After all the corn was collected by the Ning family, the carriage team led by Xu Qingfeng also arrived. They loaded the carriages with corn and covered them with tarpaulins. Then the fully loaded transport team left Ningxiahe Village.
If it weren't for the corn stalks in the field, it would be as if the corn had never appeared.
However, the Ning family left behind a lot of corn seeds. After hearing that corn was so valuable, every household in the village left behind some corn seeds and hung them under the eaves of their houses, which was very festive.
Village chief Zheng Chuyun stepped forward and said, "Old Ning, all your corn has been shipped away. Can you tell me how much it was sold for?"
Old Man Ning shook his head and said, "Village Chief, I really don't know the price of this corn."
At Ye's house, Ning Xiaotang compared the weight of the corn purchased by Old Man Ning with the weight loaded by Xu Qingfeng.
"The number is the same! One hundred and seventy-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-three pounds," said Xu Qingfeng.
"All this corn will be used as military rations, so the soldiers on the border won't have to go hungry this winter." Ye Jingxiao said happily.
At this time, Xu Qingfeng handed Ning Xiaotang a silver note of 4,600 taels and said, "Miss, this is a silver note of 4,600 taels."
"Please accept it all by the end of the month!" Ning Xiaotang stood up and said.
"Tangtang, why don't you stay for lunch before leaving?" Ye Jingxiao said.
"No, I'm going to go back and celebrate properly!"
Ye Jingxiao smiled faintly and said, "Is this little bit of silver worth celebrating?"
"This little bit of silver? Ye Jingxiao, you really don't know the suffering of the people. With this kind of corn, I believe everyone in Ningxiahe Village will become rich. The corn sells for 18 coins per pound, and then buys 7 coins of brown rice. The whole family can easily have three full meals a day and won't have to go hungry all winter!"
"They made a small fortune, but you made a big fortune!" Ye Jingxiao glanced at Ning Xiaotang with a small look.
"Humph, I'll sell it to you for twenty-six copper coins, or you can just go and collect it from the villagers. I won't stop you!"
"You make money, and I won't compete with you!" Ye Jingxiao touched his chin with a slight smile. It can be seen from the little handsome boy that he is a man who dotes on his wife.
Ning Xiaotang was suddenly pampered by him like this, and she immediately lost the mood to argue.
"Hmph, I'm going to celebrate when I get home! I made a net profit of 1,415 taels of silver just from selling that corn! Amazing!"
After returning to Ning's house, Quan Yue immediately took out all the banknotes: "Miss, banknotes!"
"Okay, okay, let me take a look." Ning Xiaotang immediately sat down at the round table and counted the stack of banknotes.
"Girl, this is such a lot of banknotes!" Quan Yue was also very excited.
"Quanyue, take out one hundred taels of silver and give it to the household and all the servants in the mansion as rewards!"
"Yes, thank you, young lady!" Quan Yue immediately took the one hundred taels of silver and happily retreated.
After hearing Quanyue's report, Luo Xiangqin said, "This kid, now that he has money, he knows how to improve the lives of his servants."
Quan Yue immediately bowed and said, "I'll take my leave!"
"Go ahead and take good care of Tangtang."
"Yes, I respect the old lady's order." Quan Yue withdrew at this time, feeling very happy.
"Ayuan, quickly distribute the money."
"Yes, old lady." Liu Ayuan immediately took the banknote and went out of Ning's house happily. She had to go to Shuihe Town to exchange it for small change.
"Miss, the banknotes have been delivered to the old lady in charge of the kitchen." Quan Yuefu bowed.
"Okay, let's have a special meal in the courtyard. Keep your mouths shut and don't tell me anything. I'll give each of you an extra five taels of silver!"
"Girl, five taels? So much?" Quan Yue's excited little eyes immediately widened.
"Why do you think it's too much?"
"It's never too much! It's never too much!" Quan Yue immediately went to get some change and gave five taels of silver notes to everyone in Ning Xiaotang's courtyard, including herself.
Ning Xiaotang is a master who is quite generous to his servants, and of course he will not treat them unfairly.
"Miss, Miss Chen and Miss Zheng are here together, and Miss Fang is waiting outside the door. She said she wants to go to the village entrance with you to play."
Banyue's excited face turned slightly red as she said that she had just received a five-liang reward of silver.
"Is there something fun at the village entrance? I just remembered that there's something I need to do right away. Hey, Ling Hu, go do it."
That afternoon, several little girls were having a great time playing house at the entrance of the village. When night fell, their playmates were called back by their families.
The person who came to call Fang Gehua was Fang Yanhua. She still looked angry, and no one liked that kind of look.
Fang Gehua followed her back.
Ning Xiaotang stood at the entrance of the village and asked, "Ling Hu, are you ready?"
"My lady, I'm ready!" Ling Hu said with a bow.
"Okay, go down and get ready. We'll go to the Fang family soon."
"Lingkong, go ask the village chief to come to the Fang family's door and wait for the show!"
"Yes, girl!" Lingkong immediately ran over to invite her.
Afterwards, the village chief, several villagers and Ning Xiaotang lay quietly outside Fang's house.
"Tangtang, why did you ask us to come here?" asked the village chief Zheng Chuyun.
"Shh, just look carefully, Village Chief!" Ning Xiaotang said sweetly.
After a while, the figure of He Luyin appeared at the door of Fang's house and said, "Fang Zhen, Chen Erni, give me back my jewelry! Give me back my banknotes!"
Village chief Zheng Chuyun was so frightened that his cane trembled immediately: "How could He Luyin still appear?"
"Don't be afraid, village chief. Listen quickly."
Fang Zhen slowly turned around after hearing the voice and saw the figure in He Luyin's clothes: "Ah! Mother, I am your biological son. Don't blame me if I dug up your grave. I will compensate you with all the rouge and powder I bought for Liu Sanhong!"
Chen Erni was so frightened that her face turned pale: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, don't blame Brother Zhen. We dug up your grave because we were so poor."
Fang Baihan, who was eating, was also frightened and stunned for a moment, "Quickly call a Taoist priest!"
"No need to invite a Taoist priest, Uncle Fang, look who is pretending to be this ghost?" Ning Xiaotang appeared immediately, along with the village chief and some villagers.
But everyone was afraid and didn't dare to come forward. At this time, Ling Hu immediately wiped his face and said, "Girl, do I look like the real one?"
"It looks like it, it looks exactly like it. I went downstairs and changed into this outfit!"
"Fang Zhen! Chen Erni! So it was you who dug up He Luyin's grave. Aren't you afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night?
The most hateful thing is that it actually attracted the wolves.
If the Ye family and the Ning family hadn't sent out capable guards, our Ningxiahe Village might have been the first village to be attacked by wolves!"
Zheng Chuyun was so angry that his slightly white beard was shaking.
"Village chief, my husband and I are willing to accept the punishment. Please show mercy!" Fang Zhen immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, and also pulled Chen Erni to kneel down with him.
"Hmph, I'll punish you by making you kneel on the ring for twelve hours. At the same time, you'll need to repair the land temple in the thatched house at the east end of the village. That's considered a good deed!"
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