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Chapter 97 Tsukasa 2ro Saves Money
Upon arriving in Songshan County, the carriage was allowed to pass after paying a cheap entrance fee, just like before.
Si Shaoheng drove Cheng Ruoan to the pawnshop in the east of the city, and the rest of the people waited for her in the car.
Not long after Cheng Ruoan entered the dental clinic, he returned with a clever little boy who had a long camera.
“Sun Ya, why don’t you and my husband sit on the side of the carriage? We’ll get to the county government faster if we ride together in the carriage.”
Sun San'er nodded hurriedly and thanked Cheng Ruo'an with a smile.
His appearance was almost identical to Zhong Yaren's; if it weren't for their completely different looks, Cheng Ruoan would have suspected that he was Zhong Yaren's illegitimate son.
Upon arriving at the county government office, this time Cheng Ruoan and the children stayed in the car.
She took out a bundle of large rabbit-shaped milk candies wrapped in oil paper from her bundle and gave it to Si Shaoheng; it was about a pound in a modern supermarket.
"Take this to your 'Uncle Xu'; it's never good to ask someone for help empty-handed."
Si Shaoheng smiled and thanked her, "My wife is so thoughtful."
It must be said that Cheng Ruoan often has a childish and immature side, but most of the time, she is very good at dealing with people.
He is well-versed in the ways of interpersonal relationships.
Si Shaoheng increasingly felt that Cheng Ruoan's true nature was not at all what he had seen in modern times—a foolish beauty.
On the contrary, she had a kind of wise-but-foolish air about her.
"Husband, you accompany Master on his business, and while you're at it, help my mother with the house's deed. We'll wait for you in the car." Cheng Ruo'an, with her two children, smiled and waved to Si Shaoheng from the car. The three of them moved in perfect unison.
The carriage was dimly lit, and the scene was unsettling no matter how you looked at it.
Dr. Hu shuddered and lowered the carriage curtain: "Come on, come on, your wife's laughter is scarier than her crying."
Si Shaoheng sighed, "That old gentleman is also your apprentice."
Sun San'er remained smiling and quiet to the side.
Si Shaoheng found Registrar Xu and handed him the milk candy: "Uncle Xu, I'm bothering you again. This is milk candy that my wife and sister-in-law made themselves. Take it home and give it to the children to sweeten their mouths."
"Hey, Shaoheng, you're too kind. It's only natural for an uncle to help his nephew. Don't be so polite next time."
Even through the oil paper package, Registrar Xu could almost smell the rich aroma of milk, and naturally, he smiled broadly, his eyes disappearing behind his teeth.
"Come, come, let's go to my office and talk. What's the matter today..."
In less than the time it takes for three incense sticks to burn, Registrar Xu had taken care of everything for Si Shaoheng.
Among them, passing the red contract took less than an incense stick's time.
Sun San'er exclaimed, "The young master and his wife have more connections in the county town than our boss."
Although the brokerage firm's owner was connected to Magistrate Fang in the county government, the brokerage firm still had to give bribes to the clerks below whenever they came to do business.
After all, it's a trivial matter, why would it trouble the county magistrate?
As for the position of Registrar Xu, he could communicate with the county magistrate above and manage the clerks below, making him extremely useful for even the most ordinary matters.
The saying "The registrar remains, but the magistrate comes and goes" is not just a saying.
Often, ordinary people in a local area can easily accomplish many important things.
Never underestimate anyone.
Since the red contract expired quickly, and Sun San'er had nothing better to do, he helped mediate between Doctor Hu and Registrar Xu when they were haggling over the price of the mountain land.
The Great Xia Dynasty did not allow ordinary people to buy mountains directly; they could only sell them by measuring them as wasteland.
However, mountainous areas and wastelands are fundamentally different, making it difficult to have a standard way of measuring them, which makes the price quite debatable.
Registrar Xu naturally wanted to help the court generate revenue, while Doctor Hu certainly didn't want to be taken advantage of.
Sun San'er acted as a mediator between the two sides, and in the end, the price was agreed upon, making both sides happy.
Doctor Hu bought the 4,000 mu of mountain land at the foot of the mountain he had chosen for 1,800 taels of silver.
However, he selected the area himself, and the clerk from the yamen will go over to measure it tomorrow.
Furthermore, Registrar Xu promised that once the land was measured, he could directly help Doctor Hu establish a register based on the village.
On the way back to Daxi Village, Cheng Ruoan was still sighing in the carriage: "Master, according to this calculation, you really got a bargain."
Doctor Hu's face beamed with joy: "Yes, when the time comes, we'll bribe the surveying official with some silver, and the estate will definitely be more than four thousand acres when it's measured."
The soil in those mountains is unique; many medicinal herbs can grow very well there. We can hire some people to clear the land and plant the herbs directly there.
Cheng Ruoan was shocked. "Master, you're going to start a medicine shop? Without a sales channel, you might lose money."
Dr. Hu glanced at her: "Didn't you tell everyone you were a medicine merchant the whole way from the southwest to the north? Is it reasonable for you not to have a medicine shop at home?"
"But what you bought wasn't from my store..."
"Your name is on the land deed."
Cheng Ruoan: !!!
“Master…this gift is too much, I cannot accept it.”
Dr. Hu glanced at her and said, "Who said it was a gift for you? It's just registered under your name, but we'll split the profits 20/80."
Cheng Ruoan: ...
"That works too," Bai said excitedly.
Upon returning to Daxi Village, Cheng Ruoan saw that half of the Si family's foundation had already been dug.
But this size...
Cheng Ruoan nudged Si Shaoheng with her elbow: "Isn't the foundation area too small? Didn't we agree to build a courtyard house the size of a four-courtyard house?"
“Yes, Mother also said that we’ll use two acres of land to build the yard.” Si Shaoheng glanced at the half-dug foundation.
They bought four acres of residential land.
But of course, not all four acres were used to build houses.
We also have to include the livestock pens, the small vegetable gardens where we grow our own vegetables, the yard, and the threshing ground where we dry our grains.
When Cheng Ruoan and Si Shaoheng bought the land, they wanted to buy it all at once so that they wouldn't have to keep going back to the village chief's house if they raised more cattle, sheep, pigs, or horses later.
But the foundation that the workers are helping to dig right now doesn't look like even half of the four acres!
"Then go ask your second brother what's going on." Cheng Ruoan looked at the workers, who were all working very hard and didn't seem like the type to cut corners. She guessed that Si Erlang might have changed his mind.
But the two looked around and didn't see Si Erlang anywhere.
Just then, Si Shilang returned with the group carrying adobe bricks. When he saw the two of them, he quickly put down his load and ran over.
"Third brother and sister-in-law! You're finally back! Go and keep an eye on second brother. He's really outrageous. To save money on building a house, he's not only reduced the size of the yard, but he's also not planning to buy enough adobe bricks."
They said that only the main room and the four rooms where the four families lived needed to be made of adobe bricks, while the kitchen and outhouse would all be converted into thatched sheds.
They've even abandoned the warehouses for storing things, just had people dig cellars!
Cheng Ruoan was dumbfounded. "Then why bother digging a foundation for an acre of land? We should just dig the foundation for five houses. Or, why not just not dig or buy adobe bricks at all? I think it would be fine for the whole family to live in a shack for the rest of their lives."