"Xiao Lei, Qian Qian, don't eat yet, your sister-in-law will take you to see a place."
Wei Yuyan thought she would take Xiaolei and Qianqian to see it first, and see if they liked it.
After the children finished school, Wei Yuyan took them to look at the few open spaces next to Sister Xiuhua's house.
It's not particularly close to Sister Xiuhua's house; it's a few houses away.
"Sister-in-law Xiuhua~".
Wei Yuyan called out as she passed by.
"Hey, where are you going?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law and Xiaoya were at home; Xiaoya had just come back from school.
"Looking at the land, I see quite a few vacant plots here, which I'm quite satisfied with, but I don't know if they've been bought yet."
Wei Yuyan pointed ahead.
"Then we'll have to ask the village chief. If you build it here, my Xiaoya will be so happy."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua didn't know any of this either, but she was still quite happy to hear that Wei Yuyan wanted to build it here.
Close the door and walk over with Wei Yuyan to take a look.
"Look, all three places are fine."
Wei Yuyan pointed to the three open spaces.
"Sister-in-law, I suggest you don't choose the middle one. The family next door is not a good match. The left or right side is fine."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law suggested.
"Okay, I understand. Children, do you think it's okay to build here?"
Wei Yuyan thought the children would be happy too.
"Build it here."
"No, build it here~".
Unexpectedly, the two children had a disagreement, with Xiao Lei wanting to build the house closer to Xiao Pang's.
Qianqian wanted to build it near Xiuhua's sister-in-law's house.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow. You two, don't fight over it. Ask the village chief tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan was still unsure whether the land was suitable for construction.
"Then you'll have to buy something."
Xiuhua winked at Wei Yuyan.
"Okay, I'll go to town to buy it tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan nodded.
"Sister-in-law, I want candied hawthorns."
Qianqian quickly made her request.
"good".
The next day, after having breakfast with the children, Wei Yuyan went out to town with some money to buy some gifts.
I bought a pound of brown sugar and a pound of peanut brittle this time, thinking that would be enough.
Afterwards, he brought the children candied hawthorns and pastries, and bought meat before going back.
However, I didn't have much time in the morning, so I didn't go to the village chief's house.
After waking up from my afternoon nap, I took two bags of gifts to the village chief's house.
"Uncle Village Chief~".
Wei Yuyan placed the gifts on the table.
"What are you doing?"
The village chief looked at Wei Yuyan.
"As you know, my house collapsed, and I thought that place was too dangerous, so I didn't want to live there anymore."
I'd like to buy some land to build a new house, and I'll have to trouble you with that.
Wei Yuyan explained the reason.
"Have you found any good spots?"
The village chief took out the village's land record book and asked.
"Yes, shall I take you to see it?"
Wei Yuyan felt it was difficult to explain sitting here, so she suggested taking the village chief to see for herself.
"Let's go, Cuifang's mother, I'm going out."
The village chief called out to them and then went out with Wei Yuyan.
"Just go out, why bother calling me?"
The village chief's wife was embroidering shoes when she heard the village chief call her, so she came out.
Seeing the gifts on the table, he realized that the old man wanted him to come out and put the things away.
"I'm quite satisfied with these two places."
Wei Yuyan pointed to the two empty plots on the left and right, but not to the foundation in the middle.
"The one on the left won't do; someone bought it last year. The one in the middle or the one on the right is up to you."
The village chief pointed to the land next to Xiuhua's house and said it was already taken.
"Okay then, I'll buy the one on the right."
Wei Yuyan wouldn't buy the middle section.
"How big do you need? I'll go get the lime powder now, draw it today, and we can get it done tomorrow."
The village chief then headed home, saying he was going to get lime powder. Wei Yuyan wondered what size would be appropriate.
We need a yard in the front and a vegetable garden in the back; it needs to be at least 200 square meters.
"Have you decided how old you want to be?"
The village chief returned quickly.
"I've thought it through. From here to here, ………………"
The front of Wei Yuyan's house is roughly parallel to the other houses, but the back is a bit longer. She plans to build a wall around it, otherwise she feels too insecure.
In the village, very few people don't build a fence; even those without money will build one out of wood or bamboo.
Raising chickens and ducks this way is convenient, since it's not like modern times where many people raise them in a free-range manner.
In such an era of material scarcity, if chickens were allowed to roam freely, some would go out, and some would come home.
Wei Yuyan pointed out the location, and the village chief marked it with lime powder. Then he took a charcoal stick and wrote down the location of the land on a piece of paper.
For example, the distance to the adjacent wall and the distance to the house behind it are clearly written down.
"It's about twenty-two zhang (about two hundred square meters). In the village, it's fifty wen per zhang, which is... one tael and one qian of silver."
If you're sure you want it, give me the money, and I'll go to town tomorrow to register and get it stamped. Then you can get the land deed.
The village chief handed the foundation he had just recorded to Wei Yuyan to take a look.
“Okay, Uncle Village Chief, you can wait for me at home. I’ll go back and get the money now.”
Wei Yuyan checked the records and found no problems. The sooner it was done, the sooner she could move into the new house.
Speaking of which, Wei Yuyan wants to design her new house properly.
The houses in the village all have the same layout; it's so outdated and lacks any originality.
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