Chapter 653

"Well, he said that a friend just wanted to sell a ranch. I heard that his friend was released and will leave after the Spring Festival. Now he is asking about anyone who wants to buy it."

Lin Qingsong said, "you know, you don't have many ranches in your hands. His ranch is far away from other people, and you can't take care of it all together. Naturally, it's hard to get rid of it for a while."

"In my opinion, the main thing is that the price is too high." Lin Anxin doesn't believe that.

Lin Qingsong said with a smile: "as expected, I can't hide it from you. The ranch has more than 1000 mu and is next to a small lake. Naturally, the price is one or two floors higher than the others. I think you know this business very well and have a lot of experience. If you are more expensive, you will be more expensive."

Lin Anxin heard: "no wonder people are more expensive, next to the water source. It's better than anything. How much does the other party ask?"

"Twenty thousand taels are not worth two. Take a doctor who knows how to cure animals. There were twenty herdsmen in the past, including two thousand autumn sheep, five hundred cattle and two hundred horses."

Lin Qingsong said, "I'm a colleague of Shucheng, who is in charge of horses. Do you still want to raise sheep?"

"Yes, why not? Let's have some horses." Lin Anxin answered quickly.

"You agree? But it's five thousand taels higher than others. "

Lin Anxin said with a smile: "you naturally have your reason. The doctor must stay and write the deed at that time, which needs to be written in."

"Don't worry, the adult is going to deal with the ranch. It's impossible to go back to Beijing in nine or ten years."

Lin Qingsong is very clear about this matter: "I have asked Mr. Weisheng carefully. He said that he was the son of a wealthy family, and he was also a successful man. At that time, when his aunt was alive, the ranch was coaxed from his father. The man who stayed in the hands was not in the capital, so everything was difficult to prevent."

Lin Anxin said: "in that case, I'll buy it. However, the price still needs to be pressed down. Brother, please come forward to do this."

"I didn't thank you for helping me earn several thousand taels of silver." Lin Qingsong replied with a smile.

Lin Anxin said with a smile: "what my brother doesn't care about is whether Weisheng is a little too kind."

"I started it first, and people didn't know it beforehand. How can I blame them?" Lin Qingsong feels that his sister is too careful. He sighs in his heart that he is scared by the means of the princess Chang.

With the help of Wei Sheng Cheng Wen, the ranch Lin an wanted to buy fell into her hands without any doubt. The other party only dropped 500 Liang in the end, and said that it was because of Wei Sheng Cheng Wen's face.

Lin an takes the silver to Lin Qingsong and asks him to invite Weisheng Chengwen to have a drink on his behalf.

After this, the Yamen also closed the pen to prepare for the new year.

On the 24th of December, Lin Qingsong came back very late. Liu Sanniang asked someone to leave the door. When he came back, Lin Anxin didn't sleep.

It is said that he came to find himself and came out of his study.

I haven't seen it yet. As soon as the curtain is opened, I smell of wine.

Lin Anxin complained: "brother, how can you go out to eat wine again? When my mother knows, she will peel your skin again."

"Silly sister, I'm always happy today." Lin Qingsong was slightly drunk. He reached out and took out a deed of land from his arms. He raised it to her and said with a smile, "this is my second property."

Lin Anxin took it over and saw that it was more than 1000 mu of pasture. She said, "when did my brother buy it? I'm familiar with the place name."

"Next to the original 400 mu, sister, those who can do more work. If you need to do something inside, please do more work. When you go back, I'll give you dozens of dowries."

Lin Qingsong is not polite, and Lin Anxin is naturally happy.

"Brother, did your caravan make a lot of money this year?"

Lin Qingsong nodded and said with a smile, "it's true. We thought about it long before Jun Yang was going to the border."

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, then said: "I guess I'll let him go to the northern frontier. After all, that one is very afraid of the eldest princess's family."

"In addition to the favorable weather in Jiangnan this year and the low price of grain, we put all the surplus money in our hands to sell the surplus grain, and then quietly sell it to those red haired children. In this way, we can not only fight less, but also have a peaceful year."

"But don't you worry about feeding each other?" Lin an thought that the red maozi were strong and strong. They were very fierce when they were young.

"We've thought about this for a long time. We'll do it once or twice. First we'll make a trial, then we'll make a compromise, and we'll open up the border trade." When he said this, he paused, waved and said with a smile, "I tell you what to do with these boring things. You'd better have a good life and earn more money to press the bottom of the box."

He did not mention that he had quietly saved good wood for his sister to make furniture.

"By the way, I forget that there is one more thing. My transfer order has come down. I'm in charge of the library of the Ministry of officials, and I'm in charge of the banknotes and the official documents outside Beijing. Although my position is not impressive, I can understand the trend of the central government in advance. If I have the chance to join the cabinet in the future, what I can gain today will be of great help."Lin Anxin was a little dizzy.

But he only knew that there was no free lunch in the world, so he asked, "brother, how can I think that Weisheng is a weasel who pays new year's greetings to the chicken?"

Lin Qingsong said with a smile: "I think he has a good way of doing things, and he is also valued by the emperor. We are just from ordinary families. I've thought about it. There's nothing worth him wanting."

