"How much did you say?"
The magistrate's daughter asked in disbelief. Although she didn't know how to grow crops, her mother had already taught her how to manage the household, so she knew the price of hiring a farmhand.
Generally speaking, a good one would cost 500 or 600 wen, while a bad one would cost 400 or 500 wen. But this girl only gave 100 wen, and she was really brave enough to say that.
Not to mention the county magistrate's daughter, even Daniu was shocked by Tian An. He thought to himself, this girl is really bold.
Tian An shamelessly tricked the county magistrate's daughter into going with her to ask: "Sister Qianjin, just accompany me to ask! If they don't want to, forget it."
Since the county magistrate's daughter really couldn't afford to pay a hundred coins to hire a farmhand, he sent a yamen runner to ask.
However, the fact is that even if only a hundred coins were offered, there were still many people eager to do it. If the yamen runners had not been watching, a fight would have probably broken out.
The bailiff came back and asked Qian Jin how many people he wanted.
Qianjin looked at Tian An as if she had seen a ghost: This girl is really good.
Tian An felt a little embarrassed by being stared at. He lowered his head and watched his two little fingers twirling around.
After a while, he raised his head and said, "Let's find two today, plus ourselves, it's barely enough. If we wait until Brother Daniu's land is divided, we will have to hire a few more."
Speaking of land division, I wonder if the county magistrate's daughter can help.
Forget it, no matter whether I can help or not, I'll just ask first. It's just a matter of talking.
"Sister Qianjin, could you please talk to the county magistrate and give my brother Danniu some good land? I don't want to trouble you, but you are the only one I know. I can only ask for your help."
"When did your brother Da Niu start dividing the land?" asked Qian Jin.
Tian An hurriedly said: "My brother Daniu will be a teenager in April, and there are still more than two months left."
The county magistrate's daughter thought about how her father had been so anxious and angry trying to deal with the disaster victims that he had blisters on his lips. If this girl could hire a few more farmhands, wouldn't that be a favor to her father?
"If I can get your brother Da Niu to divide the land now, you can hire a few more farmhands!"
Hearing this, Tian An's eyes lit up. It would be great if he could get a share sooner rather than later! And since the county magistrate's daughter was the one making the move, the land he would get would definitely be good!
However, Tian An suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to turn up and said, "If we can divide up Brother Daniu's land, we will have to hire at least four more farmhands. But we don't have that much grain to grow! And our house is small and can't accommodate so many people."
The county magistrate's daughter had not expected so many things to be involved. After thinking for a while, she said:
"If there aren't enough houses to live in, then build more. If there aren't enough seeds, then buy more."
Tian An: "But we don't have land to build on! And we don't have enough money to buy food!"
Qianjin: "Didn't your brother Danniu just divide the land? How come there is no land to build a house?"
"The land that Qianjin sister gave us must be the best land. It would be a waste to build a house there. We need to buy a residential plot in the village to build a house there."
Qianjin was stunned, it seemed to be the case.
"Then buy the homestead. I'll ask my dad to give you a lower price."
Tian An's eyes lit up: "How cheap?"
The county magistrate's daughter looked at Tian An and asked uncertainly, "Half price?"
The yamen runner next to him: Miss, this is not how you sell homesteads!
The corner of Da Niu's mouth twitched: An An is really great, she got a homestead at half price!
Unfortunately, Tian An sighed: "But it's cheap, and we don't have the money to buy it!"
The county magistrate's daughter thought to herself, you can't let me send you off! Then she gritted her teeth and said, "Then I'll give you credit."
Tian An asked again: "But is there interest on credit? How long is the term?"
The county magistrate's daughter thought that the little girl might not buy it because there would be interest.
"No interest, but the term is five years!"
Tian An still sighed: "There are still grain seeds!"
The county magistrate's daughter thought that the homestead was already on credit, and the grain...
"The county government will lend you grain without interest. You must pay it back after the autumn harvest."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the two of them. It's incredible! Young people nowadays are really bold, one dares to say it, and the other dares to do it! Going to the county government to borrow grain seeds, you really thought of it.
However, there was something they had not expected.
Tian An said: "Sister Qianjin, can I borrow more grain seeds, buy more land on credit, and hire a few more farmhands?"
Everyone: I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen anyone more shameless.
Daniel: This girl is really brave.
Unexpectedly, Qian Jin said, "Why do you need to come here? These are enough to plant your own fields!"
Tian An: "We have enough crops at home! But I can also rent some land to grow crops! Many people in our village have a lot of empty land, what a waste! Sister, if you lend me more, I can pay you back more!"
Qianjin: "Aren't the things you returned to me and the things I lent you the same? Where's the extra?"
Tian An stretched out his right index finger and shook it from side to side, saying, "How can they be the same? If you don't lend me the grain, it will become old grain next year and worthless. But what I give you is new grain! New grain is more expensive than old grain!"
When everyone heard this, they thought it made some sense!
Qianjin also thought so: "Then how much do you want?
"I'm thinking of planting another 200 acres! Brother Daniu, what do you think?"
Daniel wants to say, you have already arranged everything, what's the point of asking me now?
“You decide.”
Seeing that Da Niu didn't say anything, Tian An turned around and said, "Then I'll borrow seeds for planting 400 mu of land. I'll need 16 farmhands, and a homestead... 20 mu of homestead!"
Da Niu felt like his mouth was almost stiff from twitching. Does this girl know how much twenty acres is?
"Okay! Go pick someone to take away," Qianjin made the final decision.
Tian An refused to do it again: "Sister Qianjin, I can't take the farmhands back yet."
The county magistrate's daughter crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows at her, saying, "I want to see what else you can say this time."
Tian An smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Hehe, little sister, we just talked so much, but after all, your father, the county magistrate, doesn't know yet! I think you should go back and report to him first.
"Look, it's getting late today, and we haven't prepared anything. We don't have a homestead, and we don't have any grain. If they follow me back, where will they live? What will they eat? What will they do? They can't just hide in my corner and starve!"
The county magistrate's daughter understood that the girl did not believe her, and reminded her in a roundabout way that words did not count and she had to produce something concrete.
Well, I did act on my own today, and I should go back and discuss it with Dad.
"Okay, then go back and prepare today. I'll prepare the relevant paperwork and will come to your house tomorrow with the grain and farmhands."
I extended my right hand and high-fived the county magistrate's daughter, saying, "It's a deal."
…
"My name is Gu Jinyan, so you can call me Sister Jinyan. You are not allowed to call me Sister Qianjin anymore."
"Okay, I get it, Sister Qianjin, hehe, call me that one last time."
Gu Jinyan smiled and shook her head.
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