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However, in just two days, Li Deshun and his wife had already sent someone to bring him the news of buying land.

It was said that Li Shunshui, the son of Li Daqin, who was at the west end of the village, had reached the age where he wanted to get married. A few days ago, the matchmaker had found a daughter from the neighboring village.

The only drawback of her was that her family was too poor, and that she even had two younger brothers who had not grown up in her family.

The Lian Xiang family had the intention to make their big girl pay well, they would need many Hiring s to subsidize two small ones.

Speaking of which, the situation regarding this Miss Lian Xiang, Qin Wuya, was more or less the same at the time. But the only difference was, although Lian Xiang's parents were partial towards their two younger sons, they were completely heartless as well.

Lian Xiang looked good, and could be considered famous in the village. I heard that there were landlords in town who wanted to take Lian Xiang as their concubine, and they gave him high level Hiring.

However, after thinking about it again and again, Lian Xiang's parents went to the town to inquire about the landowner's family's situation. They found out that the landowner was already around forty years old, and had married a total of fourteen people.

As for the remaining seven concubines, each one of them had a silver background. If just one of them were to marry their own daughter, they would be eaten alive.

Although Lian Xiang's parents wanted to ask for money, they didn't want to trouble their own daughter like this, so they rejected the matchmaker.

was a good, capable and filial girl, and was famous in the village. Naturally, many families would ask for marriage, but before they even entered the village, they were scared away by the fifteen silver coins given by Lian Xiang's parents.

Li Daqin's son, Li Shunshui, also accidentally went to the neighboring village to work and saw Lian Xiang.

Li Daqin was such a precious son, he had spoiled since he was young. Seeing that his son was lovesick, he felt bad and went to Lian Xiang's home to propose on marriage, but he was shocked by Lian Xiang's parents' fifteen taels of Hiring s.

It was already the best for an ordinary farmer to use five to six liang for a wife. How could it be worth fifteen liang!

But his son Li Shunshui acted as if he was possessed, no matter how the old couple tried to persuade him not to listen, and Lian Xiang was the one who refused to marry, Li Daqin did not have the guts to go over to Lian Xiang's house to discuss things.

That Lian Xiang's parents were not really like Old Man Qin, who only cared about money and did not care about his daughter's life or death. Seeing that Li Daqin was extremely sincere, they sent people to the Li Family Village to inquire.

He knew that although Li Daqin's family wasn't rich, his family only had Li Shunshui, his precious son. There were also six acres of fertile land, and four mu of cowardly land. It could be considered as having been settled in the village for the rest of his life, knowing that if his daughter were to be married, she would not suffer any more, even if she could not help her mother's family.

Lian Xiang had been a sensible person since she was young, she already knew how to help the head of the household when she had just started learning how to walk. Lian Xiang's parents were not without conscience, even though they were partial to her two youngest sons, they still discussed things with Li Daqin since they were slightly guilty in their hearts.

He said that he would reduce the price of fifteen taels of Hiring to eight taels. As long as he could take out two hundred taels, he would agree to marry Lian Xiang to the Li family village.

Li Daqin had also heard of Lian Xiang before, and knew that this girl was good, her marrying into the sect to be her son's daughter-in-law was also a good thing. Then, he thought about the fact that Lian Xiang's parents wanted him to know that the Hiring was already her bottom line. There was absolutely no reason for it to be this low, so he clenched his teeth and agreed.

Li Daqin had some spare money that he could use to buy Hiring s, but what use would Hiring s have? Lian Xiang's family would definitely not be able to provide any proper dowry, when the time came, he would have to spend a large amount of silver to give the young couple a feast to marry into a new house.

Li Daqin and his wife, who could not think of any other way, decided to sell their family's two acres of fertile land. The price for thinking about it was six taels of silver per mu of land, a total of thirteen silver for two acres, the price was one tael of silver compared to normal fertile land.

However, Qin Wuya felt that the price was extremely reasonable. The reason was because the only river in the Li Family Village had coincidentally flowed into Li Daqin's four acres of fertile land.

In this era, there were no methods of using technical and mechanical irrigation, nor were there any water pipes or canals. If a farmer wanted to pour water into his house, he would have to go to the river and pick his own bucket of water.

