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Chapter 137 Buying Land

The next morning, an ox cart came to Xie Jiaojiao's door, with several white cotton quilts on the cart.

Seeing that the wedding date is getting closer, Sun Ruhua also started to prepare for Xie Jiaojiao's wedding. For farmers, getting married is just a matter of burden!

But Xie Jiaojiao is marrying a young man from the county town, so the dowry naturally cannot be too shabby, otherwise she will be looked down upon by others!

But if Sun Ruhua was asked to prepare too much, she would not be able to take it out. Therefore, when she went to town last time, Sun Ruhua ordered a few cotton quilts from the town! Thinking that when she carried them, it would look like there were more.

The villagers watched and were so jealous!

New cotton quilt!

It is such an expensive thing that most families would not be willing to buy it. In many families, the quilt can be described as "heirloom".

A quilt may be used for decades.

A villager passing by asked Sun Ruhua, "Sister Sun, are you preparing your dowry? When is the exact date?"

Sun Ruhua's face lit up: "On the second day of May, remember to come to the wedding banquet on the first night and the second morning."

The man immediately smiled and said, "Of course you will! Jiaojiao is the golden phoenix that flew out of our village! I will come to help you in advance when the time comes!"

Sun Ruhua smiled and agreed: "Okay, it's settled then!"

After saying this, he called out to the man and took the quilt into the house.

Xie Jiaojiao looked at the white quilt.

"Mom, why did you buy so much? Didn't I tell you that even if I get married, I will still live at home?"

Sun Ruhua smiled and said, "Even if you go back home to live, we still have to prepare a dowry, right? I can't afford to prepare other things, so I thought of ordering a few quilts for you. When the time comes, I will wrap them with red cloth at home, and it will be the same if others carry them!"

Xie Jiaojiao took a look and saw six quilts. She was afraid that Sun Ruhua had no more money left.

Xie Jiaojiao turned around and went back into the house to get her a few taels of silver.

Sun Ruhua waved her hands hastily: "No, I don't need money. I eat and use what's at home. If you give me money, I won't have anywhere to spend it!"

"Here, just take it! This is your pocket money, buy whatever you need. Look, you've only spent it on me."

Sun Ruhua had no choice but to accept it, saying, "If I don't spend money on you, who should I spend it on? Zhiyi is still young, it's not time for him to spend money yet!"

After saying that, she spread her hands and said, "Look at you, you gave me so much again. Although you can make money, there are some things that mother cannot help but say. If you make money, you can't just spend it. You have to save it!"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded. She agreed with this point.

When Sun Ruhua saw her nod, she immediately said, "Jiaojiao, shall we buy some more land?"

"Buying land?"

Sun Ruhua nodded: "Yes, we can buy land. Even if we don't grow crops ourselves, we can rent it to others to grow crops."

Rent to someone else?

Xie Jiaojiao thought this was a good idea and thought she would go and ask around.

At this time, someone walked in from outside. Xie Jiaojiao took a look and saw that it was Wang Xiuer.

I saw her carrying a basket very cautiously.

Seeing Xie Jiaojiao and Sun Ruhua staring at her, she handed over the basket, and lowered her head slightly, not daring to look at them.

"Aunt, I...I went up the mountain to pick some mushrooms. I heard that your family collects them, so I brought them here!"

Xie Jiaojiao looked at her, and her other hand was about to tear her clothes.

Xie Jiaojiao walked up to her, took her basket, and looked at the porcini mushrooms inside. They had obviously been cleaned.

He raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Come here, I'll weigh you!"

Wang Xiuer hurriedly caught up with Xie Jiaojiao.

Xie Jiaojiao weighed it in front of her: "Ten catties, twenty cents!"

Wang Xiuer raised her head in shock and looked at Xie Jiaojiao in disbelief: "Twenty cents?"

Xie Jiaojiao gave her some copper coins.

Wang Xiuer took the money and immediately bowed to Xie Jiaojiao: "Thank you, Sister Xie! Thank you, Sister Xie!"

This made Xie Jiaojiao embarrassed.

Handing the basket to her, Wang Xiuer took it with a look of joy. When she went out, she turned around and bowed to the two of them, her eyes full of gratitude.

Sun Ruhua looked at her and said, "This girl..."

Xie Jiaojiao sighed: "Life must be hard at home."

Sun Ruhua nodded: "Look at her shoes, they have more patches than the pair that mother wore when she came back from the old house. She is a miserable person after all."

Xie Jiaojiao glanced at the disappearing figure. No matter which era, there are so many miserable people in the world. The most important thing is how you choose to live!

He turned around and took Sun Ruhua's hand, and talked in detail about what he did by buying land and renting it to others.

After figuring it out, Xie Jiaojiao felt that it was completely possible to buy land. Moreover, what was expensive in ancient times? Wasn't it food? Where did food come from? Wasn't it from the land?

Thinking about the remaining money at home, Xie Jiaojiao thought, why not keep some and use it all to buy land!

She had a lot of money-making skills stored in her head, but when it came to actually putting them into practice, in the backward ancient times, without machines and relying only on manual labor, she was afraid that the money she made would not even be as much as manual labor!

Buying land is different. If you rent it to tenants and collect rent yourself, you can be considered an ancient landlord!

At least I can have no worries about food and clothing in the future...

Thinking of this, Xie Jiaojiao said hello to Sun Ruhua and went to the village chief's house.

Sun Ruhua was afraid that she might not be able to do it well, so she quickly carried all the quilts into the house, closed the door and followed.

Xie Jiaojiao arrived at the village chief's door, but before she went in, she heard Wang Qiushi scolding Wang Xiuer inside.

"Why do you have the right to take the silver when you are such a loser? I will help you pick up the silver, and when I send you back, I will give it all to your parents. I don't want a single penny from you!"

Then Wang Xiuer's crying voice came again: "Auntie, I'll give it to you, please stop pinching me!"

"Every time I have to take two hits before I'll obey!"

At this time, Chen Shouren's voice was heard: "That's enough! You're up so early in the morning. You went up the mountain at dawn and didn't even have a bite of food..."

"Eat shit! When her parents asked her to come over, she just brought a handful of wild vegetables! How dare you!"

Chen Shouren rolled his eyes: "Whatever you want! She's your niece anyway!"

After saying that, Chen Shouren stood up and prepared to go out. Xie Jiaojiao heard the noise and knocked on the door hurriedly.

Chen Shouren just walked to the door, and as soon as he opened it, he immediately smiled and said, "Jiaojiao, how come you have time to come here?"

When Wang Qiushi heard this, he pulled Wang Xiuer to the kitchen.

I brought her a steamed bun left over from the morning and said, "Don't go out. Xie Jiaojiao will be watching me later. I can't say a word. I'm nitpicking again."

Wang Xiuer took the steamed bun and nodded quickly.

Wang Qiushi then turned around and went out, closing the kitchen door.

He turned around and seemed like a different person: "Jiaojiao, come and sit down!"