General, your wife has gone to deliver another calf for your horse.

Jiang Nuanzhi never expected that she would receive such a response.

Li Rong, standing before me, had a sincere expression on his face. When he saw me looking over, he even gave me a gentle smile.

Well, how should I put it? For some reason, I felt there was a hint of naivety in that smile.

For some reason, he remembered that some time ago, he had given him all his money, including the golden arrow that Xinbo had given him.

He even lied to him, saying that his painting had only sold for one hundred taels of silver.
Jiang Nuanzhi felt inexplicably guilty, and simply coughed lightly: "Then I'll accept it for now?"

After thinking about it, he still felt bad and said, "I'll give you all some pocket money later. You should always carry some money with you, you never know when you might need it."

Li Rong didn't say anything, only nodded: "That's fine then."

Jiang Nuanzhi continued looking at houses, liking them more and more each time she looked. However, when she was about to leave and decide to go back, she couldn't help but frown.

Li Rong's attention was on her, and seeing her frown, he asked, "Anuan, are you worried about how to buy this house?"

Jiang Nuan was taken aback. How could this person be so perceptive?
She was still pondering the slight unpleasantness she had just experienced with the Li family, and she really didn't know how to bring it up with Aunt Li.

As if she could see right through him, Li Rong said directly, "You don't need to take today's matter to heart. Uncle Li is a reasonable person, and he won't let his family cause trouble. I will go to Uncle Li later and buy the house. Actually, it's enough to give him the money and exchange it for the land deed. If the Zheng family agrees, it will be done very quickly."

Hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Twenty taels is a good deal, considering all the land in front of and behind the house, and the trees that have been growing for so many years."

After saying that, he directly stuffed fifty taels of silver into Li Rong's hand.

"This is the money for buying the land. We'll need to hire people to build the house, preferably some trustworthy, honest, and reliable people. I don't know the people in the village very well, so what do you think about hiring some people to build the house?"

It was rare for Li Rong to hear her speak to him in such a soft voice, and his ears felt a little hot. He simply accepted the answer seriously: "It's not difficult. Although I don't usually have much contact with people, I'm always good at judging people. You can rest assured."

"That's great, thank you for your hard work."

Jiang Nuanzhi smiled for a moment.

Everyone has their own expertise. When it comes to personnel matters, Jiang Nuanzhi knew he couldn't compare to someone like Li Rong, who had been a general and could manage tens of thousands of soldiers. These few workers would probably be a piece of cake for him, so he simply handed them all over to him.

Li Rong noticed her gaze on his face and awkwardly turned his face away. He coughed lightly and said, "You can tell me in detail what kind of house you want and what your requirements are. After the house is bought, I can arrange for someone to do it."

Jiang Nuanzhi was overjoyed and nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, I'll make a list later."

Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't wait to start construction. Now that Li Rong was overseeing the construction, she could free herself up and just check on the house from time to time.

She just received an order for 500 bottles of wound medicine, so she's going to be very busy from now on.

Hua Yue should be coming to find me soon.

It would be best to finish building the house quickly, and then she could move into the new house and have her own private pharmacy.

"Let's go, hurry back, we still have a lot to do today."

As Jiang Nuanzhi spoke, she saw that Li Rong and Ping'er were looking over, so she smiled and said, "Make some snacks. Tomorrow I plan to take Ping'er to see Magistrate Feng."

Li Rong vaguely remembered why Ping'er had been punished today, and his expression turned cold again.

Jiang Nuanzhi said directly, "Leave this matter to me, you don't need to worry about it. But, Ping'er, you should explain the whole story to us clearly."

Upon hearing this, both father and son nodded.

Jiang Nuanzhi also breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, at Dean Xue's residence, two young masters from his cousins ​​had also returned. Dean Xue, watching over his wife, only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing her fall asleep peacefully after taking her medicine.

Hearing from the servants that the two young masters were now insisting on seeing him, he secretly rubbed his temples, but still got up.

"Jin'er, take good care of your mother. I'm going to check on her."

Young Master Xue nodded: "Father, it's alright for you to take care of things, but if my two uncles want money, you can't give them any more."

Dean Xue said, "Your two uncles have pitiful backgrounds, and your mother is still ill. It's not right to mistreat them."

Seeing that Young Master Xue was about to say something, Dean Xue waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, your father knows what he's doing and will handle it carefully."

As we were discussing this, we heard a commotion outside, and Dean Xue hurriedly went out.

Young Master Xue couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Still in the mood to cause trouble, looks like you're not seriously injured."

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, you have to stand up for me!"

As soon as Dean Xue stepped out the door, Zheng Da, who was stumbling over, grabbed his leg.

However, the next second, Dean Xue kicked this person away.

"What the hell is that?" Dean Xue patted his chest, still shaken.

Zheng Da looked on incredulously: "Brother-in-law! Don't you recognize me? I'm your cousin!"

Zheng Er, who was standing next to him, quickly stepped forward, pointing to his face and saying, "Brother-in-law, I am your second cousin! Brother-in-law, you must help us get revenge! My brother and I have been humiliated like this, we have no face to live!"

Dean Xue was also stunned at this moment.

Realizing what he had just done, he helped the man up with a look of annoyance: "Big cousin, I'm sorry, I really didn't recognize you."

The main problem was that the two faces in front of me were so swollen they looked like pig heads, making it impossible to recognize my two cousins.

Dean Xue had expected them to be beaten badly and look very pathetic, but he never imagined they would be in such a sorry state.

My older cousin lost two front teeth, had a big, bright red bump on his forehead, dark circles under his eyes, and his mouth was crooked.

My second cousin's face was half swollen, with a bright red handprint on his face and bloodstains at the corner of his mouth. His neck was crooked.

"How many thugs did she hire? How did she manage to beat you two up like this?"

The two brothers, who were weeping bitterly, stopped abruptly upon hearing this. They looked at each other, speechless for a long while.

Dean Xue: "Speak up! Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Brother-in-law, the two of us were beaten by her alone." Zheng Da hesitated for a long time before finally swallowing his humiliation and saying these words.

Dean Xue's eyes widened, and he frowned, saying, "How could a woman beat you up like this? Are you two trying to deceive me?"

“Brother-in-law, it’s absolutely true!” Zheng Er’s eyes darted around. “That woman was fat and strong, and quite fierce. Brother-in-law, you don’t know, do you? She’s Li Junping’s mother. She’s very fierce, and Li Junping must have learned his personality from her! Brother-in-law, he’s not here for us at all. He’s clearly dissatisfied with Li Junping’s actions. He’s slapping you in the face!”

Zheng Da nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right. This woman is lawless. She beats us up as soon as she sees us. She doesn't respect you at all! If this is allowed to continue, what will become of her in the future?"

"Yes, brother-in-law, today they're beating us, tomorrow it might be Jin'er, and the day after tomorrow it might be our sister!"

"Outrageous! In broad daylight, under the clear sky, how can she be allowed to act so arrogantly!" Hearing the latter part, Dean Xue was so angry that his gums almost broke: "Don't worry, I will definitely get justice for you!" (End of this chapter)