If the road was any closer, then it would be fine. However, if it was far off, then he would have to spend most of his time carrying water. No matter how fertile the water was, the amount of time he spent carrying water was terrifying.

Furthermore,'s family's four plots of land were naturally fertile, because the land was close to the river and the soil was even more moist than normal fields. It did not even require Li Daqin's family's effort to grow the crops properly.

A few years ago, there was a drought in the Cloud Prefecture. Although the Li Family Village was not affected that much, the crops in the fields suffered a lot. Those families who were not considered fertile had basically no harvest. Those families who were fertile had also started to produce more because of the lack of water supply. Life was not easy for them.

The only exception was Li Daqin. Because he had four acres of fertile land right by the river, it did not affect him in the slightest.

For this reason, there were many people in the village who were jealous of his family's four acres of fertile land. It was a pity that the silver coins that the farmers had were extremely tight, and they could afford to buy it. Furthermore, Li Daqin's family life was quite comfortable, they would not even think of selling it, if not for the benefits of marrying their precious son, it would not be Qin Wuya's turn to take it.

In other words, Qin Wuya was dragging Li Deshun and his wife down. The farmers in the village had little money, and normally, they rarely went to the town to find dental man to help them buy and sell land. After all, the dental man had to take away 10% of the commission.

Therefore, if the transaction price was not that high, a majority of farmers would ask their villages to help them introduce or even discuss the writing of deed s. Most of them would deliver eggs, fish, and other such gifts as thanks.

Li Daqin's two acres of land was sold for a total of seven taels of silver. If the dental man took 10% of their money, they wouldn't be so greedy, hence they intentionally asked Li Deshun and his wife to introduce him.

When Li Deshun and his wife heard this, they immediately thought of Qin Wuya's request, and suppressed the news, and dragged someone to the town to pass on a message to Qin Wuya.

Qin Wuya was naturally happy to hear it. Not to mention Li Daqin's family's land, water, money, and other suitable benefits. Just the fact that they were close to the Western Mountain and had fewer people was enough to attract Qin Wuya's attention.

After all, the Western Mountain was Qin Wuya's home camp for getting rich. If she could enter the Western Mountain on her own, it would save him the trouble of running all over the place.

Qin Wuya quickly made another trip to the Li Family Village, and asked Li Deshun and his wife to meet with him face to face and negotiate a silver agreement to sign the transfer.

Although the purse at Qin Wuya's waist had been stirred a lot, the land deed with two acres of fertile land in her arms still felt happy in her heart, as if she had drunk some honey.

From today onwards, she could be considered a person with a bit of status, and would be considered to have landed a solid foundation in the Grand Dynasty.

Just as Qin Wuya stepped into the courtyard, she was about to talk about the good news she had received in the past two days with Madam Li, but she saw that Madam Li had already seen Qin Wuya coming from afar, and immediately called Qin Wuya over to her house, saying that someone was looking for him.

Qin Wuya did not know many people in the town, nor could she guess who it was that came to find him. She simply did not guess, and followed Madam Li into the small courtyard of Madam Li's house.

When Qin Wuya came in, the Nanny Cui was in a hurry to get up and leave the house. If it was later, I wouldn't have been able to wait. "

Seeing that it was Nanny Cui, Qin Wuya was very happy as well. "Hurry up, though I'm going to sit in my room."

Qin Wuya greeted Madam Li as she walked out. Madam Li knew that this Cui Family steward must have an urgent matter to find Qin Wuya, so he did not want to stay behind. He smiled as he sent Wu Ya and Nanny Cui out the door.

"Wuya, where did you go today? Why did you wait so long?"

Nanny Cui understood that Qin Wuya was not one to care about false etiquette, so she directly asked with a bitter face.

"What, what happened?" Seeing the worry on the Nanny Cui's face, Wu Ya did not dare to be careless and explained:

"This morning, someone came to my house to ask me to come back, so I went back. I was busy and had to wait until now to get back to town. "

"Originally, when I came, I wanted to talk to you, but now this hour is wrong."

I have to hurry back to Zhang Mansion, so I won't beat around the bush. Wu Ya, are the three jars of Western Fruit Jelly still in your hands? "

It really was for those three jars of fruit paste. Qin Wuya smiled lightly to herself, but she did not have any expression on her face.

