Chapter 260 Confession
What do women know?
Shao Yunduan said, "Madam has ordered you to go back first. It will be like this from now on. You must obey Madam's orders. Help your uncle take good care of these fertile fields. I will not treat you unfairly."
This was exactly the benefit that Zhang Chunlai and the other man wanted. After hearing Shao Yunduan's words, they felt relieved and quickly agreed with a smile. They also said a lot of flattering words and then left respectfully.
Ding Erzhu seemed to relax a little after breathing a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "Nephew, are these tenants under my control from now on? I'm a little unsure! If anything goes wrong with your business, I, I--"
"Uncle Erzhu, don't say that," Qiao Xuan said with a smile, "Actually, it's nothing. As for the matters in the fields, each tenant can take care of them themselves. You just stay here and make sure they have a plan and don't dare to cause trouble. You don't have to worry about anything else. If there is anything, or if anyone says or does something bad, just let us know when you get back."
Shao Yunduan also nodded: "Yes, you can live here, and the tenants will take care of the farm affairs."
That's their food ration.
Ding Erzhu felt relieved and smiled awkwardly: "Is that so? OK, then I understand."
What Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan didn't expect was that Ding Erzhu misunderstood. He understood that he didn't need to ask about the farm matters, the tenants would take care of them themselves; he would keep an eye on the tenants' every move, such as who quarreled with whom, who was diligent, who was cunning, who liked to form cliques, etc., especially those who were not right or a little bit out of line, so he would pay more attention to them and tell Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan.
What they didn't expect was that it was Ding Erzhu who had made it a habit to keep an eye on the tenants and knew their situations like the back of his hand. Later, without realizing it, he greatly helped Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan avoid a major crisis.
"I, this is just a little bit for me to do. Is there anything else? Tell me everything." Ding Erzhu said again.
In his opinion, this was a huge bargain for him! So big that he felt a little uneasy.
Qiao Xuan thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Let's meet the tenants first, and then we'll go to the land where we want to build the house. If you have time, you can help me tidy up the land."
Ding Erzhu's eyes lit up, and he nodded and smiled: "Okay, okay! That's no problem!"
Qiao Xuan deliberately sent Zhang Chunlai and the other person away because she was worried that if the two were there, the tenants would not dare to tell anyone even if something really happened.
Better to get them out of the way.
In this way, completely leaving those two people aside and introducing Ding Erzhu to the tenants can also better establish Ding Erzhu's position in the tenants' hearts.
Otherwise, if those two people followed, it would seem like they were leading Ding Erzhu.
She probably ran into seven or eight tenants and introduced themselves to them casually. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, so Qiao Xuan felt relieved.
Afterwards, the three of them went to buy the land.
The land is next to Zhangjia Village, at the foot of a mountain, with a slight slope.
A wooden house for Ding Erzhu and his wife to temporarily live in will also be built here.
Qiao Xuan roughly pointed to the area. The courtyard house she was going to build in the future would cover an area of about three mu. The remaining two mu connected to the slope could be turned into a vegetable garden.
Qiao Xuan gave Ding Erzhu five taels of silver to settle down, which also included the cost of building a wooden house.
(End of this chapter)
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