There is a large courtyard along the street. There are three fronts facing the street and a large courtyard behind it.
The house is oriented north-south, with the south door facing the street. There is also an east door in the yard, facing the branch road to the east. You can go out through the south door facing the street, or through the east door facing east.
The front, the house, and the yard are all made of bricks and tiles, and are a bit older. Liang Xiaonan originally thought that the yard at the back was as big as three rooms, but when he entered, he realized that the yard was very big, and there were two main houses in the back.
It is bare, the courtyard walls are more than three meters high, there are three main rooms in the front yard, and two wing rooms in the east and west.
The most gratifying thing is that there is a small garden of about 1 and a half acres at the end. It is probably the original small garden of the ancestors, but it is now deserted. The ground is full of dead leaves and weeds. It looks like no one has taken care of it for a long time.
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Is this the house Zhou Yan was looking for for her?
Looking at Liang Xiaonan's searching look, Zhou Yan said, "Didn't you ask me to show you a yard? I think this is pretty good, do you like it?"
Liang Xiaonan walked around and made quick plans in her mind. This yard was tailor-made for her. She really needed such an independent space.
With such a yard, it is very convenient for her to breed, raise silkworms, and store some items.
"Very good, very suitable. I just want a yard like this. How much does it cost?" No one is selling a house now, and it is not cheap to designate such a big yard.
Zhou Yan said: "The original owner of this yard was a wealthy family here. They lived there, opened shops, and built warehouses for several generations. But in this generation, a prodigal son came out. He gambled every day and lost all his wealth."
The old man was unwilling to sell the yard earlier and wanted to keep it for his grandson. The eldest son refused to repent and owed a huge gambling debt.
The town arrested the boss and criticized and educated him many times. Gamblers are devils. They are full of lies and cannot change their ways. They will continue to commit crimes again.
The marks on the front door were made by debt collectors. The other two sons were so disturbed by the debt collectors that they could no longer live a normal life. They proposed to separate the family and live alone, and asked the old man to sell the yard.
It's all wasted.
The old man passed away a few days ago, and the other brothers couldn't wait to put the house up for sale. But the yard was too big, and no one else could afford it at the moment. Some people thought it was unlucky and had bad Feng Shui, so they refused to buy it.
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Gambling is a thing that is difficult to change once you get into it. No matter how good your family background is, if you have a prodigal son, the efforts of several generations will be in vain.
"In the end, the three brothers and the old man's grandson made the decision, and the yard was sold for 200 yuan."
Zhou Yan said, "I didn't bargain. 200 yuan is a lot. The yard is old, and they were eager to use the money. They offered 200 yuan and asked for the full payment, so I agreed."
Liang Xiaonan felt that Zhou Yan's threshold was high. For such a big yard, with three fronts, the bricks and tiles cost far more than 200 yuan, not to mention such a large foundation.
"I think it's very good. The yard is big, it's quiet amidst the hustle and bustle, and the front door can be used as a shop. It's really good." Liang Xiaonan said, "We went to a house and gave them the money. I came to know the truth here."
Seeing that Liang Xiaonan liked it, Zhou Yan said, "I'll call them. Tomorrow we'll go to the side to complete the formalities. Leave your name in the yard and you can take your fingerprints."
"Okay, once you find them, we'll go through the formalities."
After coming out of the yard, the two went to the street to buy broad beans and bacon, and then returned to Yang Hanlin's yard to make potato stew.
Yang Hanlin saw them coming back and said, "I just came back from the field and saw Er Gouzi and his family planting mulberry seedlings in our field. Have you thought about planting mulberry trees?"
He felt a little sad that such good land could not be used to grow crops or trees.
Zhou Yan said: "Of course I have thought about it, grandpa, didn't I agree to let me take care of these fields? Xiaonan said that we need to develop new business now."
