sbdcsierra Chapter 158 Liang Jingcheng Buys Land
Chapter 158 Liang Jingcheng Buys Land
Of course, Li Baolin was very happy about Liang Jingcheng's proposal.
Later, at the invitation of Li Baolin, Liang Jingcheng, Ye Changyan, Wu Lang and Lu Tingfeng followed Li Baolin and Zhang Fei to Shanghe Village to look at land.
The land we looked at this time was not far from the land Ye Changyan bought last time. It was close to Shanglin Village and closer to the newly built courtyard of the Ye family than to the Ye family’s farm.
This piece of land has a total of 41 acres, all of which are close to the Dongshui River. Among them, 29 acres are top-quality paddy fields, and the other 12 acres are medium to high-quality dry fields.
The paddy fields are filled with water, and after the spring comes, they can be simply plowed and planted with rice. All the dry fields are planted with wheat, which is green and growing very well.
Ye Changyan looked at the land and nodded to Liang Jingcheng with satisfaction. Liang Jingcheng then started to negotiate the price with Li Baolin.
Since both the buyer and the seller were very sincere this time, Zhang Fei made a rough assessment when he saw that wheat was planted on the dry land. He then quoted a reference market price of around five hundred and fifty taels.
Li Baolin simply offered a price of five hundred taels, and Liang Jingcheng did not bargain with him and readily agreed.
Soon Zhang Fei called Wang Erhu, his brother-in-law and others to help measure the land. They compared it with the deed in Li Baolin's hand and found no discrepancies.
The group still went to Shanglin Village to find the head of the village to act as a middleman. When they arrived at the head of the village's house, Li Zhiping had just returned home from a banquet. He had drunk some wine and his face was still slightly red.
After Li Zhiping heard his brother-in-law quietly tell him the reason for the matter, he readily agreed.
Although Li Zhiping had drunk some wine, he held the pen very steadily and quickly drafted the land purchase document. Both parties checked it and saw that there were no problems. Liang Jingcheng actually asked Lu Tingfeng to take out five ten-liang gold ingots on the spot.
When everyone saw these gold ingots, they were shocked, so they all stepped forward to carefully examine the quality of these gold ingots.
The quality of the gold ingot is naturally excellent, but such a gold ingot can be exchanged for more than 500 taels of silver in a silver shop or a money house. On the market, a gold ingot of this quality can be exchanged for at least 11 taels of silver for one tael of gold.
Li Baolin was certainly aware of this market situation, and if he took gold ingots, it would be much lighter and relatively safer than carrying five hundred taels of silver.
So Li Baolin took the initiative to speak.
"Mr. Liang, I know a little bit about the current market price of gold ingots. How do you think of giving me four gold ingots and fifty taels of silver?"
Liang Jingcheng didn't have any objection, so he asked Lu Tingfeng to put away a gold ingot, and then took out a silver ingot of fifty taels.
Everyone checked the quality of the silver ingot again, and Li Baolin nodded with satisfaction.
Soon, the buyer, seller, witnesses, land surveyor, ghostwriter, etc. all signed the document, and the land transaction was completed quickly.
Taking into account that Liang Jingcheng was not very familiar with everyone present, but would be moving to his own yard in the future, Ye Changyan proposed that after the Lantern Festival, the county government would seal the document and replace it with a red deed, and then his senior brother Liang Jingcheng would treat everyone to a drink.
Everyone agreed with a smile, and Liang Jingcheng took the red envelope that Lu Tingfeng had just prepared on the road and handed it to the people who were helping.
Everyone took the red envelope with a smile, and knowing that Li Baolin had something urgent to attend to, they stopped chatting and watched Li Baolin and Ye Changyan and his party go up to the Ye family farm.
When they arrived at Yejia Village, Mr. Cai wrote a letter of introduction to Li Baolin based on what Li Baolin had said and asked in detail about Li Baolin's boss's name and other information.
