Chapter 304: The Caring Old Village Chief

The next day at noon, Yinzhu excitedly ran to Jiang Wan's house to share gossip.

"Xiao Wan, a very rich man has come to our village!"

When Jiang Wan heard this, the group of five people from yesterday immediately appeared in his mind.

"Is he sitting in a wheelchair with a few big men around him?"

Yinzhu thought about it carefully and shook her head.

"I didn't see the wheelchair, but I saw the man who rented the room. He was tall and very burly."

She sat opposite Jiang Wan, helping to deal with the fish scales while continuing to gossip.

"The man rented three rooms left by Uncle Shidan. Not long after he rented them, he found a group of people to tear down a room and brought a batch of bricks to build a new house."

When Jiang Wan heard the word "dung", she felt it sounded vaguely familiar.

By the way, when the Cai family first came to the village, they drew the three rooms belonging to the Fedan family.

But the family was not satisfied with the three rooms and wanted to force A Niang to exchange them.

As a result, he ended up losing everything and was forced by the old village chief to live in the woods.

Eh…

As for why there has been no news from the Cai family, I haven't paid much attention to them recently. I haven't seen their family often, and if I didn't pay attention I would have thought there was no such family in the village.

Jiang Wan remembered that the people from the Cai family's main branch tried to attack her uncle and aunt but failed, and were sent to prison by the old village chief. She didn't pay attention to the follow-up at that time, and now she knows nothing about it.

"I'm telling you, you haven't seen how they build their houses. A lot of people worked together to build a small half circle of wall. Uncle Shidan's three houses don't have a yard, but they've also built a yard wall now, and it looks like it's going to be very high."

Yinzhu chattered for a long time, and when she saw that Jiang Wan was listening attentively, she asked, "Xiao Wan, do you want to go and take a look? It's very lively over there. They are even giving candy to the villagers."

Jiang Wan shook her head.

It would be okay to go and see the house when it's finished, but it's not finished yet. A bunch of people are walking around in a gloomy manner. There's nothing to see.

Besides, the owner of the house will probably come home soon, so she can go see him directly.

"I have to go up the mountain soon, so I won't go."

As soon as they mentioned going up the mountain, Yinzhu suddenly became excited.

"I also want to go to the mountains to collect firewood. Let's go together!"

"You, picking firewood?"

Jiang Wan gave Yinzhu a teasing look.

"Everyone in the village knows that Brother Xiaoshan brings you firewood every day. Are you still short of firewood?"

When Yinzhu heard this, her face turned red instantly and her eyes were full of sweetness.

"He picks his things and I pick mine. I can't let him carry me all the time. It's tiring."

"Hehe, what a considerate little lady~"

Jiang Wan smiled as she made an appointment with Yinzhu to go up the mountain.

Not long after Yinzhu left, a 'guest' came to the house.

"Uncle Li~"

Li Xiao responded happily, put down the heavy things in his hands, took out a small bag from the backpack and gave it to Jiang Wan.

"Xiao Wan, I gave the shell necklace you asked me to bring to the children. This is what the children asked me to bring to you."

Through the cloth bag, you can see that there are objects inside.

It should be those beautiful little stones again.

Jiang Wan happily accepted it.

"Uncle Li, my mother is teaching Anan and the others how to diagnose a pulse. You'd better keep your voice down when you go in~"

Li Xiao's ears felt hot. He could tell that Xiao Wan must know about the affair between him and her mother.

I feel quite embarrassed.

He responded quickly, carrying his things and tiptoeing to the door of the pharmacy.

At this time, the three masters and apprentices were very busy. Finally, a villager came to take the pulse. After obtaining his consent, Baozhu and Anan took action.

The three of them were very serious and did not notice Li Xiao at the door at the first time.

Li Xiao did not go in. After putting the things at the door, he went to the yard to chop some firewood. Then he went to fetch some water and filled the large water tank in the yard.

It rained a few days ago, and some moss grew on the stones, which he shoveled off bit by bit.

Jiang Wan was watching with great interest at the door of the kitchen.

Not bad, not bad, you have a keen eye and are capable.

He and his mother are not young anymore, so maybe it’s time for them to have their own room…

Jiang Wan looked at the yard and found that there was still room to build a room. However, if it was built, the yard would be much smaller.

In modern times, a compact courtyard is fine, but in ancient times it seemed a bit too narrow.

It's okay to build one room first, because the yard will be torn down and rebuilt in the future anyway. Then ask the old village chief to buy more land around it and expand the yard, so that the house will be spacious.

Why!

Buy land!

How could she have forgotten this?

The surrounding land should be purchased early, otherwise it will be very troublesome to negotiate after someone buys it and builds a house on it.

Anyway, we have enough money at home, so we can buy the land and grow some vegetables first.

Jiang Wan couldn't sit still when she thought of this. She immediately packed up her things, went back to her house to get some silver, and went to the old village chief's house.

As soon as I entered the old village chief's yard, I saw two familiar faces. They were the guards who followed the man in the wheelchair yesterday.

Haven't they already rented the yard? Why are they still looking for the old village chief?

"Sir, I just checked the population records in the village, and there is no girl named Xiangli."

"Excuse me, village chief..."

There were mournful noises coming from the house, which were a little more gloomy than yesterday.

Jiang Wan heard the sound of a wheelchair and soon saw the man in the wheelchair coming out.

The corners of his eyes were a little red, but he didn't cry.

I heard from my mother that his tear glands have been blocked and he can't cry even if he wants to.

That Xiangli must be someone very important to him, her eyes are so red.

The group passed by Jiang Wan, and no one spoke, as if they didn't know each other.

Since they were strangers, Jiang Wan didn't even look at him and went in to find the old village chief.

"Such thick stacks of paper! Village chief, how long did it take you to flip through them?"

"Well, I was given silver, so I went to look for him. I didn't find him, but I still earned two taels of silver. I calculated it a lot."

The old village chief folded the papers with a smile and put them into the small box beside him.

It contained some important documents of the village, as well as various seals and other things.

"Grandpa Village Chief, please don't close the box yet. I have something to trouble you with."

Jiang Wan explained the purpose of her visit, and the old village chief was not surprised at all.

Jiang Wan's family's yard is relatively small in the village. Their family has been making money, so it is only a matter of time before they expand it.

"It's already been prepared for you. Come and see which piece of land you want."

The old village chief took out the distribution map of the village's land from the box without much searching.