After Li Jun asked Li He and Li Liu for their opinions, he began to look for suitable houses, shops and fields.

He intends to buy it as soon as he gets the money, so he needs to be optimistic about it in advance, and he only needs to pay the bill at that time. No matter in which era, buying a house, shop and land is a big deal, so it is natural to compare it again and again.

Both Li He and Li Liu decided to buy the house in the capital city. Although the housing price is very expensive, it is close to home, and brothers and sisters can take care of each other in the future.

The outer city where Liu'er Hutong is located has all kinds of religions and high schools, and most of the residents live in merchants with small assets, but their safety is not guaranteed, so the three siblings decided to look inside.

The farther you go to the inner city, the more diligent the yamen guards patrol, and the safer it is.

Needless to say, Li Liu, Li He has made up her mind not to marry, so her safety when living alone in the future is the first factor.

It is hard to find a house in the capital, so you have to take your time.

It was even more difficult to find a shop, so the three finally decided not to buy in the capital, but to Baoding.

As the last stop to Beijing from the Nanlu Road, Baoding is very poor, but the strange thing is that the local business is quite good, especially the business of accommodation and food.

Therefore, if you buy a shop and rent it out, you can also earn a lot of income every year.

As for the land, the three siblings unanimously decided to go north to buy it.

Because Baoding is not far from the capital, good fields are also in short supply, and they are often snatched up as soon as they appear.

The three of them wanted to buy a lot of land, and they wanted to concentrate more, so it was difficult to buy suitable land in Baoding.

And they are short on time, so they can only look north.

The north is vast and sparsely populated, and in the early years there was the threat of Tatar rebellion. After the two countries signed a peace treaty last year, even minor conflicts have decreased.

It is said that the horse market is now open at the border, and the security has been greatly improved, and refugees have begun to migrate north.

After all, the south and other prosperous areas have more people and less land, and the "wasteland" has been reclaimed long ago, and they can't grab the land that local tenants can rent and plant, so they might as well go north.

So now buying land in the north is not only cheap, but as long as you put your heart into it, you can rent it out quickly without worrying about it being abandoned.

Moreover, the place they chose is not far from the capital, Daning, which is only five days away. Find a reliable dental agency to search for it, and then go to the field for inspection after integration.

Unavoidably being deceived, Li Jun found the largest dental shop in the capital, which not only has an official background but also has branches in several nearby prefectures. The three siblings finally decided to spend a total of 90,000 silver to buy the land, which is a large sum of money. Therefore, the Yaman who received the order was very attentive. After receiving the order, he immediately went north to search, and came back ten days later to report the situation of the various places he visited to the three of them.

In the end, the three unanimously decided to choose Daning.

Daning County has a total population of just over 16,000, and it belongs to a county, but its area is larger than that of other large counties in the south of the Yangtze River, because it has a large area of ​​mountains and forests. Of course, the most important thing is that it is close to Kaipingwei.

It only takes one day to get to Kaipingwei quickly. That is to say, if the Tatar army conquers Kaipingwei, Daning will be the first to bear the brunt.

Therefore, the population loss in Daning has been serious in the past ten years, and the land has been barren. At a glance, there are large tracts of barren fields.

The Yaren gave them a detailed list of land prices in Daning. The top-grade land was only five taels of silver per mu, and the low-grade land was only three taels of silver per mu. If they bought more, they would also give some wasteland.

Compared with the land price in the capital, it is like the price of cabbage.

The most important thing is that now that the border is stable, more and more people will go to Kaipingwei through Daning in the future, so the three dared to buy land there.

Li Jun decided to go to the field with Yaren to have a look. If the fertility of the land is indeed good, then it will be settled, and the transfer will be completed as soon as the money is available.

The three sons and daughters went out early and returned late for a month without a trace. Li Hong had no doubts at all, and happily planned every day how to spend the money when he got it.

Li Hong didn't doubt it, but Mei's became suspicious. After the third sister and brother came back late again, she finally couldn't help looking for Li Liu, "Sister Liu, what have you been doing all this time, why are you always coming home late?" ?”

Li Liu's heart tightened, he lowered his head to cover up his expression and said, "I'm going to help my brother, oh my mother, don't ask me, if you want to ask, go ask your brother."

"Don't you guys do something bad outside?"

"Mom, do you think we look like people who do bad things?"

Seeing that she couldn't find out from her question, Mei could only turn around to look for Li He, but after wandering in front of her door for a while, she still turned to look for Li Jun.

Since Li Liu didn't want to talk about it, then Li He wouldn't talk about it, so it's better to go to Li Jun directly.

Facing her son, Mei was a little nervous, and walked around him for a long time before asking in a low voice: "Brother Jun, what are you going to do when you go out early and return late for more than a month? You went out for ten days a while ago. Don't lie to your mother, if you go out to find Yao Nong, your father will believe me, but you won't believe me. Didn't you say that you haven't graduated as a teacher yet, and you have to study with Dr. Li for more than two months? How could you go out to find Yao Nong at this time?"

Li Hong didn't care about his children, not to mention that Li Jun made excuses to leave for ten days, even if he didn't make excuses and didn't go home for ten days, as long as Mrs. Mei didn't mention it, he probably wouldn't know that his son was not at home.

As for the two daughters, they can't wait to see him as their father, and they usually run to the shop when they have nothing to do. When he got up in the morning, the sun was already high, and except for Mei Shi who was at home occasionally, he couldn't see his two daughters at all.

As for the night, Li Hong's night life is very rich, even if he took a stool to the edge of the teahouse and listened to someone's story, he could hear the teahouse closing. When he came back, his two daughters had gone to bed early, so naturally he didn't feel anything unusual.

