, "Thanks, Da Ya. Tie Niu’er, finish your tea, and then we’ll go to your house."
Now that she had wrapped up the important matters, Tie Niu’er could afford to notice other things. She remembered when she had brought Qiao Duo’er back, she was as thin as a stick, her skin as dark as charcoal, with many pimples and sores that looked frightening.
But now Qiao Duo’er had a fair and beautiful complexion, just like a person in a painting.
With an oval face, willow-leafed eyebrows, bright black eyes, a high and straight nose, and a small mouth, these features perfectly combined together, captivating to look at.
When she spoke, her face was always accompanied by a light smile. Hmm... She was simply beautiful! 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Forgive her, for she had never been to school and didn’t know how to describe Qiao Duo’er’s appearance.
