After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

Li Kaishan returned to Canghe Village after discussing with Village Chief Yang.

There was no way to measure this mountain, so he had to go back and make a rough estimate.

Li Kaishan came to Yan Qingqing's house early the next morning and said with a smile: "I have already discussed it with Village Chief Yang. It will cost about 2000 taels of silver to buy this mountain."

After hearing this, Yan Qingqing immediately asked Ruyi to withdraw two thousand and one hundred taels of silver notes for Li Kaishan.

Among them, 2000 taels are mountain money, and 100 taels are considered as hard work expenses for Li Kaishan and Village Chief Yang.

Moreover, Yan Qingqing had calculated by himself that if the mountain was measured normally, it would cost about 500 taels.

Li Kaishan gave her favor, so she couldn't help but know good from evil.

When Li Kaishan saw Yan Qingqing giving so many banknotes, he was a little surprised and asked: "Why did you give so much? 2000 taels is enough."

Yan Qingqing smiled and said: "Every time I buy land, I ask the village chief uncle for help, and the village chief uncle takes our family's affairs at heart, no matter how big or small.

I never said anything. The extra money was used to treat the village chief uncle to dinner.

And there is also the village chief of Yangjia Village. This time he is willing to sell the mountain to me, but he has helped me a lot, so I should express his gratitude to him. "

Li Kaishan heard this and replied: "Even so, it won't take so much."

Yan Qingqing smiled and said: "Uncle village chief, don't refuse anymore. You need to take care of things when you get to the yamen, right?"

When Li Kaishan saw this, he no longer refused, collected the banknote, and then said: "Don't worry, my uncle will handle this beautifully for you."

Li Kaishan immediately took the banknote and went to the county government office.

When the master of the Yamen heard that Ming Zhaoren wanted to buy this hilltop, he immediately applied for the red deed.

After Li Kaishan came out, he said with emotion: "It's really easy for someone in the court to do things well."

Li Xiangping searched for a long time and finally saw a suitable village with about one thousand acres.

Then he came to Yan Qingqing excitedly.

Yan Qingqing rarely saw Li Xiangping so excited and asked, "I'm so happy today, but are there plans to buy the land?"

Li Xiangan nodded and said: "Yes, mother. I found out about a particularly suitable village with a thousand acres. Because of some changes in the family, it only costs six taels of silver per acre."

And I went to see it, and it was all fertile farmland. "

Yan Qingqing smiled and said: "Since you are optimistic about it, just buy it directly."

Li Xiangping touched his head and said: "Even if it's six taels of silver per acre, it still costs 6000 taels.

After all, this is a big deal. Even though I am the eldest son, I have to respect the opinions of my younger siblings.

I need to come back and discuss it with my mother.

If Mom is free, we can go and see it together. "

Yan Qingqing nodded after hearing this. Li Xiangping had always done a good job in this regard, and it didn't change just because he became an official.

The next day Yan Qingqing changed her clothes, took a low-key carriage and went to Zhuangzi with Li Xiangping.

This Zhuangzi is a little far away from Canghe Village, because Canghe Village is in the north of Chengyang County, and the Zhuangzi that Li Xiangping is looking at is in the south of the city.

Ada followed Li Xiangping's instructions and left the county and went straight to Zhuangzi.

This manor is indeed not small. From a distance, it is full of crops and they are growing well.

Yan Qingqing was quite satisfied and said to Li Xiangping on the side: "This village is good. Let's talk to the owner. If possible, we can go to the Yamen to transfer the ownership as soon as possible."

Li Xiangping smiled and said: "I knew that my mother would be the right one, and I had already made an appointment with my master's family.

Mom, please wait here for a while. "

Yan Qingqing nodded, but they didn't wait long before a carriage rolled in from a distance.

Yan Qingqing looked at it from a distance and felt that the person driving the carriage looked familiar. But I can't remember where I saw it.

When the carriage approached, Yan Qingqing was a little surprised. The person driving the carriage was the housekeeper of Ding's foreign residence.

Yan Qingqing glanced at Li Xiangping, who was also a little surprised. He didn't know that this was Zhuangzi from Ding's wife's family.

Sure enough, when the carriage stopped, Member Ding stepped out of the carriage.

This member is even thinner than the last time he came to Yan Qingqing's house to congratulate him.

Member Ding was also surprised to see Yan Qingqing and Li Xiangping outside, but he still hurried forward and saluted: "Ding has met Ming Zhaoren and Mr. Li."

When Yan Qingqing heard this, she quickly smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite, Mr. Ding, we are all old acquaintances."

Member Ding said a little embarrassedly: "The Li family has been rising step by step under the leadership of Ming Zhaoren, but the Ding family has been in decline under the leadership of Ding.

Facing Ming Zhaoren, Ding was really ashamed. "

Yan Qingqing smiled and comforted him and said: "Except for Mr. Ding, people are not as good as a hundred days, and flowers are not as beautiful as a hundred days."

No one can always be prosperous, and no one can always be at the bottom.

So you don't have to feel embarrassed. "

Yan Qingqing originally gave a few words of symbolic comfort to Member Ding, but after hearing this, Member Ding actually covered his face and started crying.

Both Yan Qingqing and Li Xiangping were a little confused. Although Yan Qingqing knew that comforting people was not her strong point, she didn't expect that making people cry would be so unreliable.

Member Ding probably had been suppressed for too long. He squatted on the ground and cried for two cups of tea before being persuaded by Butler Ding.

He looked at Yan Qingqing with a bit of embarrassment, and Yan Qingqing also looked at him awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ding, if you don't want to sell this Zhuangzi, we will never force it."

When Ding heard this, he quickly explained: "No, no, Mingzhao was able to buy Ding's Zhuangzi, which solved Ding's urgent need. Ding is really grateful."

Just kidding, he finally found someone with strong financial resources who could buy their village.

Yan Qingqing felt a little familiar with Mr. Ding's style, and he suddenly remembered the couple he met when he was buying a shop.

However, after all, Yan Qingqing and Ding Yuanwai had some friendship, so they had to ask about it.

Probably because Ding had been suppressed for a long time, he started talking to Yan Qingqing like he was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

He has been losing money in business since last year, but the Ding family has a big business and can still afford to lose money.

But his eldest son actually got into prostitution and gambling.

At first it was just a small fight, and Ding didn't take it seriously, but in the end he became more and more serious, and people from other gambling houses came to ask for debts.

Only then did Mr. Ding realize that something was going wrong, and he quickly sent someone to the accounting office to pay the money.

But there was no money left in the accounting office.

Only then did Ding realize that his eldest son had gambled all the money of the Ding family.

At that time, he angrily asked the accountant why he had paid so much money to the eldest son without his order.

It turns out that the accountant got the order from Mrs. Ding. The old lady felt sorry for her grandson and was afraid that Ding would beat him if she found out about it, so she would continue to indulge him.