Before long, time has entered December.
Because it was the first month since the Shen family arrived, the days were very busy.
Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhang Mancang have followed Zhu Lizheng to the county to get the title deed for the house they bought.
Zhu Lizheng also helped ask if anyone in the village wanted to sell land, and coincidentally, one of the families who wanted to sell land was the one they were currently renting a house from.
The owner of the house that the Shen family is renting now is surnamed Liu, and his full name is Liu Mao.
Their family opened a noodle shop in the town and the business was pretty good. However, the Liu family was not large, with only a couple and their two children living in the town.
Business in the town is booming, so naturally people have no time to take care of the fields and land in the village.
They originally wanted to sell the land, but unfortunately they couldn't find a buyer.
It happened that Zhu Lizheng took several people from the Shen family and the Zhang family to the county to get land deeds and passed by the town on their way back that day. He remembered that he should tell Liu Mao about renting a house.
The Shen family was very generous and Zhu Lizheng had a good impression of them. He was willing to say something when he saw them if they had any questions.
On the way there, Zhu Lizheng briefly explained the situation of the Liu family.
One party wanted to sell land, and the other wanted to buy land. When they met, they naturally hit it off.
The Liu family has ten acres of paddy fields, and it would cost sixty taels of silver to buy them all.
Of the ten acres of land, the Shen family took seven acres and the Zhang family took three acres.
Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Now that they have settled down in the village, it is natural that they will each contribute their own money to buy the land.
Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhang directly gave the money for buying the land to Liu Mao.
A few people went to the county again and settled the matter of transferring the land.
While transferring the property, they also heard a piece of news.
These days, other refugees have come here one after another, but they have been arranged to go to other places.
The government also posted notices to inform these newly arrived refugees.
You can reclaim wasteland in the place where you settle down, and the land obtained from reclamation can be freely disposed of by the pioneers.
Moreover, no tax will be levied on the newly reclaimed land for five years. However, the only people who can reclaim the land are the refugees, not the original residents.
However, there is a time limit. After next autumn, we will not be able to open up wasteland at will.
Upon hearing the news, both Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhang were delighted.
I have just solved the problem of paddy fields and was thinking about where to buy two acres of dry land. Now I feel sleepy and here comes a pillow.
Even if those wastelands are reclaimed, the harvest will not be good in the first two years, but it is better to have it than nothing.
Once the land deeds and land issues were settled, the big stone in everyone's heart fell, and everyone devoted themselves to the task of building the house.
After Shen Yu'an went to the town that day, he put his thoughts into practice.
She pulled out a few martial arts and fantasy novels from the corner of the space.
The biggest entertainment activity for the Shen family before going to bed every night was listening to Shen Yu'an telling stories.
As she was talking, she asked Dalang and others in the family who were literate to write down the words on paper, and now there is a thick stack of paper.
Shen Yu'an was thinking about how to find a suitable opportunity to deal with these manuscripts.
Ever since the Shen family arrived in Longxian Village, except for the incident with Pan Hou that day, even if there were some quarrels, they were all harmless and everything else was going smoothly.
After they settled down in the village, they first cultivated a small piece of land next to the house and planted some seasonal vegetables bought from other families in the village.
On the fifth day of December, the Zhang family's new house was completed.
Ding Hehua stood outside the yard looking at the brand new blue brick and tile house, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
She clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Oh my, I can actually live in a house like this in my life, it's really worth it."
She grabbed Zhang Wendong who was standing next to her and pulled him inside.
The others followed in. The yard was large enough that there was still space even for everyone to stand inside.
Although everyone has been here many times, the completed house is different from the one currently being built.
Ding Hehua pointed to one of the rooms and said, "Wendong, you can live in this room when you move in. This room is bright and spacious. Next year, I will find you a marriage partner. Then I will be happy."
When Zhang Wendong heard his mother's words, he subconsciously looked in the direction of Shen Yu'an.
Shen Yu'an was putting his hand on the wall and pushing it gently, but he didn't pay attention to the conversation between Ding Hehua and Zhang Wendong.
Zhang Wendong retracted his gaze and said with some disinterest: "Mom, there's no rush for this."
Hearing this, Ding Hehua used the Tathagata Palm directly on Zhang Wendong's back.
She just thought that Zhang Wendong was too shy to talk about this matter in front of everyone.
She laughed and scolded: "Why aren't you in a hurry? You'll be eighteen next year."
"Mom will find someone for you first, and then we'll propose marriage when we find the right one."
Thinking about getting married and having children, Zhang Wendong subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that his mother would keep nagging him about it, so he simply kept his mouth shut.
He likes women like his cousin Yu An, who is confident and bright.
But I don't know if my cousin...
Zhang Wendong threw the thought out of his mind, thinking that even if his mother introduced a girl to him, he just had to refuse to agree.
Ding Hehua next to her continued speaking excitedly.
"We just arrived here and are not familiar with the place, but I asked the aunts in your village to keep an eye out. If there is a suitable one, please let us know."
She said it was not enough, and pulled Song and Zhao aside and said, "Da Lang and Er Lang are not young anymore, if there is a suitable one, they should be settled. Children of their age would be crawling on the ground."
Song and Zhao were obviously very interested in this question, and the three of them gathered together and started chatting.
Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang next to him were both a little helpless. They stood on Zhang Wendong's left and right and patted his shoulders at the same time.
The two of them sighed quietly: "Ah, brothers in distress."
Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang were not as averse to getting married as Zhang Wendong.
They are not young anymore, and originally wanted to pass the imperial examination before getting married. Now that their plans have been disrupted, they will naturally adapt to the circumstances.
Three women were performing a play outside, and the others went into the house.
The house has just been built and is still empty, so they have made a lot of miscellaneous items such as furniture over the past few days.
The tables and benches are all there, but as for large items like beds and wardrobes, I still have to go to town.
There is a family named Du in the village who do carpentry work. They usually help everyone make small items.
Shen Yu'an and his friends went to see the family's craftsmanship and found that the Du family father and son were very good at carpentry.
Mr. Zhang and his family bought everything they could.
The Shen family built many houses, so they naturally needed more furniture. Large items took time to prepare, so they simply ordered a lot of furniture and asked the Du family to prepare it in advance so that they could move in as soon as the house was completed.
After waiting for another five days, the Du family's father and son had finished preparing the furniture for the Zhang family.
The Shen family helped Grandpa Zhang and the others carry the things into the house and put them away.
Ding Hehua couldn't hide her excitement and asked, "When are we going to move our things over here?"
Mr. Zhang clapped his hands and said, "Let's move it today. It's not far away. We can get the things here in two trips."
Everyone ran again and brought all of Zhang's belongings over.
They can be said to have settled down there.
That night, the Shen family and the Zhang family of four set up two tables in the yard of the new house to celebrate.
Mr. Shen even took out a can of monkey wine for everyone to taste.
Shen Yu'an came back late because he had something to do. He was not there when the wine was poured and did not get to drink a sip. When he smelled the aroma of the wine, he became anxious and angry.
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