Chapter 82 Chapter 82 Silver Note

The originally bustling yard suddenly became quiet. Miao Ying ran out of the room and saw Fu Lingyou standing at his door with a gloomy face, and Xing Ge'er following behind Fu Lingyou, crying.

The matchmaker is the one who can judge the situation best. When she sees that the situation is not right, she will run away immediately.

Li Hongying also realized something was wrong and took her two children out. In the end, only Fu Lingzhi, Fu Lingyou, and Miao Ying and his wife were left in the yard.

Fu Lingzhi seemed to have not yet reacted to what had happened, and just stared blankly at Fu Lingyou. At this moment, Xingge burst into tears loudly. He did not care about anything else and ran forward to hug Fu Lingzhi.

"Master, you have suffered." Xing Ge'er held his face, pulled his hand, and touched his clothes. The material was rough, not even as good as the clothes on his body.

Miao Ying understood everything now. He pulled Huo Xing into the room and handed the entire yard over to them. He also knew what went wrong. It must be that Xing Ge'er was caught by Fu Lingyou when he tried to steal Fu Lingzhi's household registration documents, otherwise how could he be exposed. But it was okay, they needed to have a frank talk.

However, Miao Ying was a little curious at the moment. He was originally sitting on the bed in the room, but he quietly ran to the door and put his ear against it, trying to listen to what was happening outside.

But Xingge'er's sobbing was too loud, and Fu Lingzhi and Fu Lingyou's voices were too soft, so he couldn't hear anything.

In the yard, Fu Lingzhi hugged Xing Ge'er who was crying, and Fu Lingyou asked Xing Ge'er to wait outside with a cold face.

In the end, only Fu Lingzhi and Fu Lingyou were left in the entire yard.

"Why did you leave without saying goodbye?" Fu Lingyou took a few steps forward and looked into Fu Lingzhi's red eyes.

"I didn't leave without saying goodbye." Fu Lingzhi's voice trembled a little. "Everyone in my family knows."

"Am I not a family member?"

Fu Lingzhi lowered his head and didn't look at him, his intention to avoid him was obvious.

Fu Lingyou sighed: "Pack your things and come home with me."

Fu Lingzhi raised his head and then shook his head: "I don't want it. I'm not a member of the Fu family anymore. What's the point of me going back with you?"

Fu Lingyou also knew that the most innocent person in this matter was his second brother whose life was swapped when he was young, so when the family was divided, he gave the most profitable shop in the family to him, but this did not mean that he would ignore Fu Lingzhi. The division of the family was just to compensate him again.

"I'm not going back to the Fu family." Fu Lingyou said patiently, "I'm going to the capital."

Fu Lingzhi still shook his head: "Brother, don't worry about me, I am no longer a member of the Fu family."

"Lingzhi, can the decades of nurturing be severed so easily?" Fu Lingyou's voice was a little louder.

"Yes, is it that easy to break?" Fu Lingzhi asked him back.

"You can leave home, but why don't you wait for me to come back?" Fu Lingyou's voice softened a little, "Don't you believe that big brother can handle this matter?"

Fu Lingzhi shook his head: "Brother, I'm fine now, I won't go back."

Fu Lingyou knew that he was unhappy, and he didn't expect him to put everything aside and go home with him immediately. He could only take a deep breath and said, "I came here today to talk to your friend about his business."

Fu Lingzhi wiped the tears from her face, stood up and walked towards Miao Ying and their room.

Miao Ying was eavesdropping when the knock on the door startled him. He quickly pretended to come over from the bedside. When he opened the door, he saw Fu Lingzhi's eyes were red and his voice was hoarse: "Big brother said he wants to discuss business with you."

Miao Ying's eyes were fixed on him, which made him feel a little embarrassed. He looked away and didn't look at Miao Ying.

Fu Lingyou knew the news about Fu Lingzhi because of Xing Ge'er stealing the household registration documents. Xing Ge'er thought he had kept it a secret well, but he didn't expect that every move was under Fu Lingyou's control.

Because they came to Rongshu Village early this morning and happened to hear someone wanted to arrange a marriage for Fu Lingzhi.

Miao Ying looked at them with some gossip. Fu Lingyou still had no expression on his face. Fu Lingzhi had already hidden himself. Miao Ying could not see him anymore, so he could only look away.

