Dongyezhuang is indeed a bit far away from Pingpo Village. By the time Zhufeng arrived, it had already passed and the sun was no longer so strong.
They are all in the countryside, with fields touching the fields and fields on the ridges. Occasionally there is a thatched hut, earthen house or tile-roofed house among the fields. At first glance, it looks no different from Pingpo Village.
However, upon closer inspection, the crops were obviously drier, and there were more and larger cracks in the ground. Indeed, as the eldest son of the Tian family said, it is drier here.
There are also people carrying water in the fields for irrigation, but these are of little use in times of drought.
Although it is official land, there is also a village head, who is also a farmer who works for the government. Zhufeng asked where the village head lived and went to find him.
The head of the village was counting farm tools in the open room when he heard someone shouting. When he turned around, he saw a stranger with a strange face, "Who are you looking for?"
Zhufeng walked forward with a smile, "I heard that this place is for sale, and I wanted to come and take a look."
"Oh, look, just take a look." The farmer turned around and continued to count the farm tools.
Zhufeng looked around. It was an open room with three earth walls and a roof, but the front was completely open. It was very spacious. There were many various farm tools on the ground and many hanging on the walls.
He asked: "Are these farm tools also going to be sold together?"
Zhuangtou nodded: "Yes."
Zhufeng knew that these farm tools were borrowed by tenant farmers who did not have farm tools. The rents of borrowed farm tools and non-borrowed farm tools were different, as well as cattle.
"What about the cow? Are there any?" Zhufeng asked again.
"Behind that." Zhuangtou raised his chin to indicate.
Zhufeng turned to a row of huts behind the open house. He counted ten cows in total.
The cows looked very hot. They were lying on the ground one by one, and their tails were wagging, driving away the buzzing gadflies.
Zhufeng already regarded these cows as his own property. Seeing that the cow troughs were all empty, he felt a little sad, so he added a little more fodder and scooped a ladle of water for each cow from the tank that was about to bottom out.
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As expected, the cows stood up happily, drank water first, and ate two mouthfuls of grass. Then they either looked at Zhufeng, or lay down again, or mooed.
Zhufeng found it interesting and looked at them one by one. Every cow was in its prime.
He returned to the open room again, and the head of the farm was still counting farm tools. Although he was embarrassed to disturb him, he still asked, "How many tenant farmers are there on that 100 acres of land?"
Zhuangtou was patient, "Twelve families all live near here. When the results of the surrender come out, I will take you to see them."
Zhufeng thanked him and asked, "What about you?"
Zhuangtou looked serious, "I'm not selling it."
Zhufeng laughed, feeling a little fond of this dealer in his heart, "I won't buy it either, I'll just invite him, okay?"
Zhuangtou nodded and smiled, "As long as the boss can afford the money, there is nothing wrong with it. I only care about money."
He was a cheerful and interesting person. He thanked the wind and left.
However, he was not in a hurry to go back, and instead wandered around the area.
Although it is Zhuangzi, in fact, not one hundred acres of land are completely connected together. Some of the land is connected together, and more land is separated by mountains, roads, houses, etc.
There were many mountains around, Zhufeng chose the nearest one, went up the mountain and looked around, confirmed the soil quality on the mountain, made up his mind, and then went down the mountain and returned to the city.
And just as he was rushing back, Hongtao, who was dozens of miles away, was also walking towards the Liancang Yayuan on Hehua Lane.
Lian Fangya was lying on the recliner when he heard footsteps approaching. He didn't even open his eyelids and asked lazily: "Changed your mind? I'm not lying to you. Seven dollars is really not expensive."
"You..." Hongtao stared at Lian Fangya's face for a few seconds, "Apart from being poor, there's nothing else wrong with you."
Lian Fangya opened his eyes when he heard it was a child's voice, but he only glanced sideways, and waved his fan to say: "Whose girl, if you want to play somewhere else, don't disturb my sleep."
Hongtao sat down on a stool and said, "Are you so poor because you were squeezed out by those three fangs?"
Lian Fangya lazily hummed, "Those three people are not good people." He changed the topic again, with a bit of curiosity: "Little girl, you look unfamiliar, you are not from Tongyuan."
Hong Tao nodded slightly, "Then guess where I am from."
Lian Fangya thought for a moment and smiled, with a sense of arrogance and pride in his tone: "You are a famous figure in Fangya's circle recently. I remember your name is Hongtao. You are the only female Fangya in decades. You are only eleven years old."
Years old. It's a pity that he was sent to Tongyuan."
Hongtao was surprised, "How did you know?"
Lian Fangya lazily waved his fan again, "Although you are young, you don't have the innocence and ignorance of ordinary children. Instead, you have the flavor of an adult.
When you came here, you asked me about my teeth. This is not a question that a child who is ignorant of the world would ask.
You are holding a pair of old straw sandals in your hand, but the shoes are not broken. The straw sandals you are wearing are brand new. You obviously bought them on the main street where you came in from Tongyuan. I guess they are the straw sandals in that shop that looks the biggest.
shop.
The shoes are not bad but you bought an extra pair. You must have asked the owner of the store for information and knew that the other three fangs were in the same group, so you decided to come to me, who was alone. Are you still thinking about it now?
Thinking of forming an alliance with me?"
Hong Tao touched her chin with interest, "As I said, you don't have any big problems except that you are a little poor. You still have a good brain."
Lian Fangya laughed and bowed seriously, "Thank you for your praise and respect. But I advise you to go back. You are still young, and this is really not a place for you to stay."
"Why?" Hongtao asked, "Don't you stay here too?"
"I have old leather that can withstand wear and tear." Lian Fangya changed his laziness and said seriously: "Tongyuan is not only dirty and messy. Here, the worst thing is the people.
As a little girl, how much salt have you eaten and how many roads have you traveled? This place is not something you can handle."
Hong Tao secretly thought: Even if she can't handle it, there's nothing her head junior sister can't handle.
"So you don't plan to form an alliance with me? There is a saying among the people: One chopstick is easy to break, but a pair of chopsticks..." Hong Tao thought for a while, "Well, it is powerful."
Even Fang Ya burst out laughing: "You girl, you are quite interesting. Why do you want to be Fang Ya?"
Hong Tao raised her head proudly: "Fang Ya, this is just the beginning."
Lian Fangya thought about it for a while, with a curious look on his face: "It seems that Fangya is just a stepping stone for you now, so what do you want to do in the future?" He had never seen a little girl with such lofty ambitions, and he was really interested.
"Be famous all over the world." Hong Tao waved his hand proudly.
When Lian Fangya heard this, he puffed out and laughed so hard that his fan dropped to the ground. Well, he thought she was a strange woman, but he didn't expect her ambition to be so simple.
Hong Tao didn't care about his ridicule, her Dantian became angry, she "picked up" the fan that fell on the ground, and flew it around Lian Fangya's head.
Lian Fangya choked on his laughter and stared at the fluttering fan in front of him as if petrified.