"Didn't you know Aunt Wang had a niece?"
"You don't even know this. It happened decades ago. The Wang family moved away, and only Aunt Wang was left."
The villagers whispered to each other. The young people in the village didn't know what happened decades ago, but the older generation of villagers still had some impression of it.
The Wang family actually has some background. Decades ago, the Wang family was the largest family in Sanwan Village. They had some relatives in Licheng, but they couldn't stand the poverty and backwardness of the Wang family and moved away.
As for why Aunt Wang was left behind, it was all because of her short-lived husband. At that time, her husband was still alive and Zhang Tiansheng had just been born. Aunt Wang's husband was a native of Sanwan Village and refused to leave. Aunt Wang did not want to leave her husband, so she did not move with him.
Wang Muling chuckled secretly, just admire them all.
"Everyone, I'm well-read in Licheng. I'm quite knowledgeable about agricultural and forestry development, and economic development. If you all follow me, I promise you'll all have a good life."
Scholars are very favored in Sanwan Village, such as Jun Haoyue. Now there is another scholar who also knows how to farm, so the villagers believe her even more and have expressed their desire to work with her.
Xu Xingchen frowned and reminded him, "It's not enough to just know the theoretical knowledge. Only practice can reveal the truth."
It's obvious that Wang Muling is a domineering young lady. She has only read some books but has no actual participation. If she were really allowed to lead the villagers, she might end up in trouble.
Wang Muling was displeased when he heard this and sarcastically said, "Are you talking to me? I don't know who caused the locust plague. Is your practice useful? How dare you mention practice?"
"Oh, by the way, instead of telling me all this, you might as well return the remaining losses to the villagers." She seemed to have thought of something and reached out to Xu Xingchen.
Xu Xingchen's brows furrowed even more. "More money?" "Didn't they just divide up all her money?"
"If you pay me back, you can leave my house."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Jun Haoyue striding towards them with farm tools in hand.
He had just returned from the fields. What was outrageous was that when such a thing happened at home, none of the villagers who were working in the fields reminded him.
When he saw the furniture being moved out of the yard, his eyes sank.
Wang Muling froze in place the moment she saw Jun Haoyue. How could such a good-looking person exist in such a run-down village? And what was the Third Prince of Licheng?
Jun Haoyue's gaze swept towards Wang Muling, who blushed suddenly and was a little afraid to meet his gaze.
A trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he turned to the villagers and said, "Are you worried about not being able to survive the winter, or do you think we're easy to bully? If my cousin hadn't provided the seeds, would you have been able to grow such high-quality wheat?"
The villagers felt a little ashamed of what he said, and they all lowered their heads and stopped talking.
"If you all agree, we will compensate the villagers for their losses by tomorrow. But from now on, you can all develop yourselves."
Jun Haoyue said this mercilessly. Xu Xingchen quietly tugged at his sleeve and shook his head to indicate that he didn't need to be so decisive.
Since last winter, the villagers have benefited a lot from Xu Xingchen. If the relationship is completely severed, where will they get any new agricultural products in the future?
Then some villagers stood up and said that no compensation was required for the losses. It was not good for everyone in the same village to have such a mess. It would be embarrassing to see each other every time. In short, they were just bringing trouble upon themselves.
Of course, there are still some villagers who are not happy and insist on getting back their losses. They would rather not follow Xu Xingchen anymore, since Wang Muling is here now.
Jun Haoyue's speech divided the villagers into two factions. Wang Muling was very dissatisfied. She had always been able to get whatever she wanted since she was a child. No one dared to go against her.
Her goal was to make all the villagers listen to her, but she didn't expect that some of them would also listen to Xu Xingchen.
She snorted coldly, flicked her sleeves and left, followed by the villagers who left with her.
The villagers who continued to follow Xu Xingchen first expressed their apologies and then expressed their loyalty to follow him. After listening to them, Xu Xingchen smiled and said nothing.
After they left, Xu Xingchen tugged at Jun Haoyue's sleeve and said anxiously, "The villagers have already divided up all the money in our house. How can we afford to compensate them tomorrow?"
Jun Haoyue lowered his eyes for a moment, then looked up again and took out a jade pendant from his bosom. The word "Tong" was engraved in the center of the jade pendant. "I'll go to the town to pawn it tomorrow."
Xu Xingchen blinked at the jade pendant. She felt like she had heard the word Tong before. Suddenly, she clapped her hands, "Isn't this the surname of the original owner's husband, whose life and death are unknown?"
"Huh?" Jun Haoyue looked at her doubtfully.
Xu Xingchen realized her slip of the tongue and corrected herself, "Ahem, I, my husband whose life or death is unknown."
Jun Haoyue replied indifferently: "There are so many people with the surname Tong, and your husband is not the only one."
That’s right...Xu Xingchen stopped talking.
The two of them moved the furniture back far away and went back to their rooms to rest worriedly.
The next day, they went to the town together. Jun Haoyue pawned the jade pendant, and Xu Xingchen went to sell the remaining vegetable and fruit seeds and the handicrafts given by Chen Pi.
Arriving in town, the two went to the pawn shop first. As soon as Jun Haoyue entered, a servant came out to greet him, nodding and bowing. "Hey, sir, what are you going to pawn? Our prices are better than any other place in town. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Jun Haoyue took out the jade pendant. The servant happily took it and looked at it. Then he looked at him in surprise, "Tong family?"
The person concerned had a blank expression on his face and neither answered nor explained his questions.
This made Xu Xingchen even more suspicious. Does the Tong family have any background?
The servant ran into the back hall and called the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper came out with a big belly, holding the jade pendant in his hand, and asked seriously, "Where did you get the jade pendant from?"
"...Why are you asking so many questions about me, just a thing?" Jun Haoyue's voice was a little cold, and he did not directly answer the shopkeeper's question.
The shopkeeper saw the dark light in his eyes and suddenly smiled apologetically, "Sir, that's not true. I'm afraid your origins are unknown. It's not easy to run a small shop..."
"Okay, let's see how much money I can get off."
"Hey, please wait a moment." The shopkeeper opened the small door at the front desk, squeezed in sideways, and counted on the abacus at the window.
After a while, a reply came through the small window: "Sir, how about one hundred taels?"
"One hundred taels!?" Xu Xingchen, who was standing by, was stunned when he heard the price. Is it so valuable?
The shopkeeper heard her words and immediately said, "One hundred and fifty taels, no more."
Xu Xingchen: “…” She was surprised again. Will the price increase to two hundred taels? She wondered inexplicably.
Before she could even begin to fantasize, Jun Haoyue had already agreed, "Let's sign a document."
After leaving the pawnshop, Xu Xingchen was still in shock. Perhaps the value of the jade pendant wasn't the jade itself, but the "Tong" in it.
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