reborn princess

Chapter 272 Buying Land and Building a House
Although she likes Baihu very much, she knows that she can't let her liking affect the lives of others in the village, so she doesn't insist anymore.

Shen Luo squatted down, touched Baihu's head with his hand, and said: "Xiaobai, let's go, don't come back in the future, go far away, go to the depths of the mountain, there are your kind."

After speaking, he stood up, pinned the sword on his belt, walked to Xiao Hei, untied its horse's reins, turned over and sat on it.

Xiao Hei didn't have any affection for this guy who had thrown him several times, and immediately stomped his front hoof vigorously, standing up, trying to throw this bad guy off, but Shen Luo seemed to grow on him, No matter how hard it tosses, it can't get people down, and after a long time, it will stop.

Seeing that Xiao Hei was being honest, Shen Luo rode up to Ye Weilan's side, bent down, and stretched out his hand to Ye Weilan.

Ye Weilan looked at the white tiger lying on the side reluctantly, knowing that maybe from today onwards, she would never see it again. After a long time, she gritted her teeth and stretched out her hand, letting Shen Luo pull her onto the horse.

Shen Luo put her in front of him, flicked the horse's reins, and walked away.

And Bai Hu, after they left, stood up slowly, turned around and walked deep into the forest.

Under Sui Youran's command, Li Feng has already prepared a room for Shen Luo, which is the east room of the main house in the backyard.

Hearing the sound of the two of them coming back, Su Youran rushed out of the room to welcome them, "Brother Shen, come and have a look, is this room satisfactory?"

Seeing her suddenly coming out of the room, Shen Luo was stunned for a moment, then turned her eyes away, and stopped looking at her, but just walked past her with a cold expression, entered the room, looked at this brand new environment, and slowly pointed Nodded, "Very good!"

Ye Weilan saw a brand-new pink tea set on the kang table, so she picked up the teapot, the teapot was just brewed tea, it was still warm, and poured a glass of water for Shen Luo, "Master, drink water. "

Sui Youran looked at Shen Luo expectantly, "I don't know if my brother-in-law is satisfied with the house? If there is something that is not satisfied, just say it."

Shen Luo nodded, "Very satisfied, but I have something to tell you."

Sui Youran smiled and said: "Brother-in-law has any orders, just say."

Shen Luo said seriously: "In the future, I will teach this girl Lan'er to practice martial arts. No matter what I do to her or what I want her to do, you are not allowed to interfere, otherwise, I will leave here immediately."

"Uh..." After listening to his conditions, Su Youran couldn't help feeling a little puzzled. "Brother Shen, what does this mean?"

Shen Luo curled her lips into a smile, revealing a somewhat evil expression, she was stunned for a while, then quickly looked away, tightly clenched her fists, thinking to herself, how did my sister find such a man?A superficial expression is so seductive!
Shen Luo said: "I said before, Lan'er is getting old, and her tendons have begun to block. If she doesn't suffer a lot, she can't practice it no matter what. If you just learn some superficial boxing skills, then it's better If you don’t practice, you won’t waste time.”

Ye Weilan immediately said: "Master, don't worry, I can endure any hardship, and my mother will not interfere with how you teach me."

Sui Youran said anxiously: "Yes, brother-in-law, Lan'er is right, since I promised you to teach her martial arts, then naturally I won't interfere with you."

While talking, Song Hengzhi and Li Ying came in with several children.

After paying respects to Shen Luo, Li Feng said to Song Jiacong, "Xiao Cong, this is Uncle Shen, quickly greet Uncle Shen."

Shen Luo smiled and said, "Just call me Uncle Shen."

Song Jiacong was a little shy, looked at the stranger in front of him timidly, and called out in a low voice: "Uncle Shen." Then he took off his shoes, climbed onto the kang, hid himself behind Su Youran, and only followed Su Youran. Half a small head protruded from Youran's side, looking at him curiously.

Li Ying said to Song Jiayin and Chen Xiaofu again: "Jiayin, Xiaofu, greet Uncle Kuaishen!"

Shen Luo waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Just let the children call me Uncle Shen."

Li Ying said overjoyedly: "Hurry up, meet Uncle Shen soon." After waiting for several children to salute Shen Luo, he said again. "I also have a son. His first name is Chen Jing, and his younger name is Fugui. He is studying in the school. He should be back after school. When he comes back, I will ask him to come and see Eldest Uncle."

Shen Luo smiled at her and said: "I know your name is Yingzi. You entered the garrison mansion when you were four years old, and you have been with your young lady. You eat and live with your young lady. You have the hottest temper, especially gluttonous. Shi always went to the kitchen to steal white sugar cakes in the middle of the night with your young lady."

Li Ying couldn't help crying and laughing, and wiped away tears with a handkerchief, "Uncle, I didn't expect you to know that there is such a person as me."

Shen Luo waved his hand and said, "Don't let me see you crying again, and don't call me uncle, I can't stand this, your lady always mentioned you to me before." Uncomfortable, paused, and said again. "I'll ask you to do something, help me choose a good day, and move your lady's grave here."

