Li Yu carried two pheasants to the village chief's house. When he got there, he saw that the courtyard door was wide open. Li Yu stood at the door and looked in, and saw Mrs. Li standing on the veranda grinding a millstone.

Li Yu stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Aunt Li, you are busy!"

Mrs. Li turned around and saw Li Yu standing at the door holding two pheasants. She quickly put down the grinding handle and came to the door. She whispered: "Xiaoyu, why did you bring game again? As a big family member, we don't want you to bring it to us." If you can’t eat two yuan, you might as well sell it for money. Remember not to give it away next time.”

Li Yu smiled and whispered back: "Aunt Li, didn't the Zhang family return my money? If it's not safe at home, I want to find the village chief grandpa to buy the wasteland behind my house."

Mrs. Li took the pheasant and nodded with a smile, "Buying land is a good thing, remember! Don't send any more prey here in the future. Keep the money from selling it for Ah Qing to study." Mrs. Li pulled up a chair for Li Yu to sit down. Pointing to the room, "Just wait, I'll call my father-in-law for you."

Li Yu smiled and nodded. After a while, Li called the village chief. The village chief glanced at Li Yu and asked, "Xiaoyu, your aunt said you wanted to buy wasteland, but now there is no good wasteland to open in the village." ah!"

Li Yu stood up and bowed to the village chief and saluted, "Village Chief Grandpa, my family has little land and doesn't have much food left after paying the taxes. I want to buy the wasteland behind my house. Do you agree?"

The village chief frowned after hearing this, "Even if the wasteland behind your house is cleared, I'm afraid it will take several years to grow it. Besides, watering is inconvenient. Have you considered it?"

"Thank you, Grandpa, the village chief, for the tip. I just want it to be close to my home so I can take care of it more easily."

Seeing that Li Yu was determined to buy it, the village chief stopped trying to persuade him. "Because of the high terrain and poor soil quality, no one wanted to leave that piece of barren mountain land there." The village chief paused, "The Zhencheng came to measure it the year before last. After that, there are a total of eighty-two acres. The price set is two hundred cents per acre, plus the deed tax, the total is twenty taels. You pay the money first and I will go to the Yamen to apply for the title deed for you. Also, the first three wastelands If you don't pay taxes every year, the land will be bad. In three years, you will have to pay the mountain tax money, and you will have to pay twenty pence for one acre of land."

Li Yu took out the silver and handed it to the village chief, saying politely: "Excuse me, village chief, grandpa."

The village chief took the money and waved his hand, "You're welcome. It's not easy for you two siblings. I'll go get it done for you early tomorrow morning." After saying that, the village chief took the money and went back to the house.

After the village chief left, Mrs. Li looked at Li Yu worrying about her, "Xiaoyu, you bought so many mountains and A Qing is still studying. How are you, a girl, doing?"

Li Yu smiled slightly and said, "Aunt Li, don't be afraid. I'll hire someone to plant the seeds when the time comes." Li Yu looked at the stone mill and asked Mrs. Li, "Aunt Li, where can I buy stone mills?"

"The family of Stonemason Chen at the east end of the village is ours. Do you want to buy a stone mill?" Mrs. Li looked at Li Yu and said.

Li Yu twirled his fingers and said, "There are still many things to buy! I want to buy a stone mill, a rice pounder and a stone mortar, as well as chickens and piglets."

Mrs. Li took off her waistband and said with a cheerful smile: "These villages have them. Come with me and I will take you there."

Mrs. Li took Li Yu and first went to the house that sold hatched chickens and bought a dozen chicks. Then she went to the house that raised sows and ordered two piglets. Then she took Li Yu to Chen Shimao's house.

Li Yu saw that Chen Shimao's house was filled with various stone tools, and the one who pounded rice was also the Tezhui he had seen in the countryside before. Li Yu bought a medium-sized stone mill, a treadmill and a small stone mortar.

After Mrs. Li took Li Yu to buy the goods, she said goodbye to Li Yu and returned home.

Li Yu took Chen Shijiang and the chicken to help Chen Shijiang push the cart, pull the stone mill, stone mortar, and step back home.

