Chapter 334: Money Flies
Zhulan got on the carriage, closed her eyes and thought about the land in Pinggang. Thinking about the possible returns from the investment, she felt better.
When they got home, Yang Zhumu asked, "You went out with your brother-in-law, why did you come back alone?"
Zhulan untied her cape, "Someone is inviting us to a restaurant, big brother, is it time for mom and dad to leave?"
Yang Zhumu counted the days, "It's been ten days since I received the letter. I guess I'll be leaving soon."
Zhulan hummed, sat down and poured herself some tea to warm herself up, while she counted the money in the family. Excluding the investment in Pinggang, the family still had 9,700 taels. Later, some of it was spent. The eldest brother exchanged more than 300 taels for gifts, and Zhulan spent all the money on buying the best ginseng, leaving 9,500 taels in savings.
This time, it cost 4,900 taels to buy two houses, plus the commission and transfer fee, it was almost 5,200 taels. After buying the houses, there was 4,300 taels left.
Zhulan touched the teacup, hoping that after the palace examination results were announced, Zhou Shuren would be on the list of successful candidates and the value of the house would increase further. Thinking of being on the list of successful candidates, Zhulan scolded Yao Zheyu again, saying that they really thought the emperor would not investigate. What happened today must be recorded. They really don't want to have anything to do with the male protagonist!
I just hope Zhou Shuren is powerful enough to pull Yao Zheyu away, otherwise it’s hard to say whether it will affect the palace examination. Don’t let him lose the eternal second place that he was disliked for!
Zhulan now doesn’t think there is anything wrong with being second place, it’s obviously very good!
Zhulan was so angry that she put the cup down with great force, which scared Yang Zhumu. He didn't notice that she was angry just now. Yes, she is very good at hiding her emotions. He rarely saw her before, but this time they saw each other every day. Yang Zhumu found that Zhou Shuren is very scheming, and so is she.
No wonder dad doesn’t miss my sister at all. There’s really nothing to miss about a sister like her!
Sometimes he even thought maliciously that when his brother-in-law and his sister confronted each other, he didn't know who would be the winner!
Zhulan looked up and said, "Brother, you are still here!"
Yang Zhumu was silent. He was quite big. "I want to tell you something. I will stay at Wuchun's house for a few days to make it more lively. It will help my parents feel that it is not too lonely when they come."
Zhulan was speechless. Not to mention her eldest brother living alone, even if there were ten or eight more people living in the house it would still seem lonely. She was also afraid that her eldest brother would think too much when he was alone. When one is alone, he is most willing to think about all kinds of things, especially people or things that make him sad!
Zhulan, "Brother, Ming Teng really likes you. Your grandson is no longer around, so it's a good idea for Ming Teng to live with you to add some popularity."
Yang Zhumu was very happy. Ming Teng was a very noisy kid. He liked noisy kids. The more noisy they were, the more popular they were. "Okay, take Ming Teng with you."
Xue Han held her fat niece and looked at the dumbfounded Ming Teng. Ming Teng frowned and said he didn't want to go. There were delicious food and fun things at home. But what was there in the house in Xicheng? Nothing!
But he didn't dare to contradict his grandmother. He knew he had to listen to his grandmother even without his mother's instructions!
Xue Han smiled with her eyes tilted. When Ming Teng wanted to go in but didn't dare to, Xue Han bent down and said, "You can only go there to sleep at night. I'm not asking you to stay in the house in West City all day."
Ming Teng's eyes lit up, and he walked in with his fat legs, "Grandma."
Zhulan had very good ears and knew that Xuehan and the others were outside the door. Zhulan liked to pinch the fat boy Mingteng's face, "Good grandson!"
Ming Teng thought to himself, it’s good that his elder brother is not around, no one cares about him, and grandma loves him the most!
In the afternoon, it was almost four o'clock according to modern time when Zhou Shuren came back. Zhulan had been waiting for a long time. She knew that Yao Zheyu's visit would not be so simple. "What is his purpose in looking for you?"