At that time, Qin Wuya made a total of six jars of fruit paste. After the Zhang Mansion's business fell apart, Qin Wuya sent three jars to the Guest Home Resturant as usual. As for the other three jars, she left them at home, not intending to look for other buyers.

Qin Wuya had wagered that Zhang Mansion would come back for these three jars of fruit paste, but she did not expect him to return so quickly.

In fact, Qin Wuya was worried that the fruit sauce would break before the Zhang Mansion could even ask for it due to the scorching weather. She wondered if she should go and buy some ice cubes to suppress it, but she was scared by the price and could only bear with it. Now, he didn't need to worry about anything.

Of course, Qin Wuya did not plan to tell Nanny Cui these thoughts. Although the Nanny Cui was very good to him, but the Nanny Cui was here on behalf of the Zhang Mansion.

"What about the three jars of Xifan fruit paste?"

Qin Wuya pretended not to understand and frowned:

"Yesterday, there happened to be a restaurant manager and Wu Yi set down. Wu Ya is currently thinking about sending it over to him tomorrow. What, is there something wrong with your mama? "

"So, it hasn't been given out yet?"

Nanny Cui was overjoyed. She put down the teacup in his hand, stood up, and grabbed Qin Wuya's hand.

"Wuya, you're so worried about mama. It's a good thing that these three jars of fruit paste are still here. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to go back and explain myself."

Qin Wuya knew that the Nanny Cui had come for her three pots of fruit jam, but she didn't expect the Nanny Cui to be so anxious.

Although his fruit paste was rare, at least in the Clear Water Town, it was a unique dish. However, falling to the ground was just to satisfy his appetite, and in a rich family, it was just a piece of fun for them, some were just icing on the cake, while others were no harm, why would the calm Nanny Cui become so anxious?

Seeing the doubt on Qin Wuya's face, Nanny Cui did not hide anything and said truthfully:

"That day, you left in a bad mood. Steward Zhang only knew that if you messed things up, it would anger Eldest Miss, and on the second day, she would find a reason to say that your fruit paste was a problem. Not only did it change its taste, she would even ask for 10 taels of silver for a jar, not selling it for even a single cent."

"What?" When did I ever say ten silver for a pot? Furthermore, you and that steward both personally tasted it that day. There were no problems at all. How could he dare to speak nonsense like that? "

When Qin Wuya heard this, she was extremely angry, if the transaction ends in failure, there was nothing much to it, at most, they could just stay together for the rest of the time, but that Steward Zhang was actually slandering himself by slandering him, that was fine, but he still said that things were not good, and the flavor had changed?

'If you've really changed your flavor, why don't you just poison yourself to death?! ' Qin Wuya spat, and could not help but curse in her heart.

Speaking of which, Nanny Cui's face also became unsightly, "This is also my fault. When you left that day, I was prepared to guard against Steward Zhang going to the First Miss's place to find fault. Unexpectedly, that Steward Zhang only returned to his own residence that day and did not go to the inner courtyard at all. I took it for granted that he was afraid that he would miss his mistress's business, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Early in the morning the next day, the eldest miss said that the young mistress of Madam's mother's cousin wanted to come to Clear Water Town. She was afraid that if they were to cross paths, she would let me bring a few girls and women to greet them at the entrance of the town.

At that time, I didn't think that Steward Zhang would reply me, but as soon as I left, Steward Zhang entered the inner court and even made up a pair of nasty stories about what happened to you that day.

I think he already knew yesterday that his wife's mother's cousin Miss was going to come here, and was waiting for me to go to the inner courtyard to speak nonsense with Eldest Miss so that I wouldn't have the chance to argue with him. "

The Nanny Cui then sighed: "Even if Steward Zhang had already promised, when I return, Big Miss would definitely have asked me, so she just arranged our relationship so that Big Miss would think that I was against outsiders, and intentionally teaming up with outsiders to deceive them.

Little girl, you know it too. The biggest taboo for large families was that their servants and wives were against the outside world.

Since Steward Zhang is trying to sow discord between us, regardless of whether the matter is true or false, the First Miss will still guard against me. After all, I am just a hired wife, after two years, the deed that I have signed will have passed, so in the eyes of the Young Miss, it is natural that I will not be able to compare to the young master of the parrot. "