flstandardbreds Chapter 108 Buying Land and Building a Farm
Chapter 108 Buying Land and Building a Farm
When we were in the border town, the Su family had their own farm, so they grew a lot of vegetables there.
The Su family also has many vegetables, fruits and melons that are not available on the market, but now that they have come to Qiongzhou Island, the family only buys the same few items when they go out to buy vegetables.
Su Weixi and his friends also began to miss vegetables like tomatoes and green peppers.
There is one in the space, but it is difficult to pick up.
Only then did Su Ma remember that the family should buy a farm and grow their own vegetables.
He asked the housekeeper to find a broker to inquire if there was a suitable manor.
"Madam, what do you think of this manor? It is the last one." asked the broker.
Su Ma shook her head.
We have visited three or four farms today, but none of them satisfied Su Ma.
Either it's too small or it's too far away.
When the broker saw this, he became anxious. It was obvious that this lady was not short of money. If he couldn't make the deal today, he wouldn't have any orders this month.
"Ma'am, could you please tell me more about your request?"
"This farm is not bad, but it's too small. I want a bigger one."
The broker was overjoyed when he heard this.
"Madam, you are not from here, so you may not know this. Actually, this manor can be made bigger."
"Oh?" Su Ma and Su Weixi looked at the broker in confusion.
The broker then gave a brief account of the situation on Qiongzhou Island.
Qiongzhou Island is mainly divided into five states: Yazhou, Danzhou, Zhenzhou, Wan'anzhou and Qiongzhou, and the place where the Su family is currently located is Qiongzhou.
The farms near Qiongzhou City were mainly built by the families of officials or wealthy families. The wealthy families were basically native locals, so the farms were generally not easily sold to outsiders.
Most of the houses sold outside were built by the officials’ families themselves, and since they rarely stayed there for long, the houses were not very big.
However, there are few people in Qiongzhou, and many villages are far apart from each other, so the mountains near each village are ownerless.
If the Su family feels that the current farm is too small, they can buy the farm and the mountains nearby and expand the farm themselves.
After hearing what the brothel said, Su Ma immediately thought it was a good idea.
Before, she thought that all the nearby mountains were owned by someone, just like when she was in the border town. The Su family's farm was nearby and there were many farms owned by other officials or wealthy families, and they were rarely sold to others.
After considering the other farms the family had viewed today, Su Ma decided to buy the last one they saw, and then buy the nearby mountains to expand the farm herself.
Since we want to expand the village, we must of course make the expansion plan according to our own ideas.
Su Ma gave this task to Su Weixi. Su Weixi spent three days drawing a plan and gave it to the housekeeper, asking him to make the arrangements.
Su Weixi's paintings are not complicated and are all achievable in this era.
Just because she bought a lot of land near the village, she could plan more space to grow fruits and vegetables.
Plant all the fruits and vegetables that your family likes to eat.
This manor is different from the one in the border town. Before, Xiao Yi left Shizhuangtou and others to the Su family.
This time when he came to Qiongzhou Island, Shi Zhuangtou still stayed in the border town to take care of the farm, and asked Bai Youyou to help take care of the account book.
Butler Sun is usually busy with affairs in the mansion, so Su Ma thinks she should hire some more people to work at the farm.
He also called the broker who had bought the farm before and asked him to bring some people to the mansion to select the farm.
"Madam, these are all selected according to your requirements. Please take a look and see if you like them."
Madam Su nodded and looked at Madam Sun beside her.
Nanny Sun walked into the yard, asked about everyone's situation, and finally selected three suitable people and let Su Ma decide the final candidate.
"Please introduce each of your families."
The heads of the three families below looked at each other and stepped forward to talk about the situation of their own family.
In the end, Su Ma kept the He family and the Tian family.
The He family used to help a local official manage the farm. Old He was the head of the farm at that time. There were nine people in the He family. Because Old He didn't want his granddaughter to be the concubine of the eldest son of that family, he was removed from the position of head of the farm. When the official was promoted some time ago, the family was sold out.
He has two sons and daughters-in-law, both of whom are good at farming and familiar with the local conditions. His grandchildren are all around fifteen years old and can work.
Another Tian family used to be the head of a farm owned by an official in the capital, but because the official committed a crime and his property was confiscated, all of their children were sold by the government. As the family did not want to be sold separately, they ended up on Qiongzhou Island.
There are six people in the Tian family, including the Tian couple, two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a little daughter who is just ten years old.
Su Ma let Tian Jia be the head of the village, and Old Man He be his deputy.
After selecting the people, Su Ma asked the housekeeper and the broker to go to the brokerage office to select more than 20 people to farm the land, and then pay them together.
As early as when Su Ma decided to buy the farm and the nearby mountains, the broker had guessed that she might need to buy more people later.
Now that his conjecture was confirmed, and Su Ma wanted to buy so many people, he smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. He said a lot of words of gratitude to Su Ma and happily went down with Butler Sun.
Mother Su watched the family's money being spent like water, and wondered whether the family should find another way to make a living.
Although Father Su had received a lot of rewards for his military exploits, the dividends he had received from cooperating with Shen Jingzhou to open a vermicelli workshop also added up to a lot.
But considering that An An and Ning Ning are gradually growing up, and Su Weixi has always said that she may not get married, the dowry and gifts need to be saved up slowly.
Su's mother is not good at doing business, but Su's father is very good at it, but unfortunately he is not at home.
Su's mother could only go to Su Weixi to discuss what kind of business is suitable for the family now. After all, Su Weixi studied financial management before.
"Ah? Mom, why do you suddenly want to do business? Are you too bored?"
Su Weixi’s first reaction was that Su Ma must want to do business because she was bored.
Because the family really had no shortage of money, since coming to this dynasty, the family had never touched the boxes of gold bars and silver beans brought from the modern era.
Later, because of saving Xiao Yi and others, and doing business with Shen Jingzhou, the family continued to have money coming in.
"No, I'm living a comfortable life in my old age. I just want to save up dowry and gifts for you and your siblings."
"Help! Mom, how old are An An and Ning Ning? Also, I don't even have a boyfriend right now, and you're still preparing a dowry for me. Mom, I think you're just too idle and bored."
Su's mother really feels a headache when she thinks about Su Weixi's marriage, and her daughter is not a person who does not believe in marriage.
I didn’t meet the person I like in my previous life, and I’m even less likely to meet him now.
Seeing Su Ma's complexion becoming increasingly worse, Su Weixi stopped talking about his troubles and continued to bother Su Ma.
"Okay, mother, I'm not in a hurry. However, it's reasonable for you to prepare for An An and Ning Ning, especially Ning Ning. I read in books before that didn't it say that in ancient times, girls' dowries were prepared from childhood? I support you very much."
Although Su Weixi felt that she would never meet someone she liked, get married and have children.
But Ningning is different from herself, she was born and raised here. Her family did not instill in her some concepts that are not in line with this era. She will most likely get married and have children in the future, but her family will have to carefully select them.
After talking it out, Su Ma wasn't so worried anymore.
Su Weixi hadn’t thought about what kind of business to start for the time being, and just told Su Ma that he would go back and think about it carefully.