Jiang Bai covered his face and abruptly changed the subject: "I've recently come up with a new idea."
"What are you thinking?" Zhao Yi's attention was indeed diverted. He turned to look at the stove and stuffed in another handful of firewood. "Are you going to keep the medicinal cuisine restaurant open?"
"I'll open it, but not now." Jiang Bai perked up when business was mentioned. "I want to open a new store."
"About what?" Zhao Yi pressed.
"Keep it a secret for now," Jiang Bai said after thinking for a moment.
Zhao Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Since you have money now, don't be stingy. See which shops are for sale and buy them."
Jiang Bai was very supportive of buying this kind of real estate. Even if they decided to quit, they could rent out the shop. Money in hand is just worthless paper; it only has value when it's spent.
However, after recalling Zhao Yi's behavior since they first met, Jiang Bai had to admit that he was indeed a male protagonist in a romance novel, and his actions and conduct were very generous.
I wonder which woman will benefit from this in the future.
—By the way, is there a female lead in this book? Who is she?
Jiang Bai suddenly realized that the book she had obtained only went up to the scene of her tragic death after her divorce, but now that she had transmigrated, she had changed the course of the story, and how things would develop in the future was unpredictable.
The sound of boiling water interrupted her reverie. She stood up, looked at the water, and turned to Zhao Yi, saying, "The water's boiling. Go wash up quickly. I'm going back to my room."
Zhao Yi nodded in agreement.
The next day, Jiang Bai first visited several residences under the guidance of the broker.
Since we're using Zhao Yi's money, it's not appropriate to say we're living separately from him, so we still need to include his room.
Jiang Bai had plenty of money, so he simply bought a luxury house in one go to avoid having to fight with Zhao Yi for the right to use the study. Now there are four studies in this house, one for each of the four family members.
After buying the house, she still needed to choose servants. On the advice of the broker, she selected two maids, two servants, a gatekeeper, and a gardener.
When Jiang Bai got home, he was humming a song: "Spending money is so fun."
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Another night passed, and Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai headed to the village early the next morning.
This time, Jiang Bai wasn't as dejected as he had been when he visited the Zhao family. He sat in the carriage and happily ate some snacks.
As Zhao Yi drove the carriage forward, he could still hear Jiang Bai humming a tune he had never heard before.
Tian Rou was waiting for them at the village entrance. Jiang Bai and she had originally agreed to go to the Zhao family's old house together to retrieve the IOU.
Jiang Bai pulled her into the carriage and asked, "Where is Jiang Cheng?"
Tian Rou smiled shyly and replied, "I couldn't bear to wake him up early, so I came over by myself."
Jiang Bai was heartbroken. What a lovely girl! She could have found any good man, so why did she fall for Jiang Cheng?
She briefly explained it to Tian Rou in the carriage, and Tian Rou's eyes widened in surprise: "Is this okay?"
Jiang Bai gestured towards Zhao Yi with his chin: "If you don't believe me, ask your brother-in-law."
Zhao Yi, who was outside and keeping a close eye on what was happening inside, quickly replied upon hearing this, "Your sister is right."
“I don’t disbelieve it,” Tian Rou said with a smile. “I’m just happy for Third Brother.”
Zhao Yi drove the carriage to the Zhao family's old house and stopped. Jiang Bai took out the IOU from inside and handed it to Tian Rou: "These are no longer needed."
“No,” Tian Rou refused. “Since the silver I brought was counted as the money Third Brother used to buy land, then these loans have not been repaid.”
She smiled and handed the IOU back: "Sister, you've already helped us a lot, we can't not pay you back, but please give us some more time so we can take our time."
Jiang Bai took a deep breath and said, "Okay."
Tian Rou led Zhao Yi toward Tian Laosan's residence.
Tian Laosan is already married with children. His wife lives in the next village, and his mother-in-law is frail and sickly and needs someone to take care of her.
His wife was an only child, and life was not easy for the widow and her child. So Tian Laosan simply moved in and became neighbors with his mother-in-law.
Tian Laosan and his wife are both hardworking. They take meticulous care of their land and have rented several plots of land to cultivate, including the two plots in Jiangbai.
The rent for the two plots of land in Jiangbai was reasonable, and the soil quality and location were also top-notch; otherwise, Tian Laosan wouldn't have put up with the harassment from the Zhao family.
Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai arrived at Tian Laosan's house. Tian Rou briefly explained the solution, and Tian Laosan thanked her profusely and signed the contract.
Zhao Yi then went to the Zhao family's new residence.
His two younger brothers, Zhao Lao Er and Zhao Lao San, had already gone to work in the fields. The five children in the yard were laughing and joking. They had completely uprooted other people's crops without being punished at all.
Zhao Yi entered the main room, and Old Lady Zhao saw him first, her eyes lighting up: "What brings you back?"
Zhao Yi called her "Mother" and then asked, "Where's my father?"
"Your father is sleeping in the inner room," Old Mrs. Zhao called out, her bound feet gesturing to Old Mr. Zhao.
The three men faced each other, and Zhao Yi said, "I'm selling those two plots of land."
"Sold?" Old Master Zhao exclaimed, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
"Yes, it was sold to Tian Laosan," Zhao Yi replied calmly, unaffected by the anger of the person in front of him.
"How could you sell it to him?" Old Mrs. Zhao was also surprised. "Wasn't it agreed that we would plant it at home when the lease expired?"
Zhao Yi sighed: "If you hadn't pulled up Tian Laosan's crops, we could have planted them at home."
When the topic of harvesting crops came up, the elderly couple looked somewhat guilty.
Grandma Zhao couldn't help but say, "Children don't know any better. How would they know what the consequences would be?"
Old Master Zhao coughed twice: "Did Tian Laosan complain to you?"
“They didn’t just complain to me, they complained all the way to the county magistrate,” Zhao Yi sighed. “They’ve even written the complaint…”
"Quickly send someone to stop him!" Old Mrs. Zhao exclaimed.
“It just so happens that Tian Laosan’s younger sister is Jiang Bai’s sister-in-law,” Zhao Yi said. “Thanks to her for informing Jiang Bai in advance, we found out and quickly stopped them.”
Hearing that the police had stopped her, Old Mrs. Zhao patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
Old Master Zhao scoffed: "Let him go and sue the authorities. I don't believe the government can take away a child."
“Of course the child won’t be arrested, but it’s the father’s fault for not teaching the child properly. The two younger brothers will have to go to jail in the child’s place,” Zhao Yi replied.
Old Master Zhao had never dealt with government officials in his life. Upon hearing this, he gripped his cane tightly and asked, "What does he want?"
Zhao Yi took out the already signed contract: "He wants our family's land."
“The contract has been signed, and we just need to go to the government office for notarization,” Zhao Yi said. “I came here to discuss this with you, my parents. If you want the land, I will tear up the contract immediately, and my second and third sons will go to jail. If you want the people, we will sell the land to them and they can’t bother us anymore.”
Old Master Zhao wanted to choose a plot of land, but what use is land if he has no son?
He gritted his teeth and said, "I need people!"
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