Chapter 246: Seventy-five taels of snowflake silver
He might not be very perceptive in other matters and would need to be reminded by others before he could see things clearly, but he could tell at a glance that someone clearly had ill intentions towards his daughter.
The three of them stood together, and from a distance, they all called her Sang Yu. And what about calling her Miss Sang? Is that something you can call her? Are they really that close? It was obvious she had bad intentions.
Sang Yongjing looked at Chen Yingshu with a bit of the wariness that an old father in later generations would have towards a yellow-haired man. In addition, he had been beaten by the other's brother-in-law before, so he disliked him even more.
"Buy food?"
Chen Yingshu had guessed this was the reason when he saw them pausing in front of the grain stall, and immediately said, "Why go to Lingnan City? It's too much trouble. Just get it directly from our house."
They had a lot of food stored in their house. In ancient times, transportation was not as convenient as it is in later generations. If you needed something, you could just order takeout or pay for a courier to have it delivered to your door.
Any family with a little money would store some food and gold and silver for emergencies.
Putting aside his feelings for Sang Yu, just considering that she had saved his sister and nephew before, what did it matter if the food was given to him for free?
"Well, that won't work. We can't take your food for free. If you have any surplus, we'll buy about two hundred pounds at the market price."
It's true that he doesn't want to run away, but it's also true that he doesn't want to take advantage of his family. Sang Yongjing doesn't want to lose the big picture for the small one.
Chen Yingshu knew that if he insisted on giving it to them, their family would definitely not be willing to accept it, so he agreed and told them the real purpose of his visit.
"That's fine. My father has been preparing a thank-you gift these past two days and wanted to find a good day to deliver it to your door. I'll give it to you in person today."
Sang Yu, who was standing behind Sang Yongjing, was thinking quickly and felt that he should have guessed it right.
If the thank-you gift is just some wine, cloth or something like that, you can just deliver it to the door at any time.
Only things like particularly valuable land deeds would be considered for handing over in person, but I don't know whether it is a field outside the village or a house in Lingnan City.
She likes both. The former is perfect for growing peppers next year and expanding the business. The latter, if sold for cash, would be another big step closer to her goal of buying a small restaurant.
Chen Yingshu didn't even look at his stall. He asked someone to help watch his things and took the three people home.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he shouted into the house: "Dad, I'm here with Uncle Sang and the others."
This should be the first time that Sang Yu and the others saw Shen Wenfu take the initiative to go out and greet them. He had a smile on his face and watched the three people approach happily.
"When I woke up this morning and heard the magpies singing on the branches, I knew something good would happen today. I didn't expect it would be a distinguished guest. Please come in."
After sitting down, he made tea himself and poured a cup for each person.
"Brother Sang, where are you planning to go with the bamboo basket on your back?" Shen Wenfu asked after taking a sip of tea.
"It's like this..."
Sang Yongjing briefly recounted how he planned to buy grain but was told it was sold out, and how he was about to go to Lingnan but was stopped by Chen Yingshu.
When he heard they were going to buy food, Shen Wenfu immediately waved his hand and promised to provide 300 kilograms. "We have food at home, why are you being so reserved, Brother Sang? I'll have Yingshu pack 300 kilograms for you later."
"It's too much, too much. We can't use that much." This was sixty kilograms more than the expected amount to be purchased, and Sang Yongjing wanted to refuse immediately.
Sang Yu spoke at the right time: "Hey, Dad, this is not a large amount. Thank you, Village Chief Shen, for solving our urgent need."
Sixty kilograms of food can be consumed by the family in no time, no matter where you buy it from. Why bother about that little bit of change?
Since you want to accept this favor, there is no difference between 240 kilograms and 300 kilograms.
She took the initiative to speak, and Shen Wenfu's eyes followed suit, his smile unchanged: "Mrs. Sang, it was thanks to your timely rescue that Tan'er was able to give birth smoothly."
"I should have gone to thank you in time, but the thank-you gift took a bit of time, and I only prepared it yesterday, so I was delayed."
This was a bit difficult to respond to, so Sang Yu smiled slightly.
"Miss Hui'er came to me for help, and I just happened to have learned a little bit about the art of medicine. Madam Wang is very lucky, and I am just a blind cat that stumbled upon a dead mouse. How can I deserve any thanks?"
Her character from the very beginning was that she didn't know much about medicine, and that she was able to save people only because they were lucky. She never considered herself a savior.
I don't know if what she said was exactly what Shen Wenfu wanted, or if it was the "Mrs. Wang is blessed with a long life" in her words that pleased Shen Wenfu.
He suddenly burst into laughter, a hearty laugh: "Hahaha, Miss Sang is too modest. Yingshu, why don't you give the thank-you gift to Miss Sang quickly."
This thing should have been prepared long ago. Chen Yingshu took something from the table in the middle of the main hall, put it on the table beside Sang Yu, and then returned to his original seat and sat down.
Sang Yu's eyes fell on the object and saw that it was a varnished wooden box. He didn't find it strange and picked it up and opened it gently.
Inside was a stack of paper deeds, and if you looked closely you could see the words Qingxi Village written on them.
Sure enough, it was the land outside the village. This was just as Sang Yu had guessed, except that the area was a bit large. A rough estimate showed that it was more than ten acres.
Shen Wenfu explained, "I've been thinking about what to give as a thank you gift, but I always feel that nothing is suitable."
"Later, it was Yingshu who reminded me that the Sang family had just arrived in Qingxi and probably didn't have much land."
"There are fifteen acres of fertile land here. Part of it is not far from the mouth of the canyon outside the village, and the other part is in the mountain plains upstream of Qingxi River. All of it is cultivated land."
Fifteen acres of fertile land, this amount was a little beyond Sang Yu's expectations. She thought it would be at most ten acres.
And we must pay special attention to the word "fertile land". After being here for so long, Sang Yu has some understanding of the local conditions.
Fields are generally divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. To be considered good fields, they must at least be middle-grade fields.
One mu of land costs at least five taels of silver, which is a full seventy-five taels of silver.
Seventy-five taels... When Sang Yu calculated this number in his mind, his breathing subconsciously stopped.
She had worked so hard for so long, making so many snacks and sweet drinks, but the total amount of money she had earned so far was less than seventy-five taels.
She quickly realized that the gift was too valuable and she couldn't accept it. Without any excitement about getting rich overnight, she immediately stood up and declined: "Village Chief Shen, this is too much. I can't afford it. Please take it back."
"Hey, there's no reason to take back the thank-you gift you gave away."
Seeing that she refused without hesitation, a hint of satisfaction flashed in Shen Wenfu's eyes. She is not greedy for money and knows when to advance and retreat. She is indeed a child with excellent family education. Yingshu has good vision.
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