Chapter 314: Deterrence and Show-off
When Manbao took advantage of her bedtime time to sneak back into the classroom, she saw the email flashing next to her. She clicked it, thinking it was another video sent by the teacher to answer questions.
Who knew that what appeared was a piece of text.
Manbao scratched her head. Although she thought the video was better than text, she still read the letter patiently.
No matter it is audio or text, Keke will convert it into language and text that Manbao can understand and read through the system.
This teacher had obviously just learned that Manbao was from another world, so her letter expressed great interest in the patients of her time.
He hoped that the two parties could cooperate, he would provide her with technical support, and she would provide him with enough medical records, so that the two parties could work together on research.
Manbao doesn’t think there is anything good to study. Isn’t the purpose of studying medicine to cure diseases and save lives?
However, she did not object to the other party's suggestion, because having a teacher with whom she could communicate at any time was much better than having to bring books to the classroom to attend classes by herself.
So Manbao readily agreed.
The doctor was very happy, and Manbao was also very happy.
So when Bai Shanbao saw her the next day, she was smiling and looked very happy.
Bai Shanbao was a little disappointed and sighed. Manbao couldn't help but come back to his senses from his joy and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Bai Shanbao said, "Grandmother wants to take me back to Longzhou to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Manbao counted the days on his fingers and said, "There's still a month until Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Yes, it will take at least twenty days to get to Longzhou. Once we get there, we have to visit relatives and friends, and inspect the family business. It's almost done." So Bai Shanbao was a little unhappy. "By the time we get back from Longzhou, it might be mid-September."
Two months have passed.
"So you're not going to school?"
"Grandma said she would help me study. I just needed to make sure I didn't fall behind in my studies. I could make up for it with my teacher when I got home."
Manbao was also reluctant to leave Bai Shanbao and asked, "Why do you have to go back for Mid-Autumn Festival? Don't you have any close relatives back home?"
Bai Shanbao nodded, "No, there are none. However, the steward at home sent a letter saying that a clansman has found the manor and wants to buy land and property. I have to go back."
Manbao scratched his head, not quite understanding, "They bought land and property, why did you go back?"
Bai Shanbao looked at her and grinned, but there was no smile in his eyes. "Because they are interested in my family's farm."
Manbao's eyes widened. "Is this even possible?"
"Of course." Liu Shi did not hide the family affairs from Bai Shanbao, because she felt that Bai Shanbao would be the last one to establish the Bai family in the future, so Bai Shanbao knew all about these things. He clenched his fists tightly and said, "Not long after my father died, the elders of the clan came to help my family manage the family business. My grandmother did not agree. Later, this happened several times. My grandmother could not stand it anymore. In addition, they became more and more powerful, so she sold some of the land and shops in Longzhou and moved here."
But selling it doesn’t mean that Liu will just keep the money.
The money was eventually used to buy a farmland around the former farmland.
Firstly, I am familiar with the place and my family has been managing it for many years, so I am used to it; secondly, it is easier to manage because the industries are concentrated together.
The disadvantages are also obvious. It is not far from Longzhou, and some relatives of the Bai family also have fields there.
Bai Shanbao was a little angry, "Grandma should have sold all the land and moved here, so we don't have to go back."
Manbao nodded in agreement, "This way you won't miss classes."
"That's right, that's right." Bai Shanbao rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you come home with me and help me convince my grandmother? My words alone won't carry enough weight."
Bai Shanbao said, "Grandmother likes you. If we talk to her together, she might consider it."
Manbao said it was no problem. "My brothers went to help Erlu's family harvest beans today. No one wants to go up the mountain with me to play, so I just happened to be free."
Manbao and Bai Shanbao, who happened to be free, returned to the Bai family and tried their best to persuade Liu to buy land here.
Liu looked at the two innocent children and couldn't help but touch their little heads and sigh, "How can things in this world be so simple?"
Bai Shanbao was a little dissatisfied, "Things in the world are simple, it's you adults who make it too complicated."
"Silly children, you only see the downsides of our family's property in Longzhou, but not the upsides." Liu paused, then, remembering that both of her children had already studied the Great Learning, she no longer hesitated and said, "Let me ask you, is there any fertile land for sale in Qili Village?"
Bai Shanbao had no idea and turned to look at Manbao.
Manbao scratched his head and said, "It seems not. It seems no one in the village is selling land."
"Yes, it's not like we can't make ends meet, so who would sell their land? Even if someone does, it's just a few pieces here and there, rarely a whole plot." Liu said, "But our farms are all connected, and the one we have left is at least 80 acres."
Before Bai Shanbao understood the key, Manbao had already nodded and said, "It will be easier to work if we connect them together. It will save a lot of time and manpower."
Mrs. Liu smiled and nodded, looking at her with admiration. "That's right. Your Uncle Bai's family has been operating in Luojiang County for three generations to build such a large business. Our family is new here, and I don't know how long it will take to achieve the current scale of business."
Permanent land cannot be bought or sold, but there is a loophole. Liu can buy it if he wants to, but it is impossible to buy it in large tracts.
Unless she uses underhanded means to force people to be ruined and forced to give up their land to avoid disaster.
If she did that, it would be hard to say who would die first if she met a capable county magistrate, and Liu would not do such a thing.
She said, "I sold the land and shops in Longzhou and bought a property nearby. It was just luck that someone happened to be selling land."
"Although there are evil people coming to force us, there are also relatives and friends there who have a good relationship with our family. The reason I want to bring you back this time is to let them see that my grandson is now very capable and intelligent," Liu said with a deep look in her eyes, "so that they will not go too far."
Why do they dare to approach step by step?
It's because they think they are orphans and widows and are easy to bully. Bai Shanbao used to be a very spoiled boy. He fought with his classmates in the clan school, talked back to his teachers, and was completely uneducated.
They felt that the Bai family had no successor and Bai Shanbao was not to be feared, so they unscrupulously targeted their family business.
But now Shanbao has changed for the better, becoming smarter day by day, and doing well in his studies. Liu decided to take him back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, not only to intimidate him, but also to show off.
In the past, Liu would not deliberately conceal the affairs of Bai Shanbao's family, but she also consciously avoided some things. Now, since the two children asked, she felt that they had grown up, so she just told them.
(End of this chapter)
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