Chapter 224: Drying Salt Without Permission is Illegal

Dong'er hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "I want to stay."

"I'll be able to collect more beads in the future and save them all for my cousin."

Su Nuan shook her head and reached out to scratch her nose. "Silly girl, I hope you can live for yourself, not for me."

Dong'er scratched his head, "But I don't know what I can do or what I should do."

Su Nuan smiled and said, "It's good for you to be here. I want to find a place to dry salt in the future. I don't have any reliable people here to use. Why don't you help me?"

Dong'er said, "But the Ye family is a salt merchant. They know how to dry salt."

Su Nuan shook her head, "Let's not get involved with them, let's get some salt ourselves."

Dong'er was a little worried, "But...it's illegal to dry salt privately."

Su Nuan nodded deliberately and solemnly, "That's right, that's why I need someone reliable to help me. Are you willing?"

"There's no profit in drying private salt. We're all feeding the people in the north, and the risks are huge..."

She paused and shook her head, "Forget it, I don't want to get you involved."

Dong Ri is the kind of person who would go through fire and water for Su Nuan. When she heard that there was danger and no one could help Su Nuan, she immediately patted her chest and said, "I'll help you, just tell me what I want you to do."

Seeing that she really agreed, Su Nuan said earnestly, "I will find a place tomorrow. Drying salt will take more than one or two days."

"Now I'll teach you how to dry it... First, level a piece of land, then..."

Su Nuan explained the terraced salt drying method in detail.

In fact, drying salt is not difficult and does not interfere with one's life time.

As for risks, there are none. Before leaving, I'll go to the Ye family to talk and deal with the local tyrants, and then everything will be easy.

How could I possibly push Dong'er into danger? I just hope she is safe and happy.

Dong'er asked foolishly, "Cousin, do you want to go see Su Zhen?"

Su Nuan pondered for a moment and shook her head, "Forget it, I can't kill him."

Dong'er smiled awkwardly, "I tried to kill him several times, but I don't know why I always failed."

Su Nuan knew that Su Zhen must be protected by something special, so she couldn't kill her, but she would not let her take advantage of her either.

So if you can avoid contact, then don’t do it. If you have to confront me, I won’t back down.

Dong'er hesitated and asked, "Then can I not go with her?"

Su Nuan shook her head, "Why leave? You have to stay and help me."

Dong'er nodded, "Okay, I'll stay."

Su Nuan felt that it was very dangerous to follow Su Zhen, so she couldn't let Dong'er follow her anymore.

The two chatted for a while and slept together at night.

The next day, after a simple meal, Su Nuan asked, "Is there anyone selling a house here?"

Dong'er nodded, "Yes, there is another place for sale besides this one, but that one is a bit bigger."

Su Nuan's eyes lit up, "Let's go and take a look."

Since we're letting Dong'er stay, we can't let her be a servant in someone else's house anymore. She must have her own house."

Dong'er brought Su Nuan to the east side of the village, where there was a dilapidated courtyard, but the house was very new, as if the house had just been built but there was no time to clean it up.

Su Nuan asked, "Isn't this also a haunted house?"

Dong'er smiled and said, "No, this family was planning to build a yard after building their house, but they found a jar of gold in the ground. They are planning to use the gold to live in the big city."

Su Nuan nodded, "That's good. I didn't see any well, so how are you going to get water?"

Dong'er sighed, "Fresh water has always been the most troublesome issue in the village. If someone can solve the fresh water problem, they will definitely be worshipped as a god by the whole village."

"By the way, Su Zhen said a few days ago that she was praying to God to give the village fresh water, but I don't know if it will be possible."

Su Nuan thought for a moment and asked, "Where do you usually get water?"

Dong'er pointed at the mountain and said, "There is a spring in the mountain, but the water volume has been low recently."

Su Nuan rubbed her chin, and a perverse idea came to her mind.

She smiled and said, "Tamsui... I understand. Let's buy the house first."

Dong'er nodded and said, "I'll take you to see the village chief."

In fact, Dong'er has a lot of banknotes in his hands, but the people here don't recognize them, so he hasn't been able to buy a house until now.

When they arrived at the village chief's house, Dong'er called out, "Is the village chief home? I'm Dongtian. My sister is here and wants to buy me a large courtyard in the east."

The village chief walked out of the house. He looked energetic and about fifty years old.

He stroked his beard and said, "This is a good thing. Do you want to settle down?"

"If you don't register as a resident, the price will be higher. If you register as a resident of our village, the price will be much lower."

Su Nuan said first: "Settlement."

The village chief nodded and said, "Okay, I'll find the deed."

Su Nuan and Dong'er were waiting at the stone table in the yard.

Soon the village chief came out with two pieces of paper. "This is the house deed and the land deed. If you bring your household registration and travel permit, I can help you get settled here first."

"I'll go to Haicheng and stamp the official seal there when I have time."

Dong'er took out her household registration and travel permit and asked, "Is this still useful?"

She is a free person, so she holds her own household registration and travel permit.

The village chief took a look and asked, "You wrote 'Winter' here, but that's not a surname, right?"

Su Nuan said: "Her name is Su Xia, my name is Su Nuan, and Dong'er is her nickname."

The village chief was not surprised to see that the gender written on the household registration was female. He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"The house costs one hundred and twenty taels. The yard doesn't really need much renovation, just a new wall."

The two listened to the village chief's kind nagging for a full hour.

Finally, the village chief said, "Okay, the house is yours, and they can't take the furniture inside. If you are willing, you can pay ten taels of silver and stay."

"If they don't keep it, they will sell it cheaply in the village, and they can get fifteen taels that way."

Su Nuan immediately took out the silver and said, "Here it is, one hundred and fifty taels. Please ask the village chief to help me hire someone to clean up the yard and build the wall."

"I'm a hunter. I'll go up the mountain and catch a wolf cub for my sister. I'll raise it to guard the house."

"Don't worry, the wolves I raise can guard our house. They won't bite anyone and won't harm the chickens and ducks in the village."

"Also, if there are wolves or wild boars in the mountains, it can help drive them away."

The village chief was stunned by Su Nuan's rapid-fire words.

But Su Nuan understood every word he said, and he exclaimed: "Really?"

Su Nuan knew that he was still in doubt, so she blew a whistle, and Feixue immediately circled in the air.

"This is what I raised. I use it to fly around. I will come to visit my sister often in the future."

The village chief opened his mouth in surprise, "Then why don't you come and settle down? We have a good place here."

Su Nuan was stunned. What should she say?

Her mind raced, and she came up with an irrefutable reason.