Chapter 218: Can't Let Her Do What She Wants
Cen Yan asked Cen Dahai about the price of one acre of land.
Normally, one mu of land costs ten taels, but such a large piece of land is completely wasteland and cannot be used for farming, so the price should be much cheaper.
Even so, it would cost a lot of money to buy all of the dozens of acres of land.
Not to mention the human and material resources invested in the early stages.
Also, it is hard to say whether the things grown later can be sold at a good price.
But since Cen Yan could improve the soil quality, she wanted to give it a try!
Besides, if you want to take root here, you must have land.
As long as she has the land, even if something unexpected happens to her business in the future, she will still have confidence when she returns home.
After experiencing so much, Cen Dahai's thoughts have changed a lot.
If it were in the past, when Cen Yan made such a request, he would have refused without even thinking twice.
But now, he just felt that since his daughter said so, he would try his best.
So, Cen Dahai quickly found the village head and asked about the dozens of acres of wasteland.
"You want to buy those wastelands?" The village head was very shocked.
"Yes." Cen Dahai nodded.
"You can't even grow a single blade of grass on those wastelands..." The village head found it difficult to understand.
"I know, but Xiaoyan said she wanted to buy it, and she asked me to ask you about the price of those lands." Cen Dahai looked honest.
However, he did not mention that Cen Yan could improve the soil quality of the wasteland.
Wasteland has no value.
But the "wasteland" after the soil quality is improved is valuable.
"That piece of wasteland has not been sold for many years because nothing can be grown on it. The price is two taels of silver per mu, but the problem is that there are more than thirty mu of wasteland in total, which costs more than sixty taels of silver... Not to mention how bad the soil of the wasteland is, where will you get the money to buy the land?" The head of the village wanted to persuade him to give up this unrealistic idea.
"The issue of the money is not difficult. To be honest with you, our family has been secretly saving the money for Xiaoyan and Wei Zan to break off the engagement, because we knew that the Cen family would not pay for it. We didn't expect that your intervention would save us fifty taels of silver, so the money is free. Xiaoyan said that she wanted to buy the land. I don't know what she wants to do, but as a father, I must do my best to meet my daughter's request when she asks for it." Cen Dahai said honestly.
"Cen Yan is young and ignorant, and you are also ignorant. What are you going to do with those wastelands? If she doesn't listen to you, tell her to come to me and I will talk to her in person!" The head of the village was a little angry.
The reason why he was angry was that he simply thought that Cen Yan was acting like a fool just because he had some spare money.
Seeing him like this, Cen Dahai didn't dare to say anything more. He had to go home and repeat what the head of the village said.
When Cen Yan heard the price of two taels of silver for an acre of land, he felt that he would be a fool if he didn't buy it.
But then I heard the following...
She was a little bit amused and helpless.
"The village head is a good man, but I'm not trying to fool around. How about this, I'll let Brother Ji go with me to find the village head." Cen Yan said.
When Ji Yunzhan built his house before, he asked the village head for help.
At least in the eyes of the village head, Ji Yunzhan is a man with both financial resources and abilities.
Cen Yan thought that if it really didn't work, she could still use Ji Yunzhan's name and try to persuade the head of the village to sell the wasteland to her.
Ji Yunzhan naturally would not refuse this.
The two of them took some time and went to the village head's house together.
As soon as the head of the village saw Cen Yan, he criticized her seriously with a face, "Cen Yan, I heard that you wanted to buy land, but that piece of wasteland won't do. There are other good farmlands in the village. Although the price is a bit higher, it is much better than buying those wastelands where you can't even grow a blade of grass! If you buy good farmland, you can keep some of the grain you grow for your own consumption, and sell the rest for silver. At least you should be able to harvest more than ten taels of silver a year, which is enough to support your family!
"You are still staying at Ji Yunzhan's house, this is not a long-term solution, you should quickly build a house and move out.
"With more than sixty taels of silver, you can do anything you want. Why did you think of buying those plots of land?"
He said this in one breath, and his tone was very stern.
If it were someone else, they would have been dissatisfied with him a long time ago.
But Cen Yan felt waves of warmth in his heart when he heard it.
"Grandpa Village Head, you are such a nice person!" Although these words sounded a bit harsh, every word was sincerely meant to help her find a way out and offer suggestions for their family's future survival.
"Uh... cough cough!" The village head almost choked on his own saliva!
He said so much, but this girl didn't rush to refute or admit her mistake, but instead praised him first?
What is this trying to do?
"It's no use saying nice things. Anyway, I don't agree to sell that wasteland to you!" Although the head of the village was somewhat happy after being praised, at least it showed that the girl knew his intentions were good, but he still had a stern face and continued to speak in a pretentious manner.
"Grandpa Village Head, if you listen to what I say and think it makes sense, will you agree to sell the land to me?" Cen Yan said.
"...Then tell me, I want to hear whether you can really come up with any reason that will force me to agree!" The head of the village frowned slightly and looked at her with great suspicion.
"Yes, Grandpa Lizheng, I will tell you right away."
Cen Yan began to organize her thoughts. She opened her mouth and said something that the head of the village thought was impossible. "I know how to improve the soil quality of this wasteland and turn it into fertile farmland!"
"This is impossible!" The village head said without thinking when he heard it.
"Grandpa Lizheng, how can you know it's impossible without seeing it with your own eyes?"
Cen Yan was not angry at his stubbornness at all, but smiled very good-naturedly, "The two pieces of wasteland that the old Cen family allocated to us before have sprouted. If you are free now, why not go with me and Brother Ji to take a look?"
Upon hearing this, the village head immediately looked at Ji Yunzhan.
He almost glared at Ji Yunzhan.
That look seemed to be telling him not to mess around with Cen Yan!
How many days have it been since the two plots of land of Lao Cen’s family were distributed to them?
It’s not even a month!
Even if she could really improve the soil quality of a piece of land, it would be impossible to complete it in such a short time!
So, this girl is simply lying!
However, Ji Yunzhan smiled lightly and uncooperatively: "Grandpa Lizheng, what Cen Yan said is true. I saw it with my own eyes. How about I go with you to see it now?"
"Are you joining in the fun?" The head of the village felt himself getting pissed.
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