Mu Zhanpeng's eyes lit up. He felt that Xia Jinxiu was not an ordinary girl, but a girl with great vision, and her views on the matter were not so petty.
This was something he had not expected. It was not that he discriminated against women, but it was rare for someone to think so thoroughly.
Xia Jinxiu spoke too quickly just now, and felt a little guilty when Mu Zhanpeng looked at her. After all, she spoke out loudly because she thought this method was feasible after listening to her little niece.
"No...Is it not possible?" Xia Jinxiu was worried. "Forget it if it's not possible. I...was just talking casually."
"No! Jinxiu, you and I think the same thing." Xia Jinjun just heard it, and his little daughter meant the same thing.
Xia Jinxiu looked at her second brother and smiled. It was rare that her second brother agreed.
She turned to look at Mu Zhanpeng again, "Where is the master?"
Mu Zhanpeng chuckled at first, "How could I disagree? This will affect the interests of your Xia family. If you think it's a good idea, then I naturally have no objection."
"No problem, let's do it this way." Old Mrs. Xia made the decision with a smile.
After the meal, Mu Zhanpeng had an even higher opinion of the Xia family. They were not ordinary people. Not only was Xia Jinjun a very thoughtful scholar, but even the girl in the Xia family was a very insightful person.
However, he was not a person who would take advantage of others, so he gave one or two taels of silver as meal money before leaving.
The Xia family refused to accept it, but Mu Zhanpeng said with a straight face, "If you don't accept it, then I will have to consider buying the barren mountain."
Xia Zhiliao knew that the old lady didn't want to be known as someone who oppressed the common people, so she encouraged her to take the money.
"That's right, that's right, you guys take the money, I can come and eat with you next time."
Mu Zhanpeng glanced at Xia Jinxiu and nodded slightly, "Miss Xia's cooking skills are really good. I wish your restaurant will be prosperous."
"Thank you, sir. With your words, I feel that business will not be bad." Xia Jinxiu said.
After leaving the Xia family, Mu Zhanpeng was full of praise for the Xia family.
"Lord Mu is such a good official. He never takes advantage of us ordinary people. He originally wanted to treat us to a meal to thank us, and now he has taken one or two taels of silver from us." Xia Jinjun glanced at Xia Jinxiu when he said this.
Xia Jinxiu didn't say anything.
"You are a good official. Now that we have acquired the barren mountain, you brothers should go and reclaim it quickly. We can still plant crops this spring. Don't waste it."
Thirty taels of silver were spent on the barren mountain, which is not a small amount of money. Even though it was the money paid by the second daughter-in-law, no one's money can be wasted.
"Mom, don't worry. But it's such a big mountain, and we brothers can't handle it alone. Besides, the fourth and fifth brothers have their own things to do. It's okay for me and the third brother to do it. I plan to hire a few workers."
"Second brother, why waste that money? I will go up the mountain tomorrow." Xia Jinyu said. Finally, he could do something.
Cheng Han smiled slightly, "Jin Yu, you are wrong. I think what my second brother said makes sense. It's too slow for you to work alone. Don't miss the spring planting. You should hire some people. Don't lose the big picture for the small."
"What your sister-in-law said is right, Third Brother, you should go with them. When we make money in the mountains, I will discuss with your second sister-in-law and give you a share of the profits."
"How can this be so embarrassing? We didn't even take any money!" Xia Jinyu said.
"We are one family, so let's not talk about different things. Didn't you also contribute?"
Cheng Han felt a little embarrassed, "Second brother, this is so bad."
"Okay, this is your second sister-in-law's idea." Xia Jinjun couldn't let everyone not know how good his wife is.
Xia Jinyu and Cheng Han were very embarrassed. Cheng Han wanted to take out some money, but unfortunately Xia Chenshi didn't want it. She thought that she would only take the money from the man's effort, just a little bit would be enough.
They don't want to be seen as taking advantage of their brothers.
Xia Zhiliao was thinking about how to find a suitable opportunity to check on Mu Zhanpeng's youngest son's illness.
Mu Zhanpeng is a very good official and has helped me many times. Besides, there is no harm in having a good relationship with him.
Everyone in the village knew that the Xia family had a relationship with the county magistrate, otherwise why would the county magistrate go to their house and hug the little girl from the Xia family.
Mrs. Yang came up with an idea and quietly came to the door of Xia's house.
Xia Zhiliao spotted the person peeking at the door and turned around to tell Old Lady Xia.
Old Madam Xia snorted coldly, "This damn old woman must have known that the Master has come to our house, and she wants us to go to the Master and plead for his son."
This is what Mrs. Yang thought. Although she didn’t go to see her son, wouldn’t it be great if she could have the chance to come out?
But she never expected that her son was sent in by the Xia family.
Old Lady Xia sneered, "You're amazing! You didn't even bother to take a look after your son went in. If he did, he would never come to our house."
"Ignore her and ask your father to close the door."
Xia Zhiliao ran to his father. The moment he closed the door, Mrs. Yang popped out. If Xia Jinjun didn't know what was going on, he would have been scared by her.
"What are you doing?" Xia Jinjun asked unhappily.
"Hey, second brother, your mother is in the room, right?"
"He's not here!" Xia Jinjun said, "Don't block the door."
Mrs. Yang's feet were stuck in the gap of the door, so Xia Jinjun couldn't close the door.
Xia Zhiliao's eyes rolled around. This old lady Yang was not a good person either. She always said bad things about her parents and grandmother. Now she came up to them to ask for favors. She was really shameless.
"Dad, why don't you close the door!" Xia Zhiliao said, and pushed the door hard.
The moment the door closed, Mrs. Yang let out a scream.
Xia Jinjun frowned, not because Grandma Yang was hurt, but because she was screaming so loudly, and he didn't want to scare his little girl again.
"Ouch, it hurts so much." Aunt Yang pointed at Xia Jinjun, "You...you bullied an old woman like me, you...how can you be so mean."
"You are..." Xia Jinjun frowned, "You are simply unreasonable."
Xia Zhiliao waved his hand, "Dad, I'll do it!"
Xia Jinjun looked at the little girl suspiciously, "Can you do it?"
"Hey, someone come quickly, see how the Xia family is bullying an old woman like me, is there anyone here?"
"Stop shouting! Who bullied you?" If Xia Jinjun was not an educated person, he would want to stuff a stinky sock into her mouth.
But Mrs. Yang became more and more excited as she spoke, and her shouts became louder and louder.
Xia Zhiliao was very calm, and was waiting for her to call someone with a smile.
"What happened?"
Just when she heard the voice of outsiders, Xia Zhiliao pulled her father's hand.
Xia Jinjun looked over.
Xia Zhiliao blinked and then fell to the ground. Xia Jinjun was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted.
Mrs. Yang was feeling very proud and was determined to blackmail the Xia family. But when she turned around, she found the little girl from the Xia family lying on the ground, twitching all over. She was immediately frightened.
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