Afterwards, Ye Changyan pulled Li Baolin to a corner, mentioned the matter of Fang Xiaotong's brother and sister's father to Li Baolin, and asked him to go to Liangzhou to find out the situation. Li Baolin was a little surprised when he heard about it. No wonder Ye Changyan came to the conclusion that Li Rongxu was deceived.
Li Baolin agreed to Ye Changyan's proposal, and then hurried back with Mr. Cai's handwritten letter. He was going to look for his uncle Li Rongxu, and also call a cousin from his own family. He planned to leave for Liangzhou early tomorrow morning.
After Li Baolin left, Ye Changyan called Fang Xiaotong and Fang Xiaomei, brother and sister, and briefly mentioned to the brother and sister that he had entrusted himself to Li Baolin.
When Fang Xiaotong and his sister heard Ye Changyan's arrangement, they were so grateful that they were about to kowtow to Ye Changyan. Ye Changyan hurriedly supported the brother and sister.
"Now that you and your sister are part of my Ye family, I will naturally keep your affairs in mind."
Although the brother and sister's eyes were red, their originally depressed mood seemed to have improved a lot.
At dinner, everyone held their dumplings and ate with smiles on their faces.
"Sanlang, your lamb and celery stuffing is really well prepared. It doesn't have any smell of mutton, but is full of freshness and fragrance. Give me another bowl."
Everyone laughed when they heard Mr. Cai’s praise.
"Teacher, you shouldn't eat too much tonight. Xiaomei, just give the teacher another half bowl."
While explaining to Mr. Cai, Ye Changyan gave instructions to Fang Xiaomei.
Liang Jingcheng ate silently and voraciously, eating bowl after bowl, and the one he made himself was even more full.
That night, Liang Jingcheng was lying in bed and felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.
"Chang Yan, why do I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach? Is it because the mutton is not cooked well?"
"Don't think I didn't see how much you ate tonight. You heard me advise the teacher not to eat too much, but you still filled a big bowl for yourself."
"You can't blame me, it's because these dumplings are so delicious."
"So you mean to blame me?"
Ye Changyan actually understood Liang Jingcheng a little. It was New Year's Day, and he had been eating vegetarian food with his family for so many days. Today he finally got to eat meat. How could he not eat to his heart's content?
"Then lie down and don't move. I'll rub your belly for you."
Liang Jingcheng nodded with a lazy expression.
Ye Changyan put his hand into the quilt, and then Liang Jingcheng screamed.
"Wow! Why are your hands so cold? Warm them up with the hot water bottle first."
Ye Changyan chuckled a few times, looking like he had succeeded in his evil plan.
"Let's see if you can control your eating habits in the future."
Ye Changyan held the hot water bottle for a while before he reached back into the quilt and began to gently and rhythmically rub Liang Jingcheng's upper abdomen.
"Liang Shijiu, now you are also the landlord of Wanshou County. You must take good care of me in the future!"
Seeing Liang Jingcheng squinting his eyes and looking very enjoyable, Ye Changyan started to joke.
"Okay, okay, if you rub it until I feel comfortable, everything will be fine."
Liang Jingcheng raised his eyelids slightly, with a smile on his face, and also made a joke.
"To be honest, I really have to thank you for what happened today. I am actually very interested in the land that Li Baolin is selling today, but it's been less than a month since the incident at the old house happened. If I buy it now, it might cause gossip."
Ye Changyan sincerely expressed his gratitude to Liang Jingcheng for his actions today.
"Why should we talk about gratitude between brothers? When you are no longer filial and want to travel with me and my teacher, I will transfer these lands to your family in private. This way, it won't be a big deal to outsiders."
Ye Changyan felt very comforted by Liang Jingcheng's words. He was moved. Then he heard Liang Jingcheng shouting at him in a deliberately low voice.
"Hey, hey, hey, where are you rubbing your hands? I'm just full, not bloated..."