My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 74 Greed
She was thinking in her mind and said, "Mom, are there any oranges at home? I haven't had a good appetite these days and I want to eat some more fruits."

Wang Wachun snorted, "Yesterday, each of us tasted one of the oranges you brought back. Didn't the rest go to your room? Why, you just finished eating them?"

In fact, they haven't finished eating yet, but Mrs. Gu said: "There are only a few in total, and they were all finished in a moment."

"It's half a basket, how many people are you calling?" Wang Lachun lowered his face and said, "Are you a cow?"

"Mom, it's not that I want to eat, it's not that the child in my belly wants to eat." Mrs. Gu said, "Go to Mr. Jiang and ask for some more!"

"What do you think that is? Is it a radish from home?" Wang Lachun threw his chopsticks angrily, "Those oranges look like precious things at first glance. I don't know how they got them. Are they just what you want?"

Mrs. Gu shrank her neck after being scolded and didn't dare to speak anymore, but she didn't care in her heart. It was just a few oranges, and they were said to be very valuable.

Then Jiang is just an exiled criminal, what valuable things can he have in his hands?

Regardless, she went to find Jiang in the afternoon and asked for another basket.

At the same time, in the Song Mansion, Song Muci crossed his legs and held a book in his hand, flipping through it randomly.

Fu'er carefully pushed the door open and said, "Master!"

Song Muci didn't even raise her eyelids, "What? Still no news?"

Fu'er almost cried, "The younger one divided the portraits and checked all four city gates. He said... he never saw that old woman entering the city gate."

"How is it possible..." Song Muci sat up suddenly and said displeasedly: "What do you think I can do with you? I can't even find a village woman!"

Fu'er said: "It's really... that old woman's appearance is too ordinary. There are so many people coming in and out of the city gate every day... If we had known that the fruit she bought had such miraculous effects, we should have left her address at that time. Now there’s no need to look for a needle in a haystack.”

As he spoke, he kowtowed and said, "It's all my fault and my lack of thoughtfulness. Master, please punish me!"

He took the initiative to admit his mistake, but Song Muci did not reprimand him anymore. He took a sip of tea and said slowly: "What about other things? No news at all?"

"Chen Er found the old donkey cart that day in the south of the city, but according to the owner of the shop, a young girl sold it to him at a discount, and he replaced it with a new, wider cart on the spot in the shop."

Song Muci was refreshed, "Then my boss is going to meet that young girl again. Do you recognize her?"

Fu'er said uncertainly: "You should recognize her! I heard from my boss that the girl is so white-looking that she is a rare beauty!"

Song Muci snorted, "He's a rough guy, what does he know about beauty!" He stood up and said, "Let's go, I will go and see for myself today."

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After lunch, Lu Shiyan took the initiative to hire part-time workers to take care of the garden. Jiang Tangtang took out some vegetable seeds, soaked them in the spiritual spring, and planned to use them for sowing the next day.

While he was busy, a voice came from outside the courtyard, "Madam of the Lu family, are you at home?"

Jiang Tangtang went out and saw a strange-looking woman with a big belly, a puzzled look on her face.

Mrs. Gu said: "Don't you remember me? I am the daughter-in-law of the Xia family. When you first came to Zhuangzi, my man even gave you wooden boards!"

"So it's Sister-in-law Xia!" Jiang Tangtang said enthusiastically: "Come in and sit down. You're so big, so be careful." After saying that, he brought a stool for her to sit on.

The Lu family are people who love cleanliness. After moving in, the yard has been kept clean. However, many households have not added anything and still use old things from the Ge family.

This stool was given to them by the Ge family, and it was unknown how many generations it had been passed down. Although Jiang Tangtang had already scrubbed it with a handkerchief, it was still black.

When Mrs. Gu saw it, a flash of disgust flashed in her eyes, and she said softly: "I won't sit down. I have a belly. The doctor said I need to move more." Jiang Tangtang saw the disgust in her eyes, and the smile on his face faded. He came down, but still said enthusiastically: "Then you stand and move around."

Mrs. Gu waited for a while and saw that she only made tea but did not bring out any cakes or fruits to entertain her. She immediately rolled her eyes in her heart.

You want to please her family, but you are still so stingy.

Mrs. Gu said in a strange tone: "I heard that people from your wealthy families are particularly good at looking at people's faces? Why don't I look at you like this?"

This woman is here to cause trouble!

Although Jiang Tangtang felt that she wanted to have a good relationship with Manager Xia and would often send her things, but this did not mean that she was easy to bully. Anyone in the Xia family could step on her.

"Sister-in-law Xia, I'm afraid you didn't hear me clearly. We, the masters of wealthy families, don't need to look at people's faces. Only the maids at home need to look at people's faces."

Mrs. Gu didn't expect that Jiang Tangtang would dare to contradict her on the spot, and she didn't look good at that moment.

Jiang Tangtang didn't care about her, and began to think about the style of jewelry.

Mrs. Gu became increasingly unhappy, "Madam Lu, I came to see you today because I actually want your help with something."

Jiang Tangtang said politely: "Sister-in-law Xia, just tell me if you have anything to do. I will definitely do it if I can."

"It's not a big deal. It's just that my pregnancy was severe. You vomited violently on weekdays and couldn't eat anything. Just the oranges my father-in-law brought back yesterday. After eating them, I felt much better. Do you have any at home? Yes. Sell ​​it to me evenly."

Jiang Tangtang sighed and said, "That's really embarrassing. I only have a basket of oranges, and I gave half of them to you. My family doesn't have enough for the rest, so there's no extra."

"You give me some food first. If you want to eat it, you can just buy it later." The boss of the Gu family was not happy. What happened to this Jiang family?

Since she wanted to curry favor with the Xia family, shouldn't she offer it with both hands if she wanted something?

Why did you refuse?

"To tell you the truth, it was a coincidence that I got this basket of oranges."

Jiang Tangtang said: "I helped an old lady in the county town, so she gave me this box of oranges as a thank you gift.

I don’t want to take it back. Both adults and children like to eat it. In less than a day, they have almost eaten the oranges.I also want to buy some more. Isn’t it inconvenient to go to the county seat? "

Gu said: "What's the problem? Wait until I tell my father-in-law and I will let you go to the county seat."

"If you go to the city again, you may not meet them. If you do, it wouldn't hurt to buy you some."

Jiang Tangtang paused and then said: "But these oranges are not cheap. I heard the old woman said that these oranges are rare. She sells a basket for 15 taels! Our family cannot afford this price. Are you sure you want it? If Otherwise, I wouldn’t dare to buy it.”

Mrs. Gu said "Ah" and said in a sharp voice: "Stop bluffing. It's just a basket of sour oranges. How can it be so expensive? It's not an elixir. If you eat it, you will live forever."

Although the Xia family is considered a well-off family living well in these ten miles and eight villages because of Manager Xia.

But 15 taels of silver per basket of oranges is also unaffordable.

Mrs. Gu just thought that Jiang Tangtang was reluctant to spend money to give her oranges and deliberately said they were so expensive. She was very angry.

(End of this chapter)