Chapter 376 Save a few 2!

After Qiao Ran returned, the old village chief asked about the money to buy bricks and tiles.

Qiao Ran followed what she told Butler Zheng and reported the total amount of 550 taels.

The old village chief looked at her suspiciously: "It's only 550 taels in total? Ran Yatou, you didn't lie to me, right? Are you sure you want to buy 187 million bricks and 66 tiles, for a total of only 550 taels? How did I hear that in the city? To build a house, it often costs hundreds or hundreds of taels of silver? There are dozens of houses in our village, how can it only cost a few hundred taels?"

Qiao Ran smiled and said calmly: "Grandpa, village chief, why are you lying to me? You still can't believe me? People in the city need to spend money to buy land to build a house, but our village doesn't need to buy it. Land. When Uncle Zheng and I went to see the brick kiln, we happened to hear that a brick kiln workshop was about to close down due to pressure from peers. It had been unable to receive orders for a long time. We came to give their workshop a way to survive, shouldn't they be grateful to us? So the price is half cheaper than other prices. The owner of the workshop also introduced me to a brick kiln owner he knew, and that person also gave us a 30% discount, which saved us hundreds of taels!"

"Is this...really?"

The old village chief still looked at Qiao Ran in disbelief. Although Ran Yatou was indeed luckier than ordinary people, it was such a coincidence that she happened to hear that a brick kiln workshop was going to close down, and the owner of that workshop happened to be still alive. I know an acquaintance who owns a tile kiln, and I can get a 70% discount on tiles?

However, when his eyes met Qiao Ran's magnanimous eyes, he had to believe it.

Alas, it must be the blessing of the old gods! This must be the blessing given to Ran Yatou by the old god. When she talks about business, she can encounter such good things and save the villagers nearly half of their money.

"Girl Ran, grandpa really doesn't know how to thank you! You are really the great blessing and benefactor of our village! At this time, you have saved us half of the money for bricks and tiles, which is hundreds of taels!" Oh, you child, you are so lucky! Our whole village has benefited from you."

The old village chief said with emotion.

Qiao Ran secretly felt relieved, this level was over!

Lying is not that easy! Even if it's a white lie.

Fortunately, she has the protection of the old god. Any things that are difficult to explain can be blamed on the old god, hehe!

When Cao Dashan heard that Qiao Ran had bought all the bricks and tiles, and the price was almost half, he looked at Qiao Ran with admiration and envy.

Is this girl really so lucky that she happened to meet a brick kiln workshop that was about to close down, and they were willing to give her half the price? This is incredible.

The people in the village were very happy when they heard the good news!

Originally, they had budgeted to use fire bricks, but even cheap fire bricks are not that cheap.

After saving hundreds of taels at once, each of their families can save a lot of money. This is really a happy event!

There was no need for the old village chief to warn them again and again. They would never forget the benefits that Qiao Ran had brought them time and time again. They could no longer express their gratitude to Qiao Ran in words. They could only remember it in their hearts for the rest of their lives and warn them. Their descendants must not forget the kindness shown to them by Qiao Ran and the Qiao family.

As the days pass by and spring sowing is about to begin, the people of Qingshui Village begin busy and fulfilling preparations for spring plowing.

The wasteland planned as farmland has been reclaimed and divided into paddy fields according to the topography, and the ridges have been built up.

Then, everyone started digging the canal according to the plan drawn by Qiao Ran.

The canal was dug from the mountain stream to the pond and wetland, and then a circle of canals was dug around the pond.

Moreover, the height of the canal should be slightly higher than the farmland, so that the water in the canal can be put into the field for irrigation.

Compared with cultivating such a large piece of wasteland, it is much easier to dig such a small canal. The whole village, men, women, old and young, worked together to dig a three-foot-wide and two-foot-deep canal in a few days.

All the canals were dug, and finally the stream was directed into the canals and flowed to the farmland.

Seeing the reclaimed wasteland turned into farmland, everyone had a look of great relief on their faces.

It's really not in vain that they have worked hard together early in the morning and back late in the past to be able to plow such a large piece of wasteland covered with tree roots and weeds and scattered with many large and small stones before the spring planting, and tidy it up so cleanly. It is clean and has not delayed sowing this spring at all.

As long as God doesn't cause trouble, they will definitely be able to build their own new home on this new land this year, and rely on their own efforts to grow enough food to fill their stomachs. They will no longer have to suffer from hunger, and they will no longer have to leave their homes thousands of miles away. Fleeing a long way from famine.

The paddy fields have been divided into pieces, and now it is time to distribute these fields to each household.

At night, in the open space in front of the tent area, everyone lit several bonfires and held a meeting.

As for the division of fields, according to the government's method, it is distributed according to the population of Ding, that is, only men who become Ding are eligible to be allocated fields.

However, for those families with only widows and young children, they would not be able to get a piece of land.

Therefore, for the people of Qingshui Village, this distribution method is definitely unreasonable.

Since entering the valley to open up wasteland, almost everyone in the village, regardless of gender, old or young, as long as they are not old people without the ability to work or children who are too young, has been helping.

The widows with their children and a few lonely elderly people in the village also worked very hard to help every day, so they had to be given fields.

Finally, after repeated discussions by the whole village, a vote was taken to divide the fields according to population.

There are more than 60 households and a population of more than 500 in the village, but there are only more than 300 acres of reclaimed wasteland.

Therefore, the final voting method is that, regardless of gender, each person above 15 years old has one acre of land, and each person under 15 years old has half an acre of land.

For example, in the Qiao family, there are 7 grandchildren over the age of 15, including Mrs. Qiao, Chen Huiniang, Qiao Erhe, Li Cuihua, Qiao Sanhu, Lin Guizhen, and Qiao Sihai, and 15 grandchildren under the age of 8, namely Qiao Ran and Qiao Dong. Therefore, the paddy field that can be allocated is 11 acres.

Because Qiao Dajiang had been missing for many years, and a boatman who was traveling with him even recovered one of his clothes, everyone thought that he was in danger. Qingzhou had already eliminated his household registration, and when he arrived in the capital, It was impossible to re-register his household registration, and it was even impossible to keep his household registration, so everyone in the village thought he was no longer there.

And Li Cuihua is Qiao Erhe's daughter-in-law. Although she was separated during the escape, she was neither alive nor dead. Maybe she followed other fleeing teams to the capital or settled in a city along the way. Maybe she can be found in the future. What about coming back? Therefore, it is not easy to cancel her household registration, but let her keep her household registration.