Capítulo 1660: Chapter 1635: Collusion
Old Zhou turned around and left, finding Ms.Qian and said, “Forget it, let’s stay in the capital city. Although Manbao rented out all the land, I don’t think the people in Pu Village look like very diligent people. You’ve seen it yourself, it’s almost ti for autumn planting, but they haven’t prepared a bit of fertilizer yet. Without soone who knows how to farm managing it, next year’s rent of forty percent might not even cover the half cost of the seeds they provided.”
At this mont, Old Zhou didn’t know that Manbao and the others had shouldered all the wheat seeds.
Ms.Qian nodded, “For such a big matter, naturally, I’ll listen to you.”
Old Zhou felt satisfied, then thought for a mont and said, “Since we’ve rented to them, we can’t have the daughters-in-law co and work for free. Just and Eldest watch over them to prevent laziness; we can build a small thatched house afterward.”
Ms.Qian thought for a mont and said, “Let’s go back for the wedding feast first, after you’ve attended the feast, you can co back.”
Old Zhou nodded.
Bai Shan was also planning the matter with Manbao, “We have to go back for Eldest Cousin’s wedding feast first. I estimate Uncle Zhou and the others won’t co until after the 20th, so let’s take this ti to hire soone to dig the foundation. When Uncle Zhou and Brother Zhou arrive, they can stay at the manor first; although it’s a bit far, we have a carriage, so it’s not an issue.”
Manbao asked, “Who’s overseeing the construction of the house?”
Bai Shan picked up the drawing made by Yin Huo and chuckled, “Let’s build it like this. Since we want to co and stay during leisure ti, it should be well-built. I’ll visit Grandmother to ask for two people to leave them here to manage this matter. But what about the money?”
Bai Shan looked at Bai Erlang and then at Manbao, saying, “When it cos to money between brothers, it should be clear. Since you said this manor should give us a ten percent share, Bai Er and I will put in more effort. Although the house will be yours, we’ll definitely stay there often. So, Bai Er and I will contribute fifty percent, and the remaining fifty percent will be yours.”
Manbao then looked at Bai Erlang, “I’m okay with that, what about you?”
Bai Erlang instinctively covered his purse and asked, “First, let ask, how much will this property cost?”
“Look at you being scared, even including the furniture and garden plants inside, it won’t exceed one hundred taels. We’ll split half, twenty-five taels each, and the remaining fifty taels will be paid by Manbao.”
Bai Erlang calculated and found he could afford it, so he nodded, “Alright, but I haven’t had much inco lately, so I need to wait until the money from the manor cos to give it.”
Manbao couldn’t help but ask, “Where did all your money go?”
Bai Shan said, “Don’t ask, he must have lent it to others.”
He said, “He entered the Chongwen Pavilion and didn’t learn much else, but he did learn how to lend money to people.”
Bai Erlang said, “It wasn’t actively doing it, they ca to to borrow money and promised to pay interest. Since keeping the money in hand doesn’t have much use, it’s better to lend it out; no matter how much interest cos back, it’s money, right?”
Manbao was amazed, “Who did you lend money to?”
“Everyone borrowed from , Feng Zongping, Zhao Liu, and Liu Huan also borrowed from .”
Everyone turned to look at Liu Huan.
Liu Huan imdiately said, “When I borrowed money, it was for a legitimate purpose.”
Bai Shan was very curious, “What legitimate purpose?”
Liu Huan hesitated for a mont and said, “To buy a birthday gift for my grandmother.”
Bai Erlang said, “He borrowed from three tis.”
Everyone: “…”
Manbao asked curiously, “Is the interest high?”
Bai Erlang said, “I don’t set a date, they give as they see fit. So don’t pay interest and just treat to a al, which is also fine.”
Manbao then turned to Liu Huan and said, “I also have idle money.”
Liu Huan was silent for a mont before saying resentfully, “I’m not borrowing money!”
Manbao felt slightly disappointed.
Bai Shan laughed happily.
Anyway, the matter was settled, only Yin Huo was very interested in how they distributed money and interest like that, but he didn’t ask much, just watched silently.
Bai Erlang’s money was temporarily deferred, so Manbao temporarily gave his portion to the field. She discreetly handed seventy-five taels to Bai Shan, whispering, “Make sure to keep it a secret from my dad, don’t let him know.”
Bai Shan said, “Don’t worry, once the foundation is completed, even if Uncle Zhou finds out, it won’t matter.”
By then, even if Old Zhou is heartbroken over the money, looking at the land that’s already been bought and the foundation laid, not building a house would truly be wasteful. Even if he’s heartbroken, he’ll let them build it.
The two mutually understood and chuckled, handing over the matter, then happily played around the manor.
Unfortunately, they’ll return to the capital tomorrow, and who knows when they’ll be able to co out and play again.
Even Yin Huo and Liu Huan felt a bit reluctant, but once they saw the city gates, their expressions tightened slightly—even though Yin Huo knew his family wouldn’t scold or hit him, he couldn’t help feeling a bit anxious inside.
Once through the gates, everyone headed to the inner city, eventually splitting up at the crossroads of Chongyuan Courtyard.
Liu Huan switched from the Yin Family’s carriage to his family’s carriage, still holding onto his family’s carriage and reluctantly said to Bai Shan and the others, “Rember to send soone to my house to see later, just say you’re inviting to go to school together tomorrow.”
Bai Erlang said, “We’re not going to school tomorrow, we’ve taken leave. My brother is getting married the day after tomorrow.”
Bai Shan said, “Don’t worry, I’ll send soone to invite you.”
Liu Huan then sighed in relief and looked enviously at them, “I also want to go to the wedding feast.”
Manbao laughed cheerfully, “Gifts are enough, when we enter the palace on the 21st, we’ll bring you wedding cakes.”
Liu Huan thought: He’s not thinking about eating so wedding cake; he’s thinking about these two days of vacation, isn’t he great?
Yin Huo already said, “Then we’ll leave now.”
Liu Huan also reluctantly walked away with the deanor of a brave martyr.
But when he got ho, the stick he expected didn’t fall, instead, he was scolded severely and sent to the ancestral hall to kneel.
Liu Huan felt particularly strange and secretly asked the steward escorting him to the hall, “Why isn’t Grandfather beating ?”
Steward: “…It’s been four days, the Old Master has cooled down quite a bit. Young Master, don’t provoke the Old Master’s anger anymore or you really will be beaten.”
Liu Huan imdiately promised not to make Grandfather angry.
The Yin Family was much calr. When Yin Huo returned, Old Madam Yin relaxed a bit, didn’t scold him, just cared for him a while and confird he didn’t suffer on the trip, then let him go back to his room to rest.
Yin Huo bowed and retreated, also secretly relieved.
Then he turned to Chanshou and smiled, “Take the things we brought back from the manor to the kitchen, let them select what can be cooked and cook it for tonight.”
That’s right, when they left the manor, they not only picked a lot of fresh fruits but also cut many fresh vegetables from the vegetable garden, all for each family to taste the freshness.
Thus, the Yin Family had various fruits and vegetables from Bai Family Village for dinner, as did the Liu Family. anwhile, the servants from the Bai Family ca to deliver a ssage, “My young master wanted to remind Young Master Liu not to forget that he has to recite books early in the palace tomorrow morning.”
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