Chapter 100 Buying the Mountain Land First
Lin Xi jumped off the donkey cart shivering. If he had known earlier, he should have bought a horse carriage so that he wouldn't be freezing like this.
Xiao Yongyan held Lin Xi's hand lovingly, "The weather is too cold, we need to buy some hand warmers."
"I think buying a carriage is the real deal." Lin Xi said.
"You have to go to the county town to buy a horse. It's not possible here. I will choose a good horse for you in the spring." Xiao Yongyan said.
Lin Xi was too cold to say anything more, so he rushed into the store and took out the charcoal he had bought long ago.
"Oh right," Lin Xi thought, "the school has already had its winter break, why are you still following me here?"
Xiao Yongyan looked at Lin Xi speechlessly. Could it be that the cold weather had frozen people's brains? "I'm here to help you deal with the matter on the mountain."
Lin Xi was confused. She had already rented the hill, so what was the problem?
Xiao Yongyan smiled mysteriously, "The mountain can be purchased directly from the government. Renting is risky after all. What if the village chief doesn't want to rent it anymore?"
"So you've figured it out. This guy is just trying to make things difficult for us." Lin Xi sighed. She really didn't understand what she had done to make him hate her so much.
"Tang Xuyang has connections in the county, so it shouldn't be difficult to do this. I just don't know how much it will cost to buy this mountain." Lin Xi said.
"Five hundred taels is the maximum. This is just a barren mountain. Hang Qi would love to have some income." Xiao Yongyan said.
After the two of them discussed it, they let Tang Xuyang take charge of the matter.
Taoli Village, the headman’s home.
Li Qionghua knocked on Zhao Tan's door. When Zhao Pingwei saw Li Qionghua, his eyes were full of disdain. "What are you doing here?"
"I have something to ask the village head." Li Qionghua said.
Zhao Pingwei couldn't stop Li Qionghua, what if someone else really had something to do?
A moment later——
"Village head, you see, Lin Xi just contracted the barren hills, and he recruited two widows from the village. Now they are following Lin Xi wholeheartedly, and they are the kind that cannot be driven away even if you chase them away."
"Look at the pig farm she runs. Most of the people in the village are working for her. Now when Lin Xi has something to do, many people are talking to her. If this continues, what status do you have as the head of the village?"
It has to be said that Li Qionghua and Zhao Pingwei thought the same thing.
Zhao Pingwei, who looked down on Li Qionghua at first, immediately stood on Li Qionghua's side, "Dad, look, this is exactly what I think. The Xiao family is now challenging your authority. They are eyeing your position!"
Zhao Tan fell into deep thought. Since everyone said so, it seemed that he was right in his judgment.
"What can we do?" Zhao Tan said.
Li Qionghua: "It's simple. Didn't Lin Xi rent the hilltop to raise silkworms? Let's take it back now and see what she will do!"
Zhao Pingwei also nodded, "Dad, I think what Qionghua said makes sense."
Zhao Tan held his pipe and said nothing.
Three days later.
Tang Xuyang handed the land deed to Lin Xi, "Boss Lin is very generous. He spent a mountain at once."
"You didn't tell anyone that I wanted to buy it, right?" Lin Xi had told them before that they must not let anyone know who was buying the mountain.
After all, it is Hang Qi who is sitting in the yamen now. If he finds out that it was me who bought the land, who knows what kind of trouble will happen.
"No, don't worry. I just said that I have too much money, so I bought a mountain for fun." Tang Xuyang said.
After getting the land deed, Lin Xi felt relieved.
As the weather got colder, Lin Xi realized that his business was getting worse and worse, mainly because fewer people came out on weekdays than usual.
Lin Xi discussed with Xiao Yongyan and decided that in the future Lin's would not be open every day, but once every three days. If the business is not good, the intervals could even be longer.
Carrying a cart full of charcoal, Lin Xi and Xiao Yongyan returned to the village.
As soon as she got home, she saw Aunt Wu waiting there.
"Sister, you're finally back. The head of the village said he has something to talk to you about." Aunt Wu said.
Lin Xi felt it was strange. He hadn't had any interactions with the village head recently. "Can he tell me why?"
"No." Aunt Wu didn't know either. She just heard Zhao Pingwei say that the head of the village had something important to tell Lin Xi.
Lin Xi came to the village head's house.
When Zhao Tan saw Lin Xi, he said straight to the point without any nonsense, "Lin Xi, there are some changes in the mountain you contracted, and now I can no longer rent it to you."
Lin Xi sneered in his heart. It turned out that he was waiting for him here. "What about the rent?"
"The rent will be refunded naturally, but you have to wait for a while." Zhao Tan said. This trick was also suggested by Li Qionghua. She had to be more restrained in order to owe Lin Xi a rent of 100 taels of silver.
"Li Zheng, if you had told me a few days earlier, I would have had to accept the loss, but it's too late to tell me now."
Zhao Tan was a little confused. Didn't Lin Xi just rent the hill a few days ago? Could there be any changes?
Lin Xi took out the deed to the hilltop from his pocket slowly and calmly. "I have already bought that place. As for my rent, you'd better pay me back now, otherwise, I will have to talk to people in the village about it."
No matter what, Zhao Tan is still a village head, so he still has to maintain some dignity.
The development of the matter was unexpected. Zhao Tan never thought that Lin Xi would bypass him and buy the land deed from the government.
With the land deed in hand, there was nothing he, as the village head, could do.
"Li Zheng, I advise you to think carefully before you agree to something. I only found out when I bought the hilltop that the hilltops in the village are not shared by the whole village, but are all government property." Lin Xi said, "Tell me, if the villagers knew about these things, how would they view you as the Li Zheng?"
Zhao Tan was furious. It was clear that Lin Xi was setting a trap for him step by step.
He really underestimated her, thinking that a little woman could have such scheming and means.
"Lin Xi, you are deliberately making things difficult for me!" Zhao Tan's kind face could no longer be disguised, and he looked at Lin Xi viciously and said.
"I dare not. I'm just a small villager. I just want to take back what belongs to me. One hundred taels of rent, you can't give me a penny less today." Lin Xi said.
Zhao Tan had no choice but to return the money to Lin Xi.
After leaving the house, Lin Xi raised the silver in his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you."
Zhao Tan threw his sleeves and went home angrily.
Zhao Pingwei saw his father coming back and asked with concern, "How is it, is Lin Xi sad?"
Zhao Tan, who was already in a bad mood, slapped Zhao Pingwei and said, "You are blind, don't you see that Lin Xi is very happy?"
Zhao Pingwei scratched his head. Happy? How could he be happy after losing a hundred taels of silver? What kind of person is this?
"Dad, is Lin Xi stupid?"
"I think you are the one who is stupid. Lin Xi had already anticipated that we would make this move and bought the mountain in advance!"
Zhao Pingwei was dumbfounded. Lin Xi actually predicted this and bought the mountain in advance. Is he a god?
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