He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 136 Homestead

Wen Dashan was determined to go to Fancheng to buy a plot of land for a house. He said with a smile, "I'll go."

“Okay,” Wen Yuxia nodded in agreement, then said to Wen Zibai and the others, “Let’s go.”

By the time they arrived in Fancheng by carriage, it was already dark. Seeing the city gates tightly closed, Wen Yuxia instructed Nan Er and the others to drive the carriage back. They found an inn in Qingshi Town, about ten miles from the city, to rest.

The next morning, after entering the city, Wen Yuxia led everyone to the brokerage firm where they had previously purchased land. Upon seeing Wen Yuxia enter, Wu Dongjia pulled aside the clerk who was about to greet her.

Wen Yuxia had previously bought over 3,000 mu of land from him, and such a major client required personal reception. Wu Dongjia greeted her with a broad smile, "Young Master Wen, please come in."

Wen Yuxia waved her folding fan, "Master Wu, I've come to inquire whether there is any land available for sale in Gu Family Village."

On the way here, both Wen Zibai and his brother, along with Wen Yunjiang, had expressed interest in buying land, so Wen Yuxia went to the real estate brokerage as soon as she entered the city to inquire.

Master Wu laughed and said, "Young Master Wen, what a coincidence! Just yesterday, Master Yang put the land in Gu Family Village up for sale at the real estate brokerage, and today you've come to buy it."

Master Yang has put up 50 mu of dry land for sale at 8 taels of silver per mu, no bargaining, buy in bulk or in small quantities.

Wen Yuxia asked with a faint smile, "Second Uncle, how many do you plan to buy?"

Wen Zibo thought for a moment and said, "Ten mu".

Wen Zihua followed up by saying, "Fifteen mu."

Yesterday, Ms. Yang told him that the house and five mu of fertile land were registered under Wen Yunjiang's name, and asked him to come to Fancheng with Wen Yuxia to buy a homestead. He became uneasy after that.

He used the family's money for everything—getting married, having children, and raising them—he spent the most of the family's money, so how could he have the face to register the house and land the family had acquired in his own name?

If his eldest, third, and fourth brothers were to become estranged from him over the family business, it would be a loss for him. Therefore, Wen Yunjiang rejected Yang's suggestion.

Under his persuasion, Yang finally realized that registering the family property under Wen Yunjiang's name would cause conflict among the four brothers.

After thinking it through, Yang took out two hundred-tael silver notes and handed them to Wen Yunjiang, telling him to buy four plots of land in Gujia Village, and if there was any farmland for sale in Gujia Village, to buy fifteen mu.

Wen Yunjiang mentally calculated the price difference between paddy fields and dry land, then checked the amount of silver in his hand, and slowly said, "Twenty-one mu."

Wen Yuxia took out the land deed for twenty mu of land and handed it to Wu Dongjia along with a slip of paper bearing the names of the brothers Wen Yunhong, Wen Yunjiang, and Wen Zibai.

He said with a faint smile, "I'll take the remaining four acres. I don't want to trouble two people with one thing. I'd also appreciate it if Mr. Wu could help me exchange this land deed for four copies..."

"No problem, you can exchange as many land deeds as you want," Wu Dongjia said with a beaming smile, trying to ingratiate himself.

Wen Yuxia bought fifty acres of land as soon as she arrived. He had to cater to such a generous customer. After receiving the money for the land, Wu Dongjia happily led Wen Yuxia and the others toward the county government.

Holding the newly issued land deeds, Wen Zibai and his two companions were extremely excited. They had already witnessed the prosperity of Fancheng along the way, and now they didn't want to waste a moment. They were single-mindedly focused on buying a homestead, building a house, and settling down in Gujia Village.

Watching Wu Dongjia's departing figure, Wen Yuxia said with a faint smile, "Second Uncle, shall I take you to the dock for a stroll first, and then we can go to Gujia Village to buy a house plot tomorrow?"

Wen Zibo said, "When can we go see the dock? We just want to buy a plot of land in Gujia Village right now." He then chuckled a couple of times, a little embarrassed.

"Okay, let's go to Gujia Village."

When the villagers of Gujia Village saw two carriages drive into the village, they followed them curiously, wondering whose guests they were. Nan Er stopped the carriages and turned around to ask, "Excuse me, where does the village chief live?"

The villagers shuddered, pointing eagerly to the small, blue-brick courtyard in the center of the village, stammering, "There, there!"

"Thank you!" Nan Er's voice was as cold as ever, capable of making the summer sun vanish without a trace. The villagers behind the carriage naturally disappeared from Nan Yi's sight along with that "thank you."

Nan Er muttered under his breath, "Why are you running? I'm not going to eat you."

Bei Yi's soft laughter came from inside the carriage: "Young Master, Nan Er's icy face and his cold voice are a perfect match."

Nan Yi had told Wen Yuxia long ago that Nan Er liked Bei Yi, and Wen Yuxia had been waiting for Nan Er to ask her to marry Bei Yi. But Nan Er, that blockhead, never dared to bring it up.

Wen Yuxia had no choice but to bring it up herself. She said in a serious tone, "Have I ever seen Nan Er smiling broadly when he's facing you? Tell me honestly, is there something going on between you two?"

Upon hearing this, Nan Er, the driver, trembled in fright, nearly dropping his riding whip. Bei Yi, inside the carriage, blushed and whispered, "Young Master, I..."

She hesitated to say what she was going to say next. Nan Er, that blockhead, was too afraid to bring up marriage, and as a woman, it felt awkward for her to bring it up herself.

Seeing Bei Yi's cowardly appearance, Bei Er sighed inwardly. Sigh, it's up to her to break through the barrier between them!

Bei Er chimed in, "Young Master, Nan Er and Bei Yi have been together for a long time and are just waiting for you to arrange their marriage."

Wen Yuxia asked in a drawn-out voice, "Bei Yi, is it really so?" Before Bei Yi could speak, Nan Er, who was driving the carriage, interjected, "Young Master, I'm sorry, it was my fault. I accept the punishment."

Bei Yi knelt down before Wen Yuxia with a thud. She said urgently, "Young Master, it has nothing to do with Nan Er. It was just my wishful thinking. If you must punish someone, then punish me!"

Bei Er noticed the fleeting smile on Wen Yuxia's face and pulled Bei Yi up, saying with a smile, "Silly girl, the young master doesn't mean to blame you, get up!"

Bei Yi looked at Wen Yuxia with a blank expression: "Young Master,"

Wen Yuxia said with a faint smile, "After returning to the capital, I will give you two a three-month leave to get married in Xinchuan County. I will prepare the betrothal gifts and dowry for you."

Turning to look at Bei Er, she continued, "The same applies to you; you'll have a three-month wedding leave, and the betrothal gifts and dowry will all be provided by this princess."

North One, North Two, and South Two, who were rushing to catch the carriage, said in unison, "Thank you, young master!"

The village chief of Gujia Village, surnamed Gu, warmly invited Wen Yuxia and the others into his home. After learning their purpose, he said with slight difficulty, "The good residential land has all been bought up by the villagers. There is only wasteland at the foot of the mountain to the west of the village..."

The villagers had already bought up all the good residential plots. There were more than 20 acres of wasteland at the foot of the mountain to the west of the village that no one wanted to live there because a murder had occurred there. No villagers wanted to live there, and no villagers went there to reclaim wasteland.