"What?! Selling farmland???"
"Where do they get the audacity to ask for our very means of survival?"
"If we lose our land, what will we eat?"
Yun Erzhuang's dissatisfaction poured out like beans being sifted. Seeing his anger, the third wife didn't dare to speak, but she had something on her mind, and not saying it would only make her feel worse. So she pulled her husband aside and whispered:
"Actually, Qing-ge also gave us another analysis, which is that Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu might be doing well in the He family and have saved up a lot of wages. Given how clever the two kids are, it wouldn't be surprising if they could take up the position of manager."
"If that's the case, then we'll be living a life of luxury there. Besides, there are plenty of jobs and high salaries in Jiangnan. Going there would be a unique opportunity for both the adults and the mistresses, wouldn't it?"
Yun Sanzhuang was not good at making decisions. When he saw Yun Erzhuang get angry earlier, he thought that Yun Erzhuang was absolutely right. Now that his wife had explained things so gently, he felt that his wife was right as well.
"Did he really say that?"
“It’s absolutely true, my second sister-in-law heard it too.”
The second brother's nod added considerable persuasiveness to the third brother's words, and Yun Erzhuang's anger subsided considerably. The words "enjoy happiness" truly struck a chord with him. He wanted to enjoy happiness; who wouldn't want to?
It would be good if this were true, but if it weren't...
"The land can be sold, but we need to make sure that Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu are in Hejia, and it would be best if we could find out what they are doing in Hejia."
The second son's family stomped their foot hard, and then said:
"Honey, that's what I thought too, but who knew that Sister Xia would make us take a gamble. Whether it's good or bad, we'll have to bear the consequences ourselves, which is why I'm so troubled."
"That damn Yun Ruoxia, she was hard to deal with when she was little, but I didn't expect her to be even harder to deal with now that she's grown up. Hey, didn't she eat two pieces of our cured meat? Have you settled the score with her for that?"
The second son's family immediately waved their hands and said:
"Don't mention that. They're not backing down an inch right now. What do you think we should do, sir?"
The scene fell silent again. Who would dare to make a decision on something so uncertain? If the outcome was good, it would be icing on the cake, but if it was bad, the responsibility would be immense.
Yun Erzhuang scratched his head, looked at Yun Sanzhuang, and asked:
"Third brother, what do you think? Do you think we should go through with this deal?"
This question stumped Yun Sanzhuang. He scratched the back of his head, fidgeting, then looked at his wife and mumbled:
"Well... what... what do you think?"
"Sell!"
As soon as the third brother spoke, the other three exclaimed "Huh?" in unison. The second brother asked:
"Sold? If this isn't good news, then we've all lost everything. This is too risky."
“That’s not right. We’ll have money if we sell the land, won’t we? I was thinking that if we get bad news, we can move to the city with the head of the household and Xiao Si.”
The third sister's family has a good plan, she said, leaning against the wall.
“There are more opportunities in the city, and our family of three earns money through our abilities. After deducting the money from selling the land, we can also sell the room we live in, which will be enough for us to get by.”
Yun Sanzhuang wholeheartedly agreed with what his wife said, adding:
"I think Yun Ruoxia and her group are a lot of people, so they must be in a hurry to find land to cultivate to solve their food problem. If we want to sell land, we should raise the price. This will benefit us in the future."
Yun Erzhuang nodded in agreement, echoing:
"Didn't their third branch become very powerful after we left? Didn't they make a lot of money? It wouldn't hurt to make them give back some more."
The four men laughed heartily, as if they had already pocketed millions of copper coins. However, no matter how well they planned, they had no choice but to accept their fate when they encountered Wen Siqing.
"So, you've thought it through and are ready to make this deal with me?"
Yun Erzhuang nodded, took a step forward, and said:
“We are all outsiders like you. We worked very hard to get seven acres of land. Now that we have divided the family, each of us has two acres of land, and together we have four acres of land.”
"Although there isn't much land here, it's all good for growing rice, with excellent harvests. Ten copper coins per acre—we can't budge on that price."
Wen Siqing nodded thoughtfully, put on his amulet, and analyzed:
"I've eaten the rice grown by your family, and to be honest, it's not very good. It's much worse than what we buy elsewhere, that's one point."
"Secondly, regarding the price of land, generally speaking, abandoned land costs about 500 copper coins per mu, while land suitable for growing rice costs about 2 strings of copper coins. This price is adjusted according to the soil type and the number of people in the location."
"Your seven acres of land are not in a good location, so the rice grown there won't be very fertile. Also, it's not a separate plot of land; it will be combined with your family's land. There will definitely be arguments and disputes. I think no one else would be willing to buy it except me."
As Yun Erzhuang listened to Wen Siqing's words, his arrogance gradually vanished, and he even felt a little guilty. If it was two strings of copper coins per mu of land, then their second branch would only receive four strings of cash. Compared to twenty strings of cash, these four strings of cash were like four copper coins, which was unacceptable.
“You’ve been in Yuecheng for days, so you must know how hard it is to find land. You must have run into obstacles everywhere you go about getting it. I think we should all compromise. Eight copper coins per mu is the biggest concession we can make.”
"Two strings of cash, not a single extra copper coin."
Yun Erzhuang's lips twitched. It turned out that the man in front of him was a tough nut to crack. No wonder his wife could get the short end of the stick from him.
"Two strings of cash? Only two strings? Are you trying to fob off a beggar? Second brother, let's not sell it. Let them go wherever they want and run into trouble. Let's not do this charity."
As Yun Sanzhuang spoke, he pulled Yun Erzhuang back.
Wen Siqing's expression remained unchanged. He took off Ai Dai's clothes, then walked away without any sign of lingering.
Yun Sanzhuang froze, pulling Yun Erzhuang's hand away. Damn it, he always used this trick to bargain, why wasn't it working this time? Had something gone wrong?
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