“Miss Jiang, this is absolutely unacceptable!” Village Chief Lu hurriedly refused.
Jiang Hua ignored his refusal and placed the one tael of silver directly into Village Chief Lu's hand.
"Oh, right, Village Chief, there's one more thing I need to ask you to do," Jiang Hua said.
"What is it, Miss Jiang?"
"I'm building a house. Can you help me find some people? I want to build a brick house. Can you keep an eye out for people who can do that?" Jiang Hua said.
"Miss Jiang," Village Chief Lu asked somewhat shyly, rubbing his hands together, "what do you think of the villagers in our village?"
“Sure, find as many as you can for me, and get the houses built as soon as possible.” Jiang Hua nodded and then added, “Don’t let anyone know that I built these houses.”
"Don't worry, Miss Jiang, I will tell the villagers," Village Chief Lu replied.
"Okay, I'll finish the drawings in a couple of days and then come over." Jiang Hua left those words, then took Jiang Jingyi and left.
"Alright, Miss Jiang." After seeing Jiang Hua off, Village Chief Lu quickly gathered the villagers together, distributed the money from the land sale, and told them about Jiang Hua's need to find workers to build her house.
Because they didn't know how big Jiang Hua wanted to build the house, Village Chief Lu only selected fifteen people who had previous experience building houses.
The two days spent at home passed quickly, and Jiang Hua had already taken out the pickled bamboo shoots and pickled cowpeas from her storage space.
"Stepmother, you've worked so hard!" Jiang Jingyi said, looking at the water vat in the kitchen, which was almost overflowing. "You don't usually tell me, so I'll help you."
Jiang Jingyi added that Jiang Hua had been either up the mountain or busy in the kitchen for the past two days, and wouldn't let him step into the kitchen at all.
"It's okay, I can manage on my own. You can focus on your studies," Jiang Hua said nonchalantly.
These were mostly done by the little white snake, not by her. In just two days, a bamboo forest had grown in the space, along with a field of endless long beans.
Of course, these were all the work of the little white snake. The bamboo forest was made by her digging up bamboo shoots a couple of days ago and throwing them in for him, and the long beans were beans she asked Honghua for.
“Stepmother, you’ve made so much, will our shop be able to use it all?” Jiang Jingyi asked.
“This is what Master Shen wants. Our shop will cooperate with him, and he will open the shop in the capital,” Jiang Hua replied.
"When did this happen? How come I don't know?" Jiang Jingyi asked Jiang Hua with a quiet look.
"It happened a few days ago," Jiang Hua said again. "It's an adult matter, children shouldn't concern themselves with such things."
Before Jiang Jingyi could even voice his protest, an untimely voice rang out.
"cousin!"
Jiang Jingyi looked over at the sound and saw Lin Shuyan and Ye Dongjia. He frowned slightly.
"Miss Jiang!" Ye Shaoling greeted her with a cupped hand.
"Is there something you need, Young Master Ye and Miss Lin?" Jiang Hua glanced at the two of them.
Actually, there were three people. Lin Shuyan was sandwiched in the middle, with Ye Shaoling on her left and Zhou Yingxuan, who had a somewhat aloof air, on her right.
Jiang Hua ignored Zhou Yingxuan's affectionate gaze, her expression suggesting she was waiting for her to take the initiative to greet him.
"Is this how Miss Jiang treats her guests?" Ye Shaoling asked, trying to get closer to her instead of getting straight to the point.
"Xiao Yi, go and bring out two stools!" Jiang Hua called out to Jiang Jingyi, who was standing to the side.
"Huahua, are you still angry with me?" Zhou Yingxuan asked. "Is it because I didn't tell Jiang Xingzhou's child about the Shifang Academy's exam questions?"
Jiang Hua paused as she was about to go into the kitchen to pour water, then turned around and looked at Zhou Yingxuan with a half-smile.
"So, what are you trying to say?"
"Cousin, we're just explaining to you. We hope you don't mind. It's just a coincidence. If A-Yi can't go to Shifang Academy, don't be sad!" Lin Shuyan quickly stepped forward to explain.
“Stepmother, there’s no hot water in the house. Should we boil some more?” Jiang Jingyi asked as he stepped forward.
"No need, they left after they finished speaking." Jiang Hua told him to go back to the inner room to read.
“Miss Jiang, there might be some misunderstanding between you and Miss Lin.” Ye Shaoling took the initiative to say, “Miss Jiang, I’ve come to see you today about some business matters.”
“I don’t think I have any business dealings with the Ye family,” Jiang Hua said directly.
"Cousin, Young Master Ye said he's interested in your snail rice noodles and the braising liquid recipe from last time," Lin Shuyan said first.
"So?" Jianghu looked at Lin Shuyan and Ye Shaoling.
"Cousin, you're married now, you should stay home and take care of your husband and children, and go out less often," Lin Shuyan advised cryptically.
"oh?"
"Why don't you sell your snail rice noodle recipe and braising liquid recipe to Young Master Ye? He won't skimp on the money, cousin," Lin Shuyan suggested.
"I'm sorry, Young Master Ye, you're late. I've already partnered with Master Shen." Jiang Hua said leisurely, "I still prefer Mingyue Tower."
“Miss Jiang, whatever amount of silver Shen Qingchuan offers, our Ye family will offer double.” Ye Shaoling couldn’t help but become serious.
"No matter how much they offer, I still stand by what I said before: I just find Mingyue Tower pleasing to the eye."
The implication is that they don't like Guangfulou.
“Cousin, Young Master Ye is a very kind person. He even gave money to the villagers in our village.” Lin Shuyan persuaded, “Moreover, Young Master Ye didn’t hold the ginseng matter against you.”
When Lin Shuyan brought up this matter, Jiang Hua clearly saw a flash of murderous intent in Ye Shaoling's eyes.
What's wrong? Do they want to kill her?
After a long silence, Ye Shaoling put away his smile and said, "Since Miss Jiang has already cooperated with Master Shen, I won't bother you any longer."
After saying that, he turned and left in a big step. Lin Shuyan saw this and quickly chased after him, leaving Zhou Yingxuan still standing in the courtyard.
Aren't you leaving yet?
"Huahua, why are you so cold to Brother Xuan?" Zhou Yingxuan asked with a pained expression.
Then he took out a pouch embroidered with bamboo from his chest.
Jiang Hua learned from the original owner's memories that this purse was embroidered by Lin Shuyan herself and given to him on his birthday.
"Huahua, this is twenty taels of silver that I earned from hunting. Take it first, and wait for me for a while. I'll soon have fifty taels of silver." Zhou Yingxuan stuffed the silver directly into Jiang Hua's hand.
Jiang Hua saw his sudden action and instinctively took a step back, causing the purse Zhou Yingxuan handed her to fall to the ground.
"Brother Xuan!"
Lin Shuyan, who had returned at some unknown time, saw the purse that had fallen on the ground, ran over in small steps, and picked it up with a pained expression.
"Cousin, how could you trample on Brother Xuan's feelings for you like this?" Lin Shuyan picked up the purse from the ground and accused her with red eyes, her face full of indignation for Zhou Yingxuan.
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