Chapter 197 Buying Land
As for Fan Qiye, who was from the same clan, he just shook his head at Fan Damu and followed him away.
The yard immediately emptied out.
Some who had not yet left asked, "In our village, only Fan Jin's family is likely to buy it. Are you sure you won't sell it to him?"
Fan Damu is not sure now.
It seems that there is no need to make trouble with money, right?
If the two most likely buyers in the village don't buy it, who else can it be sold to?
Someone else said: "But at your price, even Fan Jinjia won't buy it."
"Who can come up with more than sixty taels of silver? Even Fan Jin's family doesn't have that much silver in savings."
"It's not like there is no land in the mountains and forests. Potatoes can still be grown on the land, but the potato harvest is abundant. A few acres can be enough for a family to eat. Which family doesn't have twenty or thirty acres of land? Who would spend money to buy it.
Not to mention the mountains and forests. There are mostly miscellaneous trees on the barren hills. What are you buying them for? Nowadays, the fields are not mature either. There is no fertility and there is no way to plant. Even if you plant, there will be no harvest. "
Fan Damu's heart grew colder the more he listened.
He thought that the price was very considerate of the people in the village.
I originally planned to not have to live in a thatched hut after selling my family, and my family would have food and drink, and I would not have to farm or face floods. With the money from selling my body and land, my life would only be better in the future.
I never thought that if I couldn’t sell it at this price, forget it, I still couldn’t sell it!
After the crowd had left, Fan Damu looked at the old village chief in panic and asked: "Old village chief, who else in our village will buy it? What price do you think is appropriate?"
Those fields could no longer be cultivated and he had to sell them all.
Only when the money is actually in his arms can he feel at ease.
The old village chief thought for a while and said selectively: "You can also ask the Ding family. As for the price, you can make up your own mind."
If the price he said is too high and the product cannot be sold, people will not blame themselves but only him;
If he says he sold the stock at a low price, he will only blame him if he thinks about it later and feels that he has suffered a loss.
Li Wu said very discerningly: "Dad, you are tired this morning. Let me help you go back to your room to rest."
The old village chief hummed.
No one left Fan Damu, and Fan Damu could only leave in a sullen manner, wearing new clothes and shoes.
He turned and walked towards the Ding family at the back.
Unexpectedly, the Ding family was not at home, and after asking, they were at Fan Jin's house during this period.
At this moment, Fan Damu no longer cares about what he said before not to sell to Fan Jin. As long as he buys it, any price will be fine!
Now he just wants to sell!
When Shui Qing opened the courtyard door, she really didn't expect Fan Damu to come to the door.
This man was lazy, greedy, and too shrewd, and she didn't like it very much.
Hearing that he was here to see Ding Heli, he turned aside to let him into the courtyard.
Fan Damu's quotation for Ding Heli has been reduced a lot. The paddy fields are three taels per mu, the land is a package price of eighteen acres plus the surrounding wasteland for ten taels of silver, and the barren hills are five taels of silver.
Shui Qing was very moved when she heard it, but she held back and didn't mention it.
That's how it is when buying something. You can't let people see that you have the intention to buy something, because that way it's hard to bargain.
And based on the relationship between their two families, if he saw that she wanted to buy it, Fan Damu thought that the price would only increase.
Ding Heli looked embarrassed: "I don't know how to farm, and a daughter is not suitable for farming. If I buy it and let it grow, wouldn't it be a waste of the land?"
Fan Damu's heart felt cold.
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Hu Shuiqing next to him, and saw that her expression was light and not very interested.
Ding Heli looked at Shui Qing and asked casually: "A few days ago, I heard you say how many acres of fertile land you wanted to buy?"
Fan Damu's eyes shone and he also looked at Shui Qing.
The water is clear and bland, "After the flood, the fields are not easy to plant, so we should wait."
What I was thinking in my heart was Fan Damu, please don’t give up. I tried to persuade her to buy it!
Not only did Fan Damu not give up, he also lowered the price.
He said cheerfully: "They are all from the Fan family. Let's do it like this. Two taels of silver per acre, seven acres of land, fourteen taels of silver plus the land and hills, and one tael less for a total of twenty-eight taels."
He was smiling on his face, but his heart was bleeding.
According to the original selling price, it was a full sixty-one taels of silver.
Now it’s less than half all of a sudden!
All the belongings were only twenty-eight taels of silver.
Then I thought about how many people would not have enough to eat after the flood, and they were afraid that they would starve to death in the future. Even if the people in Shanshui Village had high-yield potatoes, it would be useless - I don’t know if they can wait until the harvest.
At that time, people in Shanshui Village were dying, and no one would buy his land.
Twenty-eight taels of silver is better than losing it all!
What's more, he still tricked his most disgusted cousin's family.
Thinking of this, the smile on Fan Damu's face became more and more flattering, and he continued to persuade Shang Shuiqing: "Brothers and sisters, brother Jin and I are from the same clan. When something good happens, I will think of you first. Buying this land, mountains and forests is definitely a good deal!"
Shui Qing didn't know when they had such a good relationship with Fan Damu's family?
However, in business, as long as it is cost-effective, it is enough to buy or sell the land title.
She really needs fields now, especially mountains and forests.
The hillside of Fan Damu's house is flat and covers a large area. The miscellaneous trees on it were cleared and replaced with fruit trees and tangerine bark trees. Polygonum multiflorum and other climbing medicinal materials were planted under the trees.
The fields are used to grow yams, and the ridges are raised higher to make it easier to dig yams.
It could be bought in the mall, and it was cheap and convenient, but she had to plan for the future.
If you want to bring out the things in the mall openly, you have to plant them now and gradually build up a large scale. It is best to turn Shanshui Village into a medicinal village and become a wealthy village known far and wide.
But that's all for the future. Now she needs land and mountains. Let her family get rich first!
Bargaining is common when buying things. She looked at Fan Damu, whose smile didn't reach his eyes, and bargained: "It's still too much. If it's twenty-three taels, I'll buy it."
Twenty-three taels!
The smile on Fan Damu's face was about to disappear.
Five taels were reduced all of a sudden.
He hated it in his heart, but he responded with a straightforward and clear face: "Okay!"
In a few days, you will cry over these fields and mountains.
But I'm afraid I won't have the strength to cry by then.
When he left the city today, the victims looked at him as if they wanted to pounce on him and eat him. In another month, there will be more and more victims without food and water. If he spreads some rumors... I'm afraid Shanshui Village will no longer exist...
Shuiqing looked at Fan Damu's gloomy expression, and didn't know what he was thinking. He was angry and relieved, and he wanted to cry and laugh again.
It was incomprehensible.
After discussing with Fan Damu, Shuiqing went to the back mountain to call back Fan Jin.
Hearing that Shuiqing spent twenty-three taels of silver to buy dozens of acres of land and forests, Fan Jin raised a faint smile at the corner of his lips.
Fan Damu:...What a useless man, letting a woman be the head of the family!
Buying land is such a big thing, but it was not directly decided by him as the head of the family. I don’t know how this fool can still laugh.