Chapter 259 Both Have Brothers

Xiaowu came back quickly with a map in his hand.

Yu Jiaming spread the maps on the table. Ye Mingzhu was a little resistant: "I'm just an ordinary citizen. Can't I look at these maps?"

"It doesn't matter, these are not secrets." Xiao Wu answered honestly, and then received a roll of the eyes from Ye Mingzhu.

Yu Jiaming called Uncle Yan and Ye Mingzhu to come over and take a look, saying that there were several wastelands near the village and asked them to see which one was suitable.

Ye Mingzhu didn't move. "It's just a map. You can't tell the soil condition from it."

Yu Jiaming thought for a moment and nodded: "What you said makes sense. Why don't you go there first to see the situation and then decide how much to buy."

"It's okay even if you can't buy a thousand acres. Just pick the right ones. These lands have been left uncultivated for a long time. If you buy them, it will help the county government solve its problems."

Having said that, Ye Mingzhu couldn't refuse and could only agree: "When I go back today, I will ask the head of my village and a few old farmers to go look around there. If there is a place suitable for growing sweet potatoes, I will let you know."

Yu Jiaming's face was full of gratitude: "If the sweet potato issue can be settled, I will definitely recommend you for the credit."

"No need," Ye Mingzhu waved her hand. "I didn't come to you to ask you to take credit for me. Since sweet potatoes were discovered under your rule, it's naturally your credit."

In this way, he helped her solve the problem with Young Master Yu, and they were even.

Xiao Wu was still a little confused: "Mingzhu, you want to buy wasteland? It's winter now, what are you going to buy so much wasteland for?"

Ye Mingzhu suddenly laughed. She didn't expect that Xiaowu actually understood her feelings.

Yu Jiaming wanted to kick Xiaowu, but he dodged. He glared at him and said, "Didn't you just say sweet potatoes are delicious? If you don't have land, how can you grow them?"

Xiaowu was still confused. No matter how delicious the sweet potatoes were, there was no need to plant so many.

"There are only a few people in Mingzhu's family. Can they grow enough sweet potatoes to eat?"

Yu Jiaming no longer wanted to see Xiaowu's expression. He had never felt that Xiaowu was so stupid.

"You can ask Lord Yu about this matter later. We have other things to do, so we'll leave first." Ye Mingzhu said goodbye without saying anything else.

Xiao Wu wanted to ask more, but Yu Jiaming stopped him: "Mingzhu, is there anything else you need? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"We can handle some small matters ourselves." Ye Mingzhu shook her head and said nothing more.

Yu Jiaming personally sent Ye Mingzhu and Uncle Yan out, and Xiaowu followed immediately.

Near the door, Ye Mingzhu stopped and said, "Master Yu, please go back."

It would be bad if the people outside saw him personally seeing someone off, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

Yu Jiaming saw what Ye Mingzhu was thinking and did not move forward. He looked at Xiao Wu beside him and said, "Xiao Wu, go see Uncle Yan and the others off."

Xiao Wu made a gesture of invitation to Uncle Yan and Ye Mingzhu. Uncle Yan and Ye Mingzhu both nodded to Yu Jiaming and walked out of the yamen.

"Mingzhu, why did you buy so much wasteland?" Xiaowu couldn't help asking when he reached the door.

Ye Mingzhu smiled and shook her head: "You can ask Master Yu when you go back and find out."

Without waiting for Xiaowu to say anything, Ye Mingzhu and Uncle Yan walked out of the yamen.

Another main reason for their visit to the county this time was to inquire about the situation of the official ship.

On the way to the dock, Uncle Yan asked Ye Mingzhu, "Mingzhu, are you too cold towards adults?"

Ye Mingzhu couldn't explain why, but she always felt a little stiff and rigid when she was with Yu Jiaming.

"Uncle Yan said that he is Lord Yu. We should keep some distance. Didn't Lord Fu say that when he came? I am just an ordinary little fisherman's daughter. I am lucky to have the opportunity to meet Lord Yu."

Ye Mingzhu felt angry whenever she mentioned this matter. It seemed that from that time on, she began to deliberately keep a distance from Yu Jiaming.

"Mingzhu, that's not what Master Fu said at the beginning." Uncle Yan's voice was somewhat helpless: "They are from the capital, so it's normal for them to speak arrogantly."

Ye Mingzhu shook her head: "Their arrogance is their business, it has nothing to do with me. I didn't eat their rice."

Uncle Yan could hear that Ye Mingzhu was still a little upset about what Fu Chengyun had said.

"Mingzhu, are you angry that the adults didn't recognize you as their adopted sister?"

Ye Mingzhu shook her head even more this time: "Of course not, I have never thought of recognizing him as my sworn brother. I am living a good life now and have my own family. Why should I recognize another sworn brother?"

She thought for a moment and explained seriously, "Uncle Yan, I'm angry that the people of Beijing look down on us ordinary people. They have achieved such success only because of the good deeds of their ancestors. I don't envy them, nor do I want them to belittle me. We are all equal."

Uncle Yan heard such a statement for the first time. He smiled bitterly and said, "Mingzhu, how can there be fairness in this world?"

Even when he was in the capital, he didn't have much contact with ordinary people.

Ye Mingzhu didn't say anything else. There was a thousand years of ideological gap between them, so it was normal that they couldn't communicate.

As they arrived at the dock, the two of them stopped discussing this topic.

Uncle Yan asked Ye Mingzhu to wait outside for a while while he went to the dock to ask about the official ship. After a while, he came back with a frown.

"The next official ship will leave in five days. If you want to take it, you can buy a ticket now. It's a bit late now."

Ye Mingzhu calculated that if she wanted to come back before the New Year, she could only stay in the provincial capital for about ten days, but it would take even longer to go there by carriage.

"Let's buy the boat tickets first, otherwise it will be even more troublesome if we don't have the tickets in five days."

Uncle Yan went to the dock again to buy a boat ticket and returned with a few wooden chips: "Let's come here and wait at 1:00 AM in five days."

This time made Ye Mingzhu want to sigh again. If she didn't want to leave in the middle of the night, she would have to stay in the county the night before.

"Let's go back first. We can discuss other things when we get back." Ye Mingzhu didn't say much.

The two returned to the dim sum shop, and Ruan Linlin brought the accounts for this period to show Ye Mingzhu.

"Sister Linlin, the shop has only been open for such a short time, and it's already profitable?" Ye Mingzhu really didn't expect that a dim sum shop that was just for fun could actually earn seventy or eighty taels of silver a month.

This is just a county town, just a small shop?

"Thanks to Aunt Mo's good cooking skills, in addition to the snacks, she also developed some sweet water. The supply is limited every day, and only those who buy snacks can buy the sweet water."

Ruan Linlin really didn't expect that Aunt Mo was so talented in food and drink. If she were to say, Aunt Mo had made the greatest contribution to the dim sum shop's profitability.

"It's just that I discovered that someone was contacting Aunt Mo privately, and some young girls were secretly contacting Mo Xing and Mo Wan."

Ruan Linlin said this with a worried look on her face: "I've asked around, and all the girls who have been in contact with Mo Xing and Mo Wan have older brothers at home."