Chapter 641 The Plan to Build a House

This time, Xiao Jiu didn't pay directly. She'll wait until Sister Ba's paperwork is completed before coming over to do it together.

The village chief told them to choose a location; if they chose a place within the village, they would have to demolish the old house of the deceased and rebuild it.

If you choose the edge of the village, you need to choose a good spot and just mark it. Xiao Jiu decisively chose a spot at the end of the village.

The two plots of land are the same size and in good locations. The land can be enclosed directly based on the orientation of the houses and the front and back yards of the entire village.

After finding a suitable location, the village chief encouraged Sister Ba to transfer her household registration as soon as possible so that she could be included in the land distribution.

"Village chief, won't you villagers have any objections?"

The village chief laughed when he heard this.

"If the land here is distributed to individuals, those with large families can manage, but those with small families simply can't cultivate it all."

The remaining public land needs to be contracted out, but the key is to find someone to contract it out.

So having a few more people won't affect anyone at all, you can rest assured about that.

Xiao Jiu and Cui Lan immediately became interested, "How many acres of land can one person get?"

The village chief chuckled and said, "About ten mu per person!"

Our area is a bit remote, with few villages close to the city, probably less than ten acres.

The initial estimate for this area is ten to twenty mu (approximately 1.6 to 2.3 hectares).

After saying that, he looked at Xiao Jiu and said, "Although your household registration is not transferred here, if you want to take over the business, you can still go through the procedures."

Because there is plenty of land but a shortage of labor, especially large agricultural machinery, and in accordance with the principle of not wasting land, contracting out land is the most straightforward and efficient way. Each year, one only needs to pay a certain contracting fee and hand over a certain percentage of public grain, and at least half of the remaining land is one's own.

That's a good idea, it just depends on whether the parents are willing to do it.

Even if you don't do it yourself, you can hire someone to do it, and the grain harvested from the land can still be stored.

Northeast rice and corn are known for their deliciousness, and even if you have plenty of alcohol, you can't resist the temptation.

Tang Cuilan didn't need to go back to her hometown to transfer her household registration; she could just call Tang Cuihua and she could get it done for her.

Before May Day, the matter was settled, and Xiao Jiu also took some time to lead Tang Cuilan to pay the fees for the homestead.

They went through the household registration procedures together with Cuilan, and their household registration was placed on the new homestead.

After the busy farming season, we can start making arrangements to help build houses.

The villagers have experience, so we can ask them for help when the time comes.

Xiao Jiu had drawn up the design in advance, and after Tao Changyi and Tang Cuilan saw it, they both thought it was perfect and impeccable.

In addition to the house's structure, the blueprints also showed the locations of the chicken coop, cellar, pigsty, sheepfold, toilet, and woodshed.

Whether or not to raise them is another matter; we need to take things into consideration first.

On the way back, he gave Tang Cuilan four more rabbits.

She has so many rabbits that she can't possibly eat them all.

They were all cleaned up after I finished practicing my knife skills.

The rabbits reproduced very quickly, and she urgently needed to find them a place to live. The space was filled with a lot of droppings, but she took them all outside the warehouse to dry in the sun.

Cuilan's hands-on skills are indeed much better than Xiaojiu imagined; she can now practice cutting and knitting sweaters by copying examples.

All the raw materials were provided by Xiaojiu, and her four daughters were her models. As long as she can gain a reputation and people see and like her and want her, then her hand-knitting business can be considered to have taken off.

Xiao Jiu comforted her: "Don't rush, take your time. You need to master all the styles and write them down so you can deal with all sorts of difficult customers in the future. This line of work is not easy, so you need to be mentally prepared."

Cuilan is really dedicated. She works during the day and practices extra hours at night. None of her four daughters are idle. The eldest and second eldest help their mother, the third eldest takes care of the youngest, and on weekends, the mother and daughters stay home except for necessary shopping.

Even so, they prefer the present to the past because no one can insult them or subject them to emotional abuse or domestic violence anymore.

The daughters have never mentioned their father, nor have any of them inquired about him. Compared to the past when they had to depend on others for everything, they are now incredibly happy.

At least all four daughters are now in school, something I never would have dared to dream of before.

Moreover, they felt that the surname Tang sounded much better than their previous surnames.

Even Tang Cuilan felt that this busy yet peaceful life was more like the days before her marriage.

So she regretted countless times why she got married in the first place. Why did she have to marry someone? Couldn't she have lived a better life on her own?

The only happiness that marriage brought her was probably these four heartbreaking children.

Zhou Yue was away on a business trip for almost a month, and when he came back, he wanted to see his lover.

As it turned out, the very busy Dr. Tao had gone to give a report in a neighboring province, leaving Dr. Tao with no choice but to have a meal with his parents-in-law, feeling rather aggrieved.

Because Zhou Yue was a soldier and difficult to contact when he was away, the matter of buying the homestead was not told to him.

When he returned this time, the first thing Tao Changyi and Zhao Lingli did was to tell him about it in detail.

Zhou Yue was very supportive after hearing this, saying, "It's only right. I know you're not used to living in the city. It's good to be close to Cuilan and the others like this."

The personal reward given to Xiao Jiu for this hijacking incident was a staggering 10,000 yuan in cash, along with an award for outstanding individual recognition from his workplace.

Tao Changyi said with pride and calmness, "She donated the money directly to the laboratory where she worked for medical research."

Zhou Yue had no objection to this, and even felt it was expected. "Has everything been going smoothly lately?"

Knowing what his son-in-law was worried about, Tao Changyi immediately said.

"Don't worry, her life is too monotonous now. She's either busy in her lab or in the operating room. Going home has become a luxury. She mostly rests in her office. She treats the hospital like home. When you talk to her, she says that once you start something, it's hard to finish it. She's worried and has to keep an eye on things until the phase is over before she can catch her breath."

Zhou Yue sighed, "With our professions, even if we did have a child, it would be very unfair to the child."

The lack of time spent together has become a burden, and perhaps he really needs to consider whether or not to have children.

It's not just him; Xiao Jiu is also too busy with work to have time to think about personal matters.

She has complained to her parents more than once that if she had known she would be so busy now, she would never have studied medicine.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in life; everything is predetermined. If she hadn't studied medicine, how could she have sown and harvested the seeds of her past life?

If you don't study medicine and don't perform exceptionally well, how can you have the opportunity to go abroad?

After dinner, Zhou Yue took the initiative to clear the dishes. Zhao Lingli felt sorry for him and suggested that the two of them sit in the living room and play chess to relax.

As a result, people from the hospital came and knocked on the door.

"Dr. Tao just called and asked you two to go to her office to wait for her call."

She'll call back in half an hour, saying she has something important to tell you.