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Chen Nianran's eyes lit up when she heard this. To be honest, she wanted to buy desert sand, one reason was to use it to grow plants, and two reason was because she had her eyes on those two desolate mountains. If she could buy all of the mountains, although she wouldn't be able to set up a shop in the town, but she believed that if she could develop this village well, these mountains could become treasures in the future.

"Is that true?" Chen Nianran asked in disbelief.

"900 taels of silver. If the village can make the decision, we can consider buying 500 mu of desert."

In the end, Chen Nianran ordered nine hundred silver.

Although he could no longer purchase more shops, the matter of buying a shop was not something that could be settled in a short period of time. In this way, it was also possible to develop other businesses by eating large amounts of desert sand, as well as barren hills.

Of course, this was a bit too much for Chen Nianran. Moreover, this time, she was going to buy a large amount of the barren mountain. It was likely that she would attract the envy of others.

As expected, when she spat out the deal value of 900 gold, Village Officer and the Village Chief were stunned.

The two of them had never thought that this five hundred mu of desert would be sold. On the way here, the two of them had thought that at most, Chen Nianran's family would only be able to eat one or two hundred acres of sand. Who would have thought that she would really have to eat five hundred acres of sand.

Village Officer was still a little confused. After being stunned for a few moments, he finally looked at Chen Nianran and her family, and said embarrassedly, "Come to think of it, this business is not impossible. However, I still feel that … Isn't it too risky for you to eat so much sand all at once? Although some parts of the desert were wastelands, as long as they were developed well and planted within a few years, they would be able to grow things. However, no matter what, this sort of wasteland development would take several years before it matured.

It would take three to five years just to grow it. The first five years in the desert and wasteland were free of taxes. "However, in five years, this Bo Tian's tax revenue won't be a simple amount."

To be able to make Village Officer say such words, this person had to admit that he had some conscience. He did not want to be complacent after selling off his 10,000 year old land contribution points. On the contrary, he even tried to persuade them to stop. Chen Nianran accepted his favor. She had also taken this man and the Village Head's character into consideration.

"Well, it's a bit risky, but I'll take care of those difficulties when I buy sand. There was a saying that goes: one cannot make money without taking risks. Even though I can see that it was a little risky, I still want to give it a try. If it's possible, we'll sign the transfer procedures and the red deed together in the next few days. "

Village Officer and the village chief once again exchanged a look. In the end, the two of them went out to look for a few village elders that were slightly qualified, and after asking for their opinion, Village Officer came over the next day with a contract.

"Mm, we've discussed it. 900 taels, we'll do as you say." The two barren mountains will be returned to you. "

Chen Nianran accepted the contract, but did not imprint her hand onto it in the first moment.

"After she read through the contract, she casually brought up one point." Also, the river in the middle of the wasteland belongs to me. I remember that there are a few crappy ponds in there.

Village Officer frowned, and finally suggested: "Big sister, ah, it's not that I'm talking about you, but this, the river is in our village, sometimes it's drought, and so on. Everyone in the entire village has to use the water in this river. So rivers are not for sale. However, I can state in the contract that you all have the right to use this river. "

Chen Nianran also knew that it was not realistic to want to name a river as her name. After all, the river flowed from the Red Dai Village to their village. Below, it even flowed to the Reliance Village. How could she eat such a river herself?

Her words changed as she smiled and looked at Village Officer, "Mn, Little Women is being too greedy. However, I would like to make a request. It was this river, which had not changed course for eighty years, that would be changed except in the event of a major natural accident. "Without these regulations, this river would have been passed by me during these 80 years. How about that?"

Even if it was Village Officer himself, he was certain of this rule. Therefore, he nodded on the spot and said that he would go back to discuss this with the village chief and the other members of the village before adding this line to the letter.

After further confirmation, the two sides agreed to sign the contract the next day.

Just as they were talking about this, Lin Junsheng, the first gentleman of the banana village, was also arranged.

