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The village head hurried away, and when he reached Lu Chen, he was still panting and said, "The school dormitory is no longer available, and I am willing to pay the money for the start of school!"

"How do you say that?" Lu Chen looked at the village chief in disbelief and said.

"The rules from above say that they should be strictly controlled. If the school is to open, you have to pay the money first." The village chief looked at Lu Chen expectantly after speaking.

"How much?" Lu Chen asked.

The village chief cheered up and said, "Our village gets 30 taels."

"I can pay 20 taels, and you can figure out what to do with the remaining [-] taels." Lu Chen said calmly.

"But..." The village head continued to say, but he didn't dare to say it to Lu Chen's eyes.

"Sigh, I don't know what I was thinking, but I just started collecting money for no reason." The village head said with some frustration.

"Did the imperial court want it, or someone else?" Lu Chen only asked at this time.

"It's not the imperial court." The village head left after speaking.

Lu Chen stood there silently for a while, and said, "It seems that a greedy ghost has come to our county."

"Keep your voice down, you can't talk nonsense." He Tongxin said hastily.

Lu Chen flicked his sleeves and took He Tongxin home. Sure enough, the news spread quickly, not only about the school dormitory, but also about the taxation.

"What's the matter? Why do you have to make up the payment if you're fine?" Father He also became puzzled.

Lu Chen sat in the room and said, "It's really..."

He Tongxin also said a little depressed, "It's obvious that everyone's harvest is not good this year, and there will be more taxes."

"It's not bad, just watch it. Our meatball shop will probably be taken away more." Lu Chen said with some cold eyes.

Sure enough, the next day, He Rouxiang said that someone had come to collect taxes, which was twice as much as before.

"We are making small profits in the first place, so we have to sell more balls to catch up." He Rouxiang said with a bitter face.

Lu Chen stood by the door and took a few glances, and finally went into the shop, and even offered to sell the meatballs with some discounted price.

"Why? It's good if we don't raise the price. Why are you lowering the price at this time?" He Rouxiang said angrily.

"Because we don't reduce it, I'm afraid that there will be fewer and fewer customers in the future." Lu Chen said helplessly.

He Rouxiang knew Lu Chen's business skills, but she was overcharged in the first place, and now she wanted to lower the price, which made her feel a little bit reluctant.

"You can use this price to try for a few days first." Lu Chen said with ease.

Everyone in the store breathed a sigh of relief, but it didn't work. After ten days or so, as Lu Chen said, the number of customers gradually decreased.

He Rouxiang had no choice but to put up a price reduction sign, so that some customers would come back, but it was still not as good as before.

"What's the matter? That's the end of a good business." He Roumei suddenly became a little relieved from the busy, very confused and sad.

"Lu Chen said it's because everyone's income hasn't risen, but they have to pay more money, so they have to cut down on going out to buy food." He Rouxiang is much calmer now, after all, their shop has already been settled, and other small shops are even worse .

But before she finished sighing, the money collector came again, saying that the county chief had passed his birthday, and everyone wanted to congratulate the county chief voluntarily, and everyone in their town would get money.

He Rouxiang was about to swear, but she didn't swear. After all, she heard that there were some people in the town who refused to pay, and the store was immediately closed.

When Lu Chen came back from Dongjin County, after hearing about it, he approached Father He and said that he planned to spend some money to buy land for farming.

"It's really not worth buying at this time, the tax alone is not enough for us to earn." Old Man He shook his head and said.

However, Lu Chen had his own opinion, saying, "It's not for making money, it's just saving some for food."

"Don't be joking, you kid. With the way you earn money now, will you lose money to buy noodles?" Father He scolded with a smile.

Lu Chen didn't say much, and gave Father He 100 taels of silver to go out and buy land.

Although Old Man He felt that it was not worthwhile for Lu Chen to do this, he always had the confidence to buy land with some land in his hands. He went out to buy land with money.

Because old man He said he wanted to buy land before, it was very embarrassing for the money to be taken away and not bought. Now, when he goes out at this time, he directly sells the land, which can be regarded as regaining some face.

Coincidentally, everyone felt that it was not a good time to buy land at this time, and many people sold it.

According to what Lu Shen said, Old Man He didn't lower the price. He bought five acres of good land and ten acres of bad land, all under a ten-year contract.

After returning, He Tongxin was also surprised when he heard that his family had bought fifteen acres of land, but he was also happy for a while.

Lu Chen took He Tongxin to the edge of the field and walked around. The good land was already planted with wheat, so there was no need to move it.

The poor field is a sloping land, and there is no water storage even if it rains all year round. It is also difficult to divert water from the river, and the yield has not been very high.

"What are you buying this land for?" He Tongxin looked at Lu Chen suspiciously and said.

"Plant something." Lu Chen stood on the slope and looked around, finally pointed and said, "Plant some herbs that are resistant to drought."

"Can you make money?" He Tongxin asked curiously.

"I don't know. Anyway, the herbs can be released, so just sell them after you have a good look at them." Lu Chen said it in a simple way, but He Tongxin felt that he must have a deep meaning.

