Heaven-Sent Farm Girl Builds Her Fortune And Captures His Heart-Chapter 565 - 564: Buying Land (Part 3)

After Liu Xiaoting left the courtyard, He Qiuge looked at Shen Qinglan, somewhat awkwardly saying, "I’m sorry, Third Young Lady, my sister doesn’t know any better and has put you in a difficult position."

Shen Qinglan smiled lightly, "The one truly in a difficult position would be Young Master He."

He Qiuge sighed softly. Shen Qinglan and his own sister were clearly the same age, yet how was it that Shen Qinglan appeared calm and sensible, while his sister was as naive and ignorant as a young child?

He Qiuge gestured politely, smiling lightly as he said, "Miss Shen, please have a seat. Grandpa Shen and my grandfather should be back soon."

Just as he spoke, from afar rang the hearty laughter of Village Chief He.

As he approached, Village Chief He laughed heartily, "Qinglan, you have truly made something of yourself now!"

He Qiuge looked at his grandfather in confusion, but then heard him say, "I heard from your grandfather that you really intend to buy that mountain land in our village?"

Shen Qinglan nodded, "Yes, but I don’t know, what is the price?"

Village Chief He accepted a low stool handed over by He Qiuge and passed one to Old Master Shen, then sat down and chuckled, "The price is negotiable, just tell me how many acres you want."

Shen Qinglan said, "I want that entire stretch behind our village."

"The entire stretch?" Village Chief He was taken aback, "That’s a full two hundred acres. Have you thought it through?"

"I have," Shen Qinglan said, "I want it all."

"Well... Qinglan," Village Chief He inquired, "forgive the bold question, but what do you plan on doing with so much mountain land?"

Shen Qinglan chuckled, "Certainly not to build houses."

Village Chief He was taken aback for a moment, then heartily laughed, "This child, keeping secrets from Grandpa He?"

"Not at all," Shen Qinglan said, "I plan to plant fruit trees."

"Plant fruit trees?" Village Chief He frowned, "What kind of fruit trees?"

"Uh..." Shen Qinglan shook her head, "Not quite sure yet, I’ll find out later."

Old Master Shen also said, "Well, fruit trees are not easy to take care of!"

Shen Qinglan said, "Don’t worry, Grandpa. When the time comes, I’ll hire people who know how to cultivate fruit trees." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"How much would that cost?" Village Chief He said, "With such a large area, how many people will be needed?"

"As long as the trees can grow, the number of people doesn’t matter," Shen Qinglan laughed, "Besides, if the fruit trees thrive and bear fruit in the future, accumulated over the years, wouldn’t the returns outweigh the costs?"

Even if it’s a loss, she wants to plant them!

Since visiting Fu Junyan’s manor, she dreamt of having one of her own.

"Ah, right," Shen Qinglan handed her basket to Village Chief He and said, "This is seafood I brought back from Nanfeng Country. It contains shrimp paste and dried small fish, they can be served with breakfast."

"The Third Young Lady has been to Nanfeng Country?" He Qiuge was surprised, "Wasn’t it said that a Passage Order is needed to go there?"

Shen Qinglan said, "I asked a friend to help me obtain a Passage Order."

He Qiuge suddenly smiled, "Was it the Young Master Duan?"

Shen Qinglan nodded slightly, "Yes."

"These... goods brought back from another country must be quite expensive?" Village Chief He politely declined, "You should take them back and keep them for yourselves, Grandpa He cannot accept them!"

"Just accept what Qinglan gives you," Old Master Shen took a puff from his smoking pipe, "We are far from the sea, and the things transported back from there are expensive. These were gifts from her friend; just the transport cost was needed, so go ahead and take them."

"This..." Village Chief He hesitated for a while, but finally accepted them, sighing lightly, "This child, the same age as Qiutian, but has even been to Nanfeng Country, proving to be more accomplished than Qiuge."

Beside him, He Qiuge could only smile wryly, Shen Qinglan was indeed more accomplished than him, this was known to all.