eurekapd Chapter 145 Such a good land is abandoned
Chapter 145 Such a good land is abandoned
"What a coincidence, Master and Madam, Miss, please look, this farm is the largest, about thirty miles outside the city. It was originally the property of a wealthy businessman, just like this house, but later everything was sold out..."
Qian Da held a thin booklet in his hand and pointed it at Xu Qinghe, then picked up three other books on the table and said:
"These three farms also belong to his family. They were sold together at the beginning. However, these three places are slightly smaller, but they are not far apart..."
There was also a simple topographic map drawn on the book. Xu Qinghe only took a casual look and understood the current location of the farm. However, the area seemed too large, didn’t it?
He didn't know how much money his daughter had left, so he was a little worried that she wouldn't be able to buy such a big farm. If it wasn't enough, they could buy a smaller farm first, or just buy some land, and then find someone to build a farm themselves.
Yuxiu did not tell him how much silver and money she had. Anyway, Cui knew about the things in the space, so Cui did not worry about whether the silver and money were enough. She only cared about whether the geographical location and water source were suitable.
"You can't tell anything from this. If time is convenient for you, I can take you there to have a look today."
Qian Da saw that the others were looking carefully and understood that they really wanted to buy the farm, and it was very likely that they would buy more than one, so he became more and more delighted.
Cui didn't want to go out with her big belly, so she decided to stay at home. She gave Lin Er's blind mother another acupuncture treatment and also kept an eye on the servants in the house so that they could make adjustments to any parts they were not satisfied with.
Just then Qian Da also drove a carriage over. Xu Qinghe and Zhang Dazhui got on his carriage. Yuxiu took Qingdai out with her and called Yu Erniu to drive the carriage.
There was no time to waste, so the group quickly left the city gate and walked for about an hour before the carriage finally stopped.
Yuxiu got off the carriage and found that this place was very flat, with tracts of fertile fields everywhere. However, there were no crops in the fields at this time, and most of them were empty. Some of them planted some vegetables, but they were all sparse and did not look well maintained.
"What a pity that such good land has been abandoned..."
Xu Qinghe felt a little distressed. There were more than ten people in the old Xu family, big and small, but they only had four acres of medium-sized farmland. The rest were wastelands that they had reclaimed with great diligence, and they could not grow much food at all.
"This is also because after the farm was sold, the previous tenants were scared and ran away, leaving only two families with nowhere to go. Maybe because they didn't know what kind of person the new owner was, they didn't dare to grow more food, otherwise..."
Seeing that Yuxiu and her daughter were both frowning, Qian Da was afraid that he could not make this deal, so he quickly told them everything he knew.
If the new owner doesn't want to use those tenants and drives them away, then the crops they have worked so hard to grow will be wasted. It will be a huge loss, after all, seeds are quite expensive, aren't they?
Yuxiu and Xu Qinghe nodded their heads to show their understanding. They followed Qian Da all the way to the farm and saw that although it was called a farm, there were only a few rows of low wooden houses built on a high ground beside the fields. There were probably about a dozen houses.
"I wonder what you guys are doing here?"
Just as Yuxiu and others were approaching, an old man with a hunched back walked quickly from the field in the distance. He quickly glanced at them with his cloudy eyes and asked Qian Da, who was in the lead.
"You are Bao Laogen who stayed behind to look after the manor, right?"
Qian Da took a look at him and knew what was going on. He took out a piece of contract from his pocket and waved it in front of him. He didn't care whether he could see it or not, and just said:
"Your previous boss sold the farm to our pawnshop. This time I brought the new boss here to look at the place."
Bao Laogen was naturally aware of the fact that Zhuangzi had been sold, but when he heard that there was a new owner this time, his eyes lit up immediately, and he soon saw Xu Qinghe in the crowd, and hurriedly nodded and bowed to him, smiling and greeting him:
"Hello, new boss. I kowtow to you..."
As he was about to kneel down and kowtow, Xu Qinghe was startled and quickly walked over and reached out to help the man up.
"Don't be so polite. Not to mention that I am not your boss yet. Even if I really bought this place, you just need to work hard. There is no need to kneel down and kowtow..."
Xu Qinghe knew that being a tenant was not easy, and he did not think of taking advantage of these people.
With so many people coming here and talking, they quickly attracted other people over. There were about ten people in total, young and old, and there were only two young and middle-aged people among them.
It seems that these people did not choose to leave after the manor was sold, because they really had no other choice.
Knowing that Xu Qinghe and the others were here to see the manor, these people's faces looked much better and they carefully led the way. As long as Xu Qinghe and the others looked in a certain direction, the old man named Bao Laogen would explain it in detail without saying anything.
Yuxiu could tell from the expressions on these people's faces that they wanted to leave a good impression on their new employer and strive to continue staying on the farm.
After walking around here, I found that the land area here is quite large and the terrain is very flat. In addition, there is a winding river next to it, which makes daily irrigation very convenient.
Xu Qinghe was quite satisfied with this, but he didn't know what was going on. He was obviously the head of the family, but he felt from the bottom of his heart that he should listen to his daughter's opinion.
Seeing her father secretly looking at her, Yuxiu understood what he meant and couldn't help laughing. She quickly gave him a calm look and said to Qian Da:
"This place looks good, but it doesn't look like a farm. It's just a piece of fertile farmland at best. Let's go check out some other places first."
Although Yuxiu said this, she had actually made up her mind to buy this place.
"My daughter is right. Money matters. Please take us somewhere else."
Hearing Yuxiu say this, Xu Qinghe also cooperated very well and said that even if this place was good, he should still look at a few more places. Normally, when buying a new bamboo basket, he would have to compare prices from three stores, let alone such a big thing as buying a farmhouse. Of course, he would have to compare them carefully first.
"Okay, we've seen enough of this place. I'll take you to two other places."
Qian agreed with a big smile. He was doing business in the capital with sincerity and was not afraid of clients coming to see him. So he took his people without hesitation and went to several other farms without stopping.