Jiang Ling was very grateful, but Zhao Erleng and his wife waved their hands, telling her not to be so polite.

In no time, Zhao Erleng had repaired all the holes in Jiang Ling's roof. When he came down, Zhao Erleng specifically told Jiang Ling that many parts of the roof of the old house were damaged, and he suggested that Jiang Ling find someone to repair it as soon as possible.

Jiang Ling nodded and then asked, "Brother Er Leng, how long will it take to rebuild a house?"

Zhao Erleng pointed to Jiang Ling's current house and asked, "Is it going to be built this big?"

Jiang Ling shook her head, then briefly explained her needs to Zhao Erleng. After listening, Zhao Erleng was stunned for a while, then frowned and said, "This... if Aunt Jiang does as you say, it will cost at least three or four hundred taels of silver."

Jiang Ling was somewhat surprised after hearing this. She had counted the two reward moneys she received, which totaled about two hundred taels. She thought it would be enough, but she didn't expect it to be barely halfway there.

She muttered somewhat dejectedly, "So much money?"

"Actually, it doesn't necessarily need that much money. Sister Jiang, if you're in a hurry to move in, you can build the house simply first, and you can do the rest little by little later!" Zhao Erleng quickly comforted her.

Jiang Ling frowned as she looked at the muddy road under her feet, then asked, "Brother Er Leng, if we repair the road first and then build a simple adobe house, how much silver would it cost?"

"This..." Zhao Er scratched his head and thought for a while before saying, "Then it should be cheaper, conservatively estimated to be one or two hundred taels!"

Jiang Ling nodded, thanked Zhao Erleng, and then walked towards the village chief's house.

"Is the village chief home?" Jiang Ling gently knocked on the village chief's door and asked.

"Jiang? What's wrong?" The village chief asked, somewhat surprised to see Jiang Ling.

"I want to buy a piece of land, but I don't know what the procedures are!" Jiang Ling asked bluntly.

"Bought? Where do you want to buy it? Wait, didn't Magistrate Duan reward you with a lot of land before? What do you, a woman, need so much land for?" the village chief asked curiously.

"Yes! I want to rebuild the house. This old house is too small. You see, Yaojie, Suihe, and Wenxi are getting older every day. Without their own bedrooms, many things are inconvenient!" Jiang Ling replied calmly.

“Oh, that’s true. You have four children. Even if Suihe and Wenxi get married, Yaojie and Nianci will still need at least two rooms! Have you chosen a place in the Jiang family?” the village chief said.

“Yes, I see there’s a vacant lot behind the land the master gave me. That location is pretty good, and it’s close to my farmland!” Jiang Ling nodded and said.

“This…Isn’t the location of Jiang’s house too remote? There isn’t even a single other family around. I’m not saying I’m cursing you, but what if something really happens?” The village chief said to Jiang Ling with some concern.

Jiang Ling's thoughts were exactly the opposite of the village chief's. The place was deserted, so even if Jiang Ling bought some modern equipment from the mall as a security system, she wouldn't be discovered. Thinking of this, Jiang Ling shook her head and said, "Thank you for your concern, village chief. Our village has always been safe. The matter of the refugees has also been dealt with by Magistrate Duan. There's no need to worry about safety!"

Seeing Jiang Ling's expression, the village chief swallowed back what he wanted to say. It was strange, really. Ever since Jiang Ling divorced Lu Youren, she had completely changed. She must have her own plans for doing this. Thinking of this, the village chief said to Jiang Ling, "The land matter will take three to five days. Consider that piece of land a free gift from me, the village chief. It's not very big anyway. I'll go and draft the land decree first. Once it's done, you can take it to Magistrate Duan for his signature!"

When Jiang Ling first heard about it, she thought it would be very difficult. But when she heard the end result, she couldn't help but gasp. The efficiency of the ancients was really slow.

The village chief drafted the land decree very quickly, and in less than half an hour he brought the drafted land decree to Jiang Ling's house. Jiang Ling took the land decree to Jiang Zhishan and said to Jiang Zhishan, "Zhishan, you can read, can you take a look for me!"

Jiang Zhishan nodded, took the written land deed, looked at it carefully several times, and then carefully placed it in Jiang Ling's hand, saying, "There's no problem. Eldest sister, you just need to go to Magistrate Duan's office tomorrow to get it signed!"

Jiang Ling nodded and put away the land deed. Just as she saw the village chief out, Zhao Erleng's wife arrived at Jiang Ling's door with a basket of mint.

"Sister-in-law, please tell everyone that tomorrow is the last day I'll be collecting mint; I won't be collecting it anymore after that!" Jiang Ling said to Zhao Erleng's wife.

Zhao Erleng's wife was stunned when she heard this. During this period, her children had brought in a lot of income for their family by growing mint. The sudden cessation of the harvest made Zhao Erleng's wife feel a little uncomfortable.

Jiang Ling saw through Zhao Erleng's wife's thoughts and quickly added, "Sister-in-law, don't misunderstand. This mint water business can only last for this summer. With each autumn rain, the weather gets colder, and nobody will like this stuff anymore. I'll go to town tomorrow to think of some new ways to make money!"

Hearing Jiang Ling say that, Zhao Erleng's wife felt a little relieved. She breathed a sigh of relief and said to Jiang Ling, "Then if you need any work, please come to me! You know I'm quick and efficient!"

Jiang Ling smiled and nodded. Zhao Erleng's wife then took another step closer and whispered to Jiang Ling, "Sister-in-law, don't blame me for being nosy, but when my husband was fixing your roof, you mentioned that you were planning to move out?"

Building a house and moving is something that can't be kept secret in the village, and Jiang Ling never intended to hide it.

"Yes, the village chief kindly let me live in this house for free when he was pitiful. Now that we have some money and the children are grown up, we can't keep crammed together. Yaojie is getting on in years and he'll be getting married in a couple of years. We can't just build a mud house here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Erleng's wife nodded in agreement. Then she asked Jiang Ling about the place where she planned to build the house. Sure enough, Zhao Erleng's wife's expression was the same as the village chief's. She reminded her with some worry, "Sister-in-law, don't blame me for being nosy, but the place you mentioned is too remote! What if something happens?"

Jiang Ling smiled and repeated the same words the village chief had said before. Zhao Erleng's wife was not like the village chief, so she still gave her a few words of concern. Although she was nagging, Jiang Ling felt warm inside. At least she had not made a mistake in befriending Zhao Erleng's wife.

"Sister-in-law Erleng, can my brother Erleng come and help with the house construction? Don't worry, I'll definitely pay him!" Jiang Ling asked, recalling how efficiently Zhao Erleng had repaired the roof.

"Oh, don't worry about wages! If my husband doesn't go, I'll break his legs and drag him there!" Zhao Erleng's wife said with a smile.

The next morning, Jiang Ling arrived in Pingxi County in Lu Bo's oxcart. Before she even reached the yamen gate, a sharp-eyed yamen runner spotted her.

Before Jiang Ling could speak, the bailiff led her toward the inner hall.

"Aunt Jiang, please wait a moment, I'll go inform our superiors!"