Chapter 196 Tenants

Zhao Yuhan's words made Yuan Ziyu narrow his eyes slightly.

In his previous life, Yuan Qifeng was not only falsely accused of treason, but was also falsely accused of embezzling military funds and enriching himself.

"Miss Zhao Wu, you're joking!" Yuan Ziyu said with a faint smile, "My father has been busy fighting against the Chi-Le barbarians on the frontier for many years. Where else can he get money besides his salary? My farm was naturally bought with my own money."

"It's your own money, you..." Zhao Yuhan was about to refute, but suddenly thought of something and quickly stopped talking.

Yuan Ziyou smiled slightly: "It seems that Miss Zhao Wu has remembered that my pastry shop and flower shop, although small, are still quite prosperous!"

Meng Weiqing smiled and said, "That's true. Not to mention that the pastry shop has a plaque personally bestowed by the Empress Dowager, even the flower shop is very popular. My grandmother always talks about Miss Yuan's flower shop, saying that she will definitely buy it when they have new flowers and plants."

Yuan Ziyou smiled and said to Meng Weiqing, "Please ask Young Master Meng to convey my gratitude to the old lady. When my farm is renovated, there will be more varieties of flowers and plants. I will definitely satisfy the old lady then."

"That's great!" Meng Weiqing said with a smile, "Then I'll thank Miss Yuan Er on behalf of my grandmother!"

"Mr. Meng, you're too polite!"

With this interruption, the topic raised by Zhao Yuhan was brought to an end, and everyone chatted and laughed lively again until noon, when Xuan Shaoqing and his group said goodbye and left.

"Second Miss!" After everyone left, Qingzhi said to Yuan Ziyu, "After you and Prince Xuan left, Miss Meng also went out with her maid, and she hurried back just before you returned."

Yuan Ziyu didn't know this: "Oh?"

"I noticed that Miss Meng didn't look very good when she came back!" Qingzhi blinked and said again.

Yuan Ziyou narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then whispered, "I see."

"Ah!" Qingzhi was a little confused: "Second Miss, what do you mean by that?"

"It's not a big deal!" Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "Go pack up and go to the farm in Qingliu Village!"

“Hey!”

At this time, on the farm of Qingliu Village, Qingying was standing by the ridge of a field, flanked by several servants. A dozen or so farmers were pleading with her, "Miss Qingying, this farm is really not suitable for growing medicinal herbs. If there's no harvest, how are we farmers going to make a living?"

"That's right, Miss Qingying!" Another person also said: "We are all farmers who are used to growing crops, but we have never grown any medicinal herbs. No one knows how to grow medicinal herbs, so we really can't grow them!"

"Yes, yes!" The others echoed, "Miss Qingying, please talk to the master. If we grow medicinal herbs, we farmers might not be able to make a living!"

Qingying waited until everyone had finished speaking before she pressed her hand and said loudly, "Everyone, please be patient. This farm is definitely going to be a medicinal herb farm. Our young lady has already decided on this. But please rest assured, we will give everyone a satisfactory explanation on this matter."

The dozen or so tenants became anxious when they heard this.

One of them said, "Miss Qingying, this is really not possible. We can't change it to a medicinal herb farm, otherwise we will have no way to survive!"

"Yes, yes!" Another person said, "Miss Qingying, you know that we tenant farmers rely on the harvest from the fields. If we lose the harvest, we really can't survive!"

At this time, one of the people waved his hand to stop the others from talking. He then said to Qingying, "Miss Qingying, I hope you can understand that we are not trying to cause trouble today. We just want to fight for ourselves. Otherwise, there wouldn't be only a dozen of us here."

Qingying smiled and said, "Of course I understand, and I understand how you feel, but this matter cannot be changed. I just said that our girl will give you an explanation. Since you want an explanation, why not wait until our girl comes?"

"Is the master coming?" those people asked hurriedly.

"Of course I'll come!" Qingying said with a smile, "Don't worry, since our girl has taken over this farm, she will definitely not let anyone go hungry."

"Even so, let's wait for the master!"

Qingying breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. There were at least seventy or eighty tenants in this farm. If they were really determined to cause trouble, she alone would not be able to control them.

The dozen or so people quieted down and each found a ridge to sit down. Qingying then ordered the tenants brought from Liu's farm to plant the medicinal herbs as quickly as possible.

When Yuan Ziyu and Qingzhi arrived, this was the scene they saw.

"Second Miss!" Qingying saw Yuan Ziyu coming and hurried forward to bow, whispering, "Second Miss, the tenants on this farm have selected more than a dozen people to come here and ask for an explanation!"

Yuan Ziyou naturally saw the dozen or so people and nodded, "Okay, I get it. Thank you for your hard work!"

"Second Miss, you are embarrassing me!" Qingying said hurriedly.

At this time, the dozen or so tenants also saw Yuan Ziyu and hurriedly came forward to greet him. However, after seeing Yuan Ziyu's appearance clearly, they felt ashamed and took two steps back, looking at Yuan Ziyu uneasily.

They also knew about such noble ladies, and if they were not satisfied with anything, they would order people to beat them up.

Qingying hurriedly said to the tenants, "Everyone, this is our second daughter, and the head of this farm."

"Second Miss!" The dozen or so people saluted Yuan Ziyu nervously.

"Never mind, no need to be so polite!" Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "I roughly understand what you mean. I heard that you don't want to grow medicinal herbs on this farm?"

"Yes!" The leader said cautiously, "Second Miss, we're not trying to cause trouble, but we have no choice. We are all farmers and only know how to grow crops, not medicinal herbs. If there is no harvest of these herbs at the end of the year, we won't be able to survive!"

Yuan Ziyou smiled and nodded, saying, "I understand your concerns. This farm is definitely going to be a medicinal herb farm. There's no changing that!"

After hearing Yuan Ziyu's words, the dozen or so tenants were all disappointed. They were just tenants and had no ability to fight against these wealthy families. Even if they left the farm at this time, they would have nowhere to go for a while.

Involuntarily, everyone's face was filled with sadness.

Yuan Ziyou saw this and said with a smile, "However, you are all tenants of my farm. I will not ignore your life or death."

"But..." The tenants felt hopeless and their spirits were low. "If there's no harvest, how are we going to survive?"

(End of this chapter)