The Peasant Girl's Name Moves The World Chapter 35: Bought Land

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Chapter 35: Bought Land

Madam Zhu's heart was unhappy when she heard this, but her face didn't show it: "Why are you going to find Fourth? They seem to be very busy."

"The autumn harvest will begin tomorrow, and I will ask him to bring the children to help out."

The anger in Madam Zhu's heart grew upon hearing this, isn't it just another way to help that slut's family?

Have that slut bring her group of little bastards to help, then give out money and rice when the job is done!

My son helps the old man do things, but I have never seen someone who expects to be paid for it!

Too shameless!

She pulled at him tightly: "No, there is enough manpower. Third will come home tonight. Let Third take people out to harvest. Now Sister Nuan is in poor health and needs someone to take care of her. Fourth is working in town with his children, so don’t go mess around with them! "

Third should be back today. Just let Third take that hen who doesn’t lay eggs and slowly harvest.

Why waste money?

For so many years, that Madam Tian has not laid a single egg! Do you want to eat and drink for free at home?

Master Wen frowned upon hearing this: "Why did you hire someone?!"

He used to take Fourth Branch and Third Branch to harvest together every year, so he had an excuse to subsidize more food and money to Fourth Branch.

He planned to set aside extra grain in the field while harvesting, then let a few grandchildren take it back later.

"It was not my request, it's what Eldest and Second wanted. They don't have time to come back from town for the autumn harvest, and they all know that Fourth has moved out. I was embarrassed to ask Fourth for help, so they invited a part-time worker."

What can Old Man Wen say after hearing this? It is the filial piety of his eldest son and second son: "No need to ask next time, there are no outsiders who are as hardworking as our own!"

"Okay." Madam Zhu's ability to fake kindness is always good.

Inwardly, she cursed: Do your best! Dare to be greedy for her food!

But of course, no one was coming. She went to town that the afternoon to dismiss the part-time worker hired by Eldest and Second.

That's when she found out that the slut’s family had cheated her elder son out of five taels of silver, and that there was a gold hairpin worth twenty taels of silver that Xiao Zhu wanted to give to Brother Liang's bride!

Rushing back all the way, she was so angry that her heart, liver, and stomach hurt!

However, thinking of the wolf, Madam Zhu is happy again! I hope the slut and her family are killed off by the wolf, so that there will be no one to offend her eyes in the future! Tomorrow morning she will go back and retrieve the silver and gold hairpin.

"By the way, did you go to town to ask how Brother Liang's marriage arrangements are going? There is only a few days left."

Speaking of this most capable grandson, Madam Zhu regained her spirits: "Eldest said, when the time comes, the whole village is invited! Everyone is welcome to go to the restaurant in town and take a seat!"

"This is good, there will be many people."

Brother Liang is marrying the daughter of Teacher Guo.

"Before they come, remind people in the village to dress better, don't be dirty and don't lose our face! Don't embarrass us in front of Teacher Guo's family! And don't invite Fourth Branch, I'm worried about bad luck! You are not allowed to go where they are these days!

"What?! How can you be like this? You invite the whole village, but you don't invite Fourth Branch? What will people say?”

"I don't care what others say! If I say no, than they are not welcome! It's my grandson who is getting married!"

"You…"

The two elders started quarreling again.

  ~

The sun gradually set, the red salted egg yolk finally disappearing into the western sky, and the family returned home.

"Did you buy the land?" Madam Wu poured a bowl of water and handed it to Wen Jiarui nervously.

"Bought it, one or two taels of silver per mu. I bought five mu of land. One mu will used to build a house and surround the yard. This is the title deed, you keep it. I have gone to Wujia Village and ordered tiles and blue bricks from my father. I also went to town to order the wood beams. We should be able to build a house after the autumn harvest." Wen Jiarui took out a land deed from his sleeve and gave it to Madam Wu, then took the water and drank it in one breathe.

The father in Wen Jiarui's mouth refers to Madam Wu's relatives.

Madam Wu’s family has a brick and tile business. The business used to be very good, but now everyone in the village is doing it. Now the business is much worse, and they earn just enough to make ends meet.

