Chapter 39: Hometown Feelings Fear [Seeking Tickets and Reading]
As an important trading town, Qingmu Town is crowded with merchants and has a developed business, so much so that the prices of residential land in the surrounding areas have also risen sharply, and the prices are comparable to those in many bustling large counties.
The most important thing is that for no reason would ordinary people sell their land or houses and become unfilial descendants.
In other words, when there was a disaster, there was a gap between the harvests and the harvest was difficult to survive, so the people had to sell their land to survive.
Normally, if you want to buy land or a house, it all depends on luck.
Even though Manager Kang was a local boss in Qingmu Town with extensive connections and good information, after a month, there was still no news about the "purchase of residential land".
Fortunately, good news finally came.
As everyone knows, Manager Kang goes to the gambling house from time to time, but he is quite restrained and does not get deeply involved in it. He only likes to gamble a little for fun.
In his circle, there are many like-minded gambling friends.
One of his gambling friends was named Mr. Li. He had a lot of wealth and property, and was a well-known wealthy man in the area around Qingmu.
Qiu Zhen also knew this Mr. Li. His name was Li Huan. He was a relative of his neighbor Uncle Li and also the “richest man” in Xiangyang Village.
Mr. Li, like Manager Kang, is mentally mature and restrained when playing.
It’s a pity that the upper beam is crooked and the lower beams are crooked. His eldest son did not learn the good things from his father, but learned all the habits of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.
Even better than the master.
Just look, in recent days, Mr. Li’s son gambled heavily and lost all his money. Overnight, he owed a huge gambling debt of three thousand taels and was detained in the gambling house.
No money, no release.
Even though the Li family is wealthy and powerful, it is not easy to suddenly come up with three thousand taels of cash in a short period of time.
After some fundraising, there are still many gaps.
In desperation, Mr. Li had to sell all his property to save his son.
When Manager Kang heard the news, he immediately found Mr. Li and tried to make way for him to make good things happen.
Qingmu Medicine Shop, a side room in the backyard.
Manager Kang invited us to sit down:
"Brother Qiu, Brother Li wants to sell thirty acres of good land and a house with two courtyards for four hundred taels. What do you think?"
Qiu Zhen nodded slightly.
He had inquired before and found out that the price of farmland in the suburbs of Qingmu Town was quite high, ranging from ten to twenty taels of silver per mu, depending on the fertility or barrenness of the land. A two-story house would be worth at least dozens of taels of silver.
Not bad at all.
Qiu Zhen knew what was going on, but did not answer. Instead, he asked with a smile:
"Manager Kang, I'm young and I don't know anything. Do you think this price is appropriate?"
"I have personally visited and found that there are several acres of excellent paddy fields. This price is quite fair."
Kang Zhuangyuan took a sip of tea and asked for credit:
"Originally he asked for 450 taels, but I bargained for you and got him back 50 taels. It must be because he was in urgent need of money, otherwise he would definitely not be willing to sell it."
"Sell it or sell it alive?"
“Of course it’s a must-sell!”
Qiu Zhen nodded repeatedly.
Local land transactions are divided into "absolute sale" and "live sale".
"Absolute sale" means selling the ownership of the land, while "live sale" is a "mortgage sale", which only sells the "right to use" and "right to rent and sell". The land is still in hand, and after the agreed period, you can choose to redeem it at the original price.
Generally speaking, "pawning" is much cheaper.
"I have Manager Kang to help take a look, so I won't worry. Sorry for bothering you, old man."
Qiu Zhen wasn't worried about being cheated at all.
Manager Kang had always intended to repair their relationship with him and was even prepared to give him 1,200 taels of silver. He would definitely not collude with others to set a trap to cheat him. Instead, he would stand by his side wholeheartedly and help him look after him, making sure that no mistakes were made and that he would not suffer any loss.
"Hahaha~"
When Manager Kang saw that Qiu Zhen accepted his kindness, his worries were finally put to rest and he became happier:
"Brother Qiu, do you have enough spare money? If not, take it from me."
