Chapter 121 Buying Land
Since everyone was old acquaintances, there was no need to beat around the bush. Besides, Cui Qingyi and Konjac were both very satisfied with the two places that the broker had introduced to them.
Cui Qingyi directly said that she wanted to buy a few acres of land. The broker smiled and said, "Yes, yes. The land in Dongping County is all excellent farmland. I wonder how much Miss Cui would like to buy?"
Cui Qingyi originally thought of just buying two acres of land to grow peppers, but she changed her mind as soon as she arrived at the dental clinic. Konjac and Qiao Yishi are getting along well now. If things go well between the two of them, Konjac will probably have to get married next year.
In addition to preparing clothes and jewelry for a woman's marriage, better-off families would also give her gold and silver. Even someone as unreliable as Cui Jin forced Yuan to give her two shops.
Konjac would definitely have to bring money with her when she got married. Besides the money her older sister gave her, there was also her own share. As for the shop, Cui Qingyi thought it was fine. If Konjac and Qiao Yishi wanted to start a business in the future, they could do it on their own. She would give Konjac 20 mu of fertile land as a gift.
In fact, sometimes Cui Qingyi thinks that this era also has its advantages. For example, a woman’s private property does not become the common property of the couple just because she gets married. A woman has full rights to dispose of her private property.
Of course, ultimately, whether or not the property can be preserved lies with the owner of the property, but Cui Qingyi is not worried that Konjac will not understand this, after all, she is the girl who grew up with her.
The broker had originally thought it would be great if he could sell three or four acres of land today, so when Cui Qingyi held up four fingers, the broker said calmly, "Young lady, you want to buy four acres of land, right? No problem. Just outside the city, near the county seat, a landowner has sold all of his fifty acres of fertile land. I can give you four acres."
After the broker finished speaking, Cui Qingyi said calmly, "I want to buy 40 acres of good farmland."
Broker: "Forty, forty acres?"
The dentist seriously suspected that he had just been distracted and heard it wrong.
After he confirmed it again and again, a huge surprise came over him. One mu of good farmland would be worth at least ten taels of silver, so forty mu would be four hundred taels. If this deal was successful, he could get at least several dozen taels of silver as a reward. No wonder he heard the magpie chirping when he went out today. It turned out that something good was happening.
The broker had no doubt that Cui Qingyi was bragging when he said he wanted to buy forty acres of good farmland. After all, he had been very happy with the previous two transactions.
Konjac tugged at Cui Qingyi's sleeve, not understanding why they had said at home that they would buy two acres of land to grow peppers, but now it suddenly became forty acres. What did they need so much land for?
Cui Qingyi waved her hand to signal Konjac to be patient.
The broker harnessed the cart, closed the door of the brokerage shop, and took the two men out of the city.
This was the first time Cui Qingyi had left the city since arriving in Dongping County. The outside of the city didn't seem to have changed much from when she first came to Dongping County.
But Cui Qingyi's state of mind has undergone a drastic change. She and Konjac's household registration is in Dongping County, so they don't have to pay the city entry fee when they come back.
This broker was obviously familiar with the soldiers guarding the city gate. He just greeted them outside and was allowed to pass.
After the carriage left the city, Ya Ren spoke to Cui Qingyi Konjac, "The two girls have a plan in advance. When we return to the city, we will need to cooperate with the inspection of the city guards. Please don't take it as an offense."
Cui Qingyi and Konjac nodded and said no, there must be a reason behind the implementation of a policy.
Perhaps because she had stayed in the city for too long, Cui Qingyi felt curious about everything outside the city. The hawkers and pedestrians carrying loads coming and going, the farmers driving mule and donkey carts, and the golden rice in the fields all seemed new to her.
Seeing that Cui Qingyi was watching intently, the broker simply lifted the curtain of the carriage so that the two of them could see more clearly. Cui Qingyi smiled. Sometimes she really felt that maybe it was just that the aura of people had changed in a new place. Since coming to Dongping County, the people she met were really nice.
As for the Gu family and the Lin family in the alley, there are very few people like that.
Not long after the carriage left the city, it saw a large field. As the broker said, it was very close to the county town. Cui Qingyi was very satisfied.
The more Konjac looked at the place, the more familiar it felt to him. "This place seems to be not far from Uncle Fan's house."
When the broker heard her words, he smiled and said, "Miss, if you're talking about the housebuilder Fan, then his house is not far away. You can see the Fan family's house a short walk from here."
Cui Qingyi also smiled. It was Konjac that came along when her family asked Uncle Fan to build a kang. What a coincidence.
The broker carefully led Cui Qingyi and Konjac to check out the land. It was only October now, and most of the land still had crops growing on it that had not been harvested, such as rice and some autumn crops.
But the land that the broker brought Cui Qingyi and the others to was full of weeds.
Cui Qingyi was a little curious, "Why is this land not being planted? It's just lying there like this?"
The broker felt a little sad when he saw the land overgrown with weeds. Although he worked in the city, he also farmed in his hometown. Land is the root of the people. How could he not feel sad when he saw such good farmland being wasted?
As a broker, it is not right to gossip about others. But when it comes to the owner of the field, the broker can't help but want to complain.
"This family is dishonest. They rented their land to someone else for farming, but as soon as they planted the seeds, they came to the farm to cause trouble. When the crops were almost harvested, they started clamoring for a rent increase. After a year or two of this, no one would be willing to farm their land.
The people of Dongping County all live quite well, but this family couldn't even hire a farmhand nearby. They didn't know how to farm and were too lazy to do so, so the land just became barren."
At this point, the broker leaned a little closer to Cui Qingyi and whispered, "This family has only one son, and he's into all sorts of things, including drinking, whoring, and gambling. He's already wasted fifty acres of good farmland."
Cui Qingyi nodded in understanding. No wonder he sold his land since he was addicted to gambling.
The broker took Cui Qingyi and Konjac to walk around the fifty acres of land. During the walk, they met people working in the fields and looked at them curiously.
Everyone was a little curious about who wanted to buy the Zhang family's land. Perhaps if the owner changed, they could rent the land here for farming in the future.
Not to mention that farming is not easy, just taking such a short walk makes Cui Qingyi feel exhausted.
At the Fan family, Father Fan came home carrying his hoe and muttered to his wife, "I see someone is looking at the Zhang family's land. I'll go and ask around. If the new owner is suitable, we can rent a few acres next year."
Aunt Fan had no objection. Her family had many people and the food was consumed quickly. Their own land was not enough, so it would be convenient if they could rent a few acres nearby to farm.
"Just don't run into a family like the Zhang family again."
In the end, Cui Qingyi bought all 50 acres of land, 25 acres were under Konjac's name, and the remaining 25 acres were under her own name.
Konjac took the land deed and the useless man burst into tears at the pawnshop.
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