The villagers followed the village chief and his yamen runners. When they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw the yamen runners begin to take measurements. Some of the bolder villagers went over to ask the village chief why.
Zhao Jinfa frowned, unsure whether to tell the truth, when Huang Shi walked over.
"Everyone, there's no need to be curious anymore. My family has decided to buy this mountain."
From now on, this mountain will be my family's private property.
If the villagers want to go up the mountain to pick fruit or gather firewood, they need to walk a little further.
However, my family bought this mountain, and we plan to use it for planting trees and raising chickens.
"We'll definitely need to hire workers to help us tidy up this hillside in the future, and we'll need your help then."
After Huang finished his polite remarks, he was about to fall silent. A bolder, more lively person asked,
"Aunt Qian'er, how much do you charge for hiring someone per day?"
Mrs. Huang smiled.
"It depends on the job. If it's digging holes, it's fifty coins a day, and if it's planting trees, it's twenty coins a day."
As for how much work is considered satisfactory, I will find someone to lead you. I don't expect you to do more work than him, but you can't do too much less either.
Our money didn't grow on trees, so naturally we need to hire reliable people. Don't you all agree?
The crowd agreed, saying that Zhao Qian was a good person because he could find work for everyone to do after leaving home; otherwise, he would have no other source of income in the village besides his own fields.
More than two hours later, the yamen runners finally finished measuring the area of the back mountain.
The total area is 1753 mu. The yamen runners released the water, so it was counted as 1700 mu.
One acre of mountain land cost one tael of silver. Soon, Huang followed the yamen runners to the county government office to complete the formalities.
Ten constables arrived in total, and each was given two taels of silver for wine. The constables were very happy and said they would come to them again if there were any more good opportunities like this.
Holding the completed red contract, Huang was so excited that she trembled slightly.
I never imagined that my family would own thousands of acres of mountain land.
Mountains are land too, especially since her daughter had explained the mountain land development plan to her. Looking at this red deed now, Mrs. Huang felt like she had bought a golden egg.
After the initial excitement, she still had to go home, and while she was there, she went to the brokerage firm again, but still couldn't find a suitable shop. Ms. Huang felt somewhat disappointed.
"Sigh, it seems my mother-in-law is truly destined to be apart from your county town. She can't even buy a house. Sigh."
It's such a waste of my wife's enthusiasm!
After saying this dejectedly, Huang left.
The broker was left standing there, bewildered in the wind. What did it mean to have his enthusiasm wasted? Wasn't he enthusiastic enough as a broker?
Is it really the dentist's fault that no one is selling their houses?
Huang didn't care whether the broker was upset or not; if she was unhappy, then everyone would be unhappy too.
Anyway, there's nothing special about the county town, so I might as well hurry home and look at the land deed with my granddaughter.
"My dear girl, look! Grandma's back!" Huang called out as soon as she reached the backyard.
Upon hearing Huang's voice, Zhao Qingyan quickly wiped her hands clean and came out of the room.
"Grandma, you came back pretty quickly. I thought you wouldn't get home until dark."
Zhao Qingyan took the reins from her grandmother and said.
"Sigh, Grandma was also thinking of coming back later, so she went to ask the brokers again, but there aren't any suitable shops or houses in the county town for the time being."
Sigh, I always thought that if you had money, you'd never run out of things to do with it, but now it really is true that even if you have money, you can't spend it.
Mr. Huang sighed with emotion.
Zhao Qingyan knew Huang's eagerness to buy a house in the county, but this couldn't be rushed.
"Grandma, you can actually think about it differently. If there aren't any suitable shops or houses in the county, we can just go to the prefectural city to buy one."
It doesn't matter where you buy it. What if my dad and the others pass the exams someday?
I can't stay in the county town forever, so I figured it would be more cost-effective to buy a house in the prefectural city than in the county town.
Even if it's a rental, the price in the prefectural city is definitely much higher than in the county town.
Let's leave it to fate. Grandma, what did you do in the county today?
At this point, Huang immediately perked up as if she had been injected with chicken blood.
"Hehehe...hehe" He laughed for a while before finally controlling his facial expression.
"Well, didn't you keep saying you wanted to build a hilltop villa?"
"I just bought the hill behind our house. Do you want to see what the land deed looks like?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingyan was delighted, her eyes shining brightly.
"Grandma, you're the best! You finally bought the mountain. Now I can start managing and developing the back mountain."
Tomorrow I'll go back to the village and see how to make the arrangements more reasonable. Grandma, I want to build the most beautiful house, hahaha…”
Huang knew that this little girl had a particular fondness for hilltop villas.
Oh well, it's not like we can't afford to build one at home, let her do whatever she wants.
Early the next morning, Zhao Qingyan and Huang returned to the village.
The Zhao family members who were abandoned...
Upon seeing the Huang family grandfather and grandson return, people immediately surrounded the carriage, asking when the Zhao family would start hiring people.
Just as Huang was about to say "some time," Zhao Qingyan said in the car,
"I'm preparing some thorn vines at my place tomorrow and the day after, and I'll need to trouble everyone then."
Having obtained the answer they wanted, the crowd dispersed, and the Huang family's carriage was finally able to move freely.
"Hey sweetie, thorn vines are covered in thorns, what are you planning to do with that stuff? Aren't you afraid of getting pricked?"
Huang asked with great concern.
"Oh, Grandma, don't worry about it. We'll have someone fence off the perimeter of our mountain with thorny vines first."
Although thorns are good for keeping out honest people but not for keeping out scoundrels.
Enclosing the area will avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
For example, if someone accidentally wanders into our mountain area, we'll be at a disadvantage if they damage even a few of our trees, right?
So, let's start by using thorny vines to fence off the mountain area.
As for where to find so many, there are plenty in the deep mountains, haven't you forgotten? I'll go over and bring back a lot at once."
Huang also remembered that there was a place deep in the mountains with many thorny vines, and then he felt relieved.
As for whether the granddaughter will get hurt while digging up thorny vines, that's no big deal. Who is this darling? She's a little fairy!
With a single spell, anything can be uprooted.
Okay, so Huang is a die-hard fan of her granddaughter. Zhao Qingyan does indeed plan to use her spatial ability to collect the thorn vines.
That thing is covered in thorns, after all; it hurts quite a bit if it pricks you. She's not a masochist. Why would she insist on self-harming?
Early the next morning, Zhao Qingyan went into the mountains. Many people from the Zhao family came, all waiting for Huang to assign them tasks.
When Huang opened the courtyard gate, she was also a little surprised.
"What are you all doing? Why are you all blocking my doorway with shovels?"
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