After Li Jun moved his things to the storage room, he went back to his room to get some clothes, planning to take a shower before spending time with his wife.
Tang Baozhu saw that he was always busy and thought he was really too diligent. He was comparable to the educated youth in the second world. They were all just as hardworking and diligent.
I sat quietly in the room, waiting for Li Jun to come back from her shower so I could discuss with her what I had been thinking about.
Tang Baozhu never imagined that her child would fail the imperial examinations to become a scholar or a provincial graduate, or even further.
With so many good things fed to him, even a fool could be turned into a genius.
As for whether this baby is a girl or not, it doesn't matter. She has already made up her mind. If the first three babies are all girls, she will take a fertility pill for the fourth one.
In ancient times, daughters who did not have sons had a hard life. They were easily bullied after marrying into another family because they had no brothers or sisters.
Tang Baozhu herself doesn't discriminate against girls. The reason she didn't have a daughter in her previous life was because the primitive tribe was too unfriendly to girls. They had nothing. It was only after the time-traveling heroine arrived that everyone's life became a little better.
She doesn't want to suffer after having a daughter. It doesn't matter if she has daughters in the first few pregnancies, but it's not certain yet. To her, it's the same whether it's a boy or a girl.
When Li Jun returned from his shower, he saw his wife sitting on the edge of the bed, lost in thought. He walked over and carefully put his arm around her waist.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
Tang Baozhu snapped out of her reverie and rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm not feeling unwell, I'm just thinking about Chunxue and Qingliu. They're both getting older, and if they don't get married and have children soon, they'll become old maids. I was thinking, maybe we should buy two more young and strong men to pair them up. That way, you won't have to do all the heavy work by yourself, and someone can help you. I'm also worried about the dangers of going to the estate alone, so having someone accompany you will put my mind at ease."
Li Jun hugged Baozhu tightly. "Baozhu is so good to me. I'll consider what you said. After you turn three months old, we'll go to the county town to have a doctor check your pulse and buy a few more people while we're at it."
Tang Baozhu knew that there was nothing wrong with her body, but seeing Li Jun's worried look, as if he wouldn't feel at ease without the doctor taking his pulse, she nodded in agreement, thinking it would be good to put his mind at ease.
"Okay, when we get a checkup, we'll see if the baby in my belly is healthy. When we're buying people, we'll go to the matchmaker and buy a few more five- or six- or seven-year-old children, both boys and girls. They've grown up in our family, so they should be more devoted to us. They can keep the baby in my belly company as it grows up, and they can help out in the future."
"Isn't this too hasty? The baby hasn't even been born yet."
Although Li Jun didn't know why Baozhu wanted to buy such a small child, she wouldn't refuse.
Tang Baozhu quickly told him her thoughts: children should be raised well from a young age. Then she took out the more than 2,000 taels of silver that her scholar father had left her and handed it directly to Li Jun, telling him to buy a manor and land.
"If there isn't good land, we can buy barren hills. We'll hire people to clear the land, plant crops, and raise animals. That way, the costs will be lower, and we shouldn't have to pay much tax for the first three years."
Li Jun did not refuse and accepted the silver directly. He had already given the profits from his estate to his sister Baozhu, and he only had a tael or two of silver as pocket money.
He really didn't have the money to buy land or estates, and he wouldn't take advantage of his wife; all the land he bought would be registered in her name.
According to Tang Baozhu's plan, the family could not become merchants. As the farm produced more and more eggs, they had already bought a shop in the county town to sell the farm's produce.
If you're thinking about your future children, then you can't let your family become merchants, because it will affect your chances of passing the imperial examinations; no one within three generations can take the exams.
Then it can be said to be Tang Baozhu's dowry. No one cares about the dowry of the mistress of the house, as long as the person in charge of the house is not a merchant.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you. It seems like there are barren mountains in our village, on the side where I used to live. A whole area of mountains can be bought and sold. It’s because it’s a bit close to Daqingshan Mountain, so no one dares to go there and it’s just been sitting idle. Honey, if you’re not scared, I’ll buy that barren mountain.”
Tang Baozhu thought for a moment and knew which place Li Jun was talking about. The place was quite large, at least a thousand acres, and probably even more after measurement.
It would be difficult to develop the entire area in less than a year, as clearing land entirely by hand is indeed quite challenging.
“Alright, let’s buy the whole area then. If you don’t have enough silver, I have some here. Since barren mountains are so cheap and we’re buying a lot, we should be able to negotiate the price down to two or three taels of silver.”
"Don't worry, that piece of land has been abandoned for hundreds of years. Now there are some small trees on it. The officials in the county government can't wait to sell this wasteland so that they can make more money. We can also give them some money later. Even if it exceeds 1,000 mu, we can make them write it as 1,000 mu. I will take care of all this. You don't need to worry. Just stay at home and take good care of yourself during your pregnancy."
Tang Baozhu had a high opinion of Li Jun's abilities, and since she had entrusted the task to him, she didn't need to worry.
She took out another five hundred taels from the money she had earned from embroidery. "When the family grows bigger, you can buy a piece of land at the foot of the barren mountain and build a bigger house, at least with three courtyards. How about this, buy the land first, and then build the house and clear the land at the same time. Find some experienced craftsmen in the county town to build the house. After the house is built, you can buy more people. But you can buy two older, strong young men to work with you first, so I can feel more at ease."
Especially after buying the barren mountain, there will definitely be envious people. After all, buying a barren mountain is a considerable expense. Even with bargaining, it will cost at least 2,000 taels of silver. Such a large sum of money will definitely make people envious.
Li Jun didn't ask any more questions. He simply took the money, nodded, and agreed. "Okay, I'll go to the county government office in the county town tomorrow and find someone to buy the land. The place is a bit big, so it might take the surveyors a day or two to measure it. When that happens, ask Qingliu to cook some extra food. They might come over for a meal."
"I understand. You don't need to worry about these things. I'll take care of them."
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