Before she could figure out how to refuse, the wild vegetable dumpling was already in her hand.
The old lady was a little nervous at first, worried that Li Mengyue would not want it. After all, she was a rich lady and had seen all kinds of good things. She had eaten countless delicacies, such as sea cucumbers and abalone. Unexpectedly, Li Mengyue took the wild vegetable dumplings from her hand without any disgust.
"Thank you, Auntie. I like it very much."
"Okay, okay, as long as you like it, I'll make it for you if you like it."
"Then I'll go find the village chief first."
"Look how confused I am. I should have taken you home right away and not delayed you from visiting the village chief. Hurry, hurry up, don't delay anything."
Li Mengyue saw that the old lady still wanted to talk to her, and when she heard that she wanted to find the village chief, she pushed herself towards the ground anxiously. She suddenly felt that the old lady was quite cute.
Following the direction pointed by the old lady, Li Mengyue walked for a quarter of an hour and saw the village chief.
Without saying a word, he walked to the village chief and saw that he was also bending over to catch locusts like other villagers.
Unfortunately, the village chief was old and not as nimble as the young ones. The locusts flew around but he just couldn't catch them.
Li Mengyue was standing nearby, watching the village chief's clumsy movements. She couldn't bear to watch him anymore, so she quickly and accurately caught the locusts, put them in a small bamboo basket on the ground, and covered it with a bamboo lid.
Seeing his target locust being caught, the village chief instinctively said, "That little bastard, do you think I'm going to..."
Meeting Li Mengyue's half-smile, the village chief stood up, straightened his clothes, and coughed a few times: "Yue girl, I don't want to catch locusts to sell for money, I just want to experience it and see if it is difficult to catch locusts."
"Yes, I just want to see if it's hard to catch."
Li Mengyue pretended not to notice the village chief's embarrassment and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, can you sell the hill next to my house?"
"It can be sold. It's the village's asset. What's the matter, Yue girl? Why are you asking about the little hill?"
"Grandpa Village Chief, this is it. Didn't I tell you that I wanted to raise ducks?"
"Yes, yes, yes. They also said they wanted to sell locusts to you. Each family must raise ten ducks. Don't worry, I told the villagers about this at the meeting yesterday afternoon. Everyone understands and is willing to cooperate."
"Grandpa Village Chief, I've thought about it and I don't think raising ducks is necessary. The reason I asked about the small hill is that I want to buy it and raise ducks."
"What!" The village chief's voice reached a new height, making Li Mengyue's ears buzz.
When the village chief saw Li Mengyue covering her ears, he realized that his voice was too loud, so he spoke in a lower voice again.
"Yue girl, you're not kidding me with the village chief, are you? Do you know how big that little hill is? How many acres of land are there?"
Of course Li Mengyue knew that it was a small hill, and it was no different from a small mountain. However, compared with the towering mountain behind it, this hill was indeed a little small, so small that it was not very noticeable.
"Grandpa Village Chief, no matter how much, I will buy them all."
“I bought them all.”
Seeing the village chief's look of disbelief, Li Mengyue didn't say anything and directly took out a silver note of one thousand taels from the space.
Village Chief Li has grown up in Xinghua Village. Although he has a high status and is the one who calls the shots in Xinghua Village, he has never seen a silver note with a face value of one thousand taels.
After calming himself down, he said seriously, "Yue girl, the hilltop is a village asset. It has a total area of 1,100 mu, and there are 200 mu of land at the foot of the hill. Since it's wasteland, if you want it all, I'll charge you one tael of silver per mu. In addition, the house you live in now is also given to you."
Li Mengyue knew that wasteland and mountain land were cheap, but she didn't expect it to be so cheap. A small hill plus 200 acres of wasteland only cost 1,300 taels of silver.
Without any hesitation, he handed one thousand taels of silver to the village chief, and then took out another four hundred and fifty taels of silver.
"Grandpa Village Chief, I've bought the small hill and 200 mu of wasteland for a total of 1,350 taels of silver. You can use the remaining 50 taels to arrange for the land deeds. No matter how much is left, I'll give you 2 taels of silver as a reward for your hard work."
"Girl Yue, you've already done the village a great favor by buying it. The village chief doesn't need to worry about it. Don't worry, I'm going to the county town right now and will try to help you get things done as soon as possible."
"Okay, thank you, Grandpa Village Chief. Can I put a fence on the hill and raise ducks now?"
"Of course you can. Why are you being so polite to the village chief? You don't know that everyone in the village, young and old, is grateful to you. You have given them hope. What the village chief has done is nothing compared to what you have done. Well, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm leaving now."
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