The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

Chapter 156 Harvesting Grain

Lin Yu sighed and complained to his sister, "The teacher said that my approach to the topic was wrong, that I couldn't interpret its meaning, and that I was going down a wrong path."

Lin Yan listened quietly to Lin Yu for a long time.

Although she didn't understand the Four Books and Five Classics very well, after listening to so much, she realized what problem Lin Yu was talking about.

If we were to use Lin Yan's words, the problem is that Lin Yu's writing is not righteous enough and he doesn't know how to flatter the emperor, which is indeed not very advantageous for scholars of this era.

Everyone else is willing to sacrifice themselves for their lord, but you say the lord is nothing? That's not right.

But thinking about how Lin Yu was also a heartless sesame seed dumpling in his past life, Lin Yan felt that this was normal.

In fact, Lin Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with him now. So what if he didn't know how to flatter officials or the emperor? She didn't think there was anything wrong with Lin Yu's thinking; it was obvious that she had raised him to be.

"Then you could change your writing style. Sometimes the content on the exam paper isn't necessarily your own thought, because the general environment isn't always right either." Lin Yan said casually, but there was much more she wanted to say that was really not appropriate to say in public.

Although she disrespected the emperor, it didn't mean others didn't, especially in this era, where speaking recklessly had serious consequences!

As for the other things that could cost him his life, let's save them for when Lin Yu gets home and tells him.

Lin Yan blinked, skipped the topic, and took out the snacks and roast chicken she had bought.

"I bought you some food. How's the cafeteria here?"

Lin Yu sniffed it happily, swallowed hard, and said, "It's definitely not as good as home! But it's still passable."

"That's right! Sister, your winery has started producing wine!"

"Yes, that's right, there are already five types of alcohol."

"Five kinds? That's so many. I only tried one," Lin Yu said disappointedly.

"Hmm? You've been drinking?"

"Uh, I tried it. You don't know, Forget-Worry Wine Shop is really popular now. I often hear students talking about it."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "You can try something new when you get home."

"..."

The siblings were talking at the doorway, while not far away...

"Isn't that just a little girl!" Ma Xiaoyang said, hugging the pillar and looking over there.

Ding Haoyu was also puzzled and said, "She's just a little girl, why is Lin Yu so afraid of his sister?"

Ma Xiaoyang shook his head, "I don't know, I don't understand!"

Lin Yan was talking to Lin Yu and hadn't paid attention to them, but then she noticed that the two young men in the pavilion were looking in their direction.

Lin Yan asked Lin Yu, "Do you know those two people?"

Lin Yu turned his head in confusion and saw the two men who called themselves Second Brother and Third Brother craning their necks to look at him.

Lin Yu's face darkened. "I know him. He's my roommate."

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow and laughed, "Looks like you're quite curious about us."

"I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going home this month! We'll talk when you get back. Go see your friend!"

"Ah."

Lin Yan gave Lin Yu a few instructions and then left.

Lin Yu watched them walk away with reluctance, then turned back to stare at the two people with a resentful look.

Ma Xiaoyang: →_→

Ding Haoyu: ←_←

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A week later, Lin Yan went to the real estate agent to buy land again.

He gave Lin Yan two choices.

Not far from Rong'an County, there is a paddy field, a top-quality one, covering fifty mu. The seller is moving to the prefectural city and plans to sell his family's fields and house. However, the seller is asking for a high price and says he can only sell the entire field as a package, asking for five hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to ten taels of silver per mu.

In addition, Wen'an County has a new magistrate, and the government is selling land, 150 mu of medium-sized paddy fields, for 700 taels of silver. If you want this, you need to finalize the deal as soon as possible, otherwise it will be snatched up by merchants.

Have you looked at both of these plots of land?

“I’ve seen it. If you want, I can take you there again. Wen’an County is only half a day’s journey from here.”

Lin Yan thought both plots of land were acceptable, so she told the middleman that she would go and take a look.

The two of them took a carriage directly there. Lin Yan first looked at the land near Rong'an County. There was a reason why the land was priced so high.

The soil is dark brown, loose, and the fields are flat and close to a river, making irrigation convenient.

Lin Yan was very satisfied, feeling that ten taels of silver was not expensive.

He immediately decided to buy it, and for the rest of the journey, the man's expression softened considerably.

The two then went to the plot of land in Wen'an County. This plot of land was indeed not as fertile as the one in Rong'an, but the terrain was good, and it was close to a small lake.

Because of its large area and neatly arranged terraces covering the entire hillside, it looks very beautiful overall.

"I want both plots of land!" Lin Yan took out a 1,000-tael silver note and two 100-tael silver notes and handed them to the intermediary.

He was also given a referral fee of sixty taels.

The honest and simple-minded man was all smiles. He immediately took Lin Yan to the county government office to complete the formalities. People in their line of work had all established good relationships with the county government, so the formalities were completed quickly. By evening, Lin Yan had received the land deed.

After returning home, Lin Yan went to the village head Ge Gensheng the next day and bought all the land she could buy near the Lin family and the winery. She then took the village head to the county government to complete the transfer of ownership.

When the two returned, the village chief said, "Your family is doing quite well now. You've bought so much land and have a stake in the winery. Compared to last year, the changes are truly remarkable."

Lin Yan smiled and said, "The winery is doing well and will probably expand. I'll buy some land nearby so it'll be easier to manage later."

The village head rolled his eyes: "I heard that young master Fu went to another place to collect grain?"

"Ah."

"Why bother harvesting grain? We have to go to other places. Our village just farms!"

Lin Yan raised her eyelids slightly. She understood the village head's implied meaning and replied, "Master Quan said that different raw materials result in different flavors of wine. Rice from Huainan is the best, and sorghum from Yunnan and Guizhou is the best, so they went to buy some to try."

The village chief, Ge, said in bewilderment, "What's the difference? It's all brewed into wine, who can still tell the difference?"

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Well, their wine is priced high, so their standards are definitely high. This is also Master Quan's requirement. I don't know much about these technical aspects. However, sugarcane and rice can be harvested here. I just don't know what their plans are."

"Oh, if only he were in the village collecting grain, then our village's grain would have a market," said Village Chief Ge, looking worried.

Lin Yan remained silent, because only a few families needed to sell their grain; most families grew grain for their own consumption and wouldn't sell it.

The rice from the village isn't bad, but the amount collected from the village alone is definitely not enough for their distillery's large-scale needs. To get such a supply, they either have to buy land to grow their own rice or spend money to buy rice from various sources.

Otherwise, we would have to collect them from each household individually, which would be troublesome and wouldn't quench our thirst.

I'd better just ignore this.