They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 230: Waiting for the sequel
Zeng Xiaoyan sneered: "Look at you, you really can't resist the temptation. I just mentioned it and you've already run into her. But I didn't expect it to be her."

Cuiqiao was Zeng Mingzhu's dowry maid.

A few days ago, Zeng Mingzhu's husband, Young Master Qi, came to pick her up and take her back.

The Qi family is a prominent family and values ​​their reputation. Madam Qi had just promoted two concubines for her son and didn't want people to say that she was mistreating her daughters-in-law. So she sent her son to take her daughters-in-law back home.

She gave Zeng Mingzhu a lot of face; if Zeng Mingzhu didn't appreciate it, then it was her fault for being ignorant.

Now that things have come to this, it's no use for Zeng Mingzhu to be pretentious and resentful. The Qi family has given her plenty of face, and she doesn't know when to stop, which is why she deserves to be disliked.

Unexpectedly, just as the couple was about to return home, Magistrate Lu, accompanied by County Assistant Magistrate Zhao and Clerk Shao, marched in a grand procession to Liangjia Village.

This is a very big and novel thing.

In a time when entertainment programs are extremely scarce, who can resist the temptation of something new and unusual? Absolutely!
We need to wait for some follow-up to this, right?
Young Master Qi and Zeng Mingzhu decided to stay at the Zeng family home for a few more days.

"Sweet potato? Potato? What's that?"

"I heard the yield is super high and the taste is good, is that true?"

"What the hell? Two thousand catties per mu? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You must have misheard! No, you must have misheard! Useless thing, you can't even find out such a small thing, and you've even learned to talk back? Hurry up and go find out more."

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Young Master Qi was shocked, as were Zeng Mingzhu and her son, who didn't pay attention to planting and production. Old Master Zeng and Young Master Zeng were even more dumbfounded, their minds going completely blank.

Impossible, impossible
However, even after sending a more reliable person to inquire, the result was still the same.

"This...this is real."

"impossible"

Liangjia Village, it's Liangjia Village again.

It's that Xu lady again!

Mrs. Zeng and Zeng Mingzhu gritted their teeth, wishing they could cover their ears and eyes, not wanting to hear or see anything; it was too infuriating.

Master Zeng and Young Master Zeng felt a sense of absurdity, ridiculousness, and helplessness. They wanted to laugh but couldn't, and their hearts clenched with a heavy feeling in their chests.
What kind of nonsense is this?! So they're deliberately trying to antagonize the Zeng family, right? Absolutely!

Liangjia Village, the place where their former in-laws lived—if it were before, the father and son would have gone there to inquire long ago. But now they were too ashamed to go.

Even when sending a servant from the household, one must specifically instruct them not to reveal their identity.

Which landowner wouldn't be tempted by such an astonishing yield per acre?
Fatal Attraction, okay?!
Young Master Qi was also quite tempted, as his family owned countless fields.

Something new that Lord Lu values ​​so highly must be of high quality.

Young Master Qi hurriedly discussed with his father-in-law and brother-in-law, asking them to quickly send someone to contact Liangjia Village and finalize an agreement for Liangjia Village to supply them with sweet potatoes and potatoes.

"So we had the steward bring pen and ink, and signed the contract on the spot. With it written in black and white and fingerprints pressed on, no one could go back on their word."

"As for the price, it's fine if it's a little more than that of rice or wheat."

"We need to hurry, or someone else might beat us to it."

Mr. Zeng appeared calm and smiled as he dealt with the situation, but in reality, he had no confidence whatsoever.

He didn't dare let his son-in-law know that he once had a son-in-law in Liangjia Village, who was the son of the village head.
He knew that Zeng Xiaoyan hated the Zeng family.

That Xu happened to be on good terms with Zeng Xiaoyan.

Although there is still one daughter in Liangjia Village, the four cowardly, incompetent, and useless ones are just living under someone else's roof in Liangjia Village and are utterly useless.

It must be said that Mr. Zeng still hasn't made any progress.

The idea that "a lesson learned is a lesson learned" is utter nonsense. He used to look down on Zeng Xiaoyan, and then he suffered a terrible setback; now he still looks down on Zeng Xiaojuan.

Young Master Qi not only wanted a written contract of supply, but he was also eager to taste the sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Master Zeng himself was also very curious, so he asked the steward to keep an eye on the matter and find a way to buy some as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, there were too many people who shared his thoughts, which made Liang Lizheng very wary.

After Liang Lizheng repeatedly warned them, and with Magistrate Lu speaking on behalf of the government, who in the countryside would dare to disobey?
Liang Lizheng was keeping a close eye on things again.

Therefore, not a single sweet potato or potato was lost.

Let alone spending money to buy it, even if relatives and friends come over and want to try it, they can't.

Magistrate Lu hasn't given us any specific guidelines yet, so who would dare to make any moves?

Besides, relatives and friends come every day. If I give this person a taste today, can I not give that person a taste tomorrow? If I give them a taste every day, wouldn't I feel terrible? So I might as well not give any to anyone.

To ensure fairness for everyone.

Under these circumstances, it would be extremely difficult for the Zeng family to obtain even a few sweet potatoes or potatoes!
Master Zeng was furious.

If their family and the Liang family were related by marriage, this wouldn't be a problem at all. They could secretly get ten or eight kilograms of it, and the in-laws would definitely agree.

In fact, when Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin visited and left Xu Zhichun's house, Xu Zhichun packed ten catties each of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and snow lotus fruit for them to take with them.

She deliberately mixed the snow lotus fruit with the sweet potato pile and sold it randomly to the villagers.

Although the fruit of the snow lotus fruit looks very similar to a sweet potato, the plant itself is completely different. It is not a creeping vine, but rather a plant that resembles a chili pepper or eggplant.

So it was discovered that they were different a long time ago.

No one dared to make any rash moves, and they all sought advice from Xu Zhichun.

Xu Zhichun couldn't very well admit he knew, so he pretended not to, telling everyone to "keep it for now and see how things go later."

Since it was a matter of planting anyway, everyone thought it made sense, so they kept the snow lotus fruit plant.

I was surprised by what I received.

The translucent flesh is crisp, sweet, and juicy, offering a completely different flavor compared to sweet potatoes.

Kids absolutely hate it.

People don't know what this is called, so they just call it "sweet potato".

Hmm, that works too.

Young Master Qi was very dissatisfied because he hadn't been able to eat sweet potatoes or potatoes for a long time.

The more you can't have something, the more you want to eat it.

When speaking to Zeng Mingzhu, he couldn't help but express some resentment.

He didn't believe for a second that as long as they were willing to pay a price, those peasants wouldn't sell.
Even if Magistrate Lu gave instructions beforehand, are all the families in that village a united front? They should just add more money and keep trying; there's no way they couldn't break through.

Little did he know? Liang, the village head, had personally visited those greedy, unscrupulous, and unethical families, giving them a stern warning. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but rather that they simply didn't dare.
With Liang Lizheng being so fierce, who would dare to challenge him!

Zeng Mingzhu felt very embarrassed, so she simply led a group of people to intercept Xu Zhichun and his group.

Cuiqiao lifted the curtain and smiled contemptuously at Xu Zhichun and Zeng Xiaoyan: "Third Miss, Eldest Miss invites the three of you to come over for a talk."

(End of this chapter)