Chapter 46 - Who was scheming against whom

The people who had bought the tofu in the morning sold everything out.

Everyone sold them to nearby villages and towns.

According to Shi Qingluo, the price was set at 5 wen, with a profit of 1 wen per catty.

In the morning, they could earn a few wen, and up to 30 wen like Xiao Dashu and his brothers.

To the villagers, this was like a pie falling from the sky.

Soon after, the news spread in the village.

Everyone knew that the tofu made by Scholar Xiao’s family was very popular.

Those who were still watching decided to sell tofu the next day.

Soon after, another piece of news broke the peace in the village.

The old Xiao family had sold the servant who was serving Old Lady Xiao.

When the villagers heard that Xinghong had been sold, they cried until they were out of breath.

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They cried and apologised to Old Lady Xiao.

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Then, they scolded Shi Qingluo but were soon dragged away by the brokers.

Next, the old Xiao family released the news that they were going to sell their old house and land.

Those who were willing to buy them could come and negotiate with them.

When Mother Xiao and the others heard the news, they were especially happy.

The people from the old house were finally going to leave the village to wreak havoc in the capital.

That bad woman, Xinghong, had also received her retribution.

They wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate.

Mother Xiao said, “We don’t know when the people from the old house will leave.”

Shi Qingluo said, “After selling the house and the land, they will definitely go to the capital.”

After she instigated the troublemakers of the Xiao family, they were all excited and wanted to enjoy their lives in the capital quickly.

Mother Xiao’s smile deepened. “That’s good. In the future, when they go to the capital, they won’t think about snatching the tofu workshop.”

Shi Qingluo nodded. “Now, they weren’t interested in the tofu workshop anymore.”

Mother Xiao knew how greedy the people from the old residence were. “Indeed. In the future, when they are far away from us, we will enjoy peace.”

Then, she changed the topic. “Qingluo, this tofu is really selling well. Should we make more tomorrow?”

Shi Qingluo nodded. “Yes, let’s double it tomorrow. In the future, be mentally prepared that there will be more people who will buy and sell tofu.”

Mother Xiao smiled and nodded. “I am. Furthermore, I’ll use the bean dregs that you’ve processed and mix them with wild vegetables and earthworms to feed the chickens and ducks. As expected, they like to eat them.

“In the future, we’ll make more tofu.

“Just like what you said, when we have the money, we’ll buy the mountain behind us to specially feed our chickens and ducks.

“Then, we’ll buy some pigs so that the bean dregs won’t go to waste.”

She liked her current fulfilling and hopeful days.

No matter how hard it was, she was willing to do it.

Shi Qingluo smiled and nodded. “You are right, I think so too. And this day will come very soon.”

Mother Xiao’s smile deepened, her eyes filled with hope and enthusiasm. “Okay.”

Then, she happily brought Xiao Baili to prepare meals again.

Shi Qingluo sat in the courtyard and watched Xiao Hanzheng write his script.

This was an old house.

The building’s layout was poor, so the lighting wasn’t very good during the day.

Xiao Hanzheng usually moved the tables and chairs to the courtyard to write or read.

After writing another tens of thousands of words, Xiao Hanzheng showed it to Shi Qingluo.

After reading it, Shi Qingluo sighed, “It’s written very well. There’s nothing to change this time.”

“Your talent for writing fiction is really strong!” Even she, who had read many books on immortal cultivation, enjoyed it.

One could imagine the reaction of the ancient people who had not read any cultivation books before.

Xiao Hanzheng smiled and said, “Thank you for the compliment.”

He liked to be acknowledged and praised by his little wife.

In his previous life, he had always done everything by himself.

It was great that now he suddenly had such a person by his side.

“I’ll make a trip to the county town in two days. I’ll take the manuscript to the bookstore to see if it can be sold.”

Regarding this manuscript, he felt that it wouldn’t be a problem to sell it.

Shi Qingluo nodded and smiled. “Alright, then I’ll come with you to the town the day after tomorrow and buy some things along the way.”

As the two of them were talking, the old Xiao’s family second grandson arrived.

Xiao Hanzheng asked coldly, “What’s the matter?”

Although he was a year older than Xiao Hanzheng, his cousin had meddled with him several times in private before.

He was very afraid.

He didn’t dare to enter the courtyard.

Instead, he stood at the door and said, “Grandpa and Grandma want to invite you to the old residence.”

Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng looked at each other and nodded.

Xiao Hanzheng put away his manuscript and pen. “Alright, let’s go then.”

This time round, they were invited to the old residence.

Those troublemakers probably wanted to scheme against him.

The two of them followed him for more than ten minutes before arriving at a half-new courtyard.

The moment they entered, Shi Qingluo saw more than ten people sitting in the courtyard.

She guessed that everyone from the old Xiao family was all here.

She took the lead to look at Old Lady Xiao and asked, “Is our ex-grandma looking for us?”

Old Lady Xiao looked annoyed.

This wretched girl was addressing her with the prefix ‘ex’ at the old residence.

She was still so annoying.

However, she did not call them over today to pick a fight.

She pointed at the two empty chairs in the courtyard. “Take a seat.”

After the two of them sat down, she said, “I had taken your advice and sold Xinghong away.”

Shi Qingluo raised her finger and shook it. “Ex-grandma, you said wrongly. I merely made a small suggestion. I won’t take the blame for selling others.”

Old Lady Xiao and the others were speechless. Shameless brat. It was clearly her idea yesterday.

Old Lady Xiao knew that she couldn’t win against her, so she took a deep breath and said, “Alright, we had sold her ourselves.”

She spoke as if she had been taken advantage of, “Now, we want to sell the old house and the land. I heard that your tofu is very easy to sell, so I wondered if you want to buy them?”

If it wasn’t for Shi Qingluo’s instigation that made them uninterested in the tofu workshop and gave them hopes of being the head of the general’s residence in the capital, they would have wanted to take over the tofu production after knowing that the sales were excellent.

However, they had other plans now.

Shi Qingluo immediately shook her head. “We can’t afford it.”

“The tofu is selling well because of its novelty. We don’t know how it will sell in the future.

“We haven’t even repaid the money we owe you. How can we afford to buy your old house and land?”

She rolled her eyes and giggled. “Why don’t we do it on credit? We’ll definitely buy it.”

These troublemakers had great foresight to sell them the house and land.

When they came back in the future, they would want to use the so-called filial piety to ask for it back.

They would definitely go back on their word and refuse to pay them back.

She did not have the time to talk about such things with them.

And to be honest, she really did not care about this house.

So, she deliberately claimed that they didn’t have money and would buy on credit.

She knew them too well that they would be against this idea.

But since they took the initiative to scheme against her, then let’s see who’s the strongest and fittest for survival. Hmm!

The people of the old Xiao family thought to themselves, are they dreaming to ask for credit?

They initially wanted to just give it a try.

If Xiao Hanzheng’s family had the money, or would go to the county to borrow money to buy it, that would be the best deal.

If they returned to the village in the future, they could just snatch it back and save another sum of money.

Forget about buying with credit, they weren’t stupid.

Old Lady Xiao put on a fake smile and said, “Forget it if you can’t pay. We still need some taels of silver along the journey.”

Shi Qingluo agreed with her. “That’s true. Although you won’t have to worry about your meals after you reach the capital and could enjoy unlimited spending expenditures, you still need to prepare some for the journey.”

Old Lady Xiao suddenly didn’t want to see her anymore. “Then it’s fine. You guys can go back.”

Shi Qingluo didn’t move. “Ex-grandma, aren’t you treating us at your disposal?”

She continued, “Don’t you want to tell me anything else?”