When the village head arrived, Su Yun'er was boiling water for everyone.

If you do strenuous work and sweat a lot, you must drink plenty of water.

"Third Uncle?" Su Yun'er was somewhat surprised.

Before they were familiar with each other, Su Yun'er respectfully called him "village head," but now that they are more familiar, she follows suit and addresses him according to their seniority.

"Shanhe's wife, come here, I have something to tell you."

Su Yun'er asked Old Lady Chen to watch the stove fire, and then followed the village head to a secluded spot outside.

"Third Uncle, what is it?"

"Shanhe's wife, I remember your family doesn't have much farmland left, does it?"

Su Yun'er thought for a moment and nodded.

The Chen family originally only had a small amount of land, which had already been converted into silver by the original owner of this body before she arrived, to support her maternal family.

"Does your family still want land?"

In an instant, Su Yun'er understood what the village head meant.

"Is this the land originally owned by the house's owner?" Su Yun'er asked.

The village head raised his eyebrows: "You guessed right, it's his family. You can see that his family was originally quite well-off, with more than nine acres of land. It can't be considered poor land, but it's been abandoned for several years, so it will probably need to be tended to again."

"Then why didn't you think about dealing with it before?" Su Yun'er asked, puzzled.

"Originally, when the children took that family away, they wanted to keep the house and land, thinking that if business outside was not good, at least they would still have a house and land in their hometown and would not starve. However, over the years, their business has grown bigger and bigger, and they have also purchased land in other places. They probably will not come back, so they want to take this opportunity to get rid of it all."

“In the village, among those who can afford to buy land and need to buy land, after thinking it over, your family is the only one that fits the bill. So, I came to ask you first,” the village head explained in detail.

Su Yun'er actually had no intention of buying land, firstly because she didn't know how to farm, and secondly because she didn't want to farm.

It wasn't because she looked down on farmers, but because she wanted to improve her family's economic situation and change their lifestyle of toiling in the fields by doing business and sending her children to school.

After several months of hard work, our family's life has indeed changed a lot, so there's no reason for us to give up our current life and go back to farming.

But the moment the village head asked the question, "Are you buying land?", Su Yun'er had a new idea.

"I want to be a landlady!"

Of course, she didn't want to be a vicious, exploitative landlady.

Although she herself did not know how to farm, she could rent out her land to others. As the landowner, she would receive money or grain from her tenants every year as rent.

In her past life, Su Yun'er had a wish to be a landlady, and a landlady and a landlady are pretty much the same thing!

"I wonder what the price is for this family's farmland?"

When Su Yun'er, the village head, asked this question, she knew that there was probably something going on.

Having been entrusted with this task, he wanted to get it done as soon as possible so as to give the person an explanation.

“The current land price is generally around nine taels per mu, but the owner said that the land has been abandoned for several years and there is no reason to sell it at the market price. So he is willing to give a discount. The specific discount needs to be discussed between the buyer and seller.”

Su Yun'er thought it was alright; the family seemed genuinely interested in making a deal, so she agreed.

“Alright, I was also planning to buy land, so I’ll trouble you again, Uncle, to help me make the arrangements. I need to personally inspect the location and condition of the land.”

"I understand, I understand, it's all as it should be."

The village head readily agreed, feeling overjoyed and anticipating the success of the deal.

If this deal goes through, it will also benefit him.

The amount of farmland owned by the villagers of Daliushu Village was all registered with the imperial court.

The amount of tax he could pay each year was calculated based on the proportion of his land holdings. In the years that these nine acres of land had been left uncultivated, he wrote to the family every year, urging them to make up for the shortfall. He was really afraid that one year the family would move away or not reply to his letters, and then he would have to find a way to make up for the shortfall himself.

Now things are much simpler if it's someone living in the village who buys the land.

With the village head's careful arrangements, Su Yun'er and the original owner quickly inspected the land together, measured its area, discussed the price, and then went to the government office to complete the paperwork for buying and selling the land.

In the end, Su Yun'er bought the nine acres and seven fen of land at a price of eight taels and three qian per acre.

The original owner finished dealing with the house and land in just a few days. The progress was far smoother than he had expected. He happily packed his things to leave and even invited the village head and Su Yun'er to dinner before leaving.

The chosen location was Lingyue Tower.

***

When Su Yun'er first heard that Lingyue Tower was the chosen location, she refused.

She still remembered the awkward incident that happened between her and Manager Wen of Lingyue Tower. It wasn't that she was afraid of anything, but she just disliked Manager Wen and therefore didn't want to eat there.

But that happened a long time ago, and bringing it up would make her seem petty, yet she couldn't very well refuse.

Su Yun'er rubbed her nose: "Let's go then, what are we afraid of?"

On the day of the meal, Su Yun'er prepared the food needed for cooking at home, asked Song Da Niang's eldest daughter-in-law Li Lan to help Chen Lao Tai, changed into clean clothes, and went to Yongning City.

Today happens to be market day, and the streets and alleys of Yongning City are packed with people.

It has everything: food, drinks, entertainment, and daily necessities.

Su Yun'er arrived early and wasn't in a hurry to go to Lingyue Tower, so she just strolled around the streets.

As Su Yun'er passed by the entrance of a secluded alley, she saw a young man selling books.

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