That evening, Zhou told Tang Qingshan what Tang Chunya and her mother-in-law had said during the day as a joke.

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"I thought Xu Lanzhi must be an exceptionally shrewd person to be able to manage her household so well, but I never expected her to be so muddle-headed!"

Tang Qingshan initially didn't believe it and even scolded his wife, saying, "Don't listen to those long-haired, short-sighted women's nonsense. Xu Lanzhi wouldn't have become rich in just over a year if she didn't have some skills!"

Zhou whispered in his ear, "It's true that Xu Lanzhi can make money, but she may not be able to keep it. Her sister-in-law said it herself: she has no sense of money. The more people spend her money lavishly, the happier she is!"

Tang Qingshan was curious and asked Zhou Shi for details. Zhou Shi embellished Tang Chunya's words again, and in the end, it became that Liu Jianchang was unwilling to spend money with Jiaping and Jiahe, so Xu Lanzhi chased him to the planting base to do hard labor. The two brothers, Jiaping and Jiahe, made a lot of money, and not only were they not punished, but each of them was rewarded with several dozen taels!

Tang Qingshan's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he listened, and he stammered, "How is that possible!"

"Mother said that Xu Lanzhi used to be the daughter of a wealthy family, but she fell on hard times and that's how Dongsheng got a good deal. Now that she has money, she's back to her old ways as a rich young lady!"

Tang Qingshan thought about this carefully and realized that it made sense. How could a normal person rent a piece of land that only produces one shi of grain at a high price and then give the other person two shi of grain in return?

He had never understood why before, but now he understood: Xu Lanzhi just wanted to recapture the feeling of her former glory.

Tang Qingshan, as if discovering a new continent, hugged his wife and started kissing her wildly: "Wife, you've done a great job!"

Caught off guard by this sudden tenderness, Zhou scolded him playfully, and the two spent the night in tenderness.

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The next day, Tang Qingshan seemed like a different person, arranging jobs for all the people who had been waiting for work.

Erzhuzi reminded him again: "Qingshan, the wheat planting is almost finished, we don't need so many people. If you really want to help everyone, when arranging the work, take turns, and everyone will get paid!"

Tang Qingshan said impatiently, "Brother Zhu, I know what I'm doing. Don't worry about it. If there's a problem, I'll personally talk to Sister-in-law Lanzhi!" After saying that, he left without looking back.

Erzhuzi sighed, "Why is this Qingshan so unreliable!"

Erzhuzi has been studying the combine harvester at home recently, based on the blueprints and materials given to him by Tang Qiqi. He thinks that the wheat will be planted in less than three days, so he'll let Tang Qingshan do whatever he wants for these three days.

Tang Qingshan arranged for almost all the idle people in the village to work in the fields, and everyone was grateful to him, with people constantly flattering him.

Some people even brought him good wine and food to the base to reward him. These past few days, without Erzhuzi getting in his way, Tang Qingshan has been living like a fish in water.

He directly invited a few people who were willing to be filial to him to drink and eat meat in the shack, and even played dice and gambled for money.

With no one supervising the fields, everyone was just coasting along. What should have been a three-day planting day still had a lot of land left over by the fifth day.

Tang Qingshan still came to Xu Lanzhi to collect everyone's wages without fail!

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Xu Lanzhi looked at the account book and felt more and more that something was wrong. The expenses were higher in the first few days, but then they became more regular and the discrepancies were not significant. However, the wages have increased sharply in the last few days.

Xu Lanzhi kept it in mind but didn't point it out. She simply asked, "Qingshan, why are we using so many workers lately?"

Tang Qingshan said without batting an eye, "Sister-in-law, I want to finish planting the wheat in the next few days, because the rainy season is coming soon!"

Xu Lanzhi didn't say anything and handed the money to Tang Qingshan as usual, but she had some doubts in her heart.

Liu Jianchang quickly went to report to Tang Qingshan. He was immediately displeased by Tang Qingshan's behavior and said to him, "Uncle Qingshan, you can't just sit in this shack all day long. Everyone is slacking off. Isn't that a waste of my aunt's money?"

Tang Qingshan burst into laughter: "You idiot, how can you forget the lessons of life? You're just too honest, that's why your aunt chased you to the fields."

Kid, if you want to work, go work in the fields. If you don't, go somewhere cool and stay somewhere else. But I advise you not to go gossip about Xu Lanzhi, or you probably won't even be able to stay in this field anymore!

Liu Jianchang still couldn't understand why his aunt didn't blame Jiaping and Jiahe. He didn't want to upset Xu Lanzhi anymore, so he picked up his hoe and went to work by himself.

Xu Lanzhi also noticed something was wrong with the planting base, so she said to Wang Shi that day, "Mother, we happen to have nothing to do today, why don't you come with me to the fields to take a look!"

From a distance, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could see the workers sitting on the ground chatting and laughing!

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Wang immediately flew into a rage: "These heartless bastards, they just take our money and live like this! Every single one of these lazy bums, we'll kick them all out!"

Xu Lanzhi was also furious and said unhappily, "Where was Tang Qingshan? It's his job to watch everyone work!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived at the field in a flurry of activity. Everyone felt a little embarrassed to see the host and hurriedly picked up hoes to pretend to work.

Wang's face was extremely ugly, and her eyes looked like she wanted to kill someone.

Xu Lanzhi suppressed her anger and said expressionlessly, "Everyone is tired and needs to rest. Jianchang, why are you the only one working? You should take a break too!"

Liu Jianchang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Auntie, I'm not tired, I'll work a little longer!"

Xu Lanzhi nodded to Liu Jianchang and then asked, "Where did Tang Qingshan go? With the person in charge not here, no wonder everyone is slacking off!"

A worker said timidly, "Brother Qingshan just went to the shack, I'll go and call him!"

"No need, I'll go find him myself!" Xu Lanzhi said coldly, her phoenix eyes sweeping over him.

The workers dared not say anything and just kept their heads down and worked.

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Xu Lanzhi and Wang Shi could hear a commotion coming from inside the shack from a distance.

"Brother Qingshan is awesome! You win every time!"

"Brother Qingshan, you're the best. You always think of the brothers. If we let that taciturn Erzhuzi take charge, we wouldn't have any work to do!"

"However, Xu Lanzhi has sent her nephew Liu Jianchang over again. If he goes and reports us, our good days will be over!"

Tang Qingshan smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. I already warned that fool. He's afraid that if he goes around blaming others for wasting his aunt's money, they won't even let him farm the land anymore!"

"Brother Qingshan, you're really something! What if Xu Lanzhi finds out?!"

Tang Qingshan said smugly, "There's even less to worry about. I've reported so many extra people these past few days, and when I went to collect the money, she didn't even blink. In short, lots of money and stupid people, there's nothing I can do about it!"