RPAGF Chapter 120 Finding Clay
Chapter 120 Finding Clay
I was in a hurry and knocked on the door of the headman's house in almost half an hour.
The gatekeeper was the village head auntie. Seeing my face full of sweat, she quickly invited me in and brought me a bowl of boiled water. "Look at you, Dalang's wife! It's so hot, what's the hurry? You didn't even take a rest? You should take care of your health!"
I quickly picked up the boiled water and drank it in one gulp.
When I got back to the house, I was thinking about something and just wanted to come to the village head as soon as possible. After I got here, I realized that I was really thirsty.
After drinking a bowl of cold boiled water, I felt less impatient. I shamelessly said to the head of the village, "Aunt, I'm still thirsty. I want another bowl." After saying that, I even laughed in embarrassment.
Soon, after another bowl of boiled water, I felt completely relaxed and started chatting. "Aunt, where is uncle? I have something to talk to her about today."
"After your uncle came back from your place, he seemed to go to Old Man Xiao's house and Xiaobao's grandfather's place. I heard that the two sisters-in-law came back. There's really a lot going on all day long."
I smiled and didn't respond, and changed the subject.
"Aunt, do you know who owns the forest behind my house? Has anyone bought it?"
"No one wants to buy those forests. They can't grow crops. They are useless except for cutting firewood. Who wants them? Do you want to buy that piece of forest?"
"Aunt, you see, if you go out of my yard, you will reach the forest. If possible, I would like to buy it. It is also close to my house, so I want to ask what the price is."
"Dalang's wife, logically I shouldn't say anything to you. You are smart and capable, and I can't say anything profound. But I think that instead of using your money to buy those useless forests, you might as well buy good farmland. You can rent it out and collect rent later." When the headwoman heard that I wanted to buy the forest, she disagreed and advised me earnestly.
I know that this is her kindness and she is truly doing this for my own good. I cannot tell anyone why I want to buy the forest, otherwise I will end up wasting her kindness.
"Aunt, I know you're doing this for my own good. I want to buy that piece of land. I want to raise some chickens and sheep there in the future. This is my roots, and I can't afford to buy good farmland right now. I just thought that I'd have some left, so I could use it as an income in the future."
While I was talking to the village head's aunt, the gate of the courtyard rang. The village head pushed the door open, his face full of impatience. When he saw me sitting in the courtyard, he put away his anger and said, "Da Lang's wife is here. She is not busy at home. How did she have time to come here?"
"I just came to you and Auntie because I had something to discuss with."
"What's the matter?" Li Jing sat down on the stool, looked at me and asked me.
I moved the stool under my buttocks in front of Li Zhen and his wife and said sincerely, "Uncle, how much is the forest behind for sale? I want to buy some of it, can you sell it to me?"
"What do you want those mountains for? They're not very convenient places for growing crops."
"Uncle, I just want to buy some to raise chickens and sheep. The most important thing is that it is close to my house. It will be convenient to manage in the future." I didn't dare to tell the real purpose. I used the same tricks to fool the head of the village as I did to his aunt. Because the things I know are a bit unbelievable, if someone gets suspicious and accuses me of something, it will be troublesome. Keep a low profile to stay safe!
As the old saying goes, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
When Li Jing heard me say this, she thought for a while and told me, "Mitsubishi is not expensive. If you want to buy it, it should be one tael of silver per mu. I wonder how much you want to buy?"
I want to buy two hills, one behind my house and the other. About a few dozen acres? I am not sure.
"The total area of the ravine between the two hills is about 60 acres. Are you sure you want to buy it all? If you are sure, we will go to the government office this afternoon and it should be done tomorrow."
"Then I'll trouble you this afternoon. I'll ask Su Chen to drive over to pick you up then."
"Okay, but Dalang's wife, you should think carefully. If you buy it and sell it, those mountains will be hard to sell. Don't let it get you a loss."
"I've thought it through. Thanks for the reminder, uncle!"
"Now that you have thought it through, let's go to the government office this afternoon!"
"Thank you, uncle! I'll go back first then."
"Have lunch before you leave."
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I declined the kindness of the village head and his wife, and returned to the house to tell Su Chen to drive to pick up the village head in the afternoon. Then I came to Liu Niang's place, sat on the small couch, and prepared to take a nap and go to the government office together in the afternoon.
I was so tired from climbing the mountain that I fell asleep on the couch. It was Liu Niang who knew that I had something to do in the afternoon, and when she saw that I hadn't gotten up yet at 1 p.m., she came over to shake me.
When I looked at the sky outside, I hurriedly combed my hair, tied it up casually, and prepared to call Su Chen.
When I came to the carriage, I saw Li Zheng sitting in the carriage, chatting with Su Chen.
It turned out that Su Chen had picked up the person in advance.
A few people came to the government office and met the same yamen runners who handled the paperwork for me when I bought the land last time. I stuffed a tael of silver into them as if I was familiar with the place and said, "Brothers, take this and have a cup of tea."
Several yamen runners laughed and cleverly took the silver I secretly handed over with their sleeves. "Madam Yun, what are you going to buy this time?"
"I want to buy some mountain land to raise chickens and ducks. Sorry to bother you guys. This is the head of our village. He came with me to handle the formalities."
There was someone there, and I paid a little bit of bribes, and the procedures for buying the mountain land were quickly completed. I was afraid that there would be not enough land to dig, so I simply rounded it up to an integer and bought 100 acres.
After paying a hundred taels of silver, he called the yamen runners who were in charge of the formalities and went to the restaurant with the village head to have a meal. He also agreed with everyone to measure the boundaries tomorrow. Only then did Su Chen send the village head back to the village.
Once the boundaries of the land are measured, I can get the title deed. Those mountains will truly belong to me.
The next day, several yamen runners came to the village early while it was cool. I took them with me, pointed to the two hills I wanted to buy, and told them the approximate directions they needed to measure.
A few yamen runners called the village head. I also brought Su Chen and Zhang De to help. We measured and counted until almost noon, and finally staked all the 100 mu of land.
When measuring the land, several yamen runners deliberately measured it loosely and gave almost ten acres more.
I knew it well, and when they went back, I gave them one more tael of silver each, and everyone was very happy. They told me to come to them if I had any problems next time. As long as they could do it.
I expressed my gratitude and said I would treat them to a meal next time I had the chance, and then I sent them away.
He then took out a few jugs of wine and some snacks that he had bought long ago, and added half a tael of silver to send to the village head's home. After some refusal, the village head finally accepted it.
As I walked out of the courtyard, it was getting dark. I finally got the clay for making cement.