This words, can't dispel her to Wei Sheng Cheng Wen's guard, in the heart still very vigilant.

Sure enough, her worries are justified.

On the evening of December 25th, after dinner, Lin Anxin is helping Liu Sanniang to read her account book. This year, the restaurant she and Lin Qingye are working together has made good profits.

Lin Qingliu has been helping Lin Qingsong take care of the reed beach. He has three or five Liang silver in January.

"Brother Qingsong, I've got a letter from my hometown. My mother said, let you help me find a mother-in-law."

Lin Qingliu is six months older than Lin Anxin. In the blink of an eye, he is sixteen years old.

Liu Sanniang gave Lin Qingsong a reproachful look and said, "if you don't find a daughter-in-law to come back, my mother will tell you the marriage directly. Look, because of you, I've delayed the marriage of my younger brothers and sisters."

"Niang, Qingliu is a child of Er Bo's family. He can talk to her first. My sister is here, so I have to wait for Jun Yang to come back."

Mention Su junyang, Lin Anxin's heart is always stuffy, these days, she has been very careful, for fear of making the family worried.

"I don't know if the child is used to living in northern part of the Great Wall. It's freezing and cold, and no one cares about it. It's said that when fighting, they are only allowed to eat hard and dry food in the snow. It's a man's life."

Liu Sanniang also thought about it.

"Niang, you don't know that he is a diamond monkey. Other people may live such a hard life. He has a lot of brains. How can he suffer himself? Just put your heart in your stomach."

Lin Qingsong advised her again.

"Auntie, you'd better let brother Qingsong introduce me first. He's not short of money. He's young and has outstanding literary talent. I don't know how many aristocratic girls are attracted to him. I've heard that he always changes jobs. Most of them just can't stand the girls blocking the Yamen's door every day to welcome him."

Lin Anxin stares at Lin Qingliu: "you are not in the capital. How can you know? How can I not know?"

"You go around the house and the embroidery shop all day. How can you know what's going on outside the yamen gate? I saw it when I went back to the Yamen to find brother Qingsong."

Lin Qingsong's words undoubtedly confirmed his popularity.

On one side, Lin Qingye is eating warm tea with a purple clay pot. He is smiling at the three people's stumbling. Zhu Caihua is sitting next to him. He is looking down to talk to Lin Yingxi and Lin Jinzhi.

Hearing the three people talking, Zhu Caihua raised her head and said with a smile, "if you want to say, my aunt was beautiful enough when she was young. Both Qingsong and Anxin looked too much like my aunt."

Liu Sanniang's most proud thing in her life is to have four good children.

"Young master, there is an adult outside looking for you."

I've asked for three days' leave for something at the door. Today's doorkeeper is the garden keeper.

Lin Anxin raised his head and asked him, "does the other party say who it is?"

Shouyuan shook his head and said, "the slave asked shouchi to talk with the adult at the door."

Liu Sanniang frowned and looked out. There was still some light. She turned her head and asked Qiuyue, "when is it now? It's not dark yet. We've had dinner for a while

Qiuyue replied: "I heard the beat of watchman just before. I guess it's more than half of the beat." It's around eight in the evening.

Lin Anxin frowned: "it's dark in winter, and it's cold outside. Brother, why don't you go and see who's coming first? Maybe it's your colleague."

Lin Qingsong nodded. If he could find someone, it would be his colleagues.

In the room, Liu Sanniang continued to nag and want to hold her grandson. Lin Qingliu laughed and thought that it was up to her to find her mother-in-law.

"By the way, brother, my family wrote to me saying that this year's harvest is good, and asked us if we want to add some good land at home?"

Lin Qingliu is more and more steady now. Lin Qingye hears the speech and ponders for a while. He says, "not for the time being. You've been there enough. A few days ago, Qingsong said that he intended to let you come back to Beijing. He also said that his aunt wants to open another restaurant. I can only help her here. Don't you come back to help her?"

Lin Anxin praises that Liu Sanniang is always worried about the betrothal gifts and dowry of her brother and sister. If Lin Qingliu can come back, it will be a good thing.

"It's not easy for me to get there. At the beginning, I messed up a lot of things. Fortunately, brother Qingsong didn't scold me. Instead, he patiently taught me how to do things. Auntie, just rest assured that I will help you support another store."

Liu Sanniang was about to speak, and a voice came from outside. It should be Lin Qingsong who invited the guests in.

She asked Qiuyue and others to remove the tea from the table. Seeing her guests, Lin Qingye called her younger brother and Zhu cauliflower, and took two children to leave.

Two teams of people and horses meet at the second gate. Lin Qingye doesn't know who is coming, so he says goodbye to Lin Qingsong.She had seen this man before, and the adult had been to the Su's house before.

Yes, it's Wei Sheng Cheng Wen.

He followed Lin Qingsong all the way and looked at the small courtyard from time to time.

"You live here with your mother and sister? It's very cold this year, and the imperial court attaches great importance to the northern frontier. Even wood and carbon are in hot demand. My family has enough for the new year. If it's not enough, just let me know. "

Weisheng Chengwen expressed enough sincerity.

Lin Qingsong, on the contrary, had a little bit of defense in his heart. There is no cheap price in the world.