Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

Back in the village, Qiao Mo first sent the fabric to Grandma Li's house.Grandma Li knew at a glance that she was much richer than the one she lent out at the beginning, but she thought she couldn't refuse, so she didn't say much. After all, the two families had a lot of contacts in the future, and they helped each other in everything.

Before leaving, Qiao Mo remembered that Grandma Li grew star anise and Chinese prickly ash, so she made her own small food packets every year to sell, so she became curious.

"Grandma Li, can I have a look at the star anise tree?"

"It's right behind the house." Grandma Li led him to the back of the house.

But I saw an open space behind the house, half of which was used to grow vegetables, and the other half was planted with an octagonal tree with a height of seven or eight meters, two pepper trees, and two peach trees and persimmon trees.The land is surrounded by a one-meter earth wall, and the earth wall is filled with thorns, apparently to prevent climbing.

"Grandma Li, this is..." Qiao Mo pointed at those thorns, guessing in his heart.

Sure enough, Grandma Li said: "There are people in our village who like to steal things, and some people don't like other people's homes. My house has star anise trees, which are rare in ten miles and eight villages, but they have been targeted by some people for a few years. The night before, if Ah Xue and his father hadn't gotten up so quickly when they heard the noise, this tree would have been cut down long ago."

Qiao Mo took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw a clear cut mark on the tree.

Now Qiao Mo has a deeper understanding of the rarity of star anise and other spices, and also has a better understanding of the people in the village. He secretly reminds himself to think twice in the future and to be more considerate in everything.

Qiao Mo asked again: "Grandma Li, how much star anise can this tree produce in a year?"

Grandma Li showed a smile on her face: "When it's good, it can weigh a hundred catties, and usually it's at least seventy or eighty catties. Someone once came to my house to collect star anise, saying that in the mountains in the south, a tree is worth at least one year. It can produce one or two hundred catties. After all, our land is different, and it is not easy to survive with one tree."

Qiao Mo sighed inwardly, once again regretting the good business he passed by. If he was reborn in the south, he would surely be able to develop a family of spices.

When I got home, I remembered that it was time to marinate the meat, so I took it out and hung it in the barn.

Lin Zheng went to Li Zheng's house and talked about buying the land.

"You want to buy land?" Li Zheng looked at him with a little surprise, and he couldn't help thinking about it.

Lin was getting married before, although because Qiao Mo was the younger brother bought, the six ceremonies were omitted, and only one item of marriage was done, but for the banquet on the wedding day, the expenses were not ambiguous.Many people in the village helped Lin Zheng do the calculations in private, and there were all kinds of trivial expenses, no matter what, there were five or six taels of silver.

Lin Zheng's family has a total of five mu of land, and one mu of land only earns one tael a year, and it only takes five taels if it doesn't cost a year. Lin Zheng is willing to spend so much on banquets, and it's because of a little brother he bought.

Everyone in the village thought that when Lin Zhenggang came back, he was riding such a fine horse, but he told the matchmakers who came to the door that he had no money to get married.I'm afraid it's not that I don't have money, but I'm hiding it on purpose. Isn't this marriage revealed?

Now a lot of people regretted it, because they thought that Lin Zheng had made a fortune and wanted to get married, but they also thought that Lin Zheng was so scheming after looking at him quietly.There are also some people who are envious and jealous of Qiao Mo, but he is just a little brother who has been betrayed, and he is out of shit luck!

Li Zheng didn't have so many gossip ideas, but he also thought that Lin Zheng was hiding money.

It's easy to understand, if Lin Zhengzheng came back with money with great fanfare, then Madam Lin can watch?I'm afraid there will be trouble early.

As a result, Lizheng was not surprised at all. To have a horse worth 70 taels of silver, how could it be possible that he had no savings at all?I was single before, maybe I didn't expect that, now that I'm married, it's normal to think about buying a few more acres of land.

So Lizheng asked, "How many acres do you plan to add?"

"Five acres of fertile land, two acres of paddy fields, and the river beach not far from my house, I also want to buy it."

