"Alright, get up. Don't repeat this mistake. Drive the carriage to the steward's house and wait for us."

Never argue with a fool.

Kong Ya Ren swallowed hard and said these words through gritted teeth, seemingly intending to settle scores later.

The coachman, however, was completely oblivious to his tone and genuinely believed that he was alright.

He raised a smile, got up from the ground, and drove away in his carriage.

"I'm so sorry for what happened today, Manager Yan. This coachman is new and doesn't know how to behave. I'll give him a good scolding when we get back. Are you alright?"

Kong Yaren bowed and apologized to Yan Xia.

"I'm fine, let's go check the land."

Yan Xia didn't get involved at all from beginning to end.

She knew that Kong Yaren had a plan in mind. The coachman was indeed too reckless and stupid. If he were her subordinate, she would fire him in a heartbeat.

Outside, Kong Yaren is his superior. It's okay to make mistakes, but if someone openly embarrasses his superior in front of guests, then that person should never be kept around; sooner or later, he will become a troublemaker.

The three of them put the little incident they had just experienced behind them.

Led by Kongya, Yan Xia walked along the path in the fields.

"Because the area is too large, I won't take you all the way around. Just take a look around."

Kong Yaren grabbed a handful of soil from the field with his bare hands and spread it out for Yan Xia to see.

"The soil here is loose. Although it's not top-grade land, it's not bad either. You see, if you grab a handful of soil, there isn't a single pebble in it. The land only needs to be turned over once; there's no need to cultivate it further."

"If you look down from the highest point of the mountain, you'll see that the land looks like a square blue brick. The extra wasteland and the stream are outside the 'blue brick' and are not included. I'll take you to the steward's house later. If you buy this land and want to build a house, you can just demolish the old house."

“.............”

We strolled around for half an hour, roughly looked at the land, visited the stream, and the free wasteland.

Yan Xiajin followed Kong Yaren to the outside of the steward's room.

It was a house built of a mixture of blue bricks and wooden planks, without a courtyard, containing a main house and two storage rooms.

The storage room was probably for storing farm tools.

The main house was for living, and there were simple sheds on both sides of the main house, which were probably the outhouse and the kitchen.

The brokerage firm's carriage was parked outside the house.

The coachman was just dozing off against the carriage.

They're having such a leisurely time.

They came back without even noticing.

Kong Yaren glanced at him.

"Manager Yan, Young Master Jinyu, please come in and rest for a while. I'll go and call the manager over."

Yan Xia and Jin Yu sat in the main room with the door open.

There was no one inside.

Kong Yaren called out a few times outside the main room.

A man in his thirties emerged from the nearby outhouse, pulling up his trousers.

The lingering stench of feces still clung to him.

Yan Xia frowned slightly and rubbed her nose with her index finger.

"Kongya, why are you here to inspect the fields again? You bring people to inspect them every day, but no one buys anything. Aren't you just wasting my time? You woke me up halfway through taking a dump."

Kong Yaren was also somewhat speechless.

This person is at least in charge.

How can you speak so rudely?

Didn't you see Manager Yan was there?

He didn't even restrain himself in front of the woman, talking nonsense about shit.

Master Bai is such a kind man, how come his servants are acting like this?

"I'm sorry, Manager Bai, could you please pour me two cups of tea and explain the situation regarding this land to my guest?"

Although Kong Yaren was dissatisfied, he couldn't say anything. He was just a shop assistant and had no right to lecture the steward of Master Bai's family. He could tell from the steward's surname that anyone who could use the surname of their master had some status. He should avoid offending him if possible.

Kong Yaren said politely, after all, he had only come three times.

I certainly didn't get involved in the specifics for nothing.

If Manager Yan is satisfied after the detailed discussion, he will have the brokerage's groom bring Master Bai to the brokerage tomorrow so that Manager Yan and Master Bai can talk face to face.

"What's there to introduce? The land is right here, can't you see it? If you want to buy, just buy. Why ask so many questions? The person you brought before me asked me questions for an hour, and then he just left. He wasted my time."

Bai Laijin looked disdainful.

He actually hoped the land wouldn't sell. He was a servant of the Bai family, and his grandfather had been the steward of the Bai family since the time of Master Bai's grandfather. If he hadn't made a mistake, he wouldn't have been thrown here by the master to look after the land.

But coming here actually made me feel more carefree.

In the past, when farmers who signed contracts with the Bai family came here to farm, they lived in temporary wooden houses that were then dismantled when they left. The money for their food and drink was allocated to them by the master through the accountant. The agreed-upon amount was one meat dish, two vegetable dishes, and a large bowl of brown rice per person, three meals a day.

He embezzled most of the silver.

They are only given two meals a day, one in the morning and one at noon.

The breakfast consisted of only a bowl of very thin brown rice porridge, while the lunch was slightly better, a bit thicker, and included a vegetable dish without oil.

As a result, these farmers are all too weak to work, and their harvests are getting smaller and smaller every year.

That's when Mr. Bai finally had the idea of ​​selling the land.

He gambled away all the money he had swallowed in town.

He also goes out for drinks and entertainment from time to time.

It felt amazing.

Unlike back in the mansion, where I had to serve my master and be managed by him.

If this land is sold.

He'll probably have to go back to his residence again.

Manager Bai looked at the group with a disapproving expression.

"It seems the Bai family doesn't want to sell the land. Kong Yaren, let's go back."

Yan Xiacai wouldn't stand for his temper. If you have money, why worry about not being able to buy land?

It's ridiculous that a mere manager is so arrogant.

"I'm sorry, Manager Yan, I truly don't know why he's like this. Master Bai personally spoke with our manager about it; he really wanted to sell this land..."

Yan Xia led Jin Yu away and went straight to the carriage.

Kong Yaren kept explaining to her.

Yan Xia didn't say a word.

Kong Yaren was extremely anxious; nothing ever went smoothly for him when he went out.

First, I got angry at the coachman, and then I encountered a manager who was mentally ill.

It seems this deal has fallen through.

In particular, offending Manager Yan was a huge loss.

Kong Ya was so anxious that he wanted to kneel down before Yan Xia.

"Alright, I'm not blaming you. I won't buy this land. Go and find me another place, it doesn't have to be adjacent, just not too far apart, and it has to be private."

The one-month deadline is fast approaching.

The land hasn't been purchased yet.

Yan Xia was also a little angry.

The carriage has begun to go uphill.

We rushed back to Shuangqiao Town.

"Okay, I won't take any other clients for a while. I will definitely find the land for you according to your requirements, and this will never happen again. Don't worry."

Seeing that Yan Xia didn't get angry, Kong Yaren breathed a sigh of relief.

But this matter wouldn't be over so easily. When he got back to the shop, he went to complain to the manager.

This lowly steward is so arrogant! I'd like to see how Master Bai will react.