The beginning of the counterattack! The time-traveling boss is famous in Beijing

When Old Man Zhou and his companions walked out of the Qin family with the three taels of silver, they walked one step deep and one step shallow, as if they were still dreaming.

Although fifty acres sounds like a lot, the eight people in the Zhou family include the two youngest granddaughters, who are seven and nine years old respectively and can help with some work.

What's more, Qin Ruo's request was very simple, just to clear the vegetation and debris on the surface of the fifty acres of wasteland.

This is simply giving money to the Zhou family.

Just cut a fire line first, and then use fire to burn the weeds, shrubs, trees and other vegetation on the wasteland.

At most, it will take a little more effort to clean the floor, and it will take about a month for the whole family to do it.

After registering with Master Qian today, the Zhou family paid six hundred coins on the spot and bought the wasteland behind their house.

These six hundred coins were already what the Zhou family squeezed out of their teeth, and there was no more.

After Old Man Zhou and his companions returned to the Zhou family, they unanimously decided to use the silver to buy another eight acres tomorrow, which together with the two acres purchased before would make a total of ten acres.

Because when they left, Qin Ruo specifically said that if the Zhou family was not so short of money, they might consider buying a few more acres of wasteland.

Qin Ruo didn’t say more.

The Zhou brothers had complete trust in Qin Ruo and were the first to vote in favor.

"That girl has always been kind and generous. She has never missed out on any benefits for our family. It's just a matter of clearing vegetation and rubble. Not to mention six taels of silver, even if it was one tael of silver in our village, there would be a lot of people rushing to do it."

"That girl is very kind to our Zhou family, we can't let her down. Listen carefully, no one is allowed to cheat in this land reclamation, be careful."

Old Mrs. Zhou had a stern face and scolded everyone in the Zhou family.

"Mom, how can we be such people? Don't you have us watching over you? Don't worry."

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou are both down-to-earth people, and they immediately agreed as soon as Mrs. Zhou spoke.

The Zhou brothers and their two younger sisters nodded their heads like chickens pecking at rice.

At the Qin family's side, after the Zhou family left, Old Mrs. Qin sat in the yard in a daze.

She had always felt that her accommodation and flattery towards Qin Ruo during this period of time was enough to demonstrate an elder's care for the younger generation.

Old Mrs. Qin thought she had been good enough to Qin Ruo.

Now looking back, I realize that my "goodness" was just lip service, but I never actually took action.

The furniture sent by the Zhou family made her feel embarrassed.

Qin Ruo's bed was so worn out that even Erlang wanted to buy her a new one.

Even outsiders thought of adding a stool and a clothes box for her, but she, as a grandmother, only paid lip service to it.

Is it true that the Qin family can't even afford a new bed? Of course not.

But Old Lady Qin was used to it, so she just tried to find ways to satisfy Qin Ziyan's needs.

As for Qin Ruo and Qin Zimu, they were never within her consideration.

Tonight she watched Qin Ruo easily give out another three taels of silver, and finally even gave the task of reclaiming the land to the Zhou family, but she couldn't utter a word of rebuttal.

Her granddaughter treated the people in the Zhou family more kindly than she treated herself, and Old Lady Qin felt upset for a long time.

The next day, Old Lady Qin got up a little later than usual because she did not sleep well the previous night.

She didn't see Qin Ruo come out until she finished breakfast. She went to her room and knocked on the door but there was no response.

Old Mrs. Qin suddenly had a bad feeling. She pushed open Qin Ruo's door, only to find that no one was inside.

She first searched the house inside and outside, but didn't find anyone, so she returned to Qin Ruo's room.

It was not until then that Old Lady Qin discovered that there was a line of words written in charcoal on the wall of the room.

As for what was written on it, Old Lady Qin couldn't understand it either.

"Da Lang, Da Lang, come here quickly!" Old Mrs. Qin's eyelids were twitching, and she shouted at Qin Ziyan to come and identify what was written on it.

Hearing the panicked cries of Old Lady Qin, Qin Zimu rushed in first, followed closely by Qin Ziyan.

"I don't know where your sister is. I searched everywhere but couldn't find her. Dalang, can you please read to me what's written on it?"

Old Lady Qin looked calm, but the tremor in her voice betrayed her emotions.

"I have to go out for something. Don't look for me. I have no idea when I'll be back." Qin Ziyan looked at the words on the wall and read them out loud unconsciously.

"What, what do you mean? Did your sister say where she was going? Did she say when she would be back?"

Old Mrs. Qin heard it clearly, but couldn't help asking, with tears in her eyes.

"No, it just said that she went out for something, and it's not yet determined when she'll be back..." Qin Ziyan lowered his eyes and explained in a low voice.

Old Mrs. Qin suddenly covered her face and burst into tears.

"Wow... I knew your sister was really mad at me. I shouldn't have said anything yesterday. What could possibly happen to a girl like her? She would always let me know whenever she went to the village."

While crying, Old Mrs. Qin searched the clothing box in the room, but it was empty.

"She even took away her clothes. She really doesn't want our family anymore, wuwu..."

Qin Ziyan had never seen Old Lady Qin so vulnerable. Her crying was like a knife cutting his heart.

Since Qin Huaizheng passed away, the person Qin Ziyan is closest to is Old Lady Qin.

Seeing Old Lady Qin crying, he felt uncomfortable and was a little annoyed that Qin Ruo left without saying goodbye.

"She's not a child with arms and legs. She's just trying to scare you. She'll come back when she calms down..."

Qin Ziyan blurted out disapprovingly, with a hint of anger in his tone.

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you... Sister, no, I won't leave."

Qin Zimu's eyes suddenly turned red, and he rushed over like a leopard, bumped into Qin Ziyan hard, and interrupted him.

Qin Zimu naturally recognized the words on the wall. He couldn't help himself after hearing Qin Ziyan's irrelevant words.

"Are you crazy! Qin...she wants to leave on her own. What does it have to do with me?" Qin Ziyan was knocked back several steps without noticing and almost fell to the ground.

He stood firm and immediately yelled at Qin Zimu.

"You, you just see, see that my sister is better than you in every way. You are obviously jealous! I hate you, I hate you so much!"

Qin Zimu wiped away his tears, turned around and rushed out of the house.

"Erlang, Erlang, come back..." Old Lady Qin looked at Qin Ziyan deeply and hurriedly chased after him.

The look in Old Lady Qin's eyes suddenly made him feel a little at a loss.

Qin Zimu ran to the hillside behind the house and sat on the ground. He buried his head in his knees and cried softly, suppressing his voice.

"Mother doesn't want me anymore. Father doesn't want me either. Sister... don't you want me either?"

"Erlang, Erlang, why are you running..." Old Mrs. Qin finally rushed over, panting.

Seeing the small figure sitting on the ground with his back to her, his shoulders slightly shaking, he looked so helpless and pitiful.

Before Old Lady Qin could finish her words, tears started falling.