Chapter 73 Getting the Land Deed Done
"That puts my mind at ease." Ye Lizheng nodded. "How big a plot do you want to buy? At least two mu of land, right?"
"From here to here." Ye Caiping circled a large area at the foot of the mountain with her finger.
"What?" Ye Lizheng was a little surprised. "There are five acres of land here. How big do you want your house to be?"
“I’m not just building a house, I’m going to open a workshop.”
"Workshop?" Ye Lizheng was confused. "What kind of workshop?"
"I'm going to make Hu La Tang. I plan to make the seasoning for Hu La Tang into a seasoning packet. In the future, if anyone wants to eat Hu La Tang, they can just soak some dried vegetables, add water and the seasoning packet."
Ye Caiping already had a plan when making Hu La Tang.
If you make soup yourself, you can only sell it in small towns and counties. If you make it into seasoning packages, the market will be the entire Zhou Dynasty.
Ye Lizheng's blood boiled when he heard this: "This, this...are you sure you can do it?"
"Uncle Lizheng knows that my spicy soup business is pretty good. No matter what, let's give it a try first!"
Ye Lizheng was thinking about how busy Ye Bajin had been recently. He was going in and out every day carrying Hu La Tang. It was conceivable how good Ye Caiping's business was.
"After this workshop is built, we will have to hire people, right?" the village head asked tentatively.
"yes."
Ye Lizheng's eyes brightened. If this were the case, the people in the village would at least have some income.
"How do you sell these five acres of land?" Ye Caiping said.
"The court has stipulated that the best paddy fields are five taels of silver per mu, the poorer land is three taels, and the wasteland is two taels. This residential land is generally charged at three taels."
"The best residential land is in the center of the village. Look at this picture. The area circled by red is 3 taels per mu. The area at the beginning and end of the village is 2 taels per mu."
"Your place... is near the foot of the mountain. It was originally a wasteland, so it is also counted as two taels. You want five acres, which adds up to ten taels."
"Okay." Ye Caiping was about to take out the money.
"Wait." Ye Lizheng was a little amused. "At least you should take a look at the land first! How can you pay just by looking at the blueprints? Also, what do your parents think about buying this land..."
"Okay, let's go and see it now. Huan'er, go and call your grandparents."
Although she can make the decision to buy the land and her parents will not object, she also has to respect her family's opinions. After all, they all care about her.
Huan'er was about to go out when she saw Ye Bajin coming in, rubbing his eyes: "Sister Caiping, I'll go! I just need to deliver the goods for the evening market."
He was just catching up on his sleep in his room.
"It's troublesome."
After Ye Bajin left for a while, he saw Old Lady Ye, Old Man Ye, and even Ye Daquan and Erquan coming together.
"Brother, aren't you going to deliver the goods?" Ye Caiping said.
"Hehe, when I learned that you wanted to look at the land, I asked Yong'er to go. Don't blame me, little sister." He said while scratching his head.
"It's okay." As long as someone does the work, it's fine.
Several people followed Ye Lizheng and came to the foot of the mountain.
Old Lady Ye looked up at the mountain in front of her, her mouth wide open: "Cai Ping, this... isn't it too far?"
"Not bad, only here is big enough." Ye Caiping talked about opening a workshop again.
Old Mrs. Ye and others were even more confused. They didn't know what a workshop was. They only knew that their daughter wanted to expand her business.
Old Mrs. Ye felt a little distressed: "This... is it too tiring? It's good enough now. I have income every month. I am content with a small fortune."
"Not tired, I like doing business."
Old Mrs. Ye was slightly startled when she saw her shining eyes. It seems she really likes it!
Old Mrs. Ye smiled and sighed: "As long as you like it."
Ye Caiping walked around the selected five acres of land. She had set her eyes on this land for a long time. Looking at it again now, I am more and more satisfied.
After building the house and the workshop, there will be some land left over from these five acres, and we can grow some crops later.
"Look, mother, the mountain stream is flowing down over there! Then we can divert a branch of the mountain stream and bring it into our home, so that it will be much more convenient to use water."