Yang Hanlin teaches physics at the university, and Zeng Hanzhi teaches mechanics. The two of them have been farming with Zhou Yan for more than ten years, but they have not grown a single flower. They barely grow enough food every year. Although they own 5 acres of land,
Yes, they also have to hand in food.
They have to pay money instead of food. They are old, how much land can they plant? Zhou Yan doesn't like farm work, so farming 5 acres of land has always been lonely.
Now Zhou Yan wants to farm with Liang Xiaonan. He thinks it is a good thing, so he can just go through the trouble.
"Okay, you can plant whatever you want." Yang Hanlin said, worried about another thing, "I think you all ask others to do it. Each person is given 1 yuan a day, and it costs 8 or 9 yuan to go out on this day.
Is it too much? Workers only earn more than 30 yuan a month."
Zhou Yan said this was decided by Liang Xiaonan.
Sure enough, Yang Hanlin was silent. The future grandson-in-law decided, so let’s carry it out.
Zhou Yanxin said that whatever he wanted to do in the future, as long as his grandparents objected, he would just say it was Xiaonan's order.
Liang Xiaonan was busy in the kitchen for a while. When she heard the conversation between Yang Hanlin and Zhou Yan, she smiled and said: "Grandpa, I have calculated this account. You see, we can grow at least 2 acres of potatoes in a year."
With three crops, there is always a yield of more than 3,000 kilograms per mu. At 1 yuan per kilogram, we can earn 3,000 per acre..."
After she said this, Yang Hanlin and Zeng Hanzhi winked at her. If anyone knew that she could earn 6,000 yuan a crop of potatoes, they might be jealous, and something big would happen.
Liang Xiaonan whispered: "Based on this season's calculation, if we hire 10 people to plant, harvest, and deliver, the total cost will not exceed 1,000 yuan."
She and Zhou Yan had freed up their energy to do other things, or even play for a while. Why make money? They just wanted to live a more comfortable life. They worked hard in the fields every day, so what fun was there in making money?
Zhou Yan said to Yang Hanlin: "Don't worry about it, let's go play somewhere cool with grandma..."
Yang Hanlin and Zeng Hanzhi both beat him with sticks. You brat, why did you tell us to stay somewhere cool?
Zhou Yan burst out laughing and said while hiding, "Isn't this Qiuhuhu in power? It was just a slip of the tongue."
Zeng Hanzhi said: "Don't fight, others will think he is cheating again if they hear it."
Liang Xiaonan made a large pot of potato stew for lunch, and left the other dishes to Zeng Hanzhi. Zhou Yan dragged her to visit his study.
In fact, the purpose of the visit was just to kiss my little wife. I kept thinking about it and felt restless. I finally found an opportunity to kiss her again.
Zeng Hanzhi asked Yang Hanlin to go to the fields and call Yang Zhili back. He wanted to eat potato stew, and he would have enough for him today.
Zeng Hanzhi made fish head and tofu soup from half of the fish, and made dry-pot fish from the half of the fish, which made Yang Zhili very happy: "Second Grandpa, can I pass it on to you?"
Yang Hanlin slapped him in the face and said with a smile: "You want to change your ancestors just for a bite to eat? First ask your grandfather and your father if they agree."
Yang Zhili looked at Liang Xiaonan and Zhou Yan with envy in his heart and said: "My mother told me a daughter-in-law, who is like a piece of wood and has no interest at all."
Zhou Yan said: "You are not so good yourself, but you still despise others."
"Oh, Zhou Yan, I want to fight with you!" Yang Zhili said that, and he didn't want to put down the bowl and said angrily, "Where did I go wrong?"
The whole family laughed so hard that the outer door was suddenly pushed open and Liang Xiaobei came.
Zeng Hanzhi and Yang Hanlin hurriedly asked him to eat together. Liang Xiaobei said he didn't want to eat and he came to see his sister.
"Xiaobei, what happened?"
"Sister, several big leaders have come to the house and want to see you."