The Pastoral Life of a Reborn Farmer

After the banquet was finished, Shen Ling went to Lizheng to buy land again, and Lizheng's attitude was very cooperative. He also accompanied Shen Ling around the wasteland belonging to the village, letting Shen Ling pick and choose, and Shen Ling bought another land. After buying some land, Li Zheng was asked to take it to a neighboring village to buy land.

In this era, people attach great importance to land clans. It is very difficult for outsiders like Shen Ling to buy land in villages with other surnames. This is why Shen Ling did not buy land and plant trees in villages outside Huaizhou City. The reason is that it is impossible for him to persuade the clan there to sell the wasteland to him, not to mention asking their people to take care of it in the end. Even if he is the boss, he can't suppress the locals.

In case the workers he hired get involved and steal his peaches and destroy his orchard, there is nothing he can do.

In Chen Zhuangli's home, Li bowed his hands to a long-bearded man who was about his age, and said with a smile: "This is the new boy born in our village, Shen Er, hurry up and see you, Uncle Chen. "

"Hello, Uncle Chen." Shen Ling stepped forward and saluted, with a smile on his face and a polite manner, which made people feel good.

"Buying land?" The three of them talked for a while, and Lizheng expressed his intentions. Chen Zhuanglizheng was surprised, "Is the land in your village sold out? Why did you come to us?"

"That's not true, it's just that Shen Er said that he wanted to buy more land first, and then set up workshops and ask the neighbors around him to do the work, so he wanted to see if you have any land for sale here, why, is there a problem? Don't you trust people in my clan?" Li Zheng's face turned cold.

"Where are you talking! Can I not believe you? Our clan has lived next to each other for hundreds of years, and we don't even know how many times we have been married. You can buy land, but are you sure you only buy wasteland? Little Brother, I didn’t say that! Although wasteland is good, it’s still not as good as fertile land. Buying land for rent is a long-term thing, and it’s much better than planting fruit trees.”

Shen Ling smiled and said nothing, he can't tell others that he will make fruit wine and all kinds of petal wine in the future, but it is indeed possible to farm land, and it sounds good to buy some land and put it there for rent.

Shen Ling was a little moved, and Li Zheng had already asked, "Why is there suddenly good land for sale? Has something happened to you in your village?"

Shen Ling closed her mouth, didn't say a word, just listened quietly.

"No, some time ago there was a family whose mother was ill and had no money in hand, so they wanted to sell a few acres of land to make a turnaround. I thought that instead of selling the land in the village to outsiders, it would be better to sell it to others. The people around are also familiar with it, so I just asked this little brother if he wants it, and it doesn’t mean anything else, if he doesn’t buy it, it’s fine, let him find a middleman to sell it.”

Li Zheng pondered for a moment, then turned to Shen Ling, "I know you have only bought wasteland all this time, just to plant fruit trees, but do you want to consider buying some fertile land for rent?"

Now that Li Zheng said so, Shen Ling hurriedly said: "It's also possible, I want these few acres of land."

Seeing this, Chen Zhuangli nodded slightly, with some smiles on his face, and several people said a few more words. Shen Ling quickly signed a contract with him to buy wasteland, and after confirming the location, he went back.

A few days later, the people from Shen Zhuang who went to Cheng County to buy saplings had also returned, and Shen Ling bought all the saplings in several carts. They also brought a letter to Shen Ling, saying that they had met a man named Zhao People who are loose, know that he is Shen Ling's fellow countryman, let him bring him back.

Zhao Song told him that he had met Mu Wu, and that he was in charge of escorting the goods recently, that is, the peach vase that Shen Ling wanted to customize, and asked him when he would go to Huaizhou or Cheng County, and he wanted to get together with Shen Ling.

After Shen Ling asked someone to plant the saplings, he bought a batch of chicken and duck seedlings, and then asked Shen Gouzi to take the raised chickens and ducks to Huaizhou and hand them over to Mu Wu. It depends on Shen Gouzi's performance to decide whether to let him be his subordinate, but in fact, he already trusts Shen Gouzi very much, and is willing to entrust him with many things. After all, Shen Gouzi uses it It's really handy.

Shen San's illness also gradually recovered, and he also knew about Shen Ling's behavior in the village during this period, but he ignored it. He just locked himself in the room and studied hard all day, keeping a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window. look like.

Shen San's sister-in-law, Zhao Shuitao, was squatting in the yard in front of the tub to wash clothes. Shen Zhuang suddenly chased a chicken and rushed over, yelling, as if he didn't see the tub in front of him. In the wooden basin, she started to cry and kicked over the wooden basin in front of Zhao Shuitao, splashing water all over the floor.

Zhao Shuitao grabbed Shen Zhuang angrily, slapped him a few times, and cursed: "How old are you, and you are still so frizzy, you have no future at all! What's the use of raising you! Raising a chicken will kill me!" I can still see an egg, what can I see if I raise you! It's really useless!"

