Chapter 153 Returning Home

That night, the lights in Lu's ancestral hall remained on.

The monks and Taoists who were chanting sutras each took their own side, and the commotion finally subsided in the middle of the night.

Lu Sheige was cautious and fell down on a thick pile of straw, wrapped in a quilt and slept soundly.

Only Lu Quan touched the tablet in his arms and sat in a corner with his knees in his arms.

Lu Quan seemed to have smashed the tablet in his arms. Since Xiang Ge was still alive, the tablet could not be enshrined in the ancestral hall.

But he also knew that it was somewhat inconvenient to be here, and if someone saw him, he might even bring trouble to Xiao Si.

It's better to be patient and wait until we get back.

Although Xiaosi was wrapped in quilts, Lu was wearing a new cotton coat made by Qiu, and being so close to his brother Lu Yuanshan, he felt as hot as fire in his heart and did not feel cold at all.

He just sat in the small room of Lu's ancestral hall, guarding Xiaosi, and chatted in his mind with his brother Lu Yuanshan all night.

Early the next morning, Lu Quan led Xiaosi and followed Lu Yuanping to Dongyang County.

After spending two taels of silver, they quickly exchanged the land deed for Dayun Mountain. Regardless of Lu Yuanping's plea to stay, the father and son hurried back.

I haven't returned home all night, so I don't know how anxious Qiu was.

Fortunately, the father and son had told Mr. Qiu before they left that it was a long way to go to Dongyang County. If they were delayed and would not come back at night, they would rush back early in the morning.

Because he had warned her in advance, even if Mrs. Qiu was impatient and wanted to rush back in the morning, she would not be too worried.

The father and son passed through a wilderness, and the Lu family's boat was tied alone by the river.

Lu Quan waited for Lu Sheige to jump on the boat. He untied the rope and got on the boat. The bamboo pole lifted the boat away from the shore.

"This is the remaining two hundred and fifty taels of silver."

Lu Quan put the remaining two hundred and fifty taels in a money bag and handed it to Lu Sheige: "I spent two hundred taels to buy the mountain top, and I gave you fifty taels to Uncle Yuan Ping and asked him to drink the mountain top into the horse pond.

Circle them together and build a big yard. Anyway, there are a lot of rocks on the mountain, so when the time comes, we can just use the stones to build the yard."

Just build a yard, no house or house, no need to throw adobe, no need to buy black bricks, just use large and small stones from the mountain, ten taels are enough.

Lu Quan gave fifty taels and had no intention of taking it back. The clan leader is looking for someone to do things for you. You can't let them work in vain. There are other clan elders whose clan leaders pressured them to agree to sell Dayun Mountain to him for two hundred taels.

Yes, the clan leader will have to buy some snacks, tobacco leaves, etc. for these clan elders later, which also costs money.

At that time, Lu Quan said that he wanted to buy the mountain, and a clan elder asked for five hundred taels. Although the lion asked loudly, the other clan elders looked at each other, but no one said a word. When it is easy to take advantage of, who can dislike the lack of money? Of course it is

The more the merrier.

Without Lu Yuanping, two hundred taels would definitely not be able to buy this mountain.

There were two other clan elders. Seeing that Lu Quan only offered two hundred taels, they said they wanted to sell Xiaoyun Mountain to Lu Quan.

Compared with Xiaoyun Mountain and Dayun Mountain, it is more than half smaller.

For the same amount of money, everyone knows to choose a big one. Even if it is a barren mountain, it is more cost-effective to buy a big one than a small one.

Lu Quan guessed the reason why Xiaosi didn't want to buy Xiaoyunshan. He probably disliked Xiaoyunshan being too close to the Lu family's ancestral hall.

The location of the ancestral hall is the manor of the Lu family.

If I really want to build a house on this mountain in the future, and let my children see their original manor become an ancestral hall every day, they will feel a little bit upset.

It is better to be a little further away, Dayun Mountain is better. Even if it is not far from Lu's ancestral hall, it is not a place that can be seen at a glance.

Lu Quan had not yet refuted the clan elder's proposal, but Lu Yuanping was the first to refuse.

The reason is similar to the reason Lu Yuanshan bought Xiaoyun Mountain in the first place. The Lu Family Ancestral Hall is at the foot of Xiaoyun Mountain. Lu Quan will build a house on the mountain in the future, and Lu Quan's family cannot be allowed to live above the Lu Family Ancestral Hall.

Come on.

As soon as Lu Yuanping said this, several clan elders immediately fell silent.

Lu Quan had to bear this favor. Since he wanted Lu Yuanping to help build the yard, he simply gave him the silver and the rest would naturally be considered as reward.

Lu Sheige took the money bag and asked, "Dad, is fifty taels enough to build a yard?"

"It's enough, why is it not enough? You, Uncle Zhang, and the others built more than a dozen houses, but they didn't even spend twenty taels of silver."

The adobe and labor are all their own, and they cannot be counted as money. The most expensive thing is to buy roof beams. Their wasteland is full of miscellaneous trees, and there are no healthy trees, so they cannot make roof beams.

The windbreaks in Happy Ridge are all thick metasequoia trees, but they are under the control of the government, and they don't dare to cut down a single tree.

Lu Quan was rocking the boat while settling accounts with Lu Sheige, "There is it on Shitou Mountain. It only takes a little effort. It's winter now, it's cold, and there's no work outside. A person can hire one for thirty cents a day."

Very good strong laborers, and they don’t even have to take care of themselves. Quarrying, transporting, and building walls are all simple tasks.

Shan, everyone can do it. I have calculated that if the yard you want is not quite big, five taels would be enough for labor. Now that the yard is big, it will only be seven or eight taels until it is full. You didn't see me saying that I would use 20 taels to build it.

There is a stone yard and no houses will be built for the time being. The clan elders looked at me as if they were looking at a fool."

In the countryside, if you don't have a large house built with blue bricks and black tiles, you will have to build several mud houses.

Lu Quan is not a fool. He bought a deserted hilltop for two hundred taels and built a stone yard for twenty taels.

"Uncle Yuan Ping was very helpful in buying Shantou this time. I estimated at the time that it would cost at least three hundred taels, but I didn't expect that I could get it with just two hundred taels."

Because of this purchase of Shantou, the relationship between Lu Quan and Lu Yuanping has become much closer. When talking to Lu Sheige, he always talks about you, Uncle Yuanping.

"Anyway, these fifty taels are given to you, Uncle Yuan Ping. He only needs to use twenty taels to build a yard for me, and the extra will be given to the clan elders to stop their mouths. As for the remaining thirty taels,

, that is a thank you gift for your Uncle Yuan Ping. He is the clan leader. We really want to move here in the future.

Dongyang County, we must be on good terms with him. Even if we don't move here, the mountain is here and the yard is here. He has to look after us from time to time. Don't watch the yard being built. If no one comes to live in it,

Sooner or later, the courtyard wall will be torn down and the stones will be taken home."

"Besides, if I use the money to build his yard, he will also build our yard. We can't fool him, right? Dad has taken all these aspects into consideration. We are not familiar with the people in the clan, so it's so arrogant.

If you come here to settle down, even the clan members will be somewhat xenophobic..."

"Dad." Lu Shege interrupted Lu Quan's nagging, "We are not coming to Dongyang County to settle down."

"It's not that I can't bear to part with these fifty taels, it's just...what..." Lu Quan was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to think about it, "What did you say? Won't you come to Anjia?"

If you don't come here to settle down, why don't you buy a hilltop and build a yard?

Too much money to burn?
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