Chapter 215 Buying Field
Linghua was so angry that she stamped her feet repeatedly: "Sister! You are so mean!"
After hearing what Xia Daohua said, Lihua thought about it and felt that it did make some sense. She hugged Linghua, who was still jumping up and down, pressed her head into her arms, and said with a smile:
"Okay, I'll wash Linghua first. If you feel the water is too cold or dirty, just let me know and I'll get you some more water."
Xia Daohua nodded: "Yeah, don't worry, I won't be polite with you."
The Xia family settled down in this large courtyard.
The Hu family lived on the west side, the Zhao family lived on the south side, and on the east side lived the landlord's family, the landlord's two younger brothers' families, and the landlord's mother with her underage sister.
After resting in the slum for a few days, the Xia family members felt a little overwhelmed, especially the women in charge of the family, such as Zhou.
It’s nothing, the cost of living here is much higher than when I was in Beiguan Village.
In Beiguan Village, every family has fields and vegetable gardens, and there are mountains and forests outside the village.
If you want to eat food, you can grow it yourself. Although there are times when you need to buy food, as long as it is a peaceful year, the time you need to buy food only accounts for about one-third of the whole year.
If you want to eat vegetables and meat, you can grow them yourself, raise them yourself, or go into the mountains to hunt them.
If you want to burn firewood, go into the mountains to collect firewood. If you are willing to walk farther and deeper, you can also chop trees.
But when he arrived in Jixiang County, although he rented a house to live in, Yang Yang still had to pay for the seven daily necessities of life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
The price changes every day, and there is no regular pattern.
Today you think it is cheap, so you buy two more pounds, and tomorrow the price is even lower. Today you think it is expensive, so you buy two less pounds, and tomorrow the price doubles.
The Xia family has such a large family. If they sit at home and eat every day, even if they only drink porridge, it will be a considerable expense.
Buying two kilograms of grain is not enough for the family to make porridge for two days.
The Xia family was inevitably a little anxious, even Erlang, Taohua, and the fourth room and his wife, who had some money in their hands. Not to mention those who had little income and originally relied on farming.
The Zhao family and the Hu family were the same, feeling somewhat anxious.
These days, they have been running to the brokerage firm frequently to look at the fields, houses, and shops.
The Xia family members were also a little restless.
Grandpa Xia and Mrs. Zhou stayed at home, while the other adults went out to look for work on the streets.
Even if you do some short-term work as a waiter in a restaurant, it is better than sitting at home and eating out all your savings.
Xia Dalang soon found a way to make a living:
He held Ah Liu in his arms and ran to set up a stall opposite the carriage and horse shop to write letters. Although the business was not very good, he could earn a dozen copper coins a day at the least.
Of course, he will still go to the academy after the whole family is settled.
But now, the family’s livelihood is still uncertain, and Xia Dalang is not willing to eat for free, so he sets up a letter-writing stall and earns every penny.
Erlang went out for a walk and found that the dock was recruiting laborers. There was no threshold for this job, but he felt that it was not suitable for the Xia family to do it - if they did it for a long time, firstly, their bodies might not be able to bear it, and it was not uncommon for them to be overworked and vomit blood. Secondly, if they saw money every day, it might be difficult for them to settle down and farm.
He also went to various restaurants and came back to talk to Xia Daohua:
"Daohua, did you bring your pickle pickle with you? I've been to several restaurants here, but I found that they don't sell the pickles we have."
Xia Daohua nodded in support: "I have brought it. Besides, it's not difficult to make that thing. I can find someone to make two sets now. By the way, I have samples here. Let's go see who is willing to buy them."
Erlang nodded readily: "Okay. But the customs here are different from Bohai County. If you go with me, there might be people who are tactless and say things that are unpleasant to hear..."
Xia Daohua naturally doesn't mind what others say.
So Erlang took Xia Daohua out with him. Xia Daohua took two small jars for samples, each holding one pound, one containing spicy cabbage and the other containing pickled radish.
The two of them went to "shop around" at the restaurants that Xia Erlang had visited and thought had potential for cooperation.
Xia Yougui and his brothers walked around several areas of the outer city in the hot sun, then returned home in a depressed mood to discuss business with the old couple:
"The carriage business is hiring, but they need people who can ride horses and drive carriages. The docks are hiring coolies, but Erlang doesn't think that job is suitable.
We brothers think it's not very successful.
We don't know how to use that kind of cleverness, so I'm afraid we can't do it. If we exhaust ourselves, I'm afraid we won't be able to regret it.
I think we farmers still have to farm. Let's buy some land as soon as possible!
The price of buying land at this time is also lower.”
The old couple also felt that land was the foundation of life, so naturally they wanted to buy some land.
Although the county town was prosperous, everything required money; although the countryside was a little lonely, it was easier to get firewood and rice. So the Xia family also started to go to the farm to look after the fields.
He also did not forget to ask the Zhao and Hu families for advice and inquire about their experience in land viewing.
The three families thought that if they bought the land in the same place, they would be able to take care of each other. So, whenever one family asked a broker to look at the land, the three families would each send one person to go and look at it together.
In this way, we can also look at larger plots of land. If all aspects are suitable, the three families can take it over together.
I ran around like this for several days but still couldn't buy a suitable piece of land.
Either the price is not right, the location is not right, or there is something wrong with the land itself.
Come to think of it, Jixiang County is different from Beiguan Town.
Beiguan Town has a large land area and a small population, and there are large areas of wilderness and forests. If there is no land to farm, people can reclaim the wasteland to have food.
But in this auspicious county, everything has been planned and arranged, and it has a large population.
Rich families are buying more and more land, and small families don’t even have enough land to grow crops. If there were no natural disasters or man-made calamities, who would be willing to sell their land?
Old Master Xia ran twice himself. He was busy all day and was so tired that his legs were swollen. At night, he even had difficulty taking off his shoes.
After all, age is not forgiving, you have to accept it!
The old couple of the Xia family handed the matter over to the second and fifth sons.
Although the second son Xia Yougui was not a very good person, he was a good farmer and could recognize the quality of the land. Moreover, as a somewhat carefree person, he would not be fooled when he saw unclear boundaries.
Grandpa Xia feels more at ease with the reliable Old Five in charge of financial matters.
The Xia family actually still has a lot of money.
Especially Zhou, the fourth wife and her husband, as well as Xia Xuejiao, Erlang, and Taohua, can all be considered wealthy people.
Zhou's money was the wealth accumulated by the Xia family over decades.
Apart from the money that the couple saved carefully, the rest of the fourth room’s money came from the pickle workshop business.
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