Chapter 52 Guess who bought it?

Liu Ye naturally had no objections. They only had two hundred taels of silver on the surface. After building the house and buying all sorts of miscellaneous things, they would still have more than 100 taels left. It would be enough to live on for a lifetime unless something serious happened. But if something did happen, more than 100 taels would not be enough: "Okay, I'll stay home and watch the house."

Bai Zilin put the wild deer on the oxcart and threw two chickens into the kitchen: "We're not selling the wild chickens. We'll keep them for ourselves. You're too thin, you need to eat some more."

Liu Ye felt a warm glow inside; even a rough man from ancient times could be considerate: "I know, alright, go wash your hands and eat."

Many villagers, upon seeing Bai Zilin come down from the mountain, immediately began gossiping, spreading rumors about him. Hunters were highly sought after in their village, especially in years when the fields yielded no harvest. Whoever could get food was considered a capable person, and families with daughters in the village would vie to marry them to him.

After finishing his meal, Bai Zilin led Yelu from the village road to the town. Sure enough, several families in the village with daughters had their eyes on him, and even his neighbor, the Wang family, had their eyes on him.

The Wang family next door to Bai Zilin consists of six people: Old Man Wang, Old Woman Wang, their eldest son Wang Laopi, their daughter-in-law Zhang Qiaogu, and the couple. They have a daughter named Wang Dani and a son named Wang Tieniu. Wang Dani is 17 years old this year, which is the age for her to get married.

Bai Zilin was driving his oxcart past the Wang family's gate when Zhang Qiaogu saw him. Overjoyed, she slapped her thigh and went to discuss with her husband about proposing marriage to the neighbor next door. If they were too late, someone else would snatch it away, as a large wild deer could fetch a lot of money.

"Husband, let me tell you, Bai Zilin next door hunted a wild deer, and so on... He only has one person in his family. If we marry our daughter to him, everything will be ours. Alright, alright, blah blah blah, with money, our Tie Niu won't have to worry about finding a wife."

At this moment, at Village Chief Wu's house, his wife, Granny Wu, was also telling him the gossip she had overheard at the door: "Husband, I think the young man from the Bai family, who came from out of town, is quite good. I just heard at the door that he hunted a wild deer in the mountains and took it to town to sell. Oh my, that's incredible! How much money will he get for that? Husband, our Xincao is 17 years old. I think the young man from the Bai family is quite good, much better than the young men in our village. I want to marry Xincao to him. What do you think?"

"If you agree, I'll immediately ask a matchmaker to propose marriage."

After thinking for a moment, Village Chief Wu also thought Bai Zilin was a good candidate. Although the two of them had a little disagreement last night, he couldn't deny that Bai Zilin was indeed a good guy and qualified to be his son-in-law: "I think it's fine. Then you can ask the matchmaker to inquire."

Granny Wu said happily, "Alright, I'll go find Matchmaker Zhang right now."

Just as Liu Ye had snatched the two pheasants out, she heard someone calling her from the doorway. She came out of the kitchen and looked towards the door, where she saw a man standing there who looked about 70% like Village Chief Wu.

The man at the door was none other than Wu Changgui, the son of Village Chief Wu. He waved the land deed in his hand at Liu Ye and said, "My father asked me to deliver the land deed to you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ye quickly ran to the door. It was wonderful! She had just been wondering why Village Chief Wu hadn't brought them the land deed. She had thought he hadn't kept his word.

Liu Ye took the land deeds from Wu Changgui. The deeds had her name written on them, indicating how many acres of mountain land they were. She put the deeds in her pocket and immediately thanked him politely: "Thank you for your trouble, Brother Wu. Brother Bai isn't home. I'll give the deeds to him when he comes back."

Wu Changgui nodded indifferently: "Okay, then I'll be going now."

Liu Ye nodded and watched Wu Changgui return to the village. She then strolled back to the kitchen to continue preparing the two pheasants, planning to stew one for lunch.

Village Chief Wu's son looked much more composed than his father. Village Chief Wu had a sinister look in his eyes and a villainous appearance. His son looked honest and simple, but that's not necessarily true. Some people are cunning and wicked; they may appear honest and simple on the surface, but they are actually quite bad.

Liu Ye chopped up a pheasant and put it aside. She lit a fire to smoke the remaining pheasant and hung it on the roof beam, saving it to eat when she felt like it.

If Brother Bai goes hunting in the mountains again tomorrow and catches another pheasant, she will let him take it to town to sell, and leave enough for the family to eat.

After washing her hands, she took out the land deeds from her bosom, put her own into her spatial storage, and then folded Bai Zilin's land deeds and put them into her bosom.

Five acres of mountain land, which together with Brother Bai's makes ten acres. Mountain land is the best place to grow fruit trees, which are easy to manage and fetch a good price. She happens to have some saplings in her space, but it doesn't seem like enough to plant ten acres.

Thinking of this, she went back to her room and entered her spatial dimension to check on the saplings under the apple tree. There were more than 50 apple tree saplings that reached her knees, and more than 200 chestnut tree saplings. There were a few too few apple tree saplings, but there were enough chestnut tree saplings.

She picked more than 30 apples from the apple tree, cut them in half with a knife, and removed the seeds from the apples. There were four seeds in each apple. With 30 apples, she removed 120 seeds and planted them all on the edge of the black soil.

"OK, plant it today, and it will grow tomorrow."

However, we can't plant trees this year. It's almost winter, and we can only plant them in the spring after the New Year. Well, no rush. By next spring, these saplings will have grown into mature trees, and they will bear fruit when planted in the ground.

Liu Ye picked a cucumber from the vegetable garden, ate it, and then disappeared from the space. She changed out of her dirty clothes and went to the well to wash them. Around noon, Bai Zilin returned in his oxcart.

Liu Ye first checked if the wild deer on the oxcart had been sold. When she saw that they hadn't, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Bai, you're back quite early. I was thinking you'd have to sell them all day."

Bai Zilin threw the ox onto the stone at the door, then took out a money bag from his pocket and handed it to Liu Ye: "This is the money from selling the wild deer. You keep it; it's not safe for me to leave it here."

Liu Ye didn't stand on ceremony. She grabbed the money bag and ran into the house, poured the silver onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and counted it one by one. Before she could finish counting, Bai Zilin said with a smile, "It's 210 taels in total. Guess who bought my wild deer?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ye realized there was no need to guess. Anyone who could afford a wild deer must be wealthy. Master Qin and his group were from Xiancheng, as were Young Master Zhao and his group: "I bet it was Young Master Zhao and his group. You ran into them again?"

Bai Zilin smiled and nodded: "You guessed right. It was Young Master Zhao who bought it. His family lives in Xiangshan Town. I delivered the wild deer to his home. On the way, I realized that his house was the best in town. Later, I found out that Young Master Zhao's father was the Prefect of Xiancheng. I'm glad we didn't offend him."