The discussion had to be more formal, so they stopped sitting in the yard and went to the main room. Fu Lingzhi had lived in this house for a long time and had gone to the kitchen to boil water. Seeing this, Xing Ge'er was crying and wanted to help him.

They didn't have a tea set at home, and they usually drank water from bowls, so the boiled water was also served in a bowl.

Fu Lingyou has also thought about the value of what Miao Ying gave him. This is a good opportunity for him to break away from the Fu family and gain a firm foothold.

Miao Ying didn't understand, but Fu Lingyou knew what this meant. There was no need to elaborate on other things. Miao Ying also said that he only wanted money and he didn't care about anything else.

"I just want some money for our family to make a living, plus a stable job." Miao Ying was not nervous at all, and he didn't want to ask for too much. He could earn money for daily life with Huo Xing, but what they earned would not be enough to deal with emergencies.

So he needed this money as a backup for his family to deal with unexpected situations.

"You say." Fu Lingyou looked at Fu Lingzhi bringing in water, his fingertips were a little red, and he sighed.

Miao Ying grabbed Huo Xing's hand under the table, exchanged glances with him, and then extended a finger.

"One thousand taels?" Fu Lingyou frowned.

Miao Ying quickly shook his head: "One hundred taels, one hundred taels, one thousand taels is too much." Fu Lingyou dared to say that he didn't dare to take it.

Fu Lingyou laughed and said, "Okay. What other work do you want?"

Miao Ying then said, "After the rapeseed is planted, it needs manpower to extract the oil. Currently, I am the only one who has the oil-pressing machine, so I hope that no matter where Master Fu plants the rapeseed in the future, there will be an oil press nearby."

"Of course." Fu Lingyou has cut ties with the Fu family now, and the last thing he lacks is money. Today, he was afraid that Miao Yingshi would ask for a high price, so he brought two thousand taels of silver notes, but he didn't expect that he only wanted one hundred taels. He didn't know whether he was honest or didn't understand the market.

Fu Lingyou called the people around him, took out a silver note of one hundred taels, and handed it to Miao Ying: "As for the oil press, it will be completed after the harvest next year."

Miao Ying happily took it and nodded, "It's getting late, why don't you stay for a quick meal, Mr. Fu?"

Fu Lingyou remembered something and took out a two hundred tael silver note from his purse and placed it on the table: "This is to thank you for saving Lingzhi's life. Please be sure to accept it."

Miao Ying quickly pushed the banknote back: "No need, Lingzhi and I are friends, and he is also our family now. I didn't save him for money."

"Take it. The price you asked is too low. Your things are worth more than one hundred taels."

Miao Ying hissed, "Then stay for dinner?"

"No, I have something else to do." Fu Lingyou stood up. He didn't bring many people with him today. Apart from his personal attendant, there was only Xing Ge'er. He didn't take the banknotes on the table and was about to leave with his people.

After the matter was settled, Miao Ying asked Huo Xing to give Fu Lingyou the large, plump rapeseed seeds they had selected earlier. There were quite a few of them, enough to plant a lot of land: "These are the seeds we selected."

Fu Lingyou had his men collect the rapeseed seeds and was about to leave. As he was about to step out of the courtyard, he turned around and saw Fu Lingzhi still standing there motionless. He wanted to try to take him away again: "Lingzhi?"

Fu Lingzhi took another step back: "Brother, I'm living a good life now, so I won't go back with you."

Miao Ying's ears pricked up again. He was afraid that his expression would be seen by others, so he hid behind Huo Xing, looking like he was enjoying himself.

Fu Lingyou just looked at him. When their eyes met, it was Fu Lingzhi who looked away first. Fu Lingyou sighed, took off his purse and tied it around his waist: "If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. But getting married requires the consent of your parents. Your biological parents have passed away. My eldest brother is like a father to me. Your marriage needs my consent."

Fu Lingzhi nodded and walked him out of the Miao family's yard: "Brother, take care on your journey."

Fu Lingyou looked at him and sighed: "I'll come to see you later."

"Brother, please mind your own business. Aren't you going to the capital?"

Fu Lingyou raised his hand and touched his head: "I'm going away for a while, not that I won't be back. I'll come to see you when I come back."

