Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1026 - 1028: Buying Land to Plant Cabbage
The piece of land wasn’t far, and the few people returned within two hours.
Yang Ming only looked at the land but didn’t express any opinion about it, nor did he discuss its price.
This made the Village Chief quite disdainful, thinking, is he really letting a woman call the shots?
However, despite his dissatisfaction, he didn’t show it. After all, as long as the land was sold, he didn’t care who was in charge.
The few of them quickly entered the An Family’s house.
Knowing that Xiaoxiao was in charge, the Village Chief spoke as soon as he entered, "The land I showed your husband is perfect for growing napa cabbage. It can be planted immediately, not like other lands where crops are still in the field, and you have to wait for the harvest before planting napa cabbage."
Xiaoxiao just smiled without speaking, but Yang Ming spoke up, "Village Chief, the land is suitable for growing cabbage, but calling it mid-level land is a bit of a stretch. If this is mid-level land, then the mid-level land in our area could be sold as high-level land."
Hearing this, the Village Chief frowned a little. The land here was indeed slightly inferior to other places.
"Young man, this land truly is mid-level. With the An Family present, I wouldn’t bring in lower-grade land to deceive you. If you don’t believe me, ask Old An."
Honest Old An and An Quan nodded, indicating that this indeed was their mid-level land.
Yang Ming smirked a little regretfully and said, "Village Chief, whether we buy this land or not, is not a big deal. If we buy it as mid-level land, we’d be at a loss. We might as well go to another village to buy slightly better mid-level land."
"Yes, my child, your home is so far. It’s not worth buying land here. Our place is in a poverty-stricken area, so the land quality is somewhat lacking." Old An directly advised.
Upon hearing Old An’s words, the Village Chief’s face darkened. He had just given them some benefits and found them a job, and now they’d ruined his good deal.
"Come on, young man, that land is still good for growing napa cabbage; it’s exactly ten acres, the right size for what you need. Isn’t that just perfect?"
At this time, Xiaoxiao spoke, "Husband, if that land isn’t suitable, forget it; we’re not bound to buy land here."
Upon hearing that the person in charge was about to call it off, the Village Chief thought this wouldn’t do. Such a good deal just going down the drain! The land sale negotiations were already lenient, so he spoke up, "How about this, there’s also a five-acre wasteland connected to that piece of land, and we’ll include it for you." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming remained silent, but Old An and An Quan were surprised. Can you actually bargain like this when buying land from the government office?
"If this still doesn’t work, I really have no other way," the Village Chief had already offered the most leniency.
"Village Chief, is the land deed available?"
"Yes, once the official seal is stamped at the government office, the land will be yours. I can have this done tomorrow! It’s just that it’s quite far from our place to the county seat, it takes several days for the round trip."
"Alright, then we’ll buy it."
Xiaoxiao took out a silver note worth fifty taels plus twenty taels in silver ingots and gave it to the Village Chief.
When traveling, it’s necessary to have silver, so Xiaoxiao exchanged a considerable amount of silver, and also exchanged some silver notes for smaller denominations.
The Village Chief happily accepted the silver, patting his chest and assuring them, "Rest assured, I’ll handle this."
"Then thank you, Village Chief. Regarding the matter at the government office tomorrow, An Quan should go with you, and let’s forget about An Quan going up the mountain to dig herbs; he’ll need to help us manage that piece of land."
