Chapter 79: Mutton Fat Jade and Soft Gold
Chapter 79: Mutton Fat Jade and Soft Gold
"How much silver?"
"I went to see the best land yesterday. It's very fertile, but it costs eight taels of silver per mu, and it has to be sold in pieces. They also said that there is no problem with irrigation water there. If you sell it in pieces, you have to add another ten taels of silver."
Jiang Youzhen calculated it and found that it was only one hundred and seventy taels, which was a bit expensive.
But if the location is really good and the land is fertile, it would be good to give it to my second sister as a dowry in the future. It happens to be in Wangjia Village.
After all, it is not easy to buy a continuous piece of land. Most of the land is scattered, and it is not convenient to manage if it is dispersed.
"That unfilial descendant of the Wang family, his father passed the imperial examination in his forties and was very successful, but he changed his family status. Who would have thought that he caught a cold on the way to the provincial capital to take the exam, and eventually passed away?
Unfortunately, the son is useless and a spendthrift. Isn't it? The family only has 20 acres of land left, and he wants to sell it for gambling. Gambling is really harmful!"
Jiang Fugui couldn't help but think of Gao Shan and sighed deeply.
"It's not that expensive. If Dad thinks it's a good deal, then buy it. It's only about ten taels of silver more expensive anyway. You can bargain for it. I'll give it to my second sister as a dowry, and it happens to be in Wangjia Village."
But Jiang Fugui still felt it was expensive when he thought about asking for one hundred and seventy taels.
When she heard that Erlang was going to give all the twenty acres of land to Erya as a dowry, she was so surprised that her mouth opened wide.
"You gave them all to your second sister?"
"Ah! Isn't it just 20 acres? Our family isn't very well off right now, so let's just settle for 20 acres for now! We can add more when we have money."
Jiang Youzhen has a system and thinks it is easy to make money. Coupled with his great luck, he has been feeling very lucky these days.
But Jiang Fugui didn't know she had a system! When he heard that each girl had to marry 20 acres of land, how much silver would that be? He immediately counted on his fingers and was shocked.
"That would be four or five hundred taels? Don't you plan to keep it for yourself?"
"Of course I'll keep it for myself! But I'm not a stingy person. We are both my sisters. Can I live a good life while letting my sister live a hard life?"
Jiang Youzhen patted Jiang Fugui on the shoulder and said, "Dad! One person can't support the family. Only when the whole family is well can it prosper. If you only make yourself rich, no one will be able to help you if something unexpected happens in the future."
Jiang Youzhen understood this principle in his previous life. If you only care about enjoying yourself and making money, while your subordinates are watching you with envy, who will really help you?
Here, the same principle applies.
Sometimes, maintaining family affection also requires money. Take filial piety for example. How can you be filial without money? You can only watch.
Jiang Fugui didn't expect that his daughter had such a broad mind. Comparing it with what his biological father said, he felt that Erlang was right.
He said that he could only benefit from it when his elder brothers became rich.
But what about Erlang? She wants everyone to be rich together. We are all sisters, so it is right to help each other.
At this moment, Jiang Fugui finally woke up and felt that what his father said was also wrong.
"You are magnanimous and you are capable of great things. Don't worry, if they dare to treat you badly in the future, I will not recognize them. People should have a conscience. If they dare to treat you badly, what do you think?"
Jiang Fugui clenched his fists excitedly. No wonder the baby's mother always favored the older daughter. The older daughter was indeed caring.
"Well! Then dad will help me beat up my nephew and make them feel bad."
"Haha!" Jiang Fugui laughed, causing Shen in the inner room to stick her head out and look at him curiously.
"What are you two talking about? You look so happy."
"He said he wanted to beat up his nephew." Jiang Youzhen said mischievously.
"What? Your eldest sister's nephew? You can't beat him, she treasures him very much!" Shen said hurriedly.
"Hahaha!" Jiang Youzhen and Jiang Fugui looked at each other and burst into laughter.
I made an agreement with Jiang Fugui that if we come across a piece of land, we will buy it because such opportunities are rare.
After returning to the house, Jiang Youzhen picked up his backpack and prepared to go up the mountain.
As his eyes turned, he suddenly noticed a round stone ball in the room. It was slightly larger than the palm of an adult man and had a diameter of about 25 centimeters.
I slapped my head and almost forgot such an important thing.
Gao Shan’s wife brought the stone ball yesterday, but Jiang Youzhen was drunk when he came back, and he was so busy since then that he didn’t even think about it.
The original owner often went to Gaoshan's house to play, and this stone ball was in the abandoned pig trough in front of Gaoshan's house.
Because Gao Shan's father was a carver, the stone ball was carved with a Pixiu. The original owner had played with this stone ball when he was young, so he had a deep impression of it.
Of course Jiang Youzhen couldn't learn sculpture. She wanted this stone ball because it contained a secret.
He lifted up the heavy stone ball, slowly turned the ball, and roughly wiped off the dirt and loose soil on it. Jiang Youzhen then turned to the mouth of the Pixiu and looked at it carefully.
This stone is grayish white with a smooth surface, which is perfect for carving.
However, on this grayish-white case, there is a spot where the color is obviously more transparent and milky white, which is the mouth of the Pixiu.
The original owner of this stone ball had played with it many times. Other children in the village had also played with it and it had become very smooth.
There was nothing unusual about this place before, but now we can get a glimpse of its interior.
In her previous life, Jiang Youzhen had a mutton-fat jade tablet, which was her biological mother's relic. When she missed her biological mother, she would often take it out to mourn her.
Over time, you will be able to feel the texture of the mutton-fat jade and have some understanding of its color.
In other words, there should be jade in this stone ball.
Jiang Youzhen had no idea where the stone ball came from, but now it had been rubbed out to reveal jade.
It doesn’t matter whether there was gambling on jade in this dynasty, she just needs to know that jade is valuable.
Dayunchao was very fond of jade. In the silver shop, the jewelry inlaid with fine white jade was extremely expensive.
If half of the jade in here could be made into a pair of bracelets and some pendants, then you would be rich, very rich.
Mutton-fat jade is valuable no matter which dynasty it is in. Last time she saw a mutton-fat jade hairpin being sold for more than three hundred taels in a silver shop, you can imagine how much it cost.
Even if there is not so much in it, as long as it can be made into a jade pendant, it will be worth one or two hundred taels.
Her heart was burning with excitement. She planned to find a time to go to the county town, no! To the prefectural city! She wanted to go to the prefectural city to see how to cut it open. The things inside would not let her suffer anyway.
After placing the stone ball into the storage space, Jiang Youzhen suppressed his excitement, put on his backpack and went up the Wushan Mountain.
This time, he had to fight quickly, so Jiang Youzhen used his skills to quickly enter the inner circle. He held his dagger and bow tightly along the way, and was alert to his surroundings. He soon arrived at the place where he had placed the condom before.
When Jiang Youzhen saw the blood and gray hair remaining on the first trap, he sighed. It seemed that he was a step too late and was eaten by other animals.
After taking a few quick steps, I reached the second trap and found that I had trapped a dark brown musk deer, weighing less than 20 kilograms.
Don’t ask how Jiang Youzhen knew this, because her leader in her previous life was from the north and his family raised this, and she had seen the photos.
The musk deer is not dead yet, but it is dying. Its breathing is very weak and it is barely alive.
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