Chapter 50 The Ye Family Buys a Homestead
Next, Xiaojiu would take out the locusts from the space from time to time and fry them. The villagers of Heihe Village became fatter after eating them, and their faces were greasy, looking like they were not short of money.
This is especially obvious in children. Once they get enough nutrition, they not only gain weight but also grow taller very quickly.
Recently, we are waiting for the harvest and there is not much farm work to do in the fields. When the villagers have some free time, they start to tidy up their homes. You repair the holes in the roof, and I repair the holes in the wall.
In fact, these things could have been done before, but they just didn't want to do them at the time.
What does "broken jar" mean? It refers to the mentality at that time.
It's not that I'm lazy, but I just don't have the mind to do it.
Imagine if a person is chased by death every day and may not see tomorrow's sunrise at any time. Who would have the mood to care about his living environment?
Now that I have hope in life, I start to become more positive. Home is still the same home, but why do I feel dissatisfied with everything about it?
He picked up the tools and started working on the spider webs, cockroach nests and rat holes that he had previously ignored. The crackling sounds scared the rats in the holes and made them tremble.
It turns out that the saying is true, people should not eat too much!
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Let’s talk about the Ye family. They feel that their house is getting more and more cramped recently.
The Ye family's current homestead is very small, with a total of one kitchen, one main room, three side rooms, and a small courtyard in front of the house.
There is a pigpen on the west side of the yard, which is combined with the toilet. There is a chicken coop and chicken cage on the east side. Because of the drought, no livestock have been raised for many years.
The largest wing is occupied by the eldest brother's family, and the remaining two rooms are occupied by Ye Buwei and Luo Qiuyue, and by the second and third brothers respectively.
The second son, Ye Yan'an, is fifteen years old this year and has reached the age to get married. He will need his own room after getting married.
The third child is getting married in two years, and the three little ones are growing up and need to live in separate rooms, so the current house is no longer big enough for them.
"Can't we just expand and build two rooms? Do we have to buy a residential plot?"
Luo Qiuyue's stinginess flared up and she walked around her dilapidated house several times.
Finally, he sighed and stopped talking.
"Mom, I'm going to talk to the headman right now!"
Ye Yanping is the person the Ye family most wants to build a new house for. Guess why?
He and Yunniang only had a small room with two adults and three children sleeping in it. They didn't dare to make any noise at night, which really suffocated him.
Ye Yanping carried Xiaojiu on his neck, and Xiaowen and Xiaowu followed happily behind him as they walked towards the village headman's house.
Just as they were about to reach the village head's house, Huo Zhongnian appeared out of nowhere.
"Xiaojiu, I'm your daddy, call me daddy!"
He put his hands behind his back, looking quite like a scholar.
Ye Yanping paused, "Get out of the way, I'm her father!"
Huo Zhongnian acted in a very good mood. "You are her father, and I am also her father. There is no conflict. Xiaojiu has two fathers who love her. This is a blessing that others cannot ask for."
Ye Yanping said, "I think you're just being overly enthusiastic. It's a nice thought, but I wonder if Xiaojiu is willing to acknowledge you!"
"I don't recognize you!" The little dumpling rolled his eyes while sitting on Ye Yanping's neck.
"You're really Daddy's good daughter!"
Ye Yanping's mood suddenly brightened. He took Xiaojiu off his neck, threw him high into the sky, and reached out to catch him steadily.
"Is it high? Do you want it higher?"
"want!"
Xiaojiu loved playing this exciting game the most. She giggled with joy and didn't even look at Huo Zhongnian when she passed by him.
Huo Zhongnian's face turned ashen in an instant.
Yaya, since you like this daddy so much, how about I let you lose this daddy?
He is just a farmer. No matter how strong he is, his life or death is just a matter of a word from the government.
I still have some connections in town, so it's time to make some plans.
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This was not the first time Ye Yanping came to the village headman's house, but today the village headman was more enthusiastic than ever before.
"Old lady, pour the tea!"
"Big Boss, bring out whatever delicious food you have at home!"
"Second son's wife, where are Jinbao and Yinbao? Why are they nowhere to be found when Xiaojiu comes?"
It is said that a mother is honored by her son. Today, Ye Yanping experienced what it means that a father is honored by his daughter.
Ye Yanping scratched his head. "Uncle Lizheng, you don't have to be so polite. I came here to ask for your help."
The village head handed the food to Xiaojiu with a smile, "You say."
"After the autumn harvest, we'll have some free time. My family wants to find a piece of land to build a house. Our current house is just not big enough for us."
The village head said, "That would be great. We'll build Xiaojiu a spacious and beautiful house. She's really being treated unfairly now."
Xiaowen and Xiaowu: Aren’t we human?
The head of the village took Ye Yanping to search all the wasteland in the village. Ye Yanping took a fancy to a piece of saline land by the river bank. Crops could not be grown here, so it was perfect for a residential site.
"I'll go back and tell my family and ask them to come and take a look!"
"Okay, I'll wait here."
After a while, all the Ye family members came over.
Heihe Village is vast and sparsely populated. Although there is plenty of land, there are few good farmlands.
The villagers have always been hovering around the poverty line and now live in their ancestral homes.
The Ye family was the first family to buy a residential plot, and all the villagers came to watch the fun.
Throughout history, who hasn't liked buying property? Therefore, the Ye family was very excited, looking at the weed-covered wasteland and looking forward to the future.
"Brother, are you going to buy all this land? We can even run horses in our yard!"
"Then we'll build a courtyard house, with one room for each person, and that's enough!"
This piece of land is as large as three acres. The Ye family decided to buy only two acres, which would cost fifteen taels of silver.
The villagers were amazed. Fifteen taels of silver could support an ordinary family for two years, and only the Ye family could afford to spend that much money.
For the current Ye family, fifteen taels is indeed not a large sum, but it still made Luo Qiuyue hesitate for a long time.
If the old residential plot was a little bigger, she would rather squeeze in and save the fifteen taels at all costs.
She glanced at the second and third sons. The two were still unmarried and it would only be a few years before they would get married.
After getting married, you have to have children. As long as the brothers are harmonious, they will not split up, and the family population will only grow...
It seems that this money cannot be saved.
Not only do we need to buy this land, we also need to buy a larger one.
"Old Ye!" She tugged at Ye Buwei's sleeve, "What do you think?"
"We have bought three acres of land. Since we want to build it, let's build it all at once." Ye Buwei said.
Luo Qiuyue gritted her teeth and took out twenty taels of silver to buy all three acres of land.
The villagers gathered around and said congratulations.
"Dad Yanping, when will the construction start? Everyone should come and help!"
"I'll go back and check the old almanac and help you choose an auspicious day!"
"Thank you all first." Ye Buwei said, "I won't let your work be in vain. I will pay you all when the time comes."
"Why ask for wages? Your family has helped us so much, isn't it our duty to contribute some labor?"
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