What she didn't say was that her father didn't buy a mountain for her and her eldest brother, but that the mountain deed was a dowry prepared for her.
It seems that before her father went to join the army, he had already prepared that he would never come back. Now he even prepared a dowry for her. As for her eldest brother, his father probably meant that the boy should be raised.
Yes, you have to rely on yourself to marry a wife and have children.
"Which mountain?" Lin Changhong asked immediately.
"The barren hills behind our house." Lin Caisang thought for a while and said.
She couldn't understand what was written on the mountain deed. It wasn't because she was illiterate, but it was because she didn't know where the east or west of what was written was.
But what her father told her before was the one at the back of the house...
"What a barren mountain!"
Lin Changhong's eyes widened even more.
"Sangsang, do you know? The barren hills behind our house are at least three hundred acres."
More than 300 acres of mountainous land, calculated at one tael of silver per acre, is more than 300 taels. If you exclude some that can be reduced or reduced, it will still cost a minimum of 300 taels of silver.
And the mountain land is in their hands, 300 acres, and they have to pay taxes.
But in the past four years, no one has come to urge their family to pay the deed to the mountain land. It can be seen that Dad has paid all the taxes in the past few years.
Although the food paid in the mountainous area will be much less, it is still money, that is, three hundred taels of silver is not enough. Did their father make a fortune outside? He was able to buy Maohuang Mountain in one fell swoop!
"Isn't dad going to Luo cliff to collect bird's nests?" he guessed.
Everyone who collects bird's nests knows that Luo cliff is a place with the most canaries, but no matter how many canaries there are, no one dares to go there to collect bird's nests.
Because everyone is afraid of death.
If his father had really gone to Luojiebi to collect bird's nests before, it would really be possible for him to save so much money in one go and buy Menghuangshan.
"Maybe, I was still young at that time. I don't know where my father earned the money." Lin Caisang said.
"You said before that there is still something to do, is this the matter?" Lin Changhong asked.
There are very few trees in the deserted mountain, and it is a barren mountain with only weeds. If you really want to clean it up, it is not difficult, but if you want to grow food on the 300 acres of mountainous land, it will take a lot of time.
It's definitely not enough for their family alone.
"Tomorrow morning, you take me to the mountain to have a look first, and I will make plans after seeing it." Lin Caisang said.
"good."
Lin Changhong responded.
If it were possible to grow food in the mountains, that would be great. It would be much better than spending money every day to buy food for the whole family, right?
He also felt that the mountainous areas should be reclaimed.
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The next morning, when they came back from visiting Menghuang Mountain, everyone in the family knew that before leaving home, Lin Baizhong left more than 300 acres of mountain land for his children.
Lin Laogan held the mountain deed in his hand, looked at it again and again, and then glanced at Sangsang.
"Grandpa, is this true? Uncle really left us 300 acres of mountainous land? Then we don't have to go hungry this year?" Lin Caihe is always the first to jump out.
I heard that there are so many mountainous areas. Even if you grow something casually, you won’t go hungry, right?
"What's the matter with you? Just stand aside." Lin Baiyi glared at the eldest daughter.
"Dad, I'm so happy. My uncle is so awesome. He has left so much land for us. Not only growing food, but even selling it, we can get a lot of money, right? My eldest brother will definitely have enough money to go to the provincial capital to take the examination.
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Lin Caihe was still excited, and the calculations in her heart were rattling.