The Buddha is My Next-door Neighbor

  The villagers in the village look very down-to-earth, and after a few days, their lives will become more and more difficult. Now they have some small spare money, which also gives them more opportunities to store some food.

  "Absolutely not, absolutely not! These twenty taels of silver, Miss, you mustn't give them to me, I'm ashamed!"

  Li Village Head retreated repeatedly, declining the silver given by Xie Wenjing.

  "Village head, this isn't just inviting you to eat alone, it's me treating the villagers who helped me in the village to a meal. However, I'm a bit embarrassed, and they still have to cook for themselves."

  Besides, after two months, harvesting beans will still require the help of villagers. The village chief can buy some rice flour buns for me and invite everyone to have a simple meal together!

  Xie Wenjing's sincere attitude made Village Chief Li blush and accept 20 taels of silver.

  After settling Li Jia Ci's affairs, Xie Wen Jing felt a great deal of relief. The group left Li Jia Ci and returned to Hangzhou City.

  "Wenjing, Third Uncle didn't expect you to be so capable! Those villagers all like you very much!"

  Third Uncle felt a bit ashamed, saying that he was also an elder, but after coming out, he wasn't as capable and efficient as Wenjing. How embarrassing!

  "Third Uncle, it's different for you, you can read books and take the imperial examination to become an official, but Wenjing cannot. This place may not be worth much to us in terms of silver, but at least it's a place for us to settle down."

  Third Uncle, Third Aunt, can Wenjing ask you both to keep a secret? Don't tell that old woman about the one hundred mu of land in Li's ancestral hall.

  Xie Wenjing's sincere request.

  "Uh, Third Uncle knows, Wenjing, from now on you can't call her an old woman anymore. You should either call her Grandma or Granny, otherwise it'll become a habit and people will hear you, your reputation will be ruined!"

  Third Uncle also solemnly reminded Xie Wenjing of her improper words.

  Xie Wenjing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Thank you, Third Uncle, I understand. From now on, no matter what, I will call her Grandmother."

  Third Uncle's words were good intentions and necessary, although he hated to tear up that grandmother, but when there was really a chance to tear her up, he had to call her grandmother while tearing her up, which was good, showing that he understood etiquette.

  When they arrived in Hangzhou city and passed by a farm produce store, Xie Wenjing asked San Shu to wait for a moment. Xie Wenjing knew this store called Tangjia Nongpu.

  Tang's farm shop is only a small shop among the shops operated by Tang's family in Hangzhou, located in a slightly remote area, not on the main street of Hangzhou.

  But behind his back, he unknowingly relied on someone, and the crops and seeds were abundant. The quantity was also sufficient, even in the next few years, this small shop would have everything it needed.

  Moreover, this Tang family farm has branches in Yangzhou and Jinling. Not only are there many soybeans here, but also glutinous rice seeds and wheat seeds. Later on, the prince bought corn and sweet potatoes from other countries, which were also sold here.

  As expected, in this shop called Tang's Farm Store, Xie Wenjing bought all the soybean seeds and rice grains she needed at once.

  Rice paddy seeds, Xie Wenjing bought 800 mu at once, because Jiangnan will be severely short of rice seeds in the next few years. The family's 100 mu of paddy fields will store enough seeds for eight years.

  Although Xie Wenjing also knew that after the next season's rice harvest, she could also select seeds, but Xie Wenjing still felt that buying more seeds wouldn't be wrong.

  At this time, the rice sold by the merchant was still relatively cheap, about half a yuan lower than the price of rice on the market.

  The price of rice has risen to 3 cents per catty, previously the lowest was only 1 cent per catty. Even when it rose, the highest was only 2 cents.

  Nowadays, the snow disaster is severe, and rice has risen to three cents a catty. The seeds for planting rice are now two cents a catty.

  Generally, one mu of land needs one jin of rice seeds. 800 jin of rice seeds cost Xie Wenjing 1 liang and 6 fen. Soybean seeds are cheaper than rice seeds, with one jin costing only 1 wen. One mu of land requires 40 jin of soybean seeds. For 100 mu of soybeans, Xie Wenjing spent a total of 4 liang of silver. In total, she spent 5 liang and 6 fen of silver.

  Xie Wenjing was very satisfied, this little silver would make a profit in the future to support her family through the next few years of disaster, and she would no longer have such thoughts about expanding the business.

  The business of his past life was so big, but in the end, his parents were miserable, his younger brother was lazy, and he himself died unexpectedly, still owing Xu Da Ge a debt.

  In this life, being able to live under the loving care of parents and take good care of younger brother, having enough food and clothing is sufficient.

  If it's really going to make the business bigger, then the declining Xie family will inevitably be entangled again, and the Zhao family will not cancel the engagement after all. It's better this way.

  She bought these goods and agreed with the other party to pick them up two days later.

  After returning to the Du family, they temporarily did not tell Du's paternal grandparents about buying a yard and land at Li's ancestral temple at the foot of Fajing Temple Mountain. On the way back, Xie Wenjing agreed with San Shu that after telling her parents, her mother would talk to her paternal grandparents about this matter.

  "Dad, mom, it's all set. The Li family ancestral hall is very close to the Fahua Temple and the environment is very quiet. The villagers of Li family ancestral hall are also very down-to-earth. We will feel at ease staying there."

  Moreover, the seller also sold me his 100 mu of paddy fields for 10 taels of silver per mu. I bought them all. Father, mother, if we don't return to Yangzhou in the future and live here like this, simple and plain, it should be quite easy-going."

  Xie Wenjing carefully told everything that happened today, including the beans and rice seeds she bought, and how much money she spent.

  "Since that's the case, Juan'er, you'd better make it clear to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, don't let them worry. Third brother and his family live here, they will indeed feel uncomfortable."

  Besides, when we came, it was also said that we would go to the Fahua Temple to pray for blessings. Now we live in a village at the foot of Mount Fahua, which is also considered to be maintaining the dignity of the Xie family.

  The stepmother's face, can't be torn for the time being. The second brother is a filial son. If he makes things difficult for his mother, what if he remembers today's difficulties when he grows up?

  Xie Chengyu apologized to his wife, who was delighted to hear the explanation. Living in the Du family home, after all, it was her maternal family, and he still felt sorry for his wife's maternal family.

  It's just that daughters think of everything, and having a place that truly belongs to them in their own home makes them feel more at ease.

  Yanzhou Xie's family is not their own home. As long as there is a stepmother, it will never be. Although the Du family is good, they can't help but feel like a guest under someone else's roof.

  To have a home of one's own, no matter how small or simple it may be, is to have a place where one can rely on with body and mind.

  "It can only be like this, but in these few days, the doctor will come over to give you a check-up every day. When you're better, we'll move over, okay?"

  Azalea was a little reluctant to leave the Du family, but her husband and daughter were right, having a small home of their own should be good.

  That night, when the grandparents found out that their granddaughter had bought a farmhouse in the village below Fahua Temple, they were sad for a while, fortunately Xie Wenjing knew how to comfort them.

  "Grandfather, grandmother, we live below Fahua Temple, with the Buddha as our neighbor. My father's body will definitely recover quickly."

  "My younger brother will definitely read well too, after all, Buddha is also a neighbor of our family, right?"

  Xie Wenjing's words made her grandparents burst out laughing.