Ye Weilan interjected: "Master, let's build the yard first, and move the tomb here and you can go directly into the yard. Otherwise, moving the tomb first and then building the yard will also disturb my aunt."

Shen Luo thought about it seriously, nodded and said: "Alright, let's build the house first, and build the house quickly before the ground freezes, because it's cold here in winter, if you're just learning martial arts, you can't practice outside, otherwise If you sweat, you will get sick when you are blown by the wind, you have to build a big house as a practice room, and you need a big yard."

Ye Weilan quickly said: "Uncle Song, this matter is up to you and my master to handle. Anyway, let Lizheng buy the land on both sides of the yard first, and each buy [-] cents of the land. I have already thought about it. Make a cross courtyard on each side, and the east cross courtyard will be used as a practice room, and my aunt's tomb will be buried here, and the west cross courtyard will also be useful to me."

Song Hengzhi nodded to show he understood, "Then I'll talk to Li Zheng now."

Li Feng worriedly said: "Lizheng was beaten by the magistrate because of Baihu's incident a few days ago, and he has a grudge against us. I don't know if he will make things difficult for us?"

Ye Weilan smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, if he dares to make things difficult for us and refuses to give us land, just tell him and I will take Dabao to live with him."

Everyone laughed, and the original fear of the white tiger dissipated a little.

Sui Youran said: "Brother Shen is staying here today, so I need some good food and wine to entertain Brother Shen. Yingzi, call Brother Chen over tonight, let him and Brother Song accompany Brother Shen to have a good drink or two."

Li Ying agreed with a smile.

It was past noon at this time, Ye Weilan was busy with Shen Luo's affairs, so she didn't have time to eat lunch, so Song Jiayin dragged her to the embroidery room to eat.

Song Hengzhi went out to find Li and was talking about buying land. Shen Luo couldn't stay in his sister-in-law's room all the time, so he went back to his room to rest. Li Ying and Li Feng accompanied Su Youran to rest for a while, and the three women lay on the kang speak up.

Song Hengzhi's purchase of land went smoothly. Although Lizheng hated their family so much that his teeth itch, he didn't dare to offend them. That reprimand was a lesson. The parents and officials in Liaocheng all favored this family, so how could he dare to stab them.

When Ye Weilan built this house, there was a lot of open space on both sides of the house, and now it just happens to surround the open space into a yard.

Both sides bought five cents of land, that is, one mu of land, and the land price is only two taels of silver. However, the Canglan Dynasty has a rule that no matter how cheap the land is, as long as you buy it, you must pay the land rent according to the land. The money is handed over to the national treasury and collected by local governments and county governments. The rent for one mu of land is 180 copper coins a year, that is to say, the rent is 100 copper coins a month.This rent can be paid once a month, or once a year, or for [-] years at one go.

Unless there is an imperial decree from the emperor to exempt this rent, otherwise, no matter whether it is a prince or aristocrat or a wealthy family, they will all have to pay this money.

This regulation is to prevent high-ranking officials and dignitaries from enclosing land, and the second is to increase the tax revenue of the national treasury.

Once it is found that someone does not follow the regulations, the head of the family will be beheaded!
After discussing with Ye Weilan, Song Hengzhi decided to pay ten years' rent in one go, and even the land price was only three taels of silver.

This room is researching the matter of buying land, but in a cave deep in Yuluo Mountain, there are two tigers talking, one is a white tiger with gray and white stripes, and the other is a tigress with yellow and white stripes.

Baihu: You come home with me, and I will take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy food.

Tigress: I’m not going. My mother told me when she was alive that the outside world is very dangerous. There is a kind of human being called a hunter who specializes in killing us tigers.

Baihu: That's someone else, my master is fine.

Tigress: Then I won’t go either. I choose my seat, and I can’t sleep if I change the place.

Baihu: But there are roast chickens outside, so I don’t have to go out to hunt by myself, how nice it is.

Tigress: Good for nothing, I hate worthless male tigers the most, I want to break up with you!

Baihu: ...I hurt my self-esteem!

……

The sky had completely darkened, but the lights in Ye Weilan's house were brightly lit, and there was a sense of joy, all because of Shen Luo's appearance.

Shen Luo, Song Hengzhi, and Chen An were sitting around a round table in the study, pushing glasses for a change.

Su Youran, Li Feng, and Li Ying talked and sewed in the east room of the main house in the front yard, while Ye Weilan and others talked and sewed in the embroidery room, all in a harmonious atmosphere.

Because there was no porter, the gate of the courtyard was bolted early.

Suddenly, Sui Youran and the others in the front yard heard a restless neighing of a horse, and after the neighing of the horse, came the frightened cry of a cow.

Li Feng got off the kang with a smile, "I'll go and see, what happened to the animals?"

Li Yingdao: "Perhaps there is a big mouse. This mouse is not welcome by people, nor is it welcome by livestock. I will see when someone's old cat has a cub. I want one for you."

(End of this chapter)