Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 173

Rui Zhu said: "The dishes in your shop are very good. Our wife is going to hold a small banquet, and I plan to invite the shopkeeper of your shop to come to Chen's house to cook. If the shopkeeper comes back, please tell me."

Qian Gui laughed more and more from ear to ear.What the shopkeeper said yesterday is correct, be more polite to such a person, as expected, there will be a big deal!He hurriedly took it with both hands, and said again and again: "Madam, don't worry, as soon as the shopkeeper comes back, the little one will tell her immediately!"

At the moment, Xia Junyan and Broker Feng are looking at the fields near Shuanghe Village.In essence, she is still a peasant girl, not a merchant girl, and in ancient times, the status of a peasant girl is naturally slightly higher than that of a pure merchant girl.Xia Junyan ran away several times and still couldn’t redeem the few acres of high-quality fertile land that Father Xia pledged to the pawnshop back then. It just so happened that Manager Feng came to tell her early this morning that there were ten acres of medium-grade farmland near Shuanghe Village that were going to be sold. Jun Yan thought about it for a while, and the medium-sized fields were considered passable. Having a field in her hand was equivalent to having food in her hand, and she was not afraid that there would be no rice in the coming disaster years.

"This field was originally a good field, but the water supply is a bit tight, so the price is cheaper." After the first cooperation, Broker Feng has felt Xia Junyan's pulse. This is not a shopkeeper who can be fooled at will. Open the skylight and talk, but cooperate happily.

Xia Junyan was wearing a bamboo hat, and the sun in May and June made her eyes hard to open.The position of the field is a bit high, and the river is below, so it can only be irrigated by storing water in a few depressions not far away. Fortunately, Yun'an County has enough rain, so the field will not dry up.

"It's really hard to find several acres of good land that you want together. The weather has been good these few years. Except for those who really can't live on, very few people sell good fields." Manager Feng also knew that the location of the ten acres of land was not good. It's the best, "Fortunately, it's not too far from the river here. I think shopkeeper Xia won't grow it himself after buying it, and it won't be a problem to pay for a few labors."

Xia Junyan nodded, she had also thought about what Manager Feng said.It was just that she didn't quite understand one thing, so she said, "Since the draft is tight and the river is not far away, why not set up a water truck?"

——I knew she was not easy to fool!Manager Feng wiped off his sweat, and quickly explained: "The waterwheel is indeed a good thing, but it is not easy to build. None of the carpenters in our villages dare to take on this job. Moreover, the cost of building a waterwheel is very high. Landlords and lords have endless servants in their fields, what are they doing with all this effort?"

Xia Junyan just asked casually. Modern people have only seen landscape-style waterwheels in scenic spots. She knows nine out of ten for such agricultural irrigation waterwheels.Seeing Broker Feng's nervous appearance, Xia Junyan herself felt a little helpless. Could it be that her fierce appearance has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people?

"How much silver do you need to buy this ten acres of land?" Xia Junyan asked.

"Because it's only a medium-sized field, you only need 30 taels of silver." Manager Feng said, "If Shopkeeper Xia wants to buy it, you can sign the land deed in three days."

Xia Junyan felt that the price was fair, and said, "I need to know what the output of the ten mu of land has been in the past three years."

(End of this chapter)