"Five mu is good, enough to grow vegetables and medicinal materials." Madam Wu received the land deed and looked at it carefully, her fingers trembling slightly.

Finally, there is land at home again.

And it is blessed land!

"Mother, give it to me, I want to take a look too." Wen Luo said.

"Let me take a look too!"

  ...

Several children are rushing to see.

"Father, how big is five mu of land?"

"It's huge, probably from our house to the pond!"

Wen Luo thought for awhile, then his eyes lit up: "Yay! We can grow a lot of food in the future, so we won’t be hungry!"

Even five-year-old children in the village know they will not go hungry if they have land at home.

The family ate fragrant food while making plans for that piece of weedy and rocky land, and talked about their hopes for the new house, that the rooms will be warm and comfortable.

Wen Nuan memorized all their ideas, then drew up the house plans.

Now there is not much money, and they are not far from entering winter. She plans to build a simple courtyard with a single entrance for now, and when there is more money, they can slowly expand.

Even later, the entire wasteland nearby will be bought.

After dinner, Madam Wu and Madam Wang took the children to wash and dry lotus leaves in the moonlight, so they can be used as packaging for selling snails tomorrow. Wen Jiarui continued to use bamboo to make some stools and tables.

When the time comes to build a house, and the workers are invited to eat, they can’t have enough stools to sit on.

Wen Nuan lit an oil lamp and studied the three books on music theory, wanting to see the difference between the rhythm and the music of this dynasty, and that of modern times, and what styles of music are popular.

She wants to make money by composing music, so that she can save up as much as possible, take her eldest sister home and buy the jade mine. She really needs more silver!

She has heard that Xiucai Qian's family background is good. Who knows how much money it will take to release people?   

No matter how much, you have to bring people back.

The family was busy and didn't fall asleep until late that night.

  ~

On the mountain, Nalan Jinnian is eating with Feng Nianchen. Four dishes and one soup made up from the delicacies of the mountain and the sea that most people can't eat, but the taste is ordinary.

It was okay when he had fried snails at noon, now...

Nalan Jinnian frowned. He thought of yesterday's delicious dishes, and he couldn't eat it.

I don’t understand, this is also medicated chicken, how can Steward Yuan make it so unpalatable?! The chicken is thick and dry and has an unpleasant smell!

Nalan Jinnian can't eat more than two bites of each dish.

The big bad wolf ran in at this moment. When Steward Yuan saw the wolf coming back, he immediately brought out a large plate of meat and put it in front of him: "Da Hui, have dinner!"

The big bad wolf turned his head away in disgust, not even looking at it.

Surprised, Steward Yuan said: "Da Hui, why don't you eat it?"

Is this for wolves? This is for pigs!

He doesn’t eat it!

The big bad wolf squatted and patted his belly with his two front legs: Lord, I'm full!

Then he stood up, walked back to his nest and went to sleep!

Wolves are sleepy when they are full, and he has to get up early to hunt tomorrow.

Nalan Jinnian looked at the bulging belly of the big gray wolf, and squinted.

A wolf can eat better than him!

Suddenly, he felt a little uncomfortable.

He thought of the person who sold snails in the town streets to make money, and was called a plague star who sells cheap things and eats cheap things.

At that time, he was so angry.

This is because of being poor and being looked down on by others!

Too poor? Well, she is helping him heal his hand, and he hasn't paid the medical expenses yet!

That quack doctor surnamed Feng couldn't even cure his hand. He usually charged others over a thousand taels of silver at a time for treatment, and always got the full amount!

That girl has better medical skills than him, how much should he pay for treatment?

Nalan Jinnian glanced at the four dishes and one soup on the table, ah, this is really not human food!

He decided that starting tomorrow, just like Da Hui, he would go to her house to join in, and by the way, pay the medical and living expenses for the month!

Xiucai: Scholar who has successfully passed the imperial examinations at a county level.
Juren: Scholar who has successfully passed the imperial examinations at the provincial level.
Jinshi: Scholar who has successfully passed the final imperial examinations at the capital/in the palace.

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