Chapter 272 Calculation

Young Master Qi simply stopped pretending, "It would be great if she really seduced me, huh."

This only added fuel to the fire, and Zeng Mingzhu flew into a rage. "Bah! You think too highly of her. She's just pretending to be noble and playing hard to get. She still refuses to agree, but that's just because she wants more. What does that lowly thing think? Do you think I don't know? I can only coax lust-obsessed fools like you."

Young Master Qi's face darkened: "Who are you calling an idiot?"

Zeng Mingzhu choked and stiffened her neck to argue: "What do you men know? You are just stupid when it comes to this matter."

"I don't understand!"

Young Master Qi was extremely bored. Knowing that she could not help, he lost interest in continuing to talk to her and stood up to leave.

Zeng Mingzhu was anxious, and hurriedly chased after him and grabbed his sleeve: "Where are you going?"

"Let go, it has nothing to do with you."

"Are you still going to look for that little bitch?"

“It’s none of your business!”

"No, I don't agree! I won't let you go."

"Zeng, please be aware of your own status. Can you stop me from doing what I want to do? Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you ruin my plans, then you'll see whether I will pay attention to you in the future."

"you--"

Zeng Mingzhu was so angry that her whole body went limp. Before she knew it, Young Master Qi had already broken free from her and walked away.

Zeng Mingzhu burst into tears.

One Zeng Xiaoyan was not enough, and unexpectedly, Xu Zhichun came.

She asked why she hated Xu Zhichun so much, and it turned out that it was not just because of Zeng Xiaoyan!

Zeng Mingzhu became even angrier when she thought that her husband actually fell in love with such a person, and the most hateful thing was that the other party even looked down on her husband.

She felt humiliated.

In the afternoon, when Zeng Mingzhu went to pay her respects to her mother-in-law, her second brother's wife was also there. The three of them chatted about family matters. After Zeng Mingzhu returned to the house, she asked Cuixiang to find out who bought the Zhen family's farmland in Hekou Town, which is close to the county seat.

The Zhen family ran into trouble in their business, and they didn't have enough money to fill the hole, so they were forced to sell the farm in Hekou Town. Who among the wealthy families in Qingyang County didn't know about this?

There were those who sympathized with them and those who gloated over their misfortune, but after doing the math, those who had enough money and could come up with such a large sum of money at once were all eager to take over the Zhen family's farm and land.

However, after all the calculations, six or seven thousand taels of silver was no small sum. If the farm was purchased, it would require hiring tenants, adding farmhands, arranging a steward, adding a large number of oxen and various farm tools, and purchasing seeds. If the additional farmhands were insufficient for the spring plowing, he would have to hire laborers.

If you calculate it this way, this additional investment will cost almost a thousand silver coins.

Even if one owns several shops at home, it is difficult to come up with so much cash at once.

Some gave up with regret, some waited and watched for the time being, and some wanted to buy it together with two or three families. But even if they wanted to buy, they wanted to wait and see if the Zhen family would lower the price.

Unexpectedly, it was bought by an outsider.

Xu Zhichun and Liang Mingxuan were both very low-key and asked the Zhen family not to reveal their origins and identities.

But it's impossible not to say anything at all, after all, everyone will know it sooner or later. If I say nothing at all, it will only arouse more curiosity and attract more attention.

So everyone only knew that it was bought by the Liang family from the neighboring Qingshan County. Mrs. Liang brought her brother-in-law, the nanny at home, and accompanied by friends, spent a huge amount of money to buy the farm in one go.

Everyone felt extremely sorry.

They all sighed: The Zhen family is really lucky. They didn't expect that Qingyang County is much more prosperous than Qingshan County and has more wealthy families than Qingshan County. As a result, such a large farm was actually bought by people from Qingshan County.

As a wealthy family in Qingyang County, it's a bit embarrassing to think about it.

The Qi family originally wanted this farm as well, so they approached another family and wanted to take it over together and then divide it.

I didn't expect the Zhen family to act so quickly, so I can only let it go.

Mrs. Qi said with a bit of regret, "Last year, Mrs. Zhen held a flower viewing banquet at that farm, and I went there. The garden on the farm is really beautiful. They brought in fresh water to build a pond and planted many lotus flowers. The scenery is the best in spring and summer. The farm is backed by a gentle hill and has many fruit trees planted. It's quite interesting. I originally thought that if we bought it, we could go there twice a year to relax and relax. How nice it would be."

Madam Qi Ershao hurriedly smiled and comforted her mother-in-law, "Although that garden is beautiful, our farm can be even better if we decorate it well. If you trust me, mother, why don't I personally oversee it and have a garden built for us?"

Zeng Mingzhu was certainly not willing to be outdone, and competed with her brother's wife with a dagger hidden behind her smile.

Back in the house, Zeng Mingzhu became more and more suspicious the more she thought about it.

Qingshan County? The Liang family? Madam Liang with her brother-in-law? And the nanny and friends?

How could it be such a coincidence?

She thought she was wrong, but then she thought again, Xu Zhichun had tinkered with so many things, and it was said that he was even praised by the magistrate of Qingshan County, Lu, so maybe he could really come up with a few thousand taels of silver.

Zeng Mingzhu could no longer sit still, and hurriedly asked her maid to inquire the next day.

Xu Zhichun did not deliberately conceal this matter, and it would not be difficult for anyone interested to find out.

Cuixiang returned home and reported everything to Zeng Mingzhu, who was completely stunned.

"Is it really her? How is that possible!"

Although she had suspected that it was 80% true, Zeng Mingzhu still found it difficult to accept after the real evidence was confirmed.

Seven or eight thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. How could Xu Zhichun be so rich?

She made a few taels or three to five hundred taels from those broken things, but she didn't expect there would be so much!

Even she had never held so much silver in her hands.

Xu Zhichun actually paid it in one breath without blinking?

She had never been to that farm. Since her mother-in-law praised it so sincerely, it must be a good place. But now it has become Xu Zhichun's territory.

Zeng Mingzhu felt a little sour for no reason.

How could the Zeng family ever take someone like Xu Zhichun seriously? When had she and her mother ever even looked Zeng Xiaoyan in the eye?

But now——

When Xu Zhichun ate meat, Zeng Xiaoyan probably drank a lot of soup, right? Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so blindly trying to curry favor with Xu Zhichun.

It turns out that everything has a trace

No wonder that damn girl Zeng Xiaoyan became more and more arrogant in front of her mother and me.

Zeng Mingzhu sneered.

That day, she specially took out her private savings and asked the kitchen to prepare two dishes that her husband liked, and then she cordially invited him to come for dinner.

Young Master Qi will not give up on Xu Zhichun so easily. His wife's gesture of goodwill means that she has probably figured it out and can ask for her help in this matter.

Young Master Qi happily gave her face.

As for a woman, why wouldn't she agree if her husband coaxed her a few more words?

(End of this chapter)