Chapter 40 The village head's wife laughed at him
After this important event was settled, Qiao Xuan was very happy. She couldn't contain herself and immediately pulled Shao Yunduan to take her to the headman's house.
When buying land or going to the county government to get a land deed, the head of the village must show up.
When Mrs. Xu saw that her mother-in-law agreed, she felt secretly disappointed and a little uncomfortable, but there was nothing she could do.
She sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat frustrated. Who told him to be rich? He could squander his money however he wanted. He treated her kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs and refused to listen to her advice. What could she do?
So, things in this world are really unfair.
The village where the Shao family lives is called Shaoding Village. As the name suggests, almost all of the more than 200 households in the village have the surname Shao or Ding.
For many years, the two surnames have been united against external foes but also fought internally. The position of village head has been rotated among one surname, and the current village head is from the Ding family.
Shao Yunduan was a scholar, and Qiao Xuan was the daughter of the county magistrate. Ding Lizheng was very polite to them and did not dare to offend them easily.
This matter was quickly settled.
There are sixty acres of wasteland next to the village. At the price of three taels of silver per acre, the total value is one hundred and eighty taels.
The Shao family's backyard has thirteen acres, which is even less valuable. One acre costs two taels of silver, a total of twenty-six taels.
Ding Lizheng promised to go to the county town tomorrow to help them get the land deed.
This cost a total of two hundred and six taels. After that, we had to hire people to clean up the house, plow the soil, buy flower seedlings and plant the flowers. We also had to buy bricks to build the wall behind the yard, which would probably cost another ten or twenty taels.
There are still more than seventy taels left out of the three hundred taels of silver, which is enough to spend comfortably for a long time!
Qiao Xuan was very happy and kept exclaiming in her heart that it was such a bargain!
Little did she know that after she and Shao Yunduan left Ding Lizheng's house, Ding Lizheng and his wife laughed for a long time.
Laugh at her being silly.
More than two hundred taels of silver, you can buy more than ten acres of good farmland at seven or eight taels of silver per acre!
How much more grain can be produced in a year from a dozen acres of fertile land!
The whole family could not finish eating it in a year!
She, on the other hand, bought all useless and useless land.
The wife of the head of the village: "She is a rich girl, but she knows nothing and only knows how to waste money! How can Yunduan not care about it? She must have become stupid from reading too much! Fang is so smart, but she doesn't care?"
Ding Lizheng smiled and said, "You also said that she is a rich lady. How can the Shao family control her?"
The wife of the head of the village laughed out loud, gloating: "That's true! The Shao family has married a Buddha, who can't be controlled, tut tut."
The headman's wife was so happy that she went out to find someone to chat with and share gossip.
Qiao Xuan was also happy and went into the kitchen with great interest.
In the evening, I plan to make pork ribs with spring bamboo shoots and braised pork with some mushrooms. Just thinking about the taste makes me hungry.
Dice the fresh and tender spring bamboo shoots, add a little soy sauce and sugar to the blanched ribs and stir-fry until they change color slightly. When the aroma is strong, add the spring bamboo shoots, stir-fry over high heat, add a little water and simmer before serving.
Cut the cooked pork belly into thin slices, stir-fry in a pan with oil, add sauce and salt, then add a small amount of washed mushrooms and garlic sprouts and stir-fry over high heat until fragrant, add a little sugar before serving.
The two dishes were steaming hot and looked delicious. The fragrance filled the whole yard. Shao Sanlang, Xiaoqi, Taotao and the others were all very hungry and were eagerly waiting for the meal to start.
Mrs. Xu couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Looking at the two bowls of dishes, she felt both greedy and distressed.
My fifth sister-in-law really can't enter the kitchen. She pours oil into the pot as if it's free. Even if she bought it with her own money, she can't waste it like this.
(End of this chapter)
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