The whole family was stunned by Ye Jiaying's advanced idea.

In rural areas, the land allocated to men and women is of different sizes, and if a daughter gets married, the land and her household registration will be moved to the man's home.

No woman would contract the land by herself, and Ye's father, who was always cheerful, also fell silent.

Ye Jiaying looked at the surprised expressions of her family and sighed inwardly.

She saw that the heroines in novels could conquer mountains and lands very easily, but why was it that she couldn't do it?

Thinking of the heroine, she had a flash of inspiration. It seemed that there was also a contracting system in the original novel, but she couldn't remember how many years later it was.

If that doesn't work, she can go find the heroine and ask her to use the cheat code so she can get some of the credit?

"Everyone is still waiting and watching, so we should wait a little longer. I'm going to go out tomorrow and ask other people what they think. If we contract the mountain alone, it will be difficult to manage."

Just when Ye Jiaying was thinking of a roundabout way to save the country, Ye's father spoke.

He did not directly reject Ye Jiaying's idea, but just said to wait and see.

"Okay, then tell me if you have any news so I can prepare in advance."

"good."

Ye's father agreed.

He was the head of the family, so he agreed to everything, and Ye's mother had no objection.

She is very open-minded. Ying Yatou's cousin can start her own company and have her own business, and her children can also rent their own land.

The family chatted about other topics for a while and then went back to their rooms.

The next day, Ye Jiaying took Ye Xiaomei to the back mountain again. What she wanted most was the pool at the top of the mountain.

I feel at ease when this thing is in my own name.

Two days later, the onlookers finally finished bargaining with the village chief, and three families wanted to contract the barren hills behind the village.

Father Ye came back immediately and told everyone the news.

The main thing is about the price and the term. Contracting a mountain is not like land. The mountain only gives you the right to use it for a period of time. The area of ​​the mountain × the term is a considerable amount of money.

In this era, working people in cities only earn 30 to 50 yuan a month, and people in rural areas depend on the weather for their livelihood. Those who can save 200 yuan a year are considered wealthy, while some families only make a few dozen yuan a year.

Taking this into consideration, the contracted mountain is priced at ten yuan per mu per year.

Although ten yuan may not seem like a lot, a hilltop has at least thirty to fifty acres of land, so the total amount of money is a lot.

Finally, after some bargaining between the villagers and their superiors, the contract price for each mu of land was seven yuan, with rent waived for the first two years. The contract period was fifteen years and a 30% deposit had to be paid within ten days of signing the contract, and then paid annually.

Overall, it's very humane.

Ye's father calculated that even contracting a small hill would cost two to three thousand yuan, and the family did not have that much money.

He wanted to ask his daughter if she still wanted to take on the contract, but she looked very happy and pulled him straight to the village chief's house.

Although the village chief was surprised that a daughter of the Ye family came to sign, seeing that Ye's father himself agreed and he was responsible for the contract agreement, he did not ask any more questions. As long as there was money and he could complete the task assigned by his superiors, it would be fine.

Ye Jiaying was also lucky. If it weren't for the heavy workload and high pressure at the beginning, she might not have been able to sign the contract under her own name.

Even if her father agreed, the village chief might not agree. That was the prevailing trend at the time.

Ye Jiaying had a clear goal: to lease the hilltop with a spring at the back, with a maximum contract period of fifty years.

It took two days to measure the land, sign the agreement and pay the deposit.

Ye Jiaying was happy when he got the contract.

From today on, she is also a mountain owner. After ten or twenty years, when the tourism industry is developed, she can also run a farm stay.