But Mei's is different, the focus of her life is on her three children, she didn't believe Li Jun's excuse from the beginning, but she always trusted her son, so she didn't ask much.

But recently, even the two daughters are abnormal, they don't even go to the shop, they run out all day, and every day when they come back, they close the door and whisper, no matter how big-hearted Mei is, she can't help being suspicious at this time, for fear that they will be there Do bad things outside.

Li Jun was silent for a while, and glanced outside, seeing that the gate hadn't moved yet, he knew that his father hadn't come back, so he lowered his voice and said, "Mother, we plan to buy land in Daning."

Mei's face was blank, "Where is Daning?"

"It's five days' journey from the capital, so it's quite far anyway."

"Why did we buy it so far away? We can't even take care of it," Mei said dissatisfied, "And where does our family get the money now?"

Li Junyi pointedly said: "It's not buying now, but later. We bought a lot of land, and when the time comes, we will directly lease the land to others, or hire long-term workers to help with the cultivation, and just collect some rent or grain every year. .As long as there are no major natural and man-made disasters, there will be no loss."

A guess appeared in Mei's mind, she was startled, grabbed her son's arm and said, "You, why are you so bold, your father has already figured out where to spend the money, once he knows..."

"Mother, don't worry," Li Jun comforted her, "Didn't dad listen to me these two years?"

"Well, that's different," Mei murmured, "At that time we hadn't returned to the family, so naturally you had the final say on the family."

At that time, the Li family did not belong to the family, so the family naturally listened to whoever had the biggest fist.

But now that the Li family is going to belong to the family, the family can intervene in such matters. Once Li Hong yells that Li Jun is unfilial, the family can crush Li Jun to death, let alone at such a sensitive moment.

But Li Jun smiled and said: "Mother, don't worry, no matter how bad I am, I will be the only son of my father. From now on, we will have to support my branch. No matter how foolish my father is, I won't be so foolish. Besides, there is still my second sister."

Thinking of Li Hong's fear of Li Baolu, Mei breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked: "Then you have to keep this matter a little tighter, and you can't let your father know, otherwise something might happen."

"I know, don't worry, mother." Li Jun didn't tell her that the money was divided into three by him, so he let her think that the property was bought for the family.

Anyway, we will know when the elder sister and younger sister get married or separate.

Li Jun has been busy for more than a month, and finally he is optimistic about the house, shop and fields, and has also negotiated with the dentist, and the money can be transferred in early July at the latest.

This is a big deal, and the money involved is as high as 120,000 taels, so the dental bank specially sent a supervisor to follow the order, so that customers can enjoy caring service and return with satisfaction.

So when Li Jun said that the money was in Shunde, and the people who needed them also went to Shunde for the handover, the Yahang generously sent a team of people.

The Li family left for Shunde on June 20th, and when they arrived in Shunde, they had to discuss the itinerary with the Li family members.

Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun set off on the 24th of June, rushing to Shunde.

This was the first time for Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu to ride horses for a long distance, so both of them had their thighs worn out by coincidence.

Li Baolu thought that Gu Jingyun would not be able to bear it, but she did not expect that it was her who complained in the end.

While applying medicine to her, Gu Jingyun smiled and said, "Your skin is too tender, that's why it's like this. It doesn't work just because of deep internal strength."

"Yes, you have thick skin, you won!" All the medicine prepared for Gu Jingyun was used on her, and Li Baolu wanted to cry but had no tears.

Gu Jingyun comforted her and said, "You should be able to enter the city before noon tomorrow, in time for tomorrow's ceremony, don't worry."

Li Baolu hummed twice, and fell asleep with heavy eyelids.

Gu Jingyun pulled up the quilt and covered her, then squeezed in, put his arms around her waist, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The conditions of the inn they live in are not good, and there are always some noises at night that disturb people, but Gu Jingyun, who has always been picky after the journey is exhausted, quickly falls asleep.

But he was alert, so he woke up whenever there was movement outside the door.

Gu Jingyun opened his eyes and adjusted to the darkness in the room, got up and walked to the door, Nanfeng whispered outside: "Master, it's already time."

Gu Jingyun responded in a low voice, and then picked Li Baolu up after getting dressed, "Get up and get dressed, I'll fetch water for you."

As soon as the door was opened, Nanfeng brought hot water, so there was no need for him to go to the kitchen.

After washing up and having breakfast, it was already half an hour before the departure. A group of three rode fast horses to Shunde and arrived before noon.

Li Jun stood at the gate of the city in person, and when he saw the three men approaching on horseback, he immediately showed big smiles, and beckoned them to stop, "Second sister, second brother-in-law!"

Li Baolu jumped off the horse, exhaled and said, "We finally arrived, how are you getting ready?"

"Back to Second Aunt Grandma," said a man in charge behind Li Hong with a smile, "The old ladies in the clan are all ready, and they can open the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices when the auspicious time comes tomorrow."

Li Jun glanced at him, nodded slightly and said: "I don't know much, but the third grandfather said that everything that should be prepared is ready, and we just wait for the auspicious time tomorrow."

Li Jun invited two people to get into the carriage, and handed the horse to the servants who followed him. After getting into the carriage, he said with a smile: "We live in the ancestral house now, and the ancestral house of our branch was confiscated three times later. Grandpa bought it, and now it has been re-credited to my father's name."

Li Baolu closed her eyes and meditated, hearing the words: "Remember to ask the clan to make up for the money that the third grandfather paid back then."

Li Jun was slightly taken aback.

Li Baolu laughed and said, "This house was arranged for us by the clan. Naturally, the clan has to buy it from the third grandpa. We can't take advantage of the third grandpa."

Li Jun understood and nodded in response.

Both of them stopped talking, and Gu Jingyun even closed his eyes to rest his mind, so there was silence in the carriage.

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