Because they moved in from another village, after the villagers discussed it, they used the ancestral hall used for the meeting to house Lin Junsheng and his mother. Of course, around the ancestral hall, there were almost two acres of land. As people who came to the village to hire teachers, this two mu of land was given to Lin Junsheng and his mother.

The house, the people of the village promised, if, after a year of teaching, the children had improved and learned more letters, they would build them a new three-room house near the ancestral hall. He had to admit that it was quite generous of him to invite such a generous person. Because of this, Lin Junsheng did not reject anymore, and straightforwardly took his half-blind mother in, and merged her into the ancestral hall.

The room next door was where the mother and son lived. The place where they met was used as a place for teaching and educating. Children in the village who have reached the age of six can enrol in the school.

Because they had promised to fix the house, and had decided to use the first year as the assessment standard, they discussed with everyone in the village that they wouldn't need to go out and repair the house in the first year.

The next year, if Lin Junsheng's teaching was indeed good, then everyone in the village would build houses for him and two acres of land would belong to him. Of course, in this first year, because they did not have to pay the tuition fees, the whole village, who was studying in the Ancestral Hall, had to provide food for Lin Junsheng and his mother.

With regards to this point, Chen Nianran had nothing to say. She always felt that whether or not there was a teacher coming to this village was something very far away for her.

Only, what was unexpected was that after Lin Junsheng visited the Little Sister twice, he found out that she could also read, and thus made a suggestion to have the Little Sister come to the academy to study as well.

"Ah?" Are you sure? " In this era, there were still many restrictions placed on women. For example, there was an unwritten rule that only women were virtuous.

But today, this rule was taken by Lin Junsheng, the scholar, to ask the Little Sister to study. It had to be said, this matter truly surprised Chen Nianran.

Lin Junsheng nodded honestly, "Yes, you can. Although I am an Elementary Scholar, my thoughts are not pedantic at all. When my father was still alive, he once said that in this world, a girl's family was equal to half a man's family. When my father was still alive, he had also taken in a few female disciples. As long as the villagers do not object, I think we can do it. "

With regards to his words, Chen Nianran had quite a high opinion of him.

Being stared at by her brilliant eyes, Lin Junsheng's face unnaturally turned red. Well, that, for the moment, is my idea. Whether or not the villagers will agree will depend on their opinion. "

After all, he was just a poor scholar living outside. Therefore, he could only suggest this matter. As for its implementation, it would require the village chief and Village Officer's group to carry it out.

After Lin Junsheng left, Chen Nianran began to seriously consider this possibility.

"Sister, I want to go. I want to be a useful girl, a woman like you, sister. "Sis, please let me go. I want to study like a man."

Who would have thought that these words would actually be heard by the Little Sister.

Chen Nianran's mind shook. Looking at the little girl's swollen face and demonic lips in front of him, he realized that she was no longer that naive little girl. After over a year of hard work, the little guy had also matured a lot.

"Well, if you want your own life, I can help. "However, I don't know if it's a success or not."

He would need to find a few more helpers in order to facilitate this matter.

Otherwise, just by entering the academy by himself, Little Sister would be criticized by others.

She didn't want the Little Sister to bear too much of a burden since young, so what she needed to do now was to find a few helpers.

He could also convince a few girls who wanted to enter the school like the Little Sister.

After making up his mind, Chen Nianran thought about his sister-in-law next door. Wasn't there a girl of appropriate age in her family?

There was also the Village Chief, and even Li Zheng, who had one or two women of their age in their homes.

Thinking of this, in order for Little Sister to smoothly enter the academy, Chen Nianran carried a few homemade snacks and headed towards Village Officer's home. She remembered that Village Officer's wife was very beautiful and very polite.

Zhao Cuihua was in the room washing her child's hair. When she heard someone calling her name, she quickly used a handkerchief to dry the child's hair.

"Go play with your uncle first, I want to see who's here."

The child raised his head to wipe away the hot water on his face, squinting as he looked outside, "Mother, it's my beautiful wife coming."