Lu Chen smiled and didn't say much, and led He Tongxin to the town to buy medicinal herb seeds, then hired someone to shovel the wheat, and planted medicinal herbs next to each other.

"What is the use of this herb?" He Tongxin finally asked.

Lu Chen looked at He Tongxin and said, "It stops bleeding and treats wounds."

He Tongxin was stunned for a moment, but he still shook his head and said, "Since it's a medicinal herb, it must be taken care of."

"It's not worth any money, just let Dad hire an honest person to watch over it." Lu Chen didn't care after finishing speaking.

On the contrary, when He Tongxin saw him like this, he felt something else.

Lu Chen was busy going back to Dongjin County to look at the clothes shop's business, but he didn't pay attention to these things. He didn't know that He Tongxin had planted half an acre of flowers and half an acre of vegetables until he came back.

"Yo, little black skin is quite elegant." Lu Chen said with a smile.

He Tongxin chuckled, and said, "Actually, I have always liked flowers very much. Looking at them makes me feel comfortable."

"I see. No wonder Dad said that every time they don't let you pick flowers, you have to follow secretly." Lu Chen looked at He Tongxin and felt a little distressed.

He Tongxin didn't care too much, and said, "When the flowers bloom, send some to the store, and it will look good when placed."

"Good idea." Lu Chen boasted, and Yuan Feng came back from the dormitory when it was time for dinner.

"I heard that you are very popular in the school?" Lu Chen said as he sat down to eat.

"Don't listen to their nonsense." Yuan Feng sat upright and replied.

Seeing that he learned well, Lu Chen was also happy, and gave Yuanfeng a more expensive brush.

"I don't want this, you can replace it with a more ordinary one, otherwise those people will always come to bother me." Yuan Feng refused.

"Then you can keep it at home by yourself." Lu Chen still handed it to Yuanfeng.

At night, Yuan Feng took out a new brush and started using it.

"I learned a new font?" Lu Chen looked at Yuanfeng's characters and asked with a smile.

"Well, I like this font now." Yuan Feng said with some embarrassment.

"That's fine." Lu Chen took out a medical book from the side to read, Yuan Feng wrote for a while, turned to look at Lu Chen and said, "Can I use my own wages to buy some writing brushes for others? Some of them can't even afford pens."

"Sure, you can spend your own money however you want." Lu Chen said relaxedly.

Yuan Feng nodded and said, "I only buy them for those who study hard, but recently a few of them decided to come to the dormitory because they had to work at home."

Lu Chen paused for a moment, then sighed helplessly, and said, "If there are really progressive children, I can help them, but this matter must not be publicized."

"I don't need your money, my own money is enough." Yuan Feng packed his things after finishing speaking, and went back to the back room to sleep.

"You brat." Lu Chen cursed with a smile.

"Finished?" He Tongxin came in when he saw Yuanfeng had left.

"Yeah." Lu Chen responded and asked He Tongxin to sit there.

He Tongxin saw that there was still ink beside him, so he picked up the pen and began to write, first writing "Lu Chen" and then "He Tongxin".

Lu Chen glanced at the side, and He Tongxin was about to fold it up in embarrassment.

"I'll teach you how to write." Lu Chen put down his medical book and walked over.

"No, I can write." Lu Chen pinched He Tongxin's hand, and his voice dropped inexplicably.

"Would you know how to write this?" Lu Chen took He Tongxin's hand with a smirk and began to write scribbles.

He Tongxin watched as more and more words were written on the paper, he couldn't read it anymore, but he couldn't move his body.

"You can write scribbles." He Tongxin looked at Lu Chen with a hot face and said.

Seeing his bright eyes and trembling a little, Lu Chen couldn't help picking up the brush and nodding on He Tongxin's.

"Hey!" He Tongxin called out hastily.

Lu Chen put down the brush with a smile and said, "I'm your husband, you can't mess around."

"What kind of gentleman are you? You can only teach some messy things!" He Tongxin said as he crumpled the paper into a ball, and when he was about to throw it away, he paused.

Lu Chen coughed in the back, and He Tongxin moved the paper to the candle with a hot face and burned it clean.

"Let's go, go to bed." Seeing that it was almost time, Lu Chen took He Tongxin to the bedroom.

The two of them slept until dawn, Lu Chen got up, and He Tongxin got up and took Yuan Feng to practice.

"The two of you often go out." Father He is no longer surprised.

"Slow down." Although Lu Chen knew that moving a little was actually good for his body, he still couldn't help being nervous.

He Tongxin smiled and went to wash his body, changed into clean clothes and sat there.

"When it's almost summer, I should be a grandfather, right?" Father He looked at He Tongxin and said with a smile.

"Father..." He Tongxin called softly.

"Almost, in the next month, I will come back and accompany Tongxin every day." Lu Chen sat on the side and answered.

"It's not that exaggerated." He Tongxin said with a embarrassed smile.

"Why not? Although you are physically stronger, it is not easy for me to give birth to a child. I have to put all my energy into taking care of you." Lu Chen looked at He Tongxin seriously and said.