Chapter 488: Long Memory

As the saying goes, good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles.

Not long after, the news of Chen Zhancai selling his wife spread to Nanshan Village.

When the villagers heard the news, they all scolded Chen Zhancai for being ungrateful and a complete inhumane white-eyed wolf.

"Hey, have you heard? It seems that the scholar has sold Ruhua."

"real?"

"That's right. The day before yesterday, I went to the town to sell eggs and saw Ruhua. She was with Wang Laowu, a tofu seller in the town.

I asked her what happened, but she hesitated and didn't explain clearly. Later, I heard the butcher next door tell me that it was Wang Laowu's new wife, and she might have done it.

"You're right. I've seen it too. Ruhua has changed a lot. When she was in Nanshan Village, she was so tired that she became dark and thin in order to make sure Old Man Chen and his wife had enough to eat. But now she looks fair and clean, just like a young wife. She's enjoying a much better life than when she was in the Chen family."

"According to what you said, Ruhua has finally reaped the rewards of her hardships."

"Yes. That's right, it's better to follow anyone than Chen Zhancai."

"Who says it's not true? This idiot is so lacking in virtue that he even sold his wife. He's a scholar."

"Selling my wife is nothing. The ones who suffer the most are the old man Chen and his wife. Now they have no food to eat and are so hungry that they don't even have the strength to walk."

"Are you saying that Chen Zhancai doesn't even care about his own parents?"

"That's exactly what happened. A few days ago, the old couple went to the town to ask Chen Zhancai for money to buy food, but that heartless guy gave them a few copper coins and chased them back."

"Fugui, what happened? Please tell me in detail."

Everyone looked gossipy and pricked up their ears.

"As you know, ever since my wife stopped working for Qing Yatou, I went to town to look for odd jobs. I happened to be working in that restaurant that day, and I saw Chen Zhancai order two taels of beef, a plate of dumplings, and a pot of wine, and he ate it with such relish.

After he finished eating and went out, I had finished my work and wanted to say hello to him, but before I could catch up with him, I saw Old Man Chen and his wife walking towards me.

I dodged and hid behind a tree on the side of the road, and heard everything they said clearly.

You don’t know…” Liang Fugui recounted everything Chen Zhancai had done from beginning to end.

When everyone heard this, they started to criticize.

"Chen Zhancai is such a jerk. He eats and drinks all the best for himself, but doesn't even give anything to his parents."

"That's right, he's just a beast. Back then, the old couple of the Chen family sold everything they had to support his education, and now he's been hanged on the wall."

"There must be something hateful about pitiful people. It's all their own fault, they deserve it!"

"That being said, the eldest and second sons of the Chen family wouldn't really watch them starve to death, would they?"

"If I were Zhanshan or Zhanliang, I definitely wouldn't care. Since I chose the third brother, I have to swallow the bitter fruit now and can't blame others."

"Alright, alright, Dabao is here, let's all be quiet!"

The sixth brother's wife made a gesture to silence the crowd, and they immediately quieted down.

"Dabao, it's time to deliver the goods again!"

Dabao had long been accustomed to the questions from the villagers. He smiled as he pulled up the carriage and replied, "I'm going to the town to do some work. Aunties, please come back and chat."

"Okay, get busy!"

Seeing Dabao driving the carriage away, everyone started talking again.

"Thankfully, Qingyatou inspired us to grow beets. We had a bumper crop of beets this year. We were worried they wouldn't buy them, but we sold them all and earned several times more than we would have in previous years."

"My family is the same. We can have a good New Year this year!"

"That's right. I've already decided that next year I'm going to plant all the fields at home with beets. I'm going to make a fortune."

"Yes, that's what we thought too."

Everyone echoed...

Qingshui Town.

Chen Qingqing was busy in Jishiditang as usual. When she looked up, she saw Dabao walking in.

"Dabao, how come you have time to come here?"

"Sister Qingqing, I came to see you and bring you this month's profits."

"No hurry, go sit down and rest in the inner room first."

"good."

As they were talking, the two of them came to the inner room.

Chen Qingqing poured Dabao a cup of tea. Dabao took the cup and drank a few mouthfuls before saying, "Sister, you may not know this yet, but Chen Zhancai sold Ruhua."

Chen Qingqing smiled faintly, "I know. Wang Laowu, who makes tofu in the north of the town, has been here for a whole year. I saw Ruhua when I went to buy vegetables on the street the other day. It seems that she is doing well. She has escaped from the sea of ​​suffering. It is better than following Chen Zhancai."

"Yes, he is much better than Chen Zhancai. But then again, Chen Zhancai is so vicious. How could he do such a thing that is worse than pigs and dogs?"

Chen Qingqing chuckled. The old couple of the Chen family had placed all their hopes on Chen Zhancai, but now all their efforts were in vain. They were afraid that they would have troubles in the future.

"For someone who only knows how to take and has no gratitude, this is not surprising. Perhaps there will be even more unexpected things waiting for us!"

"You mean grandpa and grandma?" Dabao frowned slightly and pondered for a moment. "They've been pretty quiet. Ever since they found out Ruhua was sold, grandma no longer wanders around the streets. Grandpa has lost his confidence now. When he sees the villagers, he either lowers his head or walks around them. It's really uncomfortable to see him. I guess after this incident, he must have seen through Chen Zhancai."

"You reap what you sow. There is a cause, and there is a result. They deserve all of this. If they don't suffer a little, how can they realize their mistakes?"

"That's right, they should wake up." Chen Dabao said, taking out the account book from his cloth bag and changing the subject, "Sister Qingqing, this is the profit account of all the counties and prefectures. Take a look first."

Chen Qingqing took the account book and opened it. She couldn't help but widen her eyes. "Ning Jing's profit is actually so much money."

Chen Dabao nodded seriously, "Yes, Sister Qingqing, not only Ningjing, but also Anyang, Fengyang, Guangyuan, Nan'an and other places have made so much money. If you look further, the profit of the capital is even more unexpected. In less than a month, the sales volume has surpassed all other regions."

Chen Qingqing looked through it carefully and couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of the capital, the sales volume is extraordinary. You must now think about how to expand the production scale, otherwise the supply will not meet the demand."

"Sister Qingqing, you're right. I've already signed another supply agreement with Zheng Zhong, asking him to encourage the local people to expand sugar beet cultivation. Furthermore, I've also signed purchase agreements with the surrounding villages and towns of Anyang for sugar beet cultivation. This time, I came here to discuss expanding production. I want to buy the vacant land west of the village and build a sugar mill even larger than ours."

Dabao roughly told me the plan in his mind...