NFBE Chapter 192 Village Chief Jiang Comes to Apologize
Chapter 192 Village Chief Jiang Comes to Apologize
Shen Huai'en looked at the sweet potatoes piled up on the ground for a long time without coming back to his senses. Have they all been dug up?
She even turned the land over and only needed to clear the sweet potatoes and seedlings before planting wheat. How did she do it in just one night?
Shen Qingshan also came over and was equally surprised: "So fast? How many people are needed to do this? I heard such a loud noise last night, like thunder, how did they do it?"
Shen Huai'en helped her finish the work without changing his expression. "More people means faster work, and we are using unique tools, so it will be faster. Don't ask about it. We can't afford it. Nan Zhi paid 100 taels of silver for the work."
"Oh my, this kid is really wasting money. Won't he lose money?"
Shen Huai'en pointed at the sweet potatoes on the ground and said, "No, since Nan Zhi said fifty cents per pound, she can definitely sell it at that price. Her land has a higher yield, but the income from a few acres of land is nothing."
Shen Qingshan had nothing to say. Having money meant being willful. He was reluctant to spend money like this. He would rather work harder and do the work himself to save the money.
When other villagers came to see, Shen Huai'en asked everyone to help transport the sweet potatoes back. There were so many seedlings, and they could be used as excellent feed for livestock after drying, so they all had to be transported back home.
Since there was not enough space in the yard, they piled it up in the corner of the backyard wall, then slowly dried it and stored it.
The sweet potatoes have been put into the cellar, and Shen Nanzhi had dug them out in advance.
However, the yield from Shen Nanzhi's land was higher, averaging over 3,000 kilograms. The cellar was unable to hold all the crops, so they had to pile them in the yard.
Then wash it, slice it, dry it, make it into starch, and transport it to the city to make starch sausages, which will sell well.
On the top of the mountain, Village Chief Jiang and the old people in the village looked at the sweet potatoes all over the ground with red eyes. Ox carts and horse carts were busy transporting them back. Everyone looked like they had taken some kind of medicine, breathing rapidly and with red eyes.
"This is the sweet potato. Is the yield really that high? How many kilograms does it have? Hundreds of thousands of kilograms?"
Village Chief Jiang sighed, "What a pity! We could have had a share of this overwhelming wealth, but now it's all gone to the Shen family. It's all Jiang Chen's fault for driving away our God of Wealth!"
Now Village Chief Jiang takes every opportunity to discredit Jiang Chen and ruin his reputation. He is no longer as high and mighty as he used to be.
An old man said, "We all understand that you have a problem with Jiang Xiucai, but now is not the time to talk about this. Think about what to do in the future."
"What can we do? Miss Shen hates the people in our village so much, is she going to pull us in?"
"How do you know if you don't try? If you can't catch up this year, you can at least do it next year, right? Jiang Zhongyang, you are the village chief, you have to think of a way for the villagers."
Village Chief Jiang said, "I can go and test Miss Shen's attitude, but you also know that she hates the Jiang family the most. If she puts forward any conditions, how should I respond?"
The old men were silent. One of them was a future juren, a scholar. It took a lot of effort for the villagers to produce such a person.
One is the future God of Wealth, who can help the villagers to have enough food. Those piles of grain are so enviable. Even if they can get half of the harvest, they will wake up smiling in their dreams.
Village chief Jiang didn't say anything and waited for them to make a decision. It couldn't be that he was the only bad guy and these old people were fine.
In the future, when Jiang Chen becomes resentful, the law does not hold everyone responsible, so he can resent everyone equally.
"You should test Miss Shen's attitude first."
"Bring more gifts and be nicer. After all, we need help."
Village Chief Jiang nodded, "Okay, I'll try."
Shen Nanzhi was busy storing these sweet potatoes. Having too much harvest was also a problem. Shen Qingshan brought Village Chief Jiang to find her, "Nanzhi, Shimo Village wants to buy sweet potato seeds, what do you say?"
Village chief Jiang presented gifts including snacks, wine, brown sugar and tea, but they were too expensive so he did not buy them and instead received two hens, which was already a very expensive gift.
"Miss Shen, we were wrong before. Please be magnanimous and don't bother with us. You see, we are all from the same village. Now that you are rich, can you help us? The villagers and I will be grateful forever."
This attitude is sincere. Shen Nanzhi did not make things difficult for him. No one would have a problem with money.
"Since the village chief has said so, I am not being unkind. I can sell the seeds, but the price is not cheap.
To be honest, the county gentry have ordered a lot from us, so there aren't many left. If you want it, you can do it the same way as they do, fifty cents a pound. Give me the money and I'll sell it to you."
"Fifty cents a pound? So expensive?"
"It has a high yield, 3,000 kilograms per mu of land. One mu of land can produce at most 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes. Just calculate, how much profit can we get?
Of course, this is the price of seeds. If they were sold as food, it would definitely not be that high."
Village chief Jiang was silently calculating. With an output of 3,000 kilograms, even if one kilogram could be sold for 30 cents, he would still earn 90 taels of silver. The seeds were only a few taels of silver, which was not expensive at all.
"Okay, but you have to teach us how to grow it."
“Free instruction, of course.”
Shen Nanzhi was also straightforward. He said that when the time comes, they can just send a few elderly people over, and they will have to serve them with good food and drink.
After talking about the seeds, Shen Nanzhi mentioned Lin Xueqing again, "She was dating Young Master Yang from the prefectural family by the river. Normally, I couldn't do anything about it, but she set a trap for me, so I can't let it go.
She wants Master Yang to ask me for 10,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and give them to you for free. I really don’t know where she gets the nerve to do that.
She is the concubine of the Jiang family. She is having an affair with a man outside the family. Is she going to cuckold Mr. Jiang? Is Mr. Jiang going to lose his reputation? "
Village Chief Jiang was surprised: "Is there such a thing?"
"Can I lie to you? Young Master Yang asked me for sweet potatoes, which made me so angry that I wanted to confront her. Later, for the sake of Young Master Yang's reputation, I thought about it and let it go.
She has no sense of propriety, righteousness, or sense of shame. It's not a big deal that she's embarrassed herself, but it's also embarrassing for the village scholar. But it's embarrassing for the whole village, and it will be difficult for girls and boys to get married in the future."
The reputation of the entire village was ruined by her. Village Chief Jiang was so angry that his face turned black. "I know. This bitch deserves to die."
"There is one more thing. Anyone in the village can buy sweet potatoes, except the Jiang family. I won't sell them to them. If anyone sells to them, don't even think about buying from me in the future."
Village chief Jiang could also understand. If she didn't take revenge on the Jiang family, she would not be herself. Village chief Jiang was also happy to see Jiang Chen's family suffer. This was his retribution.
"I will tell the villagers about your request. I think Mr. Jiang has some dignity and won't want to grow your family's food."
Shen Nanzhi smiled and said, "It's better to stay so tough and spend the villagers' money so that they can live a good life with peace of mind. The people in your village are also spineless and are willing to tolerate his family. I can't do that. I can't suppress my anger when I see their family members. I'm happy that they are not living well."