jdhmnovel Chapter 446 Negotiation
Chapter 446 Negotiation
When the melodious bell sounded at the entrance of the village, everyone who worked at Gu Qingqing's house heard it as if they had received some kind of call, and walked towards Gu Qingqing's house, chatting and laughing.
Over there, Niu Li was chatting happily with Wu Fang and Zhao Qin. Especially when passing by Gu Qingqing, Niu Li looked like she had obtained some secret and smiled at him. It was no exaggeration to say that she was in high spirits.
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On the other side, after Wen Wuyan and Zhao Dong arrived at Wu Shan's house, they went straight to the point and told Zhao Dong and the others what they were planning.
"Okay, okay, this is a good thing. If you really settle down here, our Niutoushan Village will sooner or later become a big village. As for the piece of land you just mentioned, it would be too expensive if it were given to you at the price of homestead and farmland. In this way, the land over there will be given to you at the price of semi-mountain forest land, three taels of silver per mu. You can decide how much land you want." Wu Shan said happily.
Wen Wuyan heard the price. If it was calculated based on mountain and forest land, the price was not cheap, but if it was used as a residential land, the price was very low.
If the deal is done, no matter how much money is earned, it will be distributed to everyone in the village. It would not be appropriate for Wen Wuyan to say too much, so he just smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, it's not easy for Dong Ge and his group. We have to take better care of them in the future."
At the same time, he reminded Zhao Dong in a subtle way, "Brother Dong, what do you think of the price? There are no outsiders here. If you feel there is something inappropriate, you can talk to Uncle Wu."
Zhao Dong thought about the price for a moment and nodded, "Okay, let's follow the price the village chief said. We want three acres."
"Why do you need so much? Even if the six of you brothers build a few houses each, a little more than an acre will be enough for you." Wu Shan saw that he bought a lot and reminded him directly.
Zhao Dong has many aspirations for the future. Thinking that he can finally settle down, he keeps smiling and says, "I understand the good intentions of the village chief, but we brothers think that since we are going to settle down here, we should make the yard more spacious so that there won't be too much room for our family in the future."
That’s right. Except for him, Zhao Nan and Zhao Bei who are single, among the other three families, only Zhao Zhong’s family has a boy, while the other two families have two boys each.
If we settle down here and have a few more children, the place is too small and there won't be enough space for them.
Wu Shan thought what he said made sense, but he still said bluntly, "You are not villagers now, so it is not good for you to occupy land outside the village. You can buy less land, and when you settle down here, you will be villagers."
Wen Wuyan understood what Wu Shan said. What he meant was that once Zhao Dong became a resident of Niutoushan Village, he would naturally be able to reclaim some land that belonged to the village but had not been reclaimed or could not be reclaimed.
"Brother Dong, what Uncle Wu said makes sense. How about buying less today?" Wen Wuyan also followed suit to stop him.
Zhao Dong smiled at them gratefully and said, "I told my family when I came out, and they all supported me buying three acres first."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned sideways and stretched out his hand to Zhao Bei, who then took out a cloth bag from his arms. When he opened the bag, there were more than ten taels of silver inside. Zhao Dong took nine taels of silver and gave them to Wu Shan.
Wu Shanle laughed and waved his hands, "You can't give it to me now. How about this, when you go back, go to the mountain and cut down two thick trees to use as the timber for the homestead. When you have finished cutting down the trees, come and tell me, and I will bring people to measure the land and then cut down the timber. You can pay me when we sign the agreement."
The residential land in the village is not yours just by raising your hand and drawing a line. It requires witnesses from some people in the village. If it is an old residential land, it will have wood laid on the four corners and houses built on it. If someone buys an old residential land, it will not be so troublesome.
New ones are indeed not suitable. The new residential land requires three-foot-long and thicker wood to be laid at the four corners. In this way, if other people nearby move there in the future and cause any disputes over road occupation, they will have to dig up the place where the wood was laid. This method is used to determine their own land occupation.
When Zhao Dong heard Wu Shan say this, he took back his outstretched hand and said, "Okay, let's go cut down the tree now."
Seeing that Zhao Dong was in a hurry to leave, Wen Wuyan hurriedly told Wu Shan about the production of his own local eggs.
"Hiss, there are more than 1,200 kilograms? This is much higher than growing grain." Wu Shan's heart was pounding when he heard the number.
"It is more than food. I don't know the details. I will come and talk to Uncle Wu in detail after I know more about it."
"Haha, okay. You can go back too. I know you have a good relationship. Go back and see if there is anything I can help with." Wu Shan waved at Wen Wuyan.
After Zhao Dong returned, he called a few brothers, and Wen Wuyan followed closely behind him driving a mule cart, and the group headed towards Niutou Mountain.
That night, Gu Qingqing gave a whole basket of eggs to Yang Xing, Wu Fang and Zhao Qin, each of whom took them away.
The village chief Mo Hei also sent a large basket. When Wu Shan asked her further, she told him something about the earth eggs.
"Uncle Wu, the normal yield per mu of land used to be about 180 to 200 kilograms. Now that everyone is using compost, the yield can be doubled to about 400 kilograms. This is the first year my family has planted earth eggs, and we have no experience. If we take good care of them tomorrow, the yield may go up a bit."
Under the oil lamp, Gu Qingqing heard the breathing sounds from people other than Wu Shan.
In front of Gu Qingqing, she smiled even more. "Although this isn't sweet, it's good because it's filling and doesn't cause heartburn like eating too much sweet potato. Tomorrow, I'll ask Auntie to cook it for you guys the way I told you to. If you think it tastes good and want to plant it, I can probably find an acre of seeds."
"Wu Yan, we have never seen this before. How do you sell these seeds?" Wu Mu asked from the side.
"Hey, we don't know what price to set. If you really want to plant, you can just take the same amount of seeds from my house this year and return me the same amount after the harvest tomorrow." Gu Qingqing said with a smile.
Wu Shan thought for a moment and said directly, "Okay, you save one acre of seeds for us. We will try it next year."
"Okay!" Gu Qingqing said, then looked at the sky and stood up to say goodbye.
On the way back, they walked very slowly. Wen Wuyan tried to prevent her from losing balance, and he even wanted to hold her in his arms.
"Qingqing, I saw that Uncle Wu was interested at first, but Gao Xing was not very interested. Why did you say you would leave seeds for him?"