That's a really fresh perspective.
Yunling chewed on the sausage, shaking her head.
Old Lady Yun has really gotten into it. Whenever Liu Shi is mentioned, she can talk about her for ten days and ten nights without taking a break.
It turned out that after Yunling left, the eldest son's family was harassed by debt collectors who threatened to abduct Yun Xiaosan and Yun Xiaosi. Yun Sanzhuang and his wife couldn't take it anymore and prepared to escape that very night with Yun Xiaosi. However, Yun Xiaosi held them back and was caught by Liu Shi.
Yun Da lost his temper and started cursing Yun Sanzhuang. Yun Sanzhuang, who was already resentful, couldn't stand being treated like this and started fighting with Yun Da on the spot. Fortunately, Liu Shi and Yun Da Zhuang pulled them apart and stopped the farce.
However, after this incident, the family also had the idea of escaping. The next day, they went to the village chief, sold the land, and fled with some money and a travel permit.
Yunling was somewhat dazed after hearing this. She recalled the woman and the servant arguing when she stayed at the inn. Could that be Liu Shi?
If that's the case, could they be heading towards Qingcheng? Could they run into Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoliu?
But these thoughts only flashed through her mind briefly. What she cared about more was that their land had been sold. If she bought the land and opened up the passageway in the middle, wouldn't their house be so big, so very big, so very big?
"Hey, can we buy this place?"
Yun Ruoxia immediately replied, "Too late, it's already been bought."
"Who bought it? Everyone in the village has land. Do you think city people would deliberately come to this village to buy a piece of land for a vacation?"
“You’re right. The one who bought the land is none other than the young master of the Lu family business. I don’t know how he did it so quickly. As soon as the eldest son left, I went to the village chief to inquire and he said the land had already been sold.”
"Young Master Lu? What is he going to do with it?" Ren Yunling racked her brains but couldn't figure it out. But the land belonging to the eldest son's family was really big. If they bought it and planned it well, it would be excellent for beekeeping, mushroom farming, or even running a briefs business.
“Father, if you don’t go and talk to him, we’ll be willing to pay double the price.”
Although Yun Shenghua had a premonition that his mission would not go smoothly, since Yun Ling had a request, he had to try his best. "Alright, I will go and talk to him tomorrow."
"Thank you, Father."
**
Since buying the land, Lu Yinghuai has been guarding the Lu family business every day, arriving early and leaving late, just to wait for one person. He doesn't believe that such a large piece of land wouldn't tempt that person at all.
So he wasn't surprised at all when he saw Yun Shenghua, he was just a little disappointed, but he still handled himself very well.
"Uncle, please sit down. Is there something you need from Uncle Fu that you've come here today?"
"No, it's not. It's a family matter. I heard that the young master bought the land of the Yun family's main branch. I wonder if it's for some important purpose?"
Lu Yinghuai stood up, took the teacup that Uncle Cao brought, handed it to Yun Shenghua, and then sat down. "Uncle, why do you say that? Have you taken a fancy to this place?"
Yun Shenghua nodded somewhat guiltily, “My daughter loves to cause trouble, but unfortunately, there is little land and many people in the family, so there is no place for her to squander. Therefore, I want to buy a large house next door and open it up to make it spacious. I just don’t know the young master’s attitude towards this place.”
A hint of joy appeared on Lu Yinghuai's face, but his tone remained gentle. "Then let Xiao Erniang come and talk to me."
Yun Shenghua's heart skipped a beat. So this man really had his eye on his Ling'er. Although the father-in-law was increasingly displeased with his son-in-law, he had a good impression of Lu Yinghuai when he asked for his help last time. This made him feel a little embarrassed.
"This...my daughter just returned from Qingcheng, and she's had a long and tiring journey, I'm afraid..."
"Oh, that's alright, I can go find her."
"No need to trouble the young master, I'll talk to her when I get back."
Yun Shenghua was sweating profusely. These young men nowadays really have no restraint at all. Unlike him back then, he would blush for a long time even if he just glanced at Zhang Shi from afar, let alone look for someone.
Lu Yinghuai readily agreed. After seeing Yun Shenghua off, he felt incredibly relaxed, as if he could fly away.
Uncle Cao was completely baffled. It turned out that the time they were squatting in Dongtou Village grabbing land a while ago wasn't for their own residence, but to sell to the Yun family.
Another thing is, how could it be Xiao Er Niang? It should be Er Niang, right? Did Brother Huai make a mistake?
"Young Master, you must have mistaken me for someone else."
"Who have you mistaken for?"
"It's that second wife. You've never met her. If you want to talk, you should talk to her so that you can get to know her better."
Now it was Lu Yinghuai's turn to be confused. He wasn't in love with Yun Ruoxia, so why would he want to cultivate a relationship with her? It seemed that Uncle Cao had been misunderstanding this all along. Fortunately, he hadn't told the Yun family, otherwise, it would have been bad if they had misunderstood and a rift had formed between the two families.
“Uncle, I met Lingniang a long time ago, and we will see each other often in the future.”
Uncle Cao was ashamed. Looking at Lu Yinghuai's doting expression, he slapped his forehead. He was so confused. He had just made a wild guess and misjudged the person. But thankfully, thankfully, it was still not too late.
Yunling had no recollection of ever meeting Lu Yinghuai, but that didn't stop her from going to see him anyway, since she was going to the city anyway.
The next day
Because of the cotton transportation, Yun Ruoxia stayed at home in case of emergency, while Yun Ling took beef tendon and pickled duck with her to the city with Yun Shenghua.
After getting off the bus at the Fu Family Trading Company, Yunling headed to the Crafts Street with her things. Her father-in-law was dozing off, and Yunling tiptoed to his side. Before she could make a sound, he woke up.
"Grandpa is sleeping well."
"If you don't sleep well, otherwise all the stuff in this shop would have been taken away by others. What are you doing here, kid?"
"Of course I miss my grandfather."
The father-in-law chuckled twice, "Let's skip the pleasantries and get down to business. I'm busy."
Yunling took out the beef tendon and put the pickled duck on the table. "I came to ask Grandpa to make a slingshot string. I also brought back two pickled ducks from Qingcheng. Grandpa can have some."
The father-in-law's eyes widened. "Qingcheng? You went to Qingcheng by yourself?"
"yes."
"You're bolder than an ox! What kind of sour duck is this? This old man can't eat it. Take it back."
"If we can't finish it, we'll give it to our family. It's never a waste."
"Go away, go away, I'm an old man all alone, I don't have any family here."
Yunling looked at him shaking his head and waving his hands with some emotion, and quickly squatted down beside him, saying with a smile, "Grandpa, I'm your family now."
The father-in-law slapped Yunling on the back of the head, saying, "Don't try to act like a relative to me here. You still have to give me every single copper coin you owe, or I won't let you off the hook."
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