Therefore, the best way was to find the village chief and ask him to help rent out the land.
Sure enough, when he heard that Jiujiu wanted to rent out the land, the village chief was stunned at first. Then, he thought of Jiujiu's family's situation and Jiujiu's situation and immediately nodded to show that he would help.
However, out of morality, the village chief still advised Jiujiu that if she really couldn't do it, she could go to her uncle's house. After all, Jiujiu was now a young girl living in a house where her parents had died. Even though the village chief was a man in his prime, he still felt a little nervous when he thought about it.
Jiujiu only smiled at the village chief's suggestion and turned to leave.
The village chief was a good person and had a good relationship with Jiujiu's father. Therefore, the next day, he sent a message to Jiujiu saying that someone was willing to rent her land. One mu of land was five hundred yuan a year. Eight mu of land would be about four thousand yuan. He asked Jiujiu what she thought.
Jiujiu only thought about it and agreed.
When the village chief saw this, he immediately brought Jiujiu to sign the contract with the other party and rented it for five years. Of course, the money would be paid off every year.
After signing the contract, the village chief tried to persuade Jiujiu to go to her uncle's house again. After being rejected by Jiujiu again, the village chief looked at Jiujiu's back and sighed. However, he thought more highly of Jiujiu in his heart.
After all, even he couldn't guarantee that if he encountered Jiujiu's situation, he would be as strong as Jiujiu and even be able to think of renting out the land to make money.
With Jiujiu's character, even if she was down and out now, it was only a matter of time before she became rich.
When Zhang Li's parents passed away, it happened to be during the summer vacation. By the time Jiujiu started school, it was almost the seventh day of the month.
After Qiqi left, Jiujiu tore off all the dull white papers in the house and cleaned the house until there was not a speck of dust on it. Only then did she stop.
She would be living in this house in the future, so she had to arrange everything. She didn't like discouraging things. She could endure until seven days, but not other times.
Because of Jiujiu's family situation, when Jiujiu arrived at school, the students in the school looked at Jiujiu with pity and sympathy.
After all, it was already pitiful enough to have a family member pass away, not to mention Jiujiu's parents. It was really really pitiful....
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When she went home to buy things in the afternoon, this question was answered.
It turned out that someone was using Jiujiu's parents' death to make an article, saying that Jiujiu's life was hard and that she had jinxed her family to death.
Even though it was the twenty-first century that advocated science, the cultural level of the people in the countryside was not high. They were still more superstitious about things like fate. Moreover, the fact that Zhang Li's parents died was a fact, so they believed that Zhang Li's fate was tough.
Therefore, the amount of sympathy they had for Jiujiu before was the amount of hatred and fear they had for Jiujiu now. They were afraid that Jiujiu would pester them and jinx them to death when she saw that they were well.
And when the villagers thought so, it would naturally affect their children.
Junior high school students were at the age when their worldview began to be formed. It was also the age when they were the most ignorant. Therefore, they would basically believe whatever their family said.
Therefore, after hearing so much from their family, they were more afraid of Jiujiu than sympathizing with her.
Jiujiu first felt that the villagers' views were ridiculous, but then she felt that it was familiar.
And this feeling became clearer when her aunt came to visit.
Back then, Zhang Li's mother committed suicide because she could not stand the rumors and slanders. Therefore, Zhang Li's aunt used the same trick this time. However, what she wanted was not Jiujiu's suicide, but Jiujiu's house and land.
Although Zhang Li's mother was so frightened by Jiujiu that she could not sleep well for a few days, as time passed, Zhang Li's aunt slowly forgot her previous fear. Moreover, she really wanted Zhang Li's house and land. Therefore, she thought that Jiujiu was just a little girl, so she decided to use the same trick again. She wanted to scare Jiujiu and make the request to adopt Jiujiu.
By then, a frightened Jiujiu would be at her mercy.
After all, Zhang Li's mother, who was an adult, was forced to drink medicine and commit suicide, let alone a little girl like Jiujiu.
However, it was also because of Jiujiu's young age that she ran out to ask to adopt Jiujiu a few days after the message was sent out.
Jiujiu looked at Zhang Li's aunt and then looked down at her fingers. She poured water for Zhang Li's aunt and said softly, "Aunt, do you want to adopt me?"
Zhang Li's aunt saw Jiujiu repeating her words and thought that there was a chance for this matter. She immediately said happily, "Yes, I want to adopt you."
After Aunt Zhang Li finished speaking, she raised her hand and touched the top of Jiujiu's head. With a distressed expression, she said to Jiujiu, "It's a pity that your parents are so irresponsible. They are so happy to just throw their hands away. It's a pity that you are alone at home and have no one to take care of you. Since you don't want to go to your uncle's place, then stay with Aunt. Aunt will raise two children and three children. In the future, your matters will be Aunt's matters.
I will take care of you. "Zhang Li's aunt said it sincerely. Unfortunately, Jiujiu did not buy it at all.
If she really cared about Zhang Li, she would not have spread the rumors.
Therefore, Jiujiu did not believe a word of Zhang Li's aunt's words. However, when she thought about why Zhang Li's aunt wanted to adopt her, Jiujiu immediately pursed her lips and pretended to be touched. She looked at Zhang Li's aunt and said, "Aunt, you are so good to me. But don't worry, I won't let you spend too much money."
After Jiujiu finished speaking, Aunt Zhang Li was overjoyed. Just as she was thinking about how to tell Jiujiu to give her the house and land, she heard Jiujiu say with a smile, "I've already rented out the land in our house. I've signed a five-year contract, and it's more than four thousand a year. If Aunt is willing to adopt me, I'll sell the house as well. When the time comes, I'll ask Aunt for more money if I don't have enough."
Zhang Li's aunt wanted to adopt Jiujiu because she wanted the land and the house. Now that she heard that Jiujiu had already rented out the land, she was almost angered to death. When she heard that Jiujiu wanted to sell the house, she quickly stopped her, "How can you sell the house? This is your parents' life's work. If you sell it, how sad will your parents be?"
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