Li Erlang simply packed up and said to Li Yan, "I'm going to go find the village head with the clan leader. You go to the county town first!"
Just kidding, measuring the land at this time, even a well-behaved person like his father would not understand the twists and turns involved. Li Yan immediately said that she also wanted to go and take a look.
Li Yan fished out about three taels of silver from her bosom and handed it to Li Erlang: "Father, when the time comes, find an opportunity to secretly give this money to the head of the village."
Li Erlang understood what he meant and took his daughter to the patriarch's house.
The two met at the clan leader's house, and clan leader Li had no choice but to lead the father and daughter to find the village head.
When Clan Leader Li saw the person, he got straight to the point: "I'm here today mainly to ask you if our village's Maoshan is for sale? If so, how much would you be willing to buy it for?"
The village head immediately became excited when he heard this. People often asked him about buying land, but no one had ever asked him about buying a barren mountain!
As if afraid that the other party would run away, the village head immediately said: "Sell it! If you want to buy it, the price of the hilltop is also based on the mountain land, three cents per mu. But if you want to buy it, you have to buy it all, so think it over carefully!"
Seeing that they were silent, he immediately tried to make amends, "Although the three taels of silver per mu can't be changed, isn't the wasteland at the foot of the mountain next to your family? We can allocate it to you when the time comes. That would at least give you about twenty mu of land. After a few years, you can grow food!"
Chief Li explained, "The Erlang family simply doesn't know how to farm, so they're thinking of buying this barren mountain to start a livestock business!"
Li Yan thought to herself, "Why not? I can dig a pond at the foot of the mountain and raise some ducks. Then I can sell salted duck eggs! I can't help but feel happy."
Fearing that the village chief would change his mind, Li Yan quickly said, "Village chief, the one we want doesn't look very big. I estimate it's only about a hundred acres. Please help us measure it carefully."
As he said this, he winked at Li Erlang.
Li Erlang felt his daughter's gaze and immediately stepped forward to grab the headman's hand, and at the same time stuffed the prepared change into his hand.
The village head felt the silver in his hand and understood: "It seems that it is not counted, so I will go with you to measure it carefully."
His family was worried about their future life because of the taxes they had to pay, so he would take advantage of this benefit that was delivered to his doorstep. When the time came, he would turn a blind eye and measure 30 to 50 acres less, which was uncertain.
The village head agreed and followed the two men back to measure the mountain.
The group walked towards Li Yan's home.
Seeing that the matter had been settled, Li Yan returned home first, put on her bamboo basket, and went to the town.
After walking a mile, Li Yan chose to take a boat without hesitation. The boat was fast and not bumpy. It was really the most comfortable means of transportation at present.
It took about half an hour for Li Yan to arrive at the county dock. The dock was very lively at this time. Li Yan walked through the bustling crowd and arrived at the city gate.
After queuing up to enter the city, Li Yan went straight to the city's medicine shop. Li Yan first went to a large Yishengtang. As soon as she entered, she saw a line of patients at the door. An old man was sitting in the hall taking the patient's pulse, and then he looked at the patient's tongue coating.
He then mentioned a few medicinal ingredients, and the medicine boy beside him wrote down the ingredients he had just mentioned.
The medicine boy wrote the prescription and handed it to the patient's family: "Okay, you can go get the medicine. There are seven sets in total. After you finish taking them, come back to see Doctor Ji!"
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