When Xing Ge'er saw that Fu Lingzhi was not going back with them, he started crying and sobbing again, and finally left, looking back every few steps.

After everyone had left, Fu Lingzhi felt as if all his energy had been drained away. His legs went limp and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Miao Ying was quick to support him.

Miao Ying looked at Fu Lingzhi and slapped his thigh: "Oh, I didn't ask your brother for the household registration documents!"

Fu Lingzhi smiled somewhat weakly: "Xing Ge'er said that he would continue to help me steal."

Miao Ying felt that Xing Ge'er was unreliable. If he hadn't been paying attention, Fu Lingzhi wouldn't have been exposed so quickly.

Finally, Fu Lingyou did not take back the two hundred taels of silver note on the table. Miao Ying gave it to Fu Lingzhi, but Fu Lingzhi also refused to take it and asked Miao Ying to keep it. He almost tore the note when he was refusing, but in the end, Miao Ying kept the silver note.

When he went to bed at night, Miao Ying looked at the 100 taels of silver in his purse and finally understood the feeling of a poor man who suddenly became rich. He turned his head to look at Huo Xing and asked, "Do you think I am getting too little?"

Huo Xing shook his head: "It's normal for you to have as much as you want."

Miao Ying leaned on his chest: "I don't want that much, because too much money will make it easy for people to target us. Besides, we both have hands and feet and can make our own money. I've already thought about it. Later, I will open a snack shop and you will go to work in the oil press. This way, at least our family will have a skill. With a skill, everything will be hopeful."

Huo Xing's hand gently fell on Miao Ying's cheek. He didn't know how much energy and how many strange ideas this little person had.

The amount of rapeseed handed over for seeds was not much. After they kept the seeds for their own planting, they planned to press the remaining rapeseed into oil. August 15th was not far away, and they still needed to provide Yingkeju with cooked chili oil once more, so they didn't need to give it to them anymore. But judging from Yingkeju's intentions, it seemed that they wanted to continue buying from them at a high price.

But there was no way. Miao Ying and his friends didn't have many dried chilies left, and there wasn't much oil left, so they had to eat them sparingly.

The next morning, Miao Ying woke up to the noise in the yard and found it very lively. He looked down and saw a lot of things placed in the yard, including food, clothing and daily necessities. If he didn't have any unmarried children in his family, he would have thought that this was a betrothal proposal.

After asking, I found out that the things sent by Fu Lingyou included supplements for the two elderly people, snacks for the two children, some books, and pens, ink, paper, and inkstone. The rest were almost all for Fu Lingzhi, including toys, ornaments, silks, and satins.

Huo Xingquan helped him move into the room. Miao Ying followed behind. Looking at the room full of dazzling things, he sighed and said, "Oh, our humble house has finally become prosperous."

Fu Lingzhi did not put all these things out, but piled them in the corner of the room.

Miao Ying leaned against the door: "Why don't you put it out?"

Fu Lingzhi smiled at him and said, "It's not appropriate. When Big Brother goes to the capital, I will return these things. After all, they are not mine."

"Why don't you go with your brother?" Miao Ying was a little curious. If there was a better life, who would want to live a miserable life? If a rich family came to pick him up when he just traveled through time, he would definitely run away without looking back.

Fu Lingzhi smiled a little bitterly: "Because this is the life I should have lived."

Hearing what he said, Miao Ying knew that he was being stubborn and didn't know how to persuade him for a moment. Anyway, the family was rich now, and it wouldn't be difficult to support Fu Lingzhi.

"Then stay home." Miao Ying patted his shoulder, "We'll talk about the future later."

Miao Ying and Huo Xing went up the mountain again and squeezed oil from the remaining rapeseed except for the seeds they left behind. They also put the wooden press away and would use it until next year.

Before going down the mountain, Miao Ying patted the wooden squeezer and said, "I hope that by next year, you won't have any wood ear mushrooms."

Huo Xing had already packed his things and called Miao Ying. Miao Ying turned around and walked towards him, helped him carry some things, and then went down the mountain together.

They did not stop on their way down the mountain, just like time that kept moving forward, passing through the scorching summer and crossing the golden autumn of harvest. The winter wind blowing across their cheeks with a biting chill told them that the year was about to end.