Chapter 494 It seems like I'm selling your land
"Yes, she married Qian Cheng, the eldest son of Qian Lizheng. His eldest son broke a leg on the battlefield, and no girl in the surrounding villages was willing to marry a disabled man."
"Plus, his family is notoriously difficult to get along with, so no girl would be willing to marry into their family."
Chen Zhao was a little puzzled and asked: "Then why would your sister..."
"My fifth sister is very sensible. She knows that if the family can't pay back the money, it may take a lifetime to pay it back."
"Later, she took the initiative to find a matchmaker and said that she was willing to marry Qian Cheng, but the condition was that the debt was forgiven..."
As he spoke, Guo Zhanyong turned his head slightly, trying to hide the helplessness on his face.
"The Qian family naturally refused, and finally said that no matter when the loan is repaid, they would waive the interest for one year and give ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift..."
My goodness, after all the calculations, not only can you get a wife for free with just a dozen taels of silver, but in the end the money for marrying her will go back into the Qian family's pockets.
"That means even if I pay it back next year, the principal and interest combined will still have to be seventy-seven taels?"
Guo Zhanyong sighed and nodded.
"Of the fifty-six taels, thirty taels were borrowed from my three sisters, and the remaining twenty-six taels were what I saved over the past two years..."
"More than a dozen households have to pay an extra year's interest. All those who can borrow have borrowed, but who has the spare money..."
"Several households were already paying 12% interest. Seeing that there was no other way, the Qian family said they would pay back whatever they had, and if they were short, they would use their houses as collateral..."
"Now, seven or eight households have used their houses as collateral..."
Gu Yanzong, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was furious for a moment. He clenched his fists and tried his best to endure it.
"I thought he was lending money at high interest, but I didn't expect he would have such an idea."
The destroyed house was indeed not worth much, but the price of the land on which the house was built was far different from that of ordinary farmland.
Using the price of good farmland to buy land that can be used to build houses, the abacus beads are about to break into your face.
Knowing that the Qian family was not easy to deal with, Guo Zhanyong still responded to them. In his opinion, even if he sold the land to outsiders, it would not be possible to fulfill the Qian family's wishes.
"Brother Guo, I wonder how big your land is and what price you plan to sell it for?"
Guo Zhanyong thought for a moment and said bluntly: "My ancestral house and the yard together are one mu and seven tenths. As for the price... the price... is thirty... taels..."
"Thirty taels?"
Hearing the incredulous tones of several families, Guo Zhanyong thought he had said too much.
Think about it, they were all exiled prisoners, their homes had been ransacked, how could they come up with thirty taels?
"How about twenty... twenty-five taels will do..."
One mu and seven fen of land is more than 800 square meters. If it were in the capital, the land alone would cost more than 100 taels. They could buy such a large piece of land for building a house for 30 taels. They were really getting a great bargain.
I'm afraid Guo Zhanyong was thinking that once the house was sold, the money plus the original proceeds would be enough to pay off the debt, and the Gu family were not the kind of people who would take advantage of small gains, so they would naturally not give him any less than what he deserved.
"You have such a large piece of land, thirty taels is too little..."
"Ah?" Guo Zhanyong didn't expect that they would say that they wanted less. Isn't it said that exiled prisoners are penniless?
"We won't take advantage of you. How about selling this large piece of land to us for 100 taels?"
"One...one...one hundred...two?"
Guo Zhanyong began to stutter as he spoke. This old house could be sold for sixty or seventy taels at the original price, but who would have thought that the other party would ask for a hundred taels.
"Brother Guo, is one hundred taels okay?"
"Yes...Yes..."
One hundred taels is just a drop in the bucket for Ran Qingxuan, but for Guo Zhanyong, it can help them change their current situation.
"I'm going home to get the title deed now. Wait a minute, I'll be there soon."
Seeing that they really wanted to buy it and the price they offered was far beyond his expectations, Guo Zhanyong was afraid that they would go back on their word, so he stood up and ran back.
In less than ten minutes, Guo Zhangyong came running over, panting, with a square box in his hand.
"This is the deed to our ancestral home. Please check it and keep it."
After reading it, Old Madam Gu directly handed the deed to Gu Yanchen.
"I originally said that you and your wife would be the head of the family from now on. Now the title deed is handed over to you for safekeeping."
Originally, Ran Qingxuan wanted to refuse, but Gu Yanchen stuffed the thing into her hand instead.
"Keep it!"
After all, he knew that no matter where he put it, it would not be as safe as putting it in her own space.
Ran Qingxuan was holding the land deed and had not yet thanked his family for their trust when he suddenly heard a discordant voice at the door.
"Guo Zhanyong, who allowed you to sell this ancestral house?"
The Qian family looked very angry, as if Guo Zhanyong was selling their house.
Ran Qingxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, folded the title deed in front of them, put it into a small wooden box, and then put it into the cloth bag he carried with him.
"Who told you to buy the land? Hand over the deed immediately."
Tian Ying was so excited that he rushed forward and tried to snatch it from Ran Qingxuan.
Gu Yanchen is a man who is not easy to deal with, and it’s a woman who takes action, but there is also a second sister-in-law next to him!
Seeing that Tian Ying's finger was about to poke Ran Qingxuan's face, Chang Yue'e suddenly reached out and pried her fingers away. .
“Ah…ah…”
A pig-slaughtering-like scream was heard, and the Qian family and the Gu family immediately became hostile.
Ran Qingxuan was protected by Gu Yanchen. If the second sister-in-law had not taken action first, Tian Ying’s entire arm would probably have been broken.
"You dare to attack my wife? I think you are tired of living!"
Qian Shun kept shouting with a stick in his hand, but he didn't dare to come forward.
At this time, Qian Li was looking at Guo Zhanyong with a gloomy face as he stood beside him with his head down.
"Guo Zhanyong, you should think carefully before selling this house. After all, we are from the same village."
Yes, as a village head, it is not difficult to discipline them.
Originally, Guo Zhanyong could have afforded to pay back the money, but he looked for countless jobs during the past year, and no one wanted to hire him.
Afterwards he found out that it was the son of the Qian family who was the county magistrate who had informed the county that anyone who dared to employ him or anyone from their village would be going against the county magistrate.
This is why after so much time, he still hasn't earned even a dozen taels of silver...
"I've figured it out. I'm afraid you've been eyeing the Guo family's ancestral home for a long time, right?"
Seeing the greedy eyes of their family members, Ran Qingxuan knew that Qian Lizheng's lending them money to build a house was just an excuse, and his purpose was to exchange the least money for greater benefits.
"You are talking nonsense...nonsense, there is no such thing."
This glance hit the nail on the head, and Ran Qingxuan almost applauded them.
"Why are you so excited when someone sells their house?"
"Ah, no, I'm not excited. I'm trying my best to stop it. If you don't know, you might think they're selling your house!"
There was a flash of panic in Qian Lizheng's eyes, but then he looked earnest.
"Guo Zhanyong, these are exiled prisoners. Who knows what crimes they committed to be exiled?"
"You're not afraid that your ancestors will be unhappy if you sell the house to this kind of person."
Several families were all angry, and everyone could see that the Qian family cared very much about the Guo family's ancestral home.
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