Zhou Shuren didn't drink much wine or eat much food. He looked at Yao Zheyu and his stomach was full. He went home to relax. He felt a little hungry. He picked up the snacks on the table and ate them while saying, "I came here for the land in Pinggang."
Zhulan paused as she poured the water. "Are all the powerful and wealthy targeting Pinggang now?"
Zhou Shuren took the water Zhulan poured and swiped the pastry in his mouth, "I want to tear off a piece of this big piece of fat meat!"
Zhu Lan sat on the chair and said, "I knew that it was not easy to take ten thousand taels of silver. Yao Zheyu must have taken ten thousand taels to make up his mind. Yao Zheyu is not only evil-minded, but also more and more shameless."
Zhou Shuren was happy, he knew how much Zhulan wanted to turn Pinggang's investment into silver. Yao Zheyu looked at the ground, Zhulan was angry, "He slapped himself in the face without hesitation, giving me two choices, one is to get on his ship, the other is to use the land to exchange for ten thousand taels of silver."
Zhu Lan covered her chest. Eighty mu of land, according to the future trend of Pinggang, it would be no problem to increase it by several dozen times. "Bah, he is thinking well. Even if he uses the land to pay the money, he can still use the life-saving grace to make a fuss. Who asked us to pay back the money, and then he can save the people again."
Zhou Shuren held Zhulan's hand and said, "So I only returned 40 mu of land, on the condition that you don't use the favor of saving my life as an excuse."
"Will he agree? He's not stupid. He's earned the respect from you for singing all the way. Will he let you go?"
Zhou Shuren curled his lips and said, "Of course I don't want to let it go, but I have to tear it off, otherwise it might affect the palace examination!"
Zhulan pursed her lips and asked, "How do I tear it off?"
Yao Zheyu is not stupid!
Zhou Shuren narrowed his eyes and said, "We only gave Yao Zheyu 40 acres of land, not the full 80 acres. You can see how unwilling we are. Although we cannot completely tear off Yao Zheyu, we can only show that we are dissatisfied with him. After giving Yao Zheyu the land deed tomorrow, I will sell the remaining 40 acres."
Zhulan felt heartbroken. "Even though the price has gone up a lot now, I can make a lot of money if I sell it, but why do I feel like I'm losing money?"
The land in Pinggang cost a total of five hundred taels, and now it has only increased tenfold. She estimates that it will increase thirty times by the end of this year. Well, if she had known this, she would never have taken Yao Zheyu's money!
Zhou Shuren knew Zhulan was distressed and said, "I will earn it back in the future."
Zhulan sighed. She had no choice. The most important thing now was the palace examination. However, she remembered Yao Zheyu, the bastard who went back on his words. "Yeah."
Zhulan had a dream at night. In the dream, all she saw were silver coins flying past her eyes and she couldn't catch them no matter how hard she tried. When she woke up in the morning, she still felt empty inside because the silver coins were gone.
After breakfast, Zhou Shuren took the deed for 80 acres of land and left. The land in Pinggang is now the easiest to sell.
An hour later, the broker came to the door and said, "Madam, the price of the house has been agreed upon. I will sell it to you at your price."
Zhulan smiled, finally something happy happened, "Let's go!"
Yazi was stunned. Don't we need to wait for Zhou Gongshi? As a small person, he didn't dare to ask. But he thought in his heart that the wife of the Zhou family had a very high status. Zhou Gongshi didn't show up for such a big thing as buying a house.
Zhulan followed the broker to pay the money, and then went to the government office to exchange the title deed, with her name on the title deed.
Yazi was dumbfounded the whole time. He wanted to ask several times, but kept his mouth shut in the end. As an outsider, he shouldn't ask questions about Mr. Zhou's family. But he was very curious. Nearly five thousand taels, was this going to be Mrs. Zhou's dowry?