Chapter 316 316 Equal Wife
After hearing this, Chunjuan thought to herself: My lord had promised me that I would be an equal wife, but you, a yellow-faced woman, want me to sign a contract as a slave, with your lifeline in your hands. That's not possible.
Chunjuan looked at Lin Zicong resentfully and shouted aggrievedly, "Sir, you said you would marry me as an equal wife."
"You must be hysterical!" Lin Zicong blurted out with a blushing face and glared at Chunjuan. He looked up and saw He's shocked eyes, ashamed and embarrassed.
"You said..."
This was the man who had shared the joys and sorrows with her and was sincerely loyal to her. If this woman now had a prominent family background, I might not be able to keep her position as his wife!
"Hahaha..." Mr. He laughed angrily, "Ping's wife, do you think my Lin family is one of those merchants?" Mr. He looked at Lin Zicong with a sarcastic face, "Master, do you really want to marry Miss Chunjuan as Ping's wife?" Wife?"
Lin Zicong looked at Mr. He with a stern look, and shouted at her, "I'm sorry, Madam, how could my husband agree to such a ridiculous thing? If Miss Chunjuan is willing to be my concubine, I will sign the contract, and if she is not willing, I will marry her off with a dowry." Let's go!" Lin Zicong said and walked away.
Looking at Lin Zicong's back, Chunjuan felt like the sky was falling and whispered, "How could you forget so quickly?..."
In the face of fame, wealth and power, men's gentleness and sweet words are gone forever.
He glanced at Chunjuan who was standing there blankly, and said in a cold voice, "Girl, you heard what I said, just tell me your choice!"
Chunjuan thought to herself: She was no longer a virgin. Marrying those peddlers and lackeys who worked hard for three meals a day was not as good as being a concubine in the Lin Mansion and living comfortably.
Chunjuan swallowed down her unwillingness, walked over and knelt at He's feet, kowtowed and said, "Chunjuan pays homage to Madam."
He looked calmly at Chunjuan who was kneeling at her feet. She endured the pain of being bitten into her heart and raised her hand, "Qiu Ju, take Miss Chunjuan to sign the body contract first, and then serve tea."
Qiu Ju took Chunjuan to sign the contract. Seeing Chunjuan's back slowly disappearing, He couldn't feel a trace of joy of victory. She only felt that her heart was slowly getting colder, and the gentleness and tranquility in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows could not be felt. Also disappeared.
Early the next morning, before the sun came out, Li Yu and Mr. Wen went to Yangjiacun next door.
Yangjia Village was built at the foot of Luoji Mountain. The entire village is surrounded by bamboo forests. There are large fields in front of the village. Rice is grown in the fields in the village, and some vegetables and fruits are grown.
The houses in the village include tile-roofed houses and thatched houses, and there is a large house built with blue bricks and tiles in the center of the village.
Mr. Wen pointed to the house, "Xiaoyu, that village belongs to a family named Tian. Awei said that the seedlings of Tian's family are the same variety as ours, as well as those of the village chief's family. Awei also asked about those The villagers, the villagers said they couldn’t buy the kind of rice seeds from Tian’s family and the village chief’s family.”
"Sir, big households and village chiefs can buy it, but ordinary villagers can't. There must be some hidden secret here."
"We can only find out what's going on by asking."
A tall woman walked toward the two of them carrying a load of grass. Seeing Mr. Wen put down the load happily, she saluted respectfully at Mr. Wen and said quickly: "Doctor Wen, are you coming to the village to treat people? Thank you very much. !My mother-in-law’s kneecap is much better and she can sleep peacefully at night.”
"That's good. Sister-in-law Yang, remember to ask your mother-in-law to insist on soaking her feet with herbs every night before going to bed. I will go and take a look at her after a while."
Sister-in-law Yang laughed and said, "Thank you, Doctor Wen. People in the village praise you for your good medical skills. You are much better than the doctors in the city. The doctors in the city spend a lot of money but can't cure the disease. Please teach us." Pulling out some herbs and soaking your feet can also cure the disease."
"Thank you for your praise, it just makes everyone less miserable." Mr. Wen said with a smile.
Seeing Sister-in-law Yang's cheerful look, Li Yu pointed to the seedlings in the field and asked, "Sister-in-law Yang, did you save the rice seeds in the field yourself, or did you buy them from a seed shop?"
Sister-in-law Yang pointed to the rice field and said with a hearty smile: "Madam, the rice seeds you see are all made from the rice seeds left by my family every year. My family has also bought good rice seeds like Tian's several times. Once None of them were bought. The Tian family’s new rice harvest last year also left rice seeds. At the beginning of this spring, they announced that their family also had high-yielding rice seeds for sale, but the price was too expensive and we couldn’t afford it. So we asked the village chief’s family about the Tian family. Bought new rice seeds.”
Did the Tian family keep rice seeds to sell? Could it be that the grain store manager of Sihai Bank colluded with a wealthy family like the Tian family to resell grain?
"Do you know which store in the city the Tian family bought their rice seeds from?"
The woman nodded, "I know, the Fenggu Grain Shop in the city used to only sell grain, and the prices were more reasonable than other shops. Rice seeds were only sold last year, and the Tian family planted the Fenggrain Shop last year." Rice seeds, the yield is really good.”
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Li Yu decided to ask someone to find out why these villagers couldn't buy rice seeds, but wealthy families like the Tian family and the Wang family could.
"You're too polite. It's just a matter of a few words. Doctor Wen, madam, come over to play!" The woman picked up her burden and walked towards the village.
Li Yu smiled and nodded, "Okay, my home is in Zhuangzi in the east. You can come and play when you have time."
Mr. Wen also heard some problems from the woman's words, "Xiaoyu, the grain store manager of Yunzhou Sihai Bank and the aristocratic family may have colluded."
"It's possible." Li Yu also had such a guess.
Li Yu and Mr. Wen walked around the village and asked several villagers. Everyone said the same thing as Mrs. Yang.
Li Yu and Mr. Wen walked back to the village and saw Ruyi and others setting up tables and chairs in the side room.
When Li Yu and Mr. Wen came back, he smiled and pointed at the tables and chairs and said, "Old Master, Madam, look, the desks and chairs have been delivered. I will go to the city and ask Team Leader Liu to bring a message to Mr. Liu."
Li Yu nodded, "Just in time, go to Fenggu Grain Store in the city and see how they sell their rice seeds? When can I buy them?"
Ruyi looked at Li Yu in confusion, "Madam, Fenggu Grain Store is run by a bank. What happened?"
"Yes, my husband said last time that the rice seeds grown by the villagers in the village are different from ours. I thought it was because the villagers did not trust the new rice seeds. After I went to the village today, I felt that was not the case..."
"Madam, I'll go back to the city to inquire." Ruyi understood what Li Yu meant. "Lao Zoutou and the others came home from work yesterday and said they found a few corn seedlings in the field that had been stolen. They went to the corn seedlings early in the morning. Check it out."
Li Yu looked at the sky and said, "According to the time, it's been a while since we came and gone. If they know something and come back to report it, you go to the city first and I'll ask Ah Wei to take a look."
Ruyi nodded, looked at the dusty clothes, and said with a smile: "Then I don't need to change this clothes, it's just right for going to the grain store."
"Okay, let's go like this!" Li Yu said with a smile.