village head:……
These brother and sister are indeed people who have noble people to help them. They can take out so much money to build the house just by saying so!
"Okay, come find me anytime you want to buy something."
Lin Jiuyue thought about it and decided that it would be better to buy it now rather than sooner or later.
"Village Chief, now."
The village chief was stunned.
This girl really doesn't look like someone who is fleeing from famine!
"How much?"
Lin Jiuyue thought about it.
He made a total of more than two thousand taels of silver by selling space rice, tiger meat, wild boar meat and other miscellaneous items.
I spent 1,010 taels on upgrading my space. I also spent some on supplies along the way. I still have over 1,000 taels left.
These more than one thousand taels of silver will not be enough to buy land for building a house, and the remaining money can be used to buy some farmland.
However, since I just arrived here, it's not appropriate to reveal all my assets at once. It will easily attract the attention of people with ulterior motives.
Especially when there are no adult men in the family.
"I don't have much money, so I'll just buy two acres first."
After saying that, Lin Jiuyue took out the silver for buying the land.
"Miss Lin, you gave too much silver."
Lin Jiuyue gave a faint smile.
"Village chief, please listen to me first. I'm new here and not familiar with the affairs here. I've troubled you a lot every day. Consider this extra money as your hard work fee. If there is anything I need help with in the future, I will trouble you again."
The village chief felt a little conflicted when he heard Lin Jiuyue's words.
If I accept this silver, it will be difficult for me to make friends with him in the future. But if I don’t accept it, I will be tempted to have this huge amount of silver in front of me.
Lin Jiuyue seemed to see the village chief's dilemma.
"Village Chief, please accept it without worry. Buying the land and going through the paperwork will cost money, right?"
After hesitating for a while, the village chief still put the silver away.
"Okay, then I'll shamelessly accept it. If you need any help in the future, just let me know."
Lin Jiuyue nodded in agreement.
By giving the village chief five more taels of silver, I will have someone to speak up for me in the village.
For me now, five taels of silver is nothing, but for the village chief, it is really a lot.
"By the way, Miss Lin, you are now a member of our Shangbei Village. You can go to the mountains to cut wood and other things for building a house. It's free."
After the village chief finished speaking, he looked at Lin Jiuyue and her brother.
"However, there are only two of you in your family, siblings, and no labor force. If you want to get the wood back, you'll probably have to pay someone to do it."
When Lin Jiuyue heard that she didn't need to buy wood to build the house, she was happy. As for the village chief's words about the lack of labor at home, Lin Jiuyue automatically ignored it.
Labor force? Aren’t he and his younger brother Lin Qiye the best labor force?
Which of the adult men in the village can compare to me?
"Village Chief, are you serious? Wood is free?"
The village chief nodded.
"The trees on the hill behind Shangbei Village belong to us. Villagers can cut them down if they want. However, if they want to use them as firewood, the big trees can't be cut down."
Although there are many trees, they cannot be cut down at will.
The firewood that villagers usually use is usually dry branches or something like that. Even if they want to cut down trees, they can only cut down miscellaneous trees.
Only people like Lin Jiuyue who need to build a house are allowed to cut down trees in large quantities, but they can only use them for their own use. Using them to exchange for money is not allowed.
"Don't worry, village chief. We won't cut down trees indiscriminately."
"By the way, Village Chief, as you just said, there are only two of us in our family, my sister and I. It's definitely not easy to cut down trees. Village Chief, how about you find two people in the village to help us? The wages are what we deserve."
"Just do things honestly, don't be sneaky or cunning."
The village chief nodded.
"How many people do you want?"
Lin Jiuyue thought about it.
My brother and I, plus three or five more people, will suffice. Too many people wouldn't be good either.
"Five people is enough."
The village chief hesitated when he heard this.
"Village Chief, what's wrong?"
"Miss Lin, please don't be angry when I say something."
"If you're in a hurry to build a new house, five people might not be enough to get the wood."
Lin Jiuyue smiled and waved her hand.
"Village Chief, there are not five of us. There are also me and my brother. My sister and I will also go to help."
When the village chief heard this, he thought he had misheard.
"What? You said you and Lin Qiye were going to help too? Stop kidding, you're just little girls, half-grown children. Chopping down trees is something that even grown men struggle with, so how could you possibly do it?"
Lin Qiye was standing aside and felt unhappy when he heard what the village chief said.
"Village chief, please don't underestimate us siblings. We are no worse than grown men!"
The village chief didn't believe Lin Qiye's words at all.
If it were anything else, I would believe it, but I really don't believe it when it comes to strength. After all, I have never seen such an outrageous thing in my life.
However, since they clearly said they only need five workers, I will just find five workers.
After confirming the start date as well as the workers' wages and meals with the village chief, Lin Jiuyue and his group said goodbye to the village chief.
"Sister, are we going to rent a house in town?"
Lin Jiuyue nodded.
"Let's rent a house in town first, and then move here when the house in the village is built."
The temperature dropped by several degrees. Lin Jiuyue always felt that something was wrong with the weather and wanted to build the house quickly.
Gu Chengyan on the side winked at the butler, and the butler immediately understood.
"Miss Lin, we have a shop in this town. If you don't mind, why don't you move in first?"
"Yes, Jiuyue, don't rush to rent a house. Live in my shop first, and then move in when your house is repaired. If you rent a house now, you will have to move again when the time comes, which is troublesome."
Lin Jiuyue thought about it.
Considering the friendship between Gu Chengyan and I during our escape from famine, there shouldn't be any problem staying in his house, right?
"Is it convenient? It won't be too much trouble, right?"
"No trouble, no trouble."
The butler said this with a smile on his face the whole time.
Even if this shop doesn't exist now, based on the friendship between Miss Lin and my young master, I have to create one for her myself!
"Then I won't be polite."
Lin Jiuyue smiled, stopped refusing, and agreed directly.
Carrying their belongings, they followed the housekeeper all the way to the Gu family's inn in the town. Lin Jiuyue and her brother finally settled down temporarily.
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