Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

After calculation, if Zhu's house could be sold for one hundred and twenty taels, then they would still be short of one hundred and twenty taels of silver. How can I get these one hundred and twenty taels? It's really quite sad.

Mrs. Chen thought for a moment, "Sell the sheep we bought. Huixin is also married. I originally wanted to give it to her, but she lives in the town and has no place to get grass. We bought that sheep back." I spent five taels of silver at that time, but now I can still sell it for that price. In addition, we sold the land. Our family has a total of fifteen acres of land. Now one acre of land can be sold for eight to ten taels of silver, which is not enough. Not much. We can’t sell Bangchui. If it’s really not enough, just sell the house. Our house is still worth twenty or thirty taels.”

The old man listened and nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's do it like this. Zhixin, after dinner, you go to the village chief's house and ask if anyone wants to buy land? It's best to bring the house with you. Well, we can’t worry about that much now. The worst we can do is rent a house to live in. If we don’t pay for it, we really can’t sell it.”

Mrs. Xue had already prepared the meal, and she quickly brought it to her, "Okay, let's have some food first. I haven't eaten well these days." The whole family sat down to eat, Jingwan and Jingxian Everyone's eyes were red from crying. Jinghan kept picking up vegetables and other things for them, urging them to eat more.

After the family had dinner, Zhixin went to the village chief's house. After hearing what Zhixin said, the village chief also sighed, "Zhixin, I'm afraid it's hard for anyone in our village to buy it. So, you'd better go to the dental shop in town and have a look. Where am I? , I'll ask someone tomorrow. If you're in such a hurry for money, you probably won't be able to sell it at a good price. You have to be aware of this. Your house is made of adobe and isn't worth much, which is only twenty taels. , this is just money to build a house and apply for a land title, nothing else is really worth it. Sigh, if your fourth son is willing to help, this one hundred and twenty taels really won't be a big deal in the town. He is famously wealthy. This guy is really unpredictable."

Zhixin also knew that what the village chief said was true, "Uncle, I have written down what you said, so I'll bother you. I'll go to Yaxing tomorrow." After saying that, Zhixin said goodbye and went home.

That night, no one in the Xu family slept well. They were all tossing and turning, thinking about how to spend their days in the future. Jinghan was lying on the kang, thinking about everything but couldn't come up with a good idea. I don't know how long it took before I gradually fell asleep.

The next day, when Zhixin wanted to go to town early in the morning, the village chief came to the Xu family and brought someone with him, who was the eldest son of the Li family at the head of the village. Zhixin saw it and hurried forward, "Uncle Zhou, Brother Li, why are you free to come to my place today? Come on, come in and sit for a while."

"Zhixin, this is a coincidence. Shengzi said he wanted to buy a house for his eldest son to get married. He also happened to want to buy some land for his eldest son. I just left last night. I remembered that I went to his house this morning and brought him here. After you discuss it carefully and see that both parties are satisfied, you can go through the formalities quickly." After that, Village Chief Zhou left first. , he still has a lot of things to do.

Zhixin and Li Changsheng entered the house together, and Changsheng looked around the Xu family's yard. In fact, although the Xu family's house is made of adobe, it is well-kept. Zhixin is a diligent person. Every year at the end of summer and early autumn, he will tidy up and give the house a good rest, so it still looks pretty good. Entering the house, the old man was on the kang.

Li Changsheng quickly stepped forward to say hello to the old man, and then everyone talked about the house. "Old man, I've taken a fancy to this house. How much money do you want? If I think it's suitable, we'll make a decision and just find someone to write the paperwork. There are also those lands that I want to buy at once, so you can Let’s make a price.”

The old man thought for a while and then said, "Changsheng, this house is made of adobe, and it's really not worth much money. So, I don't want more, just thirty taels, which is the money for the work and the house deed." These fifteen acres of land cost eight taels of silver per acre, which is a total of one hundred and twenty taels. If you add the house, it will be one hundred and fifty taels. What do you think?"

Li Changsheng did the math and found that the price is reasonable. "Old man, your price is reasonable, but since you are in such a hurry for money, I have to give you all the money at once. In this way, you can give me another ten taels, How about one hundred and forty taels?"

The old man thought about it and thought it was okay. There is a rule for buying and selling here, which is that you can pay part of it upfront, and the other part can wait until the goods are finished in the fall. If everything is paid in cash, you have to give up some price to others. "Okay, we are all from the same village, so I can't help but give it to you. Besides, that's the rule. Okay, it's just one hundred and forty taels."