Old Mrs. Ye's eyes lit up. Indeed, if they could use running water to bring it in, they would no longer have to carry water.
Listening to Ye Caiping talking about how to build the house, Old Lady Ye and the others liked it more and more, and they didn't mind that the location was too remote.
After checking the land, it was already dark, so the group returned to the headman's house.
Ye Caiping immediately gave the money and put her fingerprint on the title deed.
Ye Lizheng folded up the land deed and said, "I will go to the government office to record it for you tomorrow. You can also go to register the female household, right? We will go together."
"OK!"
As Ye Caiping was talking, she suddenly remembered the gift she had brought and quickly placed it on the table: "Thank you for troubling me, Uncle Lizheng. I found this when I was pulling the cloth this morning. Please don't dislike it, Uncle Lizheng."
Ye Lizheng was surprised: "You gave Ba Jin a job to do, I am already very grateful to you, how can I accept your gift."
Ye Bajin gets thirty cents a day, plus a bowl of spicy soup. A month is more than one or two days!
Which farmer can earn one or two taels of silver a month?
"We are all family, so please don't be so formal with me, uncle. This morning, Ba Jin was moving cloth for me! He also charges a fee for parking his ox cart at the car shop. I haven't been polite to him yet, so you should not be polite to me this time, uncle."
At this point, Ye Lizheng couldn't refuse: "Then I'll be disrespectful to refuse."
Ye Caiping thought of Ye Yong again and pulled Old Lady Ye: "Mom, Yong'er's marriage..."
Old Mrs. Ye was startled: "Yes, yes."
Old Mrs. Ye pulled the village head's wife over and whispered something to her.
The village head's wife widened her eyes, nodded as she listened, and finally said with a smile:
"Don't worry! Since you are all prepared, it will be easy. I will find her tomorrow morning. This time, I will make sure it is beautiful for you."
Last time, it was the wife of the village head who helped them test Xiuxiu's mother, but she was scared off when she asked for twenty taels of silver.
Now that we have collected enough money, it’s easier.
Old Mrs. Ye smiled with satisfaction and left with Ye Caiping and others.
When proposing a marriage, if both parties are from the same circle, they will find someone they are familiar with to act as an iceman, who will go to the other party's house to test the waters privately or talk openly. If the other party agrees, they will then hire a matchmaker.
Especially with Xiuxiuniang's personality, if we invite a matchmaker directly to come to the house, it will be embarrassing if she suddenly acts like a troublemaker.
The next day, it was noon.
Ye Caiping and Ye Li were heading to the county town in Ye Bajin's car.
After getting off the car, Ye Caiping found a pastry shop and bought a box of date cakes and a box of osmanthus cakes before heading to the yamen.
It just so happened that one of the gatekeepers had come to Qinghe Village yesterday. When he saw Ye Caiping, he stepped forward and said:
"Is that Madam Ye? Master has been waiting for a while. Come with me."
"Thank you, young man." Ye Caiping took out a string of money and stuffed it into the hand of the yamen runner.
The yamen runner looked at the string of money, which was about twenty coins, and was delighted. His cold face suddenly became attentive: "This way, please."
Ye Caiping and the other person entered the inner court.
Mr. Luo was working in his office. When he saw the visitor, he smiled and said, "Here you are. Come and sit down."
Ye Caiping first put two boxes of snacks on the table: "Sorry for the trouble."
Master Luo’s smile became more genuine.
He had someone find Ye Caiping's household registration file long ago, and then he took her household registration book and made the changes with a few quick strokes.
Ye Caiping stuffed another purse into his pocket and said, "Thank you for your help, Master."
When Master Luo squeezed the purse, there was at least two taels of it! Very good, you know how to do it!
Master Luo even looked at Ye Lizheng with a kind look: "Oh, it's Ye Lizheng, what are you here for today?"
Ye Lizheng stuttered a little. It was the first time he saw Master Luo being so easy to talk to. He quickly took out the land deed.
Master Luo also finished it with a few strokes.
Ye Lizheng couldn't help but take a deep breath. In the past, after handing it in, he had to go home and wait, and it would take at least three to five days to get it done.
It really is true that money gets things done!
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