Chapter 335: Start Farming
"I nearly lost my life. Is one hundred taels a lot? If Master Zeng doesn't want to give it, I'll risk it. I'll let everyone judge for themselves."
"You! Aren't you afraid of losing face?"
Of course Bai was afraid, after all, she was also a human being.
But she was sure that Mr. Zeng couldn't afford to gamble and she didn't care.
"Of course I don't want to, but my family is poor, and life is even more unbearable if it gets like this. Compared to living, what's humiliation?"
“.”
What a reasonable standard for a poor and scoundrel to speak.
Even though Mr. Zeng is very good at dealing with people, he is helpless when he meets such a person.
He knew that some people would do anything for money.
"Not a hundred taels, at most twenty taels."
"I think the doctor prescribed more than twenty taels of medicine! He's not that kind of bullying. No, one hundred taels!"
Mr. Zeng looked at her coldly. Mrs. Bai was indeed very angry, which showed that she was not lying.
Yes, after falling so unexpectedly from such a height, the cost of medical consultation and medicine would definitely be substantial. She was lucky to be alive.
Of course, a mere one hundred taels is nothing to the Zeng family.
But why should he let such an evil woman get away with it?
"A hundred taels is too much anyway!"
"Then, then it must be at least sixty taels."
Mrs. Bai was asking for an exorbitant price, but her tricks were only good enough to deal with the honest and stupid people in the countryside, and she was not good enough to deal with Mr. Zeng.
Look, Mr. Zeng didn't say anything, but she lowered the price on her own.
Master Zeng: "Thirty taels, if you want it, take it, if you don't want it, forget it."
“This is too little!”
"Young man? Ha, I'm only giving you the silver out of sympathy. Otherwise, do you think you deserve it? If you weren't so vicious and greedy, how could you have ended up like this? What does this have to do with my pearl?"
Bai was speechless.
"Okay, thirty taels is thirty taels."
"I can't give you this money for free. I need a receipt. Otherwise, what if you come to blackmail me later?"
"I will never come again."
"Words are not enough."
Mr. Zeng looked at her and said nothing, but his meaning was very clear: I don’t trust people like you.
Mrs. Bai felt a little embarrassed, but the incident at Mingyue Tower was indeed not glorious. Did she still expect others to praise her?
The temptation of thirty taels is too great. It’s the final step. How could Bai be willing to give it up?
"Okay. But I can't read. How can I know what you wrote?"
"Just two simple sentences. Just say you took thirty taels of silver from our family. This is proof. If you dare to ask for the silver again, this is the proof."
Bai was skeptical, but finally chose to believe it.
Zeng Mingzhu's affairs at Mingyue Tower were not glorious either. Didn't everyone get a copy of the documents? It was unlikely that Master Zeng would write about it.
Mr. Zeng wrote it himself on the spot, in two copies.
Sure enough, there was only a few lines and a half words.
He even read it to Bai specifically.
Bai couldn't understand a single word, but he kept reciting it in his mind while counting each word one by one. The numbers matched, so it seemed that he could not be wrong.
Mr. Zeng pointed to the lower right corner and asked her to press her fingerprint, and she did so happily.
After pressing her fingerprints, Mr. Zeng readily gave her the silver note.
"Take the silver and leave quickly. This matter is over. If you dare to come again, don't blame me for being rude. Also, if you dare to tell anyone about this, hmph!"
Bai's heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself to remain calm. "I took the money, and the matter is naturally settled. Now that it's settled, I won't say anything."
"That's better."
Bai took the banknote and left quickly.
She was secretly happy in her heart. Now it was good. She finally got back the money she lost on medical treatment and got ten taels more.
If Xu Zhichun hadn't reminded her, she would never have thought of this at all.
Unexpectedly, she actually got the silver by looking for Mr. Zeng as she asked.
If she asks Zeng Mingzhu, that woman is very evil and will definitely not give it to her.
Bai was delighted but also a little frightened. Xu was too shrewd. She really couldn't afford to offend her.
Holding the banknote, Bai felt uneasy again.
Mr. Zeng sneered as he held the document on which Bai had stamped her handprint. He had not deceived Bai, as those were indeed the two sentences written on the paper.
But the paper was so big, and there was a large blank space. He could write anything he wanted in the blank space.
Bai Shi had better do what she said, otherwise he would let her die without knowing how.
After more than half a month, the planting of potatoes, konjac and breeding of sweet potatoes were finally completed.
The agarwood seeds that were sown have grown to more than three inches tall. They are green and tender and very pleasing to the eye. When these agarwood seeds bloom, bear fruit and mature, and are taken out of the space and mixed with them, there will be no need to pick them from the wild.
After her workshop opened, all the villagers could go and do the work, and I'm afraid few people would be willing to go up the mountain and work hard to pick agar-agar seeds.
Sweet potato vines grow very fast. With watering, fertilizing and care, the green vines cover the ground, and the branches and leaves are crowded together without any gaps.
The villagers were still quite cautious and did not dare to pick them and plant them casually.
Before pinching him, he would run over to ask Xu Zhichun a question.
"Mrs. Xu, I see the sweet potato vines in my vegetable garden are growing really long. They're as long as two arms stretched out. Can I pinch them off and plant them?"
"Mrs. Xu, I think my sweet potato vines should be ready for planting, but I'm not sure. Could you help us take a look?"
"Mrs. Xu, could you please come to our field and see if you can pick any? Ours is very close, right in the vegetable garden."
"It's the same with our family. Please help, Mrs. Xu!"
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Sweet potatoes are precious, and sweet potato vines are also precious. They are no longer just small vines that anyone can pick off casually. No one dares to touch them without Mrs. Xu's approval.
Xu Zhichun was both amused and confused.
There's really no need to be so cautious.
Sweet potato is a very rough crop. You can just pick the vines and plant them casually, really.
Didn’t you plant it last year?
How come I feel like I’m back in the novice village in the blink of an eye?
Xu Zhichun had no choice but to explain again and again to comfort the villagers. After hearing her words, the villagers left happily.
It’s time to plant Xu Zhichun’s own sweet potatoes.
Yang Ming and his son Yang Xiaoan were busy all the time.
Xu Zhichun calculated the date and decided that it was time to go to the farm in Qingyang County.
Uncle Yang Ming and Xiaoman are both trustworthy and reliable. Sweet potatoes and potatoes are also easy to grow, but cotton is different.
She feels more at ease when transplanting the cotton seedlings herself.
Now that she is gone, the business of konjac tofu, konjac noodles and ice jelly must be taken care of.
Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er were both pregnant. Although rural women were not so spoiled, they could still do any physical work as long as it was not too strenuous.
With the help of Muxiang and Liang Mingliang, we only need to use ready-made konjac flour and they are more than capable of handling it.
Aunt Zhuer smiled and said, "We are not made of porcelain. This is too easy a job. Just go about your business."
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