Chapter 156 Buying Farmland (Part 1)

Early in the morning, Cui Hejin watched Zhiluo go to town and stood at the door watching her for a long time.

They were originally going to work in the fields, but she looked at Cui Hejin and seemed a little absent-minded.

As a result, the child told her to go to town.

She didn't understand what was going on and thought Cui Hejin went to find Zhiluo.

Who would have thought that he would come back soon after his trip and say that he had advanced this month's salary to give it to Zhiluo.

Old Madam Cui sighed in her heart, He Jin really still cared about Zhi Luo.

Jiang Zhiluo looked at Cui Hejin, and for some reason, her nose felt sore.

My heart is full and swollen.

She knew that it was not that easy to advance her monthly salary.

Cui Hejin must have agreed to something again.

Jiang Zhiluo knew that this was Cui Hejin's intention, and she couldn't refuse.

If she refused, it might hurt his self-esteem and make him think that she thought it was too little.

Jiang Zhiluo calmed herself down, reached out to take it, and said with a smile, "Then I'll take it. This way I can buy more land."

Seeing Jiang Zhiluo's happy expression, Cui Hejin relaxed his brows, breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of tenderness appeared on his face.

Old Madam Cui took Jiang Zhiluo to the village headman's field.

At this time, the village head, Zhu and their two sons were busy farming.

Zhu was placing corn seeds in the small pits. When she saw Old Madam Cui and Jiang Zhiluo, she quickly put down what she was holding and said, "Hey, Sister Cui, Zhiluo, why are you here?"

Madam Cui said, "Sister Zhu, we've come to see the village head. We're thinking of buying a few acres of land."

Zhu was stunned. "Will you buy land now?"

The village head drove the ox to pull the plow, and Zhou Zhaoxi held the plowing tool from behind to prevent it from tilting.

The plowing tools carved furrows in the ground to make it easier to place corn seeds.

Hearing what Old Lady Cui said, the village head lowered his whip and turned to ask, "Do you want to buy farmland?"

The Cui family has already built a house, so if they buy land, it should be arable land.

Madam Cui nodded and said, "Yes, buy some farmland and grow more food, otherwise there won't be enough to eat."

Zhu agreed very much and said, "It's indeed time to buy more land. Your family only has one acre of land, and it's reclaimed land. The food you grow is not enough to eat."

Before, only Cui Hejin and Old Madam Cui were responsible for the food, but now with Zhiluo joining the team, one acre of land is definitely not enough.

Furthermore, that one acre of land is reclaimed land, which is different from normal cultivated land.

First of all, the grain yield from reclaimed land is lower, and secondly, it cannot be disposed of at will. After a few years of planting, it will belong to the county government.

Normal arable land is different. With a land deed, it belongs to the individual once purchased and can be bought and sold at will or rented out.

Zhu was happy for the Cui family.

The village head looked at the family and sighed with emotion.

It hasn't been long since the Cui family built a house and bought land.

Looks like he made some money.

However, as some villagers' conditions improved, he, the village head, was also happy. When others mentioned him, they would also say that he managed the village well.

What's more, his wife has a good relationship with the Cui family and the Jiang family.

Naturally, he also has to help out.

"It's right to buy land. We can plant more crops during the spring plowing season. It will be enough for the whole family to eat."

"You want to buy the land over there, I'll mark it out and measure it for you."

Jiang Zhiluo said, "Uncle Village Chief, we want to buy the two acres of land between our house and the valley, and the three acres between the village and the town."

This makes a total of five acres of land.

She had eleven taels of silver in her hand, and Cui Hejin gave her two taels, making a total of thirteen taels of silver.

Buy five acres of the most ordinary land, two taels of silver per acre. In this way, after buying five acres of land, there will be three taels of silver left in reserve.

If I earn a little more every day, it will be enough to hire people to help me plow the land.

When Jiang Zhiluo said this, not only the head of the village and Mrs. Zhu were shocked, but even their sons Zhou Zhaoxi and Zhou Zhaohe were stunned.

Five acres of land!

I thought the Cui family would buy one acre of land, but I didn't expect them to ask for five acres right away.

Land is really important to farmers.

Having land means being able to grow food and have enough to eat.

If you have land at home, you won’t feel worried. That’s the truth.

They must have spent a lot of money on building the house, but they didn't expect that they would have money left to buy land.

The village head came to his senses and said, "These five acres of land are the worst quality. One acre of top quality land can produce more than 400 kilograms of grain, but this kind of land can only produce more than 100 kilograms of grain. If you cultivate it well, you might even be able to produce 200 kilograms. Do you really want to buy land like that?"

“It’s cheap, but it’s not cost-effective.”

There is only a huge shortage of food in one year, and it would be uneconomical to have it for more years.

If the conditions are better, you will naturally buy better land.

Old Madam Cui was also a little hesitant, but she listened to Zhiluo. She looked at Zhiluo and waited for her to make a decision.

Zhu looked at Mrs. Cui's expression and smiled. It seemed that she didn't have to worry too much about Zhiluo.

It is indeed good that the mother-in-law is willing to listen to the opinions of her daughter-in-law.

It can be seen that Zhiluo has a high status in the Cui family.

Jiang Zhiluo said with a firm look, "Thank you for your advice, Uncle Village Chief. I really want to buy these five acres of land."

She is not worried about low production at all.

Although there are not many potato seeds in the space, and only one and a half acres of land are planted in the space, the yield will be three thousand kilograms when the potatoes are mature.

She also placed corn, soybean, and peanut seeds from her home in the space.

In this way, if it is nourished by the spiritual energy of the space and used for cultivation, the yield will be much higher.

Don't worry about the problem of barren land.

Madam Cui also nodded and said, "Well, let's buy the land like this."

Seeing Jiang Zhiluo's firm attitude, the village head understood.

He asked his younger son and daughter-in-law to continue working on the farm, while he took his eldest son Zhou Zhaoxi to help the Cui family with the land purchase.

After finishing the work, it was already noon.

Jiang Zhiluo and her family went home to have lunch first.

Jiang Zhiluo said, "After lunch, I'll go to the government office this afternoon to get the stamp and exchange it for the red deed."

Mrs. Cui had an excited smile on her face, "I didn't expect that our family would have five more acres of land all of a sudden."

"If the villagers knew about this, they would probably discuss it."

Jiang Zhiluo said, "Let them discuss it. We bought barren land, so it won't attract too much attention."

Madam Cui nodded and said, "Yes, that's true. But no matter what kind of land it is, it's all our family's land. Mother is happy and full of energy when she thinks about producing more food."

She wished she could plant crops on those fields right away.

After Mrs. Cui washed her hands, she said, "By the way, Zhiluo, what do you want to eat for lunch? Mother will make it for you."

She learned some cooking skills from Jiang Zhiluo and can cook now. Although her cooking is not as delicious as Zhiluo's, she thinks it should be okay.

Jiang Zhiluo pointed to a basin nearby and said, "Mom, I bought a grass carp this morning. My mom gave me some pickled cabbage last time. Let's make some pickled cabbage fish noodles."

Mrs. Cui was stunned. "Sour fish noodles?"

This was the first time she heard such a statement.

Fish can also be made into noodles?