Originally, Lin Zheng didn't plan to buy so much, but Qiao Mo felt that he had more than 700 taels of silver in his hand, so he might as well buy more land if he wanted to buy more, and he specifically explained how many acres of sandy land to buy.

This is not because the sand is cheap, but the peanuts grown in the sand are good.Of course, Qiao Mo only knows that the peanuts grown in the sand are good. As for how to plant them, he has a dark eye.But he also thought about it, even if high-tech is not used, the local method is the same, and the yield per mu will be lower, but the quality of peanuts will increase, and the price will definitely increase.

At present, Qiao Mo doesn't have much thought. He only thinks that peanuts are good, oil is good, and they sell for more money.

The river beach that Lin Zheng mentioned is just to the west of the village, less than 200 meters away from Lin Zheng's home.There is a river there, the name is Shahe. Even in the years of severe drought, the river flows continuously, and the silt is washed down over the years, forming a large sandy land here.

Everyone knows that sandy land is not good for growing food, not to mention that there is a lot of land here, so even though the river beach is quite large and flat and open, no one chooses to open up wasteland there.

Earlier when Lin Zheng said that he wanted to open up wasteland, he didn't mean this river beach, but Qiao Mo said with certainty that the sand also has its benefits, and Lin Zheng believed it for some reason.He thought, even if the sandy land is really bad, the big deal is to produce less grain.

Apparently he didn't know it in his mind. He heard that he wanted good fields and paddy fields, but he was stunned when he heard that he wanted the sandy river beach.

"That piece of sandy land is so busy that you can't harvest much all year round. Do you really want it?" Li Zheng thought that his hands were tight, so he persuaded him: "Although that piece of land is cheap, it's not much different to open a few acres of wasteland in another place."

Lin Zheng couldn't tell if it was Qiao Mo's idea, so he said with a smile: "The place is big, and it's close to home. If you put more effort into it, it won't make much difference."

Li Zheng saw that he was persistent, and he couldn't persuade him deeply, so he nodded: "A few days ago, I heard that someone in Xiaoyang Village wanted to sell land. He Tan, if you want it, then I will go to the county another day and ask someone from the yamen to measure it, it’s too late, and you’ve planted something in the spring.”

At the end, I reminded: "The river beach is not small. It is estimated to be seven or eight mu. Calculated based on three taels of silver per mu of sandy land, at least 20 taels of silver. You need five mu of fertile land and two mu of paddy fields. It's 64 taels." Lizheng was still a little worried: "It's better not to have sandy land, you are the only strong laborer in your family, and Xiao Qiao is not a strong man, so where can I grow so much land?"

A rough calculation shows that these lands cost more than 80 taels of silver. Even if the silver is enough, someone has to cultivate it.

Lizheng's concerns were normal, and it was kind of him to persuade him.

"Thank you, Uncle Youde, for your trouble. It's just that a few more acres of land are safe. As for the sandy land, I plan to try it. I heard that some places have a lot of sandy land, but they can still produce grain." Of course, Lin Zheng would not say anything. Qiao Mo, about the money, is half-truth and half-truth: "As for the money, it is enough. I have saved some money in the past few years, and Ah Mo has also paid some."

"Xiao Qiao paid for it?" Li Zheng was startled.

"Yes, Xiao Qiao was adopted, but as soon as the old man who adopted him passed away, the son of the family sold Xiao Qiao. Originally, Xiao Qiao was also from a good family, and his family had an ancestral prescription. Today he went to the county to get the prescription sold."

Lin Zheng chose to tell about Qiao Mo's sale of the prescription, one is to clear the way for the money to be used in the future, and the other is to save Qiao Mo's confidence.As for saying that he also contributed the money, he was implying to others that Qiao Mo's money for selling the prescription was not huge, otherwise it would not be enviable, but a disaster.

Li Zheng was also used to seeing scenes, and when he saw that he spoke half hidden and half revealed, he knew that he hadn't said the whole thing.I didn't ask too many questions, I was relieved knowing that he was not short of money and had plans.