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

After seven or eight days of busy work, Yan Qingqing and his family have finished planting all seven acres of land.

In addition to two acres of land set aside for planting sweet potatoes and potatoes, the rest are planted with some beans. At first, Yan Qingqing thought it was better to be cautious. After all, you can't put all your eggs in one basket.

After finishing the work in the fields, both the business with Jinsheng Pavilion and the cooperation with Yuelaiju were back on track.

Shopkeeper Wu of Jinsheng Pavilion sent word that she had found out the last leak.

It turned out that the concubine she bought had a brother who was working in Chenji. The concubine's brother promised the concubine many benefits and asked the concubine to pay attention to shopkeeper Wu's every move.

It happened that last time shopkeeper Wu took samples from Yan Qingqing and drank too much because he was happy, so the samples were stolen by his concubine.

Shopkeeper Wu begged Yan Qingqing to forgive him. It was his own negligence that caused such a thing. The young master's family had already sent someone to reprimand him, and he also sold the concubine.

Not only does he have no hope of being transferred back to the capital this year, but if Yan Qingqing doesn't forgive him, he, the shopkeeper, will also be done.

After saying that, she was still crying with snot and tears in front of Yan Qingqing. Yan Qingqing felt angry and funny when she saw shopkeeper Wu like this.

In the end, Yan Qingqing thought about it and forgave him. After all, they were already acquaintances. If he really wanted to send another shopkeeper, he still didn't know what his nature was.

Yan Qing just asked him to take more precautions in the future and didn't say anything else.

There is no such thing as property rights or patents these days, so you can only consider yourself unlucky for this kind of thing.

With her free time, Yan Qingqing began to think about her next plan, which was to build a house and buy land.

Yan Qingqing calculated that plus the 100 taels rewarded by Ling County Magistrate, she now had a total of more than 300 taels of silver in her hand.

She plans to use part of it to buy land and part to build a house.

As far as the current society is concerned, apart from being an official, the land is the basis of survival for scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants.

Thinking of this, Yan Qingqing called Li Xiangping, and the two went to the village chief's house together.

Li Xiangping was also very excited when he learned that Yan Qingqing wanted to buy land. Li Xiangping was more willing to farm than do business.

He knew that he was the eldest son in the family and did not have the business acumen of his second brother. Moreover, he would have to take care of his mother in the future, so farming was his best choice.

Li Xiangping's face was filled with an unstoppable smile along the way. He also told Yan Qingqing that when the family had more land, he would hand over all the business to Li Xiangan and Li Xiangjian, and he would concentrate on farming at home.

Everyone has his or her own ambitions, and Li Xiangping had his own hobbies, and Yan Qingqing naturally supported him. It would also be great if his son could become a big landowner in the future.

When the two arrived at the village chief's house, Li Kaishan had just returned from the fields.

Seeing the extraordinary enthusiasm of Yan Qingqing and her son, the village chief's daughter-in-law, Jiao Shi, quickly let them sit in the house and poured sugar water for Yan Qingqing and the others.

Jiao said with a smile: "Qingqing, have a bowl of sugar water. I know your family is not lacking, but my aunt's family doesn't have anything good to entertain you two."

Yan Qingqing took the bowl with both hands and said, "Auntie, we are all family members, you can't be so polite."

Li Kaishan smiled and said: "Qingqing is right, we are all family members, there is no need to be so polite."

The couple didn't know when they started calling Yan Qingqing by his first name. Of course, it seemed closer to them this way.

Upon seeing this, Yan Qingqing quickly said: "That's right, Auntie, I came to see the village chief uncle today but I have something I want him to help me with."

Li Kaishan said without hesitation: "What are you talking about?"

Yan Qingqing said: "Uncle the village chief knows that there are many children in the family. When the family was separated, we only got three thatched houses. Now we can't live in them anymore. I want to take advantage of this time to repair the house."

Li Kaishan nodded when he heard this and replied: "It's time to practice cultivation. Several of the boys are getting older, especially Erlang and Sanlang. They have reached the age of getting married.

That house of yours is indeed unlivable. How many more do you plan to build? "

Yan Qingqing replied: "Uncle village chief, I want to rebuild it. The children are grown up. In the future, they will not only be sons but also grandchildren. Regardless of whether the descendants have success or not, I plan to use this place as my ancestral home and build a three-in courtyard." , the province will not be able to accommodate more children in the future.”

After Yan Qingqing finished speaking, not only the village chief was stunned, but also Li Xiangping was shocked. Is his mother actually so generous?

The third courtyard is definitely not an adobe house, but a blue brick house with large tiles.

Even the rich households in the town may not be able to build it.

Li Kaishan took a deep breath and asked again: "It will definitely cost a lot of money to build a courtyard with three entrances. You have to think about it carefully."

Yan Qingqing nodded. Since she said it, she must have made a budget.

Building a house in rural areas definitely saves money. Not only the labor, but also the land are relatively cheaper.

Just like in modern times, it is much cheaper to build a house in the countryside than to buy a house in the city.

Yan Qingqing replied calmly: "Don't worry, village chief, I have already made a budget. About 200 taels should be enough."

Li Xiangping took a breath after hearing this. 200 taels was all the money his family had for business during their time, but since Yan Qingqing had made this decision, Li Xiangping would not refute it.

He believed that his mother must have her own considerations, and if their family could build such a good house, then they would not have to worry about the marriages of their younger brothers in the future. Maybe the matchmaker who came to propose marriage would be able to break the threshold of their family.

When you think about it, spending 200 taels to build a yard is really not a lot. No need for Yan Qingqing to explain, Li Xiangping persuaded himself to understand.

The village chief didn't say anything when he saw Li Xiangping, and he couldn't say much, so he happily approved a homestead for her.

After Yan Qingqing expressed her gratitude to the village chief, she then said, "Uncle village chief, I also want to buy a few acres of land. Can you see if there is any suitable land?"

Li Kaishan was already numb. Yan Qingqing had the strength to spend 200 taels of silver to build a house. Even buying a few acres of land was nothing unusual.

However, all the existing fertile land in the village has been allocated, and I haven’t heard of anyone selling land recently.

Li Kaishan thought for a while and said: "Now that crops have been planted in the existing fertile land, even if someone wants to sell it, I'm afraid it will have to wait until after the autumn harvest. I'll keep an eye on it. If anyone wants to sell it, I'll tell you as soon as possible."

Yan Qingqing had already expected this situation. No one would sell their land unless it was absolutely necessary, so she had no intention of buying fertile land in the first place.

Yan Qingqing said: "Uncle village chief, it is good to have fertile land. If there is no fertile land, we can also buy some wasteland and mountainous land."

Li Kaishan got excited when he heard this and said: "Why did you buy those? It will take several years to reclaim wasteland, let alone mountainous areas. It is worse than wasteland."

Yan Qingqing naturally has her own plan, but she has no plans to tell Li Kaishan now.

Li Kaishan felt that he had persuaded her, but Yan Qingqing still insisted on buying it, so he did not stop her and told her that the wasteland was worth three taels of silver per acre and the mountainous land was worth two taels of silver per acre.

In the end, Yan Qingqing asked for thirty acres of wasteland and twenty acres of mountainous land. Li Kaishan asked her to go back and wait, saying that he would help her get the land deed together when he went to the county town for business in two days.

Before Yan Qingqing left, Li Kaishan also told her that if she regretted her decision in the past two days, she could come to him at any time.

Yan Qingqing smiled when she heard this, feeling that the old man really cared about her and was afraid that she would lose money.