When Laidi saw Li Yu coming back from buying a chicken, she happily took the chicken and went to the wasteland outside the house to let the chickens go. Li Yu asked Mr. Chen to install the stone mill and treadmill under the eaves outside the firewood house. After installing it, he sent Mr. Chen away, then went back to the house and started frying aniseed, preparing to grind it into pieces to make pickles and bean paste. Zhao Di Use water to clean the stone mill, stone mortar and rice pounder and then dry them.

When Li Qing came home from school at Youshi, he found Li Yu and said with a blushing face: "Sister, I have kept you waiting for a long time. I just found a chance to ask my husband today. He said that in front of Dayong is Dachen. Dachen has experienced more than three hundred years." , Dayong has been here for more than 150 years."

After hearing this, Li Yu lowered his head and thought: He might have been reborn in a parallel time and space. In this case, Li Yu stopped thinking about it.

Looking up at Li Qing's blushing face, he smiled and comforted Li Qing, "Ah Qing, sister is not in a hurry. You don't have to feel embarrassed about being late. It's not like you know how to put it off and don't tell sister. Hey! You are also studying. How do you feel after reading it for more than a month?"

Li Qing looked at Li Yu and said seriously: "Sister, I want to study hard. Firstly, the things in the book are so interesting. Secondly, I want to get a merit degree so that the Zhang family will not dare to bully you again."

Li Yu heard that Li Qing said that he first found studying interesting, and then he wanted to take the exam for fame. He thought it was good for him to have such a sentiment. After all, no matter what you study, you must first be interested in it, plus you have a goal to strive for. Only then can people be motivated to study hard.

Li Yu looked at Li Qing's serious look and said, "You also have to do what you can. Obtaining fame is not something that can be achieved overnight. Don't force yourself too much."

Li Qing nodded and said, "Sister, I remember. I'll go chop some firewood and come back and do my homework."

"Okay, you make your own arrangements." Li Yu watched Li Qing leave with the machete and rope, called Zhao Di to let her cook, and started grinding the aniseed.

Only in the evening did Li Mei and his wife return with a load of chili peppers, cowpeas, kohlrabi, and kohlrabi. They bought two sacks of chili peppers, two baskets of cowpeas, and a basket each of kohlrabi and kohlrabi.

Li Mei wiped the sweat from her face and said to Li Yu with a smile: "Yu'er, I told the villagers to send the extra vegetables to their homes. The cowpeas, peppers, and kohlrabi I bought today all cost one penny. A pound of dried peas and peas, so much for less than two hundred dollars."

Li Yu looked at Li Mei's hair that was soaked with sweat and said, "Aunt, thank you and uncle for your hard work. You guys go take a shower to cool down. I'll stay here."

Seeing that Li Yu cared about her, Li Mei felt warm in her heart, and said with a smile: "This kind of work is not considered hard work. I used to be scolded when I worked there from morning to night, so that's how hard it is."

Liu Changmin put the beans into a sack and carried water to take a shower. Zhaodi laid out the food and came out, "Mom, my cousin is ready to eat."

"Okay," Li Mei looked around but didn't see Li Qing and Laidi, "Where are Aqing and Laidi?"

"One of them went to chop wood and the other herded chickens outside the courtyard," Zhaodi said, pointing to the stone mill and treadmill outside the woodshed, "Mom, you haven't noticed it yet!"

Only then did Li Mei discover the stone mill and treadmill under the eaves. She happily went over and pushed the stonemill twice, then touched the treadmill, "Zhao Di, mother has wanted these two items for a long time. Your grandma is the one." If you don’t take the money out to buy it, then when you have some free time, I’ll brew some beans and make beancurd for you to eat.”

Li Yu didn't expect that Li Mei could make bean curd, so he said with a smile: "Aunt, if you know how to make bean curd, why don't you make tofu and sell it?"

Li Mei laughed, "I learned how to make bean curd from your mother. My aunt has to work every time she opens her eyes at Old Liu's house. She is beaten and scolded by the old woman at every turn. How can I help her earn money?"

Zhao Di looked at Li Mei's happy look and felt that her life was getting better. She smiled happily and said, "Mom, no one will scold you anymore when you are better."

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