Qiao Mingjin went to the patriarch's house the day after Zhou Yanqing left.
This time, in addition to buying a homestead for building a workshop, I also bought four acres of paddy field from a family in the village.
The family in the village is also a member of the Yue family. There are many children in the family, and one son works as a clerk in a grocery store in the city. This time, the manager of the store is going to the North to sell goods, and he wants to take him with him.
Generally speaking, people like them who are in the stolen goods business, no matter who they are, whether they are managers or clerks, as long as they have some money, they will prepare their own money and take some private goods along with them.
After coming back, you can either sell it in a shop and sell it to other shops, or you can find someone to take it over and sell it along the way. You can also make some small money along the way, and you can live up to the hard work of traveling all the way north and south.
As a shopkeeper, he will turn a blind eye to anyone who is not too harsh. As long as the people below do their jobs well and do not affect the store's business, they generally won't mind if they bring some private goods with them.
The son of a family named Yue in the village just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go north, bring some money with the manager to sell some goods from the north, and make a profit.
Maybe if you choose the goods well, you can not only make back the money from selling the land, but also buy a few more acres of land.
When Qiao Mingjin went to pay the money to get the deed of her current house, she didn't find any good land. Now it was a coincidence. The family just talked to the patriarch for less than an hour, and she knew about it in advance and got it.
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Those four acres of paddy fields are all high-quality fertile land. According to the usual price, it is ten taels of silver per acre. The 60 acres bought in Yunjia Village were at the same price. However, this family’s land was already being planted during the busy spring season.
After the rice was planted, the land was leveled and cared for every day, and the fertility was sufficient.
Qiao Mingjin followed the clan leader's wishes and paid an extra two taels of silver for the output. When harvesting grain in autumn, the grain in the field also belonged to her.
In order to facilitate the care of the workshop, she allocated ten acres of land near the house where she lived. It only cost ten taels of silver in total.
Ten acres is not too small anymore. The playground with a 400-meter track in the middle school in my previous life was only about ten acres of land. These ten acres should be enough.
After buying the paddy fields and homestead land, Qiao Mingjin went to see them respectively.
The paddy field is in the village, not far from her home. The family takes good care of the land. The rice grows green and tall, swaying in the wind. Although it has not yet reached the earing time, the yield will not be small.
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Qiao Mingjin looked very happy. From now on, the two of them would not have to buy food anymore.
And she was not someone who could work in the fields, and now she also had something to do, so she looked for Sister Xiu and wanted Sister Xiu to help take care of it.
It's just that now Sister Xiu is working with Qiao Mingjin because of her husband, and her family has several acres of land, and she is now helping Qiao Mingjin with some chores. Although the land is only four acres, she feels that she can't manage it.
Sister Xiu found Su for her.
Su Shi agreed as soon as she heard it.
The Su family still lived together. Her father-in-law Yue Huasheng was Yue Zhongyao's fourth uncle. The couple gave birth to two sons and two daughters.
The eldest son is Yue Lixia, a man from the Su family. The other son is Yue Liqiu, who has just been married. The couple has no children yet. The second daughter, Yue Bailu, is already married, and the youngest daughter, Yue Hanlu, has just turned fifteen.
Not married.
The three generations of the family still live together.
At that time, Lao Yuetou had three brothers, and the ancestors in his family were not wealthy, so there was not much land in the hands of the brothers.
Among the three brothers, only Lao Yuetou's eldest brother Yue Fusheng's family has a slightly better life. The other two families can also make ends meet.
Now Qiao Mingjin has given them four acres of land to help take care of, and they only need 50% of the grain a year, which means that they help take care of it, and they can take half of the grain!
This is undoubtedly a pie-in-the-sky thing for his family. Moreover, their family is not short of manpower.
Not only the Su family, but also the Lu family came to Qiao Mingjin's house after they got sick. The Lu family also brought their daughter-in-law, Ma, who had just been married for half a year.
Mr. Ma is thin and small. He is quite delicate and looks very shy.
He said hello to Qiao Mingjin and quickly lowered his head.
Lu said: "This is your cousin-in-law. What is there to be ashamed of? In the future, you and your sisters-in-law will take good care of each other, and the children you will have will all have the same ancestor's blood, and they will be the closest family members. You
My cousin sister-in-law is very busy at home now, so if you have nothing to do on weekdays, just come over and help her, even if you can help her take care of Xiao Wan'er."
Then Ma raised her head and glanced at Qiao Mingjin, then blushed and agreed.
Qiao Mingjin saw her look like that, smiled at her, and said a few words to her, and Ma finally recovered.
In the past, Ma always felt that if a man wants to marry an equal wife and take concubines, how can a woman resist and divorce? What's more, there is a child. Can you find a better person if you live alone or remarry? And children
What to do?
She had just gotten married at the time, and had only met Qiao Mingjin a few times, without saying a few words at all. After that, Qiao Mingjin broke up and moved outside the village, and she had no contact with him.
She felt in her heart that this cousin-in-law might be a very fierce person. Every time Su Shi came over, she would have been invited to come with her, but she had always been unwilling.
Today she met Qiao Mingjin and listened to a few words she said. She found that her cousin-in-law was not that fierce and unreasonable person?
