Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 173: Money is more important than life
The Hu family is indeed Jiang Tian’s blood relative!
When the family first heard the origin of this piece of land in Nanqiao Village, they felt a little uncomfortable.
When the Hu family heard Jiang Tian say that they could buy such a large piece of land for only three to five hundred yuan, they immediately forgot their fear.
This is really about money and not life~
The Hu family are all action-oriented people. When they heard that there was a piece of land that could be rented out for a bargain, the whole family was afraid of the consequences, so they drove a tractor to check out the land that evening.
"Wait!" Just before setting off, Grandma Hu stopped Hu Jianjun who was about to start the tractor.
Then, I went back to the house and got a few sickles and some large woven bags.
"If we go there like this, if we are seen by people from Nanqiao Village and they find out that we want to buy land, I'm afraid the village cadres will try to control us."
"Didn't Tiantian say that there was a lot of mugwort growing on that piece of land?"
"When we get there, we'll cut some mugwort, dry it, and use it to smoke mosquitoes in the summer."
Everyone was stunned.
Isn’t this old lady too smart?
So the whole family got on the tractor, and when they met acquaintances on the road, they told them that they were going to cut some mugwort.
This caused everyone around to secretly murmur: It’s not even the Dragon Boat Festival yet, why are they in such a hurry to cut mugwort?
When they arrived at the place, Hu Jianguo jumped off the tractor, ran to the highest point, looked around, and became happier and happier.
"Mom, this is a blessed land. If we build a factory here, we will surely be able to prosper and become rich!"
Don’t be fooled by Hu Jianguo’s simple appearance. He actually learned the craft of building houses from a master craftsman.
In the early years, the masters who could build houses would all know something about Feng Shui. There is even an unwritten rule in rural areas now that if a family invites a famous master to build a house, they must eat and drink well and not neglect the master.
Otherwise, if you accidentally annoy someone and they secretly tamper with the feng shui of your new house, you will be in big trouble, which may not even be solved by demolishing the house.
In Uncle Hu's opinion, this piece of land is not suitable for building houses for living , but it is particularly suitable for building factories and doing business.
This place is accessible in all directions. There is a road on the left and a river on the right, so both land and water transportation are smooth.
Water represents wealth, and those who see water will get rich.
It is close to the road and it is a bit noisy to live here, but it is just right for building a factory as it makes it convenient for cars to go in and out to transport goods.
The most important thing is that this piece of land is really big!
From left to right, this piece of wasteland is at least four or five acres. Is the village really willing to sell it to them at a low price?
"If they don't sell it to us, is there any other family in the village who would dare to take it?" Second aunt Chen Xiaohong pursed her lips and smiled.
Why should we be afraid of ghosts? Sometimes, when people become bad, they are scarier than ghosts.
Besides, to be frank, this girl and her family of three couldn't beat a heartless man, and they were almost killed by him. They were so confused when they were human beings, so could they suddenly become smart after becoming a ghost?
My aunt Jiang Xiuxiu nodded. When she was a girl in her parents' home, she was indeed a little afraid of ghosts.
But since marrying into the Hu family, Jiang Xiuxiu is not afraid of anything.
She is not exaggerating. No matter how powerful a ghost is, it will be fooled in the hands of her mother-in-law. What is there to be afraid of?
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The villagers soon noticed this group of strangers coming to the riverside.
Some curious villagers came over and asked them what they were doing.
Jiang Tian lied without changing his expression——
"Aunt, isn't the Dragon Boat Festival coming soon? My family runs a workshop that sells rice dumplings. We need to make a batch of rice dumpling gift boxes for the Dragon Boat Festival. I thought, this bare box doesn't look good, right? So I thought of cutting some mugwort, drying it, and making some sachets to hang on the gift boxes."
When the aunt who was watching the fun heard the word "zongzi", she immediately became excited.
"Hey, is that the big meat dumpling of Grandma Hu in your house?"
"Yes, auntie, have you also eaten the big meat dumplings in my house?"
"How come I haven't eaten it? Emma, the rice dumplings in your family are so delicious. There is such a big piece of meat in it, and the rice dumpling is also big. I am full after eating one." This aunt is still a chatterbox. It seems that she is a die-hard fan of their rice dumplings. She flatters Jiang Tian as soon as she sees him.
After that, she asked who was Grandma Hu. When she heard that Grandma Hu had come to cut mugwort in person, the aunt's eyes lit up, just like a fan seeing her idol. She rolled up her sleeves and went to help Grandma Hu.
Grandma Hu was indeed a senior expert in the Strategic Deception Bureau who "could even fool ghosts" in the eyes of her eldest daughter-in-law. After a short while, she got the whole family situation of several village cadres in Nanqiao Village from this aunt.
Just like office workers like to gossip about their leaders behind their backs, villagers who have nothing to do like to do most is gossip about village cadres.
The auntie was so excited that she wanted to dig out all the gossip about the village chief's ancestors for eighteen generations.
The chief of Nanqiao Village is a good man, but good people don’t often get good rewards.
The village chief's wife was a kind-hearted person, but when she was trying to stop a fight, she was hacked by a drunk man in the village who was beating his wife. She became disabled. She was once a hardworking wife, but now she can no longer work in the fields and can only sit at home and weave baskets.
The village chief's son was not recommended to go to college, and later joined the army. I heard that he became disabled during a training session, and was not assigned a job after retiring. Now he is at home weaving baskets with his mother.
Because of his disability, it is difficult to get married, and the village chief's son is still a bachelor.
The village chief has to support two disabled people by himself and take care of all the big and small matters in the village. If you tell others about this, who wouldn't say he is pitiful?
But while they feel pity for each other, the villagers also admire their village chief.
No matter how hard or difficult the life was, the village chief never divorced his disabled wife, nor did he bully others by taking advantage of his position as the village chief to find a wife for his son.
Thanks to the "information" provided by this aunt, on the way back, Jiang Tian discussed with Grandma Hu that if they wanted to acquire this piece of land, they might not be able to resort to the trick of treating guests and giving gifts as they had planned before.
"This village chief is a good person. Good people like to follow the right path. Grandma, how about we talk to the village chief in a different way?"
Grandma Hu looked at the cart full of mugwort, looked at her granddaughter thoughtfully, and suddenly asked:
"You said you wanted to make a Dragon Boat Festival rice dumpling gift box. Let me guess, you want to buy a bamboo basket from the village chief?"
Jiang Tian immediately looked at Grandma Hu with admiration.
"Grandma, you are amazing! How did you guess that I wanted to order a bamboo basket from the village chief's wife?"
Grandma Hu smiled and said nothing.
My granddaughter has never been married, so she doesn’t know that men are different.
Some irresponsible and conscienceless men, when their wives become disabled, will either divorce them to get rid of this burden, or just let them lie in bed and wait to die.
In comparison, the village chief of Nanqiao Village is a real man with a conscience.
If it wasn't for the purpose of letting his wife live with dignity, why would he bother to let her weave baskets at home?
