Chapter 27
Chapter 27
“I’ll go and redeem the land.” Xiao Jingting said.
In the pawnshop, there were still five mu of high-grade fields and four mu of low-grade fields. Redeeming five mu of high-grade fields would cost one hundred and thirty taels of silver and redeeming four mu of low-class fields would cost twenty-six taels of silver. A total of 156 taels of silver.
Xu Muan took out a money bag and said, “Here. This is forty silvers, you can take it to redeem the land first.”
Originally, if all the grapes were sold, they would have earned more than 130 taels of silver. With the money Xiao Jingting had earned before, it should be almost enough to redeem the land. However, they were unable to sell more than 200 strings of grapes and thus lost more than 50 taels of silvers as their income. Xiao Jingting did not have enough money on his hand, so Xu Muan gave him the silver Xiao Jingting had given him last time and some silver that he saved in the past.
Seeing Xu Muan took out the silver he had saved in the past, Xiao Jingting was moved and after weighing the situation, he did not refuse.
In fact, Xu Muan was a small money grubber and all of his silver was well hidden. Xiao Jingting was sure that the original owner of this body did not find the place where Xu Muan really hid his money before. This showed that Xu Muan who willingly took out the money had really started to trust him.
“In a few days, when the spiritual plants mature, we’ll have money again.” Xiao Jingting said.
Xu Muan nodded and said, “I know, you should redeem the fields first. It will be troublesome if it turns into a dead pawn.”
Xiao Jingting nodded and answered, “Good.”
When the pawnshop owner saw that Xiao Jingting had come to redeem the fields again, his facial expression couldn’t become any worse.
When Xiao Jingting and Xu Muan came out of the pawnshop, they met Wang Erhu. “Brother Xiao, I haven’t seen you for a few days and now I heard you became rich!”
“How am I rich? I have spent all the money I just got. The owner of this pawnshop is really merciless! He only kept the title deed with him for a few days and when I redeemed it, I lost so much silver in vain.” Xiao Jingting said with a look of dissatisfaction.
Wang Erhu laughed and said, “Brother Xiao! Why didn’t I know you were good at growing grapes?”
“Hehe, brother Wang, you’re flattering me.”
Wang Erhu looked at Xiao Jingting and said, “Brother Xiao, it’s time for you to come to the city now. Why don’t you go and have some fun?”
“Now?”
Xu Muan said angrily, “You bastard! If you keep encouraging my husband to develop a bad habit, I will kill you!”
Xu Muan rushed over and kicked Wang Erhu to the ground. Xu Muan originally only wanted to give Wang Erhu a little lesson, but he knew that Wang Erhu was very weak. When he kicked him, he flew away directly and Xu Muan could not help feeling guilty.
Xiao Jingting smiled apologetically at Wang Erhu and said, “Brother Erhu, I still have something to do at home, so I won’t have fun with you. If you are free, you’d better go have fun by yourself.”
“Let’s go. You don’t have to talk to such people from now on.” Xu Muan said.
Xiao Jingting was submissive and left with Xu Muan.
Wang Erhu was a rogue and no one in the city liked him. Seeing him being taught a lesson, a lot of people laughed.
Wang Erhu looked at the figures of Xiao Jingting and Xu Muan, his heart filled with resentment.
Wang Erhu secretly thought: I did not notice before that Xiao Jingting was so afraid of his wife! In the past, when Xiao Jingting mentioned his wife, he was always full of contempt. Could it be that Xu Muan used some demonic art? As far as I know, there is some kind of technique that makes people obey the words of the first person they saw when they woke up. Xu Muan wouldn’t use a similar art on Xiao Jingting, would he?
Bad news travelled fast. Now everyone knew Xiao Jingting’s grape didn’t sell well.
As soon as Xiao Jingting and Xu Muan arrived outside the city, they were educated by a few passengers who came with them.
“Mr. Xiao, I’ll be frank with you. Your grapes are too expensive. No wonder they don’t want to do business with you.”
“Yes! Even if you are from a big family, you need to be careful. It’s no different from robbing money if you sell them for so much.”
“Mr. Xiao, I think these grapes should be sold for a smaller profit. If you drive away all customers like this, how can you still do business with people in the future?”
“…”
Xiao Jingting listened to the comments of a group of chatterboxes and rolled his eyes in his heart. When he planted grapes, he used a lot of spiritual spring water, which was a good thing! Not only could it restore one’s spiritual energy but it also improved one’s strength. Grapes planted with spiritual spring water should be sold at a higher price. If no one bought them, he would not sell them.
Seeing Xiao Jingting’s indifference, Xu Muan calmed down.
“Daddy, the grapes have not been sold!” Xiao Xiaofan bit his finger and squatted down, looking at the grapes in the basket, asking.
Xu Muan nodded and said, “Yes! Some of them have not been sold. ”
Xiao Xiaofan looked up and said with anticipation, “Oh, these grapes will go bad if they are kept for too long. Why don’t I help daddy and father eat them?”
Xu Muan, “…”
Xiao Xiaodong’s performance was more reserved than Xiao Xiaofan, but he couldn’t help but glance at the basket, which revealed Xiao Xiaodong’s inner thoughts.
“I’ll squeeze out some grape juice for you guys to drink, but only half a cup per person.” Xu Muan said.
Xiao Xiaofan quickly nodded and Xiao Xiaodong also revealed a look of anticipation.
“Daddy, why there are so many grapes that we couldn’t sell?” Xiao Xiaodong asked.
Xu Muan helplessly said, “Some big families thought they were too expensive, so they don’t want them anymore.”
Xiao Xiaodong snorted lightly and disdainfully said, “These people, they really don’t know what they are doing.”
Xiao Xiaodong was, after all, Xiao Jingting’s son. When they were still in the big Xiao family, his grandfather and grandmother occasionally thought of him and gave him something to eat. Xiao Xiaodong remembered the valuable spirit fruits he had eaten, which were even more expensive than grapes, but the spiritual power they contained were not as much as grapes planted by his father.
Xiao Xiaofan took a small sip of the grape juice and smacked his lips.
“Brother, you’re so stupid! They don’t know what’s good and valuable, but thanks to them, we have more grapes to eat! Otherwise, you and I won’t be able to eat them.” Xiao Xiaofan puffed out his cheeks.
Xiao Xiaodong blushed. He had always been the smartest, but his stupid brother actually said he was stupid, “You little fool, all you care about is eating.”
Xiao Xiaofan puffed out his cheeks, full of displeasure, “Brother, don’t be so mean to me. You clearly are eating more than me.”
Xiao Xiaodong’s face reddened, “I’m older and stronger than you, so I should eat more.”
Xu Muan watched Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaodong quarreling and helplessly said, “Alright, alright. Stop it and go to bed quickly after finishing your grape juice.”