The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man - Chapter 759 - Chapter 759: Chapter 759: The Biggest Local Landlord in the Village 4

Chapter 759: Chapter 759: The Biggest Local Landlord in the Village 4

Originally, she wanted to give Second Brother some silver taels to buy goods for Third Brother, but Third Brother refused, saying he could earn money on his own.

Third Brother planned to do part-time work in town and save some money before buying goods himself.

Su Qingyue understood that he didn’t want to spend the money she earned and wanted to maintain his pride, so she let him be.

Xiao Yuchuan said, “Wife, I heard some news today while working in town. Wealthy Wong, the local landlord from Wang Family Village next door, has a son named Wong Chaofu who offended some powerful people and was arrested while doing business away from home. Now Wealthy Wong is selling his fields to raise money and pull strings to save his son. The Wong family has over 100 acres of paddy fields, and they’re willing to sell most of them.”

Su Qingyue thought the paddy fields in Wang Family Village were far away from their village and said, “Wang Family Village is not far from our village, but the paddy fields are in the neighboring village, so it wouldn’t be very convenient if we buy them.”

“Wife, what you don’t know is that Wealthy Wong was originally from our Wushan Village, and then moved to the neighboring village. Most of his paddy fields are in Wushan Village, either rented out to locals or cultivated by hired farmers. Although he doesn’t live in Wushan Village, he is still the wealthiest person in Wushan Village. Now he wants to sell more than 100 acres of his paddy fields.”

“I see…” Su Qingyue pondered, “This might be a good opportunity. What are the locations of his paddy fields like? Are they fertile?”

“Most of the locations are fine, some are not as good, but still acceptable.”

Su Qingyue nodded and asked Xiao Yishan, “Second Brother, what do you think?”

He thought about it and replied, “Farmers regard fields as their lifeline, sometimes even with money, people may not be willing to sell their fields. This might indeed be a good opportunity to buy land.”

Su Qingyue then asked Xiao Qinghe, “What do you think, Fourth Brother?”

Xiao Qinghe, who rarely expressed his opinions at home, was touched that his wife sought his advice first, “You can make the decision.”

Not knowing when Fourth Brother would get over his self-pity, Su Qingyue only said, “Tomorrow we can talk to Wealthy Wong about the price and buy all his paddy fields. Since he has more than 100 acres, let’s buy them all. Second Brother and Third Brother, go to Wealthy Wong’s house tomorrow and negotiate a price. If they have any vegetable fields for sale in Wushan Village, buy them as long as you think it’s fine. There’s no need to ask me, just make the decision directly.”

The next day, Xiao Yuchuan and Xiao Yishan went to the Wang Family Village.

They came back having bought eighty-four acres of paddy fields and six acres of vegetable fields, all of which were located in Wushan Village.

Although Wealthy Wong sold more than 100 acres of paddy fields in total, the other 20-plus acres had already been bought by other people first.

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The paddy fields cost fifteen silver taels per acre, while the vegetable fields cost thirteen silver taels per acre.

Many people wanted to buy land recently, so even though Wealthy Wong was desperate to sell, he didn’t lower the price. He had originally intended to keep the fields and sell his shops in town first.

But when he couldn’t negotiate a price for the shops, he decided to sell whichever he could first, whether fields or shops.

People in the nearby villages said that Wealthy Wong’s family had brought an unlucky son to ruin their fortunes.

Wealthy Wong himself said that if he didn’t have just one son and couldn’t bear to end the ancestral line, he wouldn’t spend so much family money to save his son.