Chapter 229: What a shameless statement

He Zhiran thought for a moment and said, "Even if I am willing to help Nanrui's mother remove the poison, I cannot show my true face to others."

Mo Jiuye agreed: "Indeed."

It is very simple for He Zhiran not to show her true face. She just needs to buy some props and put on some makeup, and no one will be able to recognize her.

"How about I pretend to be an old man and try not to talk?"

Mo Jiuye nodded: "Yes, it's settled. I will inform Nanrui in three days and tell him that the master who can remove the poison has been found."

After the matter was finalized, the couple spent some time together before falling into a deep sleep.

At noon the next day, several officials came to the house.

Because of a smallpox incident in Yuncheng the day before, the original plan to invite officials to measure the wasteland and hilltops could not be realized.

Today, Meng Huaining was very concerned about this matter and sent someone over early.

Mo Jiuye took the officials to measure the area, and the amount of wasteland was almost the same as they estimated, a total of 51 acres.

There was a lot of water on the top of the mountain. The officials only measured around the foot of the mountain and finally decided to sell the upper part of the mountain to the Mo family. They were also very perfunctory about the area, only saying one hundred acres.

Such a large hilltop is more than a hundred acres. Mo Jiuye estimated that it is at least three hundred acres. It can be seen that Meng Huaining had given these officials instructions before they came out.

In any case, the relationship between the Mohist school and Meng Huaining cannot be severed just like that. There will be plenty of opportunities to repay this favor in the future.

Mo Jiuye was busy leading the officials to measure, and He Zhiran was not idle either.

Patriarch Zhou sent someone to tell her that the Cui family could no longer hold on and that they were planning to sell not only their fertile land but also their house.

After He Zhiran thanked the Zhou family member who came to report the news, he planned to go to the Cui family to check it out.

Old Madam Mo was worried that the Cui family would hold a grudge against them, and that it would be unsafe for He Zhiran, a weak woman who couldn't even lift a finger, to go alone, so she asked Liang Hao to accompany her.

When He Zhiran and Liang Hao arrived at the Cui family's territory, it was already surrounded by people.

Perhaps the news of the Cui family selling farmland and houses was spread by them in advance, so there were many unfamiliar faces among the onlookers here.

I guess it’s people from other villages who are planning to buy houses and land here who come to check it out.

The Xie and Fang families also came, and when they saw He Zhiran, they all came over.

After He Zhiran greeted them, he remained on the sidelines.

She wanted to see what tricks the Cui family could play at this time.

At this time, an elderly man from the Cui family said loudly: "God is unfair. He doesn't allow us, the Cui family, to survive. We have no choice but to sell the house and land we have."

As he spoke, the old man of the Cui family called a young man and asked him to lead the people from other villages to see the farmland that the Cui family wanted to sell.

The young men of the Cui family invited the outsiders to look at the farmland, and He Zhiran and the Xie and Fang families also followed.

He Zhiran had no intention of buying the Cui family's arable land. After all, the wasteland she had bought was enough. The only thing she was worried about was the Cui family's abandoned fields and houses at the foot of the mountain.

She went along to check it out, just to join in the fun.

As He Zhiran expected, the Cui family was anxious to raise money to pay the fine and wanted to ask for a huge amount of money.

The young man of the Cui family pointed to the cultivated land of the clan members and said, "See? This is it. These are all the fertile fields of our Cui family. We have carefully tended these fields, and the yield is much higher than that of ordinary fields."

After hearing what he said, He Zhiran almost laughed out loud.

I really don't know what this person is thinking. Most of the people who come to see the farmland are from farmers' origins. They can tell the quality of the farmland at a glance without saying anything.

The output is much higher, what a boast...

Someone, already tired of his exaggerations, urged, "There's no point in talking so much. Just tell me how much silver is per acre!"

The young man from the Cui family said this because he was taught by his clansmen, so he naturally knew how to make an offer.

"I'm afraid there's no such good farmland in the entire Yuncheng. Our Cui family is in urgent need of silver, so we're selling it at the low price of twelve taels of silver."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, there was a sigh of relief at the scene.

"I think your Cui family is not in a hurry to use the money, but wants to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune."

"Exactly. Do you think we are all fools? And you're still charging 12 taels of silver per mu."

"Forget it, forget it. I can't afford such expensive farmland. I'm going back..."

The people who came to see the farmland left one after another amid waves of complaints. Apart from He Zhiran, the only ones still standing here were the Fang family and the Xie family.

However, they didn't say anything. They just wanted to see how the Cui family would deal with the situation since they asked for such a high price for the farmland. They didn't encounter any big unfair buyers and didn't have the money to pay the fine.

When the young man from the Cui family saw that those people had left, he immediately lost his composure.

In fact, he knew in his heart that the land was only worth eight taels per mu, but he insisted on selling it at a high price. It would be strange if those people didn't run away.

But so many people in the tribe think that their own farmland is good, and they are selling it out of necessity, and they all want to get a high price.

Now that all the people who wanted to buy the land have run away, and the deadline for paying the fine is tomorrow, how can the Cui family come up with so much money?

The young man from the Cui family looked at He Zhiran and others, then returned to his clansmen dejectedly.

The Cui family members also saw that those who bought land had run away, and they were all very anxious.

Especially the old man from the Cui family, when he saw the young man he sent out came back, he hurriedly asked: "What happened? Why did those people run away?"

The young man from the Cui family said with a bitter face, "As soon as I mentioned the price, they turned around and left."

The old man from the Cui family knocked the young man's head hard and said, "Are you stupid? I already told you that twelve or two taels is the asking price and it's negotiable. Why didn't you tell those people?"

The other members of the Cui family also stepped forward in dissatisfaction and complained, "Yeah, isn't twelve taels the asking price? Didn't you tell them?"

The young man was confused: "I was so nervous just now that I forgot..."

The Cui family wanted to beat up this brainless guy, but the most important thing right now was to collect money, and they didn't have enough experience to do it.

The Cui family, young and old, gathered together to discuss and finally set their sights on He Zhiran and others.

Although they haven't been out much recently, they have heard that the Mo family bought all the abandoned farmland at the foot of the mountain from the Zhao and Zhou families.

The reason why the Mohists bought that kind of farmland was because they couldn't find suitable farmland in the village.

Therefore, at this moment they can only place their last hope on the Mo family.

That young man is unreliable, and the Cui family dare not let him come forward again.

This time it was the old man from the Cui family who took the initiative to step forward.

In order to successfully sell the family's farmland, the old man of the Cui family tried to lower his posture as much as possible.

"Excuse me, is the head of the Mo family here?"