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The Black Teen Bought a Run-Down Farm Nobody Wanted — Then His First Harvest Shocked the Town

The Black Teen Bought a Run-Down Farm Nobody Wanted — Then His First Harvest Shocked the Town

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He stayed on that strip of land for a long time, not doing anything in particular, thinking about the question Louise always asked, and thinking about a different version of it: if this land was truly dead, why was anything still alive here at all?That was the reason he showed up at the auction.The bidding started at $8,000. There were a handful of people in the room who'd made cursory offers more out of due diligence than genuine interest, and they dropped out quickly once the price passed 10,000. By 12,000, it was down to Bryson and one other bidder: a quiet man in the back who looked like he'd been doing the math in his head and decided the number wasn't right for what he intended."13,000.""13,200.""13,400.""13,600."
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