Chapter 74 Greed
She thought to herself and said, "Mom, are there any oranges at home? I haven't had a good appetite these days and I want to eat some more fruit."
Wang Lachun snorted, "You only ate one of the oranges you brought back yesterday, and the rest were sent to your room. So, you finished them all?"
In fact, they hadn't finished eating yet, but Gu said, "There are only a few in total, and they were finished in no time."
"Half a basket, and you're still calling for fewer?" Wang Lachun said with a frown, "Are you a cow?"
"Mom, it's not me who wants to eat this, it's the baby in my belly who wants to eat this." Gu said, "Go find Jiang and ask for some more!"
"What do you think that is? A radish from home?" Wang Lachun threw his chopsticks in anger. "Those oranges look really precious. I don't know how they got them. Do you think you can just have them whenever you want?"
Gu's neck shrank after being scolded, and she dared not speak anymore, but she didn't take it seriously in her heart. It was just a few oranges, as if she was talking about how precious they were.
Jiang is just an exiled criminal. What valuable things could he have in his hands?
No matter what, she would go to Jiang in the afternoon and ask for another basket.
At the same time, in the Song Mansion, Song Muci crossed his legs, holding a book in his hand and flipping through it randomly.
Fu Er pushed the door open cautiously and said, "Master!"
Song Muci didn't even raise his eyelids. "What? Still no news?"
Fu'er was almost crying. "I distributed the portraits and checked the four city gates. They said... no one saw the old woman enter the city gate."
"How is it possible..." Song Muci sat up suddenly and said unhappily, "What use would I have to you? I can't even find a village woman!"
Fu'er said, "It's really... that old woman's appearance is too ordinary, and with so many people entering and leaving the city gate every day... If I had known the fruit she bought had such miraculous effects, I should have left her address then, and now I wouldn't have to search for a needle in a haystack."
As he spoke, he kowtowed and apologized, "It's all my fault. I didn't think it through. Master, please punish me!"
He took the initiative to admit his mistake, but Song Muci didn't scold him anymore. He took a sip of tea and said slowly, "What else? Didn't you find any information at all?"
"Chen Er did find the old donkey cart in the south of the city. But the shop owner said that a young girl sold it to him at a discount, and he exchanged it for a new, larger cart right there in the shop."
Song Muci's spirits lifted. "If the boss meets that young lady again, will he recognize her?"
Fu'er said uncertainly, "You should be able to recognize her! I heard from the boss that the girl is very fair and a rare beauty!"
Song Muci scoffed, "He's just a rough guy, what does he know about beauties!" He stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll go see it myself today."
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After lunch, Lu Shiyan took the initiative to hire temporary workers to take care of the garden. Jiang Tangtang then took out some vegetable seeds, soaked them in spiritual spring water, and planned to sow them the next day.
While he was busy, a voice came from outside the courtyard, "Mrs. Lu, are you home?"
When Jiang Tangtang went out, she saw a pregnant woman whom she didn't recognize, and a puzzled look appeared on her face.
Gu said, "Don't you remember me? I'm the daughter-in-law of the Xia family. When you first came to the village, my husband gave you wooden boards!"
"It's Sister Xia!" Jiang Tangtang said enthusiastically, "Come in and sit down. You are a big woman, so you have to be careful." As she said that, she brought a stool for her to sit on.
The Lu family all love cleanliness. After they moved in, they kept the yard spotless, but they didn't buy many new household items and still used the old things from the Ge family.
This stool was given to them by the Ge family. No one knew how many generations it had been passed down. Although Jiang Tangtang had already cleaned it with a towel, it was still black.
Seeing this, a hint of disdain flashed across Gu's eyes, and she said calmly, "Sit down or not. The doctor said I need to move my stomach more."
Jiang Tangtang noticed the disdain in her eyes, and the smile on her face faded, but she still said enthusiastically, "Then stand up and move around."
Gu waited for a while, and when she saw that she only made tea but did not bring out any cakes or fruits to treat her, she immediately rolled her eyes in her heart.
He wanted to please her family, but he was so stingy.
Gu said sarcastically, "I heard that people like you from wealthy families are particularly good at reading people's expressions. Why don't I see you as that?"
This woman is here to cause trouble!
Although Jiang Tangtang felt that she had to maintain a good relationship with Manager Xia and send him some gifts from time to time, this did not mean that she was easy to bully and that anyone in the Xia family could step on her.
"Sister Xia, I'm afraid you didn't hear clearly. We, the masters of wealthy families, don't need to care about other people's expressions. Only the maids in the house need to care about other people's expressions."
Gu didn't expect Jiang Tangtang to dare to confront her on the spot, and her face immediately turned unhappy.
Jiang Tangtang didn't care about her and started to daydream about the style of jewelry.
Gu became increasingly unhappy, "Mrs. Lu, I came to see you today because I need your help with something."
Jiang Tangtang said politely, "Sister-in-law Xia, just tell me what you want. I will definitely do what I can."
"It's nothing serious. I just had severe morning sickness. You vomited a lot and couldn't eat anything. My father-in-law brought back some oranges yesterday. I felt much better after eating them. Do you have any more at home? If you do, please share some with me."
Jiang Tangtang sighed and said, "I'm so sorry. I only have one basket of oranges. I gave half to you. The rest is not enough for my family to eat. How can there be any extra?"
"Give me some first. If you want to eat more, you can go buy more later." The eldest brother of the Gu family was unhappy. What's wrong with this Jiang family?
Since she wants to curry favor with the Xia family, shouldn't she offer whatever she wants with both hands?
Why did you refuse?
"To tell you the truth, it was just a coincidence that I got this basket of oranges."
Jiang Tangtang said, "I helped an old lady in the county town, and she gave me this box of oranges as a thank you gift.
I don’t want to take them back. Adults and children love to eat them. They’ve almost finished them in less than a day. I want to buy some more, but wouldn’t it be inconvenient to go to the county town?
Gu said, "That's not difficult. I'll just tell my father-in-law and then I'll let you go to the county town."
"You might not see me if you go to the city again, but if you do, I'd buy some for you."
Jiang Tangtang paused, then continued, "But these oranges are not cheap. I heard the old woman say that they are rare and she sells them for fifteen taels a basket! At that price, our family can't afford them. Are you sure you want them? If not, I wouldn't dare to buy them."
Gu uttered an "Ah" and shrilly, "Don't be so bluffing! It's just a basket of sour oranges, why would it be so expensive? It's not an elixir that will make you immortal."
Although the Xia family is considered a well-off family in the surrounding area because of Manager Xia.
But fifteen taels of silver for a basket of oranges was still unaffordable.
Gu thought Jiang Tangtang was reluctant to spend money to buy her oranges, and deliberately said they were so expensive, which made her very angry.
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