Chapter 352 Contract Documents
Old Zhou finally agreed to exchange the land for twenty mu for Manbao, plus the forty mu of mountain land under Zhou Silang's name, for a total of sixty mu for Manbao.
It sounds like a lot, but everyone knows that dividing the land among the people is useless. Seeing Old Zhou repeatedly emphasize that their family had donated 60 mu of land, Zhou Dalang and his brothers despised Old Zhou in their hearts, thinking that their father was dishonest. But they didn't dare say it out loud.
After getting Old Zhou's approval, Manbao followed Bai Shanbao back to his house with his school box on his back to discuss the matter the next day after school.
When Mr. Bai heard that the Zhou family was willing to offer twenty acres of land and a mountain, he looked at her in astonishment.
Their family can provide land for their children to play with because they have a lot of land. Not to mention other places, in Baimaquan Town alone, Mr. Bai’s family has nearly ten hectares of land.
Old Zhou’s family, well, it can’t be said that they are in financial difficulty, but they are definitely not rich.
Mr. Bai couldn't help but sigh that their family really dotes on their children.
So he looked at Liu.
Liu smiled and said, "That's a good idea. Your family will contribute 60 mu, plus the agricultural book you have. Erlang's family will contribute 100 mu, and Shanbao will contribute the manpower and materials. How about we divide the proceeds into three equal parts?"
When Liu said this, she looked at Mr. Bai.
Because it seems that he is the one who suffers the most.
Mr. Bai smiled and said, "I have no objection."
Of course he had no objection. This land was originally given to Erlang to play with, and he knew that it was his own children. In the end, it was Bai Shanbao and Manbao who had to worry about and work hard on this land.
Especially the agricultural books are full of treasures.
Yes, the books in both families have always been open for the children to read, so it is reasonable for them to read Manbao's books.
But outside of the three families, Mr. Bai has a deep understanding of how precious and unique knowledge is.
When he was young, he and Bai Qi traveled and studied abroad. Sometimes, they would beg and plead for a book, and try every possible means to get one. But most of the time, they were not even allowed to read it.
Not everyone is willing to share their collection of books with others.
Especially technical books that can be applied in practice.
Mr. Bai thought that it would be great if they gained something, but it didn't matter if they lost money. It was just the right to use a hundred acres of land for a few years. If it could help them educate their son better, this expense would be worth it.
Mr. Bai smiled as he watched Bai Shanbao and Manbao draft the contract document together, and then asked his silly son to sign it.
His silly son didn't even look at it, but just picked up the pen and signed his name on it.
Bai Shanbao and Manbao also wrote down their names.
The contract was of course made in triplicate. Bai Shanbao was too lazy to copy it, so he spread out the only copy he had and said to his two friends, "Copy it yourselves, and then we'll sign it together."
Bai Erlang had no problem with it, but Manbao said, "I also wrote this contract just now. You have to help me write half of it."
"Just write it down in one go. It's only two pages."
"No," Manbao said, "I need to do my homework. I've wasted a lot of time today. You have to help me write a page."
Bai Shanbao agreed reluctantly.
Bai Erlang, who was standing by, was stunned before he realized, "I, I have homework too."
The two ignored him. After he said it again, Manbao encouraged him, "You can do it. You have a lot of oil lamps at home, and you can stay up late."
Mr. Bai: ...What should I do? At this moment, I really want my son to be cheated by these two outsiders. That is a contract document. It would be fine if you didn't read it, but you finally had a chance to copy it yourself, but you actually pushed it away.
After the contract was signed, Mr. Bai smiled and said, "The 100 acres of land I'm giving you are all in Daling. There's more dry land there than paddy fields, and there are many mountains, so the land is poor. That's why we only planted more than 20 acres of wheat this year. The rest of the land is empty. Do you want it now or after the spring?"
Although Mr. Bai also planted winter wheat this season, he did not plant it in all the fields. He basically only chose fields with thick soil and sufficient fertilizer to plant.
This is especially true for the Zhou family and the people in the village.
After all, they only regard this season's winter wheat as food for the lean period in April and May next year, and do not intend to make money from it.
The cost of wheat seeds is also very high, twenty kilograms per acre.
The Zhou family only planted 20 acres of wheat, and basically only chose fields near the village entrance and the big bay area where the soil was relatively fertile and easy to irrigate.
Therefore, the fields in the Daling area are also empty.
It can be said that except for Mr. Bai, no one else grows winter wheat in the fields in the Daling area, because the soil is very thin and the place is far away, right?
It was not until her father took her to find someone to exchange land that Manbao slowly realized Mr. Bai's intentions.
What's wrong with giving them a hundred acres of not very fertile land far away from the village to play with?
Manbao couldn't help but ask Old Zhou, who was very proud of his new land, "Dad, if Mr. Bai gives us the 100 acres of land in Dawan to play with, would you be willing to give me the 20 acres of land near Dawan to play with?"
"I don't want to!" Old Zhou glanced at her and said, "Your father has been farming that land for more than 20 years. We have made it so fertile. How can you use it to play with it?"
"Oh." As expected, adults are all treacherous, huh!
Old Zhoutou chose more than six mu of thin land somewhere else, which was closer to the village than Daling. He exchanged more than six mu of land from the villagers with Mr. Bai's family's land, and made up a total of twenty mu for Manbao.
In the village, it is a bit troublesome to sell permanent land. You have to get a permit from the government office before you can sell it. But exchanging land is much easier. Basically, the two families can just tell the village head and record it.
Exchange thin land for thin land. Of course, there will be no objection if you are willing to exchange fertile land for thin land.
For this reason, land transactions cannot be completely banned.
After changing the land, the three friends took the time to take a look at the land that belonged to them.
Zhou Silang led them there. When they arrived, he pointed to the dense forest and said, "Look, that mountain is mine. However, this mountain is less than 40 mu, so the wasteland around it is also mine."
The three children looked at the overgrown weeds and rocks at the foot of the mountain and asked curiously, "What can we do with this land?"
Zhou Silang said seriously, "You can use it to rest. Daling is too far from the village. See? When people come here to plant crops, if they are tired, they can rest under the trees on my wasteland. If they are hungry, they can eat on the big rocks on my wasteland."
Three children: ...
The trees are really mixed. Most of the trees at the foot of the mountain are shrubs, but they are also quite tall. The branches extend out and cover some stones. You can sit underneath after clearing them. It is clean and sheltered from the sun.
Manbao nodded and said, "This is a good place. We can find flat stones to do our homework."
Bai Jilang: "If we play hide-and-seek, no one will be able to find us."
Bai Shanbao: "If we raise chickens in a mountain like this, won't they turn into pheasants and fly away?"
Zhou Silang: ...Can these three children really farm?
(End of this chapter)
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