amaotonovel Chapter 105 Buying the Hilltop
Chapter 105 Buying the Hilltop
When they arrived at the village head's house, the head came over to greet them. "Sister-in-law, Wan Ning, why are you here at this hour? Are you here to discuss something?"
It had just rained, and the village head guessed that the two of them were talking about something related to planting.
"Uncle Village Head, it just rained, and we were thinking of planting some crops. We want to buy the hill near my home, how much silver would it cost?" Shen Wanning and Aunt Zhang asked while sitting on the chairs below.
"Buy a hilltop? The hilltop is all wasteland, what can you grow there? It's better to spend some money to buy good farmland, or at worst buy second-class land!" The head of the village looked surprised. He heard that they made a lot of money from the milk tea business, so how come they didn't even have money to buy good farmland.
"Uncle Village Head, we mainly want to plant some tea trees. To be honest, we need a lot of tea to sell milk tea now. If we grow tea ourselves, we can save a lot of money." Shen Wanning replied.
"Growing tea? That's fine. Tea is easy to grow and can be grown on the mountain." The village head nodded as if he suddenly understood.
"I wonder how much that mountain will cost?" Aunt Zhang asked again.
"The hilltop hasn't been measured yet. After all, no one expected anyone to buy it. If you want to buy it, I'll take you there today to measure it and see how many acres it is. I'll then sell it to you at the price of wasteland."
"Okay, then I'll trouble the village chief." After Shen Wanning finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to go measure the top of the mountain together.
It had just rained, the air was damp, and the road was a little muddy. The few people could only look at their feet and move forward on the weeds.
I met Chen the Hunter on the road, and he looked very worried.
"Uncle Chen, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so worried?" Shen Wanning raised her head and greeted Chen the Hunter. She had a good impression of Chen the Hunter.
"Oh, don't mention it. It's still that Lin Yueliang. I don't know what she was thinking. She actually ran to live in my house and I couldn't drive her away. I could only find Lin Daqiang and Mrs. Hu to take her back." Hunter Chen spread his hands.
Aunt Zhang echoed, "That little girl is very evil. She was crazy before, and now I don't know what she is thinking. She is making you restless."
"Yeah, originally I would have ignored her, but who knew that little girl would come to my place every day. It was raining so heavily, I really couldn't bear to see her getting wet, so I let her into the house for a while, and she wouldn't leave! Oh!" Hunter Chen became more and more worried as he spoke, his brows knitted together.
Shen Wanning opened her mouth, unsure how to address the matter. "Uncle Chen, be careful. Just be on guard. After all, Lin Daqiang and Mrs. Hu aren't good people." She didn't elaborate on the rest. The others hadn't seen Lin Yueliang chopping people, so if she said too much, they might not believe her.
Hunter Chen gave a bitter smile. "I just want her to go home quickly. I tried to shoo her away but she refused to leave, so I had to ask her family to take her back. It's not right for her, an innocent girl, to always live in my house. Even if others don't gossip, I feel uncomfortable myself."
"If you ask me, Hunter Chen, you are kind-hearted. If I met a family like this, I would try to avoid them, so how could I let them into my home? Well, it will be difficult to deal with this girl if she sticks to you. Let's go and see what Lin Daqiang and his wife have to say." Aunt Zhang shook her head and sighed.
"The Lin Daqiang couple are not good people. What good things can they give birth to? As the saying goes, a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse gives birth to a child who digs holes. You'd better kick Lin Yueliang out quickly and don't get her into trouble. Whoever gets involved with their family will be unlucky." Li Zheng gave a few stern advice. As for whether Chen the hunter would listen to him, it depended on himself.
"Thank you, head of the village. I will pay more attention. I will ask Lin Daqiang to take her back." Hunter Chen nodded at them and passed by them.
On the way, Aunt Zhang was still sighing, "Hunter Chen is a good man. I just hope Lin Yueliang won't harm him. Alas, I'm just worried that Hunter Chen is too soft-hearted and will hurt me."
The village head nodded. "Yes, Lin Daqiang and his wife have been quiet recently because we're afraid Lin Yueliang will get into trouble again. We can only touch upon Chen the Hunter's own affairs briefly. It's not good to say too much."
Shen Wanning deeply agreed with what they said. Even if she had a good impression of Chen Liehu, she couldn't go to Chen Liehu's house to help kick Lin Yueliang out. Everything still depended on what Chen Liehu did.
Several people went to the hilltop near Lao Lin's house, measured the area, and finally determined that the hilltop was about 170 acres. Of course, because the mountain was sloping, the actual area would be slightly larger than the measured area.
They agreed to come back tomorrow to sign the land deed, and Shen Wanning and Aunt Zhang returned home.
The next day, Shen Wanning decided to give the money for the land purchase to Aunt Zhang and let her sign the land deed directly. She then went to the county town with the two Lin brothers.
"Mom, I will probably stay in the city for a few days and will not be back in the next few days. If you have something to do, you can take Brother Tie Niu's ox cart to the county town to find us, or you can ask Brother Tie Niu to go to the county town to call us." Before leaving, Shen Wanning said goodbye to Aunt Zhang.
"Isn't the business already on track? Why do you still have to look after it yourself? You are a girl, you don't have to work hard all day like those men. Mother is already very satisfied with the life she has now." Aunt Zhang was reluctant to let Shen Wanning leave and held her hand tightly for several days.
"Mom, I have to go and pay them their wages. Also, it has been raining recently, and the land on our farm is still empty. I want to see what to plant on the farm, so I have to stay in the county for a few days. If you can't bear to leave me, why don't you go to the county with me? We have bought a house in the county, but I haven't seen it yet!" Shen Wanning asked with a smile.
Aunt Zhang waved her hand. "Forget it, forget it. I have to stay home and watch. Your second sister-in-law is about to give birth, probably in the next few days. If I'm not home, what if the labor starts?"
"Don't worry, mother. I have already informed the two midwives in town. If there is any movement from my second sister-in-law, we will ask them to come over." They also bought a carriage and kept it at home because they were worried that something might happen during Wen's delivery.
Originally, Shen Wanning wanted Wen to go to the county town to give birth, but Aunt Zhang said that the county town was too far away and the journey by carriage was too bumpy, so it would be better to give birth in Daqing Village.
"Okay, your father and I are here to take care of the family matters, you don't have to worry. Go ahead, no matter how busy you are, take care of your body and don't get tired." Aunt Zhang kept muttering to herself.
"Okay, Mom, I know. Dad and Mom should take care of their health at home. I won't be back for a few days, so don't worry too much."
"Okay, okay, go ahead!" Aunt Zhang sent Shen Wanning to the carriage and did not return to the yard until they were far away.