Chapter 1649 Collusion
Old Zhou turned and left, then found Qian and said, "Forget it, let's stay in the capital. Although Manbao has rented out all his land, I don't think the people in Putian are very hardworking. You can see it, it's almost autumn planting time, and they haven't prepared any manure at all. If we don't have someone who knows how to farm to help, I'm afraid the 40% rent next year won't even cover half of the money they paid for the seeds."
At this moment, Old Zhou didn't know that Manbao and the others had even taken on all the wheat seeds.
Qian nodded, "Of course I'll listen to you on such an important matter."
Old Zhou was pleased with himself, then after a moment's thought, he said, "Since we've rented it to them, we can't ask our daughters-in-law to work for nothing. The eldest son and I will just come and keep an eye on them so they don't slack off. Later, we can build a thatched hut."
Qian thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to the wedding first. You can come back after the wedding."
Old Zhou nodded.
Bai Shan was also planning this with Man Bao. "We have to go back first to attend my eldest cousin's wedding. I estimate that Uncle Zhou and his family won't be here until after the 20th. We can use this time to have someone dig out the foundation. Uncle Zhou and Big Brother Zhou can stay at the manor when they arrive. It's a bit far, but we have a car so we can stay there."
Manbao asked, "Who's keeping an eye on the house construction?"
Bai Shan picked up the map Yin Huo had drawn and said with a smile, "Let's build it this way. Since you want to come and live here when you have free time, we have to build it well. I'll go find my grandmother and ask her to give me two people. I'll leave them to take care of this, but where's the money?"
Bai Shan looked at Bai Erlang, then at Manbao, and said, "Brothers, let's be clear about accounts. Since you said you'd give us 10% of the farm to split equally among us, then Bai Er and I should also contribute more. Although this house will be yours in the future, we will definitely live in it as much as we want, so Bai Er and I will contribute 50% together, and the remaining 50% will be yours."
Manbao looked at Bai Erlang and said, "I'm fine, what about you?"
Bai Erlang subconsciously covered his purse and asked, "First of all, how much does this house cost?"
"Seeing how frightened you are, even if we include the furniture and flowers and trees inside, it won't be more than a hundred taels at most. Let's split it in half, 25 taels each, and Manbao can pay for the remaining 50 taels himself."
Bai Erlang calculated and found that he could still afford it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, but I haven't made much money recently, so I'll wait until the money from the farm comes in."
Manbao couldn't help but ask, "Where did all that money of yours go?"
Bai Shan said: "Don't ask, he must have lent it to someone else."
He said, "He entered Chongwenguan, but he didn't learn anything else, but he learned how to lend money to people."
Bai Erlang said, "It wasn't me who took the initiative. They asked me to borrow money and even charged me interest. Anyway, there's no use for the money, so why not lend it to others? It doesn't matter how much interest I get. It's still money, right?"
Manbao was so surprised, "Who did you lend the money to?"
"Everyone has borrowed from me. Feng Zongping, Zhao Liu, Nuo, and Liu Huan have all borrowed from me."
Everyone turned to look at Liu Huan.
Liu Huan immediately said, "I borrowed the money for a serious purpose."
Bai Shan was curious, "What's the real purpose?"
Liu Huan paused for a moment before saying, "I'm buying a birthday gift for my grandmother."
Bai Erlang said, "He borrowed from me three times."
Everyone: “…”
Manbao was curious, "Is the interest high?"
Bai Erlang said, "I don't set a date. They pay as they see fit. Some people don't pay me interest and just treat me to a meal. That's also acceptable."
Manbao turned to Liu Huan and said, "I have some spare money too."
Liu Huan was silent for a moment and then said angrily: "I won't lend you money!"
Manbao was a little disappointed.
Bai Shan was so happy watching this.
Anyway, the matter was settled. Only Yin Huo was interested in how they shared the profits, but he didn't ask anything and just watched silently.
Bai Erlang was temporarily on credit, so Manbao temporarily filled in his share of the money. She quietly took out 75 taels of silver and gave it to Bai Shan, whispering, "You have to keep it a secret from my father. Don't let him know."
Bai Shan said, "Don't worry, after the foundation is laid, Uncle Zhou won't be afraid even if he knows."
At that time, Old Zhou would feel sorry for the money. Looking at the land that had been bought and the foundation that had been laid, he thought that if the house was not built, it would be a real waste of money. Even though he felt sorry for the money, he would let them build it.
The two of them understood each other and laughed, then after handing the matter over, they happily started to have fun in the farm.
There's nothing we can do. They're going back to Beijing tomorrow, and we don't know when we'll be able to go out and play next time.
Even Yin Huo and Liu Huan were reluctant to leave, but when they saw the city gate of the capital, they became a little nervous. Even though Yin Huo knew that his family would not scold or beat him, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
After entering the city gate, everyone went to the inner city and finally parted ways at the fork in the road at Chongyuanfang.
Liu Huan changed from the Yin family's carriage to their own carriage. He clung to the side of the carriage reluctantly and said to Bai Shan and the others, "Remember to send someone to visit me later and ask me to go to school together tomorrow."
Bai Erlang said, "We don't have school tomorrow. We've asked for leave. My eldest brother is getting married the day after tomorrow."
Bai Shanze said: "Don't worry, I will send someone to call him."
Liu Huan breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at them enviously, "I want to attend the wedding too."
Manbao said with a smile: "As long as the gifts are there, it's fine. We'll bring you wedding cakes when we enter the palace on the 21st."
Liu Huan thought: Does he want to eat those wedding cakes? Is he thinking about whether the two-day holiday is good?
Yin Huo had already said, "Then we'll go first."
Liu Huan was also reluctant to leave and left with an appearance of heroic sacrifice.
But when he returned home, the beating he had expected did not fall. Instead, he was severely scolded and forced to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Liu Huan felt very strange and quietly asked the housekeeper who escorted him to the ancestral hall, "Why didn't my grandfather beat me?"
The housekeeper said, "...it's been four days now, and the old master's anger has subsided a lot. Young master, please don't provoke the old master again, or you will really get a beating."
Liu Huan immediately promised that he would never make his grandfather angry.
The Yin family was much calmer. As soon as Yin Huo came back, Old Madam Yin was relieved. She didn't scold him, but asked him about his well-being for a while. After confirming that he was not injured during his trip, she let him go back to his room to rest.
Yin Huo bowed and stepped back, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
Then he turned to Changshou, smiled, and said, "Send the things we brought back from the farm to the kitchen and let them choose what they can cook and eat it tonight."
That's right, when they left the farm, they not only picked a lot of fresh fruits, but also went to the vegetable garden to cut a lot of fresh vegetables, all for each family to taste.
So the Yin family had dinner with all kinds of fruits and vegetables from the Bai family farm, and the Liu family did the same. At the same time, a servant from the Bai family came in on behalf of their master and said, "My young master told Young Master Liu not to forget to recite the lessons he has to go to the palace early tomorrow morning."
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(End of this chapter)
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