Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 145: Wasteland Price

"Nian Nian, such a big thing happened in our family. I am afraid that Nian Nian will not be able to go to school in the next few days. Have you asked for leave from the teacher?"

"My uncle explained the family situation to Mr. Li, and he agreed immediately."

It was almost dusk and the sun was setting in the west. The brother and sister walked quickly along the path, found a nearby paddy field, and quickly washed the Ophiopogon japonicus.

After cleaning the Ophiopogon japonicus, An Yue passed by a small bamboo forest, broke off a few large bamboo leaves, put them in a backpack and took them back.

Back under the eaves of the east room, An Yue spread the bamboo leaves flat on the ground, then poured Ophiopogon japonicus on the bamboo leaves and spread them out to dry, and then the brother and sister entered the house.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw my grandmother Zhou scrubbing a rusty iron pot, and my aunt Zhang and sister-in-law Meng Xiuer scrubbing two wooden buckets for carrying water.

Meng Xiuer watched An Nian and An Yue come in. She quickly put down the wooden bucket in her hand, wiped the water off her hands, stood up and walked to An Yue, stretched out her hand to hold An Yue's hand, and said, "Yueyue, thank you."

An Yue asked in confusion, "Sister-in-law, why are you thanking Yueyue?"

"It was you who got the village chief to agree to let us move in. Of course we have to thank you!"

An Yue smiled, and Gu Yi raised his voice and said, "Sister-in-law, Yueyue is no match for those cruel and vicious people, and she can't bear to see you and Brother Anqing sleeping in the open, starving and freezing."

My grandmother and aunt who were working in the kitchen did not speak, but chose to listen silently with their heads down.

An Yue snorted in her heart: [How can we, my sister and I, endure all the suffering and hardships we have endured in vain! This favor is not for nothing. Now is just the beginning, and the good days are still to come! ]

Meng Xiu'er naturally understood what An Yue meant. She didn't say anything more. She just smiled and gently patted the back of An Yue's hand, then turned around and continued to scrub the wooden barrel.

The brother and sister went into the room and counted the various items their uncle had bought.

At this time, outside the door, An Qing and An Tiancai, father and son, came back from the town.

Anqing walked into the house carrying a few rolls of straw mats and said, "Xiu'er, come with me to the yard and move the bedding from the ox cart into the house."

After hearing this, Meng Xiuer quickly put down the work in her hands, stood up and quickly walked towards the yard.

An Tiancai wanted to drink some water as soon as he entered the door, but there was no water yet. So he picked up the bucket he had just washed and went to fetch water.

Who would have thought that a fire would make the lazy uncle become so hardworking.

The young couple from Anqing ran back and forth twice before they moved all the things in Li Wuniu's cart into the house.

Grandfather An Chengde came back with a basket full of dead leaves. Seeing An Qing coming back from the town, he panted and asked, "Qing'er is back?"

Anqing, who was sitting under the eaves to take a break, stood up and helped his grandfather put down the backpack.

As night began to fall, the couple paced back and forth in the hall, first laying down a thick layer of dead leaves and then laying down straw mats.

After Qin had prepared dinner, she came to the door of the east room and shouted, "Nian Nian, Yue Yue, it's time for dinner!"

After hearing this, the brother and sister quickly responded, "Here we go! Auntie."

An Yue was not hungry, she just wanted to find out about the wasteland in the village.

When the brother and sister arrived at the main house, the village chief Li Huairen had already returned home.

"Uncle is back?" An Yue greeted the village chief as soon as she entered the main house.

The village chief smiled and said, "Yes! I just got home."

An Nian looked at the village chief and greeted him obediently: "How is uncle?" The village chief smiled and waved at An Nian, motioning An Nian to come over to him.

An Nian looked at the village chief's kind smile and couldn't help but trot to the village chief.

The village chief hugged An Nian, rubbed An Nian's head and said, "Niannian, where do you usually go? Why doesn't your uncle see you?"

An Nian replied shyly: "Niannian is studying in the town school!"

The village chief was surprised and asked, "Oh...? Niannian went to school?"

The two of them were talking to each other. After An Yue entered the house, she went straight to the kitchen to help serve the dishes and get the bowls.

The food was all served. Qin held up the last large bowl of soup and said, "Let's eat!"

They all sat on the benches and started eating.

The village chief, who had just taken a sip of soup, suddenly asked, "Yueyue, I just heard from your aunt that you wanted to buy some wasteland?"

An Yue swallowed the food in her mouth and replied, "Yes! But Yueyue doesn't know the price of wasteland in our village."

"Yueyue, buying wasteland will cost a large sum of money! Besides, you and Annian are still young, where would you get the money?" The village chief kindly reminded.

The village chief picked up the bowl again, took a sip of soup, and then continued: "Besides, after buying this wasteland, we have to reclaim it before we can cultivate it."

"Uncle, please don't worry about the money. Yueyue will do what she can. As for reclaiming the wasteland, Yueyue wants to build a house on it."

The village chief and Qin said in unison, "Building a house on wasteland?"

An Yue nodded at them.

Qin thought An Yue was joking. She casually picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, then asked with a smile, "Yueyue, wasteland is usually quite remote, how can we build a house there?"

An Nian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head and said, "Niannian wants to build a house separately from my grandfather and uncle."

Qin looked at An Nian and asked in confusion: "Niannian, why is this happening?"

An Nian pouted seriously and said, "Because grandparents, uncle and aunt always bully us. If they don't bully us, no one in the village will bully us anymore."

Qin frowned and said, "Niannian, you and your sister are too young now. If there is no adult to look after you, it would be inappropriate."

Village chief Li Huairen put some food into his mouth, looked at Qin Zhuo and said, "What Niannian said is not without reason. Apart from the newlyweds, no one in that family is easy to get along with."

"So I wanted to buy a piece of wasteland, where I could build a house and grow vegetables nearby, away from all the gossip and live a quiet life with my sister and me."

The village chief and Qin looked at each other, then turned to An Yue and said with a smile, "That's fine, Yue Yue is a girl with her own ideas. So, has Yue Yue decided which piece of wasteland she wants to buy?"

An Yue shook her head and said, "Yueyue hasn't made up her mind yet. I'll go and survey it carefully with my grandfather tomorrow, and then come back to discuss with you which piece of wasteland I like."

"Oh! By the way, Uncle, how much is one mu of wasteland and hills in our village?"

"This barren mountain is one hundred coins per mu, and the wasteland is more expensive, three hundred coins per mu."

An Yue was calculating in her mind: [One acre of wasteland is about 600 square meters, and one acre can be purchased for 300 coins. This price-performance ratio is really good. ]

The village chief saw An Yue eating silently with her head down. He thought An Yue was scared by the price, so he comforted her: "Yueyue, it doesn't matter if we can't buy it. Let's just treat it as a casual conversation during the meal."

An Yue bit her lower lip and said seriously: