Chapter 431 They secretly went to sell rice
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded. "That's right. The blacksmith said that the Agricultural Bank employee was tall and had a small scar on his wrist."
Du Wanchun thought carefully for a moment, and many people suddenly flashed through her mind, finally settling on the time she argued with those villagers in the village yesterday.
She remembered seeing a scar on someone's wrist.
She thought about it carefully, and then suddenly realized something.
It was a young man standing behind Boss Lu. The young man didn't say a word from beginning to end, but just stood obediently behind Boss Lu.
When Boss Lu tried to rush up and argue with her, the young man put his hand on Boss Lu's shoulder and stopped him.
It was at that moment that Du Wanchun noticed the scar on his wrist.
So this all makes sense; no wonder the Lu and Ding families kept nagging her for money.
It seems like these two households are haunted.
The next day, in Populus euphratica village.
Old Lu sat at the table, looking at it and muttering under his breath, "What's going on with Old Ding's family? Didn't they say someone would buy our rice? Why haven't they come yet?"
The young man beside him advised, "Brother, don't worry. If Brother Ding says someone will buy it, then someone will definitely buy it. Our main priority now is to figure out how to get the silver from Manager Du within three days."
The Lu family only had two brothers, the eldest and the second eldest.
The eldest son has been married for three years, but his wife was driven away by him a year ago.
The second son is not yet married. A few days ago, he fell in love with the daughter of a wealthy family in Changliu Village, but the family rejected him because they were too poor, so the marriage was called off.
The two brothers' parents died early, which is why they came up with this important plan together.
They conspired with the Ding family to make a fake token identical to the Zhou family's, and then disguised themselves as Zhou family employees to collect rice in the village.
They planned to sell the harvested rice at a higher price to rice merchants in the neighboring county, and also wanted to get some money from Du Wanchun.
After receiving the silver, the two families secretly left the place.
But now, not only is Du Wanchun unwilling to give them money, but even the rice merchant that the Ding family contacted is not coming to buy rice.
Unbeknownst to them, after learning yesterday that someone had secretly taken their rice, Du Wanchun sent people to more than ten nearby counties to instruct rice merchants in those counties not to take any rice in the near future.
The Zhou family's rice shop is now a giant in the rice market in Qingzhou Prefecture, and no one dares to disobey the Zhou family.
Therefore, what they have acquired is simply unsellable in the short term.
Just as Boss Lu was having a terrible headache, someone from the Ding family suddenly arrived; it was the eldest brother of the Ding family.
The eldest brother of the Ding family knocked on the door. "Brother Lu, open the door quickly, there's great news!"
Old Master Lu was overjoyed and quickly got up to open the door. "Brother Ding, how did it go? Is that shopkeeper willing to buy our rice?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family laughed and said, "That shopkeeper won't buy from us, but I've found another gentleman."
Old Master Lu asked with a smile, "Which shopkeeper are you?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family replied, "He said he is a gentleman from the capital who is passing through Cheng'an County and wants to buy some rice to take back with him."
Old Master Lu's eyes narrowed into slits as he laughed. "How much silver is he willing to give us?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family held up five fingers. "So many."
Boss Lu exclaimed with delight, "Five hundred taels of silver?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family smiled meaningfully and said, "Five hundred taels is only part of it. After he has inspected our rice, he will give us another three hundred taels of silver, making a total of eight hundred taels of silver."
The two families split the 800 taels of silver, with each person receiving 400 taels.
Lu Laoda's face was full of smiles; four hundred taels of silver was enough for them to become big shots in other small villages.
By then, you won't be able to find a wife no matter what kind you want.
"Okay, when should we deliver the rice?" Old Lu asked with a smile.
The eldest brother of the Ding family poured himself a cup of tea on the table, took a sip, and smiled with satisfaction, "It'll be tomorrow."
Old Lu clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Alright!"
The two of them secretly hid the rice in a cave on the mountain.
He lived in constant fear, terrified that Du Wanchun would find the rice.
The following night.
Lu Laoda and Ding Jia Da Ge called on everyone in their family to secretly transport the rice from the cave. To cover their tracks, they also put dry straw on top of it.
The gentleman from the capital arranged to meet them at a small, dilapidated temple behind Populus euphratica village, where they would exchange money for goods.
As the eldest brother of the Ding family and the eldest brother of Lu walked along the road, they looked around nervously, and only felt relieved when they saw that no one was following them.
Lu Laoda complained, "These officials in the capital are really strange. Why don't they just have us deliver the rice to their residences? Why go through all this trouble to come to our village to get the rice? What if the villagers find out?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, this gentleman from the capital is in a hurry to get to the capital, so it will be much more convenient for him to come to our village to get the rice."
Boss Lu was finally relieved.
Their younger siblings helped carry the rice from behind.
After about half an hour, the group finally arrived at the dilapidated temple.
The lights in the dilapidated temple were on, and it seemed that three or four people were sitting inside.
Old Master Lu looked up and peered inside. "How old is this gentleman from the capital?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family shook his head and said, "I don't know either. The one who came to deliver the message was their servant. I guess he was probably in his thirties."
Old Master Lu felt uneasy and walked inside with some doubt.
As soon as they entered, they saw three or four middle-aged men sitting in the dilapidated temple.
Lu the eldest and Ding the eldest brother quickly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Gentlemen, we have brought our rice."
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