Shen San put down the book in his hand and stared blankly for a while. A few days ago, when Shen's father came back, he complained to him that the people in the village didn't respect him very much. Even Lizheng made him angry in front of the villagers, and said Tell him to study hard, and next year he must pass the scholar exam, so let him out of his anger.

Shen San was a little dazed, and also unconsciously flustered. He always felt that there was a cliff behind him, and the road ahead was a fog. If he took a step back, his body would be smashed to pieces, but he didn't know how to move forward.

But he can't lose!He must let everyone know that they are all wrong, he must be able to honor his ancestors and become the pride of the Shen family.

This pride is not Shen Er, not anyone, but him!

After all, Shang Zhidao is the last stream, only the imperial examination can truly change the destiny!

Shen Er, Shen San thought of all the humiliations Shen Ling had given him. Sooner or later, he would trample this person under his feet like before. How could he let someone who was always weaker than him climb over his head?How could this be!

Shen San grabbed the book in front of him, there seemed to be a fire burning in his chest, jealous and resentful, it doesn't matter, there is still time, he will let everyone know who is the real pride of the Shen clan.

On the other hand, several people from Chenzhuang welcomed Shen Ling's family, saying that they wanted to sign a contract with him to sell good land. Shen Ling remembered that he agreed to Lizheng in Chenzhuang, saying that he would buy the land of a family in their village. He was busy and didn't intend to come to the door in person. If the other party was willing to sell it to him, then he could come to him himself. He didn't want to send it to the door. Anyway, he didn't care whether he bought the good land or not.

But since the person came, Shen Ling naturally entertained him warmly.

After Han Shi delivered the tea as usual, he hid in the inner room, not disturbing Shen Ling to talk about things. Shen Ling sat on the main seat with a smile, looked at the person who came, and felt a little puzzled. It should be enough to bring a male master. If he is afraid of being deceived, it is understandable to bring a clan elder or a literate scholar to testify, but the current situation is a bit strange.

Four people came from Chen Zhuang, only one was a man, and his clothes were worn out, all patched, and the other three were older women, whose clothes looked pretty good, not the kind of people who were too poor to sell their land. look.

Shen Ling said, "I don't know who is looking for something for me."

Hearing this, the thin man sitting on the side said quickly: "It's me. I heard that Brother Shen is going to buy land. I have a few acres of good land here, and I want to sell it to Brother Shen. Lizheng said it all, but Brother Shen, you have never bought it." Find me, so I came to you, and wanted to ask if you still want it?"

Shen Ling made a look of sudden realization, "Oh, look at me, I've been so busy that I forgot all this time, I promised that you are here, saying that I want to buy land, but you haven't come, and I thought you You don’t want to sell it to me! I’m also very busy, and I don’t have much time to find you, so of course I want it!”

The skinny man seemed to be relieved, but he hesitated and said a little nervously: "Then, brother Shen, what price can you offer?"

Shen Ling smiled and said: "Because of your matter, both of you have opened your mouth, so I naturally want to give this face, of course it will be higher than the market price, and after I buy it, if you want, you can continue to plant it. The rules are as long as you pay the rent on time, if you don’t want to plant it, I can find someone to plant it again, it’s fine.”

Before the thin man could speak, a middle-aged fat woman in dark clothes had already spoken. She looked at Shen Ling in amazement and clapped her hands exaggeratedly, "Oh, I just know that little brother Shen is a kind person. Everyone said that Little Brother Shen is a nice guy, but after seeing him today, he is really handsome and kind-hearted."

Shen Ling was a little puzzled as to what the three women were here for, but since they came, there must be a purpose, and he would do whatever he saw. Seeing the woman speak, Shen Ling said: "You praised me, don't you?" Do you know who this sister-in-law is?"

"This is Chen Matchmaker from our village." The skinny man said.

"I don't know these two..." Shen Ling looked at the other two people again. It was the first time he saw an introducer and only introduced one, so he could only ask by himself.

"I'm Chen Fengdeng's daughter-in-law, and these are my younger siblings." One of the women had already stood up and quickly introduced herself, looking at Shen Ling with satisfaction, and a smile that couldn't be concealed on her face.

Shen Ling nodded with a smile, and didn't call anyone. As soon as the three women entered the room, they were looking at the decorations in the room, especially the white glaze bottles placed in the room, as if they saw gold ingots. Yes, it made Shen Ling very upset. He bought it for his daughter-in-law, but not for them. What is he doing with the look of wanting to take it away right away?

"Brother Shen! I heard that you can read and write before. You are a good person and kind-hearted. When I saw you today, you are exactly like what others said." Chen Matchmaker praised.

Shen Ling nodded, "You're flattering me. I don't know what the three of you are doing here today?"

"Of course there is something to do, it's a good thing, we're here! I'm here to tell you a happy event. There is a kind, virtuous and gentle twin in our village who wants to tell you to be your wife! "Matchmaker Chen said with a happy face.