After leaving the government office, Lu Qiqi obtained the red deed for the earthen hill behind the mountain and the land deed for the fields at the foot of the mountain.
The land encompasses over a thousand acres of uncultivated land along the rocky hillside, more than enough to fulfill Lu Qiqi's dream of building a manor villa.
She spent 300 taels to buy the mountain and another 400 taels to buy the land, leaving Lu Qiqi with only 300 taels left.
This was all thanks to her fear that she wouldn't have enough money to buy the mountain, so she made a special trip to the pharmacy and sold a wild Ganoderma lucidum for five hundred taels of silver; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to afford the land at all.
Even though she didn't have much money left in her pocket, it couldn't dampen Lu Qiqi's joy at becoming a big landowner.
She walked lightly out of Qingshui Town, mounted her horse, and returned to the veterans' village.
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"What! You bought the mountain and the land!" Mrs. Lu's voice was so loud it could shake the house to its core.
In full view of everyone, Lu Qiqi took out two land deeds and handed them to Madam Lu.
Mrs. Lu carefully took it, opened it, and moved with utmost gentleness, as if afraid that she might damage the land deed with too much force.
Everyone crowded around to look, but Madam Lu, annoyed that they were blocking the light and worried that she might accidentally tear it, quickly returned the land deed to Lu Qiqi.
Lu Qiqi's move was so unexpected that the whole family never thought they could become landlords. How many good deeds must they have done in their past lives to have such a capable girl!
In an instant, a happy atmosphere filled the entire room.
Madam Lu wished she could worship Lu Qiqi like a god of wealth.
During the meal, a table full of dishes was placed in front of Lu Qiqi, and food was constantly being served to her.
Lu Qiqi was afraid of overeating and getting an upset stomach like on Saturday, so she would secretly store the leftovers in her space after eating so that no one would find out.
Then she told everyone that she was full and went to feed Wangcai.
The mountain and land have been purchased, and the tea seedlings have arrived.
When the tea seedlings arrived, their leaves were emerald green, showing no signs of having been transported by ship for three days.
The seed shop assistant unloaded all the tea seedlings at the foot of the hill.
The lead waiter said, "Miss Lu, our manager asked me to thank you properly. If it weren't for your idea, these tea trees would not have been preserved so well."
After saying that, the foreman took several sacks off the oxcart and said, "The manager said this is a small token of his appreciation to thank Miss Lu for the idea. It has solved a big problem for our shop."
Lu Qiqi smiled faintly, "It was nothing, I'll accept the gift, please thank the shopkeeper for me."
After bowing, the leader of the group left with his men.
Lu Qiqi also had Li Qingshan and Lu Dahai direct the villagers of Lijia Village to plant trees.
A few days ago, the villagers cleared all the tree roots from the mountain and took them home to use as firewood. For the next six months, no household will need to go up the mountain to cut firewood.
Lu Qiqi made her own rooting solution and soaked the tea seedlings for half an hour. She also added spiritual spring water to the solution to double its effectiveness.
Li Qingshan and Lu Dahai directed the villagers to plant tea trees. The villagers carried the trees up the mountain, and although it was hard work, their faces were full of smiles.
The reason is simple: the villagers of Lijia Village had spent a lot of money to rescue the village chief, and they were now penniless.
At this time, Lu Qiqi gathered them to plant trees on the mountain, offering one coin for each tree planted. This was undoubtedly a timely help, so how could they not be happy?
Zhang Weiguo walked up to Lu Qiqi and said, "Miss Lu, there's not much rooting fluid left."
Lu Qiqi smiled and said, "There are still quite a few at home. Tell my uncle and he'll take you home to get them."
Zhang Weiguo said to the veterans, "Go and get the rooting solution from Qingshan."
After saying that, he turned to Lu Qiqi and asked, "Girl, do you manage these tea trees yourself?"
Lu Qiqi shook her head; it was impossible for her to manage it herself.
She has too many things to do and simply can't find the time to stay on the mountain and manage the tea trees.
Li Qingshan and Lu Dahai had both spent their lives farming, but they knew nothing about tea cultivation. As the saying goes, "a trade is like a mountain," and she didn't intend to force them.
So he asked, "Uncle Zhang, do you have anyone you'd recommend?"
Zhang Weiguo laughed a few times and said, "Then I'll volunteer myself!"
Fearing that Lu Qiqi wouldn't believe him, Zhang Weiguo picked up a tea tree seedling and said, "Before joining the army, I planted a small patch of tea trees myself. It certainly can't compare to yours, but it's well-managed and yields a good harvest every year."
For example, I know exactly when to fertilize the tea trees, when to remove pests, when to harvest the tea, and how to process the tea.
Previously, Lu Qiqi was considering finding someone knowledgeable to manage the business, but she never expected that an expert would be right in front of her.
Lu Qiqi smiled and said, "Then let's take some time to talk in detail and sign a labor contract. After that, you can lead the veteran brothers to work on the mountain."
"Sigh!" Zhang Weiguo said with a smile. He had been planning to do this anyway, so he didn't pay attention to what Lu Qiqi was talking about regarding the labor contract.
When Zhang Weiguo received the several pages of paper, he was completely dumbfounded.
Lu Qiqi and Zhang Weiguo sat around a round table in the main room, on which were placed a writing brush, an inkstone, a paperweight, and a bright red inkpad.
After reading a few pages, Zhang Weiguo exclaimed in astonishment, "My goodness! How did they even come up with this?!"
Lu Qiqi smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, is there a problem? You can raise any issues. This is just a first draft; we can still revise it."
“No need to change it, no need to change it,” Zhang Weiguo waved his hand and laughed. “You have written it in detail. We are not at a loss at all. I just did not expect to find such a good thing.”
The two signed the document and affixed their fingerprints, and that was considered legally binding.
Lu Qiqi can now confidently plant all the tea trees on the hillside, as her contract includes not only tea trees but also fruit trees.
Once all the trees on the mountain have been cut down, she will plant fruit trees instead, which will bear fruit in three years.
In just a few years, she will be able to lie in her manor villa, enjoying the beautiful mountain scenery, eating fresh fruit, and sipping hot tea. Just thinking about it makes me look forward to it!
After seeing Zhang Weiguo off, Lu Qiqi opened the sacks that the seed shop owner had brought.
The burlap sacks were full of medicinal herbs, which were carefully packed into smaller burlap sacks.
Lu Qiqi glanced through the items and found Panax notoginseng, Paris polyphylla, castor bean, Plantago asiatica, and Astragalus membranaceus seeds—all common and useful items. The items weren't particularly expensive, but the shopkeeper's gift was exactly what Lu Qiqi wanted.
There were several large sacks left, but Lu Qiqi didn't open them all to check; she simply put them into her spatial storage.
Then, she entered the space herself.
She planned to plant some of these medicinal herbs in her space, and let Li Qingshan and the others plant the remaining medicinal seed seeds in the fields.
She bought a thousand acres of land, but she couldn't possibly use it all to grow grain. Growing medicinal herbs would be much more profitable than growing grain.
If it's properly prepared and then sold to pharmacies, the money would be a considerable sum!
Lu Qiqi hummed a little tune happily, carried a hoe on her back, walked to the small wooden house outside the space, pushed open the back door and went into the field, and what she saw made her dumbfounded!
She discovered that the ground that had been tilled had been trampled flat!
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