A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 175

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 175 – Successful planting and quick profit (1)

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If Wei Ruo wants to grow mushrooms in this cave, she needs to negotiate with Lizheng* from a nearby village.

*lǐ zhèng* = village junior officer in feudalist society.

Although this mountain was barren, where people could come to chop firewood and pick herbs, she needed to reach an agreement with the villagers, If she wanted to lease the cave for a long time.

After investigating this matter thoroughly, she would make some arrangements.

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Xie Jue and Xie Ying returned to the Xie family’s separate courtyard first.

Xie Jue asked people to take these herbs down for processing, drying and washing.

“Brother, you can’t mess these herbs up.” Xie Ying warned.

“Don’t worry, sister. You picked it yourself, and I must take good care of it.” Xie Jue said with a smile.

“And the ointment, return it to me, don’t try to hide it.”

Xie Ying stretched out her palm and asked Xie Jue for the ointment.

This time Xie Jue did not take it out happily, but shamelessly asked Xie Ying for it.

“Yingying, leave this ointment to me.”

“Brother, what do you want ointment for?” Xie Ying asked curiously.

“It’s nothing, I just think it smells good and I want to keep it, and when the weather is hot, I am often harassed by mosquitoes when I study at night. Applying this ointment may help me avoid this trouble.”

“I’ll give it to you if you need it.” Xie Ying was generous to her own family, as long as Xie Jue had a valid reason, she wasn’t going to be petty and not give it to him.

Then Xie Ying added: “But don’t forget that you have to give a gift back to Ruoruo. Last time, I asked you to bring some good things back from the capital, but you haven’t brought them to me yet, so I couldn’t give her gifts.”

Xie Jue cried out: “Sister, you have misunderstood. Since last time, I have been in Xingshan County and have never left, let alone in the capital. How can I bring you some souvenirs back?”

“Then what have you been doing in Xingshan County? Haven’t you finished your work yet?” Xie Ying asked.

“Part of my work is done, but there are still some things that need to be dealt with.” Xie Jue replied.

The war was over for the time being. He really should have gone back, but because of the Seventh Prince’s matter, his grandfather had ordered him to stay in Xingshan County for some more days.

“How about this, I’m going to make a trip to Taizhou Prefecture in a couple days. The Seventh Prince is in the Prefecture nowadays and there are some things that require me to make a trip over there. Then I’ll take some time out and help you and Sister Wei to buy some new things.” Jue Xie said after pondering for a while.

“Okay, you have to select it carefully. A gift for me is not important. I have been given gifts several times, but my return gift to Ruoruo should be decent. Don’t embarrass me.” Xie Ying advised.

“Don’t worry, I won’t embarrass my sister.” Xie Jue promised with a smile.

The siblings chatted and laughed for a while, then left the courtyard and returned to the Xie family’s original residence with today’s harvest.

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After receiving Wei Ruo’s notice, the nurse immediately took action. While explaining to her husband to go purchase the things Wei Ruo needed, she went to talk to the villages near the western mountain in Wei Ruo’s place.

The conversation went surprisingly smoothly. As soon as the nanny mentioned her intention to hire people from the village for a monthly salary of 150 wen, Lizheng agreed without hesitation.

In order to respect Lizheng, the nanny followed Wei Ruo’s wishes and gave Lizheng the power to select suitable and capable young people in the village.

Lizheng initially declined, but after hearing Nanny Xu that if they succeeded, they would need to expand their scale and hire more people, Lizheng readily agreed. 

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