"Enough." Qiu Zhen had been hunting for treasures for a month. Although the harvest in the past few days was far less than today, he had saved up several hundred taels of silver. With today's harvest, he had more than one thousand taels of silver in his hands.
This does not include magical herbs and precious medicines.
With Kang Zhuangyuan as the middleman, the transaction between the two parties went very smoothly.
It’s better to do it today than to choose.
The group went to the government office to sign the deed and asked an acquaintance to handle the matter.
The next day.
Early in the morning, Qiu Zhen borrowed two carriages from Qingmu Pharmacy, took Zhao Dou and Shen Liang, and headed along the official road towards his hometown, Haitang Township.
"Brother Zhen, you are really patient. You became a martial artist without saying a word and waited until you bought a house before returning home. If it were me, I would have been unable to hold back."
"Haha~ Big Head, Brother Zhen is doing big things. How can ordinary martial artists earn hundreds of taels of silver to buy houses and land in one go? Our Brother Zhen is confident, so he is not in a hurry."
Zhao Dou and Shen Liang talked to each other, and each of them was more excited than Qiu Zhen.
To stand out and buy a house and land in the city is the dream of countless apprentices.
"Haha~"
Qiu Zhen listened to the two brothers flattering each other and smiled without saying anything.
He has not gone back for more than a month since becoming a martial artist.
Based on his understanding of Qiu's father and mother, if they knew that he planned to go hunting in the mountains to make money and buy land and houses after becoming a martial artist, Qiu's father and mother, who have always been cautious, would definitely stop him and lecture him, not allowing him to go into the mountains to hunt.
After all, after becoming a martial artist, one can live a good and stable life, but going on adventures in the mountains is something that one absolutely cannot do.
This creates conflicts and adds to the unpleasantness.
So, Qiu Zhen simply said nothing and did it secretly. He bought the land and directly took the two elder brothers over.
The family was not too poor, not to the point of having no money to eat, and the two elders still had quite a bit of savings, so he had not gone back to honor them some time ago.
Even if he gave money and ferocious beast meat to the two elders as a filial gift, they would probably be reluctant to eat or use them.
Only by buying a house and land in the suburbs and having a large fortune could the two change their "thrifty" lifestyle, learn to enjoy life a little, and accept their children's filial piety with peace of mind.
This is a "reassurance pill".
If your family is extremely poor and you cannot provide your parents with a sense of security, then you are falling into a cognitive misunderstanding if you say that your parents do not appreciate your filial piety or do not understand your filial piety.
It is easy to go from simple to luxurious, because everyone wants good things and no one is willing to treat themselves badly.
It's just the situation.
Everyone will enjoy having a "peace of mind" and a sense of security.
The carriage traveled very fast along the way and arrived at the tall archway at the entrance of Qiujia Village before noon.
Every rural village has earthen walls and traps, and is patrolled regularly by mature villagers.
As soon as they saw the carriage stopped at the entrance of the village, someone rushed over immediately.
During this time, there were also the sounds of dogs barking one after another.
The quiet village seemed to become lively all of a sudden.
"Xiao Xiao Zhen! Brother!"
The two villagers at the entrance of the village saw Qiu Zhen, Zhao Dou, Shen Liang and their group jumping off the carriage, and they all widened their eyes in surprise.
There is no other reason.
At this moment, Qiu Zhen was wearing a cloth robe, a green shirt with a blue edge, a blue cloak with cloud pattern on the outside, and cloud shoes on his feet. He looked very dignified, which was very different from the appearance of the country boy in the past.
After practicing martial arts, Qiu Zhen's figure became tall and strong, and his slightly dark skin became fair, which made his already excellent appearance even more outstanding. At first glance, he looked like a young master from a wealthy family, very elegant and graceful.
"Brother, Uncle He."
Qiu Zhen looked at his elder brother Qiu Qing, who was patrolling with a spear in his hand, with a smile on his face.
"I am back."
(End of this chapter)
