The only unhappy person at the scene was the Second Prince, but what his cousin said was not wrong. A concubine was indeed not considered a sister-in-law, but he just felt a little guilty.
So the Second Prince's expression inevitably wasn't so good, and Prince Fu'an, the Fifth Prince, Zhou Qiongyue, and Lord Gao all noticed it.
Prince Fu'an, the Fifth Prince, and Zhou Qiongyue continued to chat casually. Only Lord Gao was terrified, fearing that this ancestor would explode in the next second.
When they arrived at the destination, Mr. Gao immediately ordered someone to take out the map and land deeds and let these young ancestors choose. After they made their choice, they left quickly.
The Second Prince looked at the deeds and the explanation given by the guards beside him. His worries instantly vanished. He said eagerly, "Cousin, you choose!"
Zhou Qiongyue didn't want to give them two choices. If they were not satisfied later, they might come to her again. "Cousin, please each help me choose one!"
After Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking to the Second and Fifth Princes, she turned to Lord Gao and said, "Lord Gao, could you show me the plots of land around a hundred acres? These are too big for me to afford. I want the ones closer to the river?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Gao immediately ordered someone to bring another pile of land deeds and explained with a smile, "That's about it. Miss Zhou, take a look."
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Gao." Zhou Qiongyue thanked him with a smile, and then she looked carefully among the pile of land deeds.
She looked very carefully. After all, she was planning to rely on this farm to store food and could not afford any loss.
Although she told her mother that she had dreamed about the drought, she was not sure how prepared her mother would be, considering how much preparation there would be for the whole family in the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion to have dinner!
Zhou Qiongyue has always liked to keep things under her own control, and she always believes that she is the most reliable.
The second prince and the fifth prince looked at the large manors for a long time, and finally resigned themselves to their fate and sat next to Zhou Qiongyue to watch. They couldn't afford to buy those large manors.
The Second and Fifth Princes faced their poverty for the first time. They really couldn't afford those things. In the end, only Fu'an was watching over at the big farm.
Zhou Qiongyue didn't care about the Second Prince and the others, and chose two adjacent farms on her own. Both were close to the Daning River, which was the largest river in their Yuan'an.
If the Daning River dried up by then, Zhou Qiongyue felt that she would have no good solution.
The smaller one of 100 mu belongs to Zhou Qiongyue, and the larger one of more than 160 mu of fertile land was selected by Zhou Qiongyue for her two brothers.
The Fifth Prince glanced at the location chosen by his cousin and quickly decided on a location on the other side of the one Zhou Qiongyue chose, also next to the Daning River.
The Second Prince came over to take a look, shook his head, and kindly advised, "Being next to the Daning River is not good. It will easily flood if the water rises."
"Then according to my second cousin, there is no shortage of water even though it is dry next to the Daning River!" Zhou Qiongyue followed up on her second cousin's words, also meaning to remind him.
The second prince thought that if his cousin didn't listen to his advice, he could just buy it for fun! The eldest uncle and his family shouldn't be short of this little money. After thinking it through, the second prince said casually, "Then it's good if you like it."
After the Second Prince finished speaking, he handed a land deed to the Fifth Prince, "Here, this is a good one."
Ever since the Second Prince disliked having his eyes only on his cousin, the Fifth Prince suspected that there was something wrong with his second brother's vision, and he was determined to choose someone who was next to his cousin.
The fifth prince quickly waved his hand, "No, I like this!"
After the fifth prince finished speaking, he showed the land deed in his hand to the second prince.
The second prince, Li Jingchen, took a glance and knew what his younger brother was thinking. He said helplessly, "Whatever you want!"
"Hehe!" Smiling foolishly is the best choice for the fifth prince to cover up all embarrassment.
The four of them only had so little silver, so they actually chose quickly. Among them, the only one who had silver notes was Prince Fu'an. Not only could he feed his entire family, but he could also enjoy the wealth of the entire prince's mansion by himself.
Therefore, Prince Fu'an Yuan Bohua chose a large farm of a thousand acres by the river without hesitation. Yuan Bohua didn't care whether the land was good or not. He just wanted to meet a beautiful woman by chance when he visited the farm in the future.
Zhou Qiongyue: If you have money, you can do whatever you want.
When waiting to pay the silver note, the second prince found that his cousin had bought two. He was very confused. Wasn't there only enough silver for one?
The Second Prince thought so and asked, "Did my uncle give my cousin another banknote?"
"What are you thinking! My father is also very poor, and he doesn't have any private property (Zhou Wencan: He does have some, but it's all in his wife's name). This big one was bought by my eldest brother and fifth brother together, and this small one is mine.
Same situation as you two."
After Zhou Qiongyue explained this, the second prince and the fifth prince understood immediately.
In the end, Mr. Gao watched as Zhou Qiongyue bought two farms by herself, both of which were written in her name.
He was impressed by the wealth of Yuan An and other noble ladies. Just as he finished his sigh, he saw the second prince and the fifth prince gave Zhou Qiongyue silver notes and bought two farms.
Lord Gao could only sigh at the good relationship between Zhou Qiongyue and the second and fifth princes.
After the four of them paid the silver and completed the transfer of ownership in Jingzhao Prefecture, they went straight back to Cheng'en Hou Mansion.
To be precise, Zhou Qiongyue and the fifth prince returned to the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion. Prince Fu'an suggested that he treat them and they went to the largest restaurant in Yuan'an to have lunch together to celebrate.
It was impossible for Zhou Qiongyue, an unmarried young lady, to go out to dinner with the three of them. This was too outrageous, so she immediately found an excuse to go back to the Marquis' Mansion.
Zhou Qiongyue wasn't going, nor was the Fifth Prince Li Jingyu. He hadn't seen his cousin and two cousins for several days, so he couldn't refuse to go. He wanted to go with his cousin to the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion to play for a while.
Upon hearing this, Prince Fu'an Yuan Bohua also wanted to go to the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion, but he did not send an invitation in advance, so it would be very rude to go like this. He could only return to the palace alone.
As for the remaining Second Prince Li Jingchen, he wanted to go and see if Miss Duan's injuries had healed. The point was that he had borrowed 10,000 taels of silver notes from Fu'an today. He planned to give Miss Duan 5,000 taels and Xin'er another 5,000 taels.
Originally, when the Second Prince borrowed money today, he borrowed it from Fu'an for Xin'er. Xin'er wanted to buy a small farm and was short of money.
But at that moment, the scene of Miss Duan standing in front of him suddenly flashed through his mind, and he felt a little guilty, so he simply gave five thousand taels to each person!
He didn't know when he would be able to pay back the ten thousand taels, so he was counting on the farm he had just bought. He would have the tenants grow crops, and when the harvest came in the autumn, he could sell them for silver.
The Second Prince really didn't understand. He had never seen a prince in any dynasty in history books as poor as his own. Even if they only had 10,000 taels, they still had to wait for a good harvest to sell grain.
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