"Yeah, that's true. If I had money, I would definitely buy land too, but I wouldn't be as generous as my sister-in-law."
The village chief's wife was filled with envy. That was a whole mountain! How many acres of land! How much grain could it produce in a year! And they were even planning to buy a second mountain. They could practically be considered landlords, right? It's true what they say, comparison is the thief of joy.
It's a shame she married into the richest and most powerful family in Linjiagou Village, but in the end, her life wasn't even as good as a widow's.
Isn't it infuriating?
"Hmm, how much does this land cost per acre? And how many acres do you estimate there are?"
Yue Jiuyue just wanted to achieve her goal as soon as possible so that she could start work sooner and live in the house nestled among the mountains and rivers.
What girl doesn't yearn for a beautiful, poetic life?
“In previous years, good farmland cost 300 copper coins per mu, bad farmland cost 500 copper coins for seven mu, and dry farmland cost 100 copper coins per mu. These were the prices for barren land. The hill behind our village is good farmland, but it’s not a year of disaster, so why don’t we calculate it as dry farmland, 100 copper coins per mu?”
Village Chief Lin felt that if Yue Jiuyue was still not satisfied with this price, then they would have to calculate it as bad land.
From 300 coins per mu of good land to 500 coins per seven mu of bad land, just thinking about the price difference made Village Chief Lin wish he could pinch his own philtrum.
"When do we measure the land, make payment, and complete the land deed?"
"Then, now?"
The two men, one eager to get the money and the other eager to take control of the mountain, hit it off immediately and got to work.
Village Chief Lin went home and took several brothers and nephews to measure the land. The fields near Yue Jiuyue's house were included in the land measurement. If it weren't for the fact that everyone still needed to use the ancient well, the ancient well would probably have been sold to Yue Jiuyue along with it.
"By the way, whose name is on this red contract?"
The son was doing arithmetic nearby when Village Chief Lin looked up and asked a question.
"This isn't f... of course it's l... me!"
Yue Jiuyue almost couldn't help but swear, but luckily she was quick-witted and stopped herself in time.
Village Chief Lin: ≡￣﹏￣≡
He pretended not to hear what she was trying to say.
"Father, I've calculated it. Seventy-two mu of land, a total of seven thousand two hundred cash, which is seven taels and two mace."
The eldest son of the village chief Lin calculated it, but Yue Jiuyue felt inexplicably guilty when she heard the price.
"Um, how about I buy this hill next door too?"
She actually wanted to buy more mountains; at this price, she could afford ten mountains!
If you don't buy more now while prices are low, they certainly won't be this low once the drought is over and life gets better.
Think about it, the money for one acre of land wouldn't even buy seventeen buckets of water. That price is definitely affordable.
"Then, why don't you also buy that hill next door, and make it three hundred acres?"
Village Chief Lin also felt that the money was too little, less than ten taels of silver, which wouldn't buy much water and wouldn't solve their village's water shortage problem.
"Okay, let's make it three hundred acres then."
It was only thirty taels of silver; it was a piece of cake for her!
So, Village Chief Lin called his men to set off again to measure the land.
Yue Jiuyue was fine, but her three adopted sons, daughters-in-law, and eldest granddaughter all went to watch the excitement. That was land that their mother/mother-in-law/grandmother had bought!
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