Chapter 80 Taking the Land Back
The person who beat her was the nanny beside the old woman.
"It's not your turn to interrupt when the madam is talking. Pull Chunhe away and give him twenty slaps on the face." The nanny glanced at Xiao Si next to her, and Xiao Si immediately pulled Chunhe away to punish him.
Only cries for mercy echoed in the air.
"Since everything is alright, take Ling'er and go."
After that, Mrs. Cui was about to leave when she seemed to remember something and continued, "I'll pick him up when I feel better."
Gu Yuanniang nodded slightly in response and watched Old Lady Cui leave in silence.
The child in her arms was also very well-behaved, and did not cry or make a fuss even after the quarrel just now.
“I’m back!”
As soon as Song Weiwei saw the child in Gu Yuanniang's arms, she couldn't walk anymore and immediately stepped forward to hold Ling'er.
"Did your trip to Cui Mansion go smoothly this time?" Xu Miaomiao asked from the side.
Gu Yuanniang shook her head and slowly told Xu Miaomiao what happened in Cui's house. Xu Miaomiao shook her head helplessly: "Fortunately you came back safely."
"In my opinion, the Cui family is a ruthless bunch. It's better to go there less often in the future." Song Weiwei was holding a candied haws in her mouth, and her speech was a little unclear.
Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao and Song Weiwei smiled knowingly.
It's autumn, with yellow leaves hanging on the treetops, and some drifting in the wind, giving the base a layer of outer coat.
Xu Miaomiao strolled in the woods, staring at the small pond in a daze. It was given to her by County Magistrate Hu. Although the place was not small, she always felt that she could make use of it.
Staring at the pond in a daze, Xu Miaomiao saw the shrimps jumping by the pond and suddenly remembered the records in "Guangya". She immediately went home to find some wine lees and fire bran, and brought them over and scattered them into the pond.
After finishing the work, Xu Miaomiao clapped her hands as she looked at the masterpiece in the pond. In just three to five days, it would turn into shrimps, which would taste sweet and fresh and would surely be delicious.
"Where did Miao Miao go?"
As soon as Xu Miaomiao entered the house, she met Gu Yuanniang. She was not sure about the shrimps so she did not tell Gu Yuanniang. She just made an excuse that she went to take a look at the pond.
Three or five days passed in a flash, and Xu Miaomiao immediately went there.
Seeing that the originally empty pond was surrounded by jumping shrimps, Xu Miaomiao was delighted and immediately took the shrimps home.
"Wow, why are there so many shrimps?" Song Weiwei stared with shining eyes. This thing is sweet and delicious.
"Miao Miao, where did you get these?" Gu Yuanniang asked, "So many shrimps must cost a lot of money."
Xu Miaomiao shook her head: "No, Liu Niang doesn't want any."
"Not even one?"
Gu Yuanniang looked at Xu Miaomiao in surprise and disbelief.
Xu Miaomiao told her the whole method of producing shrimps by eating sugar, but she was still a little bit unbelieving.
"Oh my god, Miaomiao, you are so amazing." Gu Yuanniang was surprised and looked at Xu Miaomiao with some admiration: "Not only can you treat diseases and do business, but you also know how to produce shrimps. It's really rare to find a woman like you."
"Hehe." Xu Miaomiao felt a little embarrassed by the compliment and could only touch her head awkwardly. Fortunately, she was a doctor in her previous life and liked to taste delicious food, so she had some understanding of these things.
"It's delicious." Erbao smiled and showed his front teeth: "This is the first time for Erbao to eat shrimp, it's delicious."
Xu Miaomiao touched Erbao's head with a smile.
"Miaomiao, you can't eat all these shrimps."
"Yeah, that's right." Xu Miaomiao thought for a while and said, "I want to package it and take it to the department store to buy it."
"This is a good idea." Gu Yuan's mother said happily while holding the child.
"No, no." Song Weiwei pouted and retorted, "I can finish it all."
The next second after she finished speaking, Gu Yuanniang hit Song Weiwei on the head with a chopstick.
Song Weiwei screamed in pain and looked at Gu Yuanniang with resentment.
"hehe."
Xu Miaomiao looked at them arguing and laughed, what a pair of little kids they were.
After packing the shrimps and leaving some for tasting, Xu Miaomiao placed the new product in the most conspicuous place.
"Madam Xu, these shrimps are so sweet."
The man picked up one and put it in his mouth for a while, then immediately bought a few packs to take home.
"Xu Miaomiao, is this your shop?"
Following the direction of the voice, Xu Miaomiao saw Hu Chong wearing an official's uniform and walking on the street with his hands behind his back, as if he was on patrol.
"Yes, sir."
"What's this?"
Seeing the shrimps arranged on the side, which smelled delicious, Hu Chong reached out and picked up a few to eat.
The sweet taste spread in his mouth. Hu Chong looked at Xu Miaomiao in disbelief: "This shrimp is so delicious, where did you get it?"
Xu Miaomiao hesitated for a moment, but under the pressure of Hu Chong's authority, she still explained: "My lord, this was found on the land you gave me."
"Oh?" Hu Chong's eyes dimmed. He had inspected the pond many times and it was obviously a wasteland.
The man looked thoughtful and unexpectedly saw the price on the side. He said in disbelief: "One penny for a bag. It's so expensive!"
"Your Excellency, shrimps are expensive, so the ones I bought are relatively cheap." Xu Miaomiao explained.
But the man didn't listen. He kept calculating in his mind how much money he could have made if the land had not been given to Xu Miaomiao.
"You found the shrimps in this pond?" Hu Chong asked again in disbelief.
Xu Miaomiao nodded, with a bad feeling in her heart.
Hu Chong looked thoughtfully at the yamen runner next to him.
The bailiff immediately stepped forward and said to Xu Miaomiao: "Madam Xu, it is true that the land was originally given to you by the master, but..."
But as soon as this came out, Xu Miaomiao had a bad feeling in her heart.
"But this land was originally given to the county magistrate by someone else. Now he wants it back. I hope Madam Xu will help."
"Since it has been given to me, there is no reason to ask for it back." Xu Miaomiao was not afraid of the powerful and noble. She looked at the person in front of her and spoke every word with force.
Hu Chong's expression suddenly changed and he looked at Xu Miaomiao with dissatisfaction: "You mean this is your territory?"
Hearing the danger in the man's tone, Xu Miaomiao smiled slightly: "Of course it is. I helped the county magistrate tame the wild horse, and the county magistrate gave it to me as a reward."
"Since it was a reward from me, I will naturally take it back!" Hu Chong glared at Xu Miaomiao and spoke viciously.
"That won't do, sir." Xu Miaomiao deliberately raised her voice to attract the attention of others around her: "I spent three hundred taels to buy this."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Three hundred taels is clearly the money for buying horses!" Hu Chong spoke with his teeth chattering as he tried to lower his voice.
"So, sir, you mean that you bought me a horse for three hundred taels?"
Xu Miaomiao was a little bit unbelievable.
When the people around heard this, they also pointed at Hu Chong.
"What kind of horse costs three hundred taels?"
"Yes, Madam Xu must have been deceived."
Everyone was talking at once, making Hu Chong so embarrassed that he couldn't even raise his head.
He could only grit his teeth and say: "These three hundred taels are for buying horses and land!"
"In that case, I paid for it. How can I get the land back by beating someone up?"
"You!" Hu Chong stared at Xu Miaomiao for a long time without being able to say anything. He could only leave angrily: "Xu Miaomiao, you are fine!"
(End of this chapter)
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