The village chief didn't know that the whole village had gone to town to help find the twins.

He was at the county government office, carrying some silver money to help Li Mengyue buy a small hill and get a land deed.

Although the small hill and wasteland are assets of the village, the sale and purchase must go through the government, and after obtaining a land deed and passing through the road, they will truly belong to Li Mengyue.

"Zhang Zhubo, the small hill and wasteland in our village have been sold to Li Mengyue. Could you please help me get a land deed?"

"Village Chief Li, it's not that I don't want to help you, I'm just too busy and don't have the time. Going up to your village's hilltops and wasteland requires re-measuring, and this trip back and forth will take up quite a bit of time. How about this, you go ahead and come back in half a month."

Who is Village Chief Li? Having lived for so many years, he must have heard the hidden meaning in Zhang Zhubo's words. He put on a smile on his face, but was cursing in his heart.

He had never heard that the sale of village assets required re-measurement.

As the village chief, he knew better than anyone how much land there was in the village, so there was no need to measure it again.

Zhang Zhubo said this because he just wanted money, so why was he being so righteous?

However, although he was reluctant to spend the money, he also knew that if he didn't give enough money today, it might not be done in half a day, let alone half a month.

Moreover, he saw that Miss Yue had great use for these lands, and he could not help in other places. If he could not even handle such a small matter, how could he have the face to see Li Mengyue.

Besides, Yue girl is now the hope of the whole village. As the village chief, he cannot hold everyone back.

So he suppressed his heartache, took out two taels of silver from his pocket and put them on the table.

Zhang Zhubo glanced at him sideways, said nothing, and sat there calmly. He picked up a book from the table and flipped through it casually.

The village chief saw Zhang Zhubo flipping through the book, gritted his teeth, took out three taels of silver from his pocket and put it on the table.

As soon as the village chief took his hand away from the table, Zhang Zhubo's hand reached out, and in the blink of an eye, the five taels of silver disappeared.

"Oh! Village Chief Li, what did you just say? You want to sell the small hilltop and wasteland in Xingxi Village to a woman named Li Mengyue. It's 1,300 mu in total. The current price of wasteland is one tael of silver per mu, which works out to 1,300 taels of silver. You should bring enough."

When the village chief heard this, he knew it was settled. There was no need to measure the land, and the land deed could be completed today.

It seems that the saying is true: the government office faces south, so don't come in if you don't have money.

If he doesn't take the silver today, nothing will be done.

It doesn't matter that he is worried about the money, but it would be a disaster if it delayed Yue girl's important business!

"That's enough. I brought the silver here today. Please, Chief Clerk Zhang, help me get the land deed done."

"Okay, okay, that's it..."

"What?"

Seeing that Zhang Zhubo seemed to be hesitant to speak, the village chief accepted the money in vain. If there was anything wrong, he couldn't do it immediately.

Seeing that Village Chief Li didn't understand what he meant, Zhang Zhubo pursed his lips and looked at his right hand.

The village chief looked over and saw Zhang Zhubo rubbing his thumb and index finger. What was there to be unclear about? He just wanted money.

But he had already given five taels. As far as he knew, the monthly salary of people in the county government was not very high. He already had five taels of extra income, but he still wanted more. This was too greedy.

Seeing that Village Chief Li didn't move, Zhang Zhubo put the paper back on the table and said casually, "Village Chief Li, you know it's not easy for us brothers either. Going to the village to measure the land takes a lot of time and energy."

Thinking that the five taels of silver he had given out would definitely not be able to be taken back, Village Chief Li took out another five taels of silver.

This time, Zhang Zhubo collected the silver and did not make things difficult for the village chief. He immediately wrote the land deed, but it was missing the official seal of the county government. It would only be valid if the county magistrate personally stamped it.

In fact, there were no such rules before County Magistrate Yang came. He had the authority to issue land deeds regardless of whether it was a small piece of land or a large area.

Nowadays, any land transaction exceeding five thousand mu must be approved by County Magistrate Yang. Unless the land deed is stamped with the official seal, it will have no legal effect.

In other words, even if Li Mengyue had the land deed, the hill and wasteland were not hers.

After Zhang Zhubo finished writing the land deed, he prepared to go to the back court to find County Magistrate Yang.

Village Chief Li was lucky that County Magistrate Yang did not go out today. If he had gone out later, he would have made a wasted trip.

Zhang Zhubo moved into the back office and into the study where Yang County Magistrate worked.

"Guard Yang, is the master in the study?"

"What's wrong? What do you want to talk to me about?" Yang Run asked in a businesslike manner.

"Look, the small hilltop in Xingxi Village and the wasteland below it have been bought by a girl named Li Mengyue. I'm here to get the official seal from you, sir."

"Wait a minute."

After listening to this, Yang Run asked Zhang Zhubo to wait outside the door while he went in to report.

After a while, the door was opened by Yang Run.

"The master lets you in."