After a busy time, the couple returned home when it was already completely dark.

As soon as the couple entered the house, they were stopped by the servants beside Old Master Chen, "Master, the master asked you to go to his place when you come back."

Although Chen Yunyou was reluctant, he still turned his eyes to his wife and said, "Xi Le, you must be tired after a busy day. Go back to your room and rest first."

Song Xile frowned, "Do you want me to go with you?"

He smiled at his wife and said, "It's okay, I'll be back soon!" Then he followed his entourage.

Song Xile watched her husband's back as he walked away, and a rare feeling of annoyance arose in her heart.

The eldest daughter of the Chen family is like a disturbing fly, always popping up from time to time and really annoying.

But her husband wanted to pursue a career in politics, and she couldn't let the first wife spread the reputation of her husband being "unfilial", so she always exercised restraint and didn't let Yun You break up with her.

Now that there are different speculations about Yun You's background, her strategy towards the first wife will have to change.

It would not be easy to get information from Mr. Chen next. She needed to plan carefully so that she could uncover the secret.

Chen Yunyou followed his entourage to the outside of the reception room and heard people drinking heavily inside.

One of them said, "I heard that the pumpkin weighs seven or eight kilograms. I am really envious of it."

"If Brother Zhou really wants to buy it, please ask Brother Chen to speak up for him. I heard that Brother Chen's relatives have the most pumpkins now."

Zhou Rong looked at Chen Yi with a smile on his face, "Hey, I want to plant some pumpkins, but unfortunately I can't buy enough seeds. I wonder if Brother Chen is willing to help me introduce one?"

Mr. Chen just rejected the other party's proposal to take a concubine yesterday. It would be inappropriate to offend the other party again now.

He has been back in Nanyun County for so many years, but has never been able to get into the core circle. Now that the other party is finally willing to take him along, he feels it is difficult to refuse the other party.

Just as he was about to speak, his son's voice suddenly sounded at the door.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, uncle. My father cannot agree to your request!" After saying this, he greeted Mr. Chen and then bowed to everyone present.

Old Master Chen was humiliated by his son in public, and his face turned cold. "How can you talk to your uncles like that? I just want to buy some pumpkin seeds. I can sell them to others, but why can't I sell them to us?"

"Are you afraid of your uncle and want to owe you a debt?"

Zhou Rong immediately expressed his opinion: "Don't worry, nephew, as long as you can provide me with pumpkin seeds, the money issue can be discussed!"

Chen Yunyou remained unmoved, "This is not a question of how much money it is."

Seeing that his son refused to give in, Old Master Chen said angrily, "If you can't make the decision, I'll go talk to your father-in-law!"

Chen Yunyou was too lazy to deal with his father, so he directly brought up the county magistrate, "Dad, it's useless for you to go to my father-in-law. If you can convince the county magistrate, it won't be too late to go to my father-in-law!"

When everyone present heard Chen Yunyou's words, their faces changed, especially Zhou Rong. Over the past year, his Zhou family had been controlled by the county magistrate in every way.

In the past, he would never have taken the initiative to make friends with a small figure like Chen Yi. However, when he heard that the three sons of the Chen family had won the top three prizes in a row, he wanted to win over their sons.

But he didn't expect the other party to reject him. He was originally very unhappy, but then he heard about the high-yield pumpkins in Songjia Village.

After learning about the relationship between the Chen family and the Song family from his followers, he came back again.

But when he heard that the county magistrate was involved, he knew that there was a high probability that this would not succeed.

When Chen Yi heard the name of the county magistrate, he choked for a moment. How could he have the courage to bargain with the county magistrate?

Chen Yunyou looked at the obscure looks from the others and had no intention of staying here. He said bluntly, "Dad, if there is nothing else, I will leave first!"

After saying that, without giving anyone time to react, he turned and left.

Mr. Chen wanted to reprimand him, but because there were outsiders present, he didn't want to lose face, so he had to smooth things over awkwardly.

Zhou Rong felt very unhappy after hearing what Chen Yunyou said, but he did not turn hostile directly. He just sat for a while and then got up and left.

When Zhou Rong returned home, his father called him over and asked, "How is it? Is the Chen family willing to help?"

Zhou Rong shook his head with a very unpleasant expression and recounted what happened at the Chen family today.

After hearing his son's words, Mr. Zhou angrily smashed the teacup in his hand and said, "You are leaving no way for our family to survive!"

"I can tolerate the price restriction, but now he wants to prevent us from purchasing land. We originally wanted to exchange grain for land, which was a matter of mutual consent, but he insisted on interfering and cutting off my financial resources again!"

Master Zhou's eyes showed a sinister look, "Don't blame me for being rude over there!"

During this period of time, Zhou Rong had been patient again and again, and he had long been resentful of the county magistrate for damaging his family's interests.

Seeing that his father was finally going to take action, Zhou Rong said with interest: "Dad, how do you want to deal with them?"

Grandpa Zhou had an ambiguous smile on his face, "Since they don't want to sell us seeds, then we can just go and rob them!"

"As long as we take away those pumpkins, they will have no seeds to plant, and those who can't get food will eventually sell their fields to them!"

Zhou Ronglue thought about it and felt that this method was feasible. He clapped his hands and said, "Son, I will arrange for someone right away!"

Mr. Zhou stopped the people and said, "Wait, there are quite a few people from Song Village. I heard that they are very strict in guarding Pumpkin, and it is not convenient for us to send too many people. If we are caught by the people from Song Village, we will be in trouble."

Zhou Rong paused, looking at his father's calm appearance, and couldn't help asking, "Dad, do you have any ideas?"

"This evening, our manager in Nanyang County fled back and said that the county seat of Nanyang County was hit by disaster victims. Now there are countless disaster victims wandering around outside of Nanyang County!"

When Zhou Rong heard the news, his eyes widened in shock!

When he came to his senses, he asked in an obviously agitated tone, "Dad wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife, using these disaster victims to do the work for us?"

Mr. Zhou nodded, "They are just some fools. Now they will listen to whoever gives them food."

"I have asked Butler Zhou to bring food to gather these disaster victims. When the time comes, we just need to incite them and we can reap the benefits! Even if some of them are caught, it has nothing to do with us."

Zhou Rong felt relieved after hearing this and flattered, "Dad is still wise!"

In this case, the people will not be able to survive the winter due to lack of food. What can the county magistrate do to stop them from selling land at a low price?

Mr. Zhou waved his hand and said, "Okay, send someone to Songjia Village to investigate the situation in the next two days. When the housekeeper gathers some people, we will start!"

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