bookcurios Chapter 140 It would be impolite to refuse again.
Chapter 140 It would be impolite to refuse again.
After transmigrating, Yang Fenglan rarely interacted with the villagers, but Xu Yingying was different.
Her house is full of monsters and ghosts; it's impossible to avoid them.
Xu Yingying knew some things about the village.
Leaving aside other families, a large family like the Xu family, with many members and a large workforce, would definitely buy wheat if the price was cheap.
“Don’t tell me you’re reluctant to sell. You already have money, why force yourself to endure hardship?” Xu Yingying said.
The young lady can't endure any hardship.
The words "endure hardship even if it's not worth it" completely moved Yang Fenglan.
She nodded solemnly, "Sell!"
It would be best if it could be sold, and I could use the excuse that "I'm too busy taking care of my son with a broken leg" to brush off any questions from others.
Without further ado, the two sisters discussed it and decided that the three acres of land would yield a maximum of 150 catties, which they would then price at 50 wen.
This is a hot commodity.
Yang Fenglan asked Xu Yingying to go to the Xu family and ask them if they wanted to buy it.
Xu Yingying immediately snorted, "You don't know how wicked the Xu family is. They only refuse to give them benefits when there are advantages. In the end, I'll have to come and cut the profits myself. I can't do any work."
Yang Fenglan rolled her eyes. "I have an idea. Why don't we do the male lead a favor? His family doesn't have much land, so naturally they don't grow any crops."
"This works."
Gu Ming lived in the village, and to avoid Long Aotian running into Shen Yu, Xu Yingying went straight home.
Yang Fenglan also went home, and during dinner, she mentioned to Zhou Jingyi and Shen Yu that she wanted to sell the wheat.
The reason, of course, was that they were powerless to do it. Zhou Jingyi couldn't bear to part with it; how much effort had they put into planting those wheat crops?
With the harvest just around the corner, they had to sell the wheat along with the stalks, meaning they were working at a loss the whole time.
Zhou Jingyi felt reluctant to part with it.
Shen Yu glanced at Yang Fenglan with a wistful look, "Mother has plenty of money now."
They have plenty of money, so why would they care about a little bit of wheat?
Zhou Jingyi thought of the five taels of silver from selling the bracelet and finally compromised—he couldn't do it because of his limp, and he couldn't bear to let his mother go to harvest wheat alone.
"Mother, who do you plan to sell it to?" Zhou Jingyi asked.
"Gu Mingjia is selling it for fifty coins. I wonder if they'd be willing to take it."
Shen Yu's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Fifty coins for three acres of wheat—that was a great deal!
Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law actually planned to sell it to him.
After finishing her meal, Shen Yu offered, "Mom, you've had a long day. I'll go and ask the Gu family about it for you."
"I'll go myself. You're just a little kid, how would you know about these things?" Yang Fenglan subconsciously tried to stop the male and female protagonists from meeting.
This was the first time Shen Yu had been so firmly rejected, and her expression turned sour. "Then you go by yourself. I don't want to go through all that trouble."
Yang Fenglan approached Gu Ming that very day to inquire about Ke Yuan's willingness to buy wheat.
Gu Ming hesitated.
Yang Fenglan said, "Fifty coins. I'll pay the taxes myself. Consider it a favor to you, so our two families can become friends."
Gu Ming was quite tempted.
His family has little land, and his younger siblings are at the age where they are growing and need to eat a lot.
If we could have more food, that would be the best outcome.
but……
He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "Thank you for your kindness, Aunt, but my mother is seriously ill and we are really not well-off."
"It's alright, you can owe me the money for now, and I'll pay you back later when I have the funds."
"This……"
Yang Fenglan never expected that she wouldn't be able to sell a favor.
He then made an excuse, saying, "If you're willing to take it, it would be helping your aunt solve her current problem. I still have to take care of Jingyi, so I really can't spare the time. If you're really short on money, just give me forty coins. I'll owe you that for now, and you can give it to me when I have more money later."
"Anyway, if you don't want it, I'll sell it to someone else."
Since you've already said that, it would be impolite to refuse.
Gu Ming also knew how important those few acres of wheat were to him.
Although he felt very embarrassed, he finally nodded and promised to pay her back as soon as he had the money.