After the first day of the New Year, it is time to visit relatives. Wang Jinhe does not have many relatives here, so he stayed at home until the eighth day, when Wang Jinhe went to find Xie Kui.
"Xiaohe, how come you have time to come to my place today?" Xie Kui looked at Wang Jinhe in surprise. She came to see him just after the New Year.
"Uncle, I want to buy the hillside on the back mountain." Wang Jinhe did not hide it and explained his purpose.
Xie Kui looked at Wang Jinhe in shock: "You want to... buy the hillside at the back mountain? How much do you want to buy?"
"All of them." Wang Jinhe didn't want to continue to struggle, so he directly said a number: "If there is still dry land at the foot of the mountain in our village and no one wants it, I will buy it all."
Xie Kui felt like he was hit hard by a pie falling from the sky.
"Why did you buy so much land?" Why did she buy more when she already had so much land
"I don't mind having so much land. Village chief, if there's land for sale somewhere else in the future, please keep an eye out for it. I want to plant high-yield rice this year, and the little land I have is not enough." Her family only has two or three hundred acres of land now, and they can't grow much grain, so this won't do.
She wants to buy more.
"High-yield crops? Is it really possible?" The village chief looked at Wang Jinhe excitedly and asked.
"Of course. I will improve the rice planting method later and everyone in the village can plant it. As for whether they believe it or not, it has nothing to do with me." Wang Jinhe thought about it and finally decided to share the planting method with everyone in Xiejia Village.
Xie Kui looked at Wang Jinhe in surprise, with an indescribable feeling in his heart. He looked at her and the village chief said with emotion: "Xiaohe, you don't have to be like this. They..."
"It's okay. Village chief, you can talk to them when the time comes. It's their own business whether they listen or not." Wang Jinhe said indifferently.
The reason why she made such a decision was because of the content of her conversation with Yu Qingfeng in the past few days. She knew that the other people in Xiejia Village were too stimulated. No matter whether they were from Hulu Village or the people in Xiejia Village who followed their family to grow vegetables, they all made a lot of money last year, while they did not get any benefits.
This might be fine at the beginning, but if it goes on for a long time some people might cause trouble, which is not what she wants to see.
If a little favor can make the villagers behave themselves, what's the harm in giving it to them
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Xie Kui sighed and looked at Wang Jinhe helplessly and said, "Xiaohe, what you are doing will only make them have ulterior motives. People are greedy. Once they get a little, they want more. You should think it through first."
"It doesn't matter. If they don't know what's good for them, I won't be polite to them."
"Okay then. I'll listen to you." Seeing that Wang Jinhe insisted, Xie Kui could only nod and agree helplessly.
"How much do you want to buy the hillside? And the dry land?"
"There are still thirty acres of dry land near your house. At three taels of silver per acre, that's ninety taels. As for the hillside, it will cost one thousand five hundred taels." This was the lowest price Xie Kui could give Wang Jinhe.
This price was suitable for Wang Jinhe, so he nodded and agreed: "This price is fine."
Wang Jinhe gave Xie Kui 1,650 taels. Excluding the money for buying the land and the hillside and the bribe, the rest was for Xie Kui to drink.
"You always give me so much, I feel embarrassed to ask for it."
"What's wrong with that? This is what the uncle deserves."
"Then I won't be polite to you. I'll send it to your house after it's done."
"good."
After the land issue was resolved, Wang Jinhe started to grow watermelon seedlings. A lot of seedlings were needed this time, and she had to do all of them. It seemed that she would have to find some long-term workers later.
Otherwise, the people in their family will definitely be too busy to handle the additional fields in the future.
Thinking about having to find more people, Wang Jinhe felt that the house was not big enough for him. It seemed that he would have to ask the uncle from before to come and help.
Wang Jinhe asked Yuanji to accompany her to find the uncle she had met before.
"Why are you here, girl from the Wang family?" The uncle who was building the house was very surprised to see Wang Jinhe coming. It seemed that he did not expect Wang Jinhe to come at this time.
"Uncle, the thing is, I'm planning to ask you to help build a house for my family." Wang Jinhe felt a little embarrassed.
"Build a house? How big do you plan to build it?" The other party was not surprised at all at Wang Jinhe's words.
"I plan to expand a little bit next to the house you built for my family before. There is not enough room for our big family." It's okay at normal times, but once there are guests coming, there is really no room for them.
"That's fine. I'll go tell your aunt and then go back with you to have a look. We'll start working after the 15th when the brick and tile kilns start operating."
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"Thank you, uncle."
Wang Jinhe took his people back to settle the house first, and then took him to the foot of the hillside.
"Uncle, I also need to build some houses here. They don't need to be too complicated. As long as I can live in them, cook, and raise some chickens, it'll be fine." Wang Jinhe pointed to the hillside and said, "Later, I want to use it to plant fruit trees, hire long-term workers, and buy people. If I want to live here for a long time, I need to build houses that can accommodate at least 30 people, five of which can accommodate a family."
"That's no problem. The total cost for this side including the labor and materials plus your side is three hundred taels."
"Can."
"Girl, you are looking for a farmhand. Can you recommend someone to you?" After thinking for a long time, he decided to speak out.
"Uncle, do you have relatives looking for work?" Wang Jinhe was a little curious.
Speaking of this house builder, the uncle sighed and said, "He is a 16-year-old boy from our village. He was picked up and raised by an old man in our village. Now that the old man is old, he dare not go out to find a job and his life is tight. I thought you have a place to live here, and he can bring his grandmother with him, so..."
It’s just that the old man is old and he’s worried that Wang Jinhe would not be willing.
"How is the old man's health? Can he still cook some simple meals?" Wang Jinhe asked after thinking for a while.
"The old lady is still healthy and has no problem cooking. She has no problem letting her children go out to do things while she stays at home. The children are also filial and don't want to go out."
Wang Jinhe has a good impression of filial people: "Okay, uncle, you can ask him to come when the time comes, or you can also call him when you build the house, and he can earn some money as a laborer."
"Okay, Xiaohe, thank you so much." The uncle who built the house said happily.
He originally thought that this matter would not be accomplished.
"Uncle can build the house over there later. Let's build the house here first. In a month or two, I will start planting fruit trees." With the help of spiritual spring water, Wang Jinhe is not worried that the fruit trees will be planted at the wrong time, which will lead to a low survival rate.
In the next two months, she will ask Yuanji to help her find some fruit trees.