The old man glanced at her and said, "It's not that I suddenly thought of it. It's just that we didn't have enough money before, so we didn't buy it."
"We are a farmer and marrying someone else. More land is always good."
"If we go there in the future, the two brothers can each get more, and their lives will be easier."
In the countryside, brothers only separate when the elderly pass away.
The same thing happened to him and his two brothers back then.
The old lady thought about it and agreed.
"Then buy it! Although the tooth powder business can't be continued for the time being, it's good that I made a lot of money before."
"However, this money cannot be spent entirely on buying land. Some money must be saved. Dalang and Erlang are not young anymore, and it is time for them to meet each other. Dani and Erni should also prepare their dowries next year."
The old man took two puffs of his cigarette and said slowly, "There's no rush for the two brothers' marriage. We'll talk about it after the New Year."
"Da Lang is about to take the provincial examination. Talking about marriage at this time will distract him."
"As for Jilang, he has to go to school tomorrow, so let's see how things go first."
The old lady knew what her husband was thinking.
Ever since his eldest son was born, he had been looking forward to having a scholar or even a successful candidate in the imperial examination.
"Yes, if Dalang can really become a scholar, then his marriage will have to be brought up a notch, and he will have to find someone who is a good match for him."
"If we really want to buy land, we should buy it now. It's just right to plant it now. By August or September, we will have a harvest from the land."
"After dinner, I will go to ask the village official." The old man is a man who does what he says.
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While eating, everyone was excited when they learned that the family was going to buy land, even Su Qiao was happy.
With more land, there will be more food, and there will be more food to eat.
The old man was quite lucky. When he put it on, no one was willing to sell the land.
But there was a family whose child was sick and urgently needed money for treatment.
As a result, the old man spent thirty taels of silver to buy ten acres of paddy fields, and spent another six taels of silver to buy a piece of wasteland near the Su family.
The old lady gave him a big shock: "Don't we already have two acres of paddy fields? Why did you buy so much?"
"How can a paddy field be as good as a wheat field? It can grow wheat, corn and sweet potatoes."
The old man handed her the deed and said, "Children like to eat rice. Besides, rice is indeed better than that steamed bread."
The old lady glared at him and said, "Humph, I think you are just soft-hearted and want to help others."
"Don't you see, we have ten acres of paddy fields, and we don't have any cows. How can we plow them? How can we irrigate them in the future? The land you bought is not by the river."
"I'm planning to buy a bullock cart. I can use it to plow the fields and it will also be convenient for the children to go back and forth to town. As for the water... it doesn't matter if it's a bit tiring!"
"We are all from the same village, so why not help if we can? Our family is not short of money now." The old man was exposed, but he didn't feel embarrassed.
The old lady said bitterly: "Why is there no shortage?"
"Our house is many years old. It leaks when it rains heavily. I was just about to save the money to build a new house."
The old man pointed to another land deed in her hand and said, "So I also bought the two acres of wasteland next to our house, didn't I?"
"We can use this wasteland to expand our house, and use the rest to grow vegetables and sweet potatoes."
On the side, Su Qiao, who was sitting on the kang with Erni, studying slippers, socks, and various bags together, said quickly:
"Grandma, it's okay. We'll make more money and I'm sure we'll have enough to build a new house soon."