Chapter 60: Taking Over the Wasteland
After Shen Xia and Song's mother agreed to dig a well, they made an appointment to go to their third uncle's house together.
Because even if we want to dig a well, we have to buy the wasteland next door first, and then find a suitable place to dig. There is no time to rush.
But before the well is dug, we still have to go to the river to wash clothes, so mother shouldn’t go alone.
"Fourth brother, you stay at home and look after them. Mother and I will go to Third Uncle's house." Shen Xia instructed Song Yun.
"Okay, go ahead!" Song Yun glanced at Shen Xia and replied.
She is indeed very capable and smart in doing things. She is indeed capable of managing the family. It should be good for the Song family to have her leading the family.
She is also good at business. In the future, she will bring her family into business, and I can concentrate on studying for the imperial examination. Business and politics together should be a match made in heaven.
Shen Xia was carrying a bag of snacks when she went out.
Third Uncle's house is not far from Shen Xia, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk there.
In modern terms, it is almost ten o'clock in the morning.
It is the best time to go out and visit households.
The two of them walked along the path and arrived at the gate of their third uncle's house.
Although my third uncle is the village chief, this courtyard is not as grand as that of the old Song family. It seems that my eldest brother's father did make a lot of money back then.
Otherwise, a house like that wouldn’t have been built.
Of course, I still don’t know if it is the most magnificent house in the village, after all, I seldom go out.
I don't know the whole village well, I can only say that among all the houses I have seen so far, none is as good as the Song family's.
My third uncle’s house is also a brick house, but it’s not as big as Old Song’s.
Walk to the gate of the yard.
Although the yard is not closed
But out of politeness, Shen Xia did not go in directly.
Call someone at the door first.
Song's mother called out, "Uncle San, Aunt San, are you at home?"
I heard a female voice in the room: "Yes, who is it?"
Then an old woman came out of the house, and it seemed to be my third uncle's wife.
The third uncle's wife came out to see that it was Zhao Yan and Shen Xia, so she smiled and said, "So it's Dalang's wife."
Mother Song looked at Third Aunt and said, "Yes," then turned to Shen Xia and said, "Xia Xia, this is you calling Third Grandma."
Shen Xia called out politely, "Hello, Third Grandma, I'm Shen Xia."
The third grandmother smiled and said, "These are the wives of the eldest brother and his gang!"
"um, yes."
The third grandmother smiled and said, "It really looks like a sign. Come on, come on, come in and sit down."
Mother Song handed the snack in her hand to Third Aunt and said, "We made some food at home, Third Aunt, have a try."
"Come if you want! Bring any food with you."
"I made it myself, I hope Auntie San doesn't mind."
"Okay, okay, I don't mind. Come in quickly."
"Okay, Third Aunt." After saying that, she took Shen Xia in.
Shen Xia watched her mother communicating with her third grandmother. It seemed that her mother still had some social skills, but she just hadn't been out much in recent years.
As long as she can communicate with others normally and not be timid and cowardly, it seems that my mother is just gentle.
There are small tables and chairs in the yard.
The Third Grandma politely asked Song's mother and Shen Xia to sit down, and then asked, "Da Lang's wife, is there anything you can do for me?"
Mother then said, "Aunt San, it's like this. We have just married a daughter-in-law, but there are only a few rooms in the house, so it's very crowded."
"Xia Xia has been doing some food business lately and has made some money. The boss and his family want to rebuild their house, so they wanted to ask about the price of the wasteland next to our house. They want to buy it and build a house."
When Third Grandma heard this, she realized that was the case.
I'm just curious about what kind of business it is. It takes less than a month to repair the houses. It would cost dozens of taels to repair two houses!
And I heard from the old man that the orphan from the Chen family was also taken away and adopted by the Song family.
If the Song family hadn't adopted him at that time, the old man would have been in a very difficult situation.
There are two sons in the family, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. With so many people together, even though the old man is the village chief, he doesn’t have much income!
The eldest and the second son have only been growing crops these years, and the family has only that much income.
I have to thank their family for this.
Otherwise, the eldest grandson is now looking for a wife, and the family is already crowded, and the family hasn't been divided yet. If there is one more person, although the second son's wife won't say anything, the eldest son's wife will definitely not be happy.
Third Grandma thought for a while and said, "You guys sit down for a while. Your Third Uncle has gone out and will be back soon."
"Okay." Mother Song nodded in response.
Indeed, my mother had not been chatting with my third grandmother for long when she saw my third uncle coming back slowly with a pipe in his hand.
Seeing that someone had returned, Song's mother and Shen Xia stood up.
"Uncle San, you're back."
"Hello, Third Uncle."
"Well, Dalang's wife came here for something. Is there something wrong with Xiaotian?" The third uncle thought it was Xiaotian's problem. Could it be that they didn't want to raise Xiaotian anymore?
What else could have happened over the years, except for the separation of the family.
Their family never looked for me.
I couldn't help but worry about what to do with Xiaotian if no one takes care of him.
"Uncle San, Xiaotian is fine. He is very obedient and is used to living in our house." Song's mother explained.
It was the third grandmother next to him who laughed and said, "You old man, what are you thinking about? Xiaotian is very lucky in his family."
The third uncle was depressed: "What's the matter?"
Then Third Grandma told Third Uncle everything that Song's mother had been thinking from beginning to end.
Only then did Third Uncle understand. Fortunately, as long as it was not Xiaotian’s problem, it was fine. It was not that he did not want to intervene, but that he was unable to do so.
The third uncle smiled and said, "It's easy. The land originally belongs to the village. I can sell it to you, and then go to the county to get the land deed."
Then he asked curiously, "Do you want one acre or two acres?"
Shen Xia asked curiously: "How many acres is that piece of land?"
Third uncle raised his eyebrows: "There are sixteen acres." He couldn't help but look at Shen Xia in front of him.
This girl is very logical in everything she says and does, as was seen when she handled Xiaotian’s grandfather’s funeral affairs last time.
What kind of business are they in that they want to buy so much wasteland?
Besides, if I remember correctly, their family doesn't have any good land. Why don't they buy good land if they have money?
Upon hearing this, Shen Xia asked, "What's the price?"
Third uncle frowned and said, "It's a bit expensive, one tael of silver per mu. If you have extra money, you might as well buy good land and get food." Third uncle suggested kindly.
After all, there are so many people in their family and they have to rely on buying food without any land. How can this work?
When Shen Xia heard that it was one tael of silver per mu, that meant sixteen mu. Sixteen taels of silver for such a large piece of land was great.
Although you can’t grow crops, you can grow fruit trees!
By then, it would be perfect if we could plant some fruit trees of all kinds all year round. The sixteen acres could be divided into two parts, one for building a yard and the other for building a factory.
"Then thank you, Third Uncle. We want them all." Shen Xia said softly.
"Ah! What?" The third uncle was surprised, and then couldn't help but remind him: "Little Song's wife! With this silver, you might as well buy an acre of land, and then the remaining fifteen taels can buy three acres of good farmland."
I thought she was smart before, why is she so confused now?