Li Changsheng nodded and smiled and said, "Well then, I'll find someone to write some deeds. Your family is also in urgent need of money, and my boss is also eager to buy a house and get married. Let's do it as soon as possible." With that, Li Changsheng went out to find someone. .

After a while, someone in the village who understood this came back with Changsheng. I wrote the paperwork to them, and both parties pressed their fingerprints, and it was considered a done deal. Logically speaking, for such a thing, the Xu family should have invited Li Changsheng and the person who wrote the deed to have a meal. Considering the situation of the Xu family, everyone didn't care.

After writing the deed, Li Changsheng took out a cloth bag and put it on the kang, "Old man, this is one hundred and forty taels of silver. Take a good look at it."

The old man opened the small bag and found that everywhere there was money, there were five taels and one ingot of silver ingots. I counted exactly twenty-eight, which is one hundred and forty taels. The old man let out a long sigh and said, "Changsheng, when will you move here, we can make room for you."

Li Changsheng thought for a moment, "Uncle, it's best within ten days. My eldest brother has already set a date to get married. We still have to tidy up the house, right? It's hard for uncle. There's nothing we can do about it."

"Okay, we will look for a place in the next few days and promise to vacate the house for you within ten days." The old man agreed.

Now that the two parties had made an agreement, Li Changsheng went home. The old man called Mrs. Chen and Ms. Xue, "Since we sold the house, let's clean it up quickly. The tatters and rags of living in this house for many years are all there. You can take what you can, and you can take what you can't." Throw it away. People are anxious to move in, so we have to hurry up." The old man felt very uncomfortable when the house he had lived in for so many years was sold like this.

Ms. Chen nodded and led Ms. Xue out to pack her things. As soon as Zhixin saw that the house had been sold, he took the sheep to the town, finally found a restaurant to sell it, and came back with five taels of silver. When he returned home, the old man asked him to take all the money in the family to the county, and when Zhu sold the house, he would bring Zhiming back directly.

Zhixin left with the money, while the family packed their things and waited anxiously. Four days later, on February 29, Zhixin returned with Zhiming and Zhu, followed by a large car. Naturally, the car contained belongings of Zhiming's family. They took Zhiming out, and then everyone packed up the things together and found a car to bring them back.

When Zhiming saw his parents, he knelt in front of them. "Father, mother, it's my son's fault. The parents his son has caused are so old that they don't even have a place to settle down. My son deserves to die." He kowtowed vigorously to the ground as he spoke. Mrs. Zhu also knelt aside and kowtowed.

Seeing this, Zhixin and Mr. There is nothing wrong with the medicine, this is life. Who said we have no power? If someone in our family is an official in the court, who would dare to bully you? "

After hearing what Zhixin said, the old man said, "Lao San, your brother is right. Don't forget this. We are a family and we have to support each other. Don't be sad. This is just a hurdle. Son, just go. Let's think about where to move? We've been looking for a house these days, but we can't find it. What will happen to our future livelihood if we sell all the land? Can't we just buy and eat them all?" The old man discussed the future with everyone.

Jinghan was originally in the outer room, but now came in from the outside, "Master, grandma, parents, can we go up the mountain to see ginseng? I remember when we went up the mountain last year, there were several houses in the ginseng field. We are now We have no place to live, so at least we have a place to stay. Besides, Kan Shen can still earn thirty taels of silver a year, which will be enough for our family to live in. In a few years, we can calm down and buy a house. It works." She heard about it that day and was thinking about it. After the house was sold, she kept thinking about it and only brought it up now.

The old man glanced at Jinghan and said, "Yes, why didn't we think of it? Although it's a bit bitter to see ginseng, it can still feed us. Yes, Jinghan is right, Zhixin, you go and talk to the village Tell me, let’s go see Ginseng. We have to live our lives first, we can’t live without a place for the whole family.”

After hearing this, Zhixin thought his daughter's idea was okay, so he hurried out to discuss it with the village chief.

Mrs. Chen hugged Jinghan and said, "My dear granddaughter, why are you so smart? You can come up with this idea. Now, we don't have to worry about the house, and we can still make some money a year. Slowly save money, and you will be able to buy a house in the future." The old lady's hair had turned gray from worry these past few days, but now that she saw a little light, she started to smile a little.

Now that the matter was resolved, the family felt at ease and hurriedly went out to pack their things and prepare to make a house for others.