Ji Jiu woke up early, before dawn. She hurriedly fed the chickens. Inspect the herb plot Heat breakfast and eat. Then I washed the clothes and left them to dry. Luckily, the rain that had fallen last evening had stopped before dawn. She took the herbs out to dry. Then he closed the house and went to wait for the mother and son at the entrance to the village.
She walked over and thought that if these two people were to stay with her, she would have to notify the village headman first as per the rules. Until she got to the entrance of Ji Jiu Village, she still didn't see the mother and son coming. She found a place to sit and wait under a tree.
Ji Jiu sat and thought that in less than a week, the seed-sowing period would be over. The villagers were probably free. Ji Jiu wasn't sure if there would be anyone interested in selling fried chestnuts. She only knew how to eat it by burning and frying with salt. Otherwise, she didn't know. I'd only heard of someone making chestnut cakes, but she didn't have kitchen skills so she couldn't tell the villagers. Wait until it's time. She would then consult with the elder uncle.
Ji Jiu sat and waited for almost half an hour. I saw a mother and son walking from a distance with very little luggage. She hurriedly stood up and waved her hand in fear that they would not see her.
"Salutations to Miss." The two mothers hurriedly saluted her.
"Oh, Auntie, Sister Yu, you don't have to be so polite to me. You just think of me as your granddaughter. I don't like any of these ceremonies at all."
Ji Jiu talked and complained. Making the mother and daughter smile at their boss's cuteness.
"I understand you, Miss. But whatever should be done must be done. Otherwise, people will criticize us." Aunt Qiao explained the rules to Ji Jiu.
"Then do it in front of others. But if there's no one, just act normal. So that I don't feel uncomfortable, I'll take the two of you to see the village chief first."
Ji Jiu briefly told the couple about the village as he walked the two of them to the village headman's house.
"Uncle Elder. I will tickle you."
"Oh, Ji Jiu, what kind of wind is blowing there? I'll open the door for you," Aunt He said cheerfully.
When she opened the door, she saw that Ji Jiu had brought a stranger with her. But she didn't ask anything. Just tell Ji Jiu to go into the house first and then go call her husband.
"Respect your elders. I brought Aunt Qiao and her daughter to report to you. She and the children will come to cook and take care of the house for me, Uncle."
Ji Jiu hurriedly told her purpose.
"Hmm, are you sure Ji Jiu will let the two of you stay? There's only one room in your house, right? So how will we live together?" The elder uncle told the problem exactly to the point.
"I'm sure, Uncle. I'd like to buy some land there and build a house before winter. Previously, I had found some herbs on the mountain and sold them to a drugstore, so I had some money. Plus, I had helped Aunt Qiao and her child before. So these two wanted to come and take care of me, who was orphaned by you." Ji Jiu hurriedly clarified his statement.
"Oh, then I will register the two of you to stay at your house. And how many lots of land will you buy there? Uncle will be able to handle the matter for you."
"Uncle, can you bring me the diagram? I'll try it out first."
"Okay, you wait for me for a moment." Elder He hurried into the room and brought out the village map.
The village headman spread out a map on the table and explained the area to Ji Jiu. It turned out that the land she was on now had no owner. It was just that everyone in the village felt sorry for her and built a place for her. Ji Jiu wanted to repay everyone in the village, so he consulted with the village headman to see if there was any land where he could share money with the villagers. She will buy it too.
The village headman was shocked. He didn't know how much money Ji Jiu had. But the land that can be distributed among the villagers must be the original ancestral land of the village, including the land that Ji Jiu now has at the foot of the mountain. But since she asked, he also told the truth.
Ji Jiu who knew that the land he was in now was counted as ancestral land up to the foot of the mountain. So she asked to buy everything from the land next to Aunt Zhang's house all the way to the foot of the mountain. Plus, the stream there was the entire length of her land. But the land here was not land for farming, so people didn't like to buy it. This has made it unsellable since ancient times until it became the common land of the village.