Yang stopped talking.
Although the Xia family is the "richest" in Yangliu Village, they are only slightly richer than other families and can only eat meat a few times a year. There are many people in the family, and coupled with the famine this year, the family is already living a tight life. If there is another famine next year, they will starve.
Now that Xia Dingshan is gone, the kiln has been idle for half a month. If we don't start making tiles now, winter will come. Once the soil freezes, tiles cannot be made.
"Second brother, the book is really not in our hands." Xia Dingfeng said.
"Where did the book go?" Xia Dinghai frowned and walked back and forth in the third brother's house with his hands behind his back, unable to figure it out!
Xia Dingfeng asked: "Will it be robbed by bandits?"
"Impossible." Xia Dinghai blurted out.
Yang's eyes flickered as she asked, "Second brother, how can you be so sure?"
"Because..." Xia Dinghai began to stammer, "My eldest brother... told me!"
Yang saw the flaw and asked, "What did my elder brother say to you?"
"Before my eldest brother died, he said that books are at home, so we should study hard and not ruin the family business." Xia Dinghai's tone finally became smoother.
But Yang and Xia Dingfeng were not fools. They had sensed something was wrong and looked at each other. Xia Dingfeng asked, "So the second brother was there when the eldest brother died. Why didn't you bring the eldest brother's body back?"
"I wanted to, but the bandits came back again, so I had to run away."
"Haha, so that's how it is." Yang looked at Xia Dinghai with a forced smile.
Xia Dinghai didn't dare to look at her. He left with an annoyed look, saying, "Work will start tomorrow. Third brother, you should get up early."
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It takes two hours to walk from Yangliu Village to Pingning Town. Xia Qianqian's feet are not good, so she walks even slower. By the time she arrives in town, the market is almost over.
She didn't rush to sell the stuff, but walked around first, got to know the prices, and then put the seeds next to an old man selling fruit, and shouted: "Selling seeds, selling seeds, selling them cheap!"
Soon someone came to ask the price: "Little girl, how much do you sell your rapeseed seeds for?"
"This bowl costs thirty cents, which is cheaper than the market price. If my family wasn't in need of money, I wouldn't be willing to sell it." Xia Qianqian was eager to make a deal and lobbied hard.
"Okay, then give me five bowls of rapeseed seeds." The person who bought the seeds was also straightforward.
Xia Qianqian said: "I only have two bowls."
The seed buyer was stunned: "Two bowls?"
"Yes, do you want to buy it?" Xia Qianqian asked eagerly.
Buying seeds shook his head: "My field needs at least five bowls of seeds, no more."
Xia Qianqian watched the people who bought seeds leave in disappointment.
Then several buyers came, but they all complained that the quantity of seeds was too little, so no deal was made. Xia Qianqian frowned in worry. Actually, it was understandable. Different seeds had different growth rates, yields, and harvesting times. It would be difficult to manage if they were mixed together. But she could only afford this much!
In a small teahouse not far away, a young man in white sat by the window, his eyebrows were clear and his demeanor was elegant. Although he was only seventeen years old, he had already cultivated the aura of a domineering boss, and he could dominate the place wherever he sat.
The teahouse owner personally served tea to the young man in white: "Master Changsheng, your tea."
"Thank you." Gu Changsheng lifted the teacup, took a sip and put it down, his indifferent eyes falling on Xia Qianqian from afar.
Xia Qianqian was still shouting hard: "Selling seeds, selling seeds, selling them at a low price!"
It was indeed her.
Although his appearance has changed, the tone and manner of his speech is still exactly the same as before.
A smile slowly formed on Gu Changsheng's lips.
The servant Qing Tong said, "Master, she is Xia Qianqian from Yangliu Village, the one who called you stupid and refused to marry you!"
(End of this chapter)