Only then did Chief Lu confirm that he hadn’t heard wrongly. He stood up in a rush, “Dafu, you can’t do this! How can the head of the family do this? If the two children want to play with it, then you let them play with it? Even if nothing could be grown on the barren land, it is still land, and it is still worth some silver. Not to mention three or four silver, one or two silver per acre would be necessary, right? These five acres would be about ten silver. Is your family that rich?”
The last sentence was exactly what Lu Zhuangniu and the rest were thinking about, so they all nodded in agreement.
After shouting, Chief Lu finally realized that he had been too agitated. Feeling a little embarrassed, he laughed awkwardly, “Dafu, don’t blame me. I didn’t mean to shout at you. I just think you’re being too thoughtless. Even if your family sold a bear, it was something that Wufu risked his life to get… anyway, I just don’t want your family to suffer. You have to think about this barren land carefully, this is not a small matter. If you buy it, it will be too late for you to regret it in the future.”
“Chief Lu, I know.” Xue Dafu still didn’t take it to heart and was still chuckling. “You’ve taken good care of our family all these years as the village head. We’re all grateful to you for looking forward to the well-being of the village.”
Jiang Yue finally understood why Chief Lu’s words were so effective in the village. It was not only because he was the village head, but also because he was thinking for the village and had no selfish motives.
At this moment, Chief Lu’s wife couldn’t help but mumble, “If a rich family wants to buy barren land, they definitely have spare money. They already have eight acres of good land and have a solid foundation. They won’t have to suffer as much as before. Just those few acres of land are already better than many families in our village. What are you worried about? ”
Chief Lu immediately glared at his wife.
His wife quickly shut her mouth again.
Chief Lu thought about it and felt that his wife’s words made sense. “If you’ve thought it through and have the spare money, then buy it. After all, this is your family’s business. No matter how far I stretch my hands, I won’t stretch them so far as to meddle with the family business.”
Xue Dafu immediately said, “Thank you! I’d still like the buy the land please.”
Fine, since he had already made up his mind, there was no point in saying anything else. Chief Lu only advised Xue Yan and Jiang Yue, who were sitting obediently at the side, “Look at how well your family treats you. They give you whatever you want. When you grow up, you must return the favor, understand?”
“Understood, Chief Lu,” Jiang Yue and Xue Yan replied obediently.
“Alright. Alright.” Chief Lu nodded his head affably before turning to Xue Dafu. “You go back first, I’ll help you ask if anyone wants to sell their barren land tomorrow.”
Before Chief Lu could finish his sentence, his wife couldn’t help but interject, and she was extremely enthusiastic, “Our family only has two acres of barren land that we’re not going to plant this year. We don’t want it anymore and won’t have much harvest in the future. We might as well use the time we have left to manage the land to make some baskets and sell them for money. It’s not that tiring. Since Dafu wants to buy it and doesn’t care about the harvest, we might as well sell our two acres to him.”
“Where is your shame?!” Chief Lu was instantly infuriated.
His wife cowered and didn’t dare to say anything.
Xue Dafu whispered to Xue Yan and Jiang Yue, “No matter how bad a barren land is, as long as we work hard, we can make it better. Anyway, whether a barren land is good or not, it’s just like that. Besides, Chief Lu has been good to our family all these years, always remember that kids.”