At lunch, the children swallowed their saliva desperately when they saw the meat, but they did not pick up their chopsticks. Their mother had said that the meat was for the three uncles and aunts, and they could not eat it.
Chunxiao watched them secretly looking at the meat and quickly picked up two pieces for each of the children. "Eat more, I like the carrot soup. The flavor of the meat is cooked into the soup."
The children looked at their mother again.
"Eat it, just eat what your aunt gives you. I made a lot of soup today, drink some soup to grow taller."
The children then began to eat happily.
"Ms. Yan, Miss Xiaohua, please eat more. This is specially made for you. Look, I've given some to the children."
"Sister-in-law, you are so polite. We usually eat a lot of meat, but I really like to drink soup. Let's eat together."
All good things must come to an end. The snow on the road melted in three days, and it was time for Chunxiao and the others to set off. Shijiu had already tied up the horses and cleaned the carriage frame. When he was carrying the quilt back to the carriage, he was stopped by Chunxiao.
"Leave the quilt with them. We'll buy some more when we get to the next town."
Nineteen put the quilt back.
The Zou family was so grateful that they accompanied them all the way to the village entrance.
"Go back, remember to keep the letter. We will meet again in the future if we are lucky." The three of them drove away in the carriage.
"Hey, we've met a good person. This time, it's all thanks to the kindness of my second daughter-in-law. They say good people are rewarded, and we can be considered to have received good rewards."
The family walked back. Wang took Xiaomu's hand and shook his hard fist. "What are you holding in your hand? Are you picking up stones again? Throw it away."
Xiaomu looked at her mother and shook her head, "No, it was given to me by that aunt. She said it was rent." Then she spread out her hands.
When Wang saw it, she realized that it was not a stone at all, but two taels of silver. She took the money and ran after the carriage, but unfortunately the carriage had already gone far away.
"Second daughter-in-law, forget it. They are willing to help us, so we should remember that we should quickly figure out how to make the bags. Don't let them delay Miss Yan's work by not being able to produce anything. That would be really repaying kindness with enmity."
Because of the few days of delay on the road, Chunxiao and his companions hurried to travel. The journey from Fengyue County to Xiangwen County originally took 6 days, but now it has been shortened to four days, finally saving 2 days of time.
The route they took was the same one Dongsheng and his companions had taken to transport grain, and it was considered the shortest route out of the prefecture. Four days later, they finally arrived in Su County, Hejian Prefecture.
"Miss, we're here."
This is the closest county town to Fangzhou in Hejian. Today is already mid-January. "Let's find a place to rest and ask the inn to feed the horse the best fodder. The horse has worked hard."
"Boss, should we continue on our journey tomorrow or take a look here first?"
"Let's stop here tomorrow and ask around. If that doesn't work, we'll go to Heyuan County." That night, they stayed in Su County.
The next day, several people went to the brokerage to gather information. Fortunately, there was no rule in Su County that prohibited the sale of land. However, large-scale transactions still had to be approved by the government. This was not a difficult matter. Since it required approval from the government, it was natural to go to the county government office.
They ran into another group of people at the yamen gate, and from their conversation, it seemed they were also looking to inquire about buying land. The two groups were taken into the county government office together, and they were received by the chief clerk of Su County.
"You two are here to inquire about land. I wonder which plot of land you want to buy?"
The young man sitting opposite was wearing a fox fur coat, looking elegant and luxurious. Even the servant standing behind him was wearing silk and cotton. Looking at them, they were indeed not of the same level.
Chunxiao originally thought that such a prestigious person would be arrogant, but unexpectedly the other party was quite polite. "Sir, please let this girl speak first."
Chun Xiao nodded at him and looked at the chief clerk, "Sir, we haven't set our sights on any particular location. We want to first find out where there are large plots of land available for sale. Only after we have seen them can we make a decision."
"I'm just like this girl. I have to see it to know."
The chief clerk looked back and forth between the two of them twice before turning to Chunxiao. "Young lady, how much land do you mean by 'large'? The largest plot of land we have on record is over 1,700 mu. It's in the mountains, and ordinary people can't afford it. There are many fertile fields of 200 to 300 mu."
When Chun Xiao heard that there were over 1,700 acres of land, she realized it was the largest piece of land she had encountered in all her land hunting. She was just about to ask if she could go take a look when the man got there first and said, "Master Zhubu, can you take a look? The mountains are the most suitable for me."
"Master, I want to go and see it too."
The chief clerk looked at the two men. It seemed that they were both extraordinary people. They wanted to see such a large piece of land without even asking the price. This meant that they were sure they could buy it. For the county government, this was the best deal.
"Since both of you are interested, and it's still early today, how about I arrange for someone to take you there right away?"
"Thank you, sir!"
"Thank you for your help, sir!"
Chunxiao asked Xiaohua to go back to the inn and took Shijiu to get on the county government's carriage. The man also took a servant to get on the county government's carriage. Two officials drove the carriage outside. The four of them sat in the carriage, not speaking, feeling angry and a little embarrassed.
"Girl, what are you going to plant on the land?" the man suddenly asked.
"Cotton, where is the young master?"
The man laughed when he heard it, "What a coincidence, we also bought land to grow cotton, it's really fate that we met today."
When she heard him say that the mountains were perfect for the area, and saw his demeanor, she had assumed he was a medicinal herb merchant. Unexpectedly, he was a cotton merchant like her. He greeted her with a smile, so she couldn't help but be polite. "What a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into someone in the same trade."
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