Farm Tough Girl

Chapter 79 - 79 080 Uncovering the Affair_1

?Chapter 79: Chapter 080 Uncovering the Affair_1 Chapter 79: Chapter 080 Uncovering the Affair_1 “I’m thinking about planting some fruits and vegetables, then selling them directly to the public,” Muniang said.

“What kind of fruits and vegetables?”

Muniang smiled mysteriously, “You’ll find out when the time comes. For the sake of our husband’s big appetite, I’m definitely going to grow something both novel and delicious.”

Er Liang laughed happily, “Everything my wife makes is delicious!”

Then he remembered the marinated tofu Muniang had prepared the day before yesterday and couldn’t help but swallow saliva, “Do you have marinated tofu today, my wife?”

Just as Muniang was about to speak, she suddenly heard a noise, closed her mouth, and, pulling Er Liang back, retreated to the corner by the wall. Er Liang obviously noticed the noise as well and didn’t make any sudden moves.

The Wu Mansion was already vast, and since the thousand acres of good farmland was to the right of the Wu Mansion, Muniang and Er Liang had been following the Wu Mansion’s garden walls this whole time. Around the corner ahead, there was a small side gate belonging to the Wu Mansion.

“Yuqin, I’m really tight on cash right now. That tiger of a wife at home keeps asking me about the ten pieces of silver stored there. If she finds out that it’s already gone, she’ll turn the house upside down!”

Muniang’s brow furrowed. Wasn’t that Qiao Yuanshan’s voice?

The woman called Yuqin obviously wouldn’t let it go easily, “You’re such a wimp! You’re under the thumb of your shrew of a wife over a mere ten pieces of silver. You say you don’t have a penny now, and you still have the face to come to me? I’ve already been humiliated enough by being with you without any status, and now I even have to put up with this kind of treatment!”

Qiao Yuanshan placated hurriedly, “Oh, my sweet, don’t be angry, how could I bear to see you upset? Do you think I’m really scared of that smelly wife? No matter how shrewish she gets, doesn’t she have to see who’s the head of the household? If she annoys me, I’d just as soon divorce her!”

Yuqin snorted coldly, “Nice words, but you don’t have a dime to your name. How dare you say you’re all tough and powerful!”

Muniang peeked quietly; that Yuqin dressed and looked just like a maid from the Wu Mansion. So, Qiao Yuanshan was even messing around with this little maid—quite skillful, indeed!

Qiao Yuanshan was desperate and said, “Rest assured! How could I let that old tigress get the better of me? Yuqin, I truly care for you. Our family has just divided up, and that smelly wife is busy using silver to build a new house, so I can’t make a move right now. But don’t worry, she still has an ancestral jade bracelet hidden in the cupboard that’s worth quite a lot of silver. She never wears it out for fear of losing it. I will fetch it in a few days, sell it for silver, and then I’ll buy you that set of head ornaments you like.”

Yuqin’s mood seemed to improve. She playfully hit Qiao Yuanshan in the chest, “I was just speaking offhand. Why did you take it so seriously? You’re a grown man. Surely you’re not really afraid of your wife, are you?”

Qiao Yuanshan was actually feeling a bit uneasy inside. Recently, Mrs. Ji had been busy building the house, and all the silver coins from the public fund were in her hands. The ten pieces of silver he was supposed to safeguard had already been spent to please Yuqin. What would he do when Mrs. Ji was done with the construction, and when she remembered their elder son’s marriage, asked for money?

But at this moment, where would he have the mind to think about these concerns? Seeing Yuqin’s charming demeanor, Qiao Yuanshan felt his heart soften, and with a sudden move, he embraced her in his arms. His hands roamed around her body as he kissed her lips with reluctance to part. Yuqin pushed Qiao Yuanshan slightly, scolding, “Aren’t you afraid of being seen? Look how eager you are!”

Instead, Qiao Yuanshan held Yuqin tighter, “How could I not be eager? Who asked you to be so enchanting?”

The two of them tangled up sweetly and slipped into a nearby little firewood shed, finally disappearing from view. They must have gone to enjoy their intimacy, oblivious to the fact that Muniang and Er Liang had witnessed the entire scene.

Muniang couldn’t help but hook a smile at the corner of her mouth, so Qiao Yuanshan had actually taken silver from his family to find a mistress? Haha, pretending to be rich when he’s not, he really had some nerve! But this woman named Yuqin did not seem virtuous either, and Qiao Yuanshan was so oblivious to danger. Now, there would be a good show to watch.

Erliang asked blankly, “Wife, where did they go?”

Muniang inwardly cursed, realizing that although the scene was entertaining, she had forgotten there was a “minor” beside her. Clearing her throat, she said, “They went to eat!”

Erliang looked at Muniang with skepticism, “Really? But when we eat with you, wife, it’s not like that.”

Muniang glared, “That’s how adulterers eat; we are a legitimate husband and wife, naturally, we can’t do that!”

Erliang had an epiphany, “Oh~ I see!”

Muniang breathed a sigh of relief, glad to have skirted around the issue.

The two of them then went directly to the fields to check the situation. Muniang conducted an on-site inspection and indeed, the lands were fertile; the vast and boundless fields made her heart flutter at the thought that these were all hers.

However, owning fields naturally meant she needed to hire farmhands. If she were to purchase a large number of new farmhands, it would be difficult to find so many so quickly, so it would be simpler and save trouble to directly buy those from Wu Haoli.

But now she didn’t have much silver left, and she planned to build a new house soon. Calculating the costs, she was truly running out of money, mainly because she had not planned on buying good farmland so soon. The village chief had said that it would take at least half a year for this prodigal son to sell the land. Now that he was selling early, she couldn’t let the opportunity slip by. It seemed she needed to make a quick profit.

Making quick money in a short time—
The idea suddenly struck her that in a few days she would be delivering vegetables to Dongxing Building. Muniang’s mind turned, and she decided to continue “extorting” them.

The next morning, Muniang and Erliang rushed to town, carrying with them the marinated delicacies they had just made yesterday.

Upon arriving at Dongxing Building, the shopkeeper was not expecting Muniang to come herself and welcomed her with a smile: “I was just thinking of sending someone to pick up the dishes tomorrow. Why did you come yourself?”

Muniang smiled mysteriously, “I thought of bringing some good stuff for the shopkeeper, so I came in person.”

The shopkeeper felt a chill down his spine at Muniang’s smile. He had seen what this young lady was capable of; he didn’t believe she would just give away benefits for nothing.

“Let’s talk in a private room upstairs; there are too many prying eyes here.” The shopkeeper did not dare delay, hurriedly escorting Muniang upstairs. She was a cash cow, after all!

Muniang took her seat and then took a palm-sized porcelain bottle out of her basket: “Shopkeeper, take a look.”

The shopkeeper was somewhat baffled—weren’t they only talking about providing dishes? What was this thing? Though confused, he eagerly took it, and upon opening the stopper, an enticing fragrance wafted into his nostrils, almost causing him to drool.