Looking at her now that she is working hard to earn money to raise her children, she has not taken her children to her in-laws to ask for money or food. All the food she eats, including rice, noodles and vegetables, is bought in the village. The villagers sympathize with their mother and daughter, and often treat her with extreme
Sell it to her for a small amount of money, or even charge no money.
Since there are so many people willing to help her, she must not be the kind of person who doesn't talk about things, right?
While Qiao Mingjin was talking to Su and her mother-in-law, Ma secretly looked at Qiao Mingjin.
I saw that this cousin-in-law was wearing a simple dress, neatly tidied up, and her hair was simply pulled into a bun. The hairpins were just ordinary wooden hairpins. She even had two or three silver hairpins.
Hairpin.
And she was no different from the ordinary women in the village, but there was something different about her. Look...she didn't know how to describe it. She just looked very quiet and calm. There was no trace of sadness on her face.
She looks very comfortable and peaceful, making people want to get close to her.
Ma felt that she might have thought too much before.
Who wants to find a new home with a child after getting divorced?
If she hadn't been forced to do so, she would definitely not be willing to do this. As long as she left her in-law's family, she could take care of her children by herself, feed and clothe her, and get better and better. Not only did she buy the house she lives in now, but she also bought
She had four acres of land. She admired her very much.
Ma looked at Qiao Mingjin and whispered, "Sister-in-law Jintang, do you want to visit here?"
Qiao Mingjin looked at her and said with a smile: "Yes. I bought ten acres of land from the clan leader and prepared to build a house. The wooden piles dug out like yours must have a place to put them. Otherwise, they will get caught in the rain.
, it will become moldy and wormy, and it will be wasted money.”
Madam Ma listened very carefully, and after Qiao Mingjin finished speaking, she asked softly: "Sister-in-law, do you still need someone here?"
Qiao Mingjin was stunned.
This thin and small woman looks shy. She looks like she is doing housework at home. She never leaves the front door. Her family digs wood piles in the forest, and her sister-in-law Yue Hanlu goes to the forest.
They were digging wooden stakes, and she was the only one cooking at home. Qiao Mingjin also said that there was never anyone around.
Are you going out to do some work?
When Ma saw Qiao Mingjin's eyes on her, she blushed and lowered her head.
Su smiled and said: "It seems that my sister-in-law felt her hands were itchy because she had no work to do. Before, everyone in the family went to dig wood piles in the forest, and she was the only one cooking and washing at home.
There’s not much work to do. I’m afraid I’m bored at home.”
Mrs. Lu also smiled and said: "Jin Niang, if you have any work here, please call your younger siblings. There is nothing to do at home now. If Han Lu wants to get married, I won't let her run around, and the family will also
There are no more than two people to work at home. She and your cousin Liqiu don’t have a child now, and they will need money if they have children in the future."
When Mrs. Ma heard her mother-in-law talking about the child, her head almost dropped to her knees.
Qiao Mingjin laughed when she saw it.
Ma is shy, but she seems to be a kind person. Moreover, Lu and Su often help her. She has always wanted to repay her.
Then he said with a smile: "Brothers and sisters, there is no need to be shy. Isn't it normal for women to have children? You have to get work. When the workshop is completed, I will see if there is any light work, and I will let you do it. Maybe build a workshop."
There was a lot of work back then, such as hiring craftsmen to build a house and drive pilings, and there was always someone to look after it or cook and boil water. People would also be needed at that time. After all, I can’t do much work alone.”
After hearing this, Mrs. Ma happily raised her head and looked at Qiao Mingjin.
Qiao Mingjin then discovered that although Mr. Ma looked thin, he had very good-looking eyes and a very delicate face. Even if he dressed up a little, he still had a middle-to-upper-class appearance.
Then Yue Liqiu was also blessed.
After hearing what Qiao Mingjin said, Mrs. Lu also rushed to fight for her daughter-in-law, saying: "Ms. Jin, my daughter-in-law is good at cooking. Since she came, my eldest daughter-in-law and my youngest daughter have not entered the kitchen.
, my old man also asked her to cook, and she even spoiled her."
Mrs. Su pretended to be unhappy and said, "Mom, do you and dad dislike the food I cook?"
Mrs. Lu then patted her and said with a smile: "You are not as good as your siblings in cooking. I have to say, but the pasta you make is quite delicious. Your father-in-law also wants it from time to time.
I’m thinking about eating it once.”
Qiao Mingjin looked at their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were enjoying themselves and was a little envious. If the Wu family, Sun family, and Yu family were like this, they might not have reached this point. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome.
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ps: Dear friends, first of all, I want to say sorry to you. The happy rainy day has passed, and I have been busy these days. I always thought that there was a number 31. I thought that if it didn't work, I would make up the word count on the 31st. I didn't expect it.
When I clicked on the post last night, I found out that it was already December 1st. Not only did I lose my perfect attendance, but I was also on the blacklist. After a month of hard work, I had to stop updating. I gave up. It was so sad that it was not even 1:00 or 2:00.
The speed was too slow last night, so I couldn’t catch up. Chapter 04 was deleted, but it was still displayed. Because Chapter 04 was not enough to have 1,000 words, I didn’t charge for it, so I didn’t change it. Chapter 05 couldn’t be deleted because it was duplicated.
, I can only change the title and serial number. Three updates will be made today. Thank you for your strong support in November